Korg MS-20 Mini Meltdown
All audio and video content by G-Storm Electro c.2015
blog http://gstormelectronica.blogspot.com/
Follow-up of the MS-20 mini bass excursion demo w/ some SQ-1 sequencer madness, modulation weirdness, and a patch that will make you wonder if the mini is having a meltdown. With a special appearance from a Boss DR-110 drum machine, the Accent Trigger Out is going to the SQ-1 Sync In. Again I have framed the shots so hopefully you can see all the settings and patch cable connections.
All sound taken raw from the mixer, no additional effects were used in capturing the audio.
Synth Lead: Korg MS-20 Mini Vs iMS-20 For iPad
The Korg MS-20 mini is an analog synth, the reincarnation of the classic MS-20. The iMS-20 is the iPad version of the same machine.
If you just try to use the same settings on both, the first thought will be “The iMS-20 simply can’t sound like the real thing”. But in fact, they have different behavior for the same settings on the filter and envelope modules. Don’t expect to make the same sounds using the same settings on both!
With some work and listening carefully you can make the iPad app to sound much closer than before.
Here is another example, now using the filter with resonance and a big release time.
Patch images for MS-20 mini and iMS-20 for iPad: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1…
KORG MS-20 Synthesizer Assembly
Background video description:
Sharing the satisfaction of assembling my very own synthesizer; the reissue of the 1978 Korg classic monosynth! At the end is a brief audio demo including modular sequencing of the MS-20.
Korg MS-20 Tips & Tricks – Paraphony
Here’s the first chapter from a series of video that ‘gattobus’ is going to make about Korg MS-20.
“I’m going to show you some of the most cool and classic tricks you can do by patching cables in the right way 😉
In this episode we talk about paraphony: how to play it duophonic, controlling each VCOs independently, using the keyboard and the trig button.”
Paraphonic synthesizers are synths that allow polyphonic control over the oscillators, but not polyphonic synthesis, because the oscillators run through a single, shared synthesis path. It’s like throat singing, where a single person sings two different pitches, but only has one throat and mouth, vs multiple people singing, with individual, independent voices.
Fabriek Magnifique (Original video Korg MS-20 mini)
Original video footage from Jam Sessions’ Fabriek Magnifique video.
All sound come from The Korg MS-20 mini. No midi just some tape echo from the virtualizer pro and some triggering with Doepfer Dark Time.
Korg MS-20 mini
Doepfer Dark Time
Virtualizer Pro
MS20 Kit – Review
We build our own full-size MS20, add a filter selection switch and compare with an original.
Korg MS20 Kit Build Timelapse
I built the MS20 Kit – one of only 1,000 available. Be sure to check out our full review coming soon. Music: Intellijel Atlantis through Behringer X32 with Vintage Room freeze reverb for pads, stereo delay.
The MS-20 Kit is a true-analog, 1:1 scale reissue of the MS-20, with both filters built in (the more aggressive early production filter and more mellow late production one). Every details has been replicated, right down to the packaging, which includes a letter from the original MS-20 engineers and the President of Korg, Inc.
The Korg MS-20 kit has a street price of about $1,400.
Hotwiring the Korg MS-20 mini
Korg USA’s Rich Formidoni experiments with the MS-20 mini analog synthesizer, and shows you how to start it up with no keys.
Here are the patch connections:
Pink noise – ESP Signal In
ESP Band Pass Filter Out – Ext. Signal In
Mod. generator saw/tri out – VCA In
VCA out – Total in
VCA Control Input – Button
VCO 1+2 CV in – Mod wheel
Trig. In and Trig. Out are the hot wires
Unboxing and Assembling KORG MS-20 Kit
Business suits unboxing the MS-20 😀
1978年発売の名機アナログ・シンセサイザーMS-20が、
2014年、組み立てキットとして復活！
そのMS-20 Kitを、開発者の三枝文夫と西島裕昭が
実際に開封してイチから組み立ててみました！
この動画の後は、皆さまがご自分で組み立てる番です！
是非チャレンジしてみて下さい！
製品の詳細は：
http://www.korg.com/jp/products/dj/ms…
Google translate:
The name of the machine analog synthesizer MS-20 launched in 1978,
2014, revived as assembly kit!
Nishijima is Hiroaki and Saegusa Fumio developers, the MS-20 Kit
I tried to assemble from scratch by opening actually!
After this video, it’s time to assemble all of you on your own!
Please try to challenge it!
Build an Analog Monophonic Synth with KORG MS-20 Synth Kit
Korg MS-20 Synth Kit – a limited edition MS-20 Kit is a kit that lets you create a real, full-size MS-20 by assembling the parts yourself.
The MS-20 Kit is a true-analog, 1:1 scale reissue of the MS-20, with both filters built in (the more aggressive early production filter and more mellow late production one). Every details has been replicated, right down to the packaging, which includes a letter from the original MS-20 engineers and the President of Korg, Inc.
Just like the MS-20 mini, development of the MS-20 Kit was led by the original engineers themselves, who spared no effort to perfectly replicate the circuitry of the original unit. When it was necessary to substitute a part, the engineers made the decision based on their own ears, ensuring that the exact sound of the original unit has been reproduced. According to Korg, the sound of the MS-20 kit has a ‘somewhat bright and extreme quality’ to it, because its sound is that of an original MS-20 in mint condition at the time it went on sale, before any of the components aged.
The MS-20 Kit comes dissembled, and can be put together with simple tools (some included), providing the user with a bit of the experience that often went hand-in-hand with ownership of vintage modular analog gear.
No soldering or understanding of circuit diagrams required. The updated MS-20 also features the same modern connectivity (MIDI and USB MIDI) as the mini.
The MS-20 Kit is a being released as a limited edition product.
Features:
- A full-size, true analog MS-20
- Build yourself with simple tools
- Early and late filters at the flip of an internal switch
- ¼” patch cables
- Limited edition
The Korg MS-20 kit is expected to have a street price of about $1,400 and to be available in March.
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