My Favorite Mini Synthesizer & Multi-FX // KORG NTS-1 MK2 explained
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
- Korg NTS-1 MK2 is a small affordable $170 synthesizer & FX. What is new? And how does it work? Lets find out! Sponsored by DistroKid. DK is the best way to upload and release your music on Apple Music, Tidal & Spotify. Use my link and get a discount distrokid.com/vip/bobeats
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00:00 Intro & Music Demo with SOLAR 42
01:00 What is new with NTS-1 mk2?
03:05 How to NOT assemble it!
03:59 Tutorial/Walkthrough of NTS-1 MK2
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Small mistake on my part: The original NTS-1 did have a speaker I believe. I think I drank too much coffee and got a bit carried away.
lol. Understandable with the deluge of korg gear being dropped
yeah! and they set the release times (i dont have to follow them but I do) to JP time. Which means its 6AM here. I love to wake up even earlier than I have to. What I do for you guys@@coconutlust470
I'm sure there's a librarian program for the original NTS-1 as well.
The real question....When new microKORG demo?
@@amitch1974there is indeed
I’m legitimately surprised the NTS-1 got a sequel, it’s one of my favorite synths of all time. Great job Korg!
Mk2!!! No way! Hell yeah! Loved the first one
Yes! I'm excited. I love my original, so I pre-ordered mkII after your video. Very excited to get this one.
Ahh there's the perfect excuse to buy a second NTS-1. The new effects sound great and osc modulation is going to be fun to play around with. I'll wait semi-patiently until it's available around here.
i like my NTS-1 quite a lot.. mainly as FX unit. The Mk2 seems to be a great update! Thanks for the interesting video Bo
Brilliant presentation and intro as always Bo 👍🇸🇪
Just ordered the Solar 42. Didn’t expect it to pop up here. Two amazing synths here. Great work Bo.
I use the NTS-1 with an Electra One controller. Not only does it give hands on control to all parameters, it also provides patch memory to this little Korg.
Oh this is fantastic. I use the Mk 1 soooo much and I will be picking this one up too.
This, plus my Chase Bliss Habit pedal, is gonna be sonic madness. Love it.
Sweet!!! I was just thinking about buying about nts-1
Well, looks like I'm buying a second NTS-1. I don't mind, these things are just so much fun and so useful. The ultimate cheap and cheerful synth toy that's not actually a toy.
All of a sudden every big name is reviewing this including loopop and others. I immediately ignore the others and am here to watch you... Keep being you
♥️☕️
It makes two of us ✨🇸🇪
Me three!
I'm really excited to buy one of these to use in tandem with my JU-06! I think it'll be a lot of fun to pair them up and make them sing together.
It's been a while since I was instantly convinced to part with my money.
I wish they had added a battery/rechargeable option! Its the main reason I rarely use my Nts-1
Same - And not being able to save presets
There is a mod for that
I use mine with a little phone charge pack.
That is what power banks are for. I have 4-6 lying around here. You don't need a battery that raises the price and thickness.
I agree. The third time I lost a nice patch I threw it in my cable box. You can’t keep it powered up 24/7. They should spend another dollar on a small EEPROM.
More Fx, better keys and USBC very welcome! But even if it’s just 8 steps, to have its own sequencer is for me the most important addition.
I’m not sure if it’s just my copy but the NTS-1 seemed to have a high-pitched whine unless I could get the USB positioned just right. Did you find this one to be quieter in operation?
At that price point the Roland s-1 is a far more attractive option. The rechargeable battery, motion fx and more robust build means I use my S-1 for more than my NTS-1.
Maybe I should make a comparison!
@@BoBeats I love my NTS-1 and have used it many times for its sound and effects, but the increase in price for the mk2 just pushes it into that region of better quality devices. If it was in ‘Volca’ format then the price point would be more justified.
Would like to see a comparison 👍🏻
Hey thanks for the intro to that Korg, would you suggest one of those mini MIDI pad controllers with colored lights? Got a video?
I've been keeping an eye on the original NTS-1 to come back in stock since adding Sinevibes plugins for the Minilogue XD, but guess this is why the stock was so low. Heard that the old generation user plugins don't work on the mk2 yet, but is sure they would be easy enough to update and that at least Sinevibes will be supporting it. Still, with the wait, I've grown slightly less interested in it and now there's even the NTS-3 to potentially fill the effect processor role.
