Akai need to go ahead and use this as the blue print for the MPC Mini. The form factor is great, though functionality wise this seems more like a live performance thing than an actual groove box
Yeah, am really hoping for a slighty other approach from Akai. 2x8 grid with a decent sequencer, less menu diving and a more immediate approach. A combination of the 404 and Circuit Rhythm with Akai Flavor. Battery powered of course.
I'm buying one. It kills me how all of these reviews seem to be people that want it to actually be an sp404 and are forgetting what the point of a kaosspad actually is 🤦♂️ This is a touch FX processor FIRST. KP3+ did sampling too but nobody got confused. This is a Kaosspad with expanded sampling functionality, NOT an sp404 with a Kaosspad glued to it. Korg needs to focus less on the sampling functionality in promotional content because it's creating unreal expectations.
This might be on the Bad Gear channel by tomorrow. I mean Roland misfires alot - but not this bad this fast. This feels like they said to Behringer on copying a current commercial product form factor "bruh, hold my beer."
..... I'll check it out next year after 5 or 6 firmware updates and possibly used. I wasn't doing music when the Kaoss line was doing it's thing years ago, so I don't have any real attachments to it.
I'm going to be honest, I would have to try it, I think people are comparing this thing to other drum machines and samplers but I've been using kaosspad 3 for a decade as a live sampler for live production, not producing beats, not using it as a drum machine, all I need is sample buttons and an xy pad, I use it more as a live looper. if it can do the same as a kaoss pad 3 but better then techincally is an upgrade ?
@@AveMcree Re the Korg Kaos Replay having a lithium ion battery brb. It…does…not. I mean, look if it is usb c powered, then you can get a portable charger for it, but (and Korg you might want to listen here) for $1,000 (U.S dollars) it had better have a rechargeable lithium ion battery (tsk tsk tsk smdh at Korg)
Korg priced me out of this unit, but I do like it. Would be super dope for $499 as a FX unit/sampler, but the lack of a sequencer is a shame. Even $599 would even interest me, but $1000 I’m gonna have to wait and see what happens with it.
Respect to the creators who call this as they see it. After I watched Taetro's hard pass on this I rewatched Loopop's video and can tell he is box checking (it does this, it might do this with a firmware upgrade) but no ending with 9 creative tips or anything like that.
Korg KAOSS Replay is for DJs and not for home production. Surely you can buy it for your home setup but KAOSS is mostly a performance tool for professional that will use it in their Live sets. It has nothing to do with your bedroom studios and it is not a replacement for SP404 or MPC.
Is that thing for MusicProduction or for Djs I will take note when a Dj reviews it and put it into its full use a lot of gear was abandoned and when one dude made bangers everyone rushed to buy it same happened to Technics Sl 1200 ..Roland TR808 we cant bash a thing before you produce a hit song or until one produces a hit song ..The Beatles drumkit was thrash but they made hits with it
Ha, loving the Elektron placement in the Korg promo - lets record this nice sounding thing from some real instruments and then play around with it on [this]
yea I agree, I don't really know what's going on with them at the moment. but they've made a few misteps with some of their hardware. 1000 quid is crazy, it has a lot of stuff in there but the kp3 was less than half the price. the kp3 was a great product for the time and it worked well because the market was both musicians and dj's performers. the only reason I can think of that it's rca input is because the older ones had that. but that's kinda odd because they should be looking into what is relevant now in terms of IO. rca was relevant bitd when turntables had phono outs. but in 2023? personal opinion but I think they should have taken the live looper direction with it and not tried to compete unless they had a product as good as the sp.
Yeah, Korg does act like they are on crack with them prices sometimes! They are still trying to get $1999 for the Minikorg 700FS mono synth remake! I love my Minilogue and Wavestate but Ave is right! Korg be trippin with them prices. Especially on new releases! I’m surprised my Minilogue wasn’t more when it came out. I think it was around $500-$600 when it came out, which is still a little steep for a 4 voice synth.
I personally think Korg’s marketing team that pitched this to R&D and Engineering were on that Florida man Bath salts (or whatever is cheaper than crack) but all 3 (Crack, Meth and Bath salts) are helluva drugs, Google Pink Cocaine from Columbia. Hopefully that 💩 doesn’t make its way to North America (I’m including Canada in this as well) but…
I think they tried to make something like the Pioneer Toraiz sp16 or the Pioneer DJ DJS-1000 but both have sequencer's so I'm not sure what Korg is doing right now especially with that price tag.
