KORG MS-20 MINI Monophone Analog Synthesizer MS-20 Mini MIDI IN / USB Terminal / Patch Cable Included

アナログシンセを復刻できないか、というKORG創業者の声から端を発し、玩具の様な掌サイズのアナログシンセサイザー monotron が出て、monotribeも出て.. そして今回、本当に35年前のMS-20を復刻してしまった。オリジナルのMS-20の時代はシンセなんてとても買えなかった自分としては、今再び35年前のものに触れられる、ただそれだけでも価値のあるものと感じました。こんな事普通ありえません。普通のメーカーはこんな事しません、できません。でもＫＯＲＧはやってしまった。50周年記念なのかもしれませんが、世界中のシンセ好きの喝采を受けるのも無理もないです。もう音が良いとか悪いとか、そんなの関係ない、それぐらいの仰天の商品です。多分、音楽制作現場から見れば今更アナログなんて不便なだけでしょう。この機械がプロの音楽制作にどれほど役に立つかも私にはわかりません。なにせ、単音で和音も出せず、メモリーもなにも出来ず、昨日と同じ音も再現するのが困難ですからね。でもこの機械の存在価値は、昔のものがそのまま今手に入れられる、その事です。手に触れて、ノブを回して、音を作って.昔を知ってる人はその音と感触を懐かしみ、知らない人は昔はこういう機械で音を出していたと、そいういう感慨に耽れる商品です。多重録音に使うもよし、ブイブイ言わして遊ぶもよし。ユーザーが復刻を熱望していたわけでもないのに、発表されて仰天して、そして、発売されて良かった、買えて良かった、買って良かった、と思える商品は稀ではないでしょうか。なお、余談ではありますが、アマゾンの初期出荷対応に関しては頂けませんね。此処にクレーム書くのもどうかと思いましたが、最近KORG VOLCAでも同じ事を繰り返しており、裏切られました。VOLCAは発売直前で一方的な注文キャンセル。入荷見込みもないまま予約だけ受付るという手口の様です。他のマーケットでなかなか出品が無いのは、入個数が見込めないから出品したくても出来ないのでしょう。アマゾンは入荷数の確約もないうちに無節操無制限に予約を募り、出荷できないのはメーカーのせいという言い訳。おかげで何十日もの待ち時間が無駄になったあげく、今から他店に予約入れてもそれこそ何時になるかわかりません。アマゾンにこの手の商品を予約で注文するのは考えものだと痛感。300円ぽっちのお詫びクーポンなんて貰っても怒りが増すだけです..

安いので当たり前ですが、オシレーターがどうもチープな感じで、ベースなどは場合によっては迫力の出ない音になりがちな面もあります。それでも昔のシンセの音が好きなら感覚にダイレクトに働きかけてくれる「何か」がこのシンセにはあります。自分は我を忘れてずっといじっていられる、本当に楽しい楽器だと思います。パッチの繋ぎ方などもYouTubeを漁ると沢山出てきますし、動画の真似をしているだけでも随分色々なことが分かってくると思います。プラグインシンセなどではいじってて眠くなってしまうタイプのシンセ初心者などには、特にお薦めしたいシンセだと思います。ちなみに半年ほど使っていますと、音そのものはクリーミーな感じに変わってきて、古いギターアンプを彷彿させてくれる音になってくると思います。

