So, when is BBC going to hire you as a full-time documentary maker? Seriously, stunning piece of work as always, Mr. Ball. Glad to play my tiny little role in this, can't thank you enough!
A couple of Alex Ball documentaries ago I did say his documentaries were than good enough for BBC4. Good to see that I'm not alone in thinking this way. Dear Auntie...
@@AlexBallMusic I'll DM you my address to funnel anything that comes your way from Korg that you may not get on with and free up that studio space. Jus' sayin' I'm happy to help!
What a beautiful tribute to Korg. It is unbelievable how many products they have made and they still manage to amaze you. Hats off to Korg and to you Alex, again beautifully captured!
Great documentary, impressive work as usual! And honored to be able to contribute! Hope I gave those little gems a proper demonstration. What's next, Yamaha? Got several goodies in my arsenal! *snickers* :D (Full versions of these demos on my channel for those interested.)
Ah yes! There is a pattern. Alex goes quiet for a few weeks, surfaces again with a work of art, a contribution to the collective intelligence of the hive mind of the web. Thanks for what you do Mr. Ball 🙏
@@AlexBallMusic The Polysix track was dreamy, especially the start... What a synth! Have an EX-800 - the desktop module version of the Poly-800. It's a secret weapon! Thanks so much for keeping these old synths - stretching back to when I was a baby - alive in all our memories, all as a story that we can follow and enjoy.
@@EannaButler make sure you get the AtomaHAWK and HAWK-800 mods for that EX-800 and turn it into the synth it should have been upon release. I have one as well and it's great for those lo-fi, Boards of Canada vibes.
My first real synth: Minikorg 700S. My first poly synth: Polysix. My best organ in the 80s: CX-3. Currently: only a Wavestate, but this may change (what about the Wavestate SE, btw?).
I've owned a DW-8000 since 1986 and an M-1 since 1992. And many other Korg products have come and gone through my home studio. Korg has been a huge part of my life.
Thank you Alex. This is another film that will entertain and inform old and new viewers for years to come. You always turn the quality up to 11 with your videos.
I look forward to these Synthesizer documentaries more than I do actual theatrical releases. The amount of effort and creativity that goes into these videos is completely unmatched. Thank you Alex!!
The taste, composition, performance, research, human coordination, audiovisuals, technical prowess, respect and love on display in this video are knob-spinningly gorgeous. Incredible job Alex!!❤
Alex, best video on RUclips this year. Where do you find the time to put this amount of work? Just brilliant - should be a staple of music tech courses. Thank-you.
Alex, apologies if this has been answered in the comments, but there are a lot of them…. 😉. Who is playing on the outro please, I love it. This documentary has been absolutely amazing, thank you for putting this together. A K700fs is high on my wish list! I had a MonoPoly once upon a time and I hated it. It wouldn’t really ‘poly’! But it was old when I got it so it may not have been very well. It did do bass and lead amazing well though.
32:39 now that's an A+ synth demo right there, wow. Thanks for yet another retrospective, it's always a blast to see all these amazing synths in action.
Korg translates to basket in Swedish. When the DSS-1 was released Korg run an add saying "Allt ryms i en Korg!" meaning "Everything fits in a basket!". 😎 Or... Everything fits in a Korg.
Outstanding. Really excellent work again Alex - I really love your style of actual performances and songs using the instruments - not just a series of static images with voiceover.
Great job as usual! The story of how the company started is just as interesting as where it ended up. For me personally, watching this is like a mini-history of synth gear I followed, played with in music and pawn shops over the years, considered buying, occasionally owned, and still own some of to this day.
Fantastic job once again. My first synth was a Poly-800, and I still have it. Also, the picture I came across the other day of my 19th-century-born grandma playing that Korg is priceless.
That is wonderful, thanx a lot for making this! Interesting side note: there is close to zero information about Korg S1 and Q1 in the whole www, the ones you can spot on that ad at 32‘14. Also the DRS1 remains a mystery machine. Were those ever released?
I’m amazed how good this documentary is. I’ve watched both, Roland and KORG in one go. Excellent work. I had poly-61 and about 15 years ago I gave it to someone to do some fixes and we completely forgot about that and now I don’t even know who was it 😢
Alex, I love your videos. This is another perfect example. 1 hour of understandable Synth history even for a non english-motherspeaker. No arrogant presentation like many others here on RUclips. You are doing high quality stuff in such a pleasent way....I like it. Also your skills in playing these instruments and composing really good tracks just for presenting them. Five Stars plus 🙂. Keep on doing this, greetings from Berlin, Norbert
Ever since I found you from the Arp documentary I have been waiting for this. I have an affinity to Korg instruments I dont understand, they are everyman instruments yet the company takes brave chances while somehow always having practical deaign. If they made a microwave or car I bet I would want them.
