MATRIXSYNTH: Korg MS-20 MKI and SQ-10


Monday, July 03, 2023

Korg MS-20 MKI and SQ-10

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"First there was a Frostwave MS-20 filter clone pedal. Then there was the Bubblesound filter and one from Manhattan Analog. Then there was the Korg x 911. And, finally, the search for the MS-20 sound ended with an actual MS-20, with the original, nasty, gnarly, nasal, squelchy and totally distortable filter.

We already had an SQ-10 to use on Metasonix’s Hz/v Thyratron oscillators, so the MS-20 fit right in. Then we got another SQ-10, so two SQ-10s could work on Metasonix oscillators, and filters and effects, and/or the MS-20. LUXURIOUS! And kind of comical since the SQ-10 is a few hundred times larger than an RK-7. But it’s gotten oh so Marie Condo around here in 2023, so this MS-20 needs to move on to the next life with its friend SQ-10.

The MS-20 is North American/Canadian/Taiwanese power. Purchased from Reverb. The SQ-10 is Japanese, purchased from a Modwiggler who purchased it serviced from Japan (from Vintage Standards maybe?). If you’re into vintage synthesizers you surely already have a 100v power converter."First there was a Frostwave MS-20 filter clone pedal. Then there was the Bubblesound filter and one from Manhattan Analog. Then there was the Korg x 911. And, finally, the search for the MS-20 sound ended with an actual MS-20, with the original, nasty, gnarly, nasal, squelchy and totally distortable filter.

We already had an SQ-10 to use on Metasonix’s Hz/v Thyratron oscillators, so the MS-20 fit right in. Then we got another SQ-10, so two SQ-10s could work on Metasonix oscillators, and filters and effects, and/or the MS-20. LUXURIOUS! And kind of comical since the SQ-10 is a few hundred times larger than an RK-7. But it’s gotten oh so Marie Condo around here in 2023, so this MS-20 needs to move on to the next life with its friend SQ-10.

The MS-20 is North American/Canadian/Taiwanese power. Purchased from Reverb. The SQ-10 is Japanese, purchased from a Modwiggler who purchased it serviced from Japan (from Vintage Standards maybe?). If you’re into vintage synthesizers you surely already have a 100v power converter."

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