Just to let people know who haven't owned an analog synth before the Minilogue XD sounds the best when played live. I haven't found any digital instruments that sound as clear and amazing.
This is superb bang for the buck. The one thing I wish they'd change before it flies out to the shelves, is allowing the sequencer to be transposable using the keyboard (and over MIDI note ), during playback. That would make it PERFECT. ✌
Scott Johnson It means it could be even better, allowing the whole sequence to be shifted in pitch while it’s being reproduced by pressing different keys.
Before you get anything make sure you do some research. There’s a pretty big learning curve when it comes to learning the parameters and how the effect each other. Don’t get too overwhelmed.
This is the perfect companion for the Prologue in my opinion. This can be programmed with the sequencer and the Prologue can be played live. It's a combination I'm looking to put together
It *does* seem and sound incredible. Great featureset. Now of course the cliffhanger will be the price. If it's priced well this thing should sell like hotcakes.
@@danielcelion Im debating it. I am not a musician just an old 80/90s raver that would like to play with the stuff.... Have a Maschine MK3. I think I need to figure out how I can work this into that. I figured ill keep eye on ebay used. Not many since its new, ill just have to be patient, but I think this seems to have the sounds I like.
Beautiful piece of gear. One thing I can't understand, - why not spend an extra 1-2$ in BOM and add proper +4dBu balanced XLR outputs (such as Wavestation AD)...
Forgive my ignorance, would this be a good machine for a beginner? My inspiration is in the creation of ambient type music. Can this machine achieve the depth that ambient music contains?
A lot of ambient music depends on a great reverb to give it that deep cavernous sound. This has it but the 4 note may be a limitation. There are many secondhand synths which would give you a brilliant sound. Depending on your budget.
@@albertocera2819 Korg Wavestation. Yamaha FS1R. Waldorf Blofeld Modern synth Argon A8 Hydrasynth Desktop If you put any synth through a high quality reverb like strymon or Eventide H9 pedals it will gain an ambient quality.
I got one and I'm wondering how he packed so many notes into the sequencer at the beginning of the video. I understand that it's in arp mode but it sounds like there's a melody going on in there too. Great synth, by the way!
Was thinking the same thing, just bought an Arturia Microbrute myself and I don't think the sequencer can do anything like that, I thought it was much more rudimentary but I think I just suck at sequencing.
@@balmoreblue7550 I'm thinking he might be doing something clever with the motion sequencing. For the melody, you could control the volume of one of the oscillators so it's only heard on certain notes. Although I still can't quite wrap my head around the one in this video, so I'm not sure that's quite it.
He used the arpeggiator in conjunction with the sequencer, the sequencer played polyphonic chords for each step that in turn triggered the arpeggiator which played the notes in those chords in an arpeggiated pattern instead of playing the whole sustained chords hope that makes sense!
This product looks and sound great! Could this be used as a midi controller in say Ableton Live as well? I know that isn't it's basic function, I would just like to cut down on the amount of tools that I need to work. Less is more for me :-)
Can you tell me please how to make the XD's filter respond to velocity? I love the sounds! But i need to make it expressive in this way: harder velocity = more or less filter cutoff or res. Thank you for any help.
@@malthus101 If you're gonna make Techno, then it's not longer Berghain Techno. It's your Techno. No matter what you buy. Is it good for Berghain? Berghain knows...
Newbie fanboy question here. Can I run the Minilogue together with the Monologue through mixer in the same song despite the mono stereo difference? Edti: I think I already figured this out. Do the leads with the mono synth and chords etc. with the stereo. Monologue tight in the middle, while Minilogue is spread wide around the it.
A couple of questions from someone new to synths: does this keyboards have a memory (for 'patches') or do you have to play it with real-time sound-making only? Does it have an arpeggiator and an on-board sequencer? Is the case black, or is it a dark/metallic silver colour?
Very cool array of sounds in it,but I wished I'd gotten something else cause the keys are cheaply made [as pretty much all korg's parts now] & a couple starting to crap out after 1 1/d2 yrs,taken great care of it.
1carloasis definitely the Dave Smith man But that doesn’t mean that this is a bad synth, it just doesn’t compare to Dave Smith’s A synth used by Radiohead and many other greats
1carloasis I’m also looking for some Radiohead, Tame Impala, and even Mac Demarco kind of synth sounds But for the price, the synth is a fucking beast Sadly I can’t afford the Dave Smith’s synth But this XD synth is more than just amazing And I’m looking forward to pairing it with Korg Volca Drum Machine
Sid Marbey I went to sam ash couple of days ago and they had a 16 voices prophet rev 2 and a prophet 12. And let me tell you that in sound spectre this Minilogue xd is quite impressive and even quite more expresive in some features. I preffer to get this one plus a Vox Continental or a Nord Electro 6
Dang Yuri that sucks 9_9,, maybe release dates are different in all parts of the world, Absolute Music yeah! :D I got March 22 for a guitar center north of Seattle!
