Korg M1 Famous Songs and Sounds

[@linnamuuf]

Yamaha DX-7, Korg M1 and Roland D-50: there you go - 98% of hit song sounds right there!

[@NicolasMelis]

Oh yes 🙌

[@pestaneira]

Love It.

[@daeone1514]

Romplers 4 ever!!

[@bertpierey3655]

And some moogs, emus and oberheims.. great time for real music

[@carloko08]

yep, the great three, Yamaha, Korg, Roland

[@OriginalRaveParty]

With a DX7 and a Korg M1, you can make 70% of the music I grew up on (without drums). Add in a JP8000, a Prophet 5, a TB-303 and a MiniMoog and you can make most of the rest.

[@NicolasMelis]

True !!

[@calle68]

Roland D50, TR 909 and TR08 are missing, just to mention a few.

[@pumpum800]

...and a JD800 ;)

[@Ultimo51]

and with the VST plugins of these instruments you save space in your home studio 😅🎹🎶

[@ckatheman]

Add in the D50

[@blastofo]

I couldnt help but start singin, "She's just like you and me, but she's homeless". These tones are right on the money.

[@NicolasMelis]

😁🙌🎹

[@F0CKSTR0T]

no no, slick back

[@klefusmcdonald2644]

The Intro to queen’s don’t try so hard hit me with a flood of emotions, we miss you Farrohk.

[@MRFThorne]

Great to have included the Queen tracks in there from "Innuendo". The Universe" patch (for"Don't Try So Hard") was truly magical.

[@NicolasMelis]

Gotta love Queen! 🎵

[@joepostle3561]

I always found it amusing that for many albums they put the ‘no synths are on this album’ disclaimer but when they did start the synths are always quite prominent but always tastefully done.

[@prattpt6]

M1 was a legend, it put KORG on the top of keyboards

[@NicolasMelis]

Yes 🙌

[@telmnstr]

Have a Wavestation EX and just have never fallen in love with it.

[@herrbonk3635]

I remember trying it out in the late 80s, in a local store. But it looked so increadably boring that I didn't want it. (Compared to the old Prophet 5 and such.)

[@Curious_Skeptic]

M1, truly a solid board that could still keep up with sound quality! I remember trading up from Ensoniq SQ80 to an M1. Holy cow. LOL. Instead of sampling and chasing that pure and clean sound, it was all right there with so much more polyphony. Sounds at a click instead of loading up disks? My first REAL quality workstation. Who remembers the Roland U220? That was another eye opening toy! Those days were so much fun experiencing the revolution of affordable home studio gear that the pro's were using! A love of synths that continues 40 years later!

[@NicolasMelis]

So many great machines 🎹

[@PatternRecognitionMusic]

U220 was a real sleeper of a ROMpler - you could dive deep and really tweak up some sounds with a little patience.

[@philkellr]

As a 18y old I went into the shop, powered on Korg M1 and it would play the Universe sound (last one in the video). I was hooked and immediately spent all my money.

[@NicolasMelis]

I can imagine :)

[@CocktailFridays]

Dude man, that Robin S tune right off the bat! Show me Love indeed.. Korg M1 was put on this planet to give us that iconic bassline.

[@NicolasMelis]

🙌🎹🎵

[@susancorgi]

M1 looks even more modern and beautifully minimalized then all synths today in 2024.

[@panamaJ]

@@susancorgi a lot of menu diving

[@alessiolaplaca7326]

@@susancorgi absolute i agree!

[@NicolasMelis]

Well said :)

[@marguskiis7711]

@@susancorgi ultra boring

[@marceloacosta1742]

@@marguskiis7711 Espero que no estes insultando al sintetizador m1😒

[@jaimeh2o11olaya4]

I wanted one in the eighties when I was broke. Broke my heart. Well played buddy.

[@NicolasMelis]

Thank you 🙏

[@markusoz1660]

75% of 90's House use this synth!!! 🎧😁👌

[@ruk2023--]

25% still does.

[@NicolasMelis]

🙌🎹🎵

[@NicolasMelis]

😁

[@gameon2000]

120%

[@OriginalRaveParty]

Oh, and you are one of the only players I've ever seen absolutely nail the performance of Ride on Time.

[@NicolasMelis]

Thanks 🙏 😁

[@dazzerman189]

We had a M1 at college in our sound studio. Amazing synth. We had a UMI Sequencer working it!

