Korg M1: Beyond the presets
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- The Korg M1 is famous for its classic piano, organ and pad presets. But there's way more to this synth than these sounds. In this video I'll give an overview of the synthesis possibilities and show of some brand new patches I created that are ready to be used in new productions.
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This thing is 32 years old and it still sounds so fresh. Amazing sounds on this.
That's why the M1 is one of the most legendary synth's ever made.. I have one too, and i LOVE it!
Just a basic Sine and Saw wave, a little bit of TMF filter (no Resonance) and signal running in parallel through effects. Not complicated but works. 'Slow Motion'.
Last week I was presented with an M1 with a broken joystick at a very low price I could not resist.
Managed to fix the cracked joystick and started playing with it. I had no idea what I was in for. I cannot believe what a beautiful machine I now possess.
Loving it to death already. I appreciate these videos you have done on it. Very inspiring! Thank you!
How did you fix it bro? please help!
I like the work you have done. The M1 has superb sounds. Looks amazing.
The machine has great build quality and key action.
No gimmicks here. All killer and no filler.
Under the hood is a world of power and creative sonic possibilities, or should I say "universe"?
I think the M1 is where complexity and simplicity meet at an almost perfect 50/50
balance. It is an instrument. It speaks to your imagination in a way
that new machines cannot.
I don't know why Korg does not just reissue this original classic.
I got my M1 when it came out, 7th unit of the first batch of 8 to reach the Canary Islands where I live. I still use it. Once I got my first Internet connection years ago I found millions of patches on the web. The instrument is able to do FAR more than what you´d think by the "classic" preset sounds. My favourite track to date was made entirely with the M1, played by hand and overdubbed lots of times, using a Pentium 2 with a whopping 166 Mb of memory and a 4 gb hard disk. I´ve never been able to get back to that level of emotional intensity with my current laptop and VST plugins.
I'm sure I'm also never going to let it go again. Only looking at that massive keyboard already gives me new ideas.
CAN YOU SHARE THESE MILLION PATCHES PLEASE
The last Pad is a Blast 😊🤘🤘🤘💥
The last patch in 3 words
*Epic trance moment*
Last pad was incredible
Thank you very much for your videos! I am extremely impressed and I have watched several of them. I like your personal style, like we are sitting in the same room and having a nice time with the synthesizers 😁 Now I must explore my M1. I bought it just because it is one of the big 80s synth so it sits below my DX7 on my Jaspers stand. Mine came with a lot of the Korgs original cards with extra waveforms. I hope you get a lot of subscribers 😎
Thanks 😊
I'm still on the lookout for one of the FM classics as well but I think its going to be a module because the studio is getting quite crowded (probably TX81Z)
Best video on yt about M1. I'm very glad, regard mate!
The Korg M1 vst is one of my favourite purchases. Can access the extended parameters a lot easier, it's a lot more intuitive than I first thought it would be. A great tool to have!
I have this now and need to get to use it. I wonder if the Program patches created in the VST can be downloaded to the M1 itself via MIDI SysEx. This would provide the benefit of ease of use from a big computer screen visualising the patch.
The last patch was really epic!
You did well to get that synth and even better to repair it, great job, great video. Thanks for sharing.
As an M1 owner I'm inspired by your results that show sounds far beyond the factory presets.
I have the Waverex PCM card for my M1. This card contains modern flash memory that enables your own samples to be downloaded to it via USB from a PC or mac using their app. Then the card can be used standalone like a standard PCM card in the M1.
The app provides the multisound, DWGS or drumkit structuring and length for your own sounds to be understood as PCM data on the card by the M1.
There are also ready made sample sets such as 909 drum kit and synth sounds and also Korg T series samples for free download.
No affiliation, benefit or incentive to me. I already have the waverex card!
I'm already interested in getting a waverex for a while. Seems like a great way to get even more out of the M1.
Hey glad you mentioned the WaveRex, I am looking to get one myself but have not heard back from the company yet and wondering if they still make it.
Question: when you bought it, what pcm files did they give with it besides the 909? I already have the T PCMs because I have the m1Ex upgrade installed but I was hoping that the company would have recreated all the original Korg library PCMs and included those. What other PCM files besides the 909 and T sounds did they give you with the interface card?
thanks so much!
Nice to see the real potential of the Kong m1, I’m doin the same with the VST and always impressed how good it sounds. I truly think it is one of the best synth out there when you know how to use it (same with dx7).
Indeed. I guess both were the 'victim' of their great presets and menu driven editing. Certainly worth the effort to spend the time really getting to know them.
Thanks for sharing Jonas. Ik heb altijd al uitgekeken naar productie video's van de legendarische Estuera. Leuk om te zien hoe jij te werk gaat.
Amazing mine is back on the stand. Time to play along with dx7 and d50
big thumb up for the last sound
That Korg M1 is epic!! Gosh I wish I had one.
Yo le vendo el mío con dos tarjetas.
