Korg NTS-1 Only - Cinematic Drone Music Choir

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Check out my other Korg NTS-1 patch video to show how to recreate this patch and many others kzbin.info/www/bejne/poTPeJmom7eprtk

[@ThePedalboardOrchestra]

This is stunning! 🙌👏👏👏👏

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thank you 😁 Try this video of mine for more patches including how to make this one (Massive Monks) kzbin.info/www/bejne/poTPeJmom7eprtk

[@trevord9811]

I just had to follow this setup on mt NTS-! and nearly melted my brain. Such a huge sound. Thank you for this. More please!

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thank you. Just so happens I'm in the studio right now working on a patch collection for the NTS1, so keep an eye on the channel for more 👍

[@onmas59]

Love it Chris. I set the EG to 'Open' to keep the note droning.

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Nice one, good idea 😁

[@rmanpojo8485]

great "patch" Thanks

[@timekeeperstudios]

Fantastic jam, Chris. I just picked up the MK2 version to go along with my MK1... looking forward to some mind-bending jams with those two together! Cheers!

[@sonicforest521]

Is mk2 worth buying over mk1? I am asking because I can get a used mk1 for the half price of a mk2. Shall I just get mk2?

[@howardanderson3061]

I've always been amazed by this little monster but this...this is beyond words! Thanks for sharing

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Howard Anderson No problem, thanks for listening 👍🏻

[@hovermotion]

Wow .....I came across this on the Korg site...and did a search and I ended up here...amazeing sounds for a small pice of kit....

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Yeah it really is. The effects are particularly good, makes it really shine 👌

[@justcellin]

Wow, for something so small, it sounds SO big!

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Yeah I was pretty blown away when I first got one. Impressive stuff

[@m10538]

Geez, I thought those keys were painted on just for looks! That thing's ridiculous! Ridiculously cool, 👍!

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

You’d be forgiven for thinking that yeah. I certainly wouldn’t want to use it with just that but it’s a welcome addition for quick jams and previewing sounds

[@Deep_Flux]

I wasn’t sure to buy this one but now I am. This is huge!🔥

[@glenesis]

This is the BEST toy EVER! Happy new year :)

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Yeah they're pretty awesome. Have a good 2022 🥳

[@alexandrelevy3916]

Just bought one now ,2 mn after tripping to your impro!!

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Nice one, have fun 😁 Mine still get plenty of use 👌

[@franckbretteville6403]

Débutant avec cette petite boîte pleines de surprises, j'ai adoré ce tuto😍 Mille mercis 👏👏👏

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thank you 😁

[@AnthonyGoodley]

When it comes to bang for the buck the Korg NTS-1 would be very hard to beat. I mainly bought mine for all the different effects. But it does so much more. Quite the powerhouse that fits in the palm of your hand!

[@plwalker59]

just had a dabble with these settings on my NTS-1 using my Keystep 37....cheers Chris, they sound amazing.

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Glad to help 😁 I made this video later which has more details on this sound plus loads more kzbin.info/www/bejne/poTPeJmom7eprtk

[@JackCliffordWilliams]

Giving me Bladerunner vibes!

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thank you, it's one of my favourite soundtracks and favourite films 😁

[@tablaninja]

Dammit! This has single handedly sold me on this device.

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thank you. I'm currently working on a patch collection video for the Nts1 that has details of how to dial this in. Hopefully it'll be finished in the early new year

[@tablaninja]

@@ChrisLodyMusic I can’t stop listening to this. Perfection.

[@iluzionistslv]

Great content about this powerful little synth/fx unit 🔥

[@chrisb9026]

I've got one of these ordered for my birthday. Been thinking about it for a while, but this video convinced me.

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Nice one, I hope you have fun with it 😁 I also made a video of 50 different patches for the NTS-1 if you need something to get you started kzbin.info/www/bejne/poTPeJmom7eprtk

[@chrisb9026]

@@ChrisLodyMusic I followed your instructions above and this tiny black box is making the same glorious noises as in your video. Next band practice I'll sneak this in (connected to the microfreak) and blow some minds I'll be going through your 50 patches vid next. Thank you for making these videos

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Excellent, glad to hear it was useful 😁

[@arekw9750]

Oh man, what a sound!

[@marcthenarc868]

I just tried it. Amazing. One thing I added was Filter Knob A: 0.% and Knob B: 100% then slowly augment Knob A to 10-15%. It sounds like a second oscillator climbing. With enough practice, you can play an independent melody next to the drone.

