Korg Minilogue Sonic LAB Review

We review the affordable analogue four voice poly synth from Korg. And show you how to fix the envelope retrigger issue

[Bonpu]

Forget about that synth for a moment. Nick – so many people love the unusual skill, care and modesty that define your reviews (just as the obvious artistic sensitivity of your closing demos). I think your videos are just as much about your particular attitude as they are about the synths. You are doing a great job. Thank you so much for your work!

[enemyhero]

Everyone says that the oscilloscope is gimmicky but like legitimately, I stare at that litttle screen more than any other screen on any of my equipment. It is super super super useful and it really helps to understand the shape of the sounds that are being made. You can both visually see and hear what is going on and that feature is priceless

[dashbad]

Sonicstate consistently delivering the best gear reviews out there. And the icing on the cake is always Nick's immensely classy noodlings at the end of every review. Awesome stuff.

[wingoshack]

The genius of this synth is how much fun it is to play/program. You just start exploring the sound, and the controls are all right there. I find it amusing when weirdos watch a demo video and claim that it's 'boring' or whatever, but when it's in front of you, and you are tweaking the knobs, it's just so very interesting and inspiring.

[AdamBorseti]

The motion sequencing on this thing is mind-blowing. I just got mine yesterday and I haven't slept yet. The motion sequencing on this thing is mind-bowling. I just got mine yesterday and I didn't sleep so


Coffee.

[andyq]

no one does a better review than Mr Nick, they are perfect. no time wasted, all features explained and demonstrated, always a few trick examples that show how well he understands the beasties and what some lateral thinking can achieve, topped off with some lovely, tasteful music. fan-ferkin-tastic

[AV-]

I can definitely hear the 12th octave... give me 5 years though, I'll be on your... *ahem*... wavelength.

[MigHound]

Nick, I just recently bought a Minilogue. In this video you mentioned that there is no Latch function to the Arpeggiator. I have discovered that if you hold down the ARP button for a second, the corresponding red light will start flashing. In this mode, you can create your arpeggio and release. The unit will then play your arpeggio automatically.

[lukaskerf]

I watch almost every your review that directly or indirectly connected to the synth world, and I always have a big pleasure of watching it, because no one could do it better than you! Thank you for your work!

[michel_laforge]

Your videos are my go-to whenever I get serious about buying any piece of gear. Thank you so much for these intelligent, nuanced, objective in-depth reviews. They help a ton!

[joshuaphillips]

great review as usual Nick. I was wondering if I was crazy. I couldn't find a latch anywhere, thanks for clearing that up also You can play pong when it boots by turning the VCO 1 in mixer.

[Edwardball]

Thanks Nick, been waiting for your take on it. What an amazing synth for the price! I have been looking for my first analogue polly and price wise I thought I was in for over a bag of sand for something like the Electron Keys, but this gets me in the game for an amazing price!

[EarmonkeyMusic]

Nick your reviews are always thoughtful and informative, as well as just fun. I was fortunate to acquire one of these the week of launch and it has been such an easy go-to synth. So immediate. So smart. Definitely makes up for the fact I never did get a DX7 back in the 80s.

[igoold]

excellent. re-fueled my fire and desire to buy this synth...Nick, Really incredible piece at the end, I should add. Your demo musics are always very nice, but this particular example takes the cake...incredibly beautiful patch design...!

[instrumentalistjade]

I appreciate this guy he almost demo all keyboards, Synths and keyboards . Please raise his salary.. some keyboards i bought os because of his depth demo..

[inthefade]

Great review! I think I've watched every damn video about this thing that exists on the Internet, and yet you managed to cover some aspects of it that every single one of them managed to miss. Good job on that, especially for addressing "Clickgate" seriously, especially setting the portamento to "0" to address envelope retriggering.

I'm more convinced to try and get this machine some time this year.

[mCKENIC]

Thanks Nick! As others have said, been waiting for your take. Really seems like no reason not to if your after these sounds (it could save my ill and aging 106 from the rigours of live use). GREAT tip about setting Porto to 0 too! Thanks!

[Interfacetypeseven]

Excellent breakdown of the features that hit on some of the points I was curious about (latch, retriggers). Also, nice outro performance there, want to hear more!

[lemonslice]

You guys should check out the markusfuller teardown video. Looks like some high quality components there for the knobs and switches, that control surface will last through a lot of abuse.

[HisXLNC]

I come for the awesome gear reviews, but I stay for the outro music.