Patch of the week 15: Stranger Things on minilogue xd

Recreating the classic analog sounds of the Stranger Things theme song on Korg minilogue XD!
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[@cellrok]

" Stranger Things Theme" became the "Smoke on the Water" default of the synthesizer crowd.

[@jszack]

Beats "Jump" and "Axel F"! (but probably never Blade Runner opening theme...)

[@HotStrange]

zacklur nothing beats Axel F.

[@timothypnolan]

Crocketts theme will always be mine

[@VperVendetta1992]

And Blade Runner is the Stairway to Heaven

[@camlong89]

@@jszack I hate "Jump" because I hear it on almost every poly synth demo if the person playing is over 40.

[@ronammar5021]

Just got my Minilogue xd. This was my “hello world” for the sequencer

[@chickenlips74]

Please continue with these series, they are extremely helpful to learn how to achieve a specific sound. I'm a synth novice, the XD is my first hardware synth and I love how it sounds. I also like the way it's presented, so please continue! I don't mind if these patches are 100% close to the original sound you're trying to achieve or not.

[@igneousfire9158]

I WANT MORE OF THESE VIDEOS WITH THE MINILOGUE XD

[@MondoLeStraka]

I love the way it came together at the end.

[@RetroPlus]

So cool, this really demonstrates the abilities of this synthesizer. Fantastic stuff 👍

[@jszack]

Love these tutorials/recipes. Please keep them going!

[@audioartisan]

It would be great to see another minilogue xd patch of the week series :)

[@indigomaterie]

I thought the arpreggiator could do the trick, but this comes close. Thanks!

[@elaeagnusangustifolia1658]

Good job 😃

[@Darkviper777]

Tested this on my Minilogue XD and sound great! It would be killer to be able to keep the sequencer notes playing while in poly mode without the cuts (which happen because the note played is the same than the one happening in the background arpeggio)

[@RoomAtTheTopStudio]

Yeah that did kind of kill the whole vibe for me

[@AveMcree]

That has to do with the amount of voices available in the Minilogue XD

[@joebaf]

​@@AveMcree Its not about the voices. When you play a note on keyboard of the same octave of the note playing on the sequencer, the sound cuts. For exemple, if the sequencer is playing a c3, you have to play a C of a different octave, or the sound will cut.

[@AveMcree]

@@joebaf how many key are you playing?

[@joebaf]

@@AveMcree The minilogue is a 4 voice poly synth. In this video this guy is only using 3 voices (2 voices played over a bassline), so its not about the number of voices.

[@mister_xenomorph]

The voice cuts do detract a bit, but it'd be easy enough to record the melody and bassline separately into a DAW, anyway. This thing really does sound amazing! I'm definitely considering it as my first analogue synth.

[@SHLDMusic]

Is there a trick to avoid the voice cut?

[@epprk]

@@SHLDMusic you can use more than one to polychain. also you could stack your recordings. otherwise I know no other option

[@deepwell2255]

When is the xd gonna get the ability to trigger sequences from different notes like the original Minilogue did in the last update?

[@HotStrange]

Hopefully soon.

[@marcdges]

@@HotStrange The 2.0 firmware is out and opens this function

[@HotStrange]

Marc Desgranges I saw that. It made my XD even better.

[@DJMizzy]

Yo! Korg love you guys. I need help. Why does my Init program not sound like yours ? I picked a random one. I followed instructions and knob locations to a tee and it’s just not sounding like this video. Not sure where I went wrong

[@Lordofthebling69]

Just got the minilogue xd as my first synth, and o ur videos are so helpful, thank you! Is there any chance you could do nangs by tame impala?

[@audioartisan]

Awesome First Synth!

[@computerface]

Did playing the keyboard while the arpeggiator change the arpeggiator notes? At the end the arpeggiator was doing some single notes instead of 2. Was that on purpose of were they getting cut out? Thanks!

