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The Korg Collection (initially launched as the Korg Legacy Collection in 2004) is a suite of virtual instruments and effects that emulate Korg's various hardware synthesizers. The original release included virtual versions of the MS-20 , Polysix and Wavestation . [ 1 ]
Korg N5: The N5 was introduced as a keyboard version of the Korg NS5R sound module [31] without expansion slot. Korg N1/N1R: The N1 is an 88-key (piano-action) synthesizer. It is the expanded version of the N5 with a larger sample ROM [32] for more AI2 voices and drum kits. In addition to the Korg voices, it provides full support for GM, GS and XG.
Like its predecessor, the OASYS, the Kronos has multiple sound engines: . 1) The SGX-1 Premium Piano sound engine uses continuous (not looped) stereo piano samples sampled at eight velocity layers per key to produce a Steinway-styled "German Grand" or Yamaha-styled "Japanese Grand" acoustic grand piano; an optional Bösendorfer-styled [citation needed] "Austrian Grand" sound set is available.
The Korg Triton is a music workstation synthesizer, featuring digital sampling and sequencing, released in 1999. [1] [2] [3] It uses Korg's "HI (Hyper Integrated) Synthesis" system and was eventually available in several model variants with numerous upgrade options.
KORG has since diversified into digital effects, tuners, recording equipment, electronic hand percussion, and software instruments. [5] [6] In 1992, KORG acquired Vox, then primarily a manufacturer of guitar amplifiers. [7] KORG was the exclusive distributor of Marshall Amplification products in the US for decades. This arrangement ended in 2010.
The two primary synthesis concepts designed into the Wavestation were Wave Sequencing and vector synthesis, the latter Korg dubbed "Advanced Vector Synthesis".Although the Korg Wavestation was the first keyboard that used Wave Sequencing, its roots can be traced back to the preceding variations of wavetable-lookup synthesis, including the multiple-wavetable synthesizers [6] realized as PPG ...
On previous models, keyboards were aftertouch sensitive, and 73-key version used a graded hammer action keyboard. Nautilus AT, released in 2023, has two