2:30 when you say "analogue modeled" doesn't that mean it's a digital synth with sounds modeled after analogue synths? Is this not a true analogue synth?
no you can't do that unfortunately. You can improvise using the same patch but only use up to 4 notes so your improvisation will generally cut into your sequence loop
Dear Korg - Needs some common sense updates: 1) More ARP modes and functions - Like octave range??? Trig Mode (like the MicroKorg) to create Hold (for endless, long sustained notes) 2) LFO Destination to AMP/Mixer(s) for LFO Tremelo efx 3) Waaay more common sense SHIFT + Knob functions like: a. SHIFT + TEMPO knob to access full tempo range b. SHIFT + Voice Mode in ARP to increase the octave range. 4) 32 steps (Not sure if this is possible - hardware wise) this would be exponentially powerful (why create a Porche with a lawnmower engine?) 5) Sequencer Transpose - Like the OG Minilogue already has...
@@tyeekobe Correct, though you can use either as they both have MIDI In. Curiously the desktop version without the keys costs about the same as the regular one with keys, at least in Australia.
I am not an expert of synths, so I am wondering.. Since this Minilogue XD is integrated within Omnisphere.. When I use the synth to play Omnisphere, am I limited to 4 voices, or I would be using Omnisphere's polyphony? I wouldn't want to use Omnisphere and be limited to 4 voices..
Omnisphere's hardware integration basically uses the hardware synth as a controller, all the controls are automatically mapped to Omnisphere controls. Polyphony in Omnisphere is only limited by your computer's processor.
Beginner question for anyone to answer .... can I make my own sound on this synth and save it to the device? So I can create and store my own sounds on here?
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First the Minilogue XD then comes the Korg :3, then Korg OwO, lastly the Korg UwU.
Andres Pichinte you forgot the Korg O/////O
Yes officer, this comment right here.
A dream for every piano weeb ûwû
i miss the just simple minilogue :)
@@felixfelix9084 ....there is something strange in my pans
I almost want to buy this so I can just keep playing that first sequence on a loop for a thousand years.
I almost wanted to buy this.. then heard that Blade Runner theme
Simon Hoban w
It sounds like Pink Moon
Was that Pink Moon being played at the beginning?
Soooooo lush
Just to let people know who haven't owned an analog synth before the Minilogue XD sounds the best when played live. I haven't found any digital instruments that sound as clear and amazing.
I think if lacks in low frequencies, what do you think?
@@diegob6729 Definately not. It absolutely shakes the room. I have Yamaha HS8 MP speakers and HS8S subwoofer
@@diegob6729 just get an eq
Bought Xd yesterday :)
@@diegob6729 Enjoy
Never in a million years would have expected Pink Moon. Amazing.
Pink Moon? Can you please explain?
@@philburns5656pink moon by nick drake is the song that plays at first
I just picked up one of these and it’s my first synth. I’m excited to learn how to use it.
How's it going so far?
I wanna get this for my first synth too. Is it any good for a beginner
@@mddsddsdshs6397everytime i see these comments the original commenter never responds back to anyone
Corona stimulus check brought me here.
AHAHHAHAAH!!!!!!
You and me both 😂
@@alberttorres6813 I went with a drum machine.
"Hmmm, perhaps I should check if I'm eligible for the PPP after all."
LMFAOOOOOOO JUST GOT MINE FROM GUITAR CENTER
7:20 sold me on this
0:00 sold me on this tbh
That first sequence is the prettiest thing I've heard in years and I know of Nick Drake.
you are an excellent presenter and the patches and sequences youve made are brilliant
Agreed... great demo. I want that synth now... RIGHT NOW
that first sequence sounds like Nick Drake - Pink Moon
pink pink pink pink pink.....
Exactly
Yep! everybody knows Nick was a synth god !!
Yes
I just thought the same!
My favourite synth of all time. Pure bliss
I mean it’s great but of all time? Idk about that.
@@HotStrange read it again, I sad MY fav
Stanley Christiaensen no
@@constantfind9052 you need to plug it into a speaker/amplifier
Free presets to download here : th-cam.com/video/-YKYWMIpllU/w-d-xo.html
XD
This with the Behringer MS-101 for bass is a killer combo live. Excited for this one.
go SHO1a
Or with bass station 2😍
@@constantfind9052 yes! You need a speaker. There aren't any built-in speakers in this synth! And also many synths are the same.
