Korg Monologue - Let's Build... An Organ Patch!

[@aribanez]

Got my Monologue yesterday as my first analog synth. Great instrument, risk of losing too many hours I should be sleeping :-). These video's really inspired me to buy a small synth, so many thanks!

[@OscillatorSink]

Enjoy your new synth!

[@luigibeatrice7857]

You truly are a synth magician. Is there such a thing? It could be a fun show. “There is no trick, ladies and gentleman, I’ll pull another oscillator out of this hat”

[@OscillatorSink]

Haha, I'm sure it'll be a hit show... With a very niche audience!

[@Gorgonzola1970]

Yep. You've done it again. I'm inspired. I'm going to turn on, tune in and fiddle some knobs!

[@OscillatorSink]

+Rupert Tansley awesome! Have fun with it and definitely take the time to experiment with how you set up oscillator 2 for more complex or nastier sounds!

[@jamiekent673]

All the way through the video, my mind was like: "this guy's a freaking genius"...

[@farflebfarfle]

I just bought a Monologue (it's my first synth) and I find your videos very informative. Thank you for the great content!

[@OscillatorSink]

+MisterAngstrom have a blast with it! And welcome to a life long obsession!

[@petercane6376]

You deffo got the Hammond sound at the end when you tweaked the pitch bend wheel. Reminded me of Telstar. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@danielelston7457]

Thanks so much for this. I have the same Blue Monologue as you. The best synth I have ever bought.

[@grandiose_3392]

Loving these videos! Soo much help in figuring out what this this is capable of.

[@sqrhussain]

Thanks a lot! Attempted to do that on my Minilogue, and it sounds great even though I couldn't reproduce everything there!

[@franciscomolina8970]

great sound crafting!

[@OscillatorSink]

+FranCisco Molina thanks for watching (and listening)!

[@DoctorNewport]

Incredible! Those clicks

[@andrewstanworth529]

Loved all of your stuff so far. This is ace! The 8 people who thumbs down'd definitely didn't watch til the end. Or are mad. 😂

[@RadioactiveAlkaline]

Careless whisper at 9:20

[@rars0n]

"Abusing ring-mod..." LOL I'm sorry I was attempting to fight off sleep at the moment but that just woke me right up. I love it, thank you. I now have a second wind. Also, great video!

[@bozosaurus666]

good stuff my dudez...love the Korg Monologue...keep it up

[@OscillatorSink]

Thank you!

[@TransistorBased]

It sounds like you have portamento on for this, and that sorta kills it.

[@OscillatorSink]

At what point can you hear portamento? There isn't any if I recall correctly and I can't hear any...

[@SocksworthRiffs]

I've taken to watching all of these since I'm probably buying one today or tomorrow an...I just gotta say, thank you for these, you're going to make this lifelong guitar player have an insane amount of fun with this synth :)

[@OscillatorSink]

+KaisDragonBlade that's awesome to hear! I hope you enjoy your new synth! Welcome to a whole new world of gear to lust over!

[@SocksworthRiffs]

I got it a couple days ago and ran the batteries out within 2 days with just how much im playing it and loving it. Can't wait to download your patches and seeing what I can make from them! Will there be a video on using this with the volca FM/Beats and how you might interweave the two? I'm new to the world of synthesis so this is all exciting and fresh territory for me!

[@OscillatorSink]

I'm thrilled you're enjoying the Monologue! I won't be able to do a video on the Beats as I don't have mine anymore - but that's just because I swapped it for a Volca Keys - so I'll do a video with those two together (once I can prise the Keys back from the drummer in my band who has also just set off on his synth journey!). I can highly recommend picking up the PSU for the Monologue, it'll pay you back over the course of a month or so on not having to buy batteries - it eats cheap batteries at quite a rate (although with some good quality batteries you can get a good amount of time out of it). I hope you continue to enjoy your journey!

[@losbedsurfers5623]

can you make Strings 80s with korg monologue ?

[@rodrigolaporte274]

UHHHH awesome sound!!!!!

[@OscillatorSink]

+Rodrigo Laporte glad you like it! Thanks for watching!

[@samueldell8467]

Fantastic video! Just subscribed! I was looking for a video on how to get organ sounds out of the monologue literally like a week before you posted this, haha. I found this by chance just now and I'm super excited to start playing with these ideas. Is there any chance you would be able to do a video on how to get bell sounds (like church bell, tubular bell etc...) out of the monologue? I've found videos on how to do this with other synths that have a bit more functionality, but I've never been able to translate that into getting results I'm happy with on the monologue. If that's something you'd be interested in doing that would be awesome!

[@OscillatorSink]

+Samuel Dell that's a great idea for a video, I'll add it to my list. There are few bell-like patches in the last couple of patch packs I've put in out if you want something to play about with in the meantime. Thanks for watching!

