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Published on 07/09/13 at 23:46This is the clone of the original MS-20. We love it or hate it ... I love it!
Hardcore Mono, 100% analog (no bullshit) and editable in front, he adds in MIDI and USB. They are rudimentary (see implementation - MIDI Chart - short at the end of the manual), so the use of CV is preferred, it is still the top compared to the original. Now, so much the better if it has no memory or polyphony because frankly, it's the spirit of the beast. Connect to a Doepfer DE is pure bliss. The integrator Mini is a real plus as there despite the simplicity of the circuitry (saturate! Saturate! There will always be something ...).
Physical side, the button on the modulator frequency appears slightly then rub the baby is just out of the box, without affecting the voltage (fortunately). In fact, the knob buttons are "cheap" but do not dream ... Go Moog if you want chrome and shiny body. With the MS-20 mini, it's Made in China mid-range and it is not too bad scholarship side. The body, in fact, is strong. It is closer to the Hummer as the SLK.
UTILIZATION
It could not be clearer although novices may be put off by the "active block" (from the number of keyboards and guitar in 1978 on the MS-20) ie Hell patch "Emmental" located right. However, it is very educational and much more accessible than the matrix "naval battle" a VCS3/AKS or modular syndrome (spaghetti exploded that hides all buttons - hence the usefulness Cable color as the VST Arturia!).
It's very nice from Korg have reprinted the original manual and not providing a common CD-ROM or worse a reference to a PDF file online. Right out of the box, the synth can be explored by Michelin map in hand that do little or no (even I am given when I had a MS-20 for years there knows .. . many years). I also would strongly advise reading some paragraphs Verpeaux, "Technique full synthesizers", 2 volumes, which are based on manipulations of the MS-20 to perfect.
SOUNDS
I love the sounds because they can be saturated, distorted, filters (HPF resonant!) Are hell despite the eternal loss of power due to the thrust of the resonance (when in an MS-20 with LPF Steiner-Parker Minibrute??). However, acknowledge that the quality of the waveform delivered by the two VCO are far away, but then very far from the crystalline nature of ARP 2600/Odyssey or roundness of a Moog (with bonus for old though I love my RME - off topic). However, this is not a problem since the MS-20 is, in my opinion, more relevant to the "dirty" kind leads Daft Punk first time, sound effects and bass electro unlikely that threaten your speakers ( your EQ)! filters, I repeat, are daunting. The LFO is his job although it is not switchable in additional audio source (or rather high-frequency modulator) and envelopes are honest, fast and exotic (DAR / ADSHR) spillable by patch. The breath is paradoxically reassuring because it was already present on the original. We now know how to eat the noise and no sound, try to find an EHX noiselessly like! And yet, what's ... In contrast, the "hum" is still present after the passage of the "peak" of the attack (test with VCO / noise to zero and the LPF open). Last negative point: no PWM (this is known, but hey, it's the machine). Last positive: the connectivity and keyboard, even mini is still something other than MS-20i or CS-01 of my ten years, right?
OVERALL OPINION
I bought it yesterday and I just spent the night over (sorry honey!). However, I thought I had done all around the MS-20 between 1993 and 1998, bought in 1000 and sold in 2000 FF (déjà. ..). Owners of the original can console themselves saying he had what a Corvette 70s compared to today. It is pointless to compare them because they are so close by the charming sound and features. The mini has the necessary alterations for all musicos home-studio owners (USB MIDI) uncompromisingly against the assumed willingness to repeat a very popular synth. Honestly, I would not have bought a MS-20 1500 euros for what it is, but there is not the same. Korg has managed the difficult year of the remake of the original. Hopefully if there is more at home and / or in others, it has the same quality. KORG BRAVO! THANK YOU!
Hardcore Mono, 100% analog (no bullshit) and editable in front, he adds in MIDI and USB. They are rudimentary (see implementation - MIDI Chart - short at the end of the manual), so the use of CV is preferred, it is still the top compared to the original. Now, so much the better if it has no memory or polyphony because frankly, it's the spirit of the beast. Connect to a Doepfer DE is pure bliss. The integrator Mini is a real plus as there despite the simplicity of the circuitry (saturate! Saturate! There will always be something ...).
Physical side, the button on the modulator frequency appears slightly then rub the baby is just out of the box, without affecting the voltage (fortunately). In fact, the knob buttons are "cheap" but do not dream ... Go Moog if you want chrome and shiny body. With the MS-20 mini, it's Made in China mid-range and it is not too bad scholarship side. The body, in fact, is strong. It is closer to the Hummer as the SLK.
UTILIZATION
It could not be clearer although novices may be put off by the "active block" (from the number of keyboards and guitar in 1978 on the MS-20) ie Hell patch "Emmental" located right. However, it is very educational and much more accessible than the matrix "naval battle" a VCS3/AKS or modular syndrome (spaghetti exploded that hides all buttons - hence the usefulness Cable color as the VST Arturia!).
It's very nice from Korg have reprinted the original manual and not providing a common CD-ROM or worse a reference to a PDF file online. Right out of the box, the synth can be explored by Michelin map in hand that do little or no (even I am given when I had a MS-20 for years there knows .. . many years). I also would strongly advise reading some paragraphs Verpeaux, "Technique full synthesizers", 2 volumes, which are based on manipulations of the MS-20 to perfect.
SOUNDS
I love the sounds because they can be saturated, distorted, filters (HPF resonant!) Are hell despite the eternal loss of power due to the thrust of the resonance (when in an MS-20 with LPF Steiner-Parker Minibrute??). However, acknowledge that the quality of the waveform delivered by the two VCO are far away, but then very far from the crystalline nature of ARP 2600/Odyssey or roundness of a Moog (with bonus for old though I love my RME - off topic). However, this is not a problem since the MS-20 is, in my opinion, more relevant to the "dirty" kind leads Daft Punk first time, sound effects and bass electro unlikely that threaten your speakers ( your EQ)! filters, I repeat, are daunting. The LFO is his job although it is not switchable in additional audio source (or rather high-frequency modulator) and envelopes are honest, fast and exotic (DAR / ADSHR) spillable by patch. The breath is paradoxically reassuring because it was already present on the original. We now know how to eat the noise and no sound, try to find an EHX noiselessly like! And yet, what's ... In contrast, the "hum" is still present after the passage of the "peak" of the attack (test with VCO / noise to zero and the LPF open). Last negative point: no PWM (this is known, but hey, it's the machine). Last positive: the connectivity and keyboard, even mini is still something other than MS-20i or CS-01 of my ten years, right?
OVERALL OPINION
I bought it yesterday and I just spent the night over (sorry honey!). However, I thought I had done all around the MS-20 between 1993 and 1998, bought in 1000 and sold in 2000 FF (déjà. ..). Owners of the original can console themselves saying he had what a Corvette 70s compared to today. It is pointless to compare them because they are so close by the charming sound and features. The mini has the necessary alterations for all musicos home-studio owners (USB MIDI) uncompromisingly against the assumed willingness to repeat a very popular synth. Honestly, I would not have bought a MS-20 1500 euros for what it is, but there is not the same. Korg has managed the difficult year of the remake of the original. Hopefully if there is more at home and / or in others, it has the same quality. KORG BRAVO! THANK YOU!