{"id":120469,"date":"2020-11-18T12:50:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T18:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/?p=120469"},"modified":"2020-11-18T12:54:13","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T18:54:13","slug":"korg-sq-64-polyphonic-sequencer-offers-four-channels-of-64-steps-sneak-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2020\/11\/18\/korg-sq-64-polyphonic-sequencer-offers-four-channels-of-64-steps-sneak-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Korg SQ-64 Polyphonic Sequencer Offers Four Channels Of 64 Steps (Sneak Preview)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u201cStep Up\u201d with the SQ-64 Polyphonic Sequencer\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TKyxovfbj18?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Korg<\/strong> today shared this sneak preview of its upcoming <strong>SQ-64<\/strong>, a polyphonic step sequencer that&#8217;s designed to let you control a mix of hardware and software synths via MIDI and CV\/Gate.<\/p>\n<p>The SQ-64 has 64 illuminated Step button pads that let you quickly choose a step and then edit its values, using encoder knobs and dedicated mode buttons. Each step has graduated lighting; the higher the modulation value, the stronger the button lights up. An OLED provides details as you edit.<\/p>\n<p>The Korg SQ-64 offers three melody tracks and a drum track. For each of the melody tracks, there are CV Gate, CV Pitch and CV Mod signals available via 3.5mm mini jacks. For the drum track, there are 8 trig outputs available via 3.5mm mini jacks.<\/p>\n<p>MIDI In\/Out is via 3.5mm stereo mini-jacks (type-A MIDI converter). Sync In\/Out is also via 3.5mm mini-jacks.<\/p>\n<p>The 64 pad Matrix can be also be used as a keyboard in several layouts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keys: A traditional piano layout.<\/li>\n<li>Isomorphic: the notes are displayed symmetrically in rows, you can transpose the same chord pattern up and down without changing its shape<\/li>\n<li>Octaves: one scale displayed in 3 different octaves on each row<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other features include an arpeggiator; Reverse, Bounce, Random, and Stochastic play modes; and pattern loop and chain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing and Availability<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Korg SQ-64<\/strong> is expected to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.korg.com\/us\/products\/dj\/sq_64\/\">available<\/a> in January 2021 for 299 USD\/EUR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Korg today shared this sneak preview of its upcoming SQ-64, a polyphonic step sequencer that&#8217;s designed to let you control a mix of hardware and software synths via MIDI and CV\/Gate.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2020\/11\/18\/korg-sq-64-polyphonic-sequencer-offers-four-channels-of-64-steps-sneak-preview\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Korg SQ-64 Polyphonic Sequencer Offers Four Channels Of 64 Steps (Sneak Preview)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26],"tags":[2075,28052,359,332,7285,2102],"class_list":["post-120469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-speakers","tag-cv","tag-cvgate","tag-korg","tag-modular-synthesizers","tag-sneak-preview","tag-step-sequencer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/korg-polyphonic-sequencer-e1605724384130.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120469"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120472,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120469\/revisions\/120472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}