The KORG MS10 IS THE BEST SYNTH.. better than the MS20 (in my opinion :O.).

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  • the KORG MS10 in my opinion the finest Analog MonoSynth even though its a smaller version of the ms20 and here is why. Download the wav of the samples from this machine and much much more :- / lookmumnocomputer
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  • @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
    @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER  2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    eBay link in the description! For that pretty broken MS10 lol
    im not saying the MS20 is naff. The MS20 is a great synth, if i was to recommend one id get the Full size reissue as you then have both Filter options. But if you get a chance get an ms10.
    ill buy hainbachs tune for a tenner and then send the rest direct.
    check it out here hainbach.bandcamp.com/track/eighteen-and-everyone

    • @aurora3655
      @aurora3655 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      girl....it starts at 400£!

    • @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
      @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@aurora3655 does it? i started it at 99p

    • @aurora3655
      @aurora3655 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER that's like 165 CDN. but you're bidding eh?

    • @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
      @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@aurora3655 it was a 99 pence starting bid. im not bidding on it im selling it :D.

    • @Hainbach
      @Hainbach 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thanks mate!

  • @spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309
    @spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309 2 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    A story for you of being reunited forever with my first love:
    My first encounter with a real synth was an MS10 in 1981 in music lessons at age 11. I was already becoming fascinated with synths way before then. My Dad would play me his DSOTM and WOTW records. I became very fixated and obsessed with that MS10 in music lessons. Came home after school. “Mum, can I have an MS10 for Christmas please?!” “How much!? No way, boy!” Had to leave it sadly behind when I moved from middle school up to upper school. No analogue synths there, very disappointed. Never forgot about that old MS10. Missed it a lot. Grew up, got a job, started buying old synths but could never find an MS10 and always wondered about that old MS10 in my old school. In 2004, after 23 years since first encountering that MS10, I happened upon it once again, sitting atop a cupboard in a music room whilst being given a tour, a trip down memory lane of my old middle school by the Caretaker who I had by amazing chance become friends with through someone who worked at the school. I asked if they still used it, would they sell it to me? The Caretaker would find out for me. A few weeks later, got a msg from the Caretaker, “I have your old synth here for you.” 😲😍 My original music teacher had just retired. The new music teacher was young and clueless as to how to get sound out of the MS10. The Caretaker found it lying in a skip outside the building, about to be dumped as junk! He rescued it for me. I got it for free! Brought it home, gave it so much love, stripped it and cleaned it. Emptied out a ton of pencil leads that years of schoolkids had poked into its patch bay jacks. It still worked perfectly for a while but then failed. Shipped it off to Korg UK. All fixed and recalibrated within a few weeks. Lovely jubbly! Still with me to this day, still works perfectly, I will never be parted from it! A prized and treasured possesion from my school days, the very same synth I fell in love with and obsessed over in middle school music lessons was now back with me again, all mine. I caught up with the original music teacher a few years later into his retirement. Told him the story. He was very touched and happy. Apparently he got in big trouble at the time in 1981 for blowing the year’s school music budget on it! He still had an old book from back then on analogue synthesis, he signed it and gave it to me. What a brilliant chap! Long since passed away now. I haven’t forgotten him and the influence he had on me as a kid in music lessons. Love my old MS10 to bits! ❤️

    • @darrelldourte9455
      @darrelldourte9455 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Great tale with an MS-10 happy ending.

    • @DarkMeta_Minecraft
      @DarkMeta_Minecraft 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      dude this story is insane 😂 i feel like it was me that got the synth lmao.. Wow. i can only imagine how special it is now. Dude said "come get your synth" you were probably mindfucked 🤣💪💙

