Instruments and Equipment by Korg Inc.

Korg Inc. was founded as Keio Electronic Laboratories in 1962 producing its first rhythm device in 1963.

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Although the company has developed and release a number of notable electronic instruments it could be argued that the development of the M1 Workstation changed the synthesiser market.  At the point of launch it surpassed the competition in the workstation and synthesiser market.

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A number of instruments were released by the company, but it was known for its solid workstations with the T1, 01/W, Trinity, Triton, M3 and OASYS all pushing the bar on release.

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More recently the Kronos workstation was seen as the goto synthesiser and workstation for many musicians that needed a versatile platform to work with.

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Following my divorce I acquired an M1R and was absolutely blown away by how good it sounded after nearly thirty years.  I was then lucky enough to acquire a non-working M1 keyboard.  The second acquisition required a road trip over the severn bridge to Wales where this keyboard was located in a church storage cupboard.  As it turned out the non-working was an easy fix, new battery and reloading the factory settings and it was back up and running.

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The sounds created by these initial acquisitions drove me to acquire a T1, OASYS and my favourite keyboard the Kronos over the intervening years.