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Oh nice one, glad you're having fun with it 😁

[@wiidlbeetle3857]

Love my NTS for these BIG sounds.

[@briancampbell2982]

I just watched this video and tried the patch on my NTS1. WOW! I honestly never knew it could produce such huge sounds. inspired me to explore a bit more with it. Thank you for this video.

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Glad to help. If you haven't found this video of mine yet, give it a try. It's 50 patches for the NTS-1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/poTPeJmom7eprtk

[@tomtoczkowski]

Tiny box, huge sound , I love it!

[@genepozniak]

A veritable Big Bang of music creation, the ambient universe arising from a singular-ly small music box. (Agh! Someone stop me before I choke on my own grandiloquence! :p )

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

😂😂Go for it I say! Sounds mind blowingly big to me for such a tiny box

[@montenote]

U do realy great

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thank you

[@tweakmygroovebox608]

That sounds awesome and is exactly what I need to create a sountrack to a contact juggling/magic routine I'm making. I'll have ago with these settings and see if I can come up with something as cool as you have. Thankyou for writing your settings down.

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

You're welcome 😁

[@lwpweb]

works fantasic. Thanks a lot.

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thanks for watching 😁

[@rickr.mortis4821]

Wow! This little beast just arrived today and I can't stop playing with it! Talk about dinomite coming in small packages!!!!!

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Yes exactly 😄 It's amazing the variety of sounds it can creat with so few controls too

[@fxfxf1607]

Good patch really

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thanks 😁👍

[@loris9920]

So did you just connect this to your interface coming from the headphone plug of the nts?

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

That's right yes. This is just the NTS-1, no external effects or anything like that

[@expandingknowledge8269]

Ethereal Angelic Bliss....

[@PerAnkh418]

Beautiful

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thanks very much

[@xanfus]

I love this little thing. I think I need to get a second unit

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Yeah I wouldn't mind another one either 😄

[@davidrobertson4301]

Wow played it back three times in a row, liked, subscribed and shared

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thanks very much for that 😁 glad you like it 👍🏻

[@mackadresse6095]

Great Work!

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thank you 😁

[@stonedapesociety5628]

What a royal mess Love it!

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thank you 😄🤴

[@Alpha-DX]

Beautiful. Subbed & shared, just purchased an NTS-1 & buffered mult to make a little FX custom enclosure with all the I/O broken out to full size but after seeing this, I might get another one purely for the sound 👌

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thanks very much. That sounds a great idea, the FX are excellent in these 😁

[@badthingsmovie2024]

Epic stuff

[@pressure-spirals]

That s amazing.... I still can't believe my ears. Well done

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thanks, got to love what Korg have managed to do here 😁

[@pressure-spirals]

@@ChrisLodyMusic I m purchasing a second hand nts-1 these days. I have seen lots of videos... But what you ve done here with this gem is beyond any expectation. True magic. I hope... first to own a nts-1, second to learn it and manage to connect midi keys and third... Reach 1/5 of your level. Keep it up

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thanks very much. I've made some patch sheets and a bunch of presets that might help you learn how to use it. It's got the details of how to creat this patch in there. That's here kzbin.info/www/bejne/poTPeJmom7eprtk

[@pressure-spirals]

@@ChrisLodyMusic I will surely watch them all and try to learn and understand the progress. Thanx a lot

[@PhilipHaggardBerry]

Still haven't put mine together. Still sitting in the box... but maybe now, after seeing this.

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Awesome, glad to inspire you. Thanks for watching

[@FregoniFOSK]

Reminds me of the PS1 startup tune 🙂

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Ha yeah that bit right at the start, absolutely 😄

[@iosmusicman]

Amazing! I built mine today and can’t wait to really explore it. I’ve tried the effects out using volcas and am suitably impressed but what you have created here just with the NTS-1 is fabulous. Thanks.

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thank you. Yeah it's amazing what they managed to cram into this little thing. You might also enjoy my patch collection video for it kzbin.info/www/bejne/poTPeJmom7eprtk

[@iosmusicman]

@@ChrisLodyMusic I'm about to do just that Chris (well actually a bit later as we have a visiting 8 year old nephew for a week and he wants his share of the internet and my time!). I have the NTS-1 now cabled correctly with my volcas thanks to Korg support and the sends work correctly now on the mix channels. I do have an issue with the kbd strip which only plays one tone irrespective of where in the scale I touch it. I don't expect to use the kbd strip much and am considering taking it apart but I'll try it first with a midi kbd (I've also raised a ticket with Korg). Other than that I am delighted so far with it. Looking forward to your other videos. Cheers. Lee

[@iosmusicman]

I decided to take it to bits and it now works (I'm still not likely to use the kbd strip but nice to know that it's not a fault).