    • @spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309
      @spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@DarkMeta_Minecraft 😅 I won’t lie. When I got that Caretaker’s msg, my heart was pounding and my mind was indeed melted! Doesn’t happen often. Takes a lot to do that to me! Probably similar to how it feels to win the lottery! I couldn’t get over to his place fast enough to pick it up. I would still have been pretty excited if it was any other MS10, but it was the very same one I had played, tweaked, loved and hogged to myself at every opportunity in music lessons as an 11 year old kid. The very same one I had never forgotten about and wondered about for all those years. Maybe it was like being reunited with a close friend or family member you thought you’d never see again, or something! Maybe it was like getting a significant piece of myself back again. That synth did have a profound effect on me when I first encountered it.
      It was awesome to visit my original music teacher in his retirement, share the story and hear his side of it, over some cake and tea in his conservatory one afternoon. Purchasing an analogue synthesizer for his lessons with the school music budget was a bit frowned upon. Quite radical, instead of the usual tambourines, triangles, xylophones, recorders...🤣 He admitted he might have bought it for himself just a little bit too! 😆 What a legend.

    • @DanielGBenesScienceShows
      @DanielGBenesScienceShows 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Awesome story with a very happy ending! That MS-10 went to the right person.

    • @meeperator
      @meeperator 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Reminds me a bit of a story I have with a programming book. I was in later primary school in '02ish, and found a book for Tandy102/Trs-80 model machines from mid 80s in the library. I checked it out, got home, and hopelessly asked my parents if they had a computer that matched the book's requirements.
      Wildly, they had a TRS-80 Model 100 lost in the attic with a pile of extra bits and manuals. Learned an amount of programming knowledge on a machine running Microsoft Basic on 4 AA batteries, but eventually had to send the book back to school.
      Years later, I managed to get a message to the current librarian, asking for any chance to see that original book again, and she came through! Just before the book was to be retired, she sent it to me, and I'm still beyond grateful all these years later for that original copy of what started me down many years of computer programming joys.
      The original librarian that I had in school has long since passed away, but I should really try to reach out to the one that granted me the book... Thank you for your story, it brought back a lot of fond memories for me.

  • @ZERO_O7X
    @ZERO_O7X 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    The bit where you and Hainbach were both playing with the hologram effect pedal was incredible. I must buy one for my studio immediately.

  • @ThinkerThunker
    @ThinkerThunker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Happy as Larry. Larry is a happy person" makes total sense.

  • @AlexBallMusic
    @AlexBallMusic ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Love those 70s Korgs. Makes sense that the absence of the 6db high pass before the low pass affects the sound.
    Btw - have you ever seen the Korg Stage Echos from the late 70s in the same livery? They have CV and trig inputs for controlling tape speed and repeats from the MS synths. So much fun.

    • @javiceres
      @javiceres ปีที่แล้ว

      MS + SE is a dream rig

    • @adognamedshinji
      @adognamedshinji 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Is it really a 6db HPF on the MS20? Almost sounds steeper than that

    • @AlexBallMusic
      @AlexBallMusic 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@adognamedshinji Yep, just stick MS-20 6dB highpass into Google for people breaking down the schematic.

  • @completelygonerecordings
    @completelygonerecordings 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love the MS-10. It was the 1st synthesizer I'd ever owned with a patchbay. In 1998, a friend of mine found me a beat up copy at our local swap meet for $40. The inputs were severely caked with rust and it was missing a key. It constantly broke down. But, I learned quite a lot about synthesis in a relatively short period of time. Best wishes.

  • @moellersworkshop2116
    @moellersworkshop2116 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This is one of your BEST videos! You are full of energy, animation and drama. You make that MS-10 sing like an opera star. Had some PF going on welcome to the machine (helicopters?) at 12:55

    • @thevalueofn6994
      @thevalueofn6994 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree that this is one of his best videos.

  • @pianokeyjoe
    @pianokeyjoe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    That fake velocity feature is common on YAMAHA FM keyboards! I remember having fun with the synth drum sound that way. If I press the key and flick it at just the right time, I can hear the 5th harmonic of a melodic sound mixed with noise that made up the synth snare drum sound on my PSS 270 keyboard.. I can see why the MS10 is so fun. It is simpler yet powerful. I think I heard alot of Star Wars sounds lol!

    • @darenager630
      @darenager630 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes! I was going to mention this too, it is actually a feature on quite a lot of synths but especially the Yamaha FM synths. It is a great feature.

