Korg NTS-2  4 Channel 'scope kit - Page 1
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author: Andrew_Debbie
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 17, 2023, 02:36:27 pm
content: 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 alotbetter 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

author: coromonadalix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 17, 2023, 03:11:13 pm
content: Meh not even capable to put some basic specs ........ let it go and buy an Hantek even if they are basic ....

author: Andrew_Debbie
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 17, 2023, 06:46:42 pm
content: 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

author: coromonadalix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 17, 2023, 11:37:23 pm
content: 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 ??

author: dobsonr741
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timestamp: April 18, 2023, 12:35:50 am
content: 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.

author: themadhippy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 18, 2023, 12:42:46 am
content: If it was in a more road proof case i'd be seriously temptedQuotedid you watch the video?

author: Someone
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 18, 2023, 12:48:04 am
content: Quote from: dobsonr741 on April 18, 2023, 12:35:50 amKorg'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.

author: dobsonr741
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timestamp: April 18, 2023, 01:56:59 am
content: 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.

author: Andrew_Debbie
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timestamp: April 18, 2023, 08:33:25 am
content: 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 examplehttps://github.com/AndrewFischer/YamPlate