KingKorg Neo is the latest 37-key digital synth from Korg which, at first glance, appears to sit neatly alongside the all-new MkII versions of the company’s rather excellent 37-noters, the Modwave, OpSix and Wavestate. Heck, let’s even put it next to the Minilogue XD, although that particular synth is mostly analogue and only boasts eight voices of polyphony, whereas KingKorg Neo has 24 and is firmly digital. But really, in actual fact, KingKorg Neo shouldn’t be considered as a member of this particular gang, as it is actually a follow-up to Korg’s original and bigger KingKorg, released back in 2013, and a synth that did well – or eventually well enough to result in this update – even though it was a VA released on the cusp of the analogue synth revival.
The Neo – that’s Greek for ‘new’, or the guy from , you decide – updates that synth by putting it in this familiar, compact 37-key form, giving it a new look and feel, and updating some of the waveforms at its core. This engine is bi-timbral, so you can effectively layer two
