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Company History
Founded in 1962 in Japan by Tsutomu Kato and Tadashi Osanai, Korg was originally known as Keio Electronic Laboratories (?) Because their seat is now near the Keio train line Tokyo and Keio can be formed by combining the first letters of Kato and Osanai. Before founding the company, Kato published a nightclub. Osanai, graduate University of Tokyo and noted accordionist, regularly performed at Kato club beat accompanied by a companion Wurlitzer machine. Dissatisfied drum machine, Osanai Kato persuade finance their efforts to build a better one.
The first product of society, published in 1963, was a device called rhythmic electro-mechanical rotary disk electrical machine automatic rhythm Donca matic DA-20. Encouraged by the success of the DA-20, Keio released a machine in solid pace, Donca matic-20 in 1966.
In 1967, Fumio Kato Mieda approached, an engineer who wanted to build keyboards. Impressed by the enthusiasm Fear, Kato asked him to build a prototype and fear has returned 18 months later with a programmable organ. Keio sold the organ under the name Korg, because of the combination Keio body.
Keio products have succeeded in the organs during the 1960s and early 1970s, but worried competition from other manufacturers organ, Kato decided to use technology to build an organ keyboard synthesizer for the niche there. Keio's first synthesizer MiniKorg, then was released in 1973.
After the success of the Mini-Korg, Keio released a number synthesizers budget conscious throughout the 1970 and 1980 under the name Korg.
Korg later ventured into music recording and marketing Electric guitar effects, with some success.
Yamaha Corporation has always been a major partner of Korg, providing mechanical parts and circuits. In 1987, shortly before the release of M1 Music Workstation, Yamaha acquired a controlling interest in Korg's action. The acquisition of was amicable, with Kato development terms, and both companies continued to independently develop their product lines and market competition. After the next 5 successful years, Kato had enough money to buy most from Yamaha in 1993.
Chronology of major products
So-Matic DA-20-1963
1966 – So-Matic-20
1973 – Korg Mini-Korg 700
1975 – Korg 900p
1975 – Korg WT-10: first tuner handheld electronic world
800DV Korg Maxi-Korg – 1975
1977 – Korg PS-3100, PD-3300
1978 – Korg MS-10/MS-20, PS-3200
1978 – Korg VC-10 Vocoder
1979 – Korg Micro Preset M-500
1979 – Korg CX-3: One of the earliest and most authentic Hammond B-3 clones were produced.
1980 – MP-4 Korg Mono / Poly
1981 – Korg Polysix
Poli-61
1983 – Korg Poly-61: The successor the Polysix analog with digitally controlled oscillators: first "knobless" Korg
1983 – Korg Poly-800: In the first synthesizer entirely programmable which sold for under $ 1000, remarkable for the use of numerically controlled analog oscillators and distribution of a single filter for 8 voices
1983 – Korg SAS-20: The SAS-20 was first Korg keyboard arranger. By integrating the team analyzed the melody on the keyboard, and generated complex accompaniment. This was the role of the automotive world first adds support such a keyboard. In addition, a recognition system is more traditional rope included.
1985 – Korg DW-8000: 8 voice polyphonic, selected by the user with two digital signals of 16 total. It uses an analog filter.
1985 – SuperDrums and SuperPercussion: low cost digital drum
1986 – Korg DSS-1: first making keyboard samples Korg. We offer additive synthesis, the waveform drawing and effects, with an analog filter and other similarities to the DW-8000.
Korg DS-8-1986: FM synthesizer Stretch
1988 – Korg M1 PCM Römpler with built-in effects and sequencer, the M1 has introduced many to the concept a music workstation, a keyboard capable of handling the live performance, MIDI, sequencing, expandable sound banks, effects, and more in one package.
1989 – Korg T Series (T1/T2/T3): Some improvements on the M1 with additional features.
