Superbooth 2023: Korg Berlin Prototype Acoustic Synthesizer
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
- The Korg Berlin lab show us their intriguing prototype Acoustic Synthesizer. We visited Korg at Superbooth 23 for their first public showing of their acoustic synthesis technology, where Tatsuya Takahashi gave an in-depth explanation on how Korg's acoustic synthesis works including a sound demonstration.
00:00 - Introduction
01:03 - What Is Acoustic Synthesis?
02:55 - How Does The Technology Work?
06:15 - Prototype Acoustic Synthesizer Demo
08:48 - Physically Interacting With The Acoustic Synthesizer
09:55 - Future Potential & Product Ideas
The Korg Berlin lab show us their intriguing Prototype Acoustic Synthesiser
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Bravo to Korg for trying new musical paths and to the young engineer for implementing this new synth.
That's Tatsuya Takahashi the creator of the Volca series, minilogue etc... Not sure how young but a big name in the field already for a while
It seems like they're going for a similar principle to what the Motorsynth does.
👏🏽Well said!! Its too rare amongst the BigThree!
@@damnfractal More like a fender rhodes with filtered feedback.
@@atovproject He’s Asian, so he probably 53 lol
Whether this is successful or not is irrelevant. It will no doubt inspire an entirely new pathway for synth makers going forward . Great job Korg!
or die out. i really didnt hear it do anything I cant do with other synths. it seems sort of pointless. a cool exploration.
@@s.fleming2441 i feel like you're missing the point with the feedback system. This implementation can be used in a wide variety of applications.
It is basically FL Sakura for real
@@magnopere Digital synths have been producing tones like these for decades, by modulating a sine, square, or triangle wave with multiple sine, square, or triangle wave harmonic frequencies. Technically known as additive synthesis.
Seems like another toy for talentless hacks to pose with
Mr. Takahashi's explanation of this amazing device is so clear and concise. So cool!
Incredible! A company like Korg actually trying to innovate and not just pump out money making synths is amazing to see
Unlike certain companies. *cough*roland*cough*
Eoo oooooeeo❤
@@macrocosm4442 bro literally unliked my comment lol💔 (I SAW U DO IT)
@@kebab_boiyou spelled behringer wrong
@@babzenuda 🤣
Thanks to Korg and Sound on Sound, it’s awesome to see the birth of a new musical instrument!
Yeah, a mini fender Rhodes....
This is phenomenal. The tone as demonstrated makes me imagine a glass armonica, but one where you can vary the shapes of the bowls under your fingers. Korg have done amazing work to create this technology.
The ability to physically interfere with the acoustic element can really open up a level of expressive control that could close the gap between guitars and keyboard-based synths. Excited to see where they go with this, hoping for different ways to physically interact - plucking, tapping, scraping, all bringing different expressive sounds
you can do that with pianos and electric pianos already
check out the expressive e osmose
@@vidkarsrudgreksa1363 I am so psyched about that thing after Benn Jordan's video on it, can't wait to try it
I like that it's an analog and digital emerging technology, this will give infinite organic sound which could spawn a new type of music. Good job engineering team it's impressive work.
It isn't analog and digital emerging technology. It is acoustic/electronic hybrid instrument, and functionality is similar to acoustic-electric guitar. Electronic part of it could be analog or digital, but it really doesn't matter. What does matter is a concept. I think that the most important aspect is that everything is under one enclosure. That makes a difference.
E-bow Kalimba!!! Nice!
So cool! Tetsuya is a freakin' genius mad scientist. I love it!
Yes! And so good at explaining!
The concept reminds me of Nicolas Bernier's work electronically exciting different tuning forks.
Such a great demo. 10 points to whoever came up with the idea for the flip books!
Seems like an interactive spring reverb would be a nice addition to this instrument.
Then combine it with the drone motor synth and some Theramin-like + capacitive controls for the ultimate hands-on sound machine! 😃
Love everything about it. The drum machine and plate effects have got to be seen through!