    • @pianokeyjoe
      @pianokeyjoe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@darenager630 Ha Haa! If you think THAT feature is great I recommend you try and play a Yamaha PF70 or PF80 FM digital Piano.. Switch to preset 5, and hopefully if the piano has the BIG bulky sustain pedal called a HALF PEDAL, you press that pedal halfway and the preset 5 on those 2 Pianos has a very unique PONGYIIWAAHNN sound. Oh it is something else! The quick release of the keys on that preset is also very nice. ANd when you play it soft... a thing of utter beauty. I have NOT experienced that before or since on any other keyboard or synth though I have tried to replicate those PF80 presets.. This Korg is the first synth I have heard that comes close

    • @d_vibe-swe
      @d_vibe-swe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The DX7 has "real" velocity though, or well, it only goes up to 100 and not 127 by some reason :)

    • @pianokeyjoe
      @pianokeyjoe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@d_vibe-swe yeah I noticed that with my B200 synths! I am wondering if there is a mod to fix that like there is for the Roland A80/A50 aftertouch sensitivity mod

  • @jdksounds
    @jdksounds 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Also my first synth. Wonderful machine.
    Here's another best-kept secret: the external input distorts in the most excellent way. Thick overdrive kinda distortion thing. One of the best bass guitar fuzz machines I've ever heard.

  • @Lucien86
    @Lucien86 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Reminds me again just how much I love and worship that old school synth sound.

  • @tweakingtuesday1743
    @tweakingtuesday1743 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thanks Sam for biggin’ up the single oscillator synths! Love my MS-10 (had it for 34 years 😱) ...always felt there was a bit of prejudice from a lot of synthesists that single oscillator synths were lacking in some way, but there’s definitely an immediacy playing and tweaking a synth like the MS-10. Mine usually sits beside an EDP Gnat (another single oscillator synth that gets a lot of stick) ...and they play beautifully together 😉

  • @GeorgeL909
    @GeorgeL909 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thing I noticed about single oscillator analog mono synths is they sound amazing run through heavy guitar distortion pedals if you're trying to get a very heavy metal or doom metal sound. Too many oscillators through a dense distortion chain doesn't translate quite as well and loses much of its punch, but one chunky slightly enveloped oscillator can sound huge through the right distortion chain.

  • @DJSvenNo1
    @DJSvenNo1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The more I listen, the more I hear the Commodore 64 SID chip. Still a dream piece of kit. Thanks for sharing!

  • @CallardAndBowser
    @CallardAndBowser 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Some of those sounds I seem to remember hearing from quite a few BBC science fiction tv shows from the late 70's thru the 80's.
    As incidental music or a sound effect. Examples, The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, Doctor Who, Blakes 7, etc.

  • @quadcam24v
    @quadcam24v 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That explains me adding a 3rd oscillator using the ESP feedback controlled by the VCA on my MS20 Mini. It's wonky as, but when you hit the right key, all 3 oscillators run together and it sounds great.

  • @DanielGBenesScienceShows
    @DanielGBenesScienceShows 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love everything about this video! Your tour of the MS-10 reminds me of the love and sleep-loss-inducing excitement I experienced over my very first synth, a MOOG MG-1 from Radio Shack in 1980 (a rare collab between MOOG Music and the “rat shack” here in the US). I worked for a whole year after school as a young teenager to get it. I actually slept with it the first few weeks, and one year accidentally shot one of the keys with a BB gun. The key still sports the hole after all these years. It gives the keyboard a more “airy” feel 🤪 (and makes me cringe every time I see it). BTW- The Microcosm reminds me a bit of my Eventide Space pedal.

  • @crabflag
    @crabflag 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just saw an ad for that microcosm pedal and it looks COOL!! It looks like a very in depth pedal with lots of possibilities 😵‍💫

  • @thesadwolf
    @thesadwolf 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    12:00 That is seriously one of my favorite sounds to play. I've just always loved it.

  • @paulmanningremixes6408
    @paulmanningremixes6408 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Neil Tennant utilised the MS10 on some of their (Pet Shop Boys) early demos. I’ve never used the original unit, but love the software version.