@@constantfind9052 yes! You can use headphones and enjoy the stereo output of XD!
First thing he plays is from Bladerunner. I'm in!
aye, my thoughts exactly. good man.
Nope. It's Nick Drake. I love that film though
There is a patch in there that is exactly from 2049, which was a huge selling point for me. What a great little synth
@@estebanb7166 Huh?! The first thing he plays at 2:33 is Blade Runner Main Titles by Vangelis
th-cam.com/video/smpTDkLCYb0/w-d-xo.html 1:28 @@estebanb7166
man, these will sell like hot cakes!
This is superb bang for the buck. The one thing I wish they'd change before it flies out to the shelves, is allowing the sequencer to be transposable using the keyboard (and over MIDI note ), during playback. That would make it PERFECT. ✌
Yeah was really bummed out when I found out it couldn't do that.. I have a keystep but would rather save the seq with a patch
what does that mean for a person who doesn't know synths? I want to buy a synth for a teen.
Scott Johnson It means it could be even better, allowing the whole sequence to be shifted in pitch while it’s being reproduced by pressing different keys.
Scott Johnson That said I’d have killed to have this synth as a teen. Can’t go wrong with it.
Scott Johnson if they don’t even know that much yet, getting them a synth with this many editable parameters and features might be a bit overwhelming.
God that first sequence is mesmerising
I want to marry that intro loop.
That intro song made me so emotional! I'd be willing to pay to get a longer recorded version!
It’s pink moon by nick drake. He was deeply under appreciated in his time. Enjoy!
@@DevinWalters I'm a big Nick Drake fan and completely missed that, holy shit! It could use some drums and be a full Synthwave cover.
Add a good drum base and a mellotron strings drone to make it psych and ethereal
Vangelis released that eons ago
@@DevinWaltersvangelis homie
That melody that comes in at 7.20mins! So nice 👍👍👍👍
40 seconds into the video and I'm sold
I want her terribly
Mia the mini XD.
We all do, it's a gorgeous synth.
I goin for one too
your music kinda neat
Man, that sounds wonderful.
Badass! I just got into synths as a guitar player I have ideas to expand 😃 this is so dope I will get this
Before you get anything make sure you do some research. There’s a pretty big learning curve when it comes to learning the parameters and how the effect each other. Don’t get too overwhelmed.
Haut Strange do you think this thing is a good entry level synth?
@@chrisloren9363 if it's not you'll be even cooler when you learn it
Finally some nice ambient music to start off with instead of some abstract edm piece of shit
Jesus man sold on this absolutely beautiful
This is the perfect companion for the Prologue in my opinion. This can be programmed with the sequencer and the Prologue can be played live. It's a combination I'm looking to put together
Can the Prologue be sequenced with the Minilogue XD?
@@williambroth7784 It's something to try
@@williambroth7784 They both have midi in and out and volca sync. I'd be very surprised if you couldn't.
@@williambroth7784 You sure can!
Have they ironed out the Prologue's tuning issues in the low octaves?
Hello Luke,... you have completely convinced me with this demonstration. I'll get it. Thank's
warm greetings
Getting mine tomoz 😀
wow, personally i own a Roland JD-XI, which is very nice for an absolute Beginner like me, but this synth is really great too 🙂
Finally a demo that sounds musical!!!
That sounds amazing , great video
great skills Mr.
it's beautiful 😭
Blade Runner theme convinced me in buying it... XD
Gotta love the nick drake cover. Nice work.
2:33 Blade Runner
My Next synth after the stunning Volca Bass..
I want one now - and I can't even play!
It *does* seem and sound incredible. Great featureset. Now of course the cliffhanger will be the price. If it's priced well this thing should sell like hotcakes.
Cliffhanger? lol try google
Sounds magnificent
Love this synth🔥❤️
This is awesome.
For this price very impressive 😊
:O Is that a bit of Nick Drake I'm hearing in the intro?
The Blade Runner patch was fucking awesome
I think I'm in love.
Any chance you could do a video with the loop at 9.00? Preferably one that never ends 😍
Yep. I'm convinced! Just ordered one!
Hey :) , if you want these patches: th-cam.com/video/i2rq9cMMt2s/w-d-xo.html I can sell them for 5$ :D
@@FilippoBuscemi93 Thanks, but I bought them the same day as I got my XD... I have since then made a bunch of my own patches :)
3 months since you ordered. How is it?
