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Blue Dolphin Group: Members Posts: 1232 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Nov. 02 1999, 11:38 I have noticed that Mike is very keen on using his Korg M1. I am very interested in this synth, because I play synths myself too. Has anyone have some information? -------------- -The mark of a good musician is to play one note and mean it- Mike Oldfield - 1980 Back to top

Olivier Group: Super Admins Posts: 1865 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Nov. 02 1999, 12:27 I have a Korg X5DR, which is more recent than the M1. Concerning synths sounds, here are my preferences: 1. Kurzweil, 2. Korg, 3. Roland Mike seems to like a lot Roland (who is supposed to make a Millennium Bell sound), and for some unknown reasons, this Korg M1. As all synths, the keyboard is terrible. The sounds are good, but I think more recent synths have better sounds. Back to top

Thea Cochrane Group: Musicians Posts: 445 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Nov. 03 1999, 04:40 I think that Mike uses the Korg M1 mainly as a master keyboard now for the more modern modules (such as the Roland JV-2080). He also seems to still use the Fairlight CMI, although some people still use Minimoogs and TB-303s so it's not that unusual to like old keyboards. Great idea, Olivier! Hope the forum goes well. Back to top

Blue Dolphin Group: Members Posts: 1232 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Nov. 03 1999, 14:18 Hey! Thanks for the reply's! Great this forum, Oliver! I have a similair synthesizer as the Korg M1, the Technics WSA1. But it is terrible in handeling it. About that Minimoog, I think Moogs are great! Only thing is that they are hard to find. Anyone know where I can buy those? -------------- -The mark of a good musician is to play one note and mean it- Mike Oldfield - 1980 Back to top

Thea Cochrane Group: Musicians Posts: 445 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Nov. 03 1999, 16:00 There is a company in Wales which still build Minimoogs, but with MIDI (it's called Moog Music Ltd, I have an email contact : enq-moog@dial.pipex.com but this is from Ocober 1998). It cost £1,500 at the time of release (about the same as secondhand Moogs in the UK). Unless you buy secondhand, I don't know where else you can get one. Let me know if you want to sell your Technics WSA1 (is it the keyboard or the module?) I heard that these were good synths that were not as successful as they should have been. They could do polyphonic physical modelling years before the Korg Z1, and could do long eveolving pad sounds which I love (Wavestations are a pain to program). Anyone know how much secondhand Fairlights are? :-) I know there used be a CDROM with a complete set of Fairlight's presets as SoundFonts, but I can't find who made it. Back to top

Hans Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Nov. 04 1999, 18:25 There is a Fairlight (CMI Mk II) for sale in Sweden. It's been for sale quite some time now. The price is now down to 24.900 sek (~ 3000 usd) It used to be 39.900 sek (~ 4500 usd) If anyone is interested, go to: http://www.jam.se/vintage.html /Hans Back to top

Mizuno Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Nov. 10 1999, 20:57 Hi ! I think Mike uses the M1 as a master keyboard as Mat says. This machine is old and the sounds it makes are old too. IMHO, Roland's synths sound well better, execpt the "groove" toys !! ps : Nice forum olivier :) Back to top

Thea Cochrane Group: Musicians Posts: 445 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Nov. 11 1999, 05:15 > Roland's synths sound well better, execpt the "groove" toys !! Agreed, but I have to say that the 'D-Beam' controllers on those toys are a lot of fun though Mat Cochrane Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: Dec. 26 1999, 22:26 > Roland's synths sound well better Hmm...not sure about that. I think it depends what music you're doing, etc... There are some decidedly korg like sounds on TB3 in places - I don't know if these are the M1 or his TR rack (Korg have a habit of putting M1 sounds into everything...). I've managed to get some fairly close approximations to some of his sounds out of my Korg X5D...maybe sometime I'll get round to doing a sounbank (I bet Olivier wouldn't mind a copy of that...). On the CMI thing, those things can really sound destinctive...they're also huge, so I doubt I'd ever get one even if I had the money. Mike obviously loves (and has space for) his, or used to love it at least. Hear how it turns up all over his early - mid 80s albums (compare the sound of Five Miles Out with QE2...). Peter Gabriel did the same when he got his, using it on just about every song of at least one album (don't remember which right now). BTW, the WSA1 managed polyphony by cheating slightly using samples as the 'driver' portion of the sound, rather than generating it in DSP like other modelling synths (Z1 included). Not a criticizm, though...I think thats a clever workaround in fact. Back to top

