Keio (Korg) Mini Pops Junior drum-box

[HarvestmanMan]

I almost saved one of these from being thrown away at Goodwill, but I didn't...

[MrBrady85]

i believe that the intro of toto's africa was recorded with this thing



[Metotron0]

Начало Восьмиклассницу Цоя напомнило

[emzehpfau]

looks and sounds beautiful

[rays130226]

Sounds like Enola Gay-OMD

[stinkfists462]

0:37, am I the only Gorillaz fan? Last Living Souls?

[xerfes]

Sounds like a porn-soundtrack. :)

[ZippAgain]

:33

Never Known Questions?

[stormsirens2]

I think my grandma's vacuum tube organ had something like this

[thebigsee]

This is the model drum machine that Echo and the Bunnymen used before they got Pete DeFreitas.

[seifukusha]

@thebigsee Yes, this is the "ECHO" in Echo and the Bunnymen, good call.

[LittleTokyoOff]

Buggles - Astro Boy(and the Proles on Parade) - I wanna buy this thing so badly.

[MrYuppie]

Blondie - Heart of Glass

[gix500]

so this can only make this calypso or what ever it is LOL, they made a drum box only for calypso bands, a hip hopper would not be able to use this....funny machine

[bigbigsound]

@gix500 only a really inexperienced narrow minded hip-hopper COULDNT use this drum machine.

[sparkey989]

@bigbigsound there is no such thing a s a hip hopper you mindfashed ignorent fuck

[sparkey989]

@gix500 lol waht the hell is a hip hopper. You mean a DJ? dumbass

[gix500]

@sparkey989 well here we say that, but i should have said rap musician then

[meamjustme]

analog..... we will miss you! :'(

[Reddigitalmusic]

Very cool how you demo all the machines, I've always wanted to know the difference between them, now I know, I really appreciate it!

[HelloNewYorkCity]

why do preset drum machines exist? they are all preset, its like basically a speaker with a tape playing those drum sounds.

[LittleNegrillio]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH!!!

[shoegazetechnicolor]

this sounds like the drum machine suicide used.

[Jerbaki]

looks like a time bomb device..hehehehe..nice sound....

[processedbeef]

Nice. Ive been looking on ebay for one of these.

[TheSilverDubber]

hahaha sounds like the sort of thing some dodgy pub 'band' would use!

"Join in if you know the words......"

[eyeflow9]

this sat atop many an organ without in built drum machine in the 70s i would imagine.

[odinmp5]

@eyeflow9 yes

in mys chool they had one.

it was out of work, but the orgn was an old bontempi thata had no "soul"

[batterycock]

was the first pattern used in Air's you make it easy song. but slower tempo..

[peter47a]

Must have cost you a fortune!

[joselchino]

wow.. what a sound..

[simonphilipsmusic]

@retrosound72 is it?

[TheVincentPROduction]

super warmer sound!

[punchingpillow]

I'm presently using a softsynth plug-in version of the mini pops machine in my songs. Check out: sweet, sweet smile, 15 minutes of fame, and (Living in my) Aspy's Paradise. I think this machine has the best sound ever!

[CaptainErn]

@punchingpillow

what's this softsynth called?

[punchingpillow]

@CaptainErn it's called rythmus, and you can combine any number of basic rythms and adjust panning and volume for every instrument in it

[Morph13337]

reminds me of marvin gay - sexual healing :>

[DDeDokter]

@Morph13337 LOL True xD

[vinylkolours]

wooow yo quiero una de esas

[VincentsVideoVisions]

Kinda reminds me of the beginning of "Talisman" by AIR.

[topsyandpip56]

The Buggles used this in Astroboy! Look the song up and the beat is right at the beginning!

[Denus01]

This vintage drumcomputer is in a rare mint condition :)

Nice !

[ciolamorta]

Love the bossa beat... so warm... still good for today.

[AtomicMutant]

Oxygene part IV anyone?

[ec101dm]

cute box :-)

[Keijz74]

Soo seventies. Reminds me of the seventies Philips veneered television and AKAI tape recorder, receiver and loudspeakers we had.

[singinglawnchair]

Sounded like the Residents used this for the Not Available album.

[beaverco]

wheeeeere can I findddd... Is so coool!

[miamiwax]

hook that into a space echo!!

[danthedonHBB]

so... can u make ur own rhythms or is it only the preset ones??

[retrosound72]

this is a preset drumbox

[danthedonHBB]

maann... the snares sound mad!!! like a fucking gunshot!!! :O

[joshuaerice]

Huh. This sounds similar to the Rhythm Ace.