Always trust an engineer who ages backwards.
The engineering behind this is phenomenal. Holy crap. So cool.
I feel like this is just the tip of the iceberg. Can't wait to see where this goes and also, what comes out of other synth companies with this as inspiration. Exciting stuff!
Most exciting new synthesizer I’ve seen in a long time 😍
I love the idea of being able to physically play and manipulate the synth . so that like any acoustic instrument people can develop a skill and physical technique to create their own unique sound.. Love that ! 😊
Looking forward to a demo of the final product. Hopefully you'll be able to activate through MIDI - playing a set piece would be much easier from a keyboard.
I love Tats. I wish we could clone him, and have one in every music tech company. Genius. This is exactly where the future is. Everything concept should be hybrid. Transmodal. When he said, should this be a desktop instrument, should this be a drum machine, etc. ? The answer is: Yes. This doesn't seem like a one-off instrument, this seems like a demo of a new type of instrument development.
a new type of synthesis with many capabilities and much potential
Mr. Takayashi has always been a giant visionary, many of his creations changed music hardware forever. amazing man really
This is so exciting. Even if it is just an experiment the day we will be able to produce convincing realistic sounds on such a tiny space is getting closer.
@@zipperton If you are talking about physical modelling synthesis, yes, that came quite some time ago. I'm talking about a small factor (polyphonic?) synthesizer that uses real resonators instead of physically sampled oscillators, now that's the real deal I haven't seen yet.
I know that I'm talking about. What is the point of your "lol"? There is no need to play it smart in here...
@@asdszf physically modelling isnt sampled. its a algorithm. and real resonators always need room. there is no way to size them down. the resonance frequency is defined by its volume. welcome to physics
@@brainslayer666 yes it uses algorithms which is a fancy word for a set of rules of how a model should act. for example, how a "steel string" should physically deform based on the external energy applied. but you always need a model, which in the real world are the driver and resonator (both are one, not separated entities like it is emulated in analog synthesis where the oscillator is your driver and the filter works as a resonator but there are separated hardware units). But real instruments are more complicated than this. a piano hit will never sound the same in the microscopic level: there are many factors that alters its physical shape like the atmosphere, the hammer pieces getting old, the strings gradually losing tension, your fingers not hitting with the same force... the older the instrument gets the "different" it sounds. sorry for the long comment, this is just an example as to why we still don't have the perfect algorithm to fully emulate your grandad attic's piano.
as to resonators always needing room: as long you have the fundamental frequency calculating the overtones is straight up simple. read more about how tape echoes pedals/emulators works an how they can emulate a huge metal room without actually needing to have one inside of them. Frequency has nothing to do with volume, that is a subjective term to describe the amount of 3D space an object takes.
The Basic idea is pretty interesting and i'm glad that electro-acoustic instruments are actually approached more. I did not expect Korg doing that of all people but i am glad they do and I'm and very curious. Especially since Korg actually manages to deliver at a good and reasonable price-range. Pretty sure the whole thing might probably result in VERY customizable kits that Korg might sell as Entry, Midrange and Expert level kits and perhaps even various modules you could add into your Acoustic Synthesizer system. Kinda like a Modular System but for an Electro Acoustic system. There's a LOT of potential coming from the usersbase too that Korg might even adapt. I can almost see them perhaps doing a guitar-string based Instrument as well and basically turning the concept of an E-Guitar and turning it more into a Synth. Especially with a little built in sampler/looper.
Really hope Korg is reading this!!!!
Props to you Korg for keep innovating synthesis like this. It looks and sounds so promising already. Can't wait to see where this will go.
What an absolute legend!
this is the coolest thing ive seen in a very long time! The potential is bonkers! Thanks Korg, you've taken synthesis to a new level!
This instrument is really helping me understand what a fundamental is and how it's created, and how frequencies interact with one another in general. Great visual.
