KORG MS-10 Analog Synthesizer 1978 | HQ DEMO

The semimodular monophonic Korg MS-10 hit the market 1978 and was the small brother of the popular MS-20. It can be seen as a cutdown version of the MS-20. It has 1 VCO, 1 VCF, 1 LFO and 1 ADSR envelope. It has one feature, that the MS-20 doesn't has: PWM - pulse width modulation. It can be modulated by the LFO, ADSR, keyboard, noise or any other external source. It also has an input jack for external signals - they can be treated with the filter and envelopes.

It has a 12 dB filter - similar to the MS-20 lowpass filter.

The MS-10 is an interesting synthesizer and also an useful expansion to your MS20. If you don't have a MS-20, don't worry - the MS-10 delivers some typical MS-20 sounds - but only a fraction of them. The MS-10 sounds great - raw, electronic basses, dirty leads, interesting FX... and you can treat external sounds with the filter.

In this demo, I played the MS-10 with Roland DEP-5 (delay) and Lexicon MPX 500 (reverb).

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Ms-20
• MS-50
• Roland
• System
• 100
• PS-3100
• PS-3200
• PS-3300
• modular

[salvadory]

are these repairable if they go kaputt???- want to get one but dont want to buy an analog like the yamaha cs which have parts that are no longer available and if they die your stuck with a 1000 dollar bookshelf piece - are MS10s parts available if things go awry since they are afterall pushing 30 + years old

[AnalogAudio1]

@salvadory well - everything can break: your synth, your partnership, your body, your live... spare parts? Enjoy as long you can :-)

[herrlipp]

Can't even begin to tell you how useful this demo is. Just got my MS-10 a couple weeks ago, and I appreciate you showing the settings you're messing with - really helping me think about the patch panel. Using the Keyboard CV out to drive the peaked-out 'cutoff frequency' tone, and hiding the basic keyboard pitch by cranking PWM, to get those crazy satellite sounds in the intro (and 6:30) is genius.

Gracias amigo!

[AnalogAudio1]

@herrlipp thank you amigo! :-)

[Iwalkedtheplank]

Ok so like I play piano and own a synth but its more modern? MicroKorg. And I have watched/ listened to bands that use vintage sounds and stuff and I'm always fascinated and I really love it but the thing is I'm afraid to buy one cus it all looks sooooo confusing and I think I would just be stuck with an awesome synth and not know how to get anything out of it...

:'(

[AnalogAudio1]

@Iwalkedtheplank Vintage synths look confusing? Well, you must learn to program a MS-10, there are no presets. To get good sounds out of it, time and experience is needed. That's why it's confusing for some people. The MS-10 is great to begin with!

But if you need new sounds by pressing a button, and don't want to deal with synthesis, the Microkorg is the better choice.

[salvadory]

@AnalogAudio1 true but are there replacement chips for the ms10 capicitors etc- do you know- many old analogs are repairable? some arent- i was just wondering if the ms10 was one of the fixable ones-?

[cruncherx86]

@AnalogAudio1 The most simple (but true) view of everything in life! I 100% agree. Thanks AA1!

[KaeRZed]

When I see your demo, I'm thinking that bying an MS10 and patching it with my Yamaha CS15 could be really cool.... :o)

Thx for the video....

[loveunderlaw]

@The7thINFANTRY Get a Korg MS-10, MS-20, or a MS-20EX if you want USB connectivity to your system. But you'll need the Korg Legacy collection software to make full use of the MS-20EX.

[The7thINFANTRY]

Hmmm, this, the MS-20, a Moog Voyager Old School, or a Moog Little Phatty?

[CoolColJ24]

Sounds great

[CoolColJ24]

Sounds great

What reverb are you using?

[buscrates]

I wish they made these instead of those 'thin'-thesizers they make nowadays. Your demos are definitely some of the best.