@@mikecarter8880 Love it. Im using it in my music all the time 😁
@@danielcelion Im debating it. I am not a musician just an old 80/90s raver that would like to play with the stuff.... Have a Maschine MK3. I think I need to figure out how I can work this into that.
I figured ill keep eye on ebay used. Not many since its new, ill just have to be patient, but I think this seems to have the sounds I like.
Guess I'm getting one
Beautiful piece of gear. One thing I can't understand, - why not spend an extra 1-2$ in BOM and add proper +4dBu balanced XLR outputs (such as Wavestation AD)...
Absolute Music
Great video
best Nick Drake cover ever
Forgive my ignorance, would this be a good machine for a beginner? My inspiration is in the creation of ambient type music. Can this machine achieve the depth that ambient music contains?
A lot of ambient music depends on a great reverb to give it that deep cavernous sound. This has it but the 4 note may be a limitation.
There are many secondhand synths which would give you a brilliant sound.
Depending on your budget.
@@100haymaker which synth's would you recommend?
@@albertocera2819
Korg Wavestation.
Yamaha FS1R.
Waldorf Blofeld
Modern synth
Argon A8
Hydrasynth Desktop
If you put any synth through a high quality reverb like strymon or Eventide H9 pedals it will gain an ambient quality.
@@100haymaker thank you!!
Please dont stop the first loop
No one is gonna point out that the first pattern is a Nick Drake song?
Northern Sky?
@@thegeist79 I think it's the lead part about halfway through the song Pink Moon
Its the piano part to Pink Moon
lovely!
nick drake is a copier
Well you’ve sold me
I got one and I'm wondering how he packed so many notes into the sequencer at the beginning of the video. I understand that it's in arp mode but it sounds like there's a melody going on in there too.
Great synth, by the way!
Was thinking the same thing, just bought an Arturia Microbrute myself and I don't think the sequencer can do anything like that, I thought it was much more rudimentary but I think I just suck at sequencing.
@@balmoreblue7550 I'm thinking he might be doing something clever with the motion sequencing. For the melody, you could control the volume of one of the oscillators so it's only heard on certain notes.
Although I still can't quite wrap my head around the one in this video, so I'm not sure that's quite it.
He used the arpeggiator in conjunction with the sequencer, the sequencer played polyphonic chords for each step that in turn triggered the arpeggiator which played the notes in those chords in an arpeggiated pattern instead of playing the whole sustained chords hope that makes sense!
@@thirfytash7286 I understand that it's using the arpeggiator, but where's the melody coming from? I think it could be on random mode.
I think the sequencer is providing the chords for the melodies of the arpeggiator,?
Vangelis 🤘🏼
That intro was fuckin lit
This product looks and sound great! Could this be used as a midi controller in say Ableton Live as well? I know that isn't it's basic function, I would just like to cut down on the amount of tools that I need to work. Less is more for me :-)
You could set it to be the midi keyboard
Yes, it has MIDI Out over USB.
My OCD struggles with two different audio cables.
Can you tell me please how to make the XD's filter respond to velocity? I love the sounds! But i need to make it expressive in this way: harder velocity = more or less filter cutoff or res. Thank you for any help.
Did you figure it out? I would like to know too
take my money.. whats after this xxxd ?
This thing looks/sounds awesome! Good for dark minimalist "Berghain" techno?
Berghain techno? Is that a joke? Hahahaha
@@kkl0005 no not a joke, nor do I see how it would be? 🤔 (And I am the master of jokes)
@@malthus101 For me the berghain is a club and not a genre im berliner i should know that
@@kkl0005 there is a particular style of techno played in that club, therefore, it makes sense.
@@malthus101 If you're gonna make Techno, then it's not longer Berghain Techno. It's your Techno. No matter what you buy. Is it good for Berghain? Berghain knows...
One day...
sequencing very nice, I would like to hear someone playing keys, improvising..
Newbie fanboy question here. Can I run the Minilogue together with the Monologue through mixer in the same song despite the mono stereo difference?
Edti: I think I already figured this out. Do the leads with the mono synth and chords etc. with the stereo. Monologue tight in the middle, while Minilogue is spread wide around the it.
What kind of seq is this on 07:34?
Still a great synth
A couple of questions from someone new to synths: does this keyboards have a memory (for 'patches') or do you have to play it with real-time sound-making only? Does it have an arpeggiator and an on-board sequencer? Is the case black, or is it a dark/metallic silver colour?
To all of those - yes! And the minilogue xd is black
first sound Vangelis :D
Very cool array of sounds in it,but I wished I'd gotten something else cause the keys are cheaply made [as pretty much all korg's parts now] & a couple starting to crap out after 1 1/d2 yrs,taken great care of it.
great !
