How to use microKORG2 Vol.2

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Playlist:
1. How to use microKORG2 Vol.1 - Introduction & Setting
2. How to use microKORG2 Vol.2 - Arpeggiator
3. How to use microKORG2 Vol.3 - Vocoder
4. How to use microKORG2 Vol.4 - Hard Tune & Harmonizer
5. How to use microKORG2 Vol.5 - Loop Recorder

Korg NX5R w/ Manuals

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"Extremely powerful little box, with a complete XG synth factory-fitted inside what would otherwise be an NS5R - itself powerful. In excellent cosmetic condition, and including the two necessary manuals - NS5R and NX5R - but we don't have a two-pin US voltage figure-of-eight lead to try it out with. The socket is also keyed, so we don't know if (unusually) polarity might be important. Pretty rare!"

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Amb0 Acid - Ambient 0 CPM DS-2 - Song-a-Day 2025 Jam

video upload by ChrisLody

"Full Disclosure: I occasionally take on freelance work at Sonicware and Stylophone on an hourly rate producing synth & sample sound design, beta testing, checking English text, video manuals, promo content etc. This video wasn't paid for directly but as a result of my work with Sonicware and Stylophone it is marked as Paid Promotion

So someone casually asked me if the Ambient 0 could manage acid which I took as a challenge naturally. Yes it can as it turns out. So file this under non-ambient 0 again.

So the Ambient 0 can do a pretty respectable of some acidic. It's not really using many of it features to do this but it is damn good fun. To create this patch I started with the standard patch that loads in an empty pattern in the drone layer which uses a saw wave and turned the release down. I turned the resonance up to max, assigned LFO 1 to cutoff , set it's shape to RMP- and set the trigger to 1 so it works like a 1 shot decaying envelope. I also set the voice mode to Legato and turned the glide up to 30. The it's just a case of programming an acid pattern and getting it to slide by programming overlapping notes. The one shot LFO is a substitute for an envelope but feels a bit different to use. Speed is reversed compared to the way an envelope works and turning the LFO amount up in this case drives the cutoff down and it influences it more but it's still playable. The built in distortion and reverb sounded really nice on this too but I decided to go with the ones built into the Zoom r8 as then they wouldn't change as the patterns were loaded on the Liven.

As well as having worked on the Ambient 0 I've also been lucky enough to have a Stylophone CPM DS-2 in the studio since the end of last year. It's a very cool bit of kit and I was also lucky enough to work for them on their stall at Bristronica last year too showing people how to use them. It's designed as a drone synth but it's Eurorack compatible so will accept CV for pitch so it can be bullied into playing melodic and bass parts too. So it's connected to a Korg SQ1 here and is playing the high melodic layer. I've got both oscillators tracking pitch but Drone 2's output is fed into Drone 1's cutoff input for some filter FM goodness"

KingKORG NEO Video Manual

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Playlist:
KingKORG NEO マニュアル 【1:はじめに】
KingKORG NEO マニュアル 【2:音色を演奏する】
KingKORG NEO マニュアル 【3:音色のエディット】
KingKORG NEO マニュアル 【4:アルペジオ】
KingKORG NEO マニュアル 【5:ボコーダー】
KingKORG NEO マニュアル 【6:全体の設定】

Googlish:
KingKORG NEO Manual [1: Introduction]
KingKORG NEO Manual [2: Playing sounds]
KingKORG NEO Manual [3: Editing sounds]
KingKORG NEO Manual [4: Arpeggio]
KingKORG NEO Manual [5: Vocoder]
KingKORG NEO Manual [6: Overall settings]

KORG Introduces KORG Collection 5

"Scheduled for release in early summer 2024.

Magical synth sounds, authentically re-created by KORG. The Synthesizer Collection for the ages.

• Three new instruments added: EP-1, VOX Super Continental and ARP 2600.
• At Superbooth 2024, we're previewing the KC ARP 2600: true to the original sound and character, with thoughtful modifications and additions.

We spent months understanding every detail of the original and modern schematics, studying manuals, testing with oscilloscopes, and most importantly listening. This is the only ARP 2600 plug-in that can faithfully recreate all 100 sounds in the original 2600 Patch Book. Extensive anti-aliasing techniques deliver truly premium audio quality. KC ARP 2600 adds both classic modifications and entirely new modules, while preserving the distinctive character and design philosophy of the original instrument.

Displayed at: Superbooth 2024 KORG Booth (E100)"

Korg MS-50 plus KORG SQ-10 vintage analog synthesizer and sequencer modular system

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"The lot includes also their Original manuals (MS50 and SQ10) in excellent conditions plus some old korg cables as the origins. All is well maintained by a collector in Excellent conditions, all perfect working"

SQ-10 SN 152586

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Protolody - Song-a-day 2024 - SmplTrek Liven MEGA ELZ_1 play Volca Keys NTS1

video upload by ChrisLody

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So just recently I've been a down about my musical output to be honest, mostly the quality of my jams that I've been putting up on YouTube. This came to a head last weekend when I got talking to someone about my 2014 album, listened to some of it and had the realisation that the contents of that album is better than my work now. I imagined I'd grown as an artist but that was not the case. The main culprit was that I was actually making decent arrangement back then, taking my time to build something over at least a few day. Here's the album in question: https://chrislody.bandcamp.com/album/...