Alex, you are an artist, man! Every single documentary you create is a wonderful time travel, full of details, sounds and music history. I'm glad and thankful for the time and effort you put in your videos, your are a true entertainer, keep up with the great work!
Alex, thanks again for this wonderful documentary! And now it shows that modern KORG has never changed from retro KORG in terms of innovation. Just other technologies and more accessible resources. And I hope your signature synth demo sound never dies. It’s something to cherish 😊
Hello There my name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris, how have you been Keeping up to Lately, I was wondering if you need to do the other way round Lyrics in you’re own word Lyrics but sing it differently in the original Extended background Versions of those Particular song’s By Andrew Gold and The Korgis, Never Let her Slip Away and Everybody got to learn Sometime, why don’t they just Replace the Synthesizer String Sound to a Two Musette Accordion’s sounds and make this Musette sounds for the Two Accordion’s 3 to 6 and a half times more Deeper then the Original Synthesizer String Sound that they have this Particular song called Everybody’s got to Learn sometime and also Replace the Xylophone Sound to a 17 Times More Deeper Chime Bell or Even a 24 Times More Deeper Still Drum Sound, Because it is Still one of my Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Favorite Song’s Ever Since I was about 10 Years of Age Thank You and I Like 👍 you’re Remixing and make you’re singing 4 and a half times more Deeper and put those song’s in EastEnders thank You XXXX
Damn...the Legend Alex Ball does it again...I was hoping you would do Korg! Thanks for all the time you put into these full on documentaries. Very inspirational and educational.
34:10 That "ding" made me immediately think of Herbie Hancocks Human Voices Solo on Tribute to Miles (which you can find on RUclips). And this documentary is awesome!
Don’t you just love cold rainy thursday evenings in October !!.. Perfect output dude, bloody well done :) 1 edit & a couple of interviews off your own BBC4 series there m8.
The Korg Polyphonic Ensemble was used on Norwegian synth artist Beranek's debut album "Sound of Danger" prominently. In fact, its sound more or less helped shape the album and Beranek brought it back on stage when he performed the entire album live a few years ago.
Before I watch this I just wanted to say thank you. I've always been a Korg fan and ever since finding your channel I've desperately wanted you to make a Korg Retrospective. Your other long form documentaries are amazing and I doubt this will be any less spectacular!
I 've said it before, I love your documentaries, nobody is doing stuff like this. This one was excellent. Boy you had a LET to cover. Excellent job Alex.
Brilliant documentary as always, Alex. One of the earliest Korg synths I owned was a 900PS, it had presets, a traveller, and a touch bar; a silver bar in front of the keyboard that altered the sound when you touched it. I still own many Korg synths, from the first issue battleship grey panelled MS10 & 20 (Korg 35 filters) to the Prophecy and Z1. I do miss my old DVP1 though.
Wow. Another amazing doc. You continue to be one of the most creative and inspirational synthtubers. I like to show my friends that aren’t as into music your videos demonstrating different styles, to their inevitable delight.
Thank you so much for the work put into this, it is truly amazing, very interesting, well made, professional, respectful, and very engaging. I like how other musicians who I know are Korg users also contribute. Fascinating to learn the founder started out running nightclubs, little did he know his creations would fuel the music filling the clubs of the future to such a degree. Wonderful! Thank you Alex!
This was awesome, one of your absolute best, I was so happy when I saw the notification. The "Traveler" name was just the icing on the cake too, perfect. Korg rules.
When I saw the Roland documentary I thought you were married with them and I would never see a Korg one, but the day has come and I am so happy! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Absolutely fantastic as usual, Alex. I know these documentaries have to be incredibly laborious to make…but we are all massively appreciative you make them and hope you make more 😁
When I was about 16, my best friend received a Korg Electribe ES-1 for his birthday. It was our first piece of “pro gear,” and to us a revelation. I cut my teeth on that machine. To this day the ESX-1 remains my favorite dedicated drum machine.
Dayum Korg R3 didn't even get a mention. I feel hurt lol. I have the Minilogue too and it's wonderful. I can't stop using it. We're in love! Korg I love you!
