Do you want the sound of an airbrushed native american chief on a
motorcycle with palm trees and a flying eagle in the background?
If you happen to do you need a KORG X5, its all in there and more in
this ultimate early 1990s new age dolphin training soundscape
synthesizer!
The X5 is a simple rompler that uses AI2 synthesis which basicly means
you throw in a bunch of waveforms into some envelopes and a simple
filter.
That sounds boring if it wasnt for the weird esoteric exotic waves they
put in these things, it excells at stuff like native american pads,
seashore soundscapes, panflutes, x-files whistles etc.
Great for ambient/soundtrack/weird stuff...I just love these off the
map synthesizers!
There are a couple of versions of the KORG X5 series:
The 05R/W which is the module rack version and came first in 1993
The standard X5 synthesizer which came out in 1994 or something
The X5D and X5DR also exist which are almost the same except they have
a few more waves and more polyphony (thats how much keys you can press
at the same time)
Listen to
some sounds of the KORG X5 & 05R/W:
Dolphin Exorcism: sit back and relax....imagine a quiet village on the
New England coast with a Dolphin that has been possesed but the church
sends in their top priest to perform this strange exorcism...dolphins
meet H.P Lovecraft!
Bass sequence: there is no resonance in the X5's filter but you can do
some pretty cool modest filter stuff still with the cut off
Arizona Gasstation Sunset: Tumbleweed flies through the desolate desert
road as your car stops at a mysterious gasstation
Native airbrush dreamcatcher
Science Documentary Sounds
Dark evil soundscape
Japanese Sea: There are some cool exotic instruments in the X5
Silicon Valley 81: The X5 also has some more normal synthesizer waves
like square and some Prophet VS ones
Japan 1993
