22 thoughts on “IK Multimedia UNO Synth PRO X Synthesizer In-Depth Review & Tutorial”

1. Good product for someone wanting to get into synthesizers, I suppose! We need those as well; not just new synths for people who already got more than they’ll ever truly master.

   1. Spending 600,- on this as your first synthesizer seems like a very bad idea. One could get a far better sounding synth with better controls, better build quality, better connectivity for half the price or less.

      1. Like?

         1. like your mom

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      2. So you have one of these, huh? Those are some bold claims, 300 and everything’s better?

      3. $600? this is a launch price @ $499 I would expect it to go down and have sales too – I mean I got the desktop pro for $159

      4. It’s 499 on Sweetwater. A good alternative might be a used Novation Mono Station – different sequencer and functionality, but also a powerful mono / para synth with sequencer.

   2. I have been using synthesizers for more than 20 years and still think this is a great product. Experience doesn’t make a good synth worse.

   3. agreed. I went from lots of superficially understood keyboards to Prologue; which I program myself. last. synth. ever.

      IK is making some decent looking gear lately. good show!

2. I’m with you Loopop <3

3. Seems like a more immediate Typhon without the sequencer buried in a menu. I’ve never had any issues but can understand the allure of having a more precise OSC mix and more knobs/buttons per function.

   1. I love my Typhon for all the wild effects – this seems to be a focus on hands on playing – see Ricky Tinez’s video – be great as a funky acid synth live

4. I honestly feel bad for the common people GASing for these tiny, flimsy and cheap sound-toys. Spending their measly cash on gear that will break in a couple of years instead of investing the same money in more free time for practice, lessons or a real, second hand synth that is both nice to use, will last your lifetime AND can be resold with little to no loss in price. These giant companies sure have succeded in making “everybody” believe they are artists. Get a midi keyboard and learn some free synths and a daw. Or get hardware with a pedigree. This is not the missing piece that will benefit your musical path.

   1. A fascinating self-revelation, brimming with condescension and contempt. I would love to know what high art springs from such a mind.

      1. One can assume his art peaks at one of those humblebrag “rate my setup” posts on a synthesizer subreddit.

   2. How can you tell how something will benefit others or even you without using it and knowing it?
      This kind of assumptions based on nothing empirical seems more mediocre than the diffrences in hardware you try to make. If you lived in the 80s you would consider the 303 or 101 a plasticky toys? What makes a tool useable is only the operator, when you dismiss a product you never used its says more about your artistic abilities than the tightness of the encoders…

5. Just a reminder to tread carefully with IK Multimedia products –
   Re-assigning ownership of used IK Multimedia synths may be a chore and a cost. Any subsequent owners of these synths, under current policy (as I know it), must prove ownership and pay a fee to acquire any of IK’s associated software.
   Research and beware is all I suggest. Otherwise, I think IK’s synths have been a good value for initial buyers!

   1. Everyone can downlaod the editor without any questions asked.One click affair.
      Registering the product is also free of charge.

      IK’s policy for hardware seems fine. (I know nothing about their software products.)

      1. That’s not true, it’s literally posted on their page. You must get the original owner to pay for a license transfer or you can be completely locked out of the device for any updates.

         1. Nop, you can download and install the editor for free. Maybe you miss understood it somewhat

6. Champ said: “Spending 600,- on this as your first synthesizer seems like a very bad idea. One could get a far better sounding synth with better controls, better build quality, better connectivity for half the price or less.”

   Absolute rubbish! There is nothing in this price range that can hold a candle to this. 3 oscillators, two (different) filters and just about the best analogue sound you will ever hear. Build quality on all three Unos I have owned has been excellent. This is the best sounding synth I have owned since I bought a brand new Korg Mono/Poly in 1982. It’s absolutely brilliant.