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Modifications
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Owner Registry
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System Components
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01From the Community02Audio Demos03Compatible Sound ROMs04Parts & Components05Modifications06Owner Registry07System ComponentsManufacturer
Korg
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Specifications
- Dates
- 1988–1995
- Price
- US$2,166 est. street (1988)/$2,749 MSRP (1990)£1,499¥248,000
- Filter
- VDF (variable digital filter), low-pass velocity-sensitive (non-resonant)
- Effects
- Reverb, delay, phaser, tremolo, exciter, ensemble, overdrive, EQ, chorus, flanger, rotary speaker
- Keyboard
- 61 keys (Yamaha FS keybed)
- Polyphony
- 16 voices, 16 oscillators
- Attenuator
- 3 independent AADBSSRRenvelope generators
- Oscillator
- 16 oscillators, 16-bit 2 Mword (4 MB) PCM waveform ROM (100 multisounds + 44 drum sounds)
- Timbrality
- 8 part
- Manufacturer
- Korg
- Storagememory
- 100 programs / 100 combinations / 4400 sequencer notes or 50 programs / 50 combinations / 7700 sequencer notes depending on global settings, and 10 songs + 100 patterns
- Synthesis type
- Digitalsample-basedsubtractive
- External control
- MIDI IN/OUT/THRU
- Left-hand control
- Spring-return joystick (pitch and modulation)
- Velocity expression
- Yes
- Aftertouchexpression
- Yes