    • @richardjames1751
      @richardjames1751 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’ve always had a fascination with synths and electronic music but could never afford the equipment… how much of a difference do you think there is between using software as opposed to using original hardware?

    • @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
      @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@richardjames1751 you can get similar with plugins, however using hardware also makes you approach plugins with a different approach that makes it easier to sound like the hardware. there are subtleties to it etc. i find the win with using hardwarre is twisting the knobs and stuff, i dont see the point in using hardware without knobs like a dx7 cus its literaslly the same haha but some may disagree!!!! but thats my 2 cents, i think the ms10 is the ultimate to add a bit of pazazz to synth songs even if the rest is plugins and stuff

    • @paulmanningremixes6408
      @paulmanningremixes6408 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@richardjames1751 At this point in their evolution, I think some of the software versions of the old classics can achieve as good, and dare I say it, often better results than their hardware counterparts, especially if one puts in a bit of effort and TLC with routing, performance and recording. They’re great if you simply use them simply, with some midi, but if you record them in in a similar fashion to how it was done in the 70s and early 80s, with tons of variations and live playing and even imperfections, with a few well chosen effects, one can often end up with synth parts that are just as authentic. Of course, there are those that are dedicated enough to only be happy using hardware, which is understandable, but with vintage gear often reaching prohibitively expensive prices, it seems silly to not embrace the far more affordable and flexible software offerings.

  • @jacobcrumb3323
    @jacobcrumb3323 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just love this guy, he takes the obvious out of obviously.
    Keep on keeping on brother!

  • @MrCaliforniaD
    @MrCaliforniaD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I have an MS-20 and compared it with my friend's MS-10. I've also found the MS-10 to be more present and alive.

    • @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
      @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER  2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      interesting! yeah a couple of people have said similar. i have no idea what it is, as its a similar filter to the mk1 ms20,it could be as simple as the high pass even when on zero fluffs with the sound somehow or something. or the output mixer is a bit hotter on the ms10 . its odd!!!

  • @ormirian7364
    @ormirian7364 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved my ms10 and also ms50 - especially loved the drift in the lfo that made things more random

  • @Veptis
    @Veptis ปีที่แล้ว

    Great demo, thank you. I can see how the device alone with a digital recorder and putting it all together in post could be enough for producing some sound tracks and effects.
    Your videos (and others) got me interested in modular synthesizers and I got close to buying into it last year. But was able to resist. Now I am thinking how great of a solution this small Korg would be.

  • @brianspenst1374
    @brianspenst1374 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the squodgie sounds at the 5:30 mark. Those were always my favorites from my 90s raver days.

  • @TheDinnermoney
    @TheDinnermoney 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've had one for over thirty years and it still surprises me. It's a part of me now.

    • @essential_listening
      @essential_listening ปีที่แล้ว

      It was my first instrument, I learned music on it. My original ms 10 (I have several at any given time) is one of my most cherished possessions.

  • @unkowndata2338
    @unkowndata2338 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That static noise you made sounds like the static in the sound Clipping - Or Die on CLPPNG album. Love how that synth sounds.

  • @InvertedPopesMusic
    @InvertedPopesMusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love my MS10 which I have had from new! A great little synth and when you chuck it through the Microcosm WOW! Nuff said.

  • @jamessisson3703
    @jamessisson3703 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh wow. 3 of them. The work you are doing is lovely man. Totally lovely. The Yami CS5 is also gorgeous although, strange at times! I always wish for a Korg Delta too

  • @Dubtee
    @Dubtee 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'll always follow your lead, you know what sounds good!

  • @muzikman2008
    @muzikman2008 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You just inspired me to play with my Korg MS20 plugin with the Controller.... I like the KORG Legacy Synth collection, it is still spot on to this dy. Great video man. fun and informative as always. peace! 😎👌

  • @myretrotat1622
    @myretrotat1622 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's weird, some things do just "feel" better, some of my gear is technically far less versatile, but the lack of fine control over things means the machine just has to speak for itself, you're more of a copilot in those situations and it makes for a way less finicky experience in my opinion!
    Had a blast tinkering with this little beauty (despite my very limited knowledge of synthesisers) at the museum open day the other week! Can't wait to come over again!!