Add a touch screen to a sampler, and the price explodes (that's why I like 🐨). I think it's the software behind it, which makes it costly. Maybe the next iteration gets cheaper, because now they have a code base for the UI.
Korg is high on bath salts, or that Walter White Blue Sky meth, whatever is cheaper than Crack…is what Korg is on if they think this thing will take out the SP 404 mk 2.
I am pretty confident that this is a live FX unit first, with live performance in mind, and a sampler second. I am not saying that, that's justifying the price, I just don't think they are trying to compete with other samplers as much.
i've been thinking about this and i think korg is swinging at pioneer here not roland. this looks like it's trying to plug directly into small clubs with a 2 cdj system and replace one. the fact that someone could use a house turntable and just the replay by itself and they don't have to touch the house mixer is pretty appealing, especially when you've seen the price of pioneer equipment. i don't understand why they are campaigning this as a sampler because as a sampler, it sucks, but as a dj workstation, it might have potential
As an electrical engineer who designs products and also plays around with gear, I have absolutely zero idea where this $1000 is you're spending is going towards. Probably the most confusing thing about this is, at this price point, who the hell is the target demographic for something like this? The ultimate irony is that any one of those pieces of Elektron gear next to it would be a better use of money and do way more for you than whatever this thing is supposed to be 😂 I honestly don't know what Korg's problem is lately. They have some gear already out that is dope as hell sonically, but has some design and build quality issues like the Wavestate, Modwave, and the Opsix. They should be focusing on taking what good things they already have out and improving upon them. The firmware updates for this thing better be absolute fire or no one will pick this even at liquidation prices lol Great vid!
Great video, as always ! :-) Full disclosure: I have a Korg WaveState, Modwave, and an Opsix. I love them, they are great synthesizers. They came out with the Wavestate SE, at $2 700 CAN, two to three times more than a Wavestate! Then, this at $ 999 US, which translate to $ 1 399 CAN ? Sorry, Korg, your marketing department is completely incompetent, and disconnected from the reality of consumers. They need to be fired OR send them on a trip where they can see how simple folk like me are making music. At $ 1 399, I can buy two Roland SP404MKII. Or even better, get a Digitakt, the silver 25th anniversary edition! 😛
Yeah, they a long ways from 2020... My WaveState is awesome (outside of being hella difficult to use)... Wait, there's a Silver Digitakt??? WHERE!!!??????!
If Korg is marketing the Kaos Replay (or whatever this thing is called) as an SP 404 mk 2 killer when it will cost $1400 CAN, which is double the price of an SP 404 mk 2, Korg’s whole marketing team needs to be handed their pink slips and told “clear your stuff out of your desks and GTFOH”. This thing *Will Not Kill The SP 404 mk2…Ever*
I use an MPC for most things, this looks like it'd be great for running all the vocals for a progressive house set, my mpc does too much to cover that, but at twice the price of an MPC in Aus ill keep looking. But i guess with the rca they were targetting djs and compared to other options like a cdj the price isnt crazy so maybe thats the market they are going for. If i find one on a half price sellout sale id get one but not at the current price
Its powered by a usb c port but the data connection is Micro USB. Theres no way I’d drop 1000 on something thats micro USB. Its always been a weak, unreliable connector. Its looking like a lots been left on the drawing board. Its a shame… if it had a half decent sequencer and better connectivity and cost £500.. it would kill the 404. But it hasn’t.
This isn't a groovebox. Bring your finished tracks from your MPC One and remix them in the Kaoss Replay with Kaossilator shenanigans. Or playback your tracks from your MPC and remix them live with Kaossilator shenanigans.
Ave, your vids always make me laugh. And it's a firm NO for me with this release. I won't even buy it when the price goes down to the typical $400 on Reverb lmao.
Korg lost me as a potential customer, when they abandoned the Electribe 2 (Regular and Sampler)’s firmware after one year on the market, my “spider senses” tell me, this won’t be any different, sadly.
