KORG selling individual VSTi's

[EvilDragon]

I just logged in normally and downloaded the manuals and soundbanks no sweat at all...

[codec_spurt]

Just a silly suggestion, but have you tried Internet Explorer ?
It is on the list of recommended browsers.

Worth a shot if you haven't...

It wouldn't be the first time that a page doesn't work in anything but ie...

We all know that Opera is actually the most standard HTML compliant
browser, but it seems that some 'webdevs' still believe that ie is...

Anyway, give it a try after faffing around this far.



cheers.

[Integratron]

Man i'm slacking today!

Thanks for the info but i can't get the past the product registration page as i have no products to register. Bit of a paradox there lol. Just want to demo the M1.

It's a bit Drumtarded, I know, but you'll soon get the hang of it.


You don't need any products to register.

Complete the New User Registration:
https://www.korguser.net/Asp/New_Customer.asp?fLogin=1

Give your real or imaginary details - you don't have to
validate by email so it don't matter...

Once you have signed up,
https://www.korguser.net/login.asp?OS=WIN&LAN=1&TOP=1

Log in!

The downloads page is on your right hand side.
If the page reloads when you click on 'buy' again here, just Log back in.


Doh, it's not letting me log out now, so can't test my theory.
I'm sure that's how it works, I did it just now.
Make sure you are using Firefox as well as the 'supported browser'.
What bit are you getting stuck at?


cheers.

You should make this a new thread called 'How to download Korg Demo's' and copy/paste this onfo to it, you've explained it well with good links, then people in this thread will stop asking every page. Actually I'm serious

These are the directions I used and Korg will not let me log in.

I'll try once more with a different name and password but I can't change my email. I guess I could create a hotmail account. What a PITA.

Nope - still no go - even with fictitious info.

[breakmixer]

Man i'm slacking today!

Thanks for the info but i can't get the past the product registration page as i have no products to register. Bit of a paradox there lol. Just want to demo the M1.

It's a bit Drumtarded, I know, but you'll soon get the hang of it.


You don't need any products to register.

Complete the New User Registration:
https://www.korguser.net/Asp/New_Customer.asp?fLogin=1

Give your real or imaginary details - you don't have to
validate by email so it don't matter...

Once you have signed up,
https://www.korguser.net/login.asp?OS=WIN&LAN=1&TOP=1

Log in!

The downloads page is on your right hand side.
If the page reloads when you click on 'buy' again here, just Log back in.


Doh, it's not letting me log out now, so can't test my theory.
I'm sure that's how it works, I did it just now.
Make sure you are using Firefox as well as the 'supported browser'.
What bit are you getting stuck at?


cheers.

You should make this a new thread called 'How to download Korg Demo's' and copy/paste this onfo to it, you've explained it well with good links, then people in this thread will stop asking every page. Actually I'm serious

These are the directions I used and Korg will not let me log in.

how I done it!

1. Buy a product, takes you a page where you have to register or log in
2. Register
3. Go to Korguser website homepage
4. Log in

Worked for me first time...

[pheeleep]

Yes you have to pretend that you are buying a product. Click on "Buy". It will ask you to register. Once you do that, just disregard your shopping cart or even close it out, and log in on the Korguser site with the info you just used to register. Then download the demos.

[Examigan]

The first time I registered and tried to go back in there it said the password was incorrect. But I know I typed it correctly. It also wanted to install a Japanese language pack.

The next time I tried it, I just registered again (same info and password), and then for some reason it worked.
It didn't ask about the language pack this time, weird, it's like a auto-randomizing website.

[himalaya]

I've tried IE now. No go. Still get those errors.

So that's three browsers used to try to login to two different and new accounts - with different emails and passwords. Booo again, Korguser.net.

[musikmachine]

Cheers pheeleep/bm. That worked, just went through the buying process then cancelled the order. I now have M1 installed and will demo it with impunity!

[Integratron]

I've tried IE now. No go. Still get those errors.

So that's three browsers used to try to login to two different and new accounts - with different emails and passwords. Booo again, Korguser.net.

I get the same results - impossible! What a squirreled up site!

[YUGA]

No upgrade path for analog/digital edition owners, but M1 Le users can buy the whole bundle at $99.99?

[djanthonyw]

After installing the updates of the individual plugins it seems that they are taking longer to load and I got a couple crashes, the other installations from the bundled versions are rock solid and load quick.

[Guenon]

Yes you have to pretend that you are buying a product. Click on "Buy". It will ask you to register. Once you do that, just disregard your shopping cart or even close it out, and log in on the Korguser site with the info you just used to register. Then download the demos.

You don't have to pretend you're buying anything. There is a big "NEW USERS CLICK HERE!" box in the upper right corner at http://www.korguser.net, heh

Just click that box in order to go to the New User Registration page. After registering, you can download demos.

