This is what the Roland Boutiques should have looked like.

@elissitdesign

5 жыл бұрын

Ding ding ding! Bingo. Amen.

@WildernessMusic_GentleSerene

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, I miss the 19" rack mount modules of years ago, but you know, I remember how difficult it was to sit in front of a rack and program them. The little boutiques can be set up on a small table and programmed at desktop ergonomics. I have two Boutiques that fit nicely on a computer keyboard slide out table, it is a joy to hang over the little guys and sound design.

@fjfrancois

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but not ACB please

@impurfekt

4 жыл бұрын

But rackmountable.

Korg is flat killing it these days! The Minilogue XD, Volca Drum, Volca Modular, Volca NuBass and now this Minilogue XD Module are great new releases. I think this new XD module will be next on my list. (Change my mind!)

@24nikita

9 ай бұрын

Why did you change your mind, too expensive probably.

I dont know why, but Daniel Fisher's vids are always the ones that hit home to me. Dan gets me I guess.

Epic..! Daniel nice to see 2 of these set up this way, it sounds awesome! ;-)

Excellent video Daniel exactly what I wanted to see from two of them.

Thank you for this wonderful presentation !

ka- booooom, well done Korg and great job Daniel

Can't wait the rack-version of this synth!!! Looking forward...

@mikeexits

4 жыл бұрын

Did you end up getting one?

Now people with sausage fingers can actually play the xd using a full size controller! Also, the poly-chain function or played separately really opens up abundant possibilities for sound sculpting! WOW!

great review

Such a beautiful instrument: thank you for showing off its best and for not going for the cheez

4:53 Polychaining So for $1100 you can have an astounding 8 voice synth, or 2 separate 4 voice synths? OMG.

@manyviceslifeincrisisahuma3054

5 жыл бұрын

shame they cant include minilogue classic owners with a software update.

@metaspherz

4 жыл бұрын

I like that...or, you can get an 8 voice Argon8 Synthesizer which includes a full size 37 keyboard for $750 (61 key version for $819)! Digital, yes, but equally (or, as many have said, more) impressive. Use the difference in price to buy a Zoom MS-70CDR or other gear.

@epicon6

4 жыл бұрын

Homeworld Music Variety and different possibilities are a good thing. If the only synths sold were astounding 8 and 16 voice synths that go from 1100$ to 6000$ it wouldn’t be that great would it? And many astounding synths don’t have the same sequencer as the Minilogue XD either. You can OMG buy your 1100$ synths all you want. (Which you don’t cos you can’t afford them anyway)

@mikeexits

4 жыл бұрын

@@manyviceslifeincrisisahuma3054 At least us OG Minilogue owners know that it has some features even the xd doesn't.

Great! Now I want to buy two :)

Amazing⚡️

Thanks Daniel for showing us the Poly Chain function on the Minilogue XD. There's so much sound design potential to delve into! Which makes me wonder if the Korg Wavestate, Opsix and Modwave also have this type of function?

That Polychain, wow!

One very valuable feature missing from the XD is an audio input to take advantage of the stellar effects engine of the XD.

@elissitdesign

5 жыл бұрын

Wilderness Music I’m sure someone will make a mod for that.

@WildernessMusic_GentleSerene

5 жыл бұрын

@@elissitdesign I have had no use for audio inputs, most my synths have them and I never use them. Then I hear the XD's effects and think for the money it is fantastic deal for that hybrid and effects especially running other synths through the effects engine...but no. I think Korg was so excited about their new predecessor to a great synth, the Minilogue, they just forgot. i forgive them ;)

@fortheloveofnoise9298

5 жыл бұрын

@@WildernessMusic_GentleSerene That's why I passed and I am waiting for the Korg Nu:Tekt.

Great! Now I can get the Minilogue XD for a little bit less! POLY CHAIN? OMG OMG!! Great work, Korg!!!

@sweetwater

5 жыл бұрын

Monologue XD???

@SynthgodXXX

5 жыл бұрын

@@sweetwater "Monologue XD" Opps! Excitement can make you type some silly things!!!

Thanks for this Daniel; looks like such an intriguing addition to the Minilogue line-up. I've had the XD for about a month now, and it's phenomenal, but it's awesome to know you could add 4 more voices via poly-chaining--and that they did it so cleverly. Is it fair to ask if the master XD had additional Multi-Engine waveforms (e.g., beyond "Waves"), you (1) wouldn't necessarily need to add the same waveforms to the slaved XD module since the master controls, and (2) could you add distinct waveforms to the Multi Engine of the module to give you a grand total of up to 31 different multi-engine wave forms ("Waves" + 15 user slots per XD) to use?