@@soniksource is it though ? Will the Korg Kaoss Replay kill the SP 404 mk2 ? I mean time will tell, but Korg has a history of abandoning firmware of products ( I’m looking at the Electribe 2 sampler, and synth unit)
I knew from that thumbnail this was gonna be bad XD I guess Korg can't *always* knock it out of the park with a new release. RCA isn't the only throwback, loopop mentioned a 32GB limit on the card lol, and it came with an 8GB card. And they're bold AF with that $1000 price tag LOL
@@AveMcree not sure what you are asking me tbh. If the Live is portable? The Korg is not more "portable" than a Mpc Live or One or Digitakt or 404 Mk2 but only the last one mentioned is actually "really-portable" as in "no special trickery and accessories needed" . I still find it pretty expensive tbh
That laughter you hear coming from Japan is the sound of Roland execs laughing at the thought that this Korg Replay (or whatever it’s called) is going to kill the SP 404 mk 2 😂😂
I’m going back to playing with djay2 app on the bus….. seriously , I have a KP3+ sitting next to my SP404-MK2, and Korg really do need to stay off the drugs 😂 They are a great company with classic Analog synths and filters , volca series, even the the Koass legacy it’s self is still heavy, but this biting of the SP404mk2 Form factor without a sequencer, internal memory, multi-outputs, aux send/returns ….urgh it’s like they had spare parts left and they brought the A-Team out of retirement to build sumthn. From the company who brought the world the Korg Triton, this is dismal.
This is no doubt aimed at DJs like the Toraize. That said, no sequencer at $1K is a dealbreaker. ...and who wants to deal with tiny micro SDs? That move was just stupid.
I’ve always been a big Korg user. Since the 90s. Usually because I couldn’t afford Roland or Akai. How TF they coming in at double the price point on an industry standard like the SP404??? They are a good company and make a lot of mistakes. The Electribe 2 had dope sounds. I loved them. Form factor was excellent and workflow was awful. Their analog synths in the last ten years have been so good and again, affordable. IDK WTF they smoking now.
The Electribe 2 sampler was trash. I agree! However, I loved that thing for some reason. It was a beast with modular gear. Though all my beats sucked on it. I was having fun.
tbh the Price IS WAY TO HIGH EVEN FOR A SAMPLER & PERFORMANCE & DJ DEVICE IF they would make a squencer, more globaleffects than one to assign, chromatic sampling, make it better overall!
I was about to have a sore spot of Korg because of this new Kaoss Pad... so many fails and asking Teenage Engineering pricing for it 😅... But, they brought out a plugin and saved their bacon on my eyes. I had a KP3 once and loved making transitions when coming up with loops of a track and would then replicate it with multiple effects plugins in the DAW when it can to making it into a composition. This was always a long, drawn-out process, and I just wish they made a plugin. There's no real benefit to the hardware unless you're using it live. It's definitely not worth coming out of a DAW and back in when effecting a whole beat unless you're just playing around. Not get enough quality for a master effect, and you couldn't send it off to be mixed either. Was always best to replicate the effects and automation... but man, that was time-consuming. Finally, they have a plugin of it. This device, even if they improved things with firmware updates... it can't change the micro USB... the Yamaha finger drummer only just gets away with it because it's not that complicated... but come on. It's like putting roll down windows on a luxury car
Not intended to be used for beat making or sequencing. If you were a DJ you would use this more for live sets and effects. Not recommended for beat making and you already said it yourself at 3:18 that you only use the other korg one you have for effects even though it has a sampler on it as well lol...
Lol. It's not perfect and the price is high. That said, I do like it. I feel like ppl are sleeping on the stream recording. I wish all groove boxes and devices (this seems more like an fx box) had that feature. Being able to jam and record and then dump the recordings into a daw for editing would be useful (for me anyway). While I do mpc stuff, I do love a groove boxes, drum machines and have synths. I believe I could sample and effect live and then finish in my daw. I'm sure it is hot garbage... but I like the idea.
"At first sight this groovebox is ticking all the boxes." Seriously though, even if this is meant for performers only, not producers, then it is just way too overpriced for what it does. And computer connection via Micro USB, are you kidding me? Who the heck still does that in 2023?
I watched an earlier reviewer on this and said if this has amazing time stretching… meh we’ll if it has stem separation msg… we’ll wtf y’all bringing to the table???
