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korg ms20 mini - 100% analog

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donaldcrunk
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Re: korg ms20 mini - 100% analog

just got done pre-ordering this via sweetwater. should get one fresh off the boat!

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Yamaha wake up!!!!
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Re: korg ms20 mini - 100% analog

Holy crap! A street of $599?!

If this does well, I'm really thinking Korg will unveil an analog poly synth down the road.

-Mc

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What you're experiencing with these units is the result of our warehouse crew intentionally "overpacking" this product.




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Re: korg ms20 mini - 100% analog

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McHale! U must order one NAO, take the end caps off and measure the FP for 19" rack suitability.

Please.

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McHale
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Plink Floyd wrote:

McHale! U must order one NAO, take the end caps off and measure the FP for 19" rack suitability.

Please.


I have the ms20 in my Kronii. But I do know that Crunk is buying one so when his comes in, it won't be long before I get to see it in person.  I'm more tempted by the new VA to be honest.

-Mc

Response from John from American Musical Supply on why I have received 2 used/damaged Korg M3's and 1 reboxed M3 from Guitar Center (a.k.a. while I'll never buy from AMS again):


Footfall wrote:

What you're experiencing with these units is the result of our warehouse crew intentionally "overpacking" this product.




Current Korg Gear: KRONOS 88 (4GB), M50-73 (PS mod), RADIAS-73, Electribe MX, Triton Pro (MOSS, SCSI, CF, 64MB RAM), DVP-1, MEX-8000, MR-1, KAOSSilator, nanoKey, nanoKontrol, nanoPAD 2
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donaldcrunk
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just spoke with a sweetwater rep - out of the initial shipment of 96 that theyre getting from Korg, 84 of them are already spoken fo. after 1 day! thats NUTS
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I wonder what owners of the original MS20 are thinking and saying right now?  

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donaldcrunk
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Re: korg ms20 mini - 100% analog

original owners will probably lord their full sized keys over us.

still some confusion over whether the individual CV inputs are 1v/octave or not. they may not be. will have to find a workaround.

expect a new Korg All Excess video on this thing, STG has a fancy new camera we'll have to mess with, it will look really nice. i need more gear demos on my utube channel.
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donaldcrunk wrote:

still some confusion over whether the individual CV inputs are 1v/octave or not. they may not be. will have to find a workaround.


 

Also seems to be some confusion about whether this uses S-Trig or not.  (Either that, or I'm not reading that Muff's thread correctly.)

 

I'm slightly concerned about these potential incompatibilities.  I'd love to have a modular controller keyboard of some sort, and this seems like a good candidate -- if it will interface with a euro system without needing a converter module.

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donaldcrunk wrote:
still some confusion over whether the individual CV inputs are 1v/octave or not. they may not be. will have to find a workaround.

 

In the specifications on Korg's website, under the "Patch Panel" section, it says:

 

VCO:

      VCO-1 + VCO-2 external frequency control input (OCT/V) (-5V - +5V)
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Re: korg ms20 mini - 100% analog

i "believe" it's as the original so 5 volts per octave...the only quastion i have over that is that the king korg can control the ms20 mini via cv/gate...so maybe head over it's specs and see if that is 5volt or 1 volt?

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Re: korg ms20 mini - 100% analog

I read that as 1V per octave BUT the range is -5 to +5 and not 0 to +10.

Hurrr. Derp, derp, derp.
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cresshead wrote:

i "believe" it's as the original so 5 volts per octave...the only quastion i have over that is that the king korg can control the ms20 mini via cv/gate...so maybe head over it's specs and see if that is 5volt or 1 volt?


 

I suspect it would be easier just to use MIDI.

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having a bipolar input voltage wouldnt be the end of the world, that can be scaled around. yet another argument for replacement endcheeks with a row of euro at the top.

veracohr, MIDI is fine, and actually the master tune input is 1v per octave as well, so getting the synth to run as one voice under sequence is not the issue. most of us i think want to take advantage of the individual cv inputs for each osc, so we can get duophonic (oscillators at least, though filters can be patched parallel too!) sequences going. those individual inputs being in a bipolar range instead of just 0-10v makes that a bit tougher, some shifting of the control voltage will have to be done to access lower notes.


as an aside, does anyone know how to quote a previous poster on this new forum while on a mobile device? i see no option for it..

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cresshead
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"I suspect it would be easier just to use MIDI."

 

no actually...midi on the ms20 mini is ONLY note on off and pitch

 

whereas cv/gate can be patched into other areas.

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Well done korg. No more overpriced ms20s and ms20 controllers on ebay.
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http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=Korg+MS2000B&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313&_n...

This has got to be the most MS20's I've seen on E-bay to date.  :smileylol:

 

 

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thats really really funny. that synth has always eluded me, no more i say!
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Intrigued: Why 86% of original size? What an odd number. It's like someone chose "Scale > 86%" by accident in the CAD software they were using to design it, right before it went off for manufacturing. hmm.

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