In the latest loopop video, host Ziv Eliraz offers an in-depth review and demo of the Korg phase8, an electro-acoustic instrument, based on the concept of acoustic synthesis.
Eliraz takes on in-depth look at the new instrument, explores its sonic range and shares his take on the pros and cons.
Topics covered:
0:00 Intro
1:45 Overview
3:15 Vel & env
3:55 Buttons
5:30 Air fader
6:00 Shift
6:20 Pluck
6:50 Drones
7:20 Drone jam
7:50 Build & IO
8:15 In the box
8:35 Mod left
8:55 Mod right
10:25 Mod center
10:50 Settings
11:25 Center #2
11:45 Step seq
12:35 Live seq
13:55 Automation
15:25 MIDI
15:45 Pros & cons
19:00 Three jams
Check out the review and share your thoughts on the Korg phase8 in the comments!
Wait…what,? Wow….really?
Wow thank you korg. This looks awesome
This is so out of left field. It tickles my ’tism. I’m moving away from hardware synths in general, but this looks like a lot of fun and very inspiring in an unusual way.
Really fantastic and accessible design, great addition to the world of commercial synths… But $1149, crickey
I cannot imagine the Price not dropping. Surely some will buy it as is but in general
and for the times, i understand they put a lot of trial and error into it cause this is basically in the making for eons now but 1+ K is a bit much
$1149? At that price, does Korg expect this to sell? Will they make these to order?
The price itself is not a concern for anybody that makes money from their music.
It’s more a matter of the utility vs cost. This is not a bread and butter synth that you could use for baseline and pads, it’s for niche use cases.
So I’d think about this more along the lines of synths like the Dewanatron and SOMA pipe – unique and interesting instruments that fill a niche, but that are never going to be mainstream.
FWIW – the build and price look reasonable for a niche instrument like this. That’s just what it costs to make a decent musical instrument in low volumes.
“The price itself is not a concern for anybody that makes money from their music.”
Most professional musicians live on the edge financially.
Most synths are sold to hobbyists, many who are passionate about their music but never make a dime from their music and don’t do it for the money. Most hobbyists with day jobs don’t buy niche use products.
This is never going to be a mainstream synth, it’s really a niche product. Higher cost goes with low volume.
They could cut this price in half, and it wouldn’t double sales. This niche ’boutique’ products are always going to cost more, because they can’t make them in volume.
This seems like it will be huge with soundtrack composers and maybe something ambient artists would be interested in, but more of an expensive novelty for people working in other genres.
idk I’d prolly buy it for $574.50
I’m not going a penny above $420.69
This thing is amazing. What a cool idea.