BTW, if anyone else was having problems getting the SQ64 updated because the Korg Updater wasn’t recognizing it, you have to do the following.
Open Korg’s Uninstaller app. Check the midi list to see where the SQ64 is. If it’s at 10 or greater, you have to delete the midi device to move the Korg up the list. It has to be 9 or higher before it’ll be recognized. Stupid? Yes, very dumb, and it’s one of those things that always shocks me about these big companies. This is the only time I’ve ever had to deal with it before. Don’t worry about having to uninstall your midi devices, they automatically reinstall when you plug them back in.
To uninstall using the Korg uninstall utility/app, click the options button, and uncheck the box that says "Delete KORG MIDI Device only. Then click ok and checkmark all the boxes you’re comfortable with uninstalling, including the SQ64. Click next, and then yes. Once the uninstall happens, power cycle your SQ64, and see if it move up the list. I had a lot of USB audio devices I had to uninstall before it worked, took about 3 times.
Once that’s done, reopen the kmupdate app, open the SQ64 update file, and then click the update button. Once it’s done, power cycle the SQ64, and you’re all good. Hopefully that saves someone some time as I had to watch a God damn 16 minute video from Tim Shoebridge or whatever his name for the 1-2 minutes of useful information. Come on Tim!
Just got a cool package sent from the guys at Bastl, to make an demo for the upcoming device that is in the little white box, but got a SoftPop 2 as well in the process! Can’t wait to try this little thing I’ve been very curious about. Seems like a very fun acid box with a very easy way to create sequences on the fly.
Just got this in the post…
I imagine I’m going to have to learn a bit of Python/OfxLua really as it seems a bit abandoned by Critter and Guitari, but basically I’m going to make some flashing lights to accompany my “music”.
(p.s. look, it doesn’t count as buying gear cos it’s VIDEO)
Synth is amazingly well built for the cost. Haven’t powered it up yet, but these knobs, and the housing are impressive. Even the mini keys are surprisingly not mini filling. Nice.
Purpose- To take my mind off the existential dread of being middle aged.
P.S.
I got this in literally two days! I don’t know if Sweetwater added distribution centers to their company, but it was seriously buying a pack of pencils from Amazon with same day shipping levels of fast. Big trade off as there was no candy inside.
It does feel remarkably solid — I remember one interview where someone from ASM mentions that the metal base is helpful for poly aftertouch, since you need a strong surface to press down on (and so it doesn’t warp from use over time).
Enjoy! May your existential dread be washed away in a sea of custom wavetables
Picked up a Roland FA-06 from Gumtree tonight for my son. He was learning on a Yamaha EZ-220 which was ideal but time for an upgrade.
Powered speakers arriving tomorrow so great excuse to hook it up to my stuff tonight so we could try it out. Pretty impressed with the ease of use and overall sound.
On a whim, a Polyphonic Whale. A slightly more engineered Wingie, I guess, with the additional benefit of running off AAA batteries. Arrived yesterday after waiting forever post-preorder.
The channels on the right - with Clouds, granular sampler, reverb and looper, all controlled by tilt, light sensitive diode lots of fun. The left side more about meditative tones. All of it quite nice to play with (although I suspect it may have a fairly short shelf life as toy-of-the-moment, it is a nice one of those type of things).
It certainly is and it’s the baby of the family compared with the FA 7 and 8. According to Roland.
Do you have limited space in your studio, or need to transport your keyboard to gigs and recording sessions often? If so, the mobile FA-06 and its 61-note velocity-sensitive keyboard is a smart choice.
To be fair, it’s really light and probably considered mobile for this sort of thing but it still looks massive when next to my other gear.
Love the looks, playability, and tone! The only flaw is the nut - it’s got the strings high enough that any chords I play next to it can easily be pulled out of tune.
Intentions: Play it regularly as part of my rotation of favorite guitars. Then when the strings start to feel worn, take it to the music shop to have the nut filed down.
