Korg MS2000 Synthesizer

The Korg MS2000 synthesizer can be seen on the right in Mat Zo's home studio.

Chaz talks about mixing his album "Anything in Return" at Different Fur Studios. He was keen on not using too many software synths for the album, and said he made use of the studio's Korg MS2000.

”A lot of big, maximalized electronic music now is kind of easy to make, and we were trying to find a different sound.”

Can be seen clearly at 5:50 in this performance.

A Korg MS2000 can be seen in the background of this Instagram post on the top spot in the keyboard rack.

Adrian uses a Korg MS2000 synth, according to Guitar Geek's [rig diagram](http://www.guitargeek.com/adrian-belew-2010-guitar-rig-and-gear-setup-diagram/).

Used in his 2017 tour

Korg MS2000 Virtual Analog Synthesizer About: This bad boy was seen on 2004-2005 gigs in Liams live setup. It also can been seen in Spitfire video. Many other well known bands are using it too like The Chemical Brothers and Ladytron.

Although you can find it on his website (with audio demos and Legowelt's own words about it) as being a Korg MS2000 mk5, a "home modified version", the only known difference between this and a common MS2000 are the custom golden knobs.

In [this article](https://digitaldj.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/the-sound-of-danger-mouse/) on Danger Mouse, it is stated that one of his favorite keyboards is his Korg MS-2000.

Korg MS-2000 is used in the proof video, during a live concert.

Ethan Kath used this vintage synthesizer while performing at Coachella in 2009 with Alice Glass.

intro to this video shows

"Well, I only have one keyboard. It’s a Korg MS 2000, not the original ‘70s one but a repro. With my keyboard sounds especially, I will resample stuff and then quite heavily process it in the sampler, or just resample lines that I played live, just to give it a similar feel to the sampled record. Or just to grime it, [I’ll] put it through old compressors or EQs, just to give it that warmth, that feel of the music from the ‘60s and ‘70s, that grainy sound quality. It gives it a coat, a slight ambiguity that’s difficult to explain but easy to hear." - [Mr. Scruff in the Studio](http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2008/04/mr-scruff-studio)

At 3.33 the whole top of the synthesizer is shown, and at many other point during the video.

Taken from instagram picture of MusikExpress Magazine's upcoming article.

A fan asks Mutemath on their reddit ama, "What would you guys say is your favorite piece of gear from your respective roles, (like Rhodes or keytar for Paul, Moog for Roy and so on)" Todd responds, "Todd here. I've been playing an MS2000 for something like 13 years now, and I love it. But actually the [Juno-60](https://equipboard.com/items/roland-juno-60-synthesizer) stole my heart recently- the sound is amazing- like an audio hug." The whole ama can be found [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/3pdrnb/we_are_mutemath_ask_us_anything/).

What was your entry point into hardware? "My first bit of gear was a Roland JV-1010 sound module. I used to hammer the hell out of that. Then, when I was about 12 or 13 I got a Korg MS2000 and started to learn a bit about synthesis. I loved the sounds and the vocoder in it. It's actually quite a complex synth, it's not straightforward like a Juno-106, and I used to get the most amazing sounds out of it.

In this video posted by S.P.Y. on his Instagram, he shows us his Korg MS2000, captioned "Messing about with my new toy".

Used during the Go tours.

Benn said in this interview : “I have a Nord Lead 1 that I really like. It’s so old, but the pads have a thin sound that I really dig. I also have a **Korg MS2000**, which I feel like I’ll never get bored of because it’s really fun to make pads with.

Francisco Durán use a korg ms2000

WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT MUSICAL SET-UP? It changes depending on the context. For live shows I use 4 synths – the Roland JP8000, the Korg MS 2000, the Yamaha Motif and the Roland V Synth GT. In the studio, the list is endless!

May as well get the basics out the way; What's your setup, hardware & software? Fair first question! Hardware: Event TR8XL Monitors, Shitty Midiman style 2 Octave Keyboard, Presonus Firebox, Focusrite Compounder, Borrowed Nord Lead 2, Korg MS2000, Waldorf XT, Vermona DRM1 mk2, Presonus TubePre, JSH Drum Synth, Line6 Pod, and amongst various instruments my pride and joy is a PRS Custom 24. Software: Cubase 5, Audiomulch, Granulab. My softsynth folder is a bit of a mess, but like the sound of Rob Papen stuff, but mainly seem to be into multi-samples and resampling at the moment! At the moment it's all running off a £166 barebones PC from novatech, but hoping I can invest in a decent machine next year! Hope that that answers the question! :)

He has a "studio stuff" titled folder on Facebook, and a good picture in it about the Korg MS-2000.

ULver has many synths in their vault of secrets and the KORG MS2000 is one of those many beautiful secrets that was revealed.

"Synth-wise and for our sounds, we’ve got a Moog Voyager, Yamaha CS10, Korg MS20, Access Virus, Roland Juno106, JD 800, JV2080, Novation Supernova and a Korg MS2000.”

You can see his Korg MS2000 in this picture.

You can see it clearly in this videoclip...

he says he uses this in around 2:22 in the video

Korg ms2000 synth in the background

At 0:22 a Korg MS2000 is visible on the right hand side of the screen

"These were some of the main tools used to create the musical soundscape that is Mass Effect 3. Honorable mention: The MS2000 (still a great synth), Roland V-synth and of course my Symbolic Sounds Kyma system, which was used to create some drones and other morph-like effects."

Ranging from Korg’s classic Prophecy and MS2000 to the Moog Sub 37, Timo’s synths cover most bases…

At various points during this video you can see Chris using the Korg MS-2000 during the track 'Read and Write'.

On their Facebook page, Jupiter has a photo of a Korg Mono/Poly and a Korg MS-2000 sitting side by side with the quote "Rightie will be coming with us on the road so we can leave good ol' leftie to guard the studio."

As you can see the first keyboard is a Korg MS-2000

He can clearly be seen using this keyboard live in the photo

New memeber of the family Korg MS2000 which we have no idea how to use yet