Korg iMS-20 demo

Well here's another iPad demo, again I know its not my normal thing but I thought this app would be interesting for you also. This was released today and is currently on sale at 50% of normal price.

What you get is a software MS-20, SQ-10, a drum machine and a mixer. I guess its comparable to the DS-10 on the Nintendo DS.

I've worked on many MS-20's but never owned one, I've literally only had the software for a few minutes before doing the demo, so it's really just a first look and I'm obviously a little lost with it.

One thing I did test (which I'm sure most of you would be interested in) is the filter. It self resonates as expected but it does sound a little stair cased. I suppose this is to be expected with software, though I honestly don't understand why there isn't some form of slew to combat this.

Still it's quite fun to mess around with and certainly one of those apps to play around with on long trips.

Moog Filtatron Demo

I don't normally do iPad demos but i figured some of you might be interested in this app. It's the Moog Filtatron that was released yesterday.

In the demo I show using the internal oscillator and a couple of drum loops I recorded. There's also a line in option but you'd need something like the iRig to use that which I don't have.

It's a fun app but I'm not sure how much serious use it will get, still at $10 it's hardly a dent in the wallet.

Synth Drum Percussion

The inspiration for this little jam came from the cool poly mode on the Mono/Poly. When it's set to poly mode and the arpeggiator is running each oscillator is triggered one after the other. Combine that with some x-mod and you can get some nice synth percussion.

I then added an SH-101 bass drum, an MC-202 snare (noise patched in from the SH-101) and additional percussion from the A-100 modular. The A-115-5 is used for the synth bell tones and I'm also using the A-106-1 with self oscillation for a few blips.

The modular was triggered from the TR-606, though this is only used for triggers and not any sounds. All the drums are synthesized.

All that was left was to add a bassline from the TB-303 and record a little jam.

I'm using touchOSC and osculator to control Logic.

Synth Repair Services

Since I'm no longer part of Analog Sweden I'm offering my services for vintage synth repairs, if you had a repair done there over the past 20 months then you'll already know my work.

I'm offering very competitive rates and to get the ball rolling I will beat any competitors quote. So if you are in need of any kind of analog synth repair work drop me a line on info@dinsync.info and let me know what the problem is you are having. I'll get right back to you with my thoughts on what to do or how much it may cost to repair.

I've lots of experience with vintage gear, here's a list of just some of the machines I've worked on over the last 12 months

Arp 2600
Arp Odyssey MKI/MKII/MKIII
Jen SX-2000
Korg MS-10
Korg MS-20
Korg MS-50
Korg SQ-10
Korg 900ps
Korg Trident
Korg Polysix
Korg Monopoly
Moog Minimoog
Moog Memorymoog
Oberheim Four Voice/Eight Voice/SEM
Oberheim OBX
Oberheim OBXa
Roland Juno-106
Roland JX3P
Roland MC-202
Roland SH-101
Roland SH-2000
Roland System 100 - 101
Roland System 100 - 102
Roland TB-303
Roland TR-606
Roland TR-808
Roland TR-909
Roland VP-330
Sequential Circuits Pro One
Sequential Circuits Prophet 5
Sequential Circuits Prophet 2000
Sequential Circuits Prophet T8
Sequential Circuits Prophet VS
Yamaha CS-60
Yamaha CS-70

Roland SH-101 Modifications

You can wire the LFO outputs direct from the rear of the LFO selection knob at these points. Wire the tip of the jack to the point in question and wire the sleeve of the jack to a convienient ground.



You can wire the oscillator outputs direct from the rear of the source mixer faders at these points. Wire the tip of the jack to the point in question and wire the sleeve of the jack to a convienient ground, with the VCF cutoff cv, add a 100k resistor in line to the tip of the jack. To wire up the triange output, simply wire the tip of the jack to pin 10 on the CEM3340 ic. (this is done exactly the same as it is for the MC202 vesrion of this mod, details here)



work in progress...



all done.

6th September UPDATE



I added this picture of my ground wire (red wire center of the pic.) As you can see theres a nice little ground symbol marked on the control board. I found this to be the best place to take ground from for this mod. Also your connection wires should be shielded wire, leave the ground floating at the pcb end (you'll see mine have some heat shrink tubing to insulate the shield from touching the board and connect the shield at the jack end, this will create nice little rf jackets for your "live" wires. If you don't use shielded wire you'll end up with some bleed through from the circuits.