The GIANT Korg MS-20!
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
- The story of the giant Korg MS-20 including photos and information never seen before!
Huge thank you to those who helped solve the riddle!
Analogue Solutions for the loan of their MS-20:
www.analoguesolutions.com/
Don Muro for the photos and information:
/ @jdwallpub
flannelgraphrecords.bandcamp....
Hideki Ishikawa at the Nakatsugawa Korg Museum and Fumio Mieda:
/ korg_museum
Elliot Perry: / fellinthetrap
0:00 Intro Jam
0:53 The Story Goes
2:25 Something like this
3:16 Things get interesting...
6:25 Outro Jam 
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I can just imagine going into a music store to buy one with one of those giant cheques
That would be the most perfect moment.
@@AlexBallMusic Dom Jolly would approve 🙂
i'd certainly hope that after you bought the giant synth with the giant cheque you'd then walk down the street carrying it while wearing your giant sunglasses.
@@AlexBallMusicoh alex.... just imagine what a moment like that could do to your life. It makes my eyes twinkle just thinking about it...
And a Giant pocket calculator , to check the change... We dont wanna get f.... over by the salesclerke !
I can't believe any are still around, unbelievably cool to see it in action
Yep! It's like an MS-20....but REALLY big.
Honestly I just assumed it was a normal sized synth and Alex was way smaller than I thought.
Like Dennis Waterman in Little Britain
@@rachelar "I made the theme choon." 😁
gies a drum machine off ye !
Small or far away?
When you learn how analog synthesis works, you're also learning about music, physics, acoustics & electronics, and it sets you up for a career in any (or all!) of those fields.
Interesting piece of music and synth history!
Synth schools need to be a thing again! There so much to learn about the different available types of synthesis it's not even funny!
Music college/courses are never far away.
They were just about to start synth classes at the local instrument store that's based around lessons for things like drums piano guitar, but they sell synths, so why not? But then the c word hit the world, and then the b word went to "superpartners", so there goes a bunch of their synth sales, and that was that as far as synth lessons. Plus there isn't an established repertoire and pedagogy, so... it would be nice, and probably will catch on eventually.
@@rleriche5044 Yeah but that's a different kind of beast, isn't it?
@@GizzyDillespee Interesting! I hope the best for the store and that it will manage to do the lessons!
I dont get how can people go to music schools. The chances of you making good money, or even becoming rich are so much slimmer than for less artistic things you could study. I like music but you need money to buy music stuff, or literally anything else
Now imagine if Roland would've done a blackboard version of the Jupiter 8. That would've occupied the entire classroom wall xD
When you need an entire room for just one synth, that's the good stuff.
@@AlexBallMusic Indeed, that's what modulars are for :-D
1:06 that is correct....My dad visited that "school" in those days...He went to Japan regularly for business and came home with the latest Japanese synth/organ gear .
Ah, fantastic!
That’s one cool dad!
Way cooler than my dad.
And I thought my dad was awesome for bringing home Belgian chocolates! 🤣
Obviously, the larger MS20 has a much bigger sound than the original. I noticed it as soon as I heard it. Would be great to hear the even larger one. That thing must sound HUGE!
Naturally.
@@AlexBallMusic but hold on, I kind of assumed it would have the same size circuitry etc (or am I just missing the joke?)
Wonderful ! It should be possible to make such one DYI, based on a Ms-20 mini. That would be in the field of Look Mum No Computers 😁
Guybrush: "That's the second biggest MS-20 I've ever seen!"
That's amazing. I knew nothing about this. It's functional but almost comical.. 😂😂😂
I love it. Again, thank you for a wonderfully funny and educational video. You're a true legend Mr Ball.
I used to drool over this synth back in the eighties. It was hung on the wall behind the till at Rose Morris in Denmark Street. Not for sale unfortunately so I bought a Mono / Poly. Still have it. 😊
korg needs to reissue this giant Korg MS-20 , as a korg and ms20 fan something about it has always intrigued me
That thing is ginormous!
Also, lovely to see Don Muro mentioned, I discovered about his existence by pure chance, incredible player and synth connoiseur
Those photos of the synth school classroom are incredible. Bill Gates should have dedicated his career to getting a synthesiser of every desk instead of a laptop.
my favourite analog mono synth, so much versatility in an affordable package.
Straight legendary didn't even know about this...I NEED 2 OF THEM. Well done Alex ! You didn't drop the ball on this one.
@noimalma There is always room for more gear.. even if I have to renovate...I have some rare gear videos in the works dropping soon as well. I have a friendly competition with Alex on who can drop the rarest gear...Alex is currently kicking the Royal sh*t out of me in this competition.
"I need an MS-20 sound but bigger".