[@NicolasMelis]

Oh wow cool !!

[@ubiased23]

I've been thinking about you! Ugh what a hit! I can't believe it was done with Korg M1.

[@NicolasMelis]

Glad you like it 🎵

[@logicalblackman8228]

1:57, why I stayed. Knew I would hear it, based on a previous patch. You NAILED it!!

[@NicolasMelis]

Glad you like it 😁🙏

[@Eric_In_SF]

It always cracks me up when people commenting that they’re amazed that there are presets in a hit song. Uh , you do know it’s precisely the reason these devices are made and have good sounds so that people use them lol

[@tommytomtomt]

@@Eric_In_SF Has nothing to do with that. It's the fact that peoare amazed because a lot of artists make most of their own sounds up and a lot of people try to replicate them so when they hear something, they're amazed that it's actually not altered. I'm just a basic stock preset.

[@moedemama]

@@Eric_In_SF this is not a synth on which you synthesize your sounds.. Its a keyboard with samples you dope

[@AC_Milan1899]

The design man wow, still looks amazing today

[@NicolasMelis]

Great synth 🎹

[@ontherhodes8088]

I love it!!!! Especially the Queen songs.

[@NicolasMelis]

Glad to hear! Thank you 🙏

[@MuzikJunky]

M1 is the classic sound of house music! Peace.

[@NicolasMelis]

Well said

[@junkshopbeats9188]

An M1 and an S1000. That really ushered in the 'made a hit dance record in a bedroom' era of the early 90s.

[@NicolasMelis]

Yes 🙌

[@naebeltistgallant776]

Klasse Sound aus den Ende der 80 er Jahren.

[@NicolasMelis]

🎹🎹🎵

[@Psychlist1972]

If you search for hte musicradar article "Which synth was used to create the Seinfeld slap bass sound" they point out that it's not the M1 or the 360 Systems MIDI Bass, but instead a set of processed samples. The video shows him playing it on a Kurzweil.

[@NicolasMelis]

Yes, I did search and watched the video where he plays it on a Kurzweil. However, I’ve also read that he actually sampled the M1 sound, among others, to create that sound and played it on the Kurzweil. While I’m not 100% sure about this, the sound on the M1 does sound close to my ears, so I included it in the list. Plus, it was fun to play!:)

[@Psychlist1972]

@@NicolasMelis No worries. In the article that also showed the video, he said it was an actual slap bass, highly compressed etc. No mention of M1. And you played it well :)

[@CCCBeaumont]

@@Psychlist1972 Well he’s misremembering, because that was obviously M1.

[@henrikpetersson3463]

@@CCCBeaumontNo its not. Listen to the actual thing and you’ll hear that they are quite different.

[@CJMusic2]

George Michael's used the M1 piano for the song 'Cowboys and Angels' - it's so prominent and fits the song brilliantly. I used to own the T3, the 'turbo-charged' M1. Those were the days!

[@NicolasMelis]

Oh didn’t find any info about this one when i was searching for M1 songs! Thanks for the info

[@CJMusic2]

@@NicolasMelis I don't know if there's any officail info on it, but if you listen to the song it's so obviously the M1 piano sound.

[@Spritzbau]

Absolutely lovely sound! Amazing :)

[@NicolasMelis]

Many thanks!🎹

[@Chaoskasi-s6w]

ohh yes i love my Korg M1 .Greetings from Chaos Studio

[@NicolasMelis]

Great synth 🎹

[@Jhihmoac]

I recognize the Seinfeld intro, the ones from Queen, and quite a few others... I didn't know those came from the M1! Right up there with the Roland D50 and Yamaha DX7 with popular synth riffs utilizing out-of-box patches!

[@NicolasMelis]

Yes 🙌

[@dasnutnock6408]

Londonbeat! Great chords 👍

[@NicolasMelis]

Glad you like it!

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

@@NicolasMeliswithout noticing, I started instinctively singing “I’ve been thinking about you”

[@TudorNeve]

thanks for the preset names and for showing the notes

[@NicolasMelis]

No problem!

[@zycieto-iniejei-bajasubaru7499]

Sounds of the end of 80's & Early 90's

[@NicolasMelis]

It sure does

[@csharp57]

Loved my M1. It went overseas with me during Operation Desert Storm. I have a replacement but not as good as my original one.