I would want this to be applicable for rock, the oldschool rock, where music is not quantized, and it has a good base already for it. Footswitch, midi in for tempo control, so maybe they improve the warping algorithm, and then I'd have a tool to play live with the band and being able to play samples along with music adjusting their tempo on the fly.
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Tragic af.....
You had me laughing man 😂
tragic that they don't send you one?
@@foolycooly6738 instant reverb sale then buy actually good gear
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They did me a massive favor lol.. fum!!?@@foolycooly6738
Korg have done a great job advertising Elektron gear.
lmaooo... I'm crying... The Digitakt is a far better sampler & sequencer tbh
😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@AveMcreeand cheaper 😂
The Roland SP 404 mk 2 humbly thanks Korg for its efforts 🤣🤣
Akai need to go ahead and use this as the blue print for the MPC Mini. The form factor is great, though functionality wise this seems more like a live performance thing than an actual groove box
Whatever AKAI does it will be better lol
Akai must modify the current sequencer linear with a small update. Tracks vertically on the side and each sequence of a track horizontal.
Yeah, am really hoping for a slighty other approach from Akai. 2x8 grid with a decent sequencer, less menu diving and a more immediate approach. A combination of the 404 and Circuit Rhythm with Akai Flavor. Battery powered of course.
Co signed 🤣🤣 I would laugh so hard if Akai does this
Would take Akai actually listening to users which they've never done before and I don't expect them to start doing now
I'm buying one. It kills me how all of these reviews seem to be people that want it to actually be an sp404 and are forgetting what the point of a kaosspad actually is 🤦♂️
This is a touch FX processor FIRST. KP3+ did sampling too but nobody got confused. This is a Kaosspad with expanded sampling functionality, NOT an sp404 with a Kaosspad glued to it.
Korg needs to focus less on the sampling functionality in promotional content because it's creating unreal expectations.
1010 Blackbox blows this thing out of the water for $400 less.
This might be on the Bad Gear channel by tomorrow. I mean Roland misfires alot - but not this bad this fast. This feels like they said to Behringer on copying a current commercial product form factor "bruh, hold my beer."
lol yea I think audiopilz is probably on this already.
This is for someone. Who, I have no idea. The pricing isn’t in line with its features.
A future Bad Gear episode awaits.
😂😂😂😂😂
Look up Pioneer gear, and which one does this strongly resemble?
I can get a used live 2 for less than what Korg wants and the MPC has an X/Y pad, a sequencer, speakers, A BATTERY…
Or get a used Digitakt and used 404 MK2 for less ;)
@@bike.krueger Then you would give up even more stuff, but yes, that’s the idea.
On the plus side Akai can use this thing a base line concept for the MPC mini
..... I'll check it out next year after 5 or 6 firmware updates and possibly used. I wasn't doing music when the Kaoss line was doing it's thing years ago, so I don't have any real attachments to it.
This is definitely just for live performance it’s not meant to be a standalone track maker
I'm going to be honest, I would have to try it, I think people are comparing this thing to other drum machines and samplers but I've been using kaosspad 3 for a decade as a live sampler for live production, not producing beats, not using it as a drum machine, all I need is sample buttons and an xy pad, I use it more as a live looper. if it can do the same as a kaoss pad 3 but better then techincally is an upgrade ?
No sequencer. For 1000 bucks. They smoking rocks
RCA is nutz but I like the layout.
It looks cleaner than looking at an SP404
I'd buy an MPC One Plus at the price before I'd get one of those though
does it at least have a lithium ion battery?
btw, you could get a MPC Live 2 for 100 dollars more.
@@AveMcreenope, no battery. In fact it’s powered by USB-C and does data over USB Mini…
@@AveMcree Re the Korg Kaos Replay having a lithium ion battery brb. It…does…not. I mean, look if it is usb c powered, then you can get a portable charger for it, but (and Korg you might want to listen here) for $1,000 (U.S dollars) it had better have a rechargeable lithium ion battery (tsk tsk tsk smdh at Korg)
Korg priced me out of this unit, but I do like it. Would be super dope for $499 as a FX unit/sampler, but the lack of a sequencer is a shame. Even $599 would even interest me, but $1000 I’m gonna have to wait and see what happens with it.
Respect to the creators who call this as they see it. After I watched Taetro's hard pass on this I rewatched Loopop's video and can tell he is box checking (it does this, it might do this with a firmware upgrade) but no ending with 9 creative tips or anything like that.