MrShame Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: June 2000 Posted: June 21 2000, 06:13 I think Korg makes a lot of good sounds but they all sound very soft. Roland makes more raw sounds and are easier to handle. I love the Roland sound like you can hear on the Marilion albums like "Script for a Jester's tear" (Roland jupiter-8). I own a Korg X5 but sometimes I wish I had my old Yamaha DX-27 (little brother of DX-7). That machines really makes a lot of noise. Korg should have similar sounds of their synths... MrShame Back to top

Archangel Foster Group: Members Posts: 215 Joined: Oct. 2000 Posted: Oct. 30 2000, 22:27 I've got an M1 but I NEVER use it. It sounds like a piece of **** and I can't stand that cheap M1 clicking sound in 'Music from the Balcony'. The only thing about it is that is has a better keyboard than my other 2 synths, a Korg Prophecy and a Roland JX-1 (which I love although it's a toy really). Back to top

Blue Dolphin Group: Members Posts: 1232 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Nov. 28 2000, 16:07 Oh? Can I have your M1 then? -------------- -The mark of a good musician is to play one note and mean it- Mike Oldfield - 1980 Back to top

Archangel Foster Group: Members Posts: 215 Joined: Oct. 2000 Posted: Nov. 28 2000, 20:15 If you'll swap it for a Minimoog! Back to top

Blue Dolphin Group: Members Posts: 1232 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Nov. 30 2000, 17:56 Hehe. If I had one, I wouldn't give it away for a million! That's a great synth yes. Too bad Mike didn't used that synth in one of his albums. But he did say in that Keyboard Magazine interview that he played a Moog synthesizer once! -------------- -The mark of a good musician is to play one note and mean it- Mike Oldfield - 1980 Back to top

Archangel Foster Group: Members Posts: 215 Joined: Oct. 2000 Posted: Nov. 30 2000, 20:53 Hmm, funny you should say that... I thought about that, too: why did Mike never use a Minimoog? But then, the reason probably is that he doesn't get the sound out of it he needs for his music... Back to top

Thea Cochrane Group: Musicians Posts: 445 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Dec. 01 2000, 17:10 I couldn't have imagined Mike using a Nord Lead until TB3, I think that if he wanted to he could make it his sound. I don't think that Minimoogs are good except for soloing on and effects, can you imagine Mike on an instrument which only plays one note at a time? Back to top

Blue Dolphin Group: Members Posts: 1232 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Dec. 01 2000, 17:31 Eeeeh, Mike used the Roland SH-2000 a lot, like Incantations and Platinum and Blue Peter, and that's a synth which plays one note at the time too, you know. -------------- -The mark of a good musician is to play one note and mean it- Mike Oldfield - 1980 Back to top

Archangel Foster Group: Members Posts: 215 Joined: Oct. 2000 Posted: Dec. 01 2000, 20:12 I can imagine Mike on just about any instrument... there are still a lot left for him to try! Back to top

Delfín Group: Members Posts: 667 Joined: Nov. 2000 Posted: Dec. 11 2000, 15:36 Hi, my friends. I've got a KORG X3 and it's so good, it's the mean basement for my work as a musician. I think Korg digital sounds are soft, refinated and have an extremely good quality, as well as the sequencer provides a powerful range of possibilities for creation. I agree with my colleage Blue Dolphin...it's part of myself...I couldn't sell it for a million... O.K.! Don't worry... save a little... I got one for a good price by second hand...in perfect state. I get a lot of sounds featured on Mike's CDs. I think synths are a basic and very important part of Mike and many other's creativity. Regards. -------------- The most precious thing I possess, is knowing the answer's yes Back to top

Blue Dolphin Group: Members Posts: 1232 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Dec. 23 2000, 12:30 Hehe.. cool, another dolphin Yes, first I was complaining about my Technics WSA1, but after exploring it more, I realise it's a very very good synth! Just bad luck nobody knows the synth well, because of the name. -------------- -The mark of a good musician is to play one note and mean it- Mike Oldfield - 1980 Back to top

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