[@NicolasMelis]

Oh cool

[@elias1996gabriel]

El piano del Korg M1 es simplemente hermoso

[@NicolasMelis]

Yes 🎹

[@ArexSant]

Oh my god! So many good songs from Queen's Innuendo on this keyboard!! amazing!

[@ericBcreator]

I couldn't afford an M1 back then but still own the X3 I bought instead! The disk drive started to fail 2 years so I replaced it with a USB version and that gave access to even more sounds so it is still kicking hard!

[@NicolasMelis]

Never played a X3 but from what i saw online seems great !

[@dalb78]

Great! Tks for sharing!

[@NicolasMelis]

Thanks for watching!

[@fischek]

beautiful sounds

[@NicolasMelis]

Thank you 😊

[@umitanonymous3400]

Great compilation

[@NicolasMelis]

Many thanks!🎹

[@groovedealerfeaturing-ashl6476]

Omar's 'There's nothing like this'? HUGE omission, practically every sound on it is an M1.

[@CM_STILL_PLAYING]

Dude!! That Crystal Waters is AWESOME!!!❤

[@NicolasMelis]

Glad you like it 🎵🎹

[@goblacklist]

merci Nicolas :) je viens de réviser " show must go on " et d'autres morceaux d ailleurs : )

[@NicolasMelis]

Hi , sorry the auto translator didn’t help me understand what you wrote in the comment :)

[@salazarock]

90's .. always on my mind

[@NicolasMelis]

🎹🎵

[@bnjmnwst]

I went to the store in 1997 to buy an M1, but they had been discontinued. So I bought a Trinity ProX, instead. What a machine!

[@bnjmnwst]

@DorisDay-lw4xs Yes! Those are the things I loved about it, as well. The sequencer, with the touchscreen, was light years ahead. I picked it up very quickly.

[@NicolasMelis]

Never played a Trinity yet :)

[@Arpeggeric]

Nice ambiance with this sounds. I like how it got snappy at the end.

[@NicolasMelis]

Glad you like it! 🎹

[@svensvensson8102]

The nostalgia! 😎 The M1 was my first synth, had to work damn hard for that one. It was awesome and soo cool.

[@NicolasMelis]

Great synth 🎹

[@allenhuffman]

I didn’t know it was used in those songs. The M1 was the keyboard I wanted after hearing a demo in a Houston music store. I was never able to afford one.

[@NicolasMelis]

Great synth

[@junosix2453]

Ride on Time was apparently a piano sound from an Akai sample disk and not the M1

[@rmessier3]

Well done! Madonna's Vogue: the piano riff is clever! (trickier than it looks)

[@NicolasMelis]

Yes thats true… :)

[@hangslow]

CeCe Peniston - Finally was an absolutey wicked cover. The Korg m1 was born for those common tone house style progressions! 2:54

[@NicolasMelis]

Yes 🙌

[@Mandy-Lane]

last patch was beautiful

[@NicolasMelis]

Glad you like it :)

[@edobette]

Una piú bella dell'altra, che strumento eccezionale 😮

[@NicolasMelis]

Glad you like it 🎹

[@Man_with_Beard_2]

Great sounds still have mine

[@NicolasMelis]

🎹❤️

[@Expectaz]

This is awesome!! The M1 is such a classic and you know how to handle it

[@NicolasMelis]

It really is! Thanks 🙏

[@ladrodellabuonanotte]

I still have my Korg M1ex, wonderful keyboard and synth. I think the simplicity of old keyboards allows you to really appreciate them. To play the current ones you need a computer engineering course.

[@evgenycostygin9333]

Зато делать аранжировку во встроенном секвенсоре - то ещё занятие, особенно учитывая навигацию по этому маленькому монохромному дисплею ;))) М1 - это не просто очередные электрические клавиши из 90-х, это ещё и полноценная рабочая станция-аранжировщик

[@NicolasMelis]

🎹🙌

[@arcaneforce8880]

Wow. Total respect. i really enjoyed listening Had me haes phone with the screen off while at work. At points i thought ibwas just listening to a dj mix on decks. Thst last track was epic.

[@pianoandwhisky]

Classic sound. I still have my Korg T2.

[@NicolasMelis]

🎹❤️

[@radiosiesta]

Perfect Korg!

