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By vinyl_junkie_1620 Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:34 am
Look what the cat dragged in this week lol
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I couldn't be bothered to show the rest of the studio.. most of you already know it and also it's a complete tip at the moment.

So that's a Korg Mini 700s... The Korg mini 700 was Korg's first ever synth released under the Korg brand in 1973 and also the first synth that came from Japan, the 700s is a 700 with a extra oscillator, cool ring modulator, noise source, Filter modulation, longer sustain and came out a year later in 1974.
It sounds damn great and the build quality is amazing, the traveller filter rocks.

As for the EPS-16+ we all know how good those are :) I haven't touched the S-3200XL since I had it lol
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By vinyl_junkie_1620 Sat Jun 25, 2011 8:41 am
biggamehit wrote:Nice bro I was just looking at one of those for like 40 dollars the other day... however I got enough keyboards for now lol.


Thanks, I'd pick one up at $40 though even if you didn't want it lol... The value of these things is going up, last year a mint 700s sold for about £800... Some really tatty beaters the other week for about £300.
Going to mod mine soon so it will have CV/Gate inputs so I can sequence it and going to see if I can stick a knob on it which can vary the pulse-with of the square wave, before all that though it needs a serious clean... All the sliders and toggle switches are pretty shagged but it amazingly plays perfectly if the switches don't play up... keyboard tracks great and stays in tune, pretty amazing for a synth from 1974 that's never been serviced I think... My friends mini moog wouldn't stay in tune for more than 10 minutes and the SH-101 albeit usually quite reliable is also a bit cranky now
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By switch18 Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:52 pm
vinyl_junkie_1620 wrote:
biggamehit wrote:Nice bro I was just looking at one of those for like 40 dollars the other day... however I got enough keyboards for now lol.


Thanks, I'd pick one up at $40 though even if you didn't want it lol... The value of these things is going up, last year a mint 700s sold for about £800... Some really tatty beaters the other week for about £300.
Going to mod mine soon so it will have CV/Gate inputs so I can sequence it and going to see if I can stick a knob on it which can vary the pulse-with of the square wave, before all that though it needs a serious clean... All the sliders and toggle switches are pretty shagged but it amazingly plays perfectly if the switches don't play up... keyboard tracks great and stays in tune, pretty amazing for a synth from 1974 that's never been serviced I think... My friends mini moog wouldn't stay in tune for more than 10 minutes and the SH-101 albeit usually quite reliable is also a bit cranky now


I love my 700s. Put a little bit of delay on it or some echo and it just sings. That resonant filter is the secret weapon. I will never sell mine.
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By vinyl_junkie_1620 Sun Jun 26, 2011 11:06 pm
Absolutely man, it's quite a unique synth. I've been playing it through delay and verb and haven't stopped tweaking that filter since I got it
By séance Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:51 pm
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PMC-05Pro, Akai MPC 1000, Traktor S4, Traktor X1, Technics sl1200 MK2, Maschine

When I DJ I use all components except Maschine.
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By Prah_860_ Tue Jun 28, 2011 12:41 pm
vinyl_junkie_1620 wrote:Look what the cat dragged in this week lol
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I couldn't be bothered to show the rest of the studio.. most of you already know it and also it's a complete tip at the moment.

So that's a Korg Mini 700s... The Korg mini 700 was Korg's first ever synth released under the Korg brand in 1973 and also the first synth that came from Japan, the 700s is a 700 with a extra oscillator, cool ring modulator, noise source, Filter modulation, longer sustain and came out a year later in 1974.
It sounds damn great and the build quality is amazing, the traveller filter rocks.

As for the EPS-16+ we all know how good those are :) I haven't touched the S-3200XL since I had it lol


ain't that the keyboard Salam Remi was messing with on that beatmakers dvd?

str8 dope
By eeKz Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:13 pm
sorry for bad photo, i know its messy. there is an MPC 1000 hiding next to the macbok for my JJOS :angry:

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By Clint Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:35 pm
Do cats still put monitor's on their sides because they think it looks cool?

I know there's a handful that are designed to be horizontal, but not at the lower end of the market.

I mean after all the R+D that went into the design and construction...

Welcome to the forum eeKz!!
By eeKz Sat Jul 02, 2011 4:12 pm
you cant really tell from the photo but i have mines on their side because the shelf they sit on is so high up from where i sit that if they are standing up the highs just fly over my head lol so on their side they are level with my hear, sounds allot better to mix.

i believe that having them on their side just gives a small sweat spot more narrow sweat spot as the phase is on its side (up and down) rather than standing up (left to right) but dnt quote me lol

thanks man, i been around for a long time just never signed u till now xD
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By Upright Sun Jul 03, 2011 4:48 am
eeKz wrote:you cant really tell from the photo but i have mines on their side because the shelf they sit on is so high up from where i sit that if they are standing up the highs just fly over my head lol so on their side they are level with my hear, sounds allot better to mix.



That's a good reason. I know most pro studios usually do this to allow the main (Larger) monitors to be heard and not blocked by the small monitors.

Like this photo.

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