I like everything about this. The "acoustic" animation books are an excellent touch.
I love how he's able to naturally explain everything about the device.... It sounds pretty cool as well!
Bravo to Korg for once again reminding us that they're not just all about vintage, nostalgia-based design, but are also a team of forward-thinking innovators looking to create new and more unique ways of experimenting with sound.
I think this is more backward-thinking. Just not buying it, figuratively or literally.
@@YourMom-zt5zj what about it exactly is "backward-thinking"?
The future really is in the digital domain and it's not being explored nearly enough: most companies just stop at wavetables and call it good. There's just a lot more to do and to explore, especially with the advent of AI.
This new Korg thing just seems sonically very limited and uninteresting to me, like a gimmick. I could not think of any area of my music production where I'd actually want to hear this, so I won't be buying it. To each their own, but it's just in no way sonically satisfying to me.
Maybe my mind will change, but I can already hear this on some hipster-adjacent music I'll probably not like.
Tats is great… he’s like, current generation heir to Moog/Buchla/Perlman/Zinoffiev. Wonder if they are going to make a larger, like 49-key or 61-key version. Can’t imagine it would be cheap to do so. But very new and unique concept. Very exciting!
Tats is an absolute legend. So please Korg has given him free reign to explore new ideas. Very interested to see how this concept evolves.
Very interesting. Great presentation, thanks!
So excited for what's to come from this amazingly creative team!
I see lots of potential in this. I can't wait to see what kind of instrument they'll come up with. The combinations of tines/resonators and tubes could be awesome.
Leo Fender was a smart guy.
So cool! Thanks for sharing Korg and SOS!
Very very cool. I could see this playing in a similar space to an Ondes Martenot. It does have glass harmonica vibes too. Being able to physically interact or interrupt the tines system sounds like a good time.
Korg is always doing they're homework and coming up with cool stuff,love em!!🗽♥️
So it's like an electric thumb piano with split tines, very specifically excited by electromagnet, with a pickup, feedback system, and synth on the back end. That's awesome. Serious outside the box thinking.
Truly incredible and inspiring! Congrats Tats and the team, can't wait to try this instrument out. Sounds absolutely gorgeous and out of this world
Love the concept, we need more interactive instruments! Reminds me a bit of the Moog guitar with the whole feedback sustain/damp thing, but this seems way more interesting!
very much like the moog guitar!
Fascinating and brilliant for Korg to continue innovating. Great to hear the designer too, lovely chap with super energy.
Please do alla of the versions, drum machine, strings, and one that needs air to work, I’ll buy all of them straight away, this idea is really cool !!!
A little acoustic drum synthesizer. That would be so cool.
In my mind I have already purchased this
Even the animations are "acoustic ". Amazing work 🎉
really excited for that would love to see some really organic and natural kind of sounds to work with it
Love the inventive ingenuity Korg! I'm definitely going to follow the development of this instrument!
Well done! The life inside is pretty close to Fender Rhodes except the absence of hammers. It opens up sure a whole new approach for new sounds🎉
I thought the same but he actually explains how it’s even different from that due to it physically manipulating the actual acoustic elements vs just capturing the sound and manipulating that electronically. Super cool
Hell yes. Keep it coming man. This is forreal.
What a beautifully complex sound! Love it!
This is one of the most interesting concepts for a synth that I've seen in a long time. I generally consider myself as having all the synths I need, but I would make a point to get something like this if the final product had just a couple more octaves to play with.
Brilliant. Well done Korg; a fascinating concept. I'm very interested in seeing how this develops.
Tatsuya Takahashi has a wonderful mind and would make a brilliant teacher. very interested in what Korg is working on here.
Amazing concept, cant wait to see where this ends up.. Thanks for the walkthrough.!
What a fantastic concept 💡 I love the fact you have so many different sounds coming from 1 sound and especially if you can use effects and manipulation. KORG forever leader's and pioneers of sound.
