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Korg • Synthe-Bass

Korg's Synthe-Bass (model SB 100) is a small 2-octave monophonic bass synth that had a very fat sound. It has one oscillator, an AD Envelope and a low-pass filter. No LFO, no arpeggiators or sequencers and certainly no memory. Small and portable, it came in a brief-case design. Unlike many portable synths of the time, it featured full size keys.

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dv

Posted 69 days ago

Lou Barlow said this is his favorite synth in a documentary about the making of a recent album.

iProg

Posted 241 days ago

This is the synth seen on the recent photos of Röyksopp. Some of the bass lines on "The Understanding" is made with the SB-100.

iProg

Posted 241 days ago

This is the synth seen on the recent photos of Röyksopp. The bass line in "The Understanding" is made with the SB-100.

Roger "R.L" Hurtubise

Posted 382 days ago

This synthesizer was also used on one rare video by Benjamin Orr the bassist from the cars on the Song Think It Over from the Shake It Up!! Album, live you see him playing it inplace of his usual Steinberger Bass, while singing the song as well.

Micke

Posted 400 days ago

The Synthe-Bass has been used by David Ball/Soft Cell and
The B-52's.

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