[@NicolasMelis]

🙌🎹

[@supremeduff]

Amazing

[@NicolasMelis]

Thanks 🙏

[@JorgeCruz-o5i]

whaaaaaaaaat amazing sounds !!

[@NicolasMelis]

Glad you like them

[@DomSigalas]

That’s awesome!!!🙌🏼

[@NicolasMelis]

Hey Dom! Thanks for stopping by 🙌🎹

[@AllenJuddMusic]

Spot on ..wow

[@NicolasMelis]

Thank you!🙏

[@frank_mm]

Great synth, amazing skills 🔝

[@NicolasMelis]

Thank you 🙌🎹

[@jeananto]

Nice! But for the "Show must go on " Queen use "Orchestra" preset on the M1, not symphonic

[@NicolasMelis]

Yes i found it out after i made the video :)

[@jami.m7074]

Great playing. I had an M1 for a while but i had to sell it to get a Roland JV-80, and at that time i could only afford one synth. I sold my Roland D-70 to afford the M1😅

[@NicolasMelis]

Thanks man!! I ve borrowed this one from a friend to make a video😁

[@kabman70]

Very cool. The piano intro for Queensryche's "Best I Can" sounds like an M1 too. I used to own the M1+1

[@NicolasMelis]

Glad you liked it! Will check it out! Thanks 🙏

[@alexisramos4951]

Gracias excelente forma de aprender

[@NicolasMelis]

Glad you like them 🎹

[@Scrumper66]

Excellent synth that has dethroned the Yamaha DX7. This synth is very dynamic and is easy to program! It still sounds great! I have 3 at home (1 in service) and 2 that I repaired for a ridiculous price. Solid construction, medium weight, but still up to date with its brothers Wavestation, O1W... Thanks for this demo, Nicolas! Good sounds, good songs! 😊

[@NicolasMelis]

Glad you like it! Thank you 🙏🎹🎵

[@DerekTJ]

Great series

[@NicolasMelis]

Glad you like it :)

[@lucioca]

I have one. With original hard case. I love it. But the display are a little dark. I know that I can change but I have fear to do it. The most iconic workstation in the modern music history. This keyboard is the father of all the next. The great Joe Zawinul of Wether Report was a great fan as the same of Rick Wakeman and the master Keith Emerson. Thank you for this video.

[@NicolasMelis]

Great synth! Glad you like the video! Thank you 🙏

[@СергейКалашников-щ2й]

@NicolasMelis 👍👍👍❤️

[@JSL6656]

Love it

[@NicolasMelis]

Thank you 🙏

[@OnlyHumanYT]

RIDE ON TIME MENTIONED 🗣️‼️🔥

[@NicolasMelis]

😁

[@2407ewan]

Spot on, well played

[@NicolasMelis]

Thank you 🙏

[@frankcisde2338]

I still have mine. Great job (I love gipsy woman)

[@NicolasMelis]

Great synth 🎹

[@mauricerijsdijk2472]

Reminds me a lot of the great sounds my Korg X3 offered. This brings back a great amount of memories😊 Love the pic of Mr. Wonder in the background btw

[@NicolasMelis]

Never played an X3! Love Stevie 🎹🎵

[@mauricerijsdijk2472]

@@NicolasMelis You should if you get the chance to...magnificent synth from the early '90s....I'm sure you'll love it!

[@NicolasMelis]

@@mauricerijsdijk2472 will try to find one :)

[@mattjarrett01]

This is great. The Piano parts in N-Joi - Anthem are an M1 also.

[@NicolasMelis]

Thank you and thanks for the info!! 🎹

[@andybladen9284]

The piano in this is amazing !I can’t play it as well as you do it’s all in the timing it’s very much got that Bruce Hornsby feel about it you should cover one 2 many down town that’s another great piano solo

[@NicolasMelis]

Legendary Piano :) will check the piano solo thanks 🙏

[@herrbonk3635]

I actually recognized the first two!

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

This video is definitely a good resource. I’ve heard many of these songs many times each when they were new, and I didn’t know the titles.

[@NicolasMelis]

Thank you! I’m glad you found the video helpful.

[@TopJazzCat]

Every time I hear the "Gypsy Woman" song I can't help but to think about the In Living Color sketch with Kim Wayans.