  • @distanceresearch
    @distanceresearch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I could not agree more!! I picked up a OG Rev 2 MS20 a few years ago and the MS10 I got 27 years ago. There is something so clear and sweet about the 10, it’s limitations are it’s strengths, you’re spot on though the MS10 does sound a bit better, the 20 is awesome too if you can have them both, patched together they are insane!

  • @thevalueofn6994
    @thevalueofn6994 ปีที่แล้ว

    Feckin brilliant! I'd like to watch more of this kind of thing.

  • @fritsvanzanten3573
    @fritsvanzanten3573 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Most videos about synths are about the sounds the synth can make, this one is about the sounds the player can make. Great video.

  • @gefthetalkingmongoose
    @gefthetalkingmongoose 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'd love to see that broken MS-10 restored to shiny again by its new owner, would make a great series of vids

  • @repeatdefender6032
    @repeatdefender6032 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    oh snap, I think you just changed my mind, mate! that's def the next synth I want. wish I had the means to bid on yours, but good on you for donating to red cross!

  • @edwardprue
    @edwardprue 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh! That sounds at 15:06...to *die* for!!

  • @birdie17uk
    @birdie17uk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    When I was a kid the Ironside theme (Kill Bill siren thing ) used to scare the crap out of me! Good luck with the synth sale!

  • @2LaneTraveler
    @2LaneTraveler 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I still have an MS-20 mini, it was my first synth, and a pretty good learning tool.

  • @adammelvin4753
    @adammelvin4753 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That really does sound amazing!

  • @ingolf7411
    @ingolf7411 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great fun ... in 1978 the MS10 and an old Hohner organ where my kick into electric music 🤣

  • @JorbLovesGear
    @JorbLovesGear 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great idea with an auction, worthy cause. I'll be bidding if you're willing to ship to the states!

  • @kostradamus5739
    @kostradamus5739 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Like i am listening to a 1 channel SID chip of the C64. I love it😉😋

  • @raistaparta
    @raistaparta 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    First analog synth I ever played. Wonderful sounding instrument and the filter is a major part of it (well, it's such a simple synth anyway).

  • @GuitarsAndSynths
    @GuitarsAndSynths 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    wish we would get a full size recreation of the MS10 and MS2000 as well as the recreation of the ARP 2500 synths!

  • @Spikeypup
    @Spikeypup 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    lol when you said "hmmm myessss....it's like champagne!" I lost it and immediately had my drink flyin' out me nose. Thanks. ;) lol great job as always, love your channel!

  • @mcdosia420
    @mcdosia420 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are a mad scientist man. A genius wacko.....and that's why I watch your videos:)

  • @andreaperini1484
    @andreaperini1484 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have the 20, a friend played the 10 and I've been jealous: the resonance of the lowpass is undoubtedly more aggressive.

  • @robertsmme
    @robertsmme 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There is a idea that reckons that constraints improve creativity, so maybe having less options helps the creative process.

  • @macronencer
    @macronencer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love your enthusiasm! You're basically me at the age of 13 (in 1978). I tried a Korg synth in a shop around that time I think. It was a piano and organ shop, and the synths were hidden away in the basement because they were so "niche" :)

  • @playerthree38
    @playerthree38 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    love the overview + mess around

  • @KeritechElectronics
    @KeritechElectronics 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lovely "space farts" :)
    On a more serious note, every synth I watch you tinker with or play is sooooooo much fun.

  • @vk2bio
    @vk2bio 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    remember your teardown of this - that was fun

  • @jeanbonnefoy1377
    @jeanbonnefoy1377 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi Sam. Am still surprised that (like Claudio Dr Mix, btw), you never use the mod wheel🤔I have to admit that first thing I did when I bought my first MS20 way back in 78, was to connect the mod wheel (and the trig button too!) so frustrated I was with all my previous "traveler generation" korgs (700s, 809dv, 900...) all missing this Minimoog like wheel. I still have all my korg synths (including my first ever, a 800dv bought in may 76, and almost all the various iterations of the MS20). And even if my first early vintage one is a rev1 with the original filter, or my smaller ms20 reboot or the full size diy kit desktop one all have a rev1/2 switch, I tend to agree with you that the 10 has more oomph. Probably, as you judiciously noted, thanks to its simpler and more direct signal path. In fact its sound is very close to the 770's one ( though less known and certainly hugely underrated, it remains probably my favourite korg synth - with the 800dv - so much that I still own two of them...