Very cool! I used to have the mk1, but I sold it because you couldn't save presets and there wasn't a spillover function, so every time you changed the page and turned the knobs the settings/sounds would jump abruptly. But...these issues are still inside the mk2!
Why Korg?!? At least the spillover function...
Waiting for 88 key version.
😆
How is this clever?
Waiting for 666 key version.
I wonder if Korg locked the mk2 down more with the new library? Like the Volca FM2 that couldn't use the custom firmware, I wonder if some of the clones/mods will still work or be loadable
sweetwater price $169,99.
3:53 What’s that power socket called? I love it:)
Thinking about getting a 19” rack power conditioner for lamps, usb charging/power such as for this NTS-MK2:)
I’ve been planning to buy an NTS-1 at some point and I’m so glad I haven’t yet! Lots of nice new features. I’ll probably never use the keyboard on it but I didn’t like how it looked on the old one. This one looks much better. Will definitely be buying one of these.
FedX is delivering mine today.
Great video. I sold my NTS-1 last year because I wasn’t really using it. But I’m so tempted to get one of these. Would sound great as pads or background ambient sounds on my recordings. BTW will you (could you) be reviewing the Yamaha Seqtrek, woove box or micromonsta II anytime soon?
Seqtrak isnt impossible! Woovebox unlikely… micromonsta is definitely on my radar
Did they fix the USB noise issue?
Googled around for plugins for the Mk3 but only found sites selling synth plugins for version 1. Can someone providee with a link?
I was kind of doubting myself with the speaker feat 😅 This looks like a nice little update. I hope the NTS1mk2 will recognize local-off MIDI CC now too, would make that little keyboard and CC’s more useful for a small setup controller 😃 if Korg adds that we will show it haha 😎
Yeah, you are right! It has a speaker. I just never used it. 😆
The Mk1 recognized MIDI-CC
@@newignis yes it does, but but not the midi local-off command which is a handy command which detaches the controllers from the sound engine so you can use midi routing/modifiers to make more goodies
@@RetrokitsDev Now I get you :-)
And I just bought the original!
Отличное обновление 👍
So you could build a custom FM Synth by chaining NTS-1s for far cheaper than modular? Sounds like a win to me
Damn just got my second NTS-1 this week but I'm fine cause after the initial hype it seems is almost the same to the original a part from the handy midi out
More curious about NTS-3!
When will these be available?
What's the synth engine output sample rate?
MK-1 is only @192kbps.
great!!!!
this is very cool but i'm more excited about the NTS-3
Any info on how useful it will be? I'm new to synths and it looks like a touchpad effects box?
How difficult is it to use as an FX box for other gear? Do you have to leave on a drone note or anything or is it just as simple as getting a 1/8 adapter for the audio in?
You simply turn OFF the oscillator and turn on OPEN gate for the envelope. And that should be it. You can also choose to route the audio either to OSC (for mod) or pre filter, pre eg, pre fx. So theres a few routing options. Those routings require manual.
The original just processed incoming audio and routed it through the fx the moment you plugged stuff in and it turned on. I'd be surprised if it would be harder on the mk2.
theres a little more options on MK2 since you can route it to modulate the oscillator. but unless you use that feature its very similar@@OttosTheName
Nice hopefully they sell the first versions for half off now . would just use for the fx anyways :)
Do you think the librarian software means the mk2 will have some patch storage?
From another video the answer appears to be yes.
Amazing!!!! How would you say it compares to the Roland S1 which has a similar price point?
The S1 has a much better sequencer. And its sound shaping is a bit more advanced (but also a bit complicated bc its in menus!). The NTS1 can be expanded with user osc and it can work as an FX unit. Oh and S1 is battery powered!
@@BoBeats Thank you very much Bo for the immediate response! Keep being awesome 🥰🥰🥰
Volca kick is amazing bit of kit , you can buy a used one pretty cheap ..
Does the MK II do delay and reverb at the same time? That was one of the most frustrating limitations of the MK I
Mk1 did allow reverb and delay as well simultaneously. I’m doing it all the time. It depends on the complexity of the chosen effect however. If an effect uses too much memory or CPU it didn’t allow you to combine with certain other effects.
