Pepe - KORG Lambda (ES-50) String Synthesizer Demo Song

[GENERALSEQUENCE]

What a beautyful harmonic track. I love these sounds....

Greetz

Cmd.KeyJay (GENERAL SEQUENCE & JUPITER BASE PROJECT)

[downfader2]

Beautiful, organic and natural sounding music. I really like this tune!

[jossedobben]

Impressive! I wish every synth had a demo of this quality... Would make choosing a synth a lot easier. :P

[soepil]

Klasse !! Einfach Klasse !!

[autotunepop]

Sounds and looks beautiful!

[LupusMike]

What are the outputs on this synth ?

[wwwPepeMusicDE]

@LupusMike

The Lambda has standard 6,3mm jack plugs for each the "Percussive" and the "Ensemble" channel and a stereo headphones Output. There's also a possibility to use a sustain or an expression pedal.

[LupusMike]

@wwwPepeMusicDE Ok thanks ! Another question : what is exactly a "String Synth" ? Is it a synth witch specializes into strings sounds ?

[wwwPepeMusicDE]

@LupusMike

Exactly! The Lambda belongs to the string synthesizer family, just like the famous ARP (Solina) String Ensemble. Some users say that the Lambda is better - if not the best! But I stick to my KORG Trident which has a similar string sound and other synthesizer features. I keep it although it's a huge and heavy beast!

[LupusMike]

@wwwPepeMusicDE OK, thanks so much again ! And ... a last question ... I saw one of these things on a music store. It will go on sale in September for around € 350. Is it a good price for this ?

[wwwPepeMusicDE]

@LupusMike

This is a good price! I sold mine last year for EUR 480,00.

[LupusMike]

@wwwPepeMusicDE It seems to have a decent piano sound ... Is it a touch-sensitive keyboard ? (sorry, a lot of questions)

[wwwPepeMusicDE]

@LupusMike

It has no velocity or pressure sensitive keyboard. None of the Pre-80's KORG synths had velocity.

Only the funny 900PS ("KORG Preset") had a strange touch bar to control Repeat, Forte, Pitch, Vibrato or Portamento (source: VintageSynth[dot]com).

[LupusMike]

@wwwPepeMusicDE I got it ! But I don't understand what is the "Kbd trig out" output ?

[wwwPepeMusicDE]

@LupusMike

You can use this output to send signals to other units, like the old MS-Synthesizers or a sequencer or whatever. I haven't tried it out. But you'll for sure find a user's manual in the web if you try Google.

[TwistedBeats615]

Dude, I really have to know what pedals you used to achieve this magnificent piece of music.

[wwwPepeMusicDE]

@TwistedBeats615

Have a look at 3:48 min! Just two true stereo effects pedals, nothing more! I wanted to do this quite puristic, because I didn't want to alter the original synthesizer sound too much.

[lordoid]

I love the wood finish. What a beautiful Synth. And it sounds superb! Great Demo!

[XYtoTheDoubleG]

Dude... Awesome!

[Roxxywall]

Wonderful! Thank you.

[Saibot216]

I clicked on this and when it started my eyes immediately widened, now I want this synth!

[wwwPepeMusicDE]

@Saibot216

I hope you will find one in good shape soon! :o)

[Saibot216]

@wwwPepeMusicDE After Christmas I saw one for $150 in good shape, little did I know this instruments potential and just wrote it off. Now I'll probably have to settle for a Yamaha CS-20... not that those are bad, just not entirely what I want. Don't have the cash for a Trident either.

[harlemnightsmusic]

Very good song!!!

[pianist007]

Bravo Pepe ! Very musical and enjoyable demo, thanks.

[sztakicsisti]

That's an electro-symphonic movement!

I want to hear more ....

Good work!

[sauermusicDE]

A wonderful demo track. Thumbs up! Are there any major differences between the Trident MkI/MkII, PE-1000/2000, Lambda and Delta? Or do they all have the same basis (chip design etc.)? Does anyone know?

[Smeerlappen]

Summer, sea and string synths

[r5t6y12]

If I had enough money to really try and collect some of those old vintage instruments that might still be out there somewhere, I'd try to make an album of nothing but 1 or 2 instruments.

You know the kind of album where you could claim that every note heard on the album came from only a Korg MS-10 and an Oberheim OB-1.

Or maybe an Arp Odyssey and a Moog Micromoog.

Or a Sequential Circuits Pro-One and a Roland SH-02.

[r5t6y12]

Pepe,

Are you trying to get me to believe that every note heard on this video was produced by just 1 Lambda?

That's cool.

I used to have a Korg Polysix (1988-2007) but I never really did ANYTHING with it. I made a home made tape with it at my church once (worthless to anyone but me), but never put down enough to record a whole album.

I now watch a few videos of synths and see that even small things had great potential.

[wwwPepeMusicDE]

@r5t6y12

Hi! Yes, I used only the Lambda and the few effects pedals, like I used the MS-10 only in my other demo!

More demos will follow someday. If I had no other more urgent things to do, I immediatley tried to make a demo song of my KORG 800dv and the Trident. But this has to wait...

Good luck on buying some of these beauties! :o)

[myrmur]

Hi!

I've just bought a Lambda and I've noticed that the volume of the choir preset it's always much lower than the other presets.

It's the same on yours?

Thanks!

[wwwPepeMusicDE]

@myrmur

Hi! Yes, you're right, it's the same here! But if you only use the Choir preset and turn the master volume very high the sound becomes dirty and distorted. If KORG had adjusted the Choir volume to a higher rate it could have caused permanently distorted sound in combination with Strings, etc. It may be worth a try adjusting the volume using the service manual. But it wouldn't surprise me if the sound becomes worse after this procedure.

[myrmur]

Great!!!!!

What kind of effects did you apply to the lambda's sound?

Thanks!

[wwwPepeMusicDE]

@myrmur

I listed the used equipment at the end of the video. It's really just a stereo Delay and a stereo Reverb from BOSS - nothing else! In my other Lambda video you can hear the pure and unaltered sound of this synthesizer! It is FAT!

[karmafarm]

very enjoyable!

[maracas]

you could add a video of chorus(choir) preset only?

[wwwPepeMusicDE]

@maracas

I'm about to do another Lambda video. I'll play single and unaltered voices then. :o)

[eide97]

Vsti can emulate this, and sound similar, but NEVER the same... Great!!

Estupendo, felicidades y saludos.

[danceofthedruids]

Nice ... I just discovered this instrument ... so under-rated .... thanks for sharing .....

[stephenteller]

Great demo. I've had a Lambda since 1979 or so when I bought it new. You've captured some of the best sounds it's capable of.

[Neocron]

Wonderfull

[MusicMiK]

Really nice sounds. Impressive for such a comparable simple machine.