MKS 50 Test

A quick run through of the best sounds in the incredibe Alpha Juno Rack. Midi'd up to an Edirol PCR-500.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• dzod
• roland
• mks-50
• mks50
• alpha
• juno
• alpha juno
• synthesizer
• synth
• analogue
• edirol
• pcr500
• pcr-500

[gmullin]

This predates SAW. They used the DX7 and D-50.

[aspidistral]

Hi,

Thanks for posting this. Nice range of sounds. Love the housey pads (I'm not a house lover).

Seems you get pretty smooth editing from the PCR-500. I have found filter sweeps a bit steppy from PG300EMU. I'll have to make myself a patch for my hardware controller. Is your controller plugged direct to the MKS-50?

Cheers

[gmullin]

Yes. It took a white to set up though.

[gmullin]

Damn right. I cant get over how "alive" it sounds. It's got warmth and fatness and real punch to the bass. It's the best £94 I've ever spent.

[vinyljunkie07]

Thats a good price you paid for it, lately my juno has been a right star! It's turned out 3 avarage tracks into beatuties hahah

Honestly dude gave me a tune with some ace drum work but it was lacking something he said synth wise...I was like oh hell I know what that nees lol I go get my alpha out and BAM man that hit the G spot in seconds, bass and pads simply ace. Has a very warm tone indeed, when I have to take a bit of gear with me it's either the mpc or the juno lol

[gmullin]

I've got a crazy idea of building a desktop alpha juno out of my mks50 and a pg300 (if I can get one).

[harpsinth]

the instrument sounds fantastic even when only noise is done instead of music.

[Andybaby]

This is the Stock Aitken Waterman synth sound.

[SnooglebumExists]

EXTERMINATE. EXTERMINATE. EXTERMINATE.

[FenixiaDuo]

How much does this synth cost?

[audiotrax2000]

This just sounds fantastic. Compare this to any of the vids of the Arturia Jupiter 8V, and the MKS-50 just blows it away. And it costs LESS than the software model too. It's juicy and sounds 3 dimensional. I guess hardware, even with one oscillator, still wins by a long shot...

[xbase09]

@gmullin any midi hardware that sends nrpn can controll mks50's envelopes. so you can tweak it from an edirol as the one used in this video or get a behringer bcr. a whole lot cheaper than a pg-300

[pomfrit93]

nice with the darlek

[SpacehotelMusic]

@LALLZ Juno 6/60 doesn't have VCOs. Still DCOs. The difference is in the filter chip (better in the 60) and the hardware envelopes.

[kicksNCY]

geting deep bro!!