Korg KAOSS Replay is for DJs and not for home production. Surely you can buy it for your home setup but KAOSS is mostly a performance tool for professional that will use it in their Live sets. It has nothing to do with your bedroom studios and it is not a replacement for SP404 or MPC.
Well said I hate it when bedroom producers jump to review for likes
👍 good comment! ..and The Cool thing are the 2 faders. Its a perfect live performing tool…better then the Pioneer DJS 1000.
@@victorwilliams5398 Exactly!
@@victorwilliams5398 most ppl do for likes we have so many tools deemed useless only for it to resurface coz a famous producer or DJ used it ..
It was made for live performance only. They could have reached more people if it had a sequencer.
Is that thing for MusicProduction or for Djs I will take note when a Dj reviews it and put it into its full use a lot of gear was abandoned and when one dude made bangers everyone rushed to buy it same happened to Technics Sl 1200 ..Roland TR808 we cant bash a thing before you produce a hit song or until one produces a hit song ..The Beatles drumkit was thrash but they made hits with it
Ha, loving the Elektron placement in the Korg promo - lets record this nice sounding thing from some real instruments and then play around with it on [this]
bruh.... lol
How apropos….right before Thanksgiving , Ave roasts Korg’s turkey! ROFLMAO !!!! 😭😭😭
Oh Korg’s goose 🪿 got broiled with a flame thrower
Prologue
Drumlogue
Wavestate SE “Platinum”
Transparent plastic Microkorg
Now this…
Is Korg tanking for the first pick in next year’s synth draft?
dead af lol
you forgot the oscilloscope
😂 yes, Ave, this review had me in stitches man 😂😂
yea I agree, I don't really know what's going on with them at the moment. but they've made a few misteps with some of their hardware. 1000 quid is crazy, it has a lot of stuff in there but the kp3 was less than half the price. the kp3 was a great product for the time and it worked well because the market was both musicians and dj's performers. the only reason I can think of that it's rca input is because the older ones had that. but that's kinda odd because they should be looking into what is relevant now in terms of IO. rca was relevant bitd when turntables had phono outs. but in 2023?
personal opinion but I think they should have taken the live looper direction with it and not tried to compete unless they had a product as good as the sp.
Yeah, Korg does act like they are on crack with them prices sometimes! They are still trying to get $1999 for the Minikorg 700FS mono synth remake! I love my Minilogue and Wavestate but Ave is right! Korg be trippin with them prices. Especially on new releases! I’m surprised my Minilogue wasn’t more when it came out. I think it was around $500-$600 when it came out, which is still a little steep for a 4 voice synth.
🤣"Bruh This aint Killin Sh!t" FACTS!!!! 🤣💪🏾Great review!
Went from "I want that" to "WTF?" really quickly.
They already put a kaoss pad in the mpc. There better be 1000 fx
I didn't want to say it for obvious reason
@@AveMcree I still fuk w the KP3. Great piece for DJing
You can get one of these at that price or both an SP-404 and an MPC ONE for about the same. Tough choice boys.🤣
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Deceased 🤣🤣🤣
I gotta say........Thanks for keeping it REAL.....Like Rick James said "Cocaine is a helluva drug"! LMAO
you already know
I personally think Korg’s marketing team that pitched this to R&D and Engineering were on that Florida man Bath salts (or whatever is cheaper than crack) but all 3 (Crack, Meth and Bath salts) are helluva drugs, Google Pink Cocaine from Columbia. Hopefully that 💩 doesn’t make its way to North America (I’m including Canada in this as well) but…
I think they tried to make something like the Pioneer Toraiz sp16 or the Pioneer DJ DJS-1000 but both have sequencer's so I'm not sure what Korg is doing right now especially with that price tag.
Add a touch screen to a sampler, and the price explodes (that's why I like 🐨). I think it's the software behind it, which makes it costly. Maybe the next iteration gets cheaper, because now they have a code base for the UI.
😂😂😂😂 Ain't killing shit
Looks way better but is missing too many important features.
It's the hot chick with bad breath scenario lol
LMFAOROTF@@AveMcree
It’s that price the actual retail price or just list price?
That is the legitimate retail price
I think this competes with the Pioneer DJS1000 not MPC' or SP,s. The SP's don't work well or at all with DJ mixers.
