MSC-5S
Piano
Sound Card Set
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The MSC-5S "Piano" sound card set consists of the MPC-05 Program card, and the MSC-05 PCM card. These two cards install in the slots of the Korg M1 series, adding several new waveforms and programs to the machine. The Piano card features several acoustic, electric, and keyboard piano sounds, but rounds it off nicely with new synthesizer, orchestral, special fx, brass and other commonly used patches. The quality of the piano samples is an improvement over the stock M1 piano sound, but perhaps not by much - given the limited PCM sampling of the late 1980s, and the small size of the samples themselves. |
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Some of the best sounds on this card set are the typical Korg shimmering pads, with quality effects and percussion echoes in the background. Other beautiful patches are the string ensembles, bell pads, and ethereal electric pianos. |
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Korg MSC-5S Piano factory demo song:
"Moskowski" by Jordan Rudess
Korg MSC-5S audio demos in mp3:
| Program name with audio demo | My comments |
| 00 Piano2Low | Nice deep, solid tone grand piano. |
| 01 Piano2High | Useful for more up-tempo music. |
| 02 Piano1Low | Dark piano, suitable for classical |
| 05 Pianos2 | Nice chorused piano ensemble |
| 07 Brass&Reed | Realistic, well sampled. |
| 08 I saw wind | Classic Korg M1 sounds, with nice "bell trail" |
| 10 Fragile | Another classic late '80s/early '90s pad sound, very beautiful. |
| 11 5th Ave. | Nice, well-produced pop chorused piano. |
| 12 Band Swell | Ok |
| 13 Angel Hair | Fantastic and typically Korg M1 ethereal choirs |
| 14 Rock Organ | Nice |
| 18 Warm+Fuzzy | Surprisingly analog-sounding |
| 21 ReedPiano | Typical Wurlitzer electric piano sound. |
| 23 Dynner 1 | Different.. intriguing. |
| 28 LightAfter | Charming synthesizer with nice pitch envelope bends |
| 29 SawStrings | Older analog strings |
| 31 GlassPiano | Very nice FM style piano |
| 33 MagicVoice | Superb, magical, digital voice. |
| 40 ArcticWind | Great sound FX |
| 41 GrandHpsic | Solid harpsichord |
| 43 Ethereal | Beautiful tone |
| 45 KillerHorn | Realistic |
| 46 TyneVoices | More piano ballad material. |
| Combination name with audio demo | My comments |
| 00 Piano Mix1 | Realistic and nice. |
| 02 Piano+Strg | Nice |
| 09 OrcaPizz | Very spacious room for these pizzicato strings. |
| 10 Soft Rings | Ok |
| 12 Bell Pad | Very warm and analog-sounding. |
| 17 Brass Talk | Expressive |
| 20 Tundra | Nice, icy sound fx. |
| 26 AsianBells | Ok |
| 29 Wanderings | More classic New Age sounds. |
| 30 Nocturnal | Perfection and beauty. |
| 31 (*Sweet*) | Nice electric piano. |
| 34 FlatHeaven | Distinct. |
| 38 DeccoEcho | Nice |
| 39 NylonSplit | Standard bass/guitar split |
| 40 Ice Dream | Typical beautiful, pensive soft pad of the early '90s. |
| 43 Twinkle | Cool |
| 44 Prolog 2 | Powerful |
| 45 Deep Dream | Nice |
| 48 Icy Smooth | More classic M1 sounds |
| 49 Knighthood | Realistic brass |
| Features at a glance | |
| Year of release: | 1989 |
| Polyphony: | n/a |
| Presets: | 50 Programs & 50 Combi |
| Rhythms: | no |
| Keyboard: | n/a |
| Responds to velocity: | n/a |
| Responds to aftertouch: | n/a |
| Sound generation method: | PCM |
| MIDI: | n/a |
| Sound expansion capabilities: | n/a |
| Effects: | n/a |
| Controls: | n/a |
| Outputs: | n/a |
| Display: | n/a |
| Misc: | n/a |
I scanned the included leaflet. Click to enlarge it.
Medium-size jpeg version:
Large .bmp version: MSC-05S Piano manual_large.bmp
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