From Andre Majorel Sent Thu, Apr 12th 2018, 16:25
From Andre Majorel Sent Thu, Apr 12th 2018, 16:25
On 2018-04-12 13:10 +0200, Tomislav Babic wrote: > there are some old analog synths, where recreations and > reissues pale in comparison and miss the spark that made em > magical - however MS20 is not one of them. > > imo Korg's 20m is a rare example where reissue sound is quite > similar, From the photos that Chase Smith posted, they used 4558 op amps throughout, as in the original. I'm not sure how much sonic difference that makes, but it shows that they resisted the temptation to "upgrade". The 4558 is a crummy op amp by today's standards, not anyone's default choice. > and some crucial omissions from the original are remedied, > extending the range of instrument quite a bit. basically win > win. much more portable too without the vertical element. Yes. Sync, VCO -> VCO FM and PWM. The latter is not hard to add to an MS-20 though, even I managed it. > i used to have the mk2 years ago, but am also looking to > pickup an MS20m these days. What's an "mk2" ? -- André Majorel http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/