I kind of worry about that Hydrasynth Explorer next to that door in the background. I can already see someone coming in through that door and kicking that poor thing over. 🙁
All we need now is a built-in joystick controller and a velocity sensitive keyboard. 😂
Can it be connected to a guitar amp
I wish Elta would just decide to send me a Solar 42, to make melodies on top of my LXR-02. They are a match from a place standing strong against RuZFed. 😁
Wow this great! Bo, would you consider reviewing the Behringer Pro-VS mini?
Its very different
Volca keys is 3 note paraphonic analog synth. Quite warm fuzzy tone. Better sequencer than nts-1 but no fx I think
This is monophonic and has tripple FX, and works as an external FX. And it has an ARP
Man i literally just got a second nts-1 not long ago.. damn
That's tasty!
korg back from the dead? after volca fm2 i scratched my head... new developments, microkorg mk2... kingkorg... now this... seems a little sleep does good sometimes
Definitely excited but where can I get it?! Ahaha the sweetwater link is just for the mki
Same goes for the link to Thomann.
gonna check but might be that it takes a while for them to stock.
I loved version 1, so much I purchased it twice as while this in many ways a wonderful instrument, it is not at all well constructed, both fairly quickly became unusable. While it certainly is not an expensive synth to buy once, 7 would get you a Grandmother.
Yeah compared to Roland Compacts or Volcas its not well built.
Hello. And what would you choose from mini synth: korg nts1 mk2 or Roland s1? And when is the premiere of korg?
You can't really play the NTS-1 on its own
@@AnomieDomine How is it on your own?
@@karolwasilewski6528 I only have the mk1, it works alone but has so many limits it's better as an effects box for another synth, a better comparison to the S1 would be one of the Korg Volca models
@@AnomieDomine I have a minilogue XD. I read that he works well with him 🙂
@@karolwasilewski6528 probably but think of it as more useful for fx, also the price doubled from mk1 to mk2 but it did fix some things. The best part of the mk1 was the innovative user patches and price, and we don't know if they will still work the same
I wouldn`t call it a Synth but more an "Effects Generator". In my view Synths make music but I wouldn`t call the end result here as being musical.
what about the NTS-3 Kaosspad??
Wish i had one but sadly not
Can you put external audio thru the reverb?
Yes
My problem with the first one (for me) was the usb power made it noisy and unusable. Even with a power block.
Can someone check on playpm? All the January gear drops knocked him unconscious.
Hey have you got the new Kaosspad!...???????? Korg teaser just out . Any comments !! Please review it . Both this 2 new nts series are Must Buy.
I dont have it but I hope to check it out
Would be fun to have something the size of this, but just as an FX processor, maybe something like that exists somewhere
it is an fx processor, you dont have to use the synth, i dont often use the synth on the mk1, just as a fx box
NTS-3 incoming! 🤩👍
You should 100% use this as an FX processor!! That’s how I use the NTS-1 Mk1
thanks for the advices !
It sounds amazing but isn't it too tiny. I hope Korg will release a bigger brother
They keybed looks so much better
It is! Still a bit janky but better
First one has a speaker too.
Thanks! Mistake on my part. It could be that my NTS-1 was preproduction and didnt have a working speaker. Or I just drank too much coffee and got a bit too excited!
@@BoBeats I only know because I bought one a few days ago so now I’m salty 😆
Just got the OG a few days ago 😭
i feel you
must... resist... buying... another.... nts...
nts1 mk2, nts3, nts2 back in stock
The big question is, if you already have the NTS-1, is it worth buying the MK2?
I don’t think you really addressed this here.
Just got a second NTS-1 this week😅
Honestly it seems almost the same to me cause I usually it with plugins that provides almost endless sonic possibilities with sequencers, drum machine oscillators and more!
So interested in NTS-3 though
i think its absolutely pointless to buy the mk2 if you own the mk1 unless you need 2 for some reason
@@hellf.o Yes, the NTS-3 seems more interesting, but I’ve yet to see a demo. Btw, was there ever an NTS-2?🤔
@@BoBeats Not to mention the MK2 is nearly double the price. That alone would seem to make it less appealing to a first time buyer.