"Say no more".
😄
Without fail, I just find myself singing out loud over your polyrhythm jams. The alterna-grooves you create are irresistible. They are cerebral, visceral, and they rock out. And it's a great way to disrupt the grad students in my lab just outside my door. ;)
Cheers. Album of polyrhythm jams coming soon. Finishing it up.
@@AlexBallMusic Excellent. 🧠
Good clarification of “interesting”. It’s that kind of attention to detail that sets this channel head and shoulders above less interesting channels.
One of these yellow ones hangs on the wall in a music store in Stockholm, Sweden. I've always wondered what that is. Now I have the answer. Thanks.
I hope making synths like these will stop all the complaints about synth controls being too cramped and hard to use!
Every episode- just superb.
First tone- straight out of
"Land of the Lost".
I am just happy to find your videos. You have a very chilled and nice way to show us things that we would never see and hear, and in the end we get a cool track to listen to. Thank you!
A giant in the hands of a giant.
4:02 Holy shit! Don Muro! I saw him back around 1986 or so at Penn State--Altoona Campus. He was touring on behalf of Korg, and was demonstrating all of their then-current products.
I'm hugely excited to watch this! Glad you got hold of it!
That outro jam is killer, great sounds.
Yes! Would've been go great to hear the full version!
This is brilliant. Had no idea these giant ones existed. They would have been great in a performance setting as well. Fun stuff, thank you Alex!
just simply amazing
Wow, that's absolutely amazing!
Im not sure whats the craziest - the size of them MS20s, or you in flip flops :O
Another stoker of a vid - keep up the stellar work Alex.
Thanks for the video, amazing story🙂👍
Fascinating stuff Alex, thanks for your lesson 🙂
Like obviously many others i first thought it was a nice trick with video.
But when you explained its purpose it realy made sense. Especially at my age where i need stronger glasses frequently to keep being able to read all the small print.
Brings back lots of memories to my first synth, which was an MS 20 and that i enjoyed for over 25 years. One of the most versatile and logically layed out things i had, using it on stage as well as in the studio.
Absolutely fascinating! I knew about these things but who know they were still around! Thank you for bringing this to us! Huge Hugz, Alex!
Cheers Andy. Yep, thankfully some have survived!
Just imagine something like this today: giant versions of Roland’s Boutique synths.
In for a penny....
They would turn out like the original size!
Or an SH-5.
If you're traveling through Japan, you can see an export-unit "Giant MS-20" at the Museum of Musical Instruments in Hamamatsu City. It's on display with many other enviable specimens including a huge Roland System 700. Well worth a visit!
All this and then... this monster groove outro. Thank you
This was so awesome!
Super funny, too!
Excellent. I look forward to Korg reissuing these, and in similar quantity. 👀
Wow! Amazing!
While watching this, I can’t help but imagine a Roland school of synthesis with a JD-08 up the front and everyone sat there with binoculars.
Great video as always Alex!
Initially I thought "Good lord, Alex has shrunk in the wash". Thank you for giving this oddity some limelight!
love bizarre stories like this one, thx for sharing.
Yeah, unique and very of the time. Was fun to research.
Like the music piece at the end. Good job
BIG thanks for that GREAT story! 🗼🦣😁
Ahhhh made back in the days where the term 'beast' really DID apply to synths! Love this video, and love that synth! My goodness. I haven't heard the name Rose Morris in AGES. I bought some stuff with them in the 80's when they were in Tin Pan Alley.. Does that even still exist? Woo that raw synthy goodness.. Great Video. Thank you to all involved in bringing it together!
Beautiful
Big synth. Big sound. I love it
Super cool device!
How cool is that!
Richie Hawtin just debuted... this same idea. Interesting.
what a find, epic!
i saw one of these in a Synth Museum in Florida years ago. Still love the concept.
This is just an amazing and hilarious story, thanks for sharing it!
Korg and their weird ideas! That's why we love them.
That's AMAZING!
I didn't know that there were two sizes. This is a significant discovery!
Now Korg will have to make a reissue of these MS-20 GS (Giant Scale) and MS-20 HS (Huge Scale) models 😂
That would be genius.
I hope they do !!! 🤞🤞🙏😃
Am I the only one who would really like to see some semi modular synthesizers built to the size factor? I didn’t get that maybe it’s because my eyes are so good anymore, but I think this is absolutely beautiful.
i just learned. thanks AB
This is so good :)
Hella cool!!
Gots some funk!!!
Good god that jam during the credits
Love the ‘nerding out’ on the formant style at 3’13” 😂.
🤓
@@AlexBallMusic Another bullseye on quality entertainment and information for us musicians and synth fans. Thank you Alex.
so funny Alex as the student 🤓 brilliant !!