From a Ant's d@% to Korg on Crack, I laughed out loud a few times 🤣 Great video Ave, and that's a Naw for me!🙏🏾✊🏾💚
lol
Korg is high on bath salts, or that Walter White Blue Sky meth, whatever is cheaper than Crack…is what Korg is on if they think this thing will take out the SP 404 mk 2.
Do it even have time stretch doe?
Thanks. Very helpful!
The biggest issue I see next to the price, is that after sampling 4:06 the playback is not in sync with the source
"Suh-quencer" 🤣
I am pretty confident that this is a live FX unit first, with live performance in mind, and a sampler second. I am not saying that, that's justifying the price, I just don't think they are trying to compete with other samplers as much.
Please do a video on that kaoss mini. It’s like Chinese arithmetic trying to get that thing functioning for me 😭
🤔I really like Korg Products, (Triton, Karma, MS200) but I can get a Roland for half the price🤷🏽
Where is the Sp 404 MKIi going to be $400 on Black Friday?
we'll talk about it soon
I hear ya 👍
That’s a damn shame.. I needed a new sampler too 👀
Korg 404 ! brought to you by elektron : )
Please put on their team so I can give them better ideas
i've been thinking about this and i think korg is swinging at pioneer here not roland. this looks like it's trying to plug directly into small clubs with a 2 cdj system and replace one. the fact that someone could use a house turntable and just the replay by itself and they don't have to touch the house mixer is pretty appealing, especially when you've seen the price of pioneer equipment. i don't understand why they are campaigning this as a sampler because as a sampler, it sucks, but as a dj workstation, it might have potential
Another way the sp404 kills the kaos, is that the kaos cannot be used as a computer interface.
integrated USB audio interface (2 in / 2 out, 48 kHz, 16-bit);
I'm still using RCA jacks in 2023😳 Gold plated too, its like sprinkling Adobo on gungy tunes.
Hey! I will have you know I use RCA on my modded Yamaha DJX2B. In 2023.
I'm good the mpc one is way better at 699
Ave, your thumbnail absolutely nailed it! Damn, how can a company with such an experience launch such a crappy product?
As an electrical engineer who designs products and also plays around with gear, I have absolutely zero idea where this $1000 is you're spending is going towards. Probably the most confusing thing about this is, at this price point, who the hell is the target demographic for something like this? The ultimate irony is that any one of those pieces of Elektron gear next to it would be a better use of money and do way more for you than whatever this thing is supposed to be 😂 I honestly don't know what Korg's problem is lately. They have some gear already out that is dope as hell sonically, but has some design and build quality issues like the Wavestate, Modwave, and the Opsix. They should be focusing on taking what good things they already have out and improving upon them. The firmware updates for this thing better be absolute fire or no one will pick this even at liquidation prices lol Great vid!
Shid! I'm still trying to update my Wavestate to this very day... Tragic!
Weever beats brought me here. I had to your og video.
Without doubt the best review 😂
RCA audio I/O connections? Really? Come on, Korg!!!!
Great video, as always ! :-) Full disclosure: I have a Korg WaveState, Modwave, and an Opsix. I love them, they are great synthesizers. They came out with the Wavestate SE, at $2 700 CAN, two to three times more than a Wavestate! Then, this at $ 999 US, which translate to $ 1 399 CAN ? Sorry, Korg, your marketing department is completely incompetent, and disconnected from the reality of consumers. They need to be fired OR send them on a trip where they can see how simple folk like me are making music. At $ 1 399, I can buy two Roland SP404MKII. Or even better, get a Digitakt, the silver 25th anniversary edition! 😛
Yeah, they a long ways from 2020... My WaveState is awesome (outside of being hella difficult to use)... Wait, there's a Silver Digitakt??? WHERE!!!??????!
Yup silver digitakt ! GASSSSSS
If Korg is marketing the Kaos Replay (or whatever this thing is called) as an SP 404 mk 2 killer when it will cost $1400 CAN, which is double the price of an SP 404 mk 2, Korg’s whole marketing team needs to be handed their pink slips and told “clear your stuff out of your desks and GTFOH”. This thing *Will Not Kill The SP 404 mk2…Ever*
I use an MPC for most things, this looks like it'd be great for running all the vocals for a progressive house set, my mpc does too much to cover that, but at twice the price of an MPC in Aus ill keep looking. But i guess with the rca they were targetting djs and compared to other options like a cdj the price isnt crazy so maybe thats the market they are going for. If i find one on a half price sellout sale id get one but not at the current price
On the plus side, Akai now has something to work with when designing the MPC mini
And they didn't slap a sequencer on this muhpuckah?!!! Miss me with that!!!!
