Korg R3 ...... Any Good?

Ism · Post by **Ism** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:25 pm

Hi,

Has anyone got any feedback / comments about the Korg R3?

I tried one out the other day and thought it had a nice sound to it, plus it had a vocoder which I desperately need / want! I haven’t had a hardware synth before so I haven’t got much of a benchmark to compare it against.

Would mostly use it for electro / electronic blips, bleeps, basses and lead sounds. I’m strongly considering the analogue route though and have been weighing up the Little Phatty or a second hand Korg MS20. The Vocoder on the R3 is a big selling point for me though!

Cheers.

smartass303 · Post by **smartass303** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:41 pm

go with the ms20,
its better to get the old schoolish stuff (when it works fine) than paying xtra$$$ on new (even good sounding) synths, BUT you dont have MIDI (MIDI <> CV Converters are available) and the patching is a bit tricky, but funny. WYSISWG, it can sound hissy, grungy, humming but thats part of the game and depends on the unit...

R3 has a good sounding Vocoder, 4 (boohoo) LED Knobs and a lil Display for every Knob showing what youre dealing with, i find it shitty to Program Sound with only 4 Knobs and a Data Wheel.
On the other Hand it has a stripped down RADIAS inside, sounding pretty fat. Bleepy stuff is possible as well as leads and basses...

Go look for that MS20, dude,

303

john gordon · Post by **john gordon** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:24 pm

i bought it and couldnt really get into the sounds.if your into trance you will like it.im taking it back and grabbing the little phatty.