[Cuauhtli]

Maybe that is the problem some are experiencing. The link to the new user registration page is: "https://www.korguser.net/Asp/New_Customer.asp"

The other link: "https://www.korguser.net/Asp/New_Customer.asp?fLog in=1" also brings up the same page apparently. However, maybe the "?fLog in=1" part is causing the glitch?

Has anyone here used Kubik? How does that compare to the Wavestation? I tried the Kubik demo a long time ago. I remember liking it but being too cheap to buy it at the time, I had forgotten all about it until now that I'm checking out the Wavestation. I guess it's time to compare both demos....

Edit: Why is there a space in "fLog" between the o and g when I didn't put one there?

[PAK]

The poor mapping is entirely Korgs fault. They only provided THREE (count 'em) automation controls for the Wavestation's automation.. Those being the Volume and the Joystick X and Y. Nothing else is mapped, which is a pretty poor show by Korg (in fact, I can't think of a VST which is worse in this regard, other than ones which don't support any automation).

As if the XY pad on the SL wouldn't have been the logical control for the vector joystick

The Novation software maps automation controls in the order they are presented. So, unless a software developer considers this (and just about none do), then you get a mapping mess which you have to fix yourself. At least assigning the XY pad, to the Wavestation's vector joystic using automation, is the sole thing Korg allows! Although, on the Novation side, it likely requires Automap Pro due to the ridiculous restrictions Novation places on assigning controls to the touchpad without paying for it!

mind you, I really find the XY pad to be flakey at best...does it improve with age?

Like a fine wine? I'm afraid you'll only get a "whine", since Novation seem to have used THE cheapest laptop X/Y pad they could possibly lay their hands on. Not only is it garbage at tracking anything faster than a lethargic snail's movements, its output is laggy! This is probably because they decided it was better to interpolate between mountain/canyon sized stepping values on the X/Y pad, and produce smooth sweeps at the expense of being more responsive. Tap between one side and then the other and you'll sometimes notice it "slides" between values, making it all but impossible to use the pad in a rhythmic fashion at speed. Personally I would rather it be more responsive than smooth but, unfortunately, Novation don't allow any choice.

Having said all that, there is one thing you can do which may improve responsiveness, although it'll take a few words to explain. Part of the problem is Novation's X/Y pad can actually send several things at once. Firstly it provides automation data (if you assign it in the software). Secondly, whether or not you do that, the touchpad can also generate two X and two Y MIDI values. This means it can be sending out 4 MIDI CC's (I think it defaults to CC 68, 69, 70 and 71) as well as 2 automation data values, for a total of 6 controller messages, even though the Automap software says you're only sending two automation controls! Naturally, if anything's assigned to those 4 CC's in software, it also interferes with things! Bit of a mess, huh?

Depending on how your host software behaves, you can select Automap MIDI as the input source, and it'll then ignore any MIDI data being sent and record only the automation values. This works ok as a controller, but you then lose control of the piano keys because they require MIDI! So what I'd recommend is, once the automation template is loaded for your host, you select the Edit button and edit the automation template. Touching the middle top / bottom / left / right of the touchpad will bring up the assignments. AFAICT, the way Novation have kludged things together, you must leave at least 1 X/Y pad MIDI value enabled in order for regular (non MIDI) automation to work, even though it's supposed to be a separate thing.

I would try and see how you get on with only X1/Y1 enabled (Disable the touchpad's X2 and Y2 outputs by setting them to NoContrl). Although I wouldn't recommend it, you can also choose to hard map the CC values of X1/Y1 to the Wavestation's Vector joystick here (which, from memory, are CC 16 and 17), and just ignore the automation. Although, just as with the Automation, you might need to invert the Joystick Y value, so up is up and down is down on the touchpad After you disable X2/Y2, I'd say the best route is maybe then to choose 2 MIDI CC's which will not actually be used by anything for the touch pad (EG Cubase defaults to filtering out CC11 and CC123), and then filter those values out in your host software's MIDI preferences.

By doing the above you've now disabled X2/Y2 midi values from being transmitted, you're filtering out the transmitted X1/Y1 midi values with the host, and are now left free to record only the automation data being generated, whilst still having access to the MIDI keyboards output. Sounds like a mess? Pretty much. Makes me assume that the keyboard and trackpad were a bit of an afterthought in the design process. But, even given the annoyances, Automap's still the best solution available right now, by far.

HTH

[aMUSEd]

Since many people struggle with the interfaces of these synths I've now updated my Kore 2 templates to cover every editable param - a big improvement on the limited editability/playability offered by the built in user pages for these synths in Kore 2. Available from my site in my sig.