I'm 100% with you on that one for sure, bro!
Korg could make the kaoss pad vst into a hardware, but they just rehashed the kaoss pad 3
Its powered by a usb c port but the data connection is Micro USB. Theres no way I’d drop 1000 on something thats micro USB. Its always been a weak, unreliable connector.
Its looking like a lots been left on the drawing board. Its a shame… if it had a half decent sequencer and better connectivity and cost £500.. it would kill the 404. But it hasn’t.
when i saw that shit in my news feed i was like Ave bout to have fun with this BS and the price is 🗑🗑🗑 and i was right 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
lol yup
hahaha $1000???? i havent laughed that hard in a minute 😭😭
Yeaaah. I don't think this is gonna get me to sell my MPC One.
This isn't a groovebox. Bring your finished tracks from your MPC One and remix them in the Kaoss Replay with Kaossilator shenanigans. Or playback your tracks from your MPC and remix them live with Kaossilator shenanigans.
Ave, your vids always make me laugh. And it's a firm NO for me with this release. I won't even buy it when the price goes down to the typical $400 on Reverb lmao.
Korg lost me as a potential customer, when they abandoned the Electribe 2 (Regular and Sampler)’s firmware after one year on the market, my “spider senses” tell me, this won’t be any different, sadly.
c’mon now, the Korg replay is killing that 404.
I felt your sarcasm thru the screen
@@AveMcree Naw for real. Time will tell, but I think having a screen to edit samples plus all the effects will ultimately win out.
@@soniksource is it though ? Will the Korg Kaoss Replay kill the SP 404 mk2 ? I mean time will tell, but Korg has a history of abandoning firmware of products ( I’m looking at the Electribe 2 sampler, and synth unit)
I knew from that thumbnail this was gonna be bad XD I guess Korg can't *always* knock it out of the park with a new release. RCA isn't the only throwback, loopop mentioned a 32GB limit on the card lol, and it came with an 8GB card. And they're bold AF with that $1000 price tag LOL
that's extra tragic
Price point is ridiculous. Great for beatboxers though. It's essentially like an improved KP3.
Korg is the first to have a touch screen
That Korg drum machine it's worth it ..... Welcome to the mini drum machine Triton
But also looks a bit like an Mpc Live. Thing is , no matter what they copied, the price is steep
it's portable?
@@AveMcree not sure what you are asking me tbh. If the Live is portable?
The Korg is not more "portable" than a Mpc Live or One or Digitakt or 404 Mk2 but only the last one mentioned is actually "really-portable" as in "no special trickery and accessories needed" . I still find it pretty expensive tbh
korg on crack is hilarious .. 🤣
That laughter you hear coming from Japan is the sound of Roland execs laughing at the thought that this Korg Replay (or whatever it’s called) is going to kill the SP 404 mk 2 😂😂
was interested...until i saw the price.
Kaoss mini pad is basically the same... They did nothing special
I’m going back to playing with djay2 app on the bus….. seriously , I have a KP3+ sitting next to my SP404-MK2, and Korg really do need to stay off the drugs 😂 They are a great company with classic Analog synths and filters , volca series, even the the Koass legacy it’s self is still heavy, but this biting of the SP404mk2 Form factor without a sequencer, internal memory, multi-outputs, aux send/returns ….urgh it’s like they had spare parts left and they brought the A-Team out of retirement to build sumthn. From the company who brought the world the Korg Triton, this is dismal.
😂😂😂😂😂
Feels like the used market price of the earlier Kaoss pads will go up soon@@AveMcree
To go from the Electribes (I had a lot of fun with my old school Electribe Rhythm Drum Machine) to…well… _This_ , my, how the mighty hath fallen 🤣🤣
This is no doubt aimed at DJs like the Toraize. That said, no sequencer at $1K is a dealbreaker. ...and who wants to deal with tiny micro SDs? That move was just stupid.
