I Found A KORG DELTA Synthesizer In Pieces

The Korg Delta A Funky Monkey!
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[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Sorry @hainbach it was screaming for a hainbach style thumbnail haha. but yeah in all seriousness this was from a recovery we were doing, i have no idea how it hadn't been completely corroded where it was in a pile but luckily avoided the leaks! and luckily the box of parts was in the vicinity of the actual keyboard! how good is that! phew it works!

[@AquarianSoulTimeTraveler]

I like the delayed bravado, but like always, it needs more swing Lol 😂

[@AMPProf]

Soooo.. REACHING THE CREW stage????

[@blackmoofou6385]

Awesome Work!

[@tonyrickerby4454]

I've got a broken Korg Lambda you can have,Sam. Please get in touch

[@petdoe8938]

Somewhere I have a wireing diagram if I find it I can copy it for you if you want, in my box of synth parts from magazines now I just got to find it

[@MakeSomething]

Why does it make me so happy to see a dead instrument come to life?! Well done sir.

[@tonystevenson26]

Because the same thing could happen to us ?

[@infectedrainbow]

it just sounds so good....this hyper developed, over generated BS we are used to sounds so hollow and lifeless. Everything I hear here sounds psychedelic by comparison.

[@pileofstuff]

How good would this synth look in a nice custom made wooden case?

[@Mind_Idiot]

@@tonystevenson26only in rare cases, and it helps to have a defibrillator.

[@TurboLoveTrain]

Look how pretty that PCB is.

[@brumd]

Apparently the keyboard player of The Yakometties is called Rich Munday, and he seems to be still active in Bristol as a sound engineer/technical manager. Maybe he can be contacted to confirm this Delta is his old baby.

[@brumd]

OK, I wrote an email to his work address (at least, accoriding to LinkedIn) with a link to this video. :)

[@StarfleetOnLsd]

@@brumd did he ever reply your mail?

[@brumd]

@@StarfleetOnLsd no, no reaction at all. It was a long shot anyway, and I don't know if he contacted Sam directly.

[@mr.a5147]

​@@brumdwhy?

[@ShankatsuForte]

It's like NES Castlevania in a synth. I bet bloody tears would sound wild on that thing

[@aserta]

I think there's a video of that online... might be another korgy tho.

[@Cardnim]

I was thinking Golden Axe on the Sega MegaDrive. Definitely those string sounds are EXTREMELY similar! Nice Nostalgia!!!! ;D

[@jordan3636]

you're crazy, this thing sounds way better than the nes sound chip

[@AlexBallMusic]

One of the vintage Korgs that I've never played. Sounds pretty quirky, which is typical Korg. Nice one with the repairs and rebuild! Satisfying to see.

[@B3ll3r0ph0nt3s]

Shoutout to Triez! Nice rebuild man :D

[@RichardFraser-y9t]

Dun, Dun, Dun, Dun, Dun, Dun, Dun, Dun, FLASH ! Ahh-ahh, he saved all the synthesizers

[@Tom.......]

I will never fly but if i ever ended up on a ship to the UK your museum is the first spot i go to.

[@benwinter2420]

The ship by wire may fail also be hacked & crash into a bridge . . it's a wonder we all don't go under

[@voneschenbachmusic]

I appreciate anyone who takes an old synth like this and restores it and makes it useful again. Well done!

[@benwinter2420]

To those that have some . . more will be given , an old biblical curse in regards to early synths collectors that get ship weight the earlier they come . . nearly 50kg of Yamaha CP 20 scored this morning for pennies a pound

[@lars1588]

String machines are such charming relics of a time long past. They still have such an appealing, recognizable sound though.

[@dcallan812]

Oh a KORG from my era. Great video 2x👍

[@benwinter2420]

Picked up an Nightwish Korg from tip shop Oz cheap few months back . . works just display a bit faint but readable

[@synthfellow]

I love when old synths come back to life!!

[@althejazzman]

I've just realised that Sam has never accepted sponsors on this channel. Must be the museum and the tours that allow him to make videos.

[@cambridgemart2075]

Don't forget the channel members!!!!!

[@Plus_Escapee]

Finally, a restoration video involving something other than watching someone remove the mud and fake rust that they themselves covered it in.

[@Soundbrigade]

You are a true hero! I love your job of collecting, saving and restoring good old machines.❤ Just one crazy idea, how about more kits from the old electronics magazines?! I found a percussion synthesizer in Practical Electronics from 198 ……. four-ish that look intriguing and are trying to at least clone the pcb, but the prints I have aren’t the super-best.

[@ReaperCheGuevara]

I love your analog monster masterpieces. You are very inspirational so keep at it!

