Been looking at this and I was wondering if anybody here has one or has used one and can offer some opinions on it. I never see it even mentioned which is somewhat surprising as it does seem to be quite nice.

I hate almost all Korg products as I think they are gimmicky and more along the lines of a toy than a true professional instrument, however; the radias does seem to show some "professionalism" even though it does have the traditional toys r' us Korg look.

Here is a demo of it for those who have not seen it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0JcfeqhSF8

A toy? Doesn't look like a toy to me...

Have you seen any drum machine ever made? They all look like those electric toys that have a picture, and when you press it it says the name.

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I'd also like to see some opinions.

I think maybe the reason its not popular is that its not analogue and doesn't integrate like a virus. Despite the rubbish execution, the virus' integration seems to have pushed a lot of other manufacturers out of the market in this price range.

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I'm a huge fan of Korg synths. I had a play around with a RADIAS at the music store and they're pretty awesome. Probably the best thing about Korg synths is their interfaces. They ALWAYS have the best interfaces. Their vocoders are pretty sweet too, definitely far better than Novation/Access/etc.

thecYrus on this forum has one I think, so you might like to PM him.

well, i have the "baby brother" (R3), and it sounds solid.

I'm pretty sure the extra features and knobby interface would make it even better.

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Originally posted by hasbone well, i have the "baby brother" (R3), and it sounds solid. I'm pretty sure the extra features and knobby interface would make it even better.

Is there any way you can be as detailed as possible here? Can you for instance compare it to other hardware? What does it excel at? Where is it weak? What sucks about it? (you get the idea)

thank you so much in advance

The Radias annoys me as I can't stick it in my boxed racks as its cables come out of the top of the machine, damn you Korg!

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Originally posted by DjStephenWiley Is there any way you can be as detailed as possible here? Can you for instance compare it to other hardware? What does it excel at? Where is it weak? What sucks about it? (you get the idea) thank you so much in advance

I have no other hardware to compare to, however - it sounds good. Great VA sounds, possibly a bit like sylenth. It does great bass. Polyphony is a bit limited however (8 voices) and gets limited more when you use unison. It's got some nice "extra" features (digital waveforms, great waveshaper), pretty decent effects. It's only got 2 oscillators, sometimes i wish for a third.

My biggest complaint however is the interface, because there's five knobs, one for scrolling through banks of parameters, and four for changing them. This makes programming a bit tedious, however it does come with editor software.

oh, and vocoder sounds great

8 Polyphony? Wow. I think of all my synths [asside from mono synths] have a max of 64 voices.

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Originally posted by sixofour.604 8 Polyphony? Wow. I think of all my synths [asside from mono synths] have a max of 64 voices.

Once again, you have no idea what you're talking about.


On topic, I don't own a Radias, but I've played with one, and owned/used various other pieces of Korg equipment dating as far back as the original Triton, and I can say without hesitation that Korg products are definitely not toys. As echosystm says, their UIs are top notch and their sound, while perhaps not as unique as a Virus TI or true analogue, is still totally competent.

I think that one of the main reasons people acquire hardware is that it feels more natural to experiment with the sound, and the Radias (and almost anything else made recently by Korg) really takes that to another level. Go and try one - I think you'll feel like you're using something that's 5 years ahead of its time.

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Yes, the synths can support 64 of the 88 keys on my keyboard being pressed at once. Thats also translated to 64 "voices" I make pads that use 10 octaves pretty much every time I make a pad. Using 3-4 key chord progressions. Thats atleast 40 keys being pressed at once.

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Originally posted by sixofour.604 I make pads that use 10 octaves pretty much every time I make a pad.

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