Due to my recent workload I've been favouring making jams, recording them and uploading them immediately. Don't get me wrong, there's a lot that can be learned from this approach, but carry on too long and it's like eating a bag a crisps everyday for your main meal, not satisfying.

A lot of the album above was created on the Nintendo DS and PSP using Nitrotracker, Korg Ds10 and Beaterator. These are nice little closed systems and have the benefit of running on something you can sit with on the sofa and really dig in to get the most from the software and finesse your work. I don't really want to return to using those though as I've just about rinsed them and they're not easy to integrate with other gear as they have no midi capability.

So my thoughts turned to something I kind of made as a joke video but actually turned out to be really useful, the Synth Tray. My original one of these was made from a bit of scrap ply so it wasn't very big and I want to cram on my gear so now I've made a new one, 'Synth Tray 2 - Dawless Evolved'"

Korg X3 Keyboard Workstation w/ SKB Hard Case

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The X3 features 200 programs, 200 combinations, 32-voice polyphony, a 32,000 note, 16-track sequencer with 100 patterns and 10 songs and a double-sided, double-density 3.5-inch floppy disk drive for song and other data storage types. Tested in great working condition overall, includes manuals, disks and SKB hard case.

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PlayFader PlayMates - Oberheim OB-X8 via MIDI 🔥

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"What’s going on here then? MIDI baby, yeah!
The cv outs are connected but they’re not in the mix. This is just MIDI - 909 sending MIDI transport into PlayFader and the @Oberheim OB-X8 being sequenced by PlayFader. Channel A controls filter cutoff while Channel B sequences, all via MIDI (PlayFader features a 3.5mm Type A connection).

MIDI is here!!! Along with other new features like buffer contents visualisation, channel mute, patch storage allowing up to 8 patches to be saved (includes all settings and buffer contents), Buchla 1.2v/oct and Korg Hz/oct scaling, channel copy and loads more.

Firmware updates are way ahead of schedule, so much so that we are behind on updating the Play Data guides and manuals.

Btw, the LED screen refresh rate doesn’t always match the camera capture rate which is why the LEDs might not always be consistent... maybe, but I'm clearly not a video expert... we’re getting a better camera really soon :)"

Korg 01/W-FD 61 Key Music Workstation Synthesizer Keyboard SN 00018

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"I used to work for Korg and wrote the factory demo sequences for this unit, which can be found at karma-lab(dot)com/ Audio/ sk/ pd/ WKRGRadio.mp3. [remove spaces]

- mint condition, like new - hardly a mark on it!
- original owner, smoke-free and pet-free home studio environment, no road use, never left the studio.
- new backlight, new memory backup battery - these are $200 value!
- all buttons and keys fully functional. Keyboard in beautiful shape.
- factory presets fully restored (can be done from global mode, no floppy required).
- floppy drive tested and 100% functional; card slots tested and 100% functional.
- includes power cord.
- does not include paper manuals but they can be downloaded at korg(dot)com/support - and they are included for you on a CD.
- shipping not included.

(I'm not a reseller or a music shop. All gear was used in my large home studio and treated with love and care.)"

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Korg Wavestation SR w/ Manuals

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Korg DW 8000 w/ Manuals

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"The DW-8000 has 8 voice polyphony in two modes, or one monophonic mode with all eight voices stacked. The analog VCF resonant filter and VCA both have independent ADBSSR envelopes. Parameters can be altered in real time via a single programmable slider. There are 64 presets that can be reprogrammed by the user."

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Korg Poly-61 + Poly-61M Original Owner's Manuals & Data Table Chart

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Custom Glow-in-the-Black-Light "Jackson Pollak" Styled Neon Splash Painted Korg microKORG

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A bit Jackson Pollock in style.

"This Microkorg was completely taken apart and given a custom paint job. It is fully functional. The Microkorg looks beautiful as is but under black light all the layers of neon paint really pop. It comes with the original microphone, Korg power supply, box, and manuals. Free shipping for the USA only. Checkout my other listings."

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Dave Smith Was an Ironman Triathlete

In case you missed it in this post, Roger Linn noted Dave Smith was "an avid athelete, cyclist and triathlete. He actually participated in the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon in his younger years..."

@birdkids reminded me of an article on the development of the Prophet VS archived on the WaybackMachine. In it, Chris Meyer mentions Dave was in Hawaii prepping for the tournament during that time. I thought it was interesting and worth sharing. I captured it below.

"Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 07:55:41 -0800
From: Xrystal
MIME-Version: 1.0
Subject: Birth of the Prophet VS

I thought the following might be of interest to you. Xrystal
_____________________________________________________________________


The Birth of the Prophet VS

By Chris Meyer, ex-employee of Sequential Circuits

reprinted from the VS WaveWrangler User Guide by permission of Interval Music Systems,
©1991 Interval Music Systems.