1990 – Korg Wavestation: sequencing vector synthesis and wave
1991 – Korg O1 / W: PCM waveforms Römpler more and the effects of the M1
1991 – Korg Wavestation EX
1991 – Korg Wavestation A / D
1992 – Korg Wavestation SR
1993 – Korg X3 / X2 Korg / Korg X3 Music Workstation
1993 – Korg i3 Music Station Interactive Work: Korg introduced its first professional arranger in 1993 with the i3 model, which proved to be the first in a wide range of "interactive" Korg products. Until then, the auto-accompaniment keyboards were designed primarily for domestic use, but i3 changed. His tone generator has been a driving force comes from the famous AI2 Korg synthesizer, which made a very useful "pro" keyboard. Once Moreover, a Korg keyboard success because of its plant in tone. Also maintained a multitrack MIDI sequencer, styles and arrangements that allowed players to use as a group in a box or a composition tool, recognition agreements reinforced with a large graphical display, a joystick and analog volume control Accompanying each section. A new backup feature sequence has also provided to facilitate the creation of new songs based on styles.
1994 – Korg X5
1994 – Korg i2: Korg introduced the i2, i3 an "on steroids" with a keyboard with 76 keys and a new piano sound.
1995 – Korg i1: In 1995, a new improved version of i3 has been introduced: the Korg i1, including a 88-note keyboard weighted sample huge piano, and integrated speakers. Other features are similar to i3, even if we added new styles.
1995 – Korg i4S: The i4S (where "S" stays for "speakers"). This keyboard is like an i3 with speakers, but with small features.
1995 – Korg i5: The i5 is a shortened version of the i4S with a plastic frame and a reduced set of features. Some new sounds and styles were added.
1995 – Korg i5M: A module named i5M also been introduced, with specifications like the i5, but without amplification and, of course, no keyboard and joystick. This product has been greatly appreciated by accordionists, happy to discover in the heart of traditional styles and sounds added (shared with i5).
1995 – Korg IH: In 1995, the singers also welcomed the "Vocal Harmony ih interactive "allowing the creation of vocal harmonies, chords played live in the way of style, or recorded on the track of a song. This unit has been successful sales in the second hand market, thanks to its excellent price / quality.
1996 – Korg Prophecy: One of the first successful virtual analog synthesizers
1996 – Korg Trinity: The release of the workstation's largest the M1 motorway for almost 10 years earlier.
1996 – Korg N364/264: Filing RPPR
1996 – Korg X5D
1997 – Korg Z1: Provide a new technology: MOSS (Multi-Oscillator Synthesis System)
1997 – Korg iX300: The iX300 Interactive Music Workstation once again set up a unit without speakers, but with new sounds and styles of more than 100.
1998 – Korg IS40: IS40 includes new sounds (including a gorgeous stereo piano sample) new styles (128), and several new features. One features the most popular new series of keys, allowing the immediate recall of the way of keyboard settings.
1998 – Korg IS50: IS50 IS40 version is the low cost with features slightly less than its big brother.
1998 – Korg i30, i30 Interactive Music Station work has been presented, which claims to be the arranger of the first that offers a touch screen. This model has been speaker, 64-note polyphony, and included some sounds compared to IS40.
1998 – Korg N1/N5: The N1/N5 was presented as a keyboard workstation version cheap sound module Korg NS-5R. The main feature of the N5 was weighted by their keys.
1999 – Korg Triton Korg Trinity successor. Korg keyboard sales to date. first Korg keyboard for sampling, the DSS-1, 1986.
1999 – Korg Kaoss Pad, Electribe synth dance
1999 – Korg i40M: Korg introduced his successor i5M: i40M module. The specifications are similar to IS40 (obviously without the keyboard or joystick), but includes a series Vocal Harmonizer. In addition, the module includes three different configurations pre-programmed MIDI to establish the connection with multiple accordions even easier.
1999 – Korg iS35: iS35 was a new version of IS40 with the same specifications, and adding Vocal Harmonizer series.
1999 – Korg iS50B: iS50B had the same specifications as the IS50, but in a dark blue frame.
