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New Korg NTS 2
I think today we are going to get a lot of new Announcements of new music tech, Arturia, Polyend Play etc. So hold on to your seat!
I didn’t pick up the original of this but the new model looks interesting.
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Damn, I have sold my original when I had the chance.
To be totally honest I’ve note used my NTS-1 nearly as much as I thought, now if it had been a Plug-In for either desktop or iOS I wold have embraced it a lot more!
Guess I’m just more comfortable with keeping everything ‘ in the box’ apart from a few controllers…
Yeah, it ain't got nothing on Drambo, AUM, Loopy Pro....
Yeah, especially considering the massive update that is around the corner…
The IAP WaveTable oscillator also gets a bunch of new things making it totally bonkers
I feel like the numbering is a bit confusing — this isn’t a replacement or upgrade for the NTS-1, it’s a separate utility with a similar form factor and DIY aesthetic. Very cool, glad to see them continuing on with another series of small and affordable units. Also honestly a bit relieved that this one doesn’t meet any of my immediate needs!
I'm definitely in for an NTS-2. THAT'S how you manual.
I'm liking the oscilloscope.
I've got loads of oscillators.
Weirdly I was just looking at digital scopes earlier today, this might well tempt me
The corners, side panels and screwdriver are the same as the NTS-1, so I’d say it is very much one the NTS family
If you don't need all the features, similar chinese counterparts are available for a fraction of the price.
You’re probably quite right, though I’ve been looking at lots of them and trying to figure out which has the lowest chance of being chinesium. I should probably try and get some recs off the discord groups I’m in for them…
I was about to buy NTS-1 one of these days.
Time to hold on that thought
Hm, it doesn't look like this one could replace the NTS-1.
True... spoke too soon. Posted my comment before watching the content. Now I see
I want one. I have a little DSO Nano that is pretty similar and fun to play with, but this little scope/signal generator looks easier to use and would be really cool to use when breadboarding audio and testing synth circuits. I hope it doesn't end up costing too much.
It now has a price.
https://www.korg.co.uk/products/nts-2
Better than I expected. This is very tempting in that price range. Thanks for the link!
No problem at all.
I was curious myself.
I’m actually after the x/y oscilloscope more than anything else.
I’ve got a Light Synth project that I have which uses an oscilloscope.
I’ve been using the MiRack one’s so far and though they work well
a real oscilloscope would be so cool.
This isn't far from the miRack Oscilloscope. I use my ES-8 plus miRack or VCV as scope all the time.
That sounds like fun. I have cheap knockoff analog o-scope that would be fun for that sort of thing. The display is very smooth for the sort of visualization. But, the thing is big and heavy and takes up my entire workspace area. I don't think they are easy to find anymore either.
The little Korg unit looks like a great size for convenience with experimentation.
The size of it is perfect to slot into my music room and would be
really cool for when I'm doing my virtual Eurorack stuff.
Add about $100..150 and you get something like this:
I have a Siglent 4ch scope, but it doesn’t work as a frequency analyzer, at least without an add-on, and definitely doesn’t work as a tuner or LFO, that’s not even talking about the difference in footprint.
Yeah, the size is pretty much perfect for what I want.
No doubt that the Rigol is a better scope, but I already have one that's good but too big to toss around next to breadboards and stuff. The spectrum analyzer on the little Korg isn't all that precise looking, but for getting a quick idea how well filters and oscillators are tracking it would be pretty cool. The signal generator would be great as a test audio source too. It looks like a pretty useful little tool for DIY audio experiments.
I'm assuming the scope part is based on the same open source projects that the DSO Nano and others use. I wonder if it is open to hacking and upgrades.
I’m not sure I’d make use of such a thing. I wanted to get the NTS-1 a few times but always ultimately decided against it. This is way different obviously. I wonder what NTS-3 will be. I’ve wanted to expand my Volca setup for a while, but always stop as could never find something that I could justify buying.
@NeonSilicon Maybe use an old iPhone for that? Sonobus could help to build the link from your iPad over WiFi so you don't even need a separate audio interface... all wireless.
I hadn't really thought about this before, but when I'm working on/playing with hardware things, I don't really ever have my computer or iPad around or involved. I do sometimes have an old laptop on the table to look at docs, but I don't run the audio into it. On the other side of things, when I'm working in software, I trust my ears and math more, so I don't usually use scopes or spectrum analyzers at all. It's a bit weird I guess.
I first bought the analog o-scope I have to design a battery boost circuit and test the noise floor of the output. I didn't trust my hearing to detect things at that level. I've used it since whenever I'm mucking about with weird circuits. On the digital side of things, I rarely think to myself that I need to verify what I'm doing. (When I do I typically use MainStage and the tools it has to look at what I'm doing on the Mac.) Maybe that's because in digital when I mess something up it tends to be catastrophically bad and I can hear it right away.