Can you tune keyboard several halfsteps up or down?
That beat tho 🤤
when you say LUke, do you mean Skywalker? That arpeggio at the start was beautiful
3:06 - Sold
good shit
the name of this synthesizer is a meme
it stands for xtremely dope
So this one or make a double effort and get the Dave Smith Prophet 8 ?
1carloasis definitely the Dave Smith man
But that doesn’t mean that this is a bad synth, it just doesn’t compare to Dave Smith’s
A synth used by Radiohead and many other greats
@@sid1888 Thank you very much, I am indeed looking for Radiohead ambient sounds, the first sound of this video got my atention inmediately
1carloasis I’m also looking for some Radiohead, Tame Impala, and even Mac Demarco kind of synth sounds
But for the price, the synth is a fucking beast
Sadly I can’t afford the Dave Smith’s synth
But this XD synth is more than just amazing
And I’m looking forward to pairing it with Korg Volca Drum Machine
Sid Marbey I went to sam ash couple of days ago and they had a 16 voices prophet rev 2 and a prophet 12. And let me tell you that in sound spectre this Minilogue xd is quite impressive and even quite more expresive in some features. I preffer to get this one plus a Vox Continental or a Nord Electro 6
Is it compatible for nxr talk box?
Does anybody know, can the sequences be saved on a per patch basis ?
my question is: when is it out? D:?????
Comes out end of March!! Woooo!!
Thomann said next delivery is in June :(
Dang Yuri that sucks 9_9,, maybe release dates are different in all parts of the world, Absolute Music yeah! :D I got March 22 for a guitar center north of Seattle!
End may 2019 (Europe)
I get mine next week :)
2:30 when you say "analogue modeled" doesn't that mean it's a digital synth with sounds modeled after analogue synths? Is this not a true analogue synth?
the xd is true analog
dude, what's so funny about it
Can someone answer me please if i can sequence one bass
hytm preset and play solo\improvisin on another preset separately on this synth?
no you can't do that unfortunately. You can improvise using the same patch but only use up to 4 notes so your improvisation will generally cut into your sequence loop
Dear Korg - Needs some common sense updates:
1) More ARP modes and functions - Like octave range??? Trig Mode (like the MicroKorg) to create Hold (for endless, long sustained notes)
2) LFO Destination to AMP/Mixer(s) for LFO Tremelo efx
3) Waaay more common sense SHIFT + Knob functions like:
a. SHIFT + TEMPO knob to access full tempo range
b. SHIFT + Voice Mode in ARP to increase the octave range.
4) 32 steps (Not sure if this is possible - hardware wise) this would be exponentially powerful (why create a Porche with a lawnmower engine?)
5) Sequencer Transpose - Like the OG Minilogue already has...
Has some of these features been added by Korg now?
@@mass-1128 Key Transpose has been added. That's it.
I wish it had nicer buttons. I hate the hard clicks and clunks.
ma cosa ha la versione xt in più da quella normale?
Hey Blade Runner at 3:00
Can you play it through a JC amp?
Make it sing man!!!
is it real wood now or like the original minilogue printed plastic?
Real deal. 😎
Is it possible to play the minilogue xd through another keyboard? (Hate the minikeys) and if it is possible then how?
It has a midi input on the back so you can potentially use any midi keyboard with this device.
I think they make a version without the keys, so it’s just the module that you can play midi through I believe
@@tyeekobe Correct, though you can use either as they both have MIDI In. Curiously the desktop version without the keys costs about the same as the regular one with keys, at least in Australia.
How do I get gear to play midi notes in my daw?
Usb printer cable and korg minilogue xd drivers
I am not an expert of synths, so I am wondering..
Since this Minilogue XD is integrated within Omnisphere.. When I use the synth to play Omnisphere, am I limited to 4 voices, or I would be using Omnisphere's polyphony?
I wouldn't want to use Omnisphere and be limited to 4 voices..
Kisnou Music You better get the desktop version and a midi controller, that way you can have the sounds without sacrificing poliphony for omnisphere
Omnisphere's hardware integration basically uses the hardware synth as a controller, all the controls are automatically mapped to Omnisphere controls. Polyphony in Omnisphere is only limited by your computer's processor.
so what does the Korg MS-20 do that this doesn't?
Chords
Beginner question for anyone to answer .... can I make my own sound on this synth and save it to the device? So I can create and store my own sounds on here?
JB yup, don’t own one myself but the reviews say so 👍
Yeah absolutely
Can I plug this into a Helix LT?
Yes