One of them for sure. Do you know the Roland rs505 ? it's my desert island synth.
@Kaspar_Houser
4 ай бұрын
I never thought a synth walkthrough could make me cry. But here I am, sobbing. This machine sounds perfect, in a way heavenly.
@synth4ever
4 ай бұрын
It is a beautiful sounding string synth
@Roboami
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great review! One quirk to be aware of is that as soon as you select a percussive sound (switch), it "steals" one of the three layers of the ensemble section. So for example if you want the thickest ensemble sound, make sure to set all percussive switches to "OFF".
@synth4ever
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching and providing that insight, I will have to test that out next time!
@evankeal
Жыл бұрын
Picked one up in late 80s for 50 bucks at Milanos Music in Mesa, AZ, played it for decades. Awesome board for placing another board on top of it. I remember using a Bell percussive sound with the Pad and one or two of the Strings most of the time.
@skywasawomansarms
7 ай бұрын
bought mine several years ago in Cottonwood, AZ.
@seppoinnanen5577
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great review. I just bought Lambda, arriving any time soon... can't wait to start fiddling with some modern effect pedals to get the huge sound scapes
@synth4ever
Жыл бұрын
Very nice! Enjoy it, especially with some effects.
@ConwayBob
3 жыл бұрын
Whoa! That thing is gorgeous! Thank you for the demo!
@synth4ever
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching! It is a lovely string synth.
@roikaully
3 жыл бұрын
Sounds so good, never knew of this amazing synth. thanks
@synth4ever
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Roi, it is pretty sweet sounding!
@Nachtuil36
3 жыл бұрын
Nice memories come back: this was my first polyphonic keyboard !
@synth4ever
3 жыл бұрын
Lovely!
@rosemerrynmcmillan1611
2 жыл бұрын
Mine too.
@roro_fosho
2 жыл бұрын
the video's conclusion and how the cadence of your words played out over what you were doing on the keys was beyond words perfect - great video! This keyboard is so much more than a string synth (like the arp solina or moog opus etc)... found one locally I'm going to check out soon, I like how its more of a players instrument than a programmer's... at first I was like oh no resonance control or envelope, those toggle switches - but that's a good design to still give a keyboardist powerful controls (still an independent filter per section, plus mixer, plus a detune plus a master detune...) Like come on, this beautiful instrument and what they packed into that box is legitimately the most maximalist level of analog synth design before digital technology (which is also awesome) made it unreasonable for musical instrument companies to keep investing so much in analog circuits. This offering by Korg looks to offer so much more than its contemporaries, and do it all with much more style and ease.
@synth4ever
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the great comment and your thoughts. Korg Lambda is a hidden gem!
@lukasheat6412
3 жыл бұрын
somehow such nice looking and also nice sounding synths arent made nowadays. they should really republish such cool synthesizers because the aesthetics alone are something else
@synth4ever
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, it is a very nice wood finish and wood synths seem to be few and far between these days.
@rosemerrynmcmillan1611
2 жыл бұрын
I had the Korg Lambda back in 1980 and used it in our original band. We recorded 8 songs using the Lambda back in 1981. The sounds were fantastic. Particularly liked the strings piano combo and the trumpet in the brass section. Converted our recordings to MP4s so can still listen to them.
@synth4ever
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing! Glad you got to enjoy the Korg Lambda in the past. It is a lovely string synth.
@kaspartambur
Жыл бұрын
I'd be interested to hear it in a mix of other band members :)
@snuppssynthchannel
3 жыл бұрын
Very nice, excellent demo. This thing has lots of character! :)
@synth4ever
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot! I agree, it's a lovely string synth.
@DocECS69
2 жыл бұрын
Man I got to play one of these at a band rehearsal with my dad's band back in the 80s. My first real synth experience!
@synth4ever
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic!
@Samplers
29 күн бұрын
Wonderful. Thank you.
@RoomAtTheTopStudio
3 жыл бұрын
Very nice synth. I think it was more affordable compared to the Korg Trident but it was still a great string synth to have. I love a string synth as my thumbnail probably shows
@synth4ever
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Yes, less costly than Trident but still sounds great. String synths are super lush!
@electrikm38
3 жыл бұрын
Very nice sounding synth I never knew existed.
@synth4ever
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! It flies under the radar but it sounds great.
@danielpirone8028
3 жыл бұрын
Great video- thanks for sharing! I have long listed after this or a trident. I have not heard it pronounced trem-OH-lo before.
@synth4ever
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! It's less costly than a Trident but it has its own charm.
