The Korg MS-20 Vintage Synthesizer is an Absolute MUST-HAVE (if you can afford it!) | Scum Night

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The MS-20 was one of Korg's first major successful portable analog monosynths and even today it is still a great little machine! The MS-20 is the big brother to the MS-10. It is an analog two-oscillator monophonic lead and bass synth with hard wired and patchable connections. The hard-wiring can be overridden however, using patch-cords. This type of hard-wired but patchable design was similar to the ARP 2600 of the late seventies. Of course the 2600 was much bigger and better. But the MS-20 offered a lot of flexible control and great sounds at a more affordable price.
In addition to two analog oscillators, the MS-20 featured two resonant VCFs (filters), two VCAs, sample and hold, a noise generator, an assignable mod-wheel and lots of knobs! The VCF (filter) section is capable of high-pass, low-pass, notch and band-reject which is unique and different than your basic lowpass style filter. External sound sources can be routed through the filter section as well.
There's also a Pitch-CV converter for triggering sounds from external sources. Aphex Twin makes quite a bit of use of this, feeding the input stage of his MS-20s with drum sounds and other untrackable audio to get the synth to make a wide variety of crunch/squawp/screech noises by mistracking the filters, etc.
As for its sounds, the MS-20 sounds great! It makes a great alternative for Minimoog-seekers. The MS-20 is great for just about any type of analog synth sound you could want! Fat round bass sounds, percussive bass or sounds, noise effects, squiggly-bubbly sounds or sinuous-worm leads are all waiting to be unleashed from inside this classic beast. The MS-20 is not only a great sounding instrument, but a great learning-synth. It is fairly easy and intuitive to operate but in doing so you can learn and understand more about synthesis and signal-flow. It is used by William Ørbit, Aphex Twin, Hardfloor, Air, SkyLab, Stereolab, Vince Clarke, Astral Projection, Biosphere, Apollo 440, Mr. Oizo, Jimi Tenor, The Prodigy, OMD, Freddy Fresh, Luke Vibert, Einstuerzende Neubauten, Add N to (X), Daft Punk, Coldcut, Die Krupps, Skinny Puppy, Electronic Dream Planet, Jimmy Edgar, Front 242, Front Line Assembly, The Legendary Pink Dots, KMFDM, Severed Heads, Royksopp, The Faint, The Shamen, Jean-Michel Jarre, Soulwax, Ladytron and Portishead.
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[@fjfrancois]

Dude your show is always like you’re in a synth party 🎉

[@VultureCulture]

It's my favorite night of the week! 🎉

[@UcPhotos.Online]

Thanks for taking your time to take us through the fabulous sound of electricity and sound waves. Found the video informative and also making it easy to understand at any level your at with synthesizer .

[@VultureCulture]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it 🙏 Any more demos or reviews you'd like to see?

[@gregsilver_official]

Stylish - matching leather jacket to the synth! :) Nice stream!

[@VultureCulture]

Thanks Greg! 🙏 I live in Florida, so I take every opportunity to wear a leather jacket I can 😂

[@eriksmeets9254]

Great vid as always. FYI I’ve got a MS-20M (module), it has got PWM, FM and OSC sync ❤

[@VultureCulture]

That's fucking awesome! That would be really powerful

[@bitambassador]

Bro, thank you for yor videos, that great and sound you record is amazing👍also we need ARP quadra, Yamaha CS, Jupiter-6 😀

[@VultureCulture]

You're very welcome 🙏 I have a short, phone-shot video on a Jupiter 6 I got to play in my Members section of my KZbin channel. Quadra seems too expensive for me to buy but hopefully one day I'll get a Yamaha CS-30!

[@SchematicAttenuator]

Vintage analog monster. Nothing beats the real one!

[@VultureCulture]

It truly stands in its own league. Any other vintage faves?

[@jasonakagecko]

Thank you for the awesome tutorial!MS20 mini doesn’t even compare to the vintage. You know that.

[@VultureCulture]

I've never played a mini - but I've been highly impressed by the sound demos I've heard.

[@UcPhotos.Online]

I am interested in anything with ADSR sound manipulation, I recently purchased a used Nord wave 2 for a silly reason it had a waterfall action keyboard bed , bonus it’s really easy to understand like the Apple computer systems

[@VultureCulture]

The MS-20 is easily the most powerful sounding analog mono synth I own!

[@entropydisorder6359]

Debating to let go of my MS20 after getting Arp2600m. Cant decide. Thanks for the video beautifully recorded

[@VultureCulture]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! Do you feel the ARP 2600 covers all the territory and more of the MS-20?

[@entropydisorder6359]

@@VultureCulture yes i think so... but MS-20 has a immediacy to it with its Octave switches.... Im torn haha. Have you compared them before?

[@VultureCulture]

I haven't - however I do have a sense that I'm not getting rid of my MS-20 anytime soon simply because it sounds so great. Haven't tried the ARP 2600 though

[@fredlupin]

I have a x911 kind of simplified ms10 "guitar synth" with cv connection and was wondering if connecting a ms20 mini or a K2 could make sense. Really don't like minikeys but the fullsize or original is too expensive imho (Would buy others for this money)

[@VultureCulture]

I don't know enough about connections between semi-modular synths but it seems like it should be doable in theory. Is the x911 modern or vintage, 1/8th or 1/4 inch cables?

[@fredlupin]

@@VultureCulture x911 is from the same year as Ms10 and shares filter and components. It s kind of a preset ms10 with 6,35 jacks for cv/gate and a few others ( the ms04 lfo pedal could be connected) I control it with a yamaha cs5, which use the same cv protocol or through a kenton pro solo.

[@VultureCulture]

@fredlupin that's awesome! I had no idea it existed

[@ge0rgeharris218]

If you use some good effects you can smooth it out and still get some great sounds! I have the original and the mini and can use them together! It's still a great synth!

[@VultureCulture]

Absolutely! Thank you for the tips. I love this little guy!

[@rebekahstone1624]

BEST SYNTHER ALIVE!!!!

[@VultureCulture]

You're the most fabulous creature 🖤🖤🖤

[@danleuca1780]

That's a new word for me... Synther :))))))

[@user-gv8ug5on4u]

Hello , I am in Tunisia and I have one MS 20 vintage the same that the one in vidéo ; never served ! I would like to know how much it can cost ; I had the idea to start a recording studio, but now I would like to sell it thank you.

[@VultureCulture]

Right now the cheapest I can find is $1,250, which is down from a couple of years ago.

[@darkpoem9]

👍

[@VultureCulture]

👍

[@minneappledv]

Love it!

[@VultureCulture]

It really is an awesome synth!

[@montazownianr1]

Did you try Brainworx Knifonium ? Listen to this resonance :O kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5nKiXlvjZyjqdE

[@VultureCulture]

Never heard of them! So so so cool!