Thread: One of the best synthesizers ever

The Korg M1. Featured in hundreds of well known tunes. The Piano and Organ sounds are super, as are the soundscapes for intros and such things

Korg Legacy Collection
Originally part of the Korg Legacy Collection: Digital Edition the M1 is now available individually. As the original manufacturer, Korg is uniquely qualified to recreate our vintage digital synthesizers as software instruments. And only Korg is able to offer all of the original sound data created for the M1; well over 3,000 sounds all together. The M1 is designed to run as a stand-alone program; or as a VST, AU or RTAS Plug-in, making it compatible with nearly any DAW software studio package.

• 256-note polyphony (Maximum)

• 8 Part

• 3,100 presets sounds; 400 user locations

• 950 PCM Waveforms

• 34 Types of on-board effects

In 1988, the M1 created the workstation category and went on to become one of the top selling keyboards of all time, easily surpassing an amazing 100,000 units. The M1 software synthesizer reconstructs the M1 into an eight-part multi-timbral tone generator featuring up to 256 notes of polyphony. Topping the list of software improvements are variable filter resonance, two Insert effects per part, and two Master effects. The M1 also contains all PCM, Program, and Combination data found in the original M1 and M1EX PCM expansion sets, all 19 optional ROM cards, plus the full sound set of the acclaimed T Series. Plus there are plenty of new sounds – including some slammin’ drums. That’s over 3,000 sounds total!

KLC M1.zip

I used to have one of those keyboards, the only posh keyboard I ever owned (apart from a yamaha DJX)
I had to sell it cause I couldn't work out how to use it

no but seriously it might be alright if you were in a pop band or played down the local pub but not really for hardcore, the thing about it obviously with it being a synth was the sounds you could programme but it's very difficult and time consuming, the stock sounds are pretty cack in my opinion, massive fooking thing weighed a tonne

I love the M1, if only for the piano patches

Ridegroover, how much you sell it for man? Mortis, wanna sell me yours? [-O

I bought it second hand and sold it soon after,about 500 quid in 1999, bit of a whimsical purchase on my behalf, obviously a very good keyboard but probably more suited to proper musicians, preferred the DJX tbh, now theres a keyboard

saying that they have vst version of it now and I'm sure I have it somewhere on my desktop computer, but never really bothered with it, the ms200 is a much better synth imo

Love the Korg M1 but prefer the Roland JD800/990 for sample based synthesis