Korg have six decades worth of gear, so it would be a very boring watch if I went into every single individual product. The flagship of the MMT series was the Radius that was covered, as was Microkorg that was the highest selling synth of all time. It's just the reality of making a film like this, unfortunately.
Dang Alex, that's another fantastic documentary you've made there! Had to pause it for a bit though to grab my ms-20 and play with it a bit. I just love the Korg sound. Thank you very much for sharing it with us.
@10:49 this is incorrect: the Polyphonic Ensemble PE2000 has three divide down (TOS) oscillators. Only the PE1000 has one oscillator per key (which can be indendepently tuned for alternative tunings of for adding even more richness)
It's been ages since ive watched an alex ball documentary. I was expecting great things & this was a treat 👍 Great sounds throughout & the usual , high production values. My poor(ly) DS8 almost sprang into action when you gave the D series a namecheck 😃.
Excellent work Alex, you did it again this time with Korg, a story that cried out to be told. Congratulations also to all the people who contribute, they are great too. Please, Please and Please, consider to do a story about Dave Simmons and his electronic drums, he is a great and brilliant british inventor.
This is such a sick video, the compositions from everyone really were quite wonderful, and I'd love to listen to some of them in full. The details and quality of everything here is amazing. If you had a Patreon/KoFi or similar I'd happily chip in there. Thank you, it was a totally rad video form start to finish.
I've just gotten my first hardware synth, a broken polysix from an old friend that wanted to give it a good home. I've been a bit lost in trying to fix it recently, but lo and behold this video comes out which is not only phenomenal in it's story, but also have me a taste of what my hard work could entail. Perfect timing, and I hope that you can keep doing what you love since it's giving the world something special
I first got into synth via KORG's excellent and ever expanding iOS range, stumbling head first into modular and monosynth via the iMS-20. I'd love a deep dive through their crazy stuff on iOS, and how it's all come to get more people into synth. Would love to own a physical MS-20 someday.
Oh what a magnificent documentary you made! You are a man of many talents, your documentaries are amongst the best. Excellent at narrating, and you have golden hands when it come to playing the keys of a synth. They all sounds good when they get played by you.
![NOSFERATU - Official Trailer [HD] - Only In Theaters December 25](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/nulvWqYUM8k/mqdefault.jpg)
So, when is BBC going to hire you as a full-time documentary maker? Seriously, stunning piece of work as always, Mr. Ball.
Glad to play my tiny little role in this, can't thank you enough!
Isn't he already working within the film/Tv-industry for music/soundtracks/backgrounds etc?
Cheers Xavier, thanks for the killer PolySix demo.
@@Magnus_Loov Music for adverts, game trailers and TV shows yes. Just co-scoring Supertato for Cbeebies at the moment, goes on air next week. 😀
@@AlexBallMusic That's a start, alot of BBCs top people started on CBBs or CBBC.
A couple of Alex Ball documentaries ago I did say his documentaries were than good enough for BBC4. Good to see that I'm not alone in thinking this way. Dear Auntie...
Who else had a Korgasm watching this?!
Yet another banger video. You're pretty much the top documentary maker for the synth community Alex!
i fully agree 👍👍
B A N G E R S -&- M A S H
Cheers Adam!
I fully fully agree 👍👍
Yeah, what these guys said.
Excellent work Alex. Korg should be well pleased. Congrats!
Thanks for the many donations sir, couldn't have done it without you.
Korg are pleased, yeah. Good times.
@@AlexBallMusic I'll DM you my address to funnel anything that comes your way from Korg that you may not get on with and free up that studio space. Jus' sayin' I'm happy to help!
Watching this properly is much much better, u rent the synths out or do u own them?
What a beautiful tribute to Korg. It is unbelievable how many products they have made and they still manage to amaze you. Hats off to Korg and to you Alex, again beautifully captured!
Hey JP! Yeah, so many interesting things from different eras.
The cheapest way to get the classic Korg sound is the Bahringer Monopoly which I have.
@@AlexBallMusic 😮😮
very true well said 👍
As a guitar player who loves both guitars and synths, it's amazing to see how closely some of the most important parts of their history crossed paths.
Great documentary, impressive work as usual! And honored to be able to contribute! Hope I gave those little gems a proper demonstration.
What's next, Yamaha? Got several goodies in my arsenal! *snickers* :D
(Full versions of these demos on my channel for those interested.)