2000 – Korg CX-3: Do not confuse with Korg CX-3 since 1979. This organization has added MIDI and digital modeling of many new features.
2000 – Korg MS-2000
2000 – Korg Pa80: A new range of Korg arranger was introduced in 2000, the PA series. Pa80 was the first model presented in December 2000 with a sound design inherited from the award-winning Triton, a very wide range of musical styles performed by some of the best musicians in the world, a multitasking operating system and a revolutionary sequencer design double. This new keyboard has the advantages of the composition Korg impressive music and production / performance to a whole new generation of musicians.
2001 – Korg KARMA arpeggiator with a more flexible music and earlier forms
Korg KARMA
2001 – Korg Triton Studio with a cdr VU
2002 – Korg Pa60: New Pa60 Professional Arranger has been introduced. Besides fewer features than the consistency of sampling and harmony of the Council which is the very instrument that the "high end" Pa80.
2002 – Korg MicroKorg: A portable version of MS-2000 synthesizer
Korg Triton LE – 2002
2003 – Korg Pa1X Pro: During this year a new line of arrangers professional debut, after the logo – the Pa1X Pro Professional Arranger. Including some ot the most advanced technologies available in the world of musical instruments Korg marked the return of speakers, interactive type of arrangers study oriented composer. It also marked the beginning of a de facto collaboration with the manufacturer acknowledged the study teams TC-Electronic.
2003 – Korg MS-2000B: new version of MS-2000 synthesizer with updated sound system, the color black and metallic dedicated micro Vocoder, Korg MS-2000BR: rack version
2003 – Korg microKONTROL: portable MIDI keyboard controller
2004 – Korg Legacy Collection: Includes software emulation of three famous synthesizers Korg MS-20, Polysix and Wavestation
2004 – Korg Pa1X: Shortly after launching the Pa1X Pro Pa1X introduced the professional arrangers. This speaker is installed, the short version Pa1X scale.
2004 – Korg PA50: When upscale, ultra-luxury Pa1X Pro Arranger Korg know its always cheaper – PA50 professional arrangers. Despite the low purchase price, boasted many of the same characteristics the Pa60 venerated, which makes it a real bargain.
2004 – Korg Kaoss Pad KP2, re-enhanced version of original KAOSS Pad is released.
2004 – Korg Triton Extreme Triton An updated version is released to a very early age. It has many new features. Most notable is the valve of the circularity of the Force, the integration of a 12AU7 tube in the workplace. Nicknamed "the ball of Russia" Rumors of these tubes to last a minimum of 10 years. Another notable feature is the dramatic increase in ROM size: 160 MB, 32 MB of all samples new sound.
2005 – Korg OASYS (Open Architecture Synthesis Studio workstation)
Korg TR – 2006: The Triton Music Workstation increased
2006 – Korg RADIAS tools massive return Korg MS-2000B analog
2006 – padKONTROL style MIDI controller Korg Drum Trigger
Korg D888 Digital Recorder
2006 – Korg D888 8-Track Digital Recorder
2006 – Korg KAOSS Pad 3
2006 – Korg X50 MicroX compact half the sounds of the TR, Half of new software capable of x50
2006 – Korg X50 Korg TR One small step sequencer, but a software library liaison editor
2006 – Korg Pa 800 Pa to succeed the award-winning 80, but increased with the features that the Pro Pa1X
2007 – Station Labour's flagship New Korg M3 away from the famous line of Korg Triton, often called a "mini-Korg OASYS"
2007 – Korg R3 A portable version of RADIAS synthesizer.
2007 – Korg Mini-KP – at 4.25 "x 4.5", this little piece of the KAOSS series products contains all the energy of their brothers and offers considerable autonomy and power.
2007 – Korg ZERO mixer – console style (ZERO8) and the style of DJ (Zero4) mixers. Each incorporates an interface Multi-channel FireWire audio DSP and complete with a customizable MIDI control surface. Interconnection and act with all types of software to be perfect. Both mixers have been certified by Traktor Scratch.
