Cult German Music and a Japanese Sequencer

video upload by Alex Ball

"A look at how the Korg MS-20 and SQ-10 sequencer were an intergral part of the sound of a group of German musicians in the late 70s and early 80s.

0:00 Intro
1:09 Der Mussolini - DAF
5:02 Los Niños Del Parque - Liaisons Dangereuses
8:10 Minimal Tape 3/7.2 - Pyrolator
10:48 Sample Pack
11:38 Outro Jam / Patrons

Huge thanks to Brad Holland and my patrons and patreon.

The sample pack is available here: https://www.patreon.com/AlexBallMusic

Synth settings (these are my estimations, rather than certain):

Der Mussolini
VCO 1: Pulse wave with PW set to around 10 o'clock
VCO 2: Off
HPF: Not used
LPF: Cutoff at 0 and peak at 2 / EG2 modulation set to 10
EG 2: Hold 0 / Attack 0 / Decay 3 / Sustain 0 / Release 3
Then guitar amping / stereo reverb

Los Niños Del Parque
VCO 1: Pulse wave with PW set to around 1 o'clock
VCO 2: Off
HPF: Not used
LPF: Cutoff at 0 and peak at 2 / EG2 modulation set to 7.5 / T.EXT mod set to 8.5
EG 2: Hold 0 / Attack 0 / Decay 1 / Sustain 4 / RElease 3.5
Channel C Sequencer lane to T.EXT and VCA Initial Gain
Then guitar amping / stereo reverb

Minimal Tape 3/7.2
VCO 1: Pulse wave with PW set to around 10 o'clock
VCO 2: Square wave up an octave
VCO 1 level 4 and VCO 2 level 3 (to allow envelope and filter clicks to be heard)
HPF: Not used
LPF: Cutoff at 0 and peak at 4 / EG modulation set to 8.5 / T.EXT mod set to 7.5
EG 2: Hold 0 / Attack 0 / Decay 2 / Sustain 0.5 / Release 2
Channel C Sequencer lane to T.EXT
Then a tape echo with minimal feedback at around 30 - 40ms with dry and echo panned left and right respectively"