[@skatechatham]

It's only a 4 voice synth

[@brockr6795]

An idea, what about Halt and Catch Fire intro on the minilogue xd? :)

[@RoomAtTheTopStudio]

This can probably be done better in split mode on the Prologue using the arpeggiator on one split and then play live on the other. No cutting out of notes like they are using the XD

[@ewollenbergc]

Does the minilogue xd have a split mode?

[@RoomAtTheTopStudio]

@@ewollenbergc No

[@matthewelder4000]

I'm passing up the new Hydrasynth for this korg XD 😀

[@fjfrancois]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@BIG_PASTA]

I ended up with both lol the GAS got the best of me :) I will say, they are very different and I don't regret buying both beautiful instruments.

[@akissparaskevopoulos]

At 2:42 when you dropped an octave it was the best

[@AlwiAssegafMusician]

what else can it do?

[@ShaneCreightonYoung]

why does the arpeggio cut out when you play the melody with it?

[@nguyenhoanganh7889]

how did you do it can you share with me , thank you

[@joebaf]

If its a 4 poly voice synth, why the sound keep cutting when he plays 1 bass note over a monophonic sequence? Thats doesnt make sense.

[@joebaf]

@@atomicasounds Oh i see. But wasn't it better than if he had done this demonstration in 4 polyphony mode? Or i missing something?

[@DelScully]

man I want to see someone do this for the wavestate

[@mojodrum3215]

The sequencer was sounding different when you started playing notes near the end, why?

[@JUNO-69]

Cos it’s only 4 note polyphony so when he held the keys I guess it interrupted the sequenced notes

[@archer8096]

Nice. Like my XD but wish it had a couple more voices

[@jzolghadr]

Man, I've been wanting a Monologue or Minilogue XD for microtonal capabilities, but my friend just got a Moog Grandmother and I after hearing it I feel like Moog has kinda ruined all other synths for me

[@hightowerTB303]

So now you are Moogished ... welcome to the club 😉

[@ronammar5021]

Until you need to play a chord

[@BIG_PASTA]

​@@ronammar5021 What? No big deal, it'll only cost you a minimum of 2 grand! 6 for true polyphony ;)

[@kevingamache1512]

I love my minilogue and may get the xd someday. I have a deepmind 6 and i think a deepmind 12 before this and only a few dollars more. 49 full size keys. Velocity and after touch. 4 effects channels. 12 notes of polyphany mod and pitch and on and on and on. The mini is great so this xd is certaly as well but the 12 is next. That will give me 18 with the dm6 linked. And 4 with my mini. I have a volca keys i can add as well as a wavestation a/d and roland do5. A casio xwp1 which i like to use as a controller for the roland although the dm is nice with the aftertouch. A mix of analog and digital is so much fun. I had thought of getting the prologue with its fm. I think that after the dm12 it will be this xd. I can link the mini, xd, and volca. The dm12, dm6, and ws a/d. The xwp1 and ro5. And use my dgx 230 for piano sounds. Man i love this new generation of analogs. If you have a job you can probably afford them. I mean MS20, Arp, the 'logues. Behringers whole lineup. The uno. The arturias. Man these are great times.

[@BIG_PASTA]

Damn! You need 18 voices of polyphony? 🙃

[@GrootsieTheDog]

After having this lovely piece of machinery for awhile, these are my thoughts on it: Some simple minor updates would get us to a much more powerful synth: 1. The Arp kinda weak in areas - Manual input not best and kinda buggy how it behaves when using it with the sequencer. Speaking of sequencer... 2. Could use more steps (32 would make a huge difference for phrasing). Without adding more steps the sequencer could be waaaay more powerful with a few sequencer modes - Random (organic)/Backward (added variation)/Forward Backward (double the steps). 3. More LFO's - and more LFO Targets like..oh I dunno...the amp (for basic tremolo effects)!?! 4. Some simple SHIFT+KNOB functionality - Like SHOFT+TEMPO KNOB allows for menu tempo value (which allows for much slower tempos). Etc, Etc. That all being said, its an amazing when it comes to playability and sound design - very intuitive and fun to use. It's amazing...just not Really Amazing...yet (to be cont.)