@TheStudioDrummer
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds amazing. Want one now.🙂🥂👊🏽
@adwind3055
Жыл бұрын
Nice review. I love this string emsemble. My old Lambda still works, but one of the oscillators is permanently detuned, which makes it unplayable. Very sad
@synth4ever
Жыл бұрын
It is quite lovely. Hopefully you can get your fixed!
@spazkong
3 ай бұрын
Didn't they have an optional set of legs that screwed into the front panel so that it could be turned upside down and used as a desk?
@kaspartambur
Жыл бұрын
Sometimes composing musicians benefit from simplicity. Where some fanatics sees "less features" I see, the bold musical choices, what the creator's decided are worthwhile against the competition at the time , or to differentiate. Not to mention.. I think the way it's built up, is sort of unique, right? The layer-stealing is a by-product of some kind of special routing they did for this synth? Read it like a half a year ago from somewhere. Anyhow - it screams of some kind of forgotten green forest village in Japan in the early 80's both in sound and looks. Just bought one online and can't wait for it to arrive. The essence feels like exactly for my kind. :)
@synth4ever
Жыл бұрын
Great writeup... Lambda definitely has it's quirks but excels at what it does best... nice gooey strings! :)
@Tastenmann67
3 жыл бұрын
Good ol' stuff. I like gear like this! Great video. The clav-sound beginning at 3:38 reminds me of "Eagle" by ABBA - maybe Benny used a Lambda (with certain processing)...?
@synth4ever
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Well this synth is pretty vintage so I'm sure there were some artists using it back then!
@danielpirone8028
3 жыл бұрын
Sounds/ playing reminds me of Bill Nelson ( summer of god’s piano )
@rachelar
9 ай бұрын
That's like one of my comments! Tho Nelson didn't use a Lambda, check out the sounds on his contribution to the "Alienshamanism " album by Dr Jan (guru) in Japan
@darwinsaye
3 жыл бұрын
Mmmm... That brass when you filtered it and got that 70s "wow" brass.
@synth4ever
3 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed, sounds lovely. :)
@couchcamperTM
3 жыл бұрын
great timing, they just started advers-teasing for the Lamda variation of the flu. (Korg couldn't know this, nor could you lol)
@synth4ever
3 жыл бұрын
Haha... well hopefully this synth doesn't cause a sickness!
@rachelar
2 жыл бұрын
Delta variant too. Next, Covid Sigma?
@marcoagius6926
Жыл бұрын
What was the price of this beauty in 1979?🤔
@adognamedshinji
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the demo! Seems louder on the right side.. Is that the Korg or the way it was recorded? Cheers
@adognamedshinji
3 жыл бұрын
Nevermind lol, answered in the video (percussive one channel, strings other)
@PaulBoos
2 жыл бұрын
This is def a synth I am considering after picking up a Korg Sigma.I think that would give me the ultimate dreamy 70s/80s synth sound... (and increase the synths I own that released in 79 to four...). I think the two Korgs would be super sweet together... Anyway, thanks for this demo - def a treat for the ears. Question: what is the difference in pitch over the pitch bend? I didn't hear you say it, but is it like the Sigma and adjustable?
@synth4ever
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, it is definitely 70s sounding and dreamy! Not sure about diff in pitch vs the Sigma but I demo'd it at 13:32, you can't adjust the pitch bending to my knowledge.
@JonJenkins1982
10 ай бұрын
How’d you manage to mispronounce both “tremolo” and “vibrato”?
@synth4ever
10 ай бұрын
Very easily :D
@LamonicaBruno
Жыл бұрын
Estamoa vendendo um.
@broklanders4730
Жыл бұрын
and all that again without the stereo chorus. in mono - just as the lambda actually sounds. please.
@synth4ever
Жыл бұрын
I no longer have it, sorry.
@broklanders4730
Жыл бұрын
@@synth4ever - aahh... A shame... I assume a lot of potential people interrested assume that the sections are stereo - which kinda fools greatly. And also i would love to hear the synth as it actually sounds in pure. I mean, i know the Lambda - but there's others i did!'t have the chance to get my hands on and KZitem videos could actually be a great source to hear the synth in question as is - to get a realistic picture of it. But everyone sinks it in some fx, as it seems. Now don't get me wrong - of course it's perfectly ok to show how it sounds with fx - you'll be most likely use some fx on it anyway in real life. But one could show it with and without fx, to get the _real_ impression.
@lb2696
Жыл бұрын
Lambda has a stereo output and stereo ensemble chorus
@colinwright4139
3 жыл бұрын
Tre-mow-lo 😂
@synth4ever
3 жыл бұрын
:)
@Burbuja254
3 жыл бұрын
This has been taken out now by korg? this is new? is that we go back 50 years? What's happening in the world???
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