Absolutely fantastic video been a great help, thank you
This is exactly what I needed to see RN! Finally got my long time dream M1 a little less than a month ago & it's time for me to start figuring the menu out as far as editing the patches & creating some of my own. Not much info out there, but thanks to you I now understand how to pull up an INIT saw, square etc. (Well sample of one anyway) I didn't realize they were buried in that dropdown of 100 variations.
I did however spend a little time earlier today changing parameters on the existing presets & was able to transform a couple into some wild stuff hahaha I've always adored alot of the factory & ROM card presets, but it's very reassuring to now see first hand that there's alot more fun to be had on this synth!
Thanks for the motivation & helping to spread the knowledge a bit
My pleasure! Have fun creating patches!
Bro that’s incredible, from france🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
Il en a dans le ventre le M1 !!!
Once again, another great video witch highlights and highlights the almost endless possibilities of the M1.
This synthesizer will always shine over time and has nothing to envy with its recent successors from the Korg brand.
Personally, I much prefer the old Korg products which had a different phylosophy. It's my point of view which is only binding on me...
At the time, I bought the X5DR, an expandeur that I regret no longer owning...
Thank you Jonas for this sharing !!!
My pleasure :)
@@Estuera :)
Who knew the M1 could sound so phat?!?!
Amazing stuff man
Just awesome! Especially your last patch. Sounds amazing.
Glad you could fix the good old M1 by yourself.
Now I’m looking forward to the Umbra release.
Nice Jonas !
Wow, what a sound from that age! Great channel btw, recently subscribed and it gives me lots of inspiration.
Thanks. Great to hear thst ☺️
That last patch is very Vangelis!
Awesome sounds man...👍
I got my M1 around 1989, traded a TB 303 and very beat up dx7 plus £ 180. Still got the M1 and a kawaii K4 rack, 8 separate outputs plus stereo left n right 8 outputs individually assignable.😄
Nice! I got an M1 at a pawn shop that needed a lot of switches replaced. It was in rough shape from touring. I ordered parts, but in the meantime I found a T2ex in perfect condition. Love the M1 and T2ex keybeds! The M1 is stored and still awaiting repairs. Need to experiment more with the T2ex
@Love made in Japan When I saw the used T2ex in the local shop I grabbed it. Mint condition and even had the original Korg diskette in the floppy drive. Best $399 Cdn I ever spent.
Very special synth workstation.
Nice Cs1x. ❤
Man🙌I love your channel ❤️
Thanks !
Ik ook!!! Me too!!
Yep. Some brilliant video’s for the raver & learning producer in me 🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻
2:10 wow awsome sound
amazing sounds man
I remember that my music teacher during secondary education used to have one of these. In school duty that machine probably never had to show what it's really capable off.
That last set was really beautiful. Almost made me emotional.
Absolutely amazing. I’ve had an M1 for a couple of years and I have the expanded version, but I have never heard anything similar to your absolutely breathtaking soundscapes. Is there a way to get them?
In theory I could do a sysex dump. Never really attempted that yet but it's probably a good idea to make some backups anyways.
You can contact me on the email address you can find in the about section of my channel and I see what I can do.
@@Estuera
Thanks a lot. System exclusive should work fine. I’ll definitely get in touch with you soon!
Still an epic synth 😀
I have an oportunity to bring one home very rare in my country. I wanna try and do some dawless dark tek textures with its own sequencer . Should be fun as all korgs i tried have a real haunting sad japanese feel sound
Blade Runner 2049, nice!
Cool, you've remixed Kirsty Hawkshaw. Love her work since Opus III.
That sound from 06:30 - 07:30 sounds like a classic Ibiza sound that they’d drop in the clubs
That's what probably happened indeed ;) I used that exact sound and chords in my remix for Mr Sam feat Kirsty Hawkshaw - Split. A remix Armin played quite a lot in 2006 ;)
For example Chicane - Offshore :), it's a brilliant chord progression
@@Estuera Where can I find that remix?
Nice video, btw starting 7:06 is that a chords of a song? Ah i loved it a lot.
It was some improvisation I did. It's a very typical classic trance chord progression.
@@Estuera many times replaying since yesterday :) and that made me open fl studio and m1 vst to have some time.. keep up, i loved this channel and hope you get more followers.
It sounds like his remix for Mr Sam feat Kirsty Hawkshaw - Split as he said in another comment, and also (sorta) the second half of Estuera - Flow
The chords are exact chicane :)
This is a great channel! Thank you sir from Ireland!
Any chance you could create Brian Eno an ending ascent on garageband? Or do an enya Carribbean blue recreation?
Really cool synthy stuff happening there
I'm not really doing any covers.
Doing a video about how to create that style of music is another thing though. I'll add it to the list of ideas.
@@Estuera to be able to create an ending ascent style patches on let's say Garageband would be an amazing thing
Listen to that ¡ Min. 9:46, An old digital synth from 1990 ? Wow......
Can it play a sequence loop while you are playing a pad as well? ❤
I love your channel as im sure we're all learning awesome stuff ! is there's a chance we get a sysex file for these sounds
Thanks :)
And if I'll get around to do a sysex dump I don't mind sharing.
It could have been very handy to transfer patches back and forth between the soft vsti and hardware just like we can swap the sysex of DX7 and dexed. Editing could be much easier.
