• Monophonic
  
• 25 keys, velocity sensitive
• 2 oscillators with waveshaping
• Ring modulator
• Noise generator
• Distinctive lowpass filter
• Loopable attack/decay envelope
• LFO with one-shot mode
• Distortion
• 100 sounds (80 factory / 20 user)
• Step sequencer
• Motion sequencer with 4 parameters
  
• Microtuining with 32 scales
• OLED display
• Oscilloscope function
  
• Real wood back panel
  

The Korg monologue Silver is a compact analog synthesizer with an easy-to-play 25-key keyboard and advanced step sequencer. The monophonic instrument features two analog oscillators with three waveforms each, which are capable of waveshaping and also offer noise, a ring modulator and hard oscillator sync. After both tone generators have been level-matched with the mixer, the lush basic sound ends up in the resonant lowpass filter, whose sonic characteristics are reminiscent of the extremely biting IC35 filter from the Korg MS-10 (1978). This is followed by a simple but productive distortion at the end of the signal path; this is also where the oscilloscope function of the OLED display is located, which always shows the final waveform in real time when no menu functions are accessed.

The loopable attack/decay envelope is permanently assigned to the amplifier and can additionally modulate one of three destinations. The LFO can additionally be switched to one-shot mode and even covers the waveshaping of both oscillators with its destinations, which creates a liveliness that one would hardly expect from such a clearly arranged device. Instead of a pitch bend wheel, there is a small fader that does the job with flying colors. The Korg monologue Silver sequencer has a storage capacity of 16 steps per pattern including slides (303 says hello), but additionally records four different parameters on the fly (parameter locks).