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I was listening to the demos of the Korg Legacy Collection Analog Edition (KLCAE) the other day and I must say that the Mono/Poly sounds a lot more interesting than Arturia's emulation of the Jupiter-8V (so shoot me!) for example. Having decided to dump the studio for a corner of my girlfriend apartment, I must store some 61-keys synths and aim to keep a small one and go virtual.

Software has come a long way in a very short time, so following the development is pretty darn exciting with all the new (and old) synths popping up here and there. I've recently invested in both an old and a new one (Gforce Minimonsta and the FabFilter Twin) and I came across the KLCAE which I have neglected for some mysterious reason. I must say that the Mono/Poly sounds really impressive and is a lot more exciting than Arturia's emulation of the "King Roland" (the Jupiter-8V that is). I tried the demo of the Jupiter-8V, which is a very good emulation but I can hear the Mono/Poly chewing a Jupiter for breakfast.

So, while we're talking about the Korg Legacy Collection I must admit that the Digital Edition is also very tempting since I've had a lot of Korg gear though out the years; 01/Wfd, 01R/W, Prophecy, TR-rack, Wavestation EX, Wavestation SR and today I have a Z1 in my studio. Even though I loved the Wavestation I got rid of them since I was only playing around with the wave-sequencing and not composing (which was my main objective) but now I miss the possibility and listening to the Alphaville song "New Horizon" (from "Salvation", 1997, I think) really makes me want one again - hence the Digital Edtion.

However. Since computer are getting faster and faster, really quick too, I was wondering what Korg has planned for the near (or not so near, but still not far) future. It must be every Korg lover and gear junky's wet dream to have an updated version of the Digital Edition featuring a 01/W and at least a Prophecy but more preferably, in my case, a Z1. They are digital, so why not give them a try?

Am I asking for too much?

I know they won't sound like exact replicas of the hardware, but does that have to be a bad thing?

I guess I have to e-mail the proposal to Korg. Wish me luck ;o)