@Jason75913

5 жыл бұрын

(1) I strongly doubt that custom waveform data would be shared via MIDI, the polychain communication is likely just exchanges of SysEx commands.

@sweetwater

5 жыл бұрын

​@@Jason75913 Agreed. I'd bet that the secondary XD plays the same User Wave slot regardless of whether the same Waveform is loaded or not.

Hello Daniel! Are the 250 presets the same as for the minilogue XD?

At 8.30 when you treat them as separate units, did you split the keyboard in two so as the bottom keys controle the left Minilogue XD on channel 2 and the top half of the keyboard controles channel 1 for the right hand Minilogue XD. awaiting your reply @sweetwater .

Sounds great! The only thing I had against the original Minilogue was the mini keys. This looks great. And 8 voices of analogue for the price is amazing. Not feeling the need for a Moog One :-)

@WildernessMusic_GentleSerene

5 жыл бұрын

I hate mini keys too, but love them on my synths for sound design. So much easier to program a synth with its own keyboard instead of finding another to play through MIDI in awkward position to the knobs.

Can we route aftertouch from the midi keyboard to something? What about MPE?

@mikeexits

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think the -logue series supports aftertouch, unfortunately.

Now if Sweetwater can send my XD that I prepaid months ago, I'd get this one. (After I'm positive they'll have it available).

Great demo. I wish it had a sine wave oscillator.😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

@mikeexits

4 жыл бұрын

It has a triangle, and you can use the filter with max resonance to self-oscillate the filter as a sine wave, and use keyboard tracking to have it be playable at different pitches across the keyboard. I know my OG Minilogue can do this, so I'd imagine the xd also supports it. So technically you can DIY a sine wave oscillator, but it'll completely drown out the other oscillators.

I like the patch at 4:20. I’ll have to give it a shot.

@mikeexits

4 жыл бұрын

Heeheehur

Polychaining is neat feature, but as it doesnt require UI functions from the other module, they could /should make one more version. "Black box" edition, expander dedicated only to polychain. It could have lesser amount of controls, possibly only power switch, MIDI and audio connectors. Maybe 1U rack? Or camouflaged to look like synthstand to lift XD to a better angle?

@KirklandWilliamsWorkout3000

Жыл бұрын

🔥💯

The Big Boss Man

All we need now is for somebody to design a rack for these beauties!

@Wagoo

5 жыл бұрын

Shame Korg's design team couldn't have rubbed some brain cells together on this one so it'd fit in a 19" rack, eh?

@metaspherz

5 жыл бұрын

@@Wagoo Yes!

@mikeexits

4 жыл бұрын

@@Wagoo Any idea why rack-mount FX units and synths are so uncommon these days? Seems like all I see people using are synth module stands, guitar pedal boards, and Eurorack cases. Will rack mount units make a resurgence like how Eurorack did?

Hey, I love all the videos you guys make! I got a Q; Can you recommend me a different QUALITY polysynth that I can connect to a digital piano and learn more about sound design? Under $500. (Doesn't have to have any keys).

@Elazarko

3 жыл бұрын

In short, How do you choose? What should I look for?

Does these work in "layer mode" when they are on same channel?

@sweetwater

5 жыл бұрын

Hi milan. Exactly. If I played two Modules on the same MIDI Channel (without the POLY CHAIN feature engaged), they would be layered. Thanks for watching!

@Jason75913

5 жыл бұрын

Any two synths with MIDI input can be layered that way, don't need to be Minilogues. ;)

@mikeexits

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jason75913 Know of any guides explaining how this works and/or how to do it?

Hello friends! I have a question from the korg minilogue xd module. Can it be used as a single instrument (stand alone), without connecting any controller, or keyboard? By the way if I connect something I have the electribe 2 Thank you

@sweetwater

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Jean. If you start the video at 1:53, you can see/hear me using the Minilogue XD Module completely as a stand alone unit. Thanks for watching! kzread.info/dash/bejne/q2mZmsGMqarTdso.html

Newb question... If you use two units, does the slave's audio get routed through the master's output?

@sweetwater

5 жыл бұрын

Hi mod factor. Although the knob turns and key presses go from the primary unit to the secondary unit, the audio comes from each unit individually. Thanks for watching!

@nodfactor8808

5 жыл бұрын

@@sweetwater Interesting... Thanks for the response! Makes me wish there was a way to just install an extra four voices to a single unit rather than daisy-chaining them.

I have a Korg R3...what to do what to do.

Could I set up the XD module to add 4 more voices to the Prologue 16 voice and then sequence the Prologue via the XD?

@sweetwater

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Luke. The XD and Prologue engines are different enough that the XD can't be Poly Chained to the Prologue.

