Creating a midi controller for the microKorg

video upload by Dean Coyle

"I really do love the microkorg, I think the features it brings at the price point were amazing when it first was released. It gives you enough of a taste of important tools synthesizers use to create sounds. I think it could be a great beginner synth, but then again it is still used by LCD soundsystem to the Killers.

I set myself the challenge of creating a midi controller to help unlock features of the synth and make it more user friendly. My goal was to move away from the matrix tool and have a control for every possible control.

Ok on reflection this is turning a microkorg into a ms2000.

Though I do find the synth a lot more enjoyable to play and feel more in control of shaping the sound.

Normally I would cover more of the coding and electronics, but I don't think I can do Notes and Volts justice: https://www.youtube.com/c/NotesAndVolts

Overall it was a fun project, there are a couple more synths that need this treatment.... watch this space."

KingKORG NEO | Riding the presets at NAMM 2024

video upload by Sounds Like This

"What does Korg's KingKORG NEO sound like? It sounds like this!

First try at NAMM 2024, covering the Lead, Synth, Pad & Motion sound banks. This is what it sounds like with the stock sounds right out of the box.

0:00 Lead
5:08 Synth
10:35 Pad
16:11 Motion"

KORG Modwave | Riding the Presets at NAMM 2024

video upload by Sounds Like This

"What does Korg's Modwave wavetable synthesizer sound like? It sounds like this!"

KORG opsix module | Riding the Presets at NAMM 2024

video upload by Sounds Like This

"What does Korg's opsix module / opsix mkII sound like? It sounds like this!

Riding the first 50 presets at NAMM 2024."

microKORG 2 | Riding the Presets at NAMM 2024

video upload by Sounds Like This

"What does Korg's microKORG 2 sound like? It sounds like this!

Well, at least it sounds like this at the moment, but as they clearly stated at their booth, the demo units were prototypes and the production version is not finished yet. Therefore, it only had 6 presets - all of which were named NAMM 'sonething'.

But still, here is a quick taste of the microKORG 2 sound engine as it stands today."

Yamaha SEQTRAK | Individual Synth Sounds

video upload by Sounds Like This

"What does Yamaha's SEQTRAK sound like? It sounds like this!

Well, a fraction of it anyway. It should come with more than 2000 preset sounds - and no keyboard...

So given the setting and time, I just browsed through the first couple of hundreds at the Yamaha booth at NAMM 2024.

Not really possible to make a lot of musical sense with just 7 small plastic pads, but hopefully you can get an idea of (some of) the included sounds."

Space exploration on a Minimoog

video upload by The Pink Lady Apple House

"Felt like taking the #minimoogmodeld for a spin."

"Network Neighborhood." The HapiNES mk. II from Twisted Electronics. #jamuary2024 #jamuary2024

video upload by Ambient Synths In The Wild

"Tried to get this one to work with a few monotrons but it seems they are all malfunctioning so he took a solo."

You can find additional HapiNES here.

Pam PRO Sync Guide

video upload by ALM TV

"Here we take a look at numerous ways to sync Pamela's PRO Workout with other hardware and software including syncing two Pams, external Din Sync, MIDI clock, LFO BPM modulation, the Pam Sync DAW plugin, and finally syncing the virtual Pam PRO in VCV Rack.

In general most forms of sync expect a standard 24PPQN clock and Run 'Din Sync' type signal set for the Clk and Run inputs. These settings can be changed from Pam's BPM menu to accomodate other common clock PPQN speeds and Run or Reset signals to align with the sync signals produced by other hardware devices."

NAMM 2024: Stylophone Pitch Theremin

video upload by Sound On Sound magazine

"Stylophone have announced an upcoming release that combines a Theremin with a built-in delay unit, modulation capabilities and a pitched playing mode.

We apologise for some audio distortion during parts of this report."