[danthedonHBB]

rhythm ace??

[juzzmezz]

ive had a few rhythm-ace organs and they all had this drum mach sounds and button controls-multiple combinations could create some nice havoc-early residents !

[Tubeuserthefirst]

magic sound!

[cftp]

We love and use the mini pops hard and direct.

[megisandyugis]

woah! where did you find that?

[Samadhijunkie]

Yezz love was looking for samples for a long time, hope tou don't mind, did some resampling and could loop it just fine, great thanx

[HarryBlach]

what year was this made

[retrosound72]

1972

[NEILVANCE]

...ahh, lovely.... the 'Buggles' - AstroBoy! ... there you are!

[GoalDeRaul]

@NEILVANCE .... ooooh yes Astoboy and may be on Miss Robot no?

[smellyjonnie]

add a warbly sound and you have the sounds of Caberet Volitare's Do the snake

[TheLustFactor]

I love old school technology. It produces a certain type of sound that compels me to get my freak on! Shake yo booty retro style...

[quantizerx]

amazing!

[jukidribbling]

similar sound casio´s PT-40?

[retrosound72]

no the mini pops is real analog

[jukidribbling]

very nice!! and the wood case !! thanks

[1986uno45s]

@jukidribbling It's also very similar to the Casio MT 65/ 68 model (and other early Casios), which DID have analogue drums. Each drum has a trim pot on the circuit board allowing for each percussion sound to be tweaked. Later Casios used digital samples and lost the warmth of the earlier models.

[kenkarsonn]

YES!! JEAN MICHEL JARRE'S OXYGENE DRUM MACHINE! I love this sound!

[reenman27]

does it take usb?  lol

[Chefsunnyg]

HAHA

[ColeChisholm]

i know, right? obviously firewire...duh...

[TheDragonworm]

You'll need Windows 7 with sp2, lol.

[amerthil]

i don't think anyone knows how this works, they just press buttons.

[sborges433]

Ultravox's "Hiroshima Mon Amour"!

[DreHectik]

this is like the oldest and simplest beat machine i've ever seen....I want one

[messthetics]

very cheap on ebay. I bought one for £24

[Tayl0NP]

My, if this was in my hands I would feel as if any musical endeavor of mine would be golden... I was in the market for a drum machine and now I know what I need!

[sonicsecs]

thanks for this clear and useful demonstration.

[retrosound72]

thanks for your comment :)

[NEILVANCE]

Roxy Music - "Dance Away"!!!!!!!

[DJMeowMixer]

@NEILVANCE good call

[ChronologieIV]

Oki, thanks for answering. I've been looking for a Minipops 7 on eBay, without luck so far.

[ChronologieIV]

Does it have the same sounds/rythms than Minipops 7?

[AnalogAudio1]

Hi, I have both and I can say they sound different! Note that the Minipops Junior has only a few drum sounds. The Minipops 7 has 15-16 of them, and more rhythms. The Minipops 7 is the only Minipops model, which has these 3 characteristic sounds (Qujiada, Tambourine and Guiro), which are mixable to the rhythms.

[CasaNovaStudios]

Bro, you're the king of synths!!!!! I'm learning a lot from your videos. Thanks so much for all the demonstrations.

[retrosound72]

:)

thanks for your kind words

[SELFsufficiently]

he just pushes the buttons.

[topsyandpip56]

This was used in Buggles - Astroboy and the paroles on parade (at the beginning)

[ReapearingDoubleChin]

Yeah, I have something like that attached to my hammond organ.

[visvires]

That looks like a stolen car radio haha. Awesome. 5 stars.

[retrosound72]

:-)

[Hatcollecter]

The best of preset drum machines imho.

[williamc99]

wow, nice vintage drum machine. That doesn't sound too bad really.

5 stars.

[retrosound72]

Thanks for watching and rating :)

[XMOB]

I don't remember which beat box it was but in 1982 or 1983 i was using a similar one in my DJ Booth, i'm looking to find one in 2008 :-). The beat box was also used in the Joe Jackson "Steppin' Out" song. The front panel was similar and has a Rock preset, that the one Joe Jackson choose for his track.

[retrosound72]

Thanks for the comment.

[XMOB]

I've found what i was looking for. The Korg rhythm 55. Do you have one to show ?

[bentsynth]

36. sounded like girls on film :)

[retrosound72]

Yes.

Thanks for watching.

[eljuanlux]

jejejeje cool is this a drum macine?

[retrosound72]

This is the MiniPops drum box with 10 preset rhythm.