Proof that you can teach an old dog new tricks – RZ Presets has introduced a new collection of 64 modern patches for the classic affordable synth, the Korg microKORG.
The collection features patches inspired by groups like M83, Tame Impala, MGMT, Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Beach House and others. You can preview the library via the video, above.
64 Modern microKORG Sounds:
BASS
0:00 MGMT – Kids
0:18 College & Electric Youth – A Real Hero
0:38 Neon Indian – Baby’s Eyes
1:07 LCD Soundsystem – oh baby
1:30 Pond – Sweep Me Off My Feet
1:51 Desire – Under Your Spell
2:12 The Knife – Heartbeats
2:31 The Dø – Despair, Hangover & Ecstasy
3:09 Hot Chip – Huarache Lights
3:43 Still Corners – Berlin Lovers
3:55 Bruno Mars – 24K Magic
4:09 M83 – Midnight City
4:31 A$AP Rocky – L$D
4:48 The 1975 – Somebody Else
5:10 Phoenix – 1901
5:27 Pond – Sixteen Days
Pads/Organ
5:43 Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream
6:07 Tame Impala – Eventually
6:29 Wild Nothing – Paradise
6:51 Caribou – Can’t Do Without You
7:15 Aphex Twin – Rhubarb
7:39 Tame Impala – Lost in Yesterday
7:56 Jungle – Casio
8:17 Litany – Bedroom
8:32 Toro y Moi – “Girl Like You”
8:50 M83 – Road Blaster
9:11 Boards of Canada – Everything You Do is a Balloon
9:33 Adamski – Killer
9:52 Christine and the Queens – Tilted
10:06 Clio – Ai-je perdu le nord ?
10:34 Kavinsky – Nightcall
10:54 The Killers – Read My Mind
POLY
11:21 The Weeknd – Blinding Lights
11:41 Metronomy – The Look
11:59 Future Islands- Seasons
12:18 Caribou – Never Come Back
12:50 All Saints – Pure Shores
13:23 Neon Indian – Polish Girl
13:37 Beach House – Space Song (arp)
14:05 Beach house – Lazuli (arp)
14:30 The Horrors – Still Life
14:57 Com Truise – Memory
15:19 Tove Lo – No One Dies From Love
15:39 Georgia – About Work The Dancefloor
15:59 Harry Styles – As It Was
16:15 The Wombats – Techno Fan
16:34 Kavinsky – Nightcall
16:57 The Weeknd – Gasoline
LEAD
17:15 MGMT – Time to Pretend
17:29 MGMT – Electric Feel
17:49 MGMT – Kids
18:05 Tame Impala – Why Won’t They Talk To Me?
18:34 Röyksopp – Eple
18:50 Air – La femme d’argent
19:04 Daft Punk – Da Funk
19:27 Men I Trust – Tailwhip
19:48 Metronomy – The Look outro lead
20:13 Boards of Canada – Olson
20:33 Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out
20:48 Tycho – Awake
21:00 Tame Impala – Is It True
21:16 Aphex Twin – Fingerbib
21:39 The Wombats – 1996
22:03 Foxygen – Shuggie
Pricing and Availability:
The Korg microKORG sound library is available now for 20 Euros (payment is via Paypal).
i’ve got a black and red key version. some of the minikeys are pretty cool, although only yamaha reface keys are playable imho.
I would add the Hydrasynth Explorer to that list with the Reface but yeah… in general mini keys are not awesome.
that’s good to know. always interested in hydrasynth’s little brother!
This sounds great, as it did back in the day when it came out. It’s still a very capable engine – it offers more than what you’d usually find in most vintage analog synths so it’s no surprise that it can nail these contemporary sounds in such a convincing way. Great work, RZ Presets!
Agree with you that it’s a capable engine. I believe it’s basically a MS-2000 with less hands on control of the parameters, and I LOVE my MS-2000 (in fact I’ve own 3 over the years!).
However, it isn’t a “vintage analog synth”. It’s a a digital synth using DSP analog modelling.
I know I’m putting the anal in analog with this, but I believe it’s worth pointing out and correcting.
I don’t subscribe to the idea that either analog or digital are superior or lesser to each other, in some cases they’re indistinguishable, and both sound great.
Have fun making sounds 🙂
Great point, Dongleboob – it’s good to point out that while the MicroKorg is probably vintage by today’s standards, it’s definitely not an analog synth. Younger players might be confused or mislead – we’ve all seen kijiji ads labelling VAs as real analog and of course they are not. I’m a huge fan of the DWGS waves of this and the MS2000.
I guess this just proof that this design from Korg is timeless!
These are cool but easily made. 20 bucks is too expensive. For 5 or 10 I would support.