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yes Mark,i already have a 61 key korg workstation,im looking for a 2 to 3 octave range like a lot of compact travel friendly midi controllers you would think that there would be something simple like that with basic universal sounds like pianos,organs etc. without all of the other snick snack,im mean if its possible on a GR-20 guitar synth why couldnt it... Luis On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Mark Hamburg <mark@grubmah.com> wrote: > On May 19, 2011, at 11:20 PM, Johannes Korn wrote: > > 2011/5/19 Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com> >>> >> I have and enjoy the microkorg, but it does NOT have quality strings, >> vintage pianos or organs in it......repeat does NOT have those sounds. >> > > Yes, I forgot to write that the same applies to the Korg R3. > And by the way, like the mikrokorg, the R3 relly comes to life when >sending > it through an effects unit. The internal effects are not bad, but I >really > like the sound when I mangle it with the Line6 M13. I like to use > Distortion, Phasers, Tremolo, Wah, Ring Modulator etc. > > If looking at virtual analog, which of course won't get many of the > requested sounds, the Akai Miniak (and it's forebear the Alesis Ion) are > probably both worth looking at. The Ion engine was very well reviewed in >its > time. I would probably be drawn to the Minak myself if it had an >aftertouch > sensitive keyboard (the keyboard on the MPK49 controller is fairly nice) >and > if it didn't sacrifice having easy arpeggiation controls purely in favor >of > a "phrase arpeggiator" which I'm sure is very cool but harder to use. >(I'm a > guitarist looking for some extra sounds as opposed to a keyboard player.) > If you must have a broader range of sounds, then you probably want to be > looking at some of the more workstation-ish keyboards but they tend to >be 61 > keys and up and hence not really tiny though presumably something named >the > Korg microStation is slimmed down in some way. > Mark > -- www.luis-angulo.com