I have the korg ds10 with kaoss pads pretty sure Roland never made anything similar that turns any Nintendo DS into a synthesizer
I’ve always been a big Korg user. Since the 90s. Usually because I couldn’t afford Roland or Akai. How TF they coming in at double the price point on an industry standard like the SP404??? They are a good company and make a lot of mistakes. The Electribe 2 had dope sounds. I loved them. Form factor was excellent and workflow was awful. Their analog synths in the last ten years have been so good and again, affordable. IDK WTF they smoking now.
The Electribe 2 sampler was trash. I agree! However, I loved that thing for some reason. It was a beast with modular gear. Though all my beats sucked on it. I was having fun.
Hahahahaha!! U Crazy bruh!! Too damn funny!!
No sequencer 😹
at least korg got new midi keyboards right
tbh the Price IS WAY TO HIGH EVEN FOR A SAMPLER & PERFORMANCE & DJ DEVICE
IF they would make a squencer, more globaleffects than one to assign, chromatic sampling, make it better overall!
Akai Remix 16 vibes
nice video man... hahaha korg is smoking crack!!! jajaja man, i got to go to the bathroom :D
I was about to have a sore spot of Korg because of this new Kaoss Pad... so many fails and asking Teenage Engineering pricing for it 😅...
But, they brought out a plugin and saved their bacon on my eyes.
I had a KP3 once and loved making transitions when coming up with loops of a track and would then replicate it with multiple effects plugins in the DAW when it can to making it into a composition.
This was always a long, drawn-out process, and I just wish they made a plugin.
There's no real benefit to the hardware unless you're using it live.
It's definitely not worth coming out of a DAW and back in when effecting a whole beat unless you're just playing around.
Not get enough quality for a master effect, and you couldn't send it off to be mixed either.
Was always best to replicate the effects and automation... but man, that was time-consuming.
Finally, they have a plugin of it.
This device, even if they improved things with firmware updates... it can't change the micro USB... the Yamaha finger drummer only just gets away with it because it's not that complicated... but come on.
It's like putting roll down windows on a luxury car
Korg went to a Meth Lab for R&D.
I thought you had one for review. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I would of thrown it out the window
@@AveMcree just what I’ve been looking for. A professional review.
Not intended to be used for beat making or sequencing. If you were a DJ you would use this more for live sets and effects. Not recommended for beat making and you already said it yourself at 3:18 that you only use the other korg one you have for effects even though it has a sampler on it as well lol...
BRUH I WAS WAITING FOR THIS TAKE!!!
I love korg but they are competing with Roland for being out of touch with the consumer! Yoooiiiiks!!
Lol. It's not perfect and the price is high. That said, I do like it. I feel like ppl are sleeping on the stream recording. I wish all groove boxes and devices (this seems more like an fx box) had that feature. Being able to jam and record and then dump the recordings into a daw for editing would be useful (for me anyway). While I do mpc stuff, I do love a groove boxes, drum machines and have synths. I believe I could sample and effect live and then finish in my daw. I'm sure it is hot garbage... but I like the idea.
"At first sight this groovebox is ticking all the boxes."
Seriously though, even if this is meant for performers only, not producers, then it is just way too overpriced for what it does. And computer connection via Micro USB, are you kidding me? Who the heck still does that in 2023?
ngl, if this was $400 I'd be all over is. I love my KP3, and I do wish it was a little bitn better of a sampler
989 is Two Maschine MK3
Who uses rca? DJs.
It's not a good thing, but it's a true thing.
Lol 😂😂😂😂 u violated korg but I agree
The volcas was hands down their best invention aside from the ms20 and the arp series.
Minilogue was fire too
Lol, oh shit
I watched an earlier reviewer on this and said if this has amazing time stretching… meh we’ll if it has stem separation msg… we’ll wtf y’all bringing to the table???
Damn... It doesn't have time stretching? Stop playing!
I would want this to be applicable for rock, the oldschool rock, where music is not quantized, and it has a good base already for it. Footswitch, midi in for tempo control, so maybe they improve the warping algorithm, and then I'd have a tool to play live with the band and being able to play samples along with music adjusting their tempo on the fly.
Wishful thinking, I have little faith in Korg, due them abandoning the firmware updates for the Electribe 2, it had potential, and Korg threw it away.
@@sawtooth808 sad truth