楽しい

同梱されているパッチングの設定は、mini で音が出せる設定内容を提示して欲しかった。性能、機能は、この価格帯でよく頑張っている方かと。

一つだけ、VCFが、1[V]/octでないのが残念です。この値段では･･･

MS-20は中学生以来の憧れの機種だったんだけど、手を出さなかったのはCV/GATEの規格が違ったので、手持ちの機材では制御できなかったことが大きい。今回MIDI化されて、めでたくシステムに組み入れる運びに。Hz/Vなんでチューニングは安定してる。MS-20 miniはオリジナルの86%のサイズになってるけど、メインキーボードの脇に置いていじるにはちょうどいいサイズ。オリジナルのサイズでは存在感ありすぎる気が。あとパラメーターの数もちょうどいい。Mono/Polyも持ってるけど、正直ちょっと扱いきれないところがある。MS-20 miniの特長は全てのパラメーターがつまみでいじれるところに尽きる。ストレスフリー。細かいところではつまみのサイズ、固さもちょうどいい。つまみだけで一通りの音は作れるけど、パッチを加えると一気に音作りの幅が広がる。あんまり楽しいんで、延々いじってしまう。MS-20 miniはまぎれもない「楽器」だ。サイズと価格ゆえ、やれガジェットだ、やれおもちゃだという声も聞かれるけど、少しいじってみればそんな偏見はすぐ消える。いくぶんじゃじゃ馬で、使いこなすには慣れとある程度の知識が必要だけど、そんなところも含めて末永く愛せる「楽器」だと思う。手持ちのローランド系のシンセとMS-20 miniはサウンドのキャラクターが全く違う。懐かしいけど今でも十分通用する音。最近のアナログリバイバル製品と比較しても、全く引けを取らないと思う。35年前にこんな製品が存在して、それを今また新製品として使えるのはなんと素晴らしいことか。KORGさんありがとう。

ソフトシンセでも発売されているが、やはりハードウェアは最高。昔のMS20をさらにMIDI付きでグレードアップしている。最高

ギター🎸繋いでもどうしたら音が変わるのか書いてない。アンプが無いと音を鳴らす物が無いのと、繋ぐコードは自分でお願いしますなところか。どうしても、オルガンの音に偏りがちなのは、自作が甘いにしても、初心者の意見なので、今度はピアノの音が出せるシンセ買います。和音の出し方教えて欲しかった。

Totalmente recomendado supero mis espectativas. si estas pensando en introducirte al mundo de la sintesis esta es una gran opcion!

--ShippingArrived on time. Amazon box ok but the korg box looked like it had been through a small war. Checked it out no visible damage though.--Past PlayingWell, I am a seasoned vet having at least 3 cheapie keyboards and 3 full size pianos through the ages, combined with grades 7-8 chorus class, relatives pianos and organs and the occasional bar piano jam sessions between bands playing here and in Puerta Adventura.Having given my last piano to a church in need, been missing playing awhile but downsize in home has a full size anything off my list. I also own 2 guitars and a few other small instruments, and also played bass n drums. For fun.Only band experience was guest singer in one bar band and backup singer in a garage band.--Playing and durability - first impressionswOw. I am surprised I have waited this long in life to get one. Granted, I still wanna get a regular keyboard and most likely a sequencer (unless they come out with an app, right?).I just tried normal, synth 4 then synth 3 to make sure it worked. And it does. It will definitely take getting used to hitting small keys and the polyphony of 1. But, I see the limitless possibilities and love it. I hooked to my guitar amp with the mono cord frequently purchased together listed. As the book and other reviewers state, with reasonable care you will get many years of use. Hopefully more than that. It does feel delicate and I definitely would use original box for transport. I ordered a microfiber cloth 20x40 to drape over once it makes its way to my office desk from the dining room table.If I were to take to a gig and not in original box I would get the poly cover and soft case, but they are proud of those. The action on the small keys feels nice for the size and described as springy.I am glad I bought it and would do it over again given the choice. I was debating between keyboard type and realized I want the three pieces, this one first. I will probably complement, so to say, with the SQ-1 and the Yahaha YPG-235. To me, there aren't any keyboards that can replicate a real piano, at least not in my price range with modern connections as well. And if your past the learning stage, I associate hitting keyboards to pianos as I do my my electric guitar to my acoustic. That said, hammer, semi- weighted, whatever, just make sure to get connectivity and enough polyphony.This MS20 is the absolute perfect complement to any aspiring human.If you read all the reviews like I did, just buy n enjoy it already.Thanks seller and Amazon for great fast service n price and thanks KORG for fantastic replication of your sound dinosaur it is much appreciated.Another good reason to not do yard work.

