Vintage Synth Explorer

Korg • MS-10

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The MS-10 is a cool & classic analog synth known for its great bass and percussive sounds. It was released by Korg in 1978 as an entry-level, simple monophonic single-VCO analog synthesizer. With the authentic look of a mini-modular its single VCO is patchable using standard 1/4 inch patch cords to the VCF and VCA. It really is a powerful little mono-synth with plenty of knobs and a compact 32-note keyboard. It is CV/Gate controllable. A very cool feature is its external input to filter which allows you to filter external sound sources! Following the MS-10 came the double-oscillator version, the MS-20. The MS-10 is used by The Orb, SkyLab, the Chemical Brothers, Astral Projection, Autechre, Juan Atkins, Underworld, Sneaker Pimps, Luke Vibert, JunkieXL, and Add N to (X).

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Michael Brito

Posted 75 days ago

I have owned and operated a MS-10 since 1978, and it has performed flawlessly without repair for 30 years. It is an old friend and I will take it with me to the grave.

David

Posted 222 days ago

The MS-10 is my baby, all the way from 1978 to today. Still makes great helicopter replicas, cat fights (using mod gen), purple rain, stomping kick drum (again, using mod gen), and a beautiful, fat double square-wave that is warm and lovely. Add a phase shifter to the white noise gen for soaring jet plane effects.

Larry Hawke

Posted 233 days ago

The DS-10 on the Nintendo is sick! I've been playing the heck outta the thing for about 2 months now. I ran the audio out into the inputs on my Korg R3, and used the KAOSS pad to go crazy on the R3!
Now I want a new DSi, and another copy of the DS-10 program!
For $30 bucks for the software, it's pretty hard to beat, and cool as heck when you show it to your friends. :^)

Nick_Toznost

Posted 276 days ago

Goes lovely as an addition to the MS-20. Essentially, with 2 wires it morphs into a monster 3 osc, 3 filter, 3 vca synth with 2 lfos and external inputs, plus it provides the PW modulation that the MS-20 lacks. That'll put the wind up some Moog owners!

...maybe not Moog modular owners though.....

Riley

Posted 305 days ago

Great little synth, and the Nintendo DS version is fantastic. It has two dual oscillator versions of it, and drums (sourced from the MS-10). You can also link up to 8 of them wirelessly. All that and a Kaoss pad for you to play along live, with your sequences. Make sure that someone's checkng that you eat and drink.

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