Sujet Quel synthé pour faire des sons bizarres ?

Citation : Korg have done an excellent job duplicating the timbre and response of the vintage MS20, recreating many of its subtleties with remarkable success. Indeed, the sound is close enough to fool anybody without the opportunity for a direct A/B comparison. Sure, some patches are not exactly the same, perhaps because Legacy MS20 is somewhat better-behaved than my 26-year-old bunch of circuits, but the differences are perhaps no more than you might expect had Korg built a new, analogue MS20 and placed it alongside the original. Bearing in mind that there were also two hardware versions of the original, and that these are reputed to sound slightly different from one another, the differences between Legacy MS20 and my 'Blackboard' MS20 become even less significant.

Inevitably, the feeling of déjà vu is particularly evident when you use the MS20iC, but its importance is even greater than that. By including a dedicated hardware controller, Korg have made Legacy MS20 genuinely desirable for reasons other than cost or convenience.

As for the cost... at £399, the Legacy Collection is stunning value. Had Korg released just MS20, MS20FX, and the MS20iC for the same price, it would still not have been overly expensive.

So, what's the catch? To be honest, there isn't one. The MS20 has more than enough character to deserve recognition as one of the important synthesizers of the 1970s, and if you're after a straight recreation of this, you'll be very happy. If you're hoping that sensible enhancements will extend the MS20's usefulness, you'll be more than very happy. Even if you're not a fan of the original synth, you'll be impressed. It's a winner.