  • @sweeterthananything
    @sweeterthananything 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i couldn't even understand all the speech here but this might be the all-time best of the Love Letter to a Simple Monosynth vlog genre

  • @FiglioBastardo
    @FiglioBastardo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Any way you'd sell one?
    I love your channel because you're hilarious and a mad scientist keeping all that old gear alive! Have a blessed day bruva!

    • @breun
      @breun 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He mentions in the video that he’s selling one and there’s an eBay link in the video description.

    • @FiglioBastardo
      @FiglioBastardo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@breun oh snap right on. I dunno how I missed that being it was o the beginning of the damn video!

  • @CausticCatastrophe
    @CausticCatastrophe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Simple waveforms like saws have a very noticeable fundamental and harmonics. For leads, adding bibs and bobs like an out of phase osc will thicken the sound, but that does tend to make it less present. I've found that for leads, simple is better, unless the lead is just the main layer playing. If you have a beefy bass synth, you almost don't want the lead to have competing beat frequencies that cancel out the cronchy bass.
    And unless you have fancy eq chains in this, you can't really take that, so it's almost best to it introduce those in the first place!

  • @5pr1nk57
    @5pr1nk57 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the sounds generated by this Korg! Looks like I might be giving you the money back from my synth! 😂

  • @mcshafty1
    @mcshafty1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was surprised how MS10 vs MS20 vids there were on TH-cam. They both sound good.
    A pal's dad used to do the bins in Glasgow. People throw out the weirdest stuff.
    One day he came back with the red Neu! LP and a Korg MS10 that someone had just chucked out in their rubbish.
    I was so envious. I had been the cool kid with a Korg Micro-Preset but the MS10 trumped that big time.
    Haven't seen the guy in decades, and who knows where either of those synths are now. I still listen to Neu! though

  • @chriswareham
    @chriswareham 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    A lot of the time, simpler is better! I'm as happy as that Larry fella with just a simple string synth, despite having access to a few classic polysynths. Throw in a couple of guitar pedals and I can get most of the sounds I want.

  • @jameshamaker9321
    @jameshamaker9321 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the energy, it's like me when I find a new soda flavor, like when a new mountain dew flavor shows up. My current favorite, is major melon, it has a picture of a watermelon wearing a bucket helmet on the label.

  • @magicknight8412
    @magicknight8412 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    When you played this I heard movie effects, space battles, Wizball C64 music and so many bands !

  • @LucyOLastic
    @LucyOLastic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've had mine since 1981. Best move I ever made....I wouldn't trade it for the world! The possibilities with this synth are endless. Keyboard tracking for the filter, modulating the VCO with the noise generator, self triggering drone/loop effects....crazy duck noises, a full-on aviary....ethnic instrumental sounds, realistic woodwind, total madness. You can make practically any sound with it. Modulating the pulse width with the envelope generator to get trumpet-like sounds, a "tonguing" attack sound....I must have exhausted the patching capabilities by now, but I can't help thinking there is something I haven't tried yet! Less is indeed more.

    • @TheDinnermoney
      @TheDinnermoney 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've had one for thirty years myself. Have you tried using jack 'splitters' or routing through a mixer and back into itself? There are many fun times to be had doing such.

    • @LucyOLastic
      @LucyOLastic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheDinnermoney Aha! Not yet! I think I've seen splitters being used on some video or other. It's always good to see what others have done. Feeding back the sound back into its external input? Where do you take the output from? I assume the signal is split somewhere? From an auxiliary channel? I might try it through my old four track cassette....I don't have a mixer! Cheers.

