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david.beholder · Post by **david.beholder** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:25 pm

seamoss wrote:I couldn't image playing steady gigs with the MS-20 Mini

Karin Park can:)))

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:42 pm

Is Eurovision a steady gig?

himalaya · Post by **himalaya** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 9:01 pm

V0RT3X wrote:The keys are bigger on the Odyssey than they are on the MS-20 Mini as far as i can tell.

Might be worth going over the spec sheets too.

On a similar topic, the key-size description Korg uses is inconsistent. Korg Odyssey and MS20 Mini is said to have mini keys but so does Korg MicroKorg - it has mini keys according to the spec, and yet the MicroKorg has different size keys. So we have two sizes of mini keys however, I have always considered the MS20 Mini to have mid-size keys.

It may be seen as nitpicking to point this inconsistency out, however those who don't like mini keys (like used on Yamaha DX100, Korg MicroKorg, etc) may be put off from buying, say, the MS20 Mini thinking that it has those same mini keys (if they didn't have a chance to see it in person, for example).

Korg Kronos: full size keys
Korg MS20 Mini, Odyssey: mid-size keys
Korg MicroKorg: mini keys

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trimph1 · Post by **trimph1** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 9:02 pm

Kriminal wrote:Is Eurovision a steady gig?

david.beholder · Post by **david.beholder** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 10:35 pm

Kriminal wrote:Is Eurovision a steady gig?

I saw her and her brother in Solyanka, Moscow

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 11:43 pm

himalaya wrote:It may be seen as nitpicking to point this inconsistency out

It's not nitpicking, it's an important distinction. There are jazz guys who shred on true mini keyboards like the DX100 and I imagine they would be impacted by the MS-20 Mini keys being almost twice as large.

david.beholder · Post by **david.beholder** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 12:50 am

Uncle E wrote:It's not nitpicking, it's an important distinction. There are jazz guys who shred on true mini keyboards like the DX100 and I imagine they would be impacted by the MS-20 Mini keys being almost twice as large.

There are also jazz guys who shred on microkorgs as well on anything else.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 12:56 am

david.beholder wrote:There are as well jazz guys who shred on microkorgs as well as they shred on anything else.

Nope, only microKORG's.

seamoss · Post by **seamoss** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 1:18 am

david.beholder wrote:
seamoss wrote:I couldn't image playing steady gigs with the MS-20 Mini

Karin Park can:)))

I don't know this artist, but after examining that picture, it looked (to me at least) that the knurl on the mod wheel to be larger than that of the Mini and closer to an original size one.

So I looked up a live video of hers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNmllHGtDw4

and it's clear that it is a full size (Vintage? or Kit?) when you see the 1/4" jacks. Look at the 4:00 mark of the video.

Again, I love my Mini, I am just saying that it feels and appears to be pretty cheap and not something I would think would last on the road.

david.beholder · Post by **david.beholder** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 2:31 am

seamoss wrote:I don't know this artist, but after examining that picture, it looked (to me at least) that the knurl on the mod wheel to be larger than that of the Mini and closer to an original size one.

and it's clear that it is a full size (Vintage? or Kit?) when you see the 1/4" jacks. Look at the 4:00 mark of the video.

2 meters away from me in Moscow. And I'm not sure was it even before or after kit was released. But I think before.

seamoss wrote:Again, I love my Mini, I am just saying that it feels and appears to be pretty cheap and not something I would think would last on the road.

I never touched neither version of ms20... but Nick of sonicstate said in one of recent podcasts that original MS20 was poorly made too, especially keys.

Uncle E wrote:
david.beholder wrote:There are as well jazz guys who shred on microkorgs as well as they shred on anything else.
Nope, only microKORG's.

Okay, Okay

))))) There should be some space for Microkorg Shreders Jazz Band and their copycats in today music industry!

david.beholder · Post by **david.beholder** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 2:33 am

double post

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:12 am

86% of original size....

werp · Post by **werp** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:24 am

Old and new comparison. The new one is in stock on Monday theoretically. $1449 australian...I'm tempted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUASXiJMnU4

SJ_Digriz · Post by **SJ_Digriz** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 6:32 pm

Geeze the old one sounds way better

PatchAdamz · Post by **PatchAdamz** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 11:36 am

werp wrote:Old and new comparison. The new one is in stock on Monday theoretically. $1449 australian...I'm tempted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUASXiJMnU4

Great comparison, I want them BOTH!

ARP ODYSSEY IS COMING!