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]

😁🙌🎹

[@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! 🎵

[@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.

[@markusoz1660]

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

[@ruk2023--]

25% still does.

[@NicolasMelis]

🙌🎹🎵

[@NicolasMelis]

😁

[@gameon2000]

120%

[@logicalblackman8228]

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

[@NicolasMelis]

Glad you like it 😁🙏

[@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.

[@braien25980]

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

[@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

[@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]

🙌🎹🎵

[@OriginalRaveParty]

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

[@NicolasMelis]

Thanks 🙏 😁

[@ontherhodes8088]

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

[@NicolasMelis]

Glad to hear! Thank you 🙏

[@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.

[@dazzerman189]

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

[@NicolasMelis]

Oh wow cool !!

[@naebeltistgallant776]

Klasse Sound aus den Ende der 80 er Jahren.

[@NicolasMelis]

🎹🎹🎵

[@svensvensson8102]

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

[@rmessier3]

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

[@NicolasMelis]

Yes thats true… :)

[@edobette]

Una piú bella dell'altra, che strumento eccezionale 😮

[@NicolasMelis]

Glad you like it 🎹

[@pianoandwhisky]

Classic sound. I still have my Korg T2.

[@NicolasMelis]

🎹❤️

[@Man_with_Beard_2]

Great sounds still have mine

[@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.

[@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.

[@salazarock]

90's .. always on my mind

[@NicolasMelis]

🎹🎵

[@Arpeggeric]

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

[@NicolasMelis]

Glad you like it! 🎹

[@DerekTJ]

Great series

[@frank_mm]

Great synth, amazing skills 🔝

[@NicolasMelis]

Thank you 🙌🎹

[@Mandy-Lane]

last patch was beautiful

[@NicolasMelis]

Glad you like it :)

[@uhfch2358]

Does the M1 have a weighted keyboard. I used to play through a Kawai K5 module, but I would midi control it with an unweighted Roland keyboard. Always wanted something with weighted keys.

[@NicolasMelis]

No weighted keys on the M1

[@radiosiesta]

Perfect Korg!

[@Expectaz]

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

[@NicolasMelis]

It really is! Thanks 🙏

[@DomSigalas]

That’s awesome!!!🙌🏼

[@NicolasMelis]

Hey Dom! Thanks for stopping by 🙌🎹

[@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 !

[@packotulais4041]

what's up friend? You made me remember the old days and it's great. On the other hand, I would like to ask you if there is any way to transfer the sounds from a Yamaha synthesizer to a DAW program and have said information recorded in MIDI format to be able to edit the notes in the software? Since the synthesizer has good sounds that I would like to transfer to the computer and be able to tweak the notes, since I don't know how to use the keyboard and on the computer through the MIDI format I can place the musical notes in the correct pitch. and that is what I need to be able to compose some musical themes. I hope I have explained myself correctly. g Greetings and thanks!

[@NicolasMelis]

Hi! To transfer sounds from your Yamaha synthesizer to a DAW and record in MIDI format, connect your synthesizer to your computer using a MIDI interface or USB cable, install any necessary drivers, and configure your DAW to recognize the MIDI input. Create a new MIDI track, enable recording, and play your synthesizer to record the MIDI notes! Hope that helps :)

[@packotulais4041]

@@NicolasMelis Thank you very much, I will do that 🙂

[@chebsimocanadi156]

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

[@NicolasMelis]

🎹❤️🙏

[@elias1996gabriel]

El piano del Korg M1 es simplemente hermoso

[@frankcisde2338]

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

[@NicolasMelis]

Great synth 🎹

[@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 🙏

[@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 :)

[@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 🙏

[@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!! 🎹

[@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 :)

[@marcsmith3739]

I had one for sure

[@NicolasMelis]

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

[@daytime5590]

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

[@NicolasMelis]

Great synths 🎹

[@2407ewan]

Spot on, well played

[@NicolasMelis]

Thank you 🙏

[@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 👍👍👍❤️

[@vanderoliveira]

Nostalgia...

[@NicolasMelis]

🎹❤️

[@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.

[@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.

[@martyd8175]

Still sounds amazing. Anybody remember "global dumping" lol

[@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 :)

[@francotonini6446]

Om 🎉 grande 🎹🌟🎹👍

[@NicolasMelis]

🎹❤️

[@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 🎹

[@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😁

[@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 :)

[@RosarioDelBono]

Iconico

[@NicolasMelis]

🙌🎹

[@SoulVision1111]

Had an O1-W Pro years ago

[@NicolasMelis]

Great synth 🎹

[@madam_im_adam]

Seinfeld and Janie's got a gun is the same bass sample?

[@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 😊

[@ОлегЛазарев-п8ж]

Машина супер!!!!