A Yamaha video would be great 😀
You were one of many legends who made this possible. Great demos sir.
Yamaha - we need a GX-1. Someone get Benny from ABBA on the phone.
@@AlexBallMusic YES! YAMAHA!
Nice song with the vocoder.
@@AlexBallMusic ruclips.net/video/uNxonEOpH0c/видео.html
I still have my Korg Wavestation EX since 1992 with several sound cards to it. Will never get rid of that one :)
Ah yes!
There is a pattern. Alex goes quiet for a few weeks, surfaces again with a work of art, a contribution to the collective intelligence of the hive mind of the web.
Thanks for what you do Mr. Ball 🙏
I'm guessing he has worked for more than just a few weeks for this hour-long fully professional documentary!
@@Magnus_Loov A year, yeah. 🤪
@@AlexBallMusic Yeah I believe it. Guessing the last few weeks was "mixing and mastering"? Or whatever the equivalent is with video! 🤔😊
@@AlexBallMusic The Polysix track was dreamy, especially the start... What a synth!
Have an EX-800 - the desktop module version of the Poly-800. It's a secret weapon!
Thanks so much for keeping these old synths - stretching back to when I was a baby - alive in all our memories, all as a story that we can follow and enjoy.
@@EannaButler make sure you get the AtomaHAWK and HAWK-800 mods for that EX-800 and turn it into the synth it should have been upon release. I have one as well and it's great for those lo-fi, Boards of Canada vibes.
Miku stomp is the greatest guitar effect pedal ever created. The world has never seen anything so lovely.
I too am a fan of that pedal; when played with feeling as we saw in the (lamentably short) clip, it sounds really great.
The gold standard 🎉 These long form deep history pieces are total gems. Thank you Alex
Hey sir. Thank you. 😀
These docs are where your creative star shines insanely bright, Alex
I spent my childhood with a KORG MS-20 and a Crumar organ in the basement. So, it was a good chidlhood.
Nice!
My first real synth: Minikorg 700S.
My first poly synth: Polysix.
My best organ in the 80s: CX-3.
Currently: only a Wavestate, but this may change (what about the Wavestate SE, btw?).
Was it a Crumar Organizer? I had one in the early 80's.
how lucky!
Me too😮
I can't imagine how much work this must have been! Great video, and so many cameos. _squints at highly suspicious looking polysix at __21:49_
Probably over 2 weeks.
God bless you Alex. I’ve been scouring the net for a good Korg documentary for ages. Well done and keep up the amazing work. 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
Cheers. Hope you enjoy it!
He has all the quality of a mainstream TV show.
I've owned a DW-8000 since 1986 and an M-1 since 1992. And many other Korg products have come and gone through my home studio. Korg has been a huge part of my life.
I'm only a third in, and am captivated. Your musical interludes are so good, as usual!
Thanks Warren.
Thank you Alex. This is another film that will entertain and inform old and new viewers for years to come. You always turn the quality up to 11 with your videos.
Thanks for the help!
Incredible documentary as always man, can't get enough of these!
I look forward to these Synthesizer documentaries more than I do actual theatrical releases. The amount of effort and creativity that goes into these videos is completely unmatched. Thank you Alex!!
I'd totally pay to see his docs in the cinema :D
Me too. These would be far better than the Hollywood trash.
Was that a hint of Fading Lights at the end?
That was Tony Banks' Wavestation, so yes 🖖🏻
@@leanlogic5639 I thought the Velcro looked familiar!
@@alexwalton9461 That's a man who knows his velcro!
This is a beautifully nerdy thread. Ha.
The taste, composition, performance, research, human coordination, audiovisuals, technical prowess, respect and love on display in this video are knob-spinningly gorgeous. Incredible job Alex!!❤
Alex, best video on RUclips this year. Where do you find the time to put this amount of work? Just brilliant - should be a staple of music tech courses. Thank-you.
Ticking away for a year or more. Bit by bit, lots of help from others and from Korg. :)
Alex, apologies if this has been answered in the comments, but there are a lot of them…. 😉. Who is playing on the outro please, I love it. This documentary has been absolutely amazing, thank you for putting this together. A K700fs is high on my wish list! I had a MonoPoly once upon a time and I hated it. It wouldn’t really ‘poly’! But it was old when I got it so it may not have been very well. It did do bass and lead amazing well though.