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Strange that, must have been one of the pins not making contact by the sounds of it so glad it's working. But yeah the keyboard isn't great but at least you can use it to preview sounds now.

[@Mr.Kirlya]

Great work, man. Thank you! Awesome tutorial and feature how-to! God bless you!

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thank you, have fun 😁

[@cloudrun654]

Your musical sensibility works really well with this synth!

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Cloud Run Thank you 😊 there’s a surprisingly large amount of expression to be had from this tiny little box

[@popwa6977]

Such a small machine with such a big sound COOL!!!

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Yeah isn’t it. Can’t believe the reverbs they managed to code into this thing!

[@CmdrMic]

Damn, spectacular. Right out of 1984 BladeRunner.

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thanks. Well I'm no Vangelis 😄but it's pretty impressive considering what was needed to make that soundtrack Vs this

[@jackisgoofingoff5510]

Dope! did u use any effectors with this?

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thanks. Only the internal effects were used. There's a brief run down of how to set it up in the description, or follow Massive Monks in my patch collection here kzbin.info/www/bejne/poTPeJmom7eprtk

[@StefanvanderKlooster]

Damn! I need this

[@oscarwest8395]

I LOVE this !!!..so amazing to come from that small synth. Thank you for this ! :-)

[@tsibren]

This thing is amazing! So cheap and small but sounds huge. Gotta get one

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Yeah they're pretty cool. I made a patch video for it though there is no way to store or share the memory fully so I resorted to oldschool patch sheets kzbin.info/www/bejne/poTPeJmom7eprtk

[@aju1923]

Can i ask to where the nts is connected , i see 2 cables and i am just wondering Because i am newbie :) Btw this is beautiful

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thank you. It's connected to power over the usb socket on the back and the front socket is connected to my audio interface to record the audio.

[@Sinevibes]

Excellent! 👍

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thanks. Got to love what this thing can do!

[@csuhaitibor4339]

Please help Nts1 secret Parameters Pres reveb power ON

[@glennledrew8347]

Nice!

[@telantas]

Ammazing. Thanks.

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

No problem, thanks for watching

[@garethburleigh]

This was fantastic 👍🏻 Was sort of considering one of these as an effects box but seeing this I think I will take the plunge. Great video thanks for sharing.

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thank you. Make sure you install the latest firmware if you want it for an effects box as it adds an option in the global settings that enables you to toggle the auto power off that kicks in after 15mins.

[@garethburleigh]

ChrisLody oh great thanks for the heads up

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

...very interesting.

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thanks. It’s well worth investigating certainly

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

@@ChrisLodyMusic I'm sure!

[@djcon-e2641]

Love this! Can you offer some advice, which may sound silly! I have the same unit, but I am getting so much hum/hiss from it. What leads are you using from the headphone out to your interface? I have a stereo 3.6mm jack splitting to two 1/4inch jacks, going into 1&2 inputs on my interface? I hope you can help!

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thank you. Yes I've had an issue with noise with it when I power it from the same computer as I'm recording it on, it's a usb ground loop. Assuming that's the problem you're having you can buy a 3.5mm audio isolator or a usb audio isolator. I'd recommend one but I haven't bought one yet. Instead I power it from an iPhone charger and I made a midi to 3.5mm adapter as a work around. I have it cabled in the same way as you btw

[@TheSussexpillbox]

That's good to know it isn't just my unit. I also have a Modal Craftsynth I purchased at the same time, which is also giving the same issues on micro USB. I have a DI box and a few other noise cancelling bits in the post. I hope it cures it!

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Yes please do. I have similar problems with my Yamaha digital piano that has usb midi, though to a lesser extent than with this

[@sadacksounds2986]

So dope! gonna get me a NTS1 soon 🥴🥴🥴

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thanks. Yeah they’re pretty good 👍🏻

[@VeliMattiRautio]

Very majestetic sound, well done :)

[@floris812]

Ah so this is how Desiderii Marginis makes his music.

[@Xanaduum]

Does it have a hold, or do you need to keep your finger on the ribbon?

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

There is a hold mode of sorts. If you change the envelope type to OPEN it will play constantly which is great for drones

[@Xanaduum]

@@ChrisLodyMusic thanks. I was thinking of strapping the NTS to the side of an Akai Ewi solo to have something to play over the top off, like a drone or some sort of arp.

