This is way cooler than the comments section would have me believe. You get modular style modulation without the modular price.

Just got mine ~ May 2021~ fantastic little units, even with all my modular synths etc. Props to Korg! great company.

"No aftertouch ", lolled :D

Id like to see someone put it all in a mudular case and wire all the connectors to jacks so we can rout and use it like a proper modular synth!

These look fun as hell!

THIS is brilliant for my students

this sounds so cool!

If they made some sort of CV module that would allow volca integration I think that would be fun.

pretty awesome.. i would love to have this in my live DJ equipment

I want this for Xmas!

I'm actually excited about this. I'm normally not taken by Korgs analogue productline, but this has something. Obviously for it to really shine, they need to expand upon the premise with buyable stuff, like i wrote in the unboxing video; loose modules, a few different starter packs at different price ranges, more utility modules like CV/gate and MIDI, perhaps something to hook it directly up with a Nanokey controller, a noiseless PSU, and some cases - which would also allow the live performance if done right. I'm also actually quite surprised at how little noise there seems to be while battery operated - the Monotrons are noisy as hell, so if it's the same components, something obviously changed for the better! GJ Nick, and GJ Korg. This time they have a real chance to rake in money hand over fist.

nice play for fun - great fun : )

Cool , experimenting with synthesis for infants !

Looks like fun!

Looks like 3 new modules are coming out. Midi, cv and usb. Awesome!

Are we making music or contacting aliens?

Finally! :)

He is now an official dubstep maker

Looks like it would be fun for about half an hour. Could be a good present for a kid or something.

Giggling at the mention of no aftertouch.

Would it be possible to solder those into korg volcas in any useful way? Delay maeby

I have no idea how to program a synth :-| Should I get this?

I can't find any more recent reviews. How did this pan out? Cheers.

Loose patchcables are annoying. They drive me crazy every so often. Think I will needs a shrink, when I start playing with ’LittleBits Korg’. But what really bugs me: “No Aftertouch‘’ . ;-)

From looking at that without having the joy of using it, it looks really really cheaply made for £100. I mean the oscillator broke the second it was taken out of the box. That speaker is a stock part you find in foldable iPod docks in poundland. That combined with not being able to use midi seems like it'd get boring pretty quickly unless you spend even more money... Can you at least use the mixer to have two signals going with the oscillators so you can have a drum going at the same time as a lead?

Nick ! you should try making an atari punk console (there are breadboard instructions on the net) wont cost much and can be made in a few minutes

Not my cup of tea but who knows how this will progress. Maybe in a few years there will be much more to this idea

Hi, great review. Is it polyphonic? if so, how many voices? Cheers

Video blacks out. :/ good review though.

None of the kits include that pegboard and side pieces. They show as "coming soon" on their site. US kits came just like yours.

I was a little upset that you didn't try it out with other LittleBits because that's the whole second part of the kit. It's not just Korg, it's LittleBits compatible and I wanted to see how well you could use it with other LittleBits at least for the voltage parts.

No aftertouch?!?!?!

Like playing dominoes but with cheaply made audio parts. This is selling where I come from for approx $170 USD and this could be spent towards a Volca, Brute or something else... I think if one had several boxes of these modules then more fun could be had. Also given that it's open source expect to see heaps of knock off versions. There's the Trinity and one other which has full midi capability

That's a neat little device. I wouldn't get one, myself, but it's still a neat thing. I feel like there's gonna be a trading card sort of thing with this like you buy a deck and then buy booster packs, but with little synth bits.

Instantly makes you want to mess with it, You could 3d print clips to hold the modules together better and you could get the connector those splitter boards use and solder some header pins on to intercept the CVs. I think the guys who will get the most value are those with a bit of electronics experience who've never done anything with audio before. Fun, if a little pricey.

At 7:38 I almost though The Doctor would appear

I just can't get excited about this. For a toy, yes it is some toy alright but for a synth it needs hard wiring really in some intelligent way. A good educational tool for kids or novices who are interested.

for what reason

The best that you can buy some other not musical Littlebits and make a deep exploration. They ve got motors, sensors, operators like "OR", "AND", LED panels, microphones etc. It just something like an art installation, you shouldnt perciept this kit just like a synthesizer.

I like the concept but it looks pretty fragile.

want it as i like korg products but 100quid pricey and if the sell them singuarly there gonna be like 10-15 quid a section dunno

maybe i'd get one for $30. maybe. its looks cheaply made and that speaker looks like junk. you manage to breadboard this unit up? if not you should be able to just attract some sort of conductive piece onto the end contacts to point 90degrees downward. then just be aware of how your breadboard is laid out

Too bad it doesn't have aftertouch XD

nice review, your vid cuts out a bit at 10:25 but it's ok link to the github,.. is here: github.com/littlebitselectronics/eagle-files i've looked at some of the files,.. osc is their own i think filter is a lm13700 variant delay is pt2399 so it is kind of common,.. but they have done something with the voltage to get it to work..as you said the signal may be able to go into a rack (maybe),.. i wouldn't put any outputs from the rack into the little bits though price is reasonable i guess maybe a little high considering you can get a volca for less,.. but it's good for kids and learning

This looks like pure fun....why is it that so many peeps have to post hate? Did your mother abuse you or something? Don't you have something better to do than be a friggin KZfaq troll? Anywho.....Reggie Watts was involved with the development of this...it don't be sounding like a toy in his hands...know what I'm sayen? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rKqorZuT1dezfYk.html

another toy from what use to be good company

Too bad it's 125$

Hilariously stupid comments!

Man that shit is crap that should be in toys r us what professionally can you do with it

I wish it looked less.. effeminate