MS-20 by Korg - Reviews

MS-20 has an average user rating of 3.86 from 7 reviews

User Reviews by KVR Members for MS-20

Reviewed By themorphingorb [all]
January 10th, 2025
Version reviewed: 2.4.3 on Windows

I love the sound of the Korg MS-20 and I think the sound of the virtual instrument is pretty much spot on! It has the grittyness and quirks of an old analog synth.

Sadly the UI is absolutely horrid! The knobs can't be controlled using mouse rastering. You cant't double click knobs to return them to default values. The text is more or less unreadable even if the UI is scaled to it's max! The preset browser is an absolute nightmare to look at. And you have to go through numerous menus to initialize a default patch.

This might sound like a rant, and it kinda is. I mean the things I mention have no impact on the sound at all, but it really detracts from the user experience when I think about grabbing it for sound design. The immediate thought I get is; "Oh no, now I have to break out my telescope again to read the patch bay".

I would not recommend this synth unless you are absolutely fluent in navigating the patchbay on the original.

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Comments & Discussion for Korg MS-20

Discussion: Active

alienimplant
27 November 2012 at 3:42pm

Please, for the love of god, release a 64-bit version of the Legacy collection and let us know that it's alive and well. I love this set of instruments. I hope they never vanish!

Jace-BeOS
10 March 2013 at 12:06am

64-bit is out.

PUSHA
7 November 2013 at 5:17pm

My Bass Synth.

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T-CM11
5 June 2016 at 5:04pm

The MS20 installer is Setup.exe. Run it.

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2NDMOUSE
31 January 2020 at 4:31pm

I love the ms20, but this VST version has been ignored for a LONG time. Since this was released, the ms20 mini, korg gadget, ims-20 and now the ms20 FS have all been released, and the GUI on the VST is ridiculously small on a 40" screen, and I STILL have to use a scrollbar to see the other side of the GUI, in 2020 !!!

Get the finger out Korg, and update this !!.

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