[@GaryHayes]

Nice, if only the strip was aftertouch sensitive :) Noticed the finger jiggling!

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Gary P Hayes Ha Yes I wondered if anyone would notice that 😄 I have absolutely no idea what I was trying to do because I know it doesn’t react to that!

[@GaryHayes]

@@ChrisLodyMusic I do it too, just wishful thinking or practising for one day it will have it :)

[@thedrumunkey8582]

But was he making Nick Batt’s “synth face” at the same time? 😑

[@Tony2dH]

Pair it with a Microfreak maybe 😄

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Yes that's definitely happening soon, they look like great value for money and I have the perfect excuse to buy one

[@Mr.Tubster]

Nice stuff 😍

[@johnrobinson5672]

That’s a pretty massive sound.

[@farbklangmaske]

Awesome.

[@parasito4590]

Amazing sound

[@audiblevoid]

Woo. So much beautiful sound!

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Yeah it’s a classy little thing👍

[@Victor-lo6dg]

Omg , how can this thing stop surprising me with its sound! You made a very good job in designing the sound , love it! Do you add any extra plugin ?

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thank you. The sound is made with just the effects and oscillators that come pre-installed. If you'd like to know how to reproduce it you can find it in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/poTPeJmom7eprtk

[@Victor-lo6dg]

@@ChrisLodyMusic thank you so much!

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

You're welcome 😁

[@geraldclark5812]

Pretty amazing, really impressed with the Gregorian chant-like deep bass starting at :11 . I was having a hard time re-creating it and found the Alt (Knob B) rotation did the trick for the VPM ("UPN" on the mini-screen) wave. What parameter is "Alt" changing to bring in that sound? The documentation says "varies by oscillator", thanks a lot Korg.

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Ha yes, the manual is super vague on that information for some reason! The VPM oscillator is an FM pair with knob A being the modulation amount and knob B being the modulation ratio. So a sine waves pitch is affected by another sine wave, with the pitch difference and amount it’s being affected set by the two knobs. High modulation (A) will sound brighter with a high ratio (B) and bassy with a low ratio. Does that make sense? 🤷‍♂️

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

I made a whole video on editing the Waves oscillator by the way

[@geraldclark5812]

@@ChrisLodyMusic yes, that helps. I'm just getting started with FM synthesis, so these are new concepts to me, but I get the general idea. Thanks for the quick reply, looking forward to seeing more of these!

[@geraldclark5812]

@@ChrisLodyMusic yes, I commented on that video a couple days ago, looks like we're both having lots of fun with this new device. Once I get a little more comfortable with the built-in oscillators and effects I'll try loading some of the custom stuff.

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

So you did, sorry I’m so bad with names 😄

[@krisrhodes5180]

// I'm using a mix of the VPM oscillator (read FM oscillator) the Triangle wave and the Waves oscillator.// How are you mixing different oscillators?

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Layered by recording do you mean? The NTS1 can only load one oscillator type at a type so this is just done with the VPM type.

[@krisrhodes5180]

@@ChrisLodyMusic in the description you said you're using a mix of vmp triangle and waves oscillators, I was asking what you meant by that.

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Oh sorry I didn't realise that was my own description. The way I've written that is super misleading sorry, I'll add an edit. What I mean is during the video I switch oscillator types starting at about 1:40 from VPM to waves and so on, the the overall effect across the whole video is a mix of those oscillator types as they combine through the long tail of the reverb. There is no mixing of oscillator types in the traditional sense

[@krisrhodes5180]

@@ChrisLodyMusic Oooooooh! I both feel very silly and also do think it'd be a good edit to make lol.

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Totally my fault, sorry for the confusion 😄

[@elshuffles]

strong work

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thank you 😁 Helped a lot by the fact the nts1 is awesome

[@elshuffles]

ChrisLody interesting, are you using it as standalone, instrument, within a set up or an external into a DAW?

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

In this video as a stand-alone instrument with no effects at all. Just recording the output into a channel in Reaper

[@elshuffles]

@@ChrisLodyMusic and anything else?

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

elshuffles No it’s nothing but the NTS-1 here. It’s a damn good bit of kit 👍

[@ALTARBEATZ]

Did you master it after or just straight out the box?? I use it to check my channel.. BRUTAL Machine it is!!!

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Just straight out of the box, no tweaking apart from turning it up a bit after recording. Nice bit of kit 😁

[@ALTARBEATZ]

@@ChrisLodyMusic I love Korg!