[@NicolasMelis]

Yes 🙌

[@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

[@Dathom1986]

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

[@Gorazd1974]

Timeless and infinite - M1 ❤❤🎉

[@NicolasMelis]

Yes 🎹

[@Gorazd1974]

@@NicolasMelis 👍🎉🎉🎉

[@ibanez100full]

Anos 90❤

[@NicolasMelis]

🎹🎵

[@edwarddonnachie4412]

I'm a complete novice concerning synths. Can someone tell me, at home, do you simply connect it to the mains and connect to an amp/speaker?

[@teco6964]

Yes, that's right. If you're in an environment where loud volume is difficult, you can connect headphones directly to the synthesizer - no amplifier or speakers required.

[@jeananto]

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

[@miguelangeldediegodiaz4747]

El amor de mi vida❤

[@NicolasMelis]

🙌🎹🎵

[@dr.emilschaffhausen4683]

My second keyboard after my DW8000.

[@NicolasMelis]

Dw8000 also what a great synth

[@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]

🎹🙌

[@paulinhoable20]

Top!!!

[@NicolasMelis]

Thank you 🙏

[@franco6390]

Om 🎉grande saund la migliore 🎉

[@OperationChicago]

GOOD JOB MAN

[@NicolasMelis]

Thanks :)🙏

[@SamStormsKBD]

Nostalgic

[@NicolasMelis]

For sure :)

[@fajos19820426]

Now i know how the Disco blu - Disco blu was made! (I think same as robin s….) Next time play it also❤❤❤❤ greetings from hungary

[@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 🙏🎹🎵

[@angeloros7538]

Stiil i have mine, not in mint conditions, but works fine.

[@NicolasMelis]

Great synth 🎹

[@zedaudiolab]

Nice! Love it!

[@NicolasMelis]

Thank you my friend 🎹

[@junosix2453]

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

[@framax67]

Fantastic ! Well done Bro' 😎

[@NicolasMelis]

Thanks man 🙌🎹🎵

[@ellucerodelteclado548]

Wow M1 Korg ❤❤

[@NicolasMelis]

🙌🎹❤️

[@ellucerodelteclado548]

To this day, I have not met another Korg keyboard that surpasses the M1. An impressive full-bodied sound.

[@NicolasMelis]

@ellucerodelteclado548 great synth 🎹

[@mwarnas]

Chapter titles are not the easiest way for us to see the song titles. Better use captions

[@ngonnguaudionnaofficial6136]

I listened to two Hong Kong songs! by ANDY Lau and Leon Lai!

[@einsamerschutze]

Was immer vergessen wird ist der Sound „Lore“, welcher bei fast jeder Folge X-Files genutzt wird. 👍

[@NicolasMelis]

Oh yes! Forgot that one!

[@Tobias1985]

Not the sound for show must go on. i find it very weird that I can't find the sound

[@Andy-G]

Isn't it patch "Orchestra1" in Combi mode?

[@Tobias1985]

@@Andy-G Nope, idk why. I got really, like really close with a patch from the Triton called Disco strings paired with something different in combi, it was the same as from the M1- it's difficult to find

[@ValentinDumitrache-ln4tm]

at least you have i m going slightly mad from the same album

[@MePeterNicholls]

@@Tobias1985 it may have been a waveststion sound.

[@andycaddell236]

@MePeterNicholls I think it's Patch A07 on the Korg 01w

[@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

[@afterjoe3042]

Bleachers use this keyboard a lot too! Great vid

[@NicolasMelis]

Its everywhere :) thanks 🙏

[@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:)

[@kristin_j.official]

😍💥🔥 amazing!!!👏🏼

[@NicolasMelis]

Hey Kristin , glad you like it :)

[@MrOz1275]

Magnificent

[@NicolasMelis]

Thank you 🙏

[@retrosound72]

O yeah!

[@NicolasMelis]

🙌🎹😁

[@markweatherill3320]

These three synths or a Yamaha DJX? Well, not really, but almost.

[@WAZA___]

Gary Numan also used alot of the presets..the one he used the most was called beauty.

[@jeromejamies3641]

I like Yamaha DX7 best, M1 great, too

[@demosthenesb6240]

And that were all the songs ever with the M1, overhyped! Respect though, you had to dig deep! /s off ps. love the M1, such a big place in synth historie

[@NicolasMelis]

❤️🎹

[@korolchukpp]

Красивое! 😍

[@NicolasMelis]

Thank you 🙏

[@releasepointlab4348]

nostalgia

[@NicolasMelis]

🙌🎹🎵

[@Reeeepicheep]

I didn’t know any of these songs lol

[@klinkske]

Lol. You did ‘please go home’ by Double you. We hated that song so much, in the club we used to sing it like that.

[@NicolasMelis]

When I searched online for songs with the M1, it was in the top 10 :)

[@MrCrrispy]

I have to agree with this, I also hated this song 🙂

[@DaMany]

I also agree, hated that song back then 😂 but, great video as always 👍😊

[@GehMemories]

seinfeld

[@NicolasMelis]

🙌