Any love out there for this synth? Anyone know of some custom presets or editors online?
Bought it as a MIDI controller.. but seems worth diggin into.
Korg 707
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Re: Korg 707
honestly, just dig in!
It's a good sounding synth that will give you some interesting Korg-style FM sounds once you get your hands dirty. And it's about the simplest incarnation of FM synthesis, so it shouldn't take you long to figure out what's going on with manual in hand.
I imagine a patch editor for the DS-8 would work for the 707 (minus delay) if you want to go that route.
It's a good sounding synth that will give you some interesting Korg-style FM sounds once you get your hands dirty. And it's about the simplest incarnation of FM synthesis, so it shouldn't take you long to figure out what's going on with manual in hand.
I imagine a patch editor for the DS-8 would work for the 707 (minus delay) if you want to go that route.
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Re: Korg 707
I just missed an opportunity to buy a DS-8 with one broken key for 35$
They're both the Korg equivalent of Yamaha FB-01 with a twist. I've always wanted to try them out.
They're both the Korg equivalent of Yamaha FB-01 with a twist. I've always wanted to try them out.
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Re: Korg 707
Only have experience with the DS-8 but the 707 is basically the same thing I think minus the FX
It's a wicked little synth that’s quite under rated and not that popular, often over looked.. Dig right in, it should be easy. It uses the Yamaha FM chip but programming this is way different to a Yamaha FM synth, Korg tried to make FM easy and instead of Operators and what have you you get a architecture that's basically a subtractive synth! Very odd indeed
It's a wicked little synth that’s quite under rated and not that popular, often over looked.. Dig right in, it should be easy. It uses the Yamaha FM chip but programming this is way different to a Yamaha FM synth, Korg tried to make FM easy and instead of Operators and what have you you get a architecture that's basically a subtractive synth! Very odd indeed
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Re: Korg 707
thanks guys! I'm just gonna dig in without an editor.
sucks that my "Yes" button is going bad. Guess I'll have to be gentle. These M&M buttons don't seems easy to fix.
sucks that my "Yes" button is going bad. Guess I'll have to be gentle. These M&M buttons don't seems easy to fix.
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Nothing to it once you get it open. Put a set in mine last year. Will look at the extra switches and get Mouser part numbers for you.Nannerfan wrote:...These M&M buttons don't seems easy to fix.
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Re: Korg 707
awesome!!!