32:39 now that's an A+ synth demo right there, wow. Thanks for yet another retrospective, it's always a blast to see all these amazing synths in action.
Clemens Wenners at the helm. The full video is on his channel.
@@AlexBallMusic Nice, I'll check it out!
Huge fan of his channel, very talented!
Check the 1986 and 1988 EP from Laszlo Bencker, the Clemens track is beautifully inspired by these gems.
You've done it again. These long-form documentaries are unbelievably wonderful. Thank you for being such a treasure, Alex!
Lovely visuals 👏🏻 Moebius’ Time Travelers comes to mind. Anyway, the effort that goes into these one-hour productions is mind-boggling.
AI art generated by Chad Wixom. :)
And yes, this took a year to pull together.
@@AlexBallMusic clap clap clap 😀
Korg translates to basket in Swedish. When the DSS-1 was released Korg run an add saying "Allt ryms i en Korg!" meaning "Everything fits in a basket!". 😎
Or...
Everything fits in a Korg.
These documentaries are just pure S tier synth content!!!! Always like a drop everything moment when I see another release!!!!! ❤
Not only was this a killer video, most of the demos were proper bangers!
Outstanding. Really excellent work again Alex - I really love your style of actual performances and songs using the instruments - not just a series of static images with voiceover.
Excellent video, Alex Bell, I dont have any Korg devices however I have the Behringer Monopoly Clone of Korgs.
Amazing work as usual Alex! Another wonderful documentary! 😃Honored to be a small part of it!
big fan of your channel clemens!!❤
@@thewobblingweddells9362 Yes, this guy rocks! One of my favourite channels.
Thanks for the awesome Wavestation demo sir.
@@AlexBallMusic my pleasure!
Ooo, I'm not up to the wavestation part yet. I'd subscribe to whoever Alex chose for that job! Will check your channel.
Not only educational but the bangers are always a treat too. Love that ditty on the Odyssey 😎
Great job as usual! The story of how the company started is just as interesting as where it ended up. For me personally, watching this is like a mini-history of synth gear I followed, played with in music and pawn shops over the years, considered buying, occasionally owned, and still own some of to this day.
Alex, flexing mad composition skills, with some stuff about some company sprinkled in.
Fantastic retrospective. KORG is one great synth company
You did it!!! Phantastic!!!
You did it too! 🤜🤛
Fantastic job once again.
My first synth was a Poly-800, and I still have it.
Also, the picture I came across the other day of my 19th-century-born grandma playing that Korg is priceless.
That is wonderful, thanx a lot for making this! Interesting side note: there is close to zero information about Korg S1 and Q1 in the whole www, the ones you can spot on that ad at 32‘14. Also the DRS1 remains a mystery machine. Were those ever released?
I have been looking forward to a Korg history video from you for a long time. Thank you for making it 😃 Fantastic video my friend 👍
Hope you enjoy it. :)
Jeepers - Instant classic synth doco! Out of the park, Alex. Out of the park!
Another great video. Having a coffee, kicking back on the couch, and learning something while being entertained! Keep up the great work!
I’m amazed how good this documentary is.
I’ve watched both, Roland and KORG in one go.
Excellent work.
I had poly-61 and about 15 years ago I gave it to someone to do some fixes and we completely forgot about that and now I don’t even know who was it
😢
Great film, mate. Loving the colour grade too…very open university
Wonderful doc! Thanks for making me finally play the Prophecy that was languishing unplayed for half a year in my studio.
Alex, this was amazing. Thank you so much for everything you do for the synth community. You're a legend.
ahhh the universe patch on the m1 still gets me years later ..... it reminded of how patches were supposed to captivate you
Alex, I love your videos. This is another perfect example. 1 hour of understandable Synth history even for a non english-motherspeaker. No arrogant presentation like many others here on RUclips. You are doing high quality stuff in such a pleasent way....I like it. Also your skills in playing these instruments and composing really good tracks just for presenting them. Five Stars plus 🙂. Keep on doing this, greetings from Berlin, Norbert
Ever since I found you from the Arp documentary I have been waiting for this. I have an affinity to Korg instruments I dont understand, they are everyman instruments yet the company takes brave chances while somehow always having practical deaign. If they made a microwave or car I bet I would want them.
Alex, you are an artist, man! Every single documentary you create is a wonderful time travel, full of details, sounds and music history. I'm glad and thankful for the time and effort you put in your videos, your are a true entertainer, keep up with the great work!