[@samueldell8467]

Cool, I'll have to check those out, thanks man!

[@sandrosadhukhan]

This is amazing..

[@OscillatorSink]

Thank you!

[@meneerjansen00]

Brilliant.

[@rbtrbj]

Hello. I'm having trouble installing new patches. The sound library gives me a message that the monologue is not connected. Any advice?

[@rbtrbj]

Now I get a message that there's a problem with midi. Midi has always confused me! I connected my monologue with the usb cable which seemed to install the necessary drivers but I thought they might need to be updated. The drivers I see from Korg are for Windows 10 or 7/8.1. I'm running Windows 8. Will the 7/8.1driver work?

[@OscillatorSink]

So if you're on Windows, this is usually because of a bug in the Sound Librarian where it won't notice the Korg driver if it's registered at a high slot in the registry. - So start by unplugging the Monologue and closing down the Sound Librarian. - If you've installed the Korg USB MIDI Driver (and if you haven't you should - that might be why it's not working), you'll have something called "Korg MIDI Driver Uninstall Utility" on your Start Menu. - If you run that, then click through until you can see the "Option Button". - Go into the "Option" and untick the setting that says "Delete Korg Midi Device Only". - Then tick all of the items that you don't currently have plugged in (don't worry, you're not deleting the drivers just unregistering the device, it'll connect automatically next time). - Click Next and let it do it's stuff - Then re-attach your Monologue Hopefully now everything should be working! Let me know how you get on.

[@OscillatorSink]

Don't forget to try restarting once you've tried all that! There's a reason why the "turn it off and on again" cliche exists!

[@rbtrbj]

Thanks so much for helping. I was able to get it working with a laptop running Windows 10 and just left it at that. I discovered midi channels can be changed in the Monologue and that might get it to work in FL Studio. For now I'm recording jam session into Audacity. It's such a fun synth to experiment with!

[@MarkMcCubbin]

Thanks for the great tips and tricks!

[@OscillatorSink]

+Mark McCubbin you're very welcome! I hope you find them useful.

[@MarkMcCubbin]

I'm looking forward to getting home today and giving this one a try. Building patches is a bit new to me, so these are super helpful in learning the ins and outs.

[@OscillatorSink]

+Mark McCubbin that's great! Let me know if there's anything in particular you want to see on the channel, always happy to help.

[@kredentialproductions6578]

thanks pal

[@YoYoYo]

Considering getting monologue. Do you like it?

[@OscillatorSink]

+Yo! I certainly do! I think it's a surprisingly deep instrument for something that appears pretty simple. I'd suggest also checking out the Arturia Micro/Mini Brute and Novation Bass Station 2 in this price range. They both have multi-mode filters which opens up some interesting tonal possibilities, but the sequencer on the Monologue can't be touched (check out my "Hacking The Sequencer" video to see some examples of the cool stuff you can do there).

[@YoYoYo]

I don't dig the sound of the Brute and Bass Station. Monologue sounds harsh and that is what I like. I'm tired of soft sounding synths. I will probably getting one. Thank you for taking the time to answer me. Keep up with the nice videos. Cheers.

[@OscillatorSink]

+Yo! No problem, enjoy your new synth when it arrives :)

[@alexr6527]

tryna get the Hank Wood and the Hammerheads organ sound

[@AC-cb1oe]

very cool. the only issue is, to play a proper organ solo, you cant just use mono key input. very nice though!

[@microcontrolledbot]

Headphone users be warned, after half way into this video get ready to rip your headphones off!

[@Zeonoid]

it doesnt sound like an organ at the end at all but I love it anyway

[@kayo4921]

Can I use a talkbox with this

[@OscillatorSink]

As in a tube talkbox? Sure. You could use that with any electronic instrument in theory

[@kayo4921]

@@OscillatorSink oh ok thx I'm about to buy the korg Mongologue today so just making sure b4 I buy it

[@aaroncollins1999]

Are you exurb1a?

[@OscillatorSink]

No. Just had to Google who that was - I guessing maybe similar accents, but no; different person.

[@OscillatorSink]

Just went and looked at their channel - sounds nothing like me.

[@mattcero1]

Nah! Nowhere even close.

[@heartforsale5393]

Cool sound but in what world is it an organ loll

[@cresshead]

call me stupid by all means but why would i want to make an organ patch for an analogue mono synth? it's mono...it's a synth!

[@OscillatorSink]

Why not? It's an interesting challenge? It shows some sound design principles and features of the synth that are reusable? It's a cheap synth that a lot of beginners have and they might not have any other Keyboards? There are some potential answers! But it's all subjective, if it's not useful to you it's not useful, no offence taken on my part.

[@MrSpasticdancer]

sounds nothing like an organ

[@OscillatorSink]

Cool, thanks for the feedback. Keep being you buddy.

[@aldovanoni8601]

Pretty close for a monosynth