    • @TheDinnermoney
      @TheDinnermoney 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@LucyOLastic Hi, yeah, just split the output and feed it back in. It's also great to use audio to control the filter. Just patch some audio into the Cutoff Freq input. Weirdness ensues.

    • @LucyOLastic
      @LucyOLastic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheDinnermoney Hmm that could be interesting depending what goes in! If it affects the frequency, one could achieve rhythmic filtering effects by feeding it loops? Can't wait to try it. I'll let you know how i get on.

    • @TheDinnermoney
      @TheDinnermoney 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LucyOLastic Yes please do. You might find it works best when you give it some gain from a mixer or such. It works in the 5v range after all. The idea of feeding it a loop is great. Another cool thing I'm sure you know about is syncing the LFO up as best you can by hand with the loop (or a delay maybe). It'll never quite sync up but with the modulation envelopes engaged you can get some really long evolving, cascading sequences. I got mine in 1990 and it's in my blood now. I've played it live quite a lot in various bands and it's really versatile live with a touch of delay and a single patch lead. I could go on forever, cheers! Have fun.

  • @3oznut
    @3oznut 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Freakin’ love the hair Man U look god damn stunning

  • @dykodesigns
    @dykodesigns 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The MS-10 makes a jolly good helicopter sound with those filters. With the effects unit I got some SID chip vibes.

  • @surfreadjumpsleep
    @surfreadjumpsleep ปีที่แล้ว

    Had one of those back in the day.

  • @Mi6AgentSavileMBE.
    @Mi6AgentSavileMBE. 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know this well. Great piece of kit.

  • @hypersphere4047
    @hypersphere4047 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey Sam hat do u think about the Access Virus Ti of course it’s not analog but wouldn’t it be a nice add on to ur setup? 🤔

  • @kellymerrill5294
    @kellymerrill5294 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I concur, bought one back 1999. I've since sold and got a ms20 reissue. Yes, the ms10 blurps and bleeps way better.

  • @vinyljunkie07
    @vinyljunkie07 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have a love hate relationship with the MS synths, finally got a 20 some years ago and never use it lol But the 700S I use the hell out of and agree the 10 does have a thing over the 20

  • @c0j1r0
    @c0j1r0 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I feel the same way about the Moog Mother-32. It's my favorite, even though I have "better, more capable" synths.

  • @themiltongroupstudios7943
    @themiltongroupstudios7943 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My man , you a funny dude bro ,you know your shit too ,rock on Bro ...love the channel and knowledge

  • @fordprefect80
    @fordprefect80 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice chunky sounds.

  • @FelipeLuizDickmann
    @FelipeLuizDickmann 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I bet some dark electro would sound awesome with this equipment you got

  • @tobitweaks
    @tobitweaks 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    amazing video!

  • @schoeffler_oliver679
    @schoeffler_oliver679 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very impressive "opinion" and yes 10 is a bit rough, but i love my "external signal processor" so much...plz do something about that...and plz... more opinions :)

  • @stevensinclair4931
    @stevensinclair4931 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I once found an MS10 at a second hand market in South Shields, I purchased it for £40!!

  • @ml9219
    @ml9219 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:30 really takes me back to the days of WipEout fusion on the ps2! Only real ones know 😎

  • @NitroTom91
    @NitroTom91 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did I hear some Unmechanical in there? That soundtrack is awesome!

  • @hah6988
    @hah6988 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    15:55 amazing 😱

  • @woosix7735
    @woosix7735 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I mean an analogue non linear filter is the part that probably makes the most difference to the sound and would add the most analogue vibe, so it makes sense

  • @thehimer3903
    @thehimer3903 ปีที่แล้ว

    I totally agree.. i have both too and I must admit that the MS10 sounds a bit "creamier" as i would call it.