[@DirtyHairy1]

God bless Sir Berners-Lee and the creators and maintainers of the forum and the guy who posted the repair info.

[@Ojref1]

Looked as it were fresh from a 90's NIN concert. Great job!

[@this_connor_guy]

The Delta is a wonderful synth! Glad you got it up and running! I'm fortunate enough to have a Trident Mk I. The previous owner added a MIDI in to it. Beautiful sounding synth.

[@Mr.1.i]

Korg's Delta is an analog semi-poly synth/string machine, basically a slimmed down version of the Korg Trident. Though limited in the range of sounds compared with other synths of the same genre, the sheer quality of the sound from this little beastie really does make it something of a marvel. It can be found used for cheap and is worth it for the retro synth strings and fat bass synth tones. The synth is split into two sections, Strings and Synth, for which there are separate audio outputs along with a combined output for headphones or mixing. Each section has its own controls. The String section has two pitch sliders (16' and 8') along with two tone controls (Bass and Treble) and variable Attack and Release controls to modify the sound. The Synth section has four pitch sliders (16', 8', 4' and 2'). There is also a white noise generator along with a very effective 24dB/oct low pass filter (high pass and band pass options are included too) and full ADSR controls. The synth has no memory storage or MIDI, however it does has voltage control and gate ins and outs. The string sounds are very basic but with its separate outputs and when mixed together with the polysynth you do get that classic 'layered' sound which is useful enough on this synth; and it's fully polyphonic, so you wont be running out of notes! There is a handy joystick to the left of the 49-note keyboard for pitch bending and modulation capabilities. The construction is solid and heavy partly due to the implementation of a wooden base but also because it was designed for heavy usage on the road. Added bonuses: noise modulation, stereo out (strings/synth split), and the ability to combine synth and strings or turn off oscillators in the mixer section.

[@wellfuckyoumr]

At least credit where you stole that from

[@simonhodgetts6530]

I used to have a Trident mk1 - a tremendous, rich sounding synth - flanged strings with a bit of reverb - nice!

[@Mr.1.i]

@simonhodgetts6530 I use to have a 2tier akai Reed organ that had rotary and phasing that was from the 70s it sounded like the start of a jean Michel jarre album with all the swishing and derrrring the strings sounded more like a wooden ruler being stressed half way off the table and then you twist it inwards on to the table full so the vibration note rises

[@ZoneKei]

Every one of these synth videos brings me one step closer to learning to play the keyboard. Getting awful close now.

[@deantiquisetnovis]

I‘ve just recapped my Korg Delta and gave it a good clean. Boy, that were easy close to 100 electrolytic capacitors I did replace. But now the Delta sounds like new.

[@KeritechElectronics]

Nicely recombobulated! Looks and sounds lovely now.

[@cornholio.2110]

I am hoping your museums doing well. The world needs more dedicated people like you

[@julienbeavis448]

I like your very special enthusiasm about the most excellent electrical things.

[@anadolutat-rs9pf]

Guys, I have a hunch that he might be knowing what he's doing...

[@benwinter2420]

Proof will be in the ambient pudding . . yes it will be robbed & copied by AI instant into mix . . but we thank providence not provenance

[@MirlitronOne]

Some fantastic sounds from that Korg - brilliant!

[@classicaudioadventures]

That synth is delightfully charming! Well done on bringing it back.

[@modgrip805]

MASSIVELY underrated synth. Well done mate.

[@christhesnaildriver]

On the Yakometties song "Interference" here kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKjRcpiHZ5iJlc0 at 3 minutes, there is a still of them on stage. There is a Korg synth which looks like it could be this one. The power cord has the same bend in it near the top, though they possibly all have that from being wrapped around the cord hooks. Great to see this one bought back to life, Sam, and making cool sounds once again.

[@Nobe_Oddy]

what a BEAUTIFUL machine!!!! You've done SUCH a GOOD THING by bringin her back to life! - You REALLY DO ROCK!!!! GOOD JOB!!! and THANK YOU for sharing this WONDERFUL work of art with us! :)

[@goldenghostinc]

This machine sounds amazing. I could listen to this for days.

[@DStarr1]

Fascinating to watch the repair and the sound is just as fascinating

[@traumgeist]

Having a piece of your old equipment be successfully repaired by a KZbinr must be one of the greatest accomplishments a Russian rock band can aspire to.

[@tobiechandler169]

Are you talking about The Yakometties? They were from Bristol.

[@the_hate_inside1085]

@@tobiechandler169 I would have guessed Finland..

[@cambridgemart2075]

@@the_hate_inside1085 Not a chance, definitely not a Finnish name!