[@sebastianotrovesi2650]

❤🙏

[@nkryptedmusic7961]

Chris, are you using any custom oscillators or all stock NTS-1?

[@prometheusuk9845]

It's the stock oscillators, just follow Chris' instructions and you'll get a drone just like that.

[@SailfishSoundSystem]

Great work. I love the NTS-1 and drones. Have you ever sequenced it? I would like to do some Berlin School stuff with it with the SQ-1.

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thanks. Yes I've made some breakcore type stuff in the video I've linked to below using Renoise as a sequencer. It's got a good few midi CCs it responds to so it's great fun over midi kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKXNqHyOfa2Gbq8

[@SailfishSoundSystem]

@@ChrisLodyMusic Thanks!

[@IAmTheSwordmaster1]

Wow!!! Man, this sounds awesome!!!! 👌

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Yeah it’s damn good 😁

[@bloubear2557]

Nts vs volca keys. Which is better to buy

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Ooh tough one. They are really quite different from each other but I suppose it hinges a lot on how much dawless work you do or if you own a hardware sequencer because the Nts1 doesn't have one where the Keys does. The Nts1 is capable of a much wider pallete of sounds but is only monophonic Vs the 3 note poly of the Keys. I've ended up using the Nts1 more as an effects unit to process other dawless gear than anything else. The effects are excellent it has to be said

[@bloubear2557]

@@ChrisLodyMusic yeah I find the effects of the NTS superb, but thanks for clearing out that it's not polyphonic. The sound of the NTS is amazing but I'm more into polyphony since I'm planning on hooking it up to my midi keyboard

[@wernervannuffel2608]

Is the sound coming from the nts-1 alone or is their a shimmer effect Involved?

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

This 100% Nts1 using its built in effects over the VPM sound source. It’s a pretty good sounding little box

[@wernervannuffel2608]

@@ChrisLodyMusic Amazing! But also a very good musicplayer who knows exactly how to handle and perform this magic box 👍😃

[@zorbanongreco]

Luvvlyyyyy reverbosity😂 🐂💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨

[@tonywharton5220]

Amazing sounds. Can you please share your settings 😀

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Thank you. I've added some approximate settings to the video description. It's where I start off in the video anyway and then tweak a lot but it immediately gives that male voice choir sound. Hope that helps.

[@tonywharton5220]

@@ChrisLodyMusic Thank you so much. I'm hoping mine will arrive tomorrow 😀

[@rickr.mortis4821]

If I let mine sit for awhile in standby mode it freezes up. I hate this annoyance.

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Yes mine did that too. Luckily the latest firmware adds an option in the global settings to disable the standby mode so I'd suggest doing that. The update also adds a non legato option too

[@rickr.mortis4821]

@@ChrisLodyMusic Thank you!

[@mirkobuti81]

HHHHhhhhhhOOOOOOOooooo

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

😂👌

[@MrTrickydisco]

Can someone tell me what patch its listed as on the linked page? kzbin.info/www/bejne/poTPeJmom7eprtk i couldn't find any listing with 'drone' or 'cinematic'

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Yes it's in that video too. It's the one called Massive Monks at 1m05s in.

[@backgroundmusic250]

can I connect a distortion pedal to it?

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Yeah sure. You'll likely need an adapter because the input of most pedals is 1/4" mono and the output of the Nts1 is 3.5mm stereo. Also some pedals need a 1/4" mono plug inserted or they won't switch on. So maybe a Y splitter cable and a phono to 1/4" adapter. Should sound awesome :)

[@backgroundmusic250]

@@ChrisLodyMusic thanks dude

[@notsofunnynowisit]

Urgh! Want!

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Yes, ‘tis good!

[@rogierhier]

Sounds really cool!!! Question: are the parameters also controllable via MIDI?

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

They are yeah. Everything apart from custom oscillator settings. The midi spec is very good actually :)

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Midi implementation has 29 midi CCs it’ll send and receive 👌

[@rogierhier]

@@ChrisLodyMusic Sounds good. Thanks. I would like to use it with my RS7000, which has 31 assignable knobs.

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Oooh perfect combination then 👍🏻

[@iwontreplybacklol7481]

Heard it all after 10 seconds lol

[@ChrisLodyMusic]

It’s a fair cop 🤷‍♂️

[@WalterGiroldi]

Muy buen vídeo, te felicito. Aquí una explicación básica del NTS1 en español latinoamericano: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5bIfKKmZa-Ih9E