I've owned this synth for awhile and am watching these videos to help me finally utilize all it's features. There was some really fun sounds in this video I want to go try to recreate and play with.
I am new to synths and I wanted to say thank you for this series. I am learning a bunch no only about this one; which I plan to buy, but synths in general.
I love Monologue. love the fact that's different than its bigger brother poly, filter and lfo. what I wanted to see being implemented, is lfo note tracking (for "tuned" or "musical" FM). I don't thing it's that hard to implement in the digital control. by the way, great videos as always Marc! keep them coming :)
I love your video series, big thanks! I still have a challenge understanding "gate" on this unit. I am a newer student and welcome your or anyones further or alternate explanation of it.
I bought a monologue 6 months ago as my 1st synth, and your videos have been invaluable. Thanks Marc! As a minor suggestion, if u do any future vids on mono or minilogue, consider painting pointer notch with paint pen...i did it to mine...very easy, and now I can see levels on knobs.
just came back to listen to this 'lfo' again and got carried away with the demo review! nice one 'gainsay' for pointing out the true potential of this little monologue with the bigger sounding picture of abilities ; -)
These videos are great! I have a question or maybe a request.. I don't know that much about the science behind it, but when I plugged the output of my Monologue into it's Audio In I got some different sounds. Is this a worthwhile exercise or am I just having frequencies fight eachother?
I am very grateful for your videos, thank you! One tiny feedback: the knob positions can be difficult to see, a tiny sticker / white chalk where the top groove is would make a world of difference.
I had planned to get a silver marker to fill in the indicator on my 'logue products, but I didn't do it before shooting, unfortunately! Thank you for your input!
If the waves are the same frequency, shouldn’t a sync not have any effect given that the waves will be restarting st the same time? Is there accuracy allignment issues with the monologue?
There are accuracy alignment issues with the Monologue for sure... it's called ANALOG! :D If you started with two perfectly stable oscillators that were set to exactly the same frequency with exactly the same waveshape, there would be no difference between both oscillators running and both oscillators synced. But the moment you introduce any variation in pitch or waveshape, the activation of sync is going to make a difference. Two analog oscillators are never phase-locked... they're usually running with their own phase that is the result of variations in tuning and waveshape. So, when you turn sync on, it forces them to be the same, and you hear a distinct difference.
I love this video series. It introduced me to your other stuff as well. Thanks for spending the time and effort to put these together! Quick question... I don't need another mono synth right now, but I do need a good sounding poly synth for pads, chords, etc as background form techno/atmo type stuff. Have an Analog Rytm and a DSI evolver. Is the Minilogue pretty close to this in terms of workflow, etc? If the Minilogue is essentially a poly version of this, I think I'm sold on it.
I don't know if this is the right place to ask or not, but how much does the pitch knob on vco2 go? Like, can you tune it to the fifth of vco1? And how do we activate glide/portamento mode during live play? And btw great vid as always.
I love these new synths from Korg (actually I love all synths from Korg, from the monotron to the MS-50 expansion), but both in the Miniogue and the Monologue they missed a lot by not having an option to direct the Env Modulation and the LFO to more settings (for example by having options like "Pitch", "Cutoff" and "Destination", and Destination could be selected from a menu... preferably one menu for each modulation source). This alone puts me off from buying the *logues and sticking to my MicroKorg (sorry Mark: it's VA, I know, but it still sounds and feels more analogue than most of the new analogue stuff). Nevertheless, very interesting use of the synth capabilities. Thank you for this demo series. Cheers!
Maybe not the place to be commenting this, but I still don’t understand Ring Modulation. It seems to be the last bastion of subtractive synthesis that eludes me!!
I'm not sure! I tend to avoid using the term "subtractive," because so many synthesizers with filters also have multiple oscillators and filter self-oscillation, which is actually additive.
"By messing with the intensity, you mess with the intensity" Truer words have never been spoken.
I've owned this synth for awhile and am watching these videos to help me finally utilize all it's features. There was some really fun sounds in this video I want to go try to recreate and play with.
I am new to synths and I wanted to say thank you for this series. I am learning a bunch no only about this one; which I plan to buy, but synths in general.
Can't agree more ;)
Very cool series Marc, pretty jazzed about what I'm hearing. I'll be watching all the vids again when I have a Monologue in my hands!
I love Monologue. love the fact that's different than its bigger brother poly, filter and lfo. what I wanted to see being implemented, is lfo note tracking (for "tuned" or "musical" FM). I don't thing it's that hard to implement in the digital control. by the way, great videos as always Marc! keep them coming :)
I love your video series, big thanks! I still have a challenge understanding "gate" on this unit. I am a newer student and welcome your or anyones further or alternate explanation of it.
As always Mr. Gainsay, Fun and Informative ! Thanks !
Thank you!
Felt like you were rushing through this, then realized I had been watching for 20 minutes.
