A look at how the Korg MS-20 and SQ-10 sequencer were an intergral part of the sound of a group of German musicians in the late 70s and early 80s.
0:00 Intro
1:09 Der Mussolini - DAF
5:02 Los Niños Del Parque - Liaisons Dangereuses
8:10 Minimal Tape 3/7.2 - Pyrolator
10:48 Sample Pack
11:38 Outro Jam / Patrons
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The sample pack is available here:
Synth settings (these are my estimations, rather than certain):
Der Mussolini
VCO 1: Pulse wave with PW set to around 10 o’clock
VCO 2: Off
HPF: Not used
LPF: Cutoff at 0 and peak at 2 / EG2 modulation set to 10
EG 2: Hold 0 / Attack 0 / Decay 3 / Sustain 0 / Release 3
Then guitar amping / stereo reverb
Los Niños Del Parque
VCO 1: Pulse wave with PW set to around 1 o’clock
VCO 2: Off
HPF: Not used
LPF: Cutoff at 0 and peak at 2 / EG2 modulation set to 7.5 / mod set to 8.5
EG 2: Hold 0 / Attack 0 / Decay 1 / Sustain 4 / RElease 3.5
Channel C Sequencer lane to and VCA Initial Gain
Then guitar amping / stereo reverb
Minimal Tape 3/7.2
VCO 1: Pulse wave with PW set to around 10 o’clock
VCO 2: Square wave up an octave
VCO 1 level 4 and VCO 2 level 3 (to allow envelope and filter clicks to be heard)
HPF: Not used
LPF: Cutoff at 0 and peak at 4 / EG modulation set to 8.5 / mod set to 7.5
EG 2: Hold 0 / Attack 0 / Decay 2 / Sustain 0.5 / Release 2
Channel C Sequencer lane to
Then a tape echo with minimal feedback at around 30 - 40ms with dry and echo panned left and right respectively