@@stockholm1752yes, the nts2 was the oscilloscope. It's actually really nifty.
Sounds like Korg has eliminated the little *clicks* when you switch different mod/delay/reverb types during performance.
Yeah I didnt notice any
Me neither
definitely better, but not as 200€ compared to the discounted mk1 for 100€ and 49€ Jt4000.
Hay Bo, get that Hydrasynth Explorer on a desk and not cast aside stood in a corner like a naughty school child lol. I hope Korg have improved their Quality Control on the NTS-1 MK2.
i promise, i will
Long hair again! P.s... this korg is amazing!
Given that I have 3 iPads (don’t ask, long story) and an iPhone I’d be better off using one of those and an app wouldn’t I?
Depends on what you want to do, both a computer/ipad/iphone is a great device for making music. Its all about tools that work for your goals
@@BoBeats - agreed that you select according to the mission, however I’m trying to work out what you could NOT achieve with an iPad and a few dollars max of apps??
As somebody who uses both an NTS-1 and iPads... In terms of bang-for-buck, the price and ease-of-use of iOS music apps is hard to beat. But even with hundreds of apps/plugins on my iPad, my NTS has a comparable amount of standouts. It's a microcosm of the old gear-vs-computer debate, comparing making the most of curated sets of limitations (gear) to complete generality (computer).
The workflow and tactility are of course different. There are algorithms on the Korg multiengine gear that aren't available elsewhere, but it's still a subjective call whether those might be of value to you.
@@voltijuice8576 - I suppose it’s a little bit like the film vs digital debate in the camera world.
@@voltijuice8576 - I had another look at the iPad style of apps and how they compare with the hardware instruments (like the Kong) and I’m wondering if the dependence of the app designs on skeuomorphic representations of the hardware hasn’t been a mistake. Perhaps a new touch screen design for synths, DAWs, Grooveboxes, etc., should be created that takes advantage of the UI/UX provided by (for example) the iPad. Is this something worth pursuing?
So awesome as this is, I stumbled on to the new mini Beheringers which look equally ( possibly more) impressive any reviews in the works for the Jt-4000 or the Pro VS? Both or which seem amazing given the apparent price/performance ratio?
man after the korg drumlogue micokorg 2 king korg Neo cloning themselves, modules and now NTS-1 mk2 im kinda worried for korg idk something new coming out where is the electribe 3 !
Korg had no choice but to bring out a mk2 version because of a manufacturing defect in the mk1 version. I got my mk1 for about £25 because the track had come apart from the PCB and hence the left hand channel was dead. But I really hope there is some kind of firmware update for the mk1. Also, the most annoying thing about the mk1 version is the lack of presets unless connected to a computer. And that terrible keyboard! Edit... £170??! Are Korg mad? Nope. Won't be buying another.
!!!!!!!
Why didnt they call it the NTS-2?
Because there is an NTS-2 already…
@@BoBeats oh right, just googled. Its the oscilloscope thing. Weird how they named them that way, though. To me the nts-2 is something different.
The Korg NTS-1 MK2 does look great. However, isn't Korg being a bit cocky here?
The reason the MK1 was so attractive was for its initial price. The increase of price in MK2 makes this not so appealing anymore.
I believe the target audience for the NTS-1 were DIY people who liked to tinker and were looking for something cheap and capable, without being too worried about its build quality.
Now it seems Korg has shifted the NTS-1 audience to more "serious" musicians who are actually willing to spend a great deal of money for their gear.
In my opinion, for this price, this has lost all its appeal and I feel very disappointed that Korg opted to exclude hobbyists from being their consumers.
Sincerely, what is going on with these "affordable" musical gear?
--- (finishes ranting and goes back to make music with his M8 headless setup using a RG351V that cost 1/3 of the NTS-1....... later cries in the corner because has no official gear and can't be a part of the cool boys).
Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrgh !!!! WHY ??!!??!!
Still think the Roland S-1 is better...
S-1 is very good agreed... I think its the FX part here that wins me over
Me too! BY A LOT.
@@BoBeats Yeah its definitely an upgrade. Nevertheless I'll still be buying one as I'm obsessed with mini synths atm. lol Cheers mate...
I like the S1 more than I thought I might, but I can't imagine it taking the place of the multiengine.