This is *more warm* than those analogue synths, I can tell tell already, I spend all my day in front of those *analogue* systems and when I go home I just want to relax with this acoustic synth.
That’s so cool. It’s so much of a prototype the knobs text is drawn on with a marker
Temperature variation concerns and the resonators alignments seem like interesting challenges here. Can’t wait to see how this all works out.
If you examine the device from the top, each individual note producing plate seems to have a screw on it which allows you to lower/raise the element in small amounts.
I assume this allows you to tune or re-tune each individual note plate by using a tuner device like you would use an electric tuner device to tune a guitar properly...
Then again, it's not explained in the video and I'm just speculating here...
I'd love to see a finished product with maybe 2 or even 3 octaves of plates/notes, MIDI input and some digital or analog processing to make the sounds more varied and apply per-note effects... eg, you use the plates as the OSC section of an subtractive analog synth, and have all the other stuff onboard like filters, LFOs etc... that every full subtractive synth has...
Quirky, innovative and inspiring.
This is one of the most novel approaches to synthesis I may have ever heard of, more analog than analog, lol.
I could see two paired consoles of this side by side, 1 metal plate/fork driven, and the other air tube driven. Fascinating.
really cool and love the drum machine angle for this approach.
ooh that is fun. i love how excited he is about trying out a bunch of ideas. when he mentioned materials i was expecting ceramics or plastics and was totally not prepared to hear about air columns =D it doesn't sound like much yet, but the ideas behind it are fun and promising!
The eneloop pro, colour matching the battery holder at 3:15, was a nice touch
Korg is one of me most innovative companies! Cool video!
What a genius, thanks for everything, keep on designing those awesome synthesizers ❤️
One of the most interesting things we've seen in years. Bravo Korg. I hope this comes with keys!
WOAH!!! IT SOUNDS INCREDIBLE!! love the natural element!!
Very exciting. I would definitely be interested in getting this once it’s available.
i appreciate this video deeply
Tatsuya Takahashi is a legend of the instruments design, I love this guy !
Really new idea, love it. Interview needed more playing it though!
Sound demo starts at 7:16
So very awesome. Like the Fender Rhodes or the pipe organ; that mechanical element is key to the sounds.
Yes. I'd love one.
This creative People makes me happy... That paper animation says soo much about the spirit of the investigation🎉
I love the idea that you can get feedback from this thing if it gets too close to the speakers. The tactile nature of this also reminds me of the musicians that do circuit bending with their electronic gear.
Brilliant guy. Great explanation.
Now this is bloody interesting. Best thing that I’ve seen from all the Superbooth stuff.
Cool stuff. I dig it
Very cool concept. I look forward to seeing where this goes.
Absolutely love this. Korg are pushing boundaries
Good on Korg for really trying to do something innovative here. This is the path forward.
A great explanation with the books. Great idea.
Love it!
Very well explained by this young fellow ! Interesting instrument, will follow it !
Those flipbooks are an awesome way to show how the various vibration modes!
Very refreshing!!
Awesome!
Just bought my first Volca sample 2 !!!! - soooo excited!!!! 🙂 -FACT !!!!
Cheers! - Judson & Buddy!! - God Bless You ALL !!!
Wow, that is SO cool, I would definitely get one.
omg hey! I thought Takahashi left Korg! This is so exciting, I love his work
So dope!!!
My fave synth engineer, so cool he can go crazy at KORG!
It's funny and cool that contemporary instrument designs are going back to electro-acoustics with a twist. Love it! Especially the mechanical resonance
Amazing!
absolutely incredible
Damn that’s fascinating. Would love to know more about the wind instrument/tube version he mentioned at the end
Straight out the gate with that OG 90s grime lead, can't wait to see this thing commercialised!
now this is different. genuinely new music technology. im excited
This is wild. So many possibilities.
I love you Korg, Tat is the man!