{"id":151886,"date":"2026-01-22T11:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T17:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/?p=151886"},"modified":"2026-01-22T11:03:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T17:03:20","slug":"korg-phase8-review-demo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2026\/01\/22\/korg-phase8-review-demo\/","title":{"rendered":"Korg Phase8 Review &#038; Demo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Korg Phase8 Review: What happens when Physical Resonators meet Synthesis?\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xHlYvj0Ge7I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@loopop\">loopop<\/a> video, host <strong>Ziv Eliraz<\/strong> offers an in-depth review and demo of the <strong>Korg<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>phase8<\/strong>, an electro-acoustic instrument, based on the concept of <strong>acoustic synthesis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eliraz<\/strong> takes on in-depth look at the new instrument, explores its sonic range and shares his take on the pros and cons. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Topics covered:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">0:00 Intro<br \/>\n1:45 Overview<br \/>\n3:15 Vel &amp; env<br \/>\n3:55 Buttons<br \/>\n5:30 Air fader<br \/>\n6:00 Shift<br \/>\n6:20 Pluck<br \/>\n6:50 Drones<br \/>\n7:20 Drone jam<br \/>\n7:50 Build &amp; IO<br \/>\n8:15 In the box<br \/>\n8:35 Mod left<br \/>\n8:55 Mod right<br \/>\n10:25 Mod center<br \/>\n10:50 Settings<br \/>\n11:25 Center #2<br \/>\n11:45 Step seq<br \/>\n12:35 Live seq<br \/>\n13:55 Automation<br \/>\n15:25 MIDI<br \/>\n15:45 Pros &amp; cons<br \/>\n19:00 Three jams<\/p>\n<p>Check out the review and share your thoughts on the <strong>Korg phase8<\/strong> in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an in-depth review and demo of the Korg\u00a0phase8, an electro-acoustic instrument, based on the concept of acoustic synthesis.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2026\/01\/22\/korg-phase8-review-demo\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Korg Phase8 Review &#038; Demo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151875,"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":[19,12,25],"tags":[36060,27412,359,35719],"class_list":["post-151886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gear-reviews","category-keyboard-synthesizers","category-synthesizers","tag-2026-namm-show","tag-acoustic-synthesis","tag-korg","tag-korg-phase8"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/phase8-acoustic-synthesizer.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151886","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=151886"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151890,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151886\/revisions\/151890"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}