  • @poldidak
    @poldidak ปีที่แล้ว

    Even though I had an MS-20 rather than a 10, I still weep for selling it all too soon, when I was too single-mindedly into polysynths (DW8000, Matrix 6, JX3P, Chroma Polaris) back in the 90s, and practically gave away the Korg for $250. I still haven't in 45 years of playing synths owned a higher-knob-per-function analog synth than the MS-20. And prior to getting a DX7IIFD in 1988, the 20 was my go-to bass keyboard (replacing a Hohner Pianet run through a lo-pass guitar pedal). I don't know if I'll ever re-enter the knobby synth world, even though so many good options exist now, more than ever! But if I do, I'd be tempted to re-acquaint myself with the 10 or 20.

  • @juschu85
    @juschu85 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    18:44 I think I was there. Was it in Cologne? Was it when you fixed it by quickly making a patch between your modular synth and the MS10 and then instead just used a knob on the modular?

  • @cdwhiley
    @cdwhiley 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fascinating about the release behavior!

    • @Heru1980
      @Heru1980 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That trick works on almost any synth with ADSR envelopes.

  • @DjNikGnashers
    @DjNikGnashers 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I agree, the MS10 is ace. I also love the MC202 which is now sadly quite expensive.

  • @hakonberg8003
    @hakonberg8003 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I fully agree, i had both and ended up selling the MS20....at a time it went for pretty much nothing 🤣 ms10 with pwm is great sounding!

  • @EdEditz
    @EdEditz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The MS10 sounds sooo phat!! I love it!

  • @NorthTexasEagle1989
    @NorthTexasEagle1989 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    gah that music gets my knickers in a twist

  • @patriottothecore6215
    @patriottothecore6215 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    At 8.00, its the intro to Frankenstein by Edgar Winter. If you like these sounds, check out 80’s synth band The Basking Sharks.

  • @jeffgashead5042
    @jeffgashead5042 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had a yamaha CS10, later a cs15 and a cs30l still wanted to play the CS10 so simple I agree with your comments

    • @MisAnnThorpe
      @MisAnnThorpe 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      How did you get on with the 15 and 30? Have really wanted a 15 for a long time. If I was a proper synthesist then I'd definitely want a CS30 though!

    • @jeffgashead5042
      @jeffgashead5042 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MisAnnThorpe hi Anne I had a yamaha CS10 for about ten years then a cs15 and 30l. The 15 is a synth like a minimoog with a softer sound and more control, with nice string type lead sounds brassy leads is a great lead instrument with a good yamaha keyboard action as in all the cs range the cs30l is a lot bigger built into a good flight case with legs with even more control and has a sound quality which is very good at brass and string leads I hope this will help you remember they don't have any echo or phase effects adding them will be great on an already beautiful sound quality

  • @swanofnutella4734
    @swanofnutella4734 ปีที่แล้ว

    "unicorns having poos" .....I"m using this. Especially when simplicity is derided.

  • @royacongrejo4081
    @royacongrejo4081 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have both and prefer the MS10 too ... 👍

  • @mick_hyde
    @mick_hyde 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    6:05 wow!

  • @pablitoy
    @pablitoy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Try the korg micro-preset m500, it has the same vcf korg-35! I think you might enjoy it!!

  • @pathfinder3175
    @pathfinder3175 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have the Korg Gadget for Nintendo Switch and it has the MS10 synth among many more.

  • @goo9637
    @goo9637 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video !! :-)

  • @harislade6676
    @harislade6676 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the video. I think I would love to hear (Anesthesia) pulling teeth by Cliff Burton played through this. Could you do that please?

  • @LektroiD
    @LektroiD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I have a MS10 & MS20 MK1, the MS20 frustratingly lacks PWM and oscillator sync, so I bought a MS20 mini for modding purposes (would be a sacrelidge to butcher the vintage gear). I now have PWM with variable level normalled to the LFO on the MS20 mini (patchable to S&H should you feel the need) and the oscillator sync sounds like some kind of futuristic spaceship soaring through the sky.

  • @akrearke
    @akrearke 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Take a look at the schematic. The VCO core is similar to the 303. Everybody tries to make pristine engineered circuitry, but all you get is clinical sterility. I prefer the sound of simple circuits. The MS-10 is very simple.

    • @UNSCPILOT
      @UNSCPILOT 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Imperfections" are where the real fun and musicality of stuff seeps out, when you plug the holes you ironically loose the fun