KORG Z1 MOSS Synthesizer (1997)

synthesizer demo by RetroSound

KORG Z1 MOSS Synthesizer from the year 1997

MOSS = Multi Oscillator Synthesis System, 13 different oscillator models (analog, comb filter, ring modulation, variable phase modulation, cross modulation, oscillator sync, resonance, organ model, brass model, electric piano model, reed model, plucked string model, bowing string model)

a great analog modeling synth with 12-voice polyphony, , four LFOs, two resonant filters, two effects units, arpeggiator and many more.
a absolute underrated synth!

this demo shows the different sound possibilities. first a few arpeggiator patches and in then second part some special sounds. no external fx used!

more info:
http://www.retrosound.de/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/RetroSound-Marko-Ettlich/265713782347

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[21642164]

eurobeat

[retrosound72]

@21642164 ;)

[ViRtUaLmOnKeY023]

Lovin' this, great synth. Thanks for posting.

[funkb0x]

My virgin ears have just been raped by the Z1 sounds

I've never heard this synthesizer before & now things wont be the same

Those sounds you made Marko are ridiculously good

[liverawkstar]

I don't under rate this synth at all---

I have over 30 synths and this one by far is one of my faces along side my Waldorf's and DSI's==

this is great digital:

nice breathy sounds, (etheric) flute possibilities : best ever ...

easy to program to, if you half way know whats going on

[weatherkop]

teisto is right where he belongs, on a commercial. shite. ranting aside, Im finally getting a Z1 after owning two Prophecies and being underwhelmed by the monophony and keys but very satisfied by the depth of the synthesis types. like a digital pirate trotting along the dark waters of infinity I will find the beast and slay it.

[albedoshader]

@albedoshader: Soweit ich weiß, ist auch das Hüllkurvenverhalten nicht identisch. Prophecy-patches lassen sich auch nicht eins-zu-eins in Z1-Patches übersetzen, zumindest nicht ohne manuelle Feinarbeit.

Aber der brachiale „Lo-Fi“-Sound des Prophecy macht ja gerade seinen berühmt-berüchtigten Charakter aus, der „klinisch-digitale“ Klang des Z1 ist ebenfalls charakteristisch. Man kann jedoch aus beiden Maschinen mit genug Erfahrung, Geduld und Experimentierfreude erstaunliche Sounds herausholen.

[albedoshader]

@DrSqu: Ich habe mir direkt bei Erscheinen den Prophecy gekauft (damals für satte DM 2500.-, von meinem Nachhilfe- und Zivigeld) und habe ihn heute noch. Den Z1 hatte ich direkt nach Markteinführung mal getestet, hatte aber nicht das Geld dafür. Klanglich gibt es schon einen Unterschied. Das Aliasing setzt beim Prophecy früher ein. Der Z1 hat, soweit ich weiß, 48 kHz sampling rate, der Prophecy müsste um 41 kHz liegen. Die Prophecy-Filter klingen rauher, vielleicht schlechteres Supersampling?

[D10078]

So many synths and only a very few get through the doors at my local Guitar Center Like 1 rare item I wish I had the money less than $500.00 it was and was an Oberhiem if I spelled correctly. Blue faceplate green led. Played with it for an hour.

[Asraaf]

For me the greatest synth ever made. ^^

[MrDFaraday]

@drumsdrumdrumdrum You are correct. I ended up getting a JP8000 instead. I had a few digital synths and I guess I just needed something different.

[drumsdrumdrumdrum]

@MrDFaraday Sounded too digital??? That's a GOOD thing, isn't it? Maybe you where after an analog synth at the time, in which case, that totally makes sense!

[MrDFaraday]

I thought about buying one of these when they first came out. Tried it in the shop and hated the presets. The Z1 sounds too digital and its painful to program.

[retrosound72]

@Rawwbot nee nicht direkt. ich habe nur einem anderen synth den vorzug gegeben der mir musikalisch mehr bringt.