While I might not be a vintage Korg expert (and I probably won't be getting a retro t-shirt), I have personally owned the Trident Mk1 (VIDEO), VC-10, and the Mono/Poly. In my opinion, and based on my experience, I can truly say this Korg Legacy Edition Mono/Poly is an amazing soft synth. Running it at 96k as an audiounit in Logic, it doesn't really take that much CPU even with polyphony at 16 voices. Very stable. It's got a patch-saving system that I don't use, and also 2 FX slots that can load up stuff like a 4 band EQ, "mastering limiter", "talking modulator", "dynamic compressor", etc. I really enjoy the little details they thought about. In addition to the "analog" knob similar to other synths that allow for slight detuning, there's also a "detune" knob, plus an overall tuning parameter and a scale type on the rear global panel. Oh, and did I mention the super-easy chord memory function?
Korg Legacy Mono/Poly Demo by Calvin CardioidNo, I haven't used any of the other Korg Legacy soft synths, not even the MS-20. I'm not sure how authentic the other ones are, but I can say this Mono/Poly is certainly in the same realm. Crank up the oscillator levels and when the resonance is high up, you will indeed hear some sort of crackling as though things are kind of overdriven. It's subtle yes, but my point is that this isn't just a GUI slapped on the same-old soft synth engine. They've done something to make it sound Korg-ish. What this soft synth can't do is the "turn the knob in between parameters" thing, but I certainly welcome the modern features like the extra polyphony. And I didn't even talk about the mod matrix or the arpeggiator.
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