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Korg AW-2U Clip-On Ukulele Tuner Announced
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Clip-on tuners provide a sturdy grip for nearly any instrument, even the ukulele. read more
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Korg MP-10 Pro Released: Mobile MIDI Instrument / Dual-Song Player Ships
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Now shipping, the Korg MP-10 Pro Professional Media Player is a compact, all-in-one mobile music maker and music player designed to be taken on the go. read more
Korg Monotron Miniature, Analog, Ribbon Synth Demo’d: Pokémonotron! (Video)
Friday, June 4th, 2010
Small, yet mighty, the Korg Monotron is like the electronic toy that you begged your parents for in the 80s, barely played with, then rediscovered for all its analog synthesis glory as an adult ele read more
Korg Stage Vintage SV-1 Video Demo: Take A Little Trip, With Me, For Free (Video)
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
A beauty to behold with your eyes and your ears, the Korg Stage Vintage SV-1 took the stage piano world by storm when it was introduced last year. read more
Korg MicroSampler Demo: Sample Its Many Sample Modes (Video)
Monday, May 10th, 2010
Yes, its chassis resembles the Electronic Talking Battleship housing, but read more
Korg USA 25th Anniversary Giveaway: Win A Free Instrument Tuner
Thursday, May 6th, 2010
To celebrate its 25th anniversary of business and to show you just how many tuners it has to offer, mega manufacturer Korg USA is giving away a free Korg tuner or metronome every Monday, from May 3 read more
Ethereal Dialpad Touch App, Development Experience on Android and Beyond
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
Google’s Android has been a relatively slow starter for mobile music software, but a gem like Adam Smith’s free Ethereal Dialpad proves it’s a viable option, and the app is an inspiring musical toy, to boot. Perhaps more important than that, behind the scenes, Adam is employing a really beautifully audio engine of his own design with an elegant approach to coding sound. Ethereal Dialpad features a set of basic modules for using touch to produce synthesized sound with real-time effects. The concept isn’t new – Adam says he was inspired by the pitch mapping on KORG’s Kaossilator – but it’s nicely executed, and the software is fun and responsive. I’ve tested it with some non-musician Android owners, and they were simply delighted. And yes, you can plug it into external effects and go absolutely wild – see the video below for one example. Of course, these sorts of applications are relative commonplace on the iPhone, but few and far between on Android. So it seemed the perfect time to ask Adam to share his thoughts on developing for the platform. Along the way, Adam has some great thoughts on live coding and sharing in the development community that go well beyond any one platform. Mobile applications in general have often been self-contained, limited-lifespan creations; the simpler ones are almost like bubblegum – suck out the sugar and move on
Korg iElectribe: New Musical Instrument Application Released For IPad
Monday, April 5th, 2010
For the Apple iPad, Korg has issued its new iElectribe virtual analog beatbox application. read more
Korg monotron: Pocketable, $85 Real-Analog Synth with MS Filter; Hackable?
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
Image courtesy KORG, USA. Looking for all the world like it was inspired by the Gakken SX-150 synth , but packed with Korg analog electronics, the monotron has to be one of the biggest surprise announcements from a major vendor in recent memory. The tiny has the filter from the classic KORG MS-10 and MS-20 and is called a “real analog” synth. It’s also likely to be very hackable, though we’ll know more about that soon. I think we’ve found the stocking stuffer of 2010, and it’s only March. Pricing: MSRP US$85 Availability: August 2010 (note: this is official information from KORG USA; for some reason some other dates and prices are floating around) Specs: A ribbon controller for vibrato, glide, and pitch Circuitry: one voltage-controlled oscillator, one voltage-controlled filter, one low-frequency oscillator. Controls: five knobs, one switch. LED blinks with the LFO. Same voltage-controlled filter circuitry as on the legendary KORG MS-10 and MS-20 semi-modulars – now, if we could only convince KORG to give us a monotron Pro with more of the MS in it. Runs on two AAA’s External audio input (updated) for filtering any external input – awesome. (Thanks, arne/styrofoammusic !) Official product info: Monotron Page @ KORG Videos: Via Engadget , MusicRadar , Gizmodo
CR78 Essential 80s Synthpop part 1 (Juno Synths, Electribe SX)
Friday, February 12th, 2010
YouTube via harlemnightsmusic “Tributing the early 80s classics again, this time a softer side, based on the Roland CR78 drummachine, which was used in many of my all time favourite New Wave tracks. Drum sounds were sampled and patterns rebuilt in the Korg Electribe ESX, with additional Linndrum sounds where in the original tracks acoustic drumkits were added. All synth and bass sounds are from my Roland Juno 106 (1984) and Juno 60 (1982) synths, trying to emulate the Prophets and other synths used in the original tracks. Additional fx by Boss SE50. All recreated by ear
Speak and Spell pitch via CV
Monday, February 8th, 2010
YouTube via sparkey1 “This is a total hack CV control circuit I was testing for a modded Speak and Spell. A photocell shrinkwrapped agaist an LED provide a way to convert 0-9v to a resistance. Luckily CV is DC so that works out pretty nicely. The voltage ranges and resistance need to be tweaked to give more accurate control, and there are plenty of places for this to go wrong, but this is just a really basic proof of concept.”
