Users of Korg’s iElectribe or iMS-20 for the iPad got a surprise today if they booted up the apps – a startup screen teaser for an as-of-yet unannounced piece of “real analog” electronic music hardware that they will be releasing at this year’s Musikmesse 2011.
The teaser, captured above, asks “Ready to tweak some real analog hardware?”.
To which we answer, “Hell, yeah!”
From the image, it appears to feature an analog filter with Cutoff and Peak adjustments, a waveform selection toggle switch, a Narrow/Wide toggle, several toggles with blurry titles and a matrix of LED button switches.
Is it the rumored Korg Monotribe? An über-Monotron?
Or is it something else entirely? Let us know what you think it is…..
April Fools?
If so, it's the cruelest April Fools joke ever.
It's just GOT to be the re-release of the MS-20 softsynth hardware controller. So many folks are lusting for that to use with the iPad/iMS20 combo, and it'd be easy for Korg to just ramp up production again. It wasn't THAT long ago!
Not sure how the iElectribe fits into that theory though, so I could be completely off base here! Still hoping…
The iPad MS-20 is so good I would probably buy a re-release of that controller, but the teaser says real analog so I don't know if that's it. I think the rumors are referencing a possible hardware Electribe with analog components. Either way it looks like Monotron's success has made them realize the obvious…analog we want it!
The styling is distinctly monotron and the hardware looks nothing like the MS-20 controller.
Maybe an electribe version of the MS-20?
That would be awesome.
Scorpion – if that’s not it, it should be!
That's what it looks like but it seems too good to be true
This HAS to be the Monotribe. It just makes sense!!!!!!
took em long enuf
btw those toggles are ultra retro
game changer…
Agreed, now that I look at the pic more closely! Looks more like a completely fresh design, analog in nature but not the necessarily the Monotribe, because those metal switches and brushed-metal-tipped knobs look far too nice (as in: not cheap) to be a Monotron's close cousin (not to mention the font used on the labels is completely different from the Monotron's).
"REAL analog hardware" does point to something that's NOT just a controller, but then why did they reveal this teaser on the iMS20 and iElectribe apps? Aiming this marketing directly at iPad users in this way is a unique move, but WHY is still a mystery!
matrix of LED button switches?? could it be a step sequencer?
looks like it has the knobs taken from the design of the Microkorg xl, maybe it will fit together with it somehow?
i hope it's an analog synth with an in-built step sequencer
If you blow up the blacks in the picture you can see a button labelled "active step" below the "peak" knob. Also, the red LEDs are numbered and have buttons below them.
And the label of the last green LED reads "HH"… 🙂 http://cl.ly/2T2s3b1t1r3a1c1D2M08
If you blow up the blacks in the picture you can see a button labelled "active step" below the "peak" knob. Also, the red LEDs are numbered and have buttons below them.
And the label of the last green LED reads "HH"… 🙂 http://cl.ly/2T2s3b1t1r3a1c1D2M08
If you blow up the blacks in the picture you can see a button labelled "active step" below the "peak" knob. Also, the red LEDs are numbered and have buttons below them.
And the label of the last green LED reads "HH"… 🙂 http://cl.ly/2T2s3b1t1r3a1c1D2M08
If you blow up the blacks in the picture you can see a button labelled "active step" below the "peak" knob. Also, the red LEDs are numbered and have buttons below them.
And the label of the last green LED reads "HH"… 🙂 http://cl.ly/2T2s3b1t1r3a1c1D2M08
If you blow up the blacks in the picture you can see a button labelled "active step" below the "peak" knob. Also, the red LEDs are numbered and have buttons below them.
And the label of the last green LED reads "HH"… 🙂 http://cl.ly/2T2s3b1t1r3a1c1D2M08
If you blow up the blacks in the picture you can see a button labelled "active step" below the "peak" knob. Also, the red LEDs are numbered and have buttons below them.
And the label of the last green LED reads "HH"… 🙂 http://cl.ly/2T2s3b1t1r3a1c1D2M08
This is the first teaser to actually get me excited to see what they release!
Dude… I think you just cracked it! Monotribe it is!
Is it just me or is it a bit shitty that they advertise their crap on products you already own. They should at least give you something before they can hack their wares at you. It is just so tacky and cheap. That skip/no thanks option is rubbish as they have already advertised it with the splash screen. I do not like the thought of this at all.
It must be a pumped un monotron with arpegiator
Probably an extension to the (already over-cooked) micro series. They had the micropiano thing which flopped. Also, knobs and switches are identical to the Microkorg XL, so it'll probably fit there.
Korg MicroLOG?
I believe you are close in your guess
I hope it's less than 500 bucks! Korg has nice low end stuff from that little monotron thing, to nano stuff, microkorg, etc. so I would love to a see a 300 dollar analog synth or whatever. I just can't justify dropping 1000 bucks on some 4 octave analog thing when my computer needs an upgrade.
It should be, if they target customers of ~15$ apps. This also implies that it will have to be monophonic.
Good eyes, and great sleuthing! That narrows it down a LOT. From those clues, it's definitely an analog sequencer at the very least, so speculation that it's the Monotribe makes more sense now. Still, why market it to Korg iPad app owners???
High hat?
very yes. I have a lot higher expectations for this than i had for kronos.
im thinking its a microkorg type synth with less restrictions and a lot less menu diving.
It’s quite official.. Monotron+sequencer = Monotribe
will be presented at MusikMesse yay!!
I’m really looking for a TB-303 made by Korg , can’t wait!!