That's incredible! Great research. You wouldn't believe this story without the hard proof! Great marketing technique! I'd like to see a Blackboard OP-1 or Blackboard Volca! Great video - just amazing!
That is amazing, in the early 80s I bought music grounds Korg display, MS10, 20, 50, SQ, and vocoder, when they sold it off, with it was a large box of manuals, one had the picture of that classroom, I always assumed it was a picture, I am stunned.
Cool! What an unexpected ad intersting little synth history tidbit. I also love the appearance of the KPR-77. I had one many years ago and have been trying to find a replacement.
I waited years to find a KPR-77 for a good price and wound up with one with the original box, case, cables, manuals, brochures and everything. Great little analogue box.
@@AlexBallMusic Lucky buggar!
...But is it heavier than a CS80?
there's nothing in the universe that's heavier than a CS80
Yes or greater
Imagine a giant CS80…
Nothing is heavier than a CS80! Even black holes at the centre of galaxies weigh less!
They should do a CS-80 where the little mini memory section under the flap is a normal sized CS-80. You'd need a team to play it.
Also I just saw the colossus behind you ;) when are we going to get a video about that?
Patience, my dear. I'm just warming you up with the giant MS-20.
@@AlexBallMusic you should make a video about a series of different sized ms20s and arrange them like a matrioshka doll
I think this video is one of your milestones.
That's AWESOME
Fascinating, I had no idea until thus video that giant MS-20's were a thing
Many years ago that MS was hanging on the wall at Session Music Walldorf in Germany. Impressive
The Sound on the Giant MS-20 is so big :)
Awesome! Really cool outro jam too. I won't lie, I really want one now. There are no good or justifiable reasons for this though.
Outro was filthy 🤘🏼
I certainly remember the giant Korg MS-20s turning up at various UK music trade shows during the early 80s. And I have to admit that I'm slightly surprised that some of them have survived the forty odd since then considering how few were made.
Yeah, I think there's at least 6 yellow ones in circulation, and that single giant, giant one.
nice synth solo at the end!
btw: the late & great florian schneider (ex-kraftwerk) owned one of these giants too... not sure, if this was the HUGE one or the slightly smaller one... i also have sadly no idea, what became of it after florian has died... :-( anyway... thanx for the video, alex! :-)
have heard it have seen it, not a new story, but yeah super rare and it's amazing you got hold of one!
Don Muro featured on a Korg Flexi disc for the Korg Poly 800 which I then bought. Thanks Don 👍
Yep, Don is ace.
👍🏻 Thank you very much for this video. I've an MS20 but I never imagined these big boys existed
Yep, MS-20 comes in a universe of sizes!
Fantastic! I would so love to have one of these for playing in a band, mounted vertically so people the keyboard could actually see it being played/adjusted (just like the teacher would do...)
Perhaps the band could be called Subliminal Synthesis Education;..
Alas, with only a few being made, that is unlikely. Loved your review of the history and thanks for ensuring the Star Trek theme was in there.
The one in Rose Morris was there in the 80's saw it in situ.....wow!
GREAT!
That was a helluva jam at the end
Cheers!
I love this channel.
Cheers!
WOW MASSIVELY COOOOOOL
Love your videos. Great history pieces and you keep it fun. Great jams in here. Let's not talk about the Colossus in the room...
🐘🎚🎚🎚🎛
I remember seeing this hanging on the wall in Rose Morris (I believe) in London.
Wowzer!
- Hey dawg, can I play some jams?
- Only a spoonful
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Rose-Morris has been in Demark street since probably the 60s or something. I got my first synth, the MC-202 from there for about £150
Yep, used to work close to Denmark Street. Spent too much money there over the years. 😀
@@AlexBallMusic Turnkey was my favourite - - I never expected it to close!
My goodness that filters sounds great! Might have to get a normal-sized one. Great vid.
Excellent video as always! A few years ago I bought a Yamaha CS15 off a man who runs a studio in Wandsworth, London. And on his wall he has one of these! I’d never seen or heard of one of before but he briefly explained they were for schools. If you’d like I can put you in touch with him..? Maybe he still has it
yes awesome!!!
I hope Korg reissues these but with mini keybeds
😀
I have one of Don Muro's record albums. He also played the KORG DSS-1, which I also own with my own floppy disks with sounds that I have created, over one hundred so far, drawing waveforms and sampled sounds. 😎
I've seen photos of the "teacher's" MS20 before, but really great to get it all in context! Makes me wonder if any of the alumni went on to greatness :)
Yeah, I wonder how many went on synth journeys!
Hideki at the Korg Museum did the class back in the day, so it struck a chord with him for sure.