It all started somewhere in 1985. We were still working on the Prophet 2000 sampler,
and as resident historian (in other words, I had the most magazines and manuals) another
engineer was asking me to explain how various instruments performed crossfades. I had
finished discussing the Fairlight, and had moved on the PPG - explaining its wavetables,
and the ability for it to scan a group of waves first in one direction and then back again,
While I was scrawling this back and forth motion in my notebook, suddenly a little twinge
went off in the back of my head, and myhand drew the next line arcing down the page.. and the
concept of crossfading beween waves in two dimension, not just one, was born.

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Korg MS-10 Analog Synth With Original Manuals

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Mini Synth Orchestra “MSO-1” in Custom Cabinet

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video upload by Brittle stR music

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"All units are used but in excellent condition, mounted in a custom cabinet. All cables, power supplies, original boxes and manuals are included. There’s even a spare 13A socket in the rear-mounted plug board to power your controller, or another mini instrument. The cabinet has room for something like a Pocket Operator or 1010Music Nanobox, and a spare stereo channel in the mixer. All units sit firmly, held in by gravity.

What you hear in the video is the MSO-1 recorded in stereo, with only some compression and EQ to tame the bass. All spatial FX come from the MSO-1. The NTS-1 has the deep atmospheric effects featured in Korg’s ‘logue synths, and can receive 3rd party oscillators and FX algorithms. The M100 has some of TC Electronic’s high quality reverbs in a small box!

UK bidders only please.

Korg Volca Bass (synth)
Korg Volca Keys (synth)
Korg NTS -1 (synth)
TC Electronic M100 (FX)
Behringer Xenyx 802 (mixer)
Keyboard not included."

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Korg Arp Odyssey Duophonic Analog Synthesizer

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"Used Korg Arp Odyssey Duophonic Analog Synthesizer. Includes limited-edition ARP color version of the KORG SQ-1 step sequencer. Also includes power adapter, MIDI adapter, some patch cables, and manuals. Does not include box."

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Korg MonoPoly SN 470307 w/ MIDIPOLY Upgrade

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"Quite possibly the nicest monopoly one could get their hands on today..
Great analog sound all around - have a listen to the demo.

This MonoPoly has been meticulously restored and upgraded to the max here at RetroLinear
• Complete electronic rebuild: (detailed report will be provided with sale of instrument)
• All switches, knobs, key contacts cleaned, rebuilt were possible.
• Full calibration, burn-in and bench tested - 100% operational
• Solid Red-Walnut case, semi gloss clear coating
• MidiPoly upgrade

Cosmetic condition overall a solid 9.9/10 - All graphics, metalwork, keys, knobs in like new condition..
Virtually no signs on use. The original case was made of vinyl wrapped flake-board however was starting to flake apart this is a known issue with most Korg products of the 80's. The ideal solution was making a new case out of actual wood instead of faux-wood. Case made by Valhalla woodworking - absolute top-notch build quality, the wood itself is nicely figured too!

Includes a studio slip cover, original manuals, and a printed copy of the midi-poly directions."

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12-bit Samplers from the 80s | Shoot out

video by Espen Kraft

"12-bit samplers. 5 of them. From the 80s. Each with different sampling frequencies, sampling time and artifacts. One video - a logistics nightmare! Even at this very non-scientific level.

I've tried to keep the volume levels pretty much the same throughout, so no one will be fooled by level differences and think one sampler is 'better'. I've also kept all samples in mono, even though the TX16W can sample in stereo.

No effects or compression is being used so it's all bone dry out of the samplers. How much the YouTube compression algorithm destroys this I don't know, but I hope that the differences can be heard to some degree. Believe, they all sound different.

...

Sampler specs:
Akai S612 can sample in frequencies between 32 Khz and 4 Khz by pressing a MIDI key (midi number) between C5 and C2 before sampling. The main frequencies are C5=32 Khz, C4=16 Khz, C3=8 Khz and C2=4 Khz.
Roland S-330 can sample at 15 and 30 Khz
Yamaha TX16W can sample at 50, 33, 25 and 16 Khz in mono, and at 33 Khz in stereo
Sequential Prophet 2000 can sample at 42, 31 and 16 Khz
Korg DSS-1 can sample at 48, 36, 24 and 16 Khz.

The sample time will vary greatly depending on the sampling frequency, so check the manuals for each of these samplers for that.

Apart from the S-330 all the other samplers uses a variable sample rate conversion for transposing the sounds when playing. That means the sampler needs to have its own DAC (digital to analog converter) for each of the voices. The S-330 uses interpolation. This means that it uses only one DAC, but it needs a fast processor to handle all the voices when you play polyphonically. That technique imposes its own set of sound artifacts, which is why I love that sound in particular.

No one of these samplers are 'better' or 'worse', no such thing exists. We can love one over another for different reasons, but there is no such thing as Ford being better than GM or Toyota being better than Subaru. It's all good. ;-)"