That would have been a great feature indeed.
You can not transfer all the patches of the vst using sysex though as some are from banks that need extra ROM samples. For patches based on the factory osc set it would be possible though in theory.
Not sure this has been asked already (there are so many comments!), but do you offer written instructions on how you created these presets? I tried to follow along with the video but something must be missing because I couldn't get quite the same sounds.
glad that you put it to work! I have a Korg 707 (4op fm from the 80's with exactly same kind of buttons) and I need to clean/change the buttons too... Was cleaning enough, did you have to put new buttons? Solder? Thank you in advance, keep the good work
I had to desolder the old switches and solder in new ones. It's a bit tricky but if you are careful and know how to solder its doable. Otherwise I'd recommend that you let someone with experience repairing electronics do it for you instead. These tactile switches are rated for a specific amount of 'actions'. After 30 years most of switches on my M1 reached their limit.
@@Estuera Thank you! I have a bit of experience with electronics and soldering, I will try to do it myself... For the moment they are kind of ok but i know they will fail, always better to prepare;)) thnk you again. I'll give you news about it
Hoping it turns out well 👍
I turn it up mine today and is acting very strange when i play i some key it plays very loud others dont play it sustains notes from nothing, i swaped the battery and remains the same.... any ideias? cheers
Not just for house piano and organ
Your video made me decide to get one! I didn’t know how capable it is.
5:24 what’s the name of the music here plzzz??
Does anyone know what software I can use to reprogram Korg M1
How similar is the x3 to the m1? I have struggled to figure out sysex on the x3.
It's the follow up to the M1 but I'm not sure how much of its internals are shared with the M1 (if any at all).
I never used a X3 myself but maybe I can still point you in the right direction. What is it you're struggling with exactly ?
Ok nice programming! I wish i was as creative lol. I always find it a bit difficult to program the synth via it´s little display (sorry i like synths with many knobs...) Isn´t there any kind of software to acces the synth parameters via midi or something like that???
Thanks :)
Well first of all there is the Korg M1 vsti off course. This is a good way to get familiar with the synth in a more visual way. You'd still have to recreate the patches on the hardware though.
There's also the M1 FlexEditor. This is a one man software project and its a work in progress: www.korgforums.com/forum/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=99291
I tried it out and in the end for my workflow it was easier and more fun to program on the M1 itself. The menu diving goes quite fast once you know where everything is. It's not as complicated as it might look at first.
@@Estuera ok tnx for the quick reply, going to try the software. But maybe you're right, i just need to get familiar with it's interface like it is. I did learn to deal with the blofelds interface wich isn't also always straight forward lol.
I have an M1 VST. are patches compatible with the hardware version? Have you ever compared the two?
The patches are the same yes. I compared them and they are 99% the same.
@@Estuera thanks
Get those pinky’s going 😆 you are shorting yourself 😝
what software patch editor are you using?
Nothing.
I edited the patches on the M1 itself.
The screenshots you see are taken from the M1 vsti (which is not an editor for the M1 hardware). It has the same architecture so it was a good way to explain things.
Did you use Korg M1 VST to edit sounds? Or is there any other M1editor that you can recommend?
I created these patches on the M1 itself, no editor was used.
I did look for a good editor but couldn't really find anything good.
@@Estuera Oh boy, some people really like "retro" :D
I think I'll try to learn how to create CTRLR Panels. Will be more fun than M1 menu diving.
The menu structure of the OG M1 isn't too bad though. Its more a long stretch than an actual dive.
@@Estuera I know, I got one on the shelf behind me, just that I've got lazy over past 25 years and not in the mood of 2 lines of LCD sceen menus when I got phones/tablets/computers available these days. Plus, I'm not 17 years old any more to put up with it. I do like what Behringer has done with DeepMind and iPad App.
Yeah, can't argue with that. Would be great to have an app for it.
Man I like a lot your channel .I just subscribe. But I have to say you make a bad move. If I was in your shoes I would buy a T3 or T2 .it has more waveform double memory fd more effects. If you had to money get an n364 a beautiful sounding classic korg.beware prices getting really high for that synth
I agree that the M1 isn't the most powerful Korg workstation. But it is the original classic.
If I really wanted a workstation I'd go for a Korg Kronos or a Yamaha Montage.
This M1 I got for nostalgia reasons and because it's simply a lot of fun while still being useful in modern productions. I also got it for quite a cheap price (and its already paying itself back with this channel alone :D )
@@Estuera now I understand your point.last year I serviced a T3 .1st it loads all m1 patches has a large display that I changed with a led backlited one and looks very good.the fd was replaced with usb emulator.these are the main reason why I like t series.awesome keyboard
Of course without a doubt M1 like Roland d50 Yamaha dx7 Korg triton jd8080 emulator2 defines a certain era or genre in music
Now do one where you create the first song of your Lumi set in 2017! facebook.com/LuminosityEvents/videos/1468770939835565
M1 - as famous as the Korg 01W.
The 01W was supposed to be M10 but someone read it upside down lol
again no pinkies.