Korg MicroSAMPLER
Korg expands the micro series with the Korg MicroSAMPLER which gives the sampling keyboard even more character and utility, housing a powerful studio for music which allows you to be really innovative and imaginative. This electronic digital piano keyboard hosts the functions of multi-mode sampling, resampling, Pattern Sequencing and also brings the joy of some brilliant effects. Korg has certainly worked very hard to produce this strongly equipped microSAMPLER that lets you use the extra creative bend of your mind.
The sampling features present in this piano keyboard are some of the best to be offered in this genre and all of these can be operated with a friendly and intuitive interface. It has fourteen -voice polyphony, reverse playback, editing functionalities like Normalize and Truncate, and also a Time Stretch component that has the provision of letting you change the tempo without tampering the pitch at all. There are 8 banks in its internal memory with each bank containing 36 samples, each one of which can be sequenced or played live. While on most other instruments, sampling is simply an add-on complimentary feature, it is all about the detail workings of sampling. The Korg MicroSAMPLER is a sampling haven, for professionals as well as beginners who are only starting to learn the intricacies, helped even further by the informative LED display. There are 5 clear cut methods employed for sampling; Loop sampling for grooves and phases recording, One-Shot sampling for triggering and grabbing of single events like drums, Gate sampling for being able to play a sound musically across the entire keyboard, Auto-Next sampling for being able to capture phrases in the form of multiple samples and Key Gate sampling is best used for being able to grab multiple samples from a single source. Armed with recessed inlets for your iPod or iPhone, USB port and XLR mic, with the Korg MicroSAMPLER you will not only have the feel of how to play piano but also learn how to sample.
Korg’s piano keyboards have been in the forefront for a very long time now and have garnered respect for their professionalism and effectiveness. They have come a long way from the 1963 built Disc Rotary Electric Auto Rhythm machine. Priced at $750, this is an undeniably useful device for all music lovers and creators.
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