@RoomAtTheTopStudio

5 жыл бұрын

@@sweetwater Awww that's a shame. They can still link via MIDI clock though so I'll just have to make do that way. Thanks for replying.

@0action847

5 жыл бұрын

@@RoomAtTheTopStudio i was going to ask the same thing damn.At least the sq 1 does a good job sequencing for the price.

Can I plug a minilogue OG to this module?

I wonder if we'll start seeing used keyboard Minilogue XDs on eBay/Reverb/Craigslist now.

@sweetwater

5 жыл бұрын

I'm going to guess not, because the XD Synth works so well with the XD Module. Thanks for watching!

@homeworldmusic

5 жыл бұрын

@@sweetwater With a $70 difference between keys and module, why trade in the keyed version, right?

@rs0389

5 жыл бұрын

@@homeworldmusic it's too small of a difference. I will not upgrade to the minilogue xd. Its just not worth it. Plus two minilogue XD's for the same sounds as a prologue seems stupid and wasteful.

Can you put it in a 19" rack? I don't see any 'rack ears' or screw holes?

@sweetwater

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Skinny Bob. The Minilogue XD Module was designed for tabletop use. It would take some serious re-tooling to get it to work in a 19" rack. Thanks for watching!

Anyone know if you can do splits/layers with the polychaining or is it still mono-timbral?

@sweetwater

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Haut Strange. Two Minilogue XD Modules (like pretty much any two MIDI modules) are, by definition, bi-timbral in that they can do Splits/Layers simply by sending MIDI from any controller that can send two different MIDI Channels. If your MIDI controller can send two MIDI Channels on different sections of the keyboard, you'll get Splits. If your MIDI controller can send both MIDI Channels when you play anywhere on the keyboard, you'll have a Layer. (If it can't, you can simply set both XD Modules to the same MIDI Channel to create Layers.) But, to answer your original question, you can't do Splits/Layers until you turn off the poly chain feature. Here are examples of me doing each of these: kzread.info/dash/bejne/q2mZmsGMqarTdso.html

Daniel, do you play in a band or do you have any recorded music we can listen to? I get the feeling I'd really like it.

@sweetwater

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Christopher. Although I spontaneously improvise pretty much everything I play on these demo videos (with the exception of Classic Rock recreations), I find that I'm not driven to write/record my own songs and declare, "This combination of the 12 available notes is my original creation." So, instead, I either perform synthesis live with a completely unplanned structure, or I play in bands that cover existing songs. For me, creating synthesizer presets is where I like to leave my mark, and I'm fortunate enough to have found a place where I can do just that... and make a living. Thanks for your nice comments:-) _Daniel_

@tcfween

5 жыл бұрын

Sweetwater Damn, dude that’s Zen. Thanks for the reply and I’ll look forward to more combinations of 12 notes.

So basically, I could hook this up to my digital piano and it will change its sound? Then where does the sound come out of?

@sweetwater

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Sally. The digital piano sound will come out of the digital piano's Left and Right Output jacks. The Minilogue XD's sound will come out of the Left/Right Output jacks of the Minilogue. You can use either or both of the sounds. (A mixer or amp with four inputs will help.) Thanks for watching! -_Daniel_

@Saruri

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the fast reply! Can the output jacks of the minilogue xd be inserted into the digital piano in a way, or de we always need a mixer?

THE BIG QUESTION is....can the owners of old Minilogue's buy and add a MinilogueXD and have 8 voices??? or does the polychaining only work with XD's????

@sweetwater

5 жыл бұрын

Hi WM. While you can certainly split or layer an XD Module with an original Minilogue, you can't use the Poly Chain feature because both synths need to use the same exact synth engine in order to get the 1-for-1 knob matching. Thanks for watching!

@WildernessMusic_GentleSerene

5 жыл бұрын

@@sweetwater Thank you. Original Minilogue owners may be disappointed, but nothing wrong with a Miinilogue and nothing wrong with adding and XD to it. Amazing time to be a keyboardist these days.

enough ....let’s release a XD 12 voice module Korg I will pre order now with Sweetwater! 1499....

@mikeexits

4 жыл бұрын

Well, the Prologue exists.

Can I polychain 3 or even 4 Minilogue XD modules.

@sweetwater

4 жыл бұрын

Hi 24nikita. You can only poly-chain a Minilogue XD (keyboard or module) with a second Minilogue XD (keyboard or module) for a total of eight voices (with each of those eight voices having two analog oscillators and one customizable Multi Engine oscillator). Thanks for watching! -_Daniel_

Can you plug this into a midi keyboard

Can you polychain a Minilogue XD with a regular Minilogue?