Thank you Evandro!
Alex, thanks again for this wonderful documentary! And now it shows that modern KORG has never changed from retro KORG in terms of innovation. Just other technologies and more accessible resources.
And I hope your signature synth demo sound never dies. It’s something to cherish 😊
Hello There my name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris, how have you been Keeping up to Lately, I was wondering if you need to do the other way round Lyrics in you’re own word Lyrics but sing it differently in the original Extended background Versions of those Particular song’s By Andrew Gold and The Korgis, Never Let her Slip Away and Everybody got to learn Sometime, why don’t they just Replace the Synthesizer String Sound to a Two Musette Accordion’s sounds and make this Musette sounds for the Two Accordion’s 3 to 6 and a half times more Deeper then the Original Synthesizer String Sound that they have this Particular song called Everybody’s got to Learn sometime and also Replace the Xylophone Sound to a 17 Times More Deeper Chime Bell or Even a 24 Times More Deeper Still Drum Sound, Because it is Still one of my Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Favorite Song’s Ever Since I was about 10 Years of Age Thank You and I Like 👍 you’re Remixing and make you’re singing 4 and a half times more Deeper and put those song’s in EastEnders thank You XXXX
Damn...the Legend Alex Ball does it again...I was hoping you would do Korg! Thanks for all the time you put into these full on documentaries. Very inspirational and educational.
34:10 That "ding" made me immediately think of Herbie Hancocks Human Voices Solo on Tribute to Miles (which you can find on RUclips).
And this documentary is awesome!
You're amazing for doing this. And the other historical videos too! It's Netflix or other streaming service worthy ❤
I really enjoyed that. Does any synth player not have at least one Korg?
Don’t you just love cold rainy thursday evenings in October !!.. Perfect output dude, bloody well done :) 1 edit & a couple of interviews off your own BBC4 series there m8.
Yeah, I deliberately aimed for a darker evening. :)
jupiter 8 = $20,000. smh why? What makes it worth 20K? I guess the answer is that's what people are willing to pay.
Fame, rarity, sound. Supply and demand.
The Korg Polyphonic Ensemble was used on Norwegian synth artist Beranek's debut album "Sound of Danger" prominently. In fact, its sound more or less helped shape the album and Beranek brought it back on stage when he performed the entire album live a few years ago.
GREAT VIDEO! I love that outro piece at the end. Sounds like something that Georgio Moroder might have done. Love it!
Before I watch this I just wanted to say thank you. I've always been a Korg fan and ever since finding your channel I've desperately wanted you to make a Korg Retrospective. Your other long form documentaries are amazing and I doubt this will be any less spectacular!
Key transpose. Now everything's in C. Sorted
Gold
I 've said it before, I love your documentaries, nobody is doing stuff like this. This one was excellent. Boy you had a LET to cover. Excellent job Alex.
Cheers Tony.
Danke Alex, da habe ich drauf gewartet.
Toller Rückblick
28:50 Amazing song Alex! Absolutely love the chord progression/sound/vocoder, everything. ❤️
Seconded! Is there a soundtrack version of these, so we can just groove?
Brilliant documentary as always, Alex. One of the earliest Korg synths I owned was a 900PS, it had presets, a traveller, and a touch bar; a silver bar in front of the keyboard that altered the sound when you touched it. I still own many Korg synths, from the first issue battleship grey panelled MS10 & 20 (Korg 35 filters) to the Prophecy and Z1. I do miss my old DVP1 though.
Wow. Another amazing doc. You continue to be one of the most creative and inspirational synthtubers. I like to show my friends that aren’t as into music your videos demonstrating different styles, to their inevitable delight.
Thank you so much for the work put into this, it is truly amazing, very interesting, well made, professional, respectful, and very engaging. I like how other musicians who I know are Korg users also contribute. Fascinating to learn the founder started out running nightclubs, little did he know his creations would fuel the music filling the clubs of the future to such a degree. Wonderful! Thank you Alex!
This documentary was unparalleled perfection! Thank you, Alex!
Glad you enjoyed it!
"We'll file that under 'why not?"" Love it.
What is the name of the song in outro? Or where I can send it? I Have Korg N1/N5 in my collection
Still love my microKORG, fantastic synth!! 🔥👊🏾😊
45:48 grief my favorite played song in the video. I want this instrument!
