707

TheKorg DS-8is a digital eight-voiceFM synthesizerreleased byKorgin 1987. Following an agreement withYamahafor access to its research and development facilities, it was designed using Yamaha components and constructed under a licensing agreement.It introduced an analog-style interface for controlling FM sounds and could play different patches on each of its eight voices, marking it as Korg's firstmulti-timbralMIDI synthesizer. Accompanying its launch was the Korg 707, a more portable version of the DS-8, lacking digital effects but equipped with strap pegs forkeytarperformance.