From a fully-fledged workstation to budget MIDI controllers, Korg's got your keyboard needs covered
Yesterday,
we told you about Korg's new minilogue analogue synthesizer,
announced just ahead of this year's NAMM show. Today, let's take a
look at the various new keyboards that Korg also announced
yesterday.
Sitting
proudly at the top of the tree is the KRONOS-88 Platinum. Retailing
for £3,478.80 inc VAT, this is a new platinum-coloured version of
the KRONOS-88 workstation that's already found great success with
professional producers and musicians around the world thanks to its
88-key hammer action keyboard, nine discreet sound engines and
thousands of onboard sounds, performance-friendly Set List mode,
colour TouchView display, 16 onboard FX processors and built-in
16-step sequencing and 16-track audio recording. The feature set of
this new model is the same as the existing versions; all that's
changed is the colour.
Meanwhile,
at a level more aspiring producers will actually be able to afford,
Korg has introduced two new portable MIDI controller keyboards. The
nanoKEY Studio features a 25-key, velocity-sensitive keyboard, eight
trigger pads, eight assignable knobs and a KAOSS-style touchpad, and
comes bundled with a raft of music-making software including the Korg
Gadget DAW for iPhone and iPad, the Korg Module piano/keyboard sound
module for iPhone and iPad, the Korg Legacy M1 LE synth,
Propellerhead Reason Limited and a host of other sound modules
including synths, pianos and guitars. Retail price for this one is
£129.60 inc VAT.
The
other new controller, nanoKONTROL Studio, eschews the keyboard in
favour of eight faders, 32 buttons, a jogwheel and a full set of
transport controls. It comes bundled with the same software package
as nanoKEY Studio, and will retail for the same price of £129.60 inc
VAT. Both models are battery-powered and offer wireless connection to
your Mac, PC or iOS device.
Finally,
for those of a more 'musicianly' bent, Korg has also introduced the
B1-SP digital piano, with eight digitally sampled voices, 88 natural
weighted hammer keys, and three pedals. The B1-SP comes with a stand,
is available in black or white and will retail for £670.80 inc VAT.
Tags: Korg, workstation, MIDI controller, keyboard, digital piano, stage piano, NAMM 2016