This is amazing Alex! Great tribute! These companies should be paying you for these docs. Cheers! 😁❤👍
Another amazing effort. Korg is my favorite Synth maker, so I'm thrilled they got the 'Alex Ball' treatment. Thank you!
Another world class production, Alex; sublime. Huge thanks for the work, effort, passion and love you put in to each and every one of your videos!
The definitive Korg documentary.
Beautiful! Thanks Alex, for your work on documenting this amazing history
Korgasmic vid Alex. 😚
These pieces are brilliant! It’s amazing to see and hear the roots of the instrument you’ve grown to love..Thank you!
This was awesome, one of your absolute best, I was so happy when I saw the notification. The "Traveler" name was just the icing on the cake too, perfect. Korg rules.
When I saw the Roland documentary I thought you were married with them and I would never see a Korg one, but the day has come and I am so happy! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Very nice, Alex. That end piece sounded very Tony Banks-esque ala Island in the Darkness.
Funnily enough, Nick is playing Tony Banks old Wavestation! Acquired from his gear sell off.
@@AlexBallMusic ah so one could say that the Banks-esqueness is “banked” into it.
I mean… you could say that if your goal was a horrible pun.
Absolutely fantastic as usual, Alex. I know these documentaries have to be incredibly laborious to make…but we are all massively appreciative you make them and hope you make more 😁
When I was about 16, my best friend received a Korg Electribe ES-1 for his birthday. It was our first piece of “pro gear,” and to us a revelation. I cut my teeth on that machine. To this day the ESX-1 remains my favorite dedicated drum machine.
Dayum Korg R3 didn't even get a mention. I feel hurt lol. I have the Minilogue too and it's wonderful. I can't stop using it. We're in love! Korg I love you!
Korg have six decades worth of gear, so it would be a very boring watch if I went into every single individual product.
The flagship of the MMT series was the Radius that was covered, as was Microkorg that was the highest selling synth of all time.
It's just the reality of making a film like this, unfortunately.
Dang Alex, that's another fantastic documentary you've made there! Had to pause it for a bit though to grab my ms-20 and play with it a bit. I just love the Korg sound. Thank you very much for sharing it with us.
@10:49 this is incorrect: the Polyphonic Ensemble PE2000 has three divide down (TOS) oscillators. Only the PE1000 has one oscillator per key (which can be indendepently tuned for alternative tunings of for adding even more richness)
I deliberately leave mistakes in for the nerds. 😉
That polysix track was so fuzzy and dope. Love it
It's been ages since ive watched an alex ball documentary. I was expecting great things & this was a treat 👍
Great sounds throughout & the usual , high production values. My poor(ly) DS8 almost sprang into action when you gave the D series a namecheck 😃.
Excellent work Alex, you did it again this time with Korg, a story that cried out to be told. Congratulations also to all the people who contribute, they are great too.
Please, Please and Please, consider to do a story about Dave Simmons and his electronic drums, he is a great and brilliant british inventor.
Yeah, would love to do some British ones. I have the original Musicaid Simmons SDS-3 for starters.
Love these documentaries you do.
Really informative and the demonstrations of these instruments sound amazing.
What a great video. So ambitious, can only imagine how long it took and the fact that's it's also a massive colab of sorts. Great work.
This is such a sick video, the compositions from everyone really were quite wonderful, and I'd love to listen to some of them in full. The details and quality of everything here is amazing. If you had a Patreon/KoFi or similar I'd happily chip in there. Thank you, it was a totally rad video form start to finish.
your demos are sheer delight
thank you!
I've just gotten my first hardware synth, a broken polysix from an old friend that wanted to give it a good home. I've been a bit lost in trying to fix it recently, but lo and behold this video comes out which is not only phenomenal in it's story, but also have me a taste of what my hard work could entail. Perfect timing, and I hope that you can keep doing what you love since it's giving the world something special
Bahringer Monopoly is a good price, Know it's not a real
Korg but very nere to it.
I first got into synth via KORG's excellent and ever expanding iOS range, stumbling head first into modular and monosynth via the iMS-20. I'd love a deep dive through their crazy stuff on iOS, and how it's all come to get more people into synth. Would love to own a physical MS-20 someday.
```love their polysix and monoploy emulations.
Well done. I’d never seen anything like this on Korg before! Bravo!
Oh what a magnificent documentary you made! You are a man of many talents, your documentaries are amongst the best. Excellent at narrating, and you have golden hands when it come to playing the keys of a synth. They all sounds good when they get played by you.