MiniKorg-700S

The MiniKorg-700S is an old and simple monophonic analog keyboard from Korg. It is a dual-oscillator synth related to Korg's first monosynth, the single oscillator MiniKorg-700. Most of the controls are located in an odd place beneath the keyboard so as to make room above the keyboard for a sheet-music stand. Some controls have bizarre names like Bender, Traveler and Expand for the auto-bend, filter and envelope, respectively.

MiniKorg-700

It has three ring modulators for some strange sounds and noises. Sometimes a decent bass sound for techno music can be achieved using the MiniKorg's hi-pass and low-pass filters. The two oscillators can be de-tuned and they offer triangle, sawtooth and square waveforms. There are some strange analog effects built-in as well such as portamento, a rudimentary repeat-delay, auto-bend (bender), vibrato and Chorus and Noise waveforms.

This limited and quirky little synth is a nice collectors item but rarely seen or used anymore. It has relatively no performance controls like pitch/mod, but for ancient analog technology, this synth is quite stable and reliable. It is still quite capable of generating a very analog bass sound, thud, thump, growl or squeal. The wood side-panels and large primary colored knobs and sliders are a sure sign of Vintage status. It has been used by The Cure, ComaTeens, Kitaro, Human League, N-Trance, Vangelis, the Normal, Stevie Wonder, The Cars and Paul Hardcastle.

Mike

June 9, 2013 @ 9:53 pm

I have a minikorg in really good condition for sale, but i am not sure of a fair price. Thoughts?
Thanks!
mikegrieco101@aol.com

synth fan

April 22, 2013 @ 9:20 am

anyone in Uk within travel from London) got one of these for sale?

only after the 'S' version...

WM

January 15, 2013 @ 7:26 pm

Fred Falke uses the MiniKorg 700 extensively.

Thomas

January 4, 2013 @ 4:48 pm

It is a really great synth, especially for leads.
The strange control layout is based on the fact that it was designed to sit on top of an organ, since 70ies era keyboard players would most likely use something like a
Hammond or Farfisa as their main instrument.

lieven

December 16, 2012 @ 4:21 am

update // the 700S with Kenton kit below has been sold. Thanks.

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