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Offline Andrew_DebbieTopic starter

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Korg NTS-2 4 Channel 'scope kit
« on: April 17, 2023, 02:36:27 pm »
Korg are selling a small 4 channel Oscilloscope kit.   It also has a spectrum analyser, a 2 channel signal generator and a musicians tuner.  Korg is a musical instrument company after all.   
At $165/£165 it is a bit too expensive for a small ± audio bandwith 'scope.      After all ~£30 more will buy you a Hantek DSO-2C10 or similar.

Still, I find it an interesting concept worth a look.   Based on YouTube reviews, it is a lot better then JYE DSO-138 / 150 type budget scopes. 

The no-solder kit is a based on a snap-apart screw-together PCB.   The case is white FR-4 with aluminum side profiles.  Once screwed together the scope is about 5"x3". 

I'm sure it won't be long before clones turn up on AE.

https://www.korg.co.uk/products/nts-2

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Re: Korg NTS-2 4 Channel 'scope kit
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2023, 03:11:13 pm »
Meh   not even capable to put some basic specs ........   let it go   and buy an  Hantek  even if they are basic ....
 

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Re: Korg NTS-2 4 Channel 'scope kit
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2023, 06:46:42 pm »
I'm not going to buy one. I'm not a muscian.  I  thought it was an interesting design.    I could see a something similar being done as a inexpensive open source project, maybe with more general purpose feature set.

 The features are targeted at somone with a modular or semi-modular synth. Even the AWG is as much about music as troublshooting.

This  is a good revew / demo of what it can do:

https://youtu.be/A_LtC6HI5YI
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Re: Korg NTS-2 4 Channel 'scope kit
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2023, 11:37:23 pm »
Well have to admit, impressed a bit, there is more videos of it on youtube ...

dont like the encoder shaft left like this, i haven't seen a knob ?? 

 

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Re: Korg NTS-2 4 Channel 'scope kit
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2023, 12:35:50 am »
Korg is not selling an oscilloscope kit. It’s a kit, happens to have a limited audio waveform oriented scope function. It will not be any use as a bench scope. For one, it won’t work for DC.
 

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Re: Korg NTS-2 4 Channel 'scope kit
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2023, 12:42:46 am »
If it was in a more road proof case i'd be seriously tempted

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For one, it won’t work for DC.
did you watch the video?

 

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Re: Korg NTS-2 4 Channel 'scope kit
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2023, 12:48:04 am »
Korg is not selling an oscilloscope kit. It’s a kit, happens to have a limited audio waveform oriented scope function. It will not be any use as a bench scope. For one, it won’t work for DC.
Korg's name for the product is "oscilloscope kit" and  oscilloscope is printed right there on the front panel. Just because it's targeted to a different domain doesn't make it any less of an oscilloscope. The specifications include DC coupling.
 

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Re: Korg NTS-2 4 Channel 'scope kit
« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2023, 01:56:59 am »
You are right, I did not watch the video. I have an NTS-1. Still, my opinion is this device would only be serving a very limited audio frequency range. If you are an experimenting EE type, and not an Eurorack addict you will/should grow out of it very quickly. We should be discussing it in the Beginners board, not in the Test Equipments.
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Re: Korg NTS-2 4 Channel 'scope kit
« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2023, 08:33:25 am »
The DC coupling is useful for looking at slow  CV(control voltage) and gate waveforms.    Also good for general trouble shooting, since your ears can't might not hear a DC offset.


The snap-apart, screw-together kit is great industrial design. The Korg NTS-1 synth features similar construction.  I've never seen anything like it in a commercial product.   


Structural FR-4 occasionaly turns up in open source projects.  I've done a few, for example  https://github.com/AndrewFischer/YamPlate

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