Analog ’80s
Sunday, February 7th, 2010
YouTube via BIOETHICALLOOP “Semplice song con groove 80s style.. Equipment: – Pad: Waldorf Blofeld; – 80s groove: Korg Electribe MX; – Lead Theme: Moog Little Phatty Stage II – Master Keyboard: M-Audio Keystation PRO 88″
Korg Wavedrum – Official Product Introduction
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
YouTube via KorgUSAVideos “Experience the new Korg Wavedrum Dynamic Percussion Synthesizer! Featuring performances by Peter Michael Escovedo, Efrain Toro, Jeff Campitelli, and Joe Russo of the Benevento/Russo Duo. For more information, please visit www.korg.com/wavedrum .”
Gittin’ Da Control Ya Need
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
YouTube via Killparispaige “How to get started customizing your own midi keyboard. Also, i give you an inside look on my custom controller and how i use it! Hope you Enjoy!”
Inofaith – playing with Kaoss Pad 3 XY controller in Ableton
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Inofaith – playing with Kaoss Pad 3 XY controller in Ableton from Inofaith on Vimeo . “Finally figured out the correct CC parameters of my XY pad on the KP3″
Knobs of enlightenment
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
flickr by Eugene of Norway (click for more) “This is the main reason I took few shots lately. Awesome synth.”
Live Set Part 1/3 with Korg SX
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
YouTube via Vectorixx “well there is not much to add, all made with the sx, no external instruments. vocals taken by grindhouse EP, which is definetely a burner, and some jürgen paape vinyls. (glanz)” Live Set Part 2/3 with Korg SX Live Set Part 3/3 with Korg SX
KORG PE 1000 Poly Ensemble K4 Analog Synthesizer
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
via this auction “This fascinating synth was produced back in the 70s, and its sound and feature set were no doubt quite sophisticated for its day. The PE 1000 has a number of presets, but the real fun begins when you stray from the path and start tweaking the synth patches in real time. A number of parameters are available, such as Attack, Decay, Sustain, and Waveform mode ; while these may seem fundamental and crude by today’s standards, they are capable of some respectable sound mangling and warpage. This synth just oozes a 70s vibe, and has an organic character that is difficult to emulate in spite of its supposed simplicity.”
Kegel vs. ether^ra – Voodoo History
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
YouTube via arthurpainter. Folktek on Ebay “This can either be described as a spontaneous brotherly moment that went horribly wrong or pure noise therapy, depending on your point of view. You decide. Devices used include my Korg MS-20, Wicks Looper, Folktek Pluton, Korg Mini Kaoss Pad & Kaossilator, EH Memory Man, Alesis Bitrman, and Alesis ineko.”
Contemplative Ring-Modulated Partials
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
YouTube via JeffreyPlaide “Contemplative Ring-Modulated Partials is an original electronic composition primarily composed on the Korg R3 synthesizer, and utilising extensive use of the 8-step arpeggiator and randomising sequencing functions. The work also features extensive use of double ring-modulated waveforms. Double ring-modulated effects produce some rather unexpected groans, warbles, wheezes, rumbles and squawks – due to the sum and difference effect acting twice on the source oscillator waveforms. The main sequence was composed using dual timbres each set to operating with dual triangle waveforms. Each waveform was ring-modulated by the second oscillator, processed with stereo delay, then further ring-modulated using a sinewave in note mode and adjusted until an interesting effect was achieved. The two timbres were each treated in this manner, then fed to the master reverb effect. The sequence was composed at 104 bpm and played using the 8-step arpeggiator set to random mode. Some steps were muted to create variety in the passage. The second sequence was created in the same way as the first but with different transpose settings for the timbres. Different oscillator ring-modulation settings were used for the individual oscillators, and different pitch settings for the second ring-modulation effect. Again an 8-step randomised arpeggiation sequence was called into play. The last sequence was created like the second sequence, but with lower filter cut-off and high-resonance to induce self-oscillation
moon over marin (dead kennedys cover)
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
YouTube via SunamachiSoundSystem “tebure camera to tokyo wan no temae made”
Korg Polysix Voice and Brain Circuit Boards
Saturday, January 30th, 2010
via this auction Left: KLM 367 Brain Board Right: KLM 368 Voice Board more items here
Korg Kaossilator Pro: Can You Believe It Gets PAID For This? (Video)
Friday, January 29th, 2010
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korg ds-10 track 35
Friday, January 29th, 2010
YouTube via korgds10. I hope we see the KORG emulation on the iPad “This is the 11th track of my upcoming 3rd album that will be called “Lychees”. I wish it was made with some Roland or Moog synth but I am afraid it’s just the Nintendo Korg DS-10. Anyways, more stuff at http://korgds-10.blogspot.com which happens to be the Home of the Korg DS-10. I hope you’ll stop by.”
MG-CLONE via Blue Lantern
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
MG-CLONE000.wmv YouTube via bluelantern320. bluelantern on Ebay “I have a Drum machine pass through the filter. The pre Amp can take a wide variety of signals.” MG-CLONE001.wmv “I have a Plain MS2000R Factory Preset go through the filter to show you that it will enhance the sound and make it sound more fatter and analog. In the beginning it is just the Korg alone then i patch it through the filter.” MG-CLONE002.wmv “Full Fledge Modular Environment testing. I routed A quick Patch With with Digital LFO, 2 Triangle Waves and te filter.” MG-CLONE003.wmv “Another test with Music going through the FIlter.” MG-CLONE004.wmv “Model D VCF clone. I am passing music through the filter. There is an external LFO conttected to make it modulate. There is an onboard Pre Amp to make it go from Normal to OVerDrive.”
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