I have always wanted a synth and although I cannot play it very well I have spent a lot of very happy, very geeky hours understanding how it works and experimenting with building sounds. I will probably end up mostly integrating it with a DAW on my PC and using the MIDI function.The sounds are harsher than some of the Moog sounds from the 70's but I had expected that when I bought it. This synth is semi-modular, meaning that in addition to the standard path of audio through the synth you can re-route through the patch panel and vastly extend the sound possibilities. There are many demos of this synth on the web and I listened to quite a few before buying to ensure that in general I liked the tones of the synth before purchase.Good points:Lots of patch cablesPatchability gives many more sound optionsUSB midi allows control from PCHeadphone socket and audio out to PC or mixerLoads of sounds!Points to remember:Keyboard is smaller than a standard keyboard - but it is called miniThe output is mono if you wish to connect this to a pc you may need a stereo to mono adapter or you could end up with just one channel.The main panels attract dust like you wouldn't believe. There are plastic covers available for about 40 pounds and I would recommend buying one as there are a LOT of knobs you don't want to get dust into.Bad points:None that I can see so far.Get one

Fantastic synth. It's not as solidly build as I would prefer but I wont be touring with it any time soon so as long as I handle it carefully I'm sure it will last a long time. And I do wish it had full sized keys but I guess we can't have everything. What I do love is having a resonant high pas filter before the low pas filter. That allows you to get a lot of very unique sounds out of this synth. The ring modulator setting is very cool too. Very nice sounding synth at a great price, highly recommended!!

This is an excellent little synth, remarkable for under £500. Most importantly, the sound's great. Like the original MS-20 it can be a little noisy with some patches but not enough to really be a problem. It's more than worth it for the sound of the filters. Unlike most synths of the type, it has resonant highpass and lowpass filters - get them both self-oscillating, apply modulation, and all manner of weirdness is possible. They're not polite filters, they screech, whine and protest and can sound etremely nasty and sleazy. Even without the patchbay, we have the filters; two oscillators (triangle, saw, square waves & white noise with two lots of frequency modulation available); VCO mixer; two envelope generators; LFO with continuously variable waveforms, portamento, etc.With the patchbay, it opens up even more. Oscillator 1 gives you a choice of triangle, saw, pulse and noise. But if you want, say, sawtooth waveforms from both oscillators you can also patch noise in from the patchbay. Plus you get a choice of white or pink noise. You can even patch the noise in via the external signal processor to let you control it's volume and tone. You can access the Sample and Hold, the pulse wave output from the LFO; or inverted envelopes from both Envelope generators. And you can patch your modulation sources to either, or both, filters - or use them for frequency modulation. And the patchbay is the only way you an access the mod wheel and momentary switch located to the left of the keyboard.Another level of performance comes if you connect external units - maybe a sequencer. Via MIDI you can only transmit Note messages, whereas I'm using mine with a Beatstep Pro sequencer, sending CV & Gate for each note to the MS-20's Oscillator CV & Trigger in; but also routing the note's velocity to the filter cutoff frequency so I can accentuate certain notes and give my arpeggios a bit of extra "bounce". I can also route external audio through the MS-20 via the external input - or route the synth's own output in there(while using the headphone out as the "main" output) to overdrive the filters. You can also send seperate note CV to each oscillator - so it's not always strictly monophonic. It can't do everything - pulse width modulation is impossible without modifying the unit (or twiddling the pulse width control manually) - but it's astonishingly versatile for such a small and, seemingly, basic synth.At the price, this is a must-have analogue synth. The only real weakness compared to an original MS-20 is the 84% size keyboard - but if you're using a sequencer, or you connect any full size MIDI keyboard, that's not a problem. And I have fairly small hands, so I actually prefer the slightly smaller keyboard. There's a learning curve involved when you come to the patchbay, but it's not too steep and the sample patches in the manual make a good starting point. I had used Korg's plugin MS-20 on the PC for a couple of years, I loved the sounds but just used it by picking a preset that was close to what I wanted and tweaking it slighty. I didn't get into the patchbay at all. But after a couple of weeks of having the hardware version I was already feeling quite comfortable with the patch cables. Which makes it a great intro to modular synthesis too...