:D
I bought a monologue 6 months ago as my 1st synth, and your videos have been invaluable. Thanks Marc! As a minor suggestion, if u do any future vids on mono or minilogue, consider painting pointer notch with paint pen...i did it to mine...very easy, and now I can see levels on knobs.
damn good idea
or kit it out with some 70s style Moog knobs or MS20 ones :)
just came back to listen to this 'lfo' again and got carried away with the demo review! nice one 'gainsay' for pointing out the true potential of this little monologue with the bigger sounding picture of abilities ; -)
Thank you!
Wow loved that denonstration Mark top notch !!!!!!
Thank you!
Great tutorials Thankyou
How k isn’t an m is baffling to me…. Your tutorials are accessible and thus invaluable
I finally know what Cars song you are always referring to.
I was just about to watch Dune, again. Thanks.
this could be a DRONE gold mine,i'll have to listen to lower octaves with some FX! ;-) nice review very well done;-)
Great tutorials! Much appreciated :))
Thanks ! Great vids
thnx for the great tutorials bro!!
Thank you!
Awesome in depth information, thank you!! Intro and outro are a bit long if you're looking for feedback.
I got a roland boutique 4note poly does the monologue play poly if I midi it thanks
Great! One thing though... what's the centre stage of the SYNC / RING switch for. Does it just turn both off?
yes. = No sync & No RM
These videos are great! I have a question or maybe a request.. I don't know that much about the science behind it, but when I plugged the output of my Monologue into it's Audio In I got some different sounds. Is this a worthwhile exercise or am I just having frequencies fight eachother?
This is literally one of the oldest tricks in the synth book. It is also the basis of the "brute" knob on the Micro/Mini/Matrix synths.
I am very grateful for your videos, thank you! One tiny feedback: the knob positions can be difficult to see, a tiny sticker / white chalk where the top groove is would make a world of difference.
I had planned to get a silver marker to fill in the indicator on my 'logue products, but I didn't do it before shooting, unfortunately!
Thank you for your input!
If the waves are the same frequency, shouldn’t a sync not have any effect given that the waves will be restarting st the same time? Is there accuracy allignment issues with the monologue?
There are accuracy alignment issues with the Monologue for sure... it's called ANALOG! :D
If you started with two perfectly stable oscillators that were set to exactly the same frequency with exactly the same waveshape, there would be no difference between both oscillators running and both oscillators synced. But the moment you introduce any variation in pitch or waveshape, the activation of sync is going to make a difference. Two analog oscillators are never phase-locked... they're usually running with their own phase that is the result of variations in tuning and waveshape. So, when you turn sync on, it forces them to be the same, and you hear a distinct difference.
I love this video series. It introduced me to your other stuff as well. Thanks for spending the time and effort to put these together! Quick question... I don't need another mono synth right now, but I do need a good sounding poly synth for pads, chords, etc as background form techno/atmo type stuff. Have an Analog Rytm and a DSI evolver. Is the Minilogue pretty close to this in terms of workflow, etc? If the Minilogue is essentially a poly version of this, I think I'm sold on it.
The Minilogue and the Monologue are very closely related in many ways, and have similar feel and results under certain circumstances.
I don't know if this is the right place to ask or not, but how much does the pitch knob on vco2 go? Like, can you tune it to the fifth of vco1?
And how do we activate glide/portamento mode during live play?
And btw great vid as always.
A full octave either way
The Cars "Let's Go" @ 5:30 min
Nice options and thought thru synth, however the sound doesn't do it for me.
I love these new synths from Korg (actually I love all synths from Korg, from the monotron to the MS-50 expansion), but both in the Miniogue and the Monologue they missed a lot by not having an option to direct the Env Modulation and the LFO to more settings (for example by having options like "Pitch", "Cutoff" and "Destination", and Destination could be selected from a menu... preferably one menu for each modulation source). This alone puts me off from buying the *logues and sticking to my MicroKorg (sorry Mark: it's VA, I know, but it still sounds and feels more analogue than most of the new analogue stuff).
Nevertheless, very interesting use of the synth capabilities. Thank you for this demo series.
Cheers!
Weapon !
How about reviewing a product from Critter & Guitari? Maybe the Organelle?
Would be cool!
They look fun and interesting, but they're not really in my area of expertise!
can it do all that ms 20 does?
No, it's quite different.
Maybe not the place to be commenting this, but I still don’t understand Ring Modulation. It seems to be the last bastion of subtractive synthesis that eludes me!!
So turning all the knobs randomly will yield different sounds? Great, got it.
Now that you get that, you’ll never have to watch another of my videos, ‘cause they’re all that same lesson.
AutomaticGainsay 😂😂😂😂
I can't believe you spent only 15 minutes on the sync :-\
Has anyone ever written a grammar to describe subtractive patches?
I'm not sure!
I tend to avoid using the term "subtractive," because so many synthesizers with filters also have multiple oscillators and filter self-oscillation, which is actually additive.
my poor ears haha