[@sipinbar]

I still have the Korg01 WFD I’m pretty sure it was before this one Basically, the same absolute machine

[@NicolasMelis]

Actually the 01 wfd was released after the M1! The m1 first release was in 1988 and the Wfd 1991 ! Thats what i found on google :)

[@sipinbar]

@@NicolasMelis Thanks for that. I always thought the M1 was a newer version 😊

[@reitjerkstra1262]

I believe that the KLF may have used an M1 on parts of Last Train to Trancentral as well, along with the Oberheim OB-8

[@chebsimocanadi156]

bravo mon frère j'adore korg M1 et j'en est un vive la music ❤❤❤❤❤

[@NicolasMelis]

🎹❤️🙏

[@bouledeberlin8741]

I thought it was a bit weird to have Queen between all these Eurodance hits, but then came Aerosmith. On a side note, I think I00 Universe is also used in The Age of Love's The Age of Love.

[@NicolasMelis]

Thanks for the feedback :)

[@daytime5590]

I remember I owned DX-7,M1lack,D70 and 01. My era of synsethis

[@NicolasMelis]

Great synths 🎹

[@OperationChicago]

GOOD JOB MAN

[@NicolasMelis]

Thanks :)🙏

[@MemphisMike901]

I still have my Korg 01W/Pro !

[@SoulVision1111]

I had one for many years ..purchased when they were new

[@MemphisMike901]

@@SoulVision1111 i remember I had a Roland D70 i thought was so great. Then a Buddy brought in his Korg 01W. I was blown away. Well, then shortly I had an 01W/Pro. LoL

[@NicolasMelis]

Great synth 🎹

[@dr.emilschaffhausen4683]

My second keyboard after my DW8000.

[@NicolasMelis]

Dw8000 also what a great synth

[@awaken77]

Nice selection! I thought Show Must Go One was done on Oberheim OB-X

[@NicolasMelis]

Yeah i was not so sure about the Show must go on, couldn’t resist though :)

[@zedaudiolab]

Nice! Love it!

[@NicolasMelis]

Thank you my friend 🎹

[@Dathom1986]

I recognised, I've been thinking about you ..ride on time , and few others😊

[@marcsmith3739]

I had one for sure

[@NicolasMelis]

Everyone who are involved with synths had an M1 for a while or they still do :)

[@DavidSmith-ne1yb]

The M1, DX-7 and Roland D-50 made 99 percent of the songs from 1985-1994. Those were the board everyone used.

[@NicolasMelis]

Yes 🙌

[@mihas101]

Yes if you own these what else would you need. 😊

[@braien25980]

Very good, thank you for that. What reverb do you use for the video? Regards…

[@NicolasMelis]

Valhalla vintage Verb

[@paulinhoable20]

Top!!!

[@NicolasMelis]

Thank you 🙏

[@francotonini6446]

Om 🎉 grande 🎹🌟🎹👍

[@NicolasMelis]

🎹❤️

[@Nico622001]

J'ai toujours le mien, il fonctionne toujours aussi bien. J'ai désormais environ 900 sons et combinaisons en stock. Il existe aussi en VST :)

[@NicolasMelis]

Is the Vst close to the original sound wise?

[@Nico622001]

@@NicolasMelis, Yes, the VST have the Universal Sound Bank also, an Now, a optional Card Général Midi (GM) exist for the M1 in Hardware, but more expansive for me :/ ( more than 300 Euro)

[@martyd8175]

Still sounds amazing. Anybody remember "global dumping" lol

[@NicolasMelis]

😁

[@PacifierMusic]

Wish I never sold mine. I loved that thing

[@katharsis3754]

@@PacifierMusic I know the feeling 😖😖😖

[@NicolasMelis]

I know the feeling too.. sold mine long ago and borrowed this one from a friend to make the video :)

[@Freizeitschranzer]

What software do I need? Can I do this with a yamaha p45 too?

[@NicolasMelis]

Get the korg m1 vst by korg

[@CoolDudeClem]

I never knew the slap bass from Seinfeild was on an M1!

[@NicolasMelis]

Not 100 sure about that, but the composer who has a video playing it on Kurzweil said somewhere that he sampled an M1 among others for that sound… so i thought i can include it in the list

[@buzzfunk]

If you were a musician in the 90s - everyone had a M1 at some point. Not sure what happened to mine.....

[@NicolasMelis]

I was a teen in the 90s, my first synth was a Roland JX10:)