[@blackmoofou6385]

Yay my mate used to have a delta very dark strings not popular but I loved, nice one Sam!

[@KirillGorelov81]

Nice piece of music gear. And a nice job bringing it back to life. You gotta make some records with it.

[@clubcyberia8572]

over the years, really enjoying the warm sound of the Korg. (any of them.... they all sound amazing)

[@gnarlysoundscapes7210]

I just love the sound of oldschool string machines.

[@LEKProductions]

Had a Delta about 20 years ago, got it cheap as it had the same filter issue. Turned out to be the orange dipped caps which had gone leaky. I had a similar issue on my Jupiter 6, opened it up to find the same orange dipped caps on the voice boards (swapped them out for lower tolerance Mylars and the problem was gone). Upon further investigation, the leaky capacitor issue was first discovered on Nakamichi tape decks; a well known and reported long standing issue, interestingly, my Nakamichi deck is still running fine with the original orange caps in. If you find those caps in any faulty gear, get them swapped out as a matter of course.

[@guitfidle]

What a wild beast of a synth!! Fun!

[@NVM_S]

I need to buy one now !

[@ACCOUNTANTB]

So cool to see it can be restored....and the guy helped you with that Cap tip (recap)...saved the synth !!!

[@jt_via]

These are always so entertaining; such fun to watch you work. The part where you said, "This one needs a rhyno-cleaning 'cause we don't know where it's beeeennnnn!!!" Then hearing the night-and-day difference when you replaced the caps!

[@tcpnetworks]

Fantastic vid, Sam!

[@simonhopkins3867]

Excellent work Sam. You made it sing again and it can now make people happy again. 😊

[@teknokont]

I'm glad you have found the missing fader. Sometimes finding a couple of missing parts turns into a nightmare

[@19josh77]

You find awesome vintage gear. I've become a bit obsessed in what you do and now I'm finding myself wanting to build a synth.

[@rjh_wijnands]

Brilliant job done, mate! This again is a joy to watch! While watching this video, from about @11:30 on, my wife asked me to lower the volume of the speaker system 🤣

[@alanc6752]

Rad a dustbin synth that you brought back from the dead. The sounds were giving me Castlevania and Ghost n' Goblins vibes.

[@sophiepooks2174]

Am sure many synthheads have had a happy dream finding a discarded classic synth at least once, you are certainly most deserving, somewhat of a genius Sam, wonderful result. The Delta, the Jupiter 4, Korg 770 and System 700 and Linn drum used to great effect on the Dare album made this 1982 teen fall in love with everything synthfee. Always loved the look, the dark, raw punky sound of the ▲ but as there were never that many interested in synths in the country where I live, so never got the chance to play the real thing, though happily have the Nabla from full bucket audio, which is a free Delta like vsti so close enough and much lighter and way more low maintenance.

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

One day I hope to visit your awesome museum and see you and Joan’s organ IRL! But having a disability I rely on others for transport 😅 and they do not like vintage electronics 😢

[@davidgekler]

Always the capacitors my friend, chips hardly ever fail!

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Ota's do fail quite often

[@beautifulsmall]

You always chill me out dude. . I havent measured my heartbeat but supporting wierdy solder athelites , is there a 100 pin solder record. An unscrewing record. Im lost in a world of wires and i love it.

[@chent]

That sounds so cool! I have been looking around for a string synth, I will definitely keep my eye out for one of those. :D

[@henninghoefer]

14:45 Is that a bottle of Augustiner in the background…? Excellent choice & Greetings from Munich!

[@nathanwatson01]

Love paraphonic synths! Such a unique voice architecture with tons of potential! Wish more modern synths and plugins did paraphony.

[@autotoyexchangegarage7053]

It's obvious you love what you do & it's very easy to like you.

[@budgetkeyboardist]

Never heard of the Delta. Very cool!

[@TheFurriestOne]

From basket-case back to a boppin' beast! Would be great to hear some classic video-game tunes on it! Man, there are so many fun tunes that could be played on that!

[@princepaul5557]

Glad you got it working!

[@adagioleopard6415]

Is it just me that feels the little doodles he does are amazing and I wanna hear them made into songs?

[@Alkimi]

so satisfying to watch that process and then the synth itself is incredibly satisfying as well. Love me some Korg. And you learned me something I didn't know about polyphonic v monophonic synths! 😁

[@richardfox4973]

Great work! Also really enjoyed looking round the museum!

[@CausticCatastrophe]

what a cool sound! grats on getting it all workin

[@freeHippie_]

love it

[@franknedobity2757]

Can’t wait for the next song to be released with the korg

[@Confondeur_Ici-Bas]

in the right hands, this is THE string machine

[@resynthesizer4565]

Definitely worth it

[@gundarsmiks4889]

It sounds so good!!! Wow! I like it much better than the new ones... its realy nice!!!