[@S1N6UL4R1TY]

I feel I made a mistake buying this synth because they updated OS for the Minilogue so you can transpose the sequences using the keyboard. They did this in June, it makes me think XD users won’t have this feature. I should’ve saved my money for the original, less expensive Minilogue.

[@BIG_PASTA]

lucky for you its now a feature!

[@synthgrimss]

That 4 voice really shot you in the foot there when you started playing the other parts

[@commentingpausedtoprotectus]

Does anybody else find themselves suddenly being tricked by our brain and having difficulty registering the first note in this ? Makes it sound like an altogether different song xD

[@patchstein810]

Idk guys.

[@TheLaptop12]

4:23 so korg is ok with this?

[@digitaldiezel5870]

There's nothing wrong with the instrument, the sequence is to complicated to achieve with only 4 voices. If he polychains another XD it would sound better.

[@bongocat8529]

hehe xd

[@digitaldiezel5870]

You need two of them...8 voices.

[@RoomAtTheTopStudio]

Yes. The 8 voice Prologue should do it correctly. The 16 voice one can do it effortlessly

[@Dgeigerd]

@@RoomAtTheTopStudio Just get the Minilogue xd Module and Sync it.

[@RoomAtTheTopStudio]

@@Dgeigerd I got the Prologue when it came out. Like I said the 16 voice one does it effortlessly :)

[@triplebacon1]

Being a teenager through the eighties (80's) makes this Theme tune track so very special in so many ways, that 'newbs' just won't get it!!!! A stroke of Genius was at hand here without the realisation it was so ! Back to this video and Nice demo by the way ;-)

[@BIG_PASTA]

Why wont "newbs" get it?

[@SkylarkSweden]

Not very close. Try non detuned pulse waveforms.

[@rockhead11]

Man, Korg, if you want to sell this thing this is not the way to go about it. A cheesy patch and a cheesier song. I own the XD. It is SO MUCH more than this dribble.

[@scottglasgowmusic]

Attack is all wrong on this one. Sorry but I know XD can do better with this.

[@onkelberra3166]

Fail. Not triggering seq notes while live play. Definitely will not buy this synth

[@naumchomsky8840]

I noticed that the voice stealing is awful. I'll just stick with my monologue for bass.

[@shebilzaveri]

naumchomsky It’s not voice stealing, rather the bassline is using notes from the sequence itself...

[@naumchomsky8840]

@@shebilzaveri weird. I would think polyphony applied to the running sequence. Either way, it's noticeable and kinda jarring.

[@shebilzaveri]

naumchomsky Yes it’s definitely noticeable

[@JeffCfreeradiorevolution]

Oh look... it’s another Stranger Things synth video....😑

[@GrootsieTheDog]

All these KZbin videos need to be titled: How To Sound Not Original

[@HotStrange]

lol you dummy.

[@Cylume.]

Enough with the Stranger Things bs.

[@ronjon1444]

Looks and sounds like a toy. You get no money from me . Try harder next time.

[@kafaute]

Hi, so what would be your choice for poly synth in similar price range? I'm just curious because I'm planning to buy one

[@kafaute]

For thouse who cares I decided to buy digitone :)

[@jamesl542]

@@kafaute how'd you find the digitone, do you recommend? End up getting anything else too?

[@kafaute]

@@jamesl542 digitone is super fun, sound is good but the workflow is the main reason i will never sell it :) Few days ago i bought also novation peak (different price tag but it is worth every single penny)

[@Fireblaze15]

This patch sucks. 1 oscillator? SERIOUSLY? Fire this dweeb.

[@corzakkzakkcor3309]

He used 2?

[@cemegonuts]

You DO REALIZE this holds no value for people that haven't watch and aren't interested in watching this "Stranger Things"?

[@seth7501]

You DO REALIZE you don't have to watch?

[@przemekbochniak5089]

how did you do it can you share with me , thank you