2007 – Korg KM Tables – Korg KM202 and KM402 are 2 and 4 channel DJ mixer. Interface have all MiniKP Korg and effects that can be applied to selected channels. EQ 8 different models (including total insulation court), selected by a large button on the panel are another unique offering.
2007 – Korg Kaossilator – Extremely compact dynamic phrase synthesizer has 100 programs, including acoustic, percussion sounds and arpeggiator portal, 31 types of chromatic scales ranging from Blues and the Egyptian and Roma, and 8 layers of 8-step sequencer music production based on loops. Following in the footsteps of Korg KP technology, with a touch screen where the horizontal axis varies in pitch and yaw. Released January 2008 in the United States.
2007 – Korg Pa2X Pro – Improved near-perfect Pa1X Pro / Elite was a difficult challenge, which in the usual sense Korg the term, connoisseurs of adventure. The result was the Pa2X Pro: same solid feel of its predecessor with a completely new design and innovative and the same improvements introduced in the technology of its Double before.The few months Pa800 MP3 Player / Recorder (optional Pa800) was the norm, and it was a shock: there is no practical difference between files and MP3 audio files SMF. Slowdown and the constitution of MP3 files was the Korg into something extraordinary. Pro Pa2X clear objective in the professional musician, because of its improved 76 keyboad screen, touch tilt, phantom power, balanced in / out, digital audio output and internal clock.
Toneworks-Guitar Effects and Processors
Modeling Signal Processor for Acoustic Guitar – AX10A
AX1500G – Modeling Signal Processor for Guitar
AX3000B – modeling signal processor for low
AX3000G – Modeling Signal Processor Guitar
AX3A – Modeling Signal Processor
AX3B – modeling signal processor
AX3G – Modeling Signal Processor
AX5B – modeling the weak signal
AX5G – Guitar Signal Processor Modeling
PX4A – Pandora: Personal Effects Processor Multi-acoustic
PX4D – Pandora: Personal Multi-Effect Processor
2008 – Korg DS-10 – Musical program for the Nintendo DS.
2008 – Korg M50 – Workstation Music
Korg Nano series – – 2008 Drivers thin line (nanoPAD, and nanoKEY NANOKONTROL)
2008 – Korg Pa500 – After the renovation model high-end, this year saw a renewal of the entry-level model. After the incredible success of PA50, the Pa500 has made its appearance, was improved considerably in the design of the interface. If a modern stylish, with a core of bitter – the same as the Pa800 Pa2X and for an incredible price. This model is also available in different places, depending on taste and musical tradition.
2008 – Korg Pa588 – In 2008, Korg Pa588 filed a cross of an arranger (the acclaimed Pa500) and digital stage piano with 88-note RH3 keyboard weighted qualified, integrated speakers, and sampled piano. Great on stage, comes with its own stand piano, with the support P-Series machine makes a perfect home entertainment.
2009 – Korg microKORG XL – A microKORG to date with the MMT (Multi Modeling Technology) engine and the sound effects processors KAOSS product line.
2009 – Korg microSAMPLER – One of the keys dedicated mini sampler.
2009 – Korg SV-1 – piano, retro step for research – available in 73 or 88 major releases.
2009 – Korg Kaossilator Pro – an updated version of K0-1, including sampling external MIDI control, USB and SD card contained in a voluminous KP3-esque frame.
See also
Electronic tuner
External Links
Korg Homepage
Arrangers Korg Homepage
40 years of Korg gear (Sound on Sound Magazine)
Korg Kornucopia – Information on the analog synth Korg manuals and resources
Information on vintage analog instruments Korg
Korg museum
pictures of a decade of resources hosting online product information, impact, mailing lists and manuals – korgaseries.org for A1, A2 and A3 Korg effects processors.
audio interview with Mitch Colby – EVP / CMO of Korg USA
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