[@JB2X-Z]

This has been my favorite Top Gear episode

[@oblitafier]

I had one of these in the mid 80’s. Limited, but had its uses. I don’t regret selling it. That’s a whole other list.

[@t55a2]

Lucky find, good job done

[@danielpapania6117]

9:34 reminded me of The Prodigy - Climbatize

[@Aeidotronics]

Love those. Good work, mate.

[@Zethanie]

Epic---you have done it again; superlative.

[@d00dEEE]

A reverse tear down would be a tear up, right?

[@vinyldeptford919]

Came to Ramsgate on a day Trip almost missedthe spot and went to the gamer museum next door (but didnt ) the museum is brilliant, keep it up? HOPE YOU GET YOUR GIGS GOING FOR THE WINTER ! all the best

[@mauriziofaggion]

I produce ambient music with synths of various kinds, I confess I have never seen this! I learned something new!

[@Electrodefender]

one of the rare poly(para)synths without a storage oprion. I like it, especially the traveller vcf.

[@lummsmusik3219]

Great work!!

[@sarinhighwind]

power going in and out makes sense with the caps. Cause they do that when they go bad. they forget how to work. Neato machine.

[@Tracey66]

We picked up an electronic drum kit in a back alley a few months ago. I'm learning to play the drums on it now. :)

[@TechneMoira]

Very cool synth, Sam. Wish I had had one of these when I was 20 haha :) That Midi upgrade looks interesting; maybe a new episode ? Thanks for sharing !

[@PWMaarten]

Those orange caps that were the culprit look a lot like the caps I had to replace in a Jupiter-6 a couple of weeks ago! Also, the OTA’s you desoldered were probably matched.

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Matched ota's not heard that before any info?

[@PWMaarten]

@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER In my understanding they have those red dots because they are gain matched, to some extend. Now I think about it, maybe they aren’t matched but selected for a specific range of gain. My MS-20 OTA’s have the same red dots.

[@asn413]

brilliant, sam:) wonder if the string section was used in an animated film called "suspicious circumstances" by jim blashfield. sounds awfully familiar in tombre

[@garethmscott]

Wonderful effort to bring back this classic synth - your videos are informative, educational and hilariously funny 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Why haven’t Behringer been in touch to employ you as a beta tester for all their modern takes on the classics ? Give this man a job !!!! #Legend

[@blueap06]

sounds amazing. has a bit of older video games sound

[@MinorLG]

You always say stuff about visitors at the museum leaving the synthesizers in states where they don't play music, always find that funny because the first thing I do when I sit down at any sense is almost trying to get it to not have music and then slowly unbreak it. I love absolutely love to get those weird crunchy absolutely horrendous massive feedback blobs of noise and make music with them

[@By_Rant_Or_Ruin]

I can't remember which old movies I have heard this used in. But it has it's own sound definitely. That's why I recognize it. We've got some "indie" movies from the modern era using these sounds as well.

[@LFOVCF]

I'm hoping to have a play on that this year. Great job repairing it. Darn those pesky caps!

[@Targanar]

RESPECT!!!

[@nlwilson4892]

I have one of these, maybe I should dig it out and play it again.

[@iancain6647]

Yes!

[@NeoMorphUK]

Those strings make me think of a horror movie. Also sounds very like the synth on Garbage’s Cherry Lips.

[@bubuAudio]

you got the Midas touch 🌟

[@CasioChaosTheory]

Well done Sam for sorting out your Korg Delta! Also for explaining this quirky synth and plus showing us all the features of this string machine/ analogue synth hybrid. A couple of famous uses of the Delta: It can be heard throughout the Human League's "DARE" album (it's listed among the equipment used on the inner record sleeve). A few times in your video it sounded like something from DARE. It also provided the string and pad sounds on A Flock of Seagull's "I Ran" hit, as confirmed in their own video where they showed how to play that song (link below). A cool little keyboard that made it's way onto some major hits! AFOS "how to play I Ran" video (featuring original band members): kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6isZ6uOj81lr5Isi=aU-3Ctr9sSCugZXS&t=259

[@lyman360able]

You are my favorite KZbinr guy.

[@tobiverseofficial]

Nice repair!

[@bexiexz]

this is amazing

[@jordanm2984]

Heeeeey I've got one of these! By the way, if all the F#'s are busted, it's a divider chip. Mine had a similar problem, I had to source a AS-10430 chip. But you're way more clever than I am so you've probably already figured that out ;)