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Document Library
Manuals
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Audio Demos
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Compatible Sound ROMs
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Parts & Components
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Modifications
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Owner Registry
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System Components
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Korg
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Specifications
- LFO
- Triangle, Square, Sawtooth, Sine
- Dates
- 1987
- Price
- $ 1400
- Filter
- 1 per voice
- Effects
- Manual Delay, Long Delay, Short Delay,Doubling, Phaser, Chorus, Portamento
- Hardware
- YM2164 (OPP)
- Keyboard
- 61-key
- Polyphony
- 8
- Attenuator
- ADSR Envelope
- Oscillator
- 2
- Manufacturer
- KORG
- Storagememory
- 100 Programs and 10 Combinations
- Synthesis type
- FM Synthesizer (4 operators)
- External control
- MIDI
- Left-hand control
- Joystick
- Velocity expression
- Yes
- Aftertouchexpression
- Yes (monophonic)
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