[evo_9]

As a synth guy I'll say what I said on SonicState again here - nifty but at 299.99 I don't know why I would choose this over the more capable Korg Minilogue. Where this is mono and therefor can only play one note at a time the Minilogue is a ploy 4 synth so you can actually play cords on it. Of course there are more distinctions between the two but that's the most obvious comparison point for me.

I love the look of it and it's cool they are pushing more analog gear out the door at reasonable prices. But for me I still don't know why I would choose this over the Minilogue which can be had on the used market for close to $400. The only real practical use I can imagine for this is to use it as a bass synth compatible to the Roland TB-3 or TB-03 Boutique. Or to augment aTB-3 bass synth which is digital, to give it some nice bottom end; I do that with a moog slim phatty currently when needed,which is a pricier approach but I also use the Slim Phatty for some other synth duties, it's quite a versatile bit of kit.

http://www.korg.com/us/products/synthesizers/minilogue/

Edit: type-o on # of voices.

[frankhorrigan]

This seems to be an answer to the Microbrute / Minibrute market of small, cheap(er) mono synths for bass parts.

But to me it just doesn't stack up. Sure, it's got the onboard sequencer, which you're going to need somewhere in your kit. But the voice seems too similar to the Minilogue without any of the real low-end depth you can get from the Arturia devices.

But I'm with you, I don't really see what purpose this serves that can't be better served by a brute or moog.

[thedjinn]

The Minilogue has 4 note polyphony, not 6. But it has a couple of other nice features: voice layering, a three octave keyboard (two octaves is just too small for serious music) and it sounds a lot better too. I especially like those pad sounds.

[weatherlight]

But you get all those sweet Aphex Twin patches and can program weird microtonal stuff!