@sweetwater

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Otso. The engines of the Minilogue and Minilogue XD are different enough that they can't use the built-in Polychain feature with each other. Thanks for watching!

@otsop

5 жыл бұрын

@@sweetwater I wonder if this could be made possible in a firmare update. However, I'm not even a Minilogue-owner but these polychaining capabilities got me curious. :D

@sweetwater

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Otso. It's unlikely to be something that can be solved with firmware. The Polychain feature on the XD simply moves the parameters on the second XD exactly the same way as they're moved on the primary XD. Since the original Minilogue has significant feature differences, it won't be able to match the settings of the primary XD. Thanks for watching!

Can you polychain using a Minilogue XD as master with a Minilogue OG as slave

@sweetwater

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Nikita. Unfortunately, the two engines are too different to be polychained. -_Daniel_

I have yet to be disappointed by a korg product. Even my cheep monotron kicks ass. Will you be able to pollychian with an original XD?

@sweetwater

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Imetalman2000. The XD's polychain mode allows you to remotely move every parameter of the second XD with the knobs on the first XD. Because of that, both of the units (keyboard or module) need to be the Minilogue XD version. Thanks for watching!

does it mean that I need 2 more audio inputs on my audio interface?

@epicon6

5 жыл бұрын

Loco Luciano I would think so.

@rs0389

5 жыл бұрын

Yes. And all for the equivalent sounds of one of korgs higher end synths.

@elissitdesign

5 жыл бұрын

Yes because they forgot the audio input on the XD keeping it impossible to merge the audio.

@locoluciano6745

5 жыл бұрын

@@elissitdesign its a fail tbh

@epicon6

5 жыл бұрын

Loco Luciano Not really a fail because it is still possible to expand it to 8 voices. I would rather have that option than not have it.

Is it rack mountable?

@sweetwater

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Maulley G. The Minilogue XD Module is designed for table-top only and would require significant effort to make it rack-mountable. Thanks for watching!

when is your next ambient release ;)

@sweetwater

5 жыл бұрын

Hi poptrashholland. I'm guessing it will be sometime after my first ambient release. Thanks for watching!

@poptrashholland

5 жыл бұрын

@@sweetwater let that be quick, thanx for the always insightful videos sir !

Does anyone know if you can polychain the old Korg Minilogue with the XD? I doubt it would work, but has anyone tried it? ...Oh, already been answered in the comments. That's a No then.

@mikeexits

4 жыл бұрын

Cool, lol

It’s weird it costs more than the version with the keys

@mikeexits

4 жыл бұрын

It's cheaper than the version with keys. Module is $550 new, the full xd with keyboard is $650 new. It costs more than the OG Minilogue ($400-500), but that's an older synth.

How rack mountable is it?

@sweetwater

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Mr. Basic. The Minilogue XD Module is a table-top unit that would require considerable modification to work in a rack. Thanks for watching!

@Wagoo

5 жыл бұрын

It kind of depends on the measurement of the PCBs and how much can be chopped off the side behind the front panel. The panel is also concave.. but if the measurements are accurate the front would fit in my racks at least with some holes drilled through it. You'd need to shave about 2.6cm off of each side behind the panel though. It's irritating frankly that Korg didn't imagine it might be useful for organisation to be able to rack these from the get go. Especially with polychain ability. Buying a new synth then drilling holes in it isn't my idea of fun. I might pickup one used some years down the line and try it

Why does the module cost as much as the Key Version ??

@sweetwater

4 жыл бұрын

Hi MinimalWave1982. It doesn't. You can use these links to see the current price of the keyboard and module version: www.sweetwater.com/store/search.php?s=minilogue+xd Thanks for watching!

@oldbatwit5102

4 жыл бұрын

In Britain the module costs quite a bit more than the keyboard version, which is just bloody stupid.

@mikeexits

4 жыл бұрын

@@oldbatwit5102 Damn. Do you know why prices go crazy like that in Europe?

Is it possible to polychain 3?

@sweetwater

5 жыл бұрын

Hi MP MI. The Minilogue XD and XD Module are designed for one master and one slave unit. So, although you could add more XDs for layering, you can't polychain more than the two units. Thanks for watching!

@mpmi7588

5 жыл бұрын

@@sweetwater thanks for replying. Any word on when you guys will start shipping the keyboard XD? I've been waiting for quite a while and I see a lot of other ppl with theirs.

Who the hell would chain two of these?

I guess this companies started to actually listen to customer suggestions

@ogasi1798

5 жыл бұрын

korg have done ok tbf

@Wagoo

5 жыл бұрын

Not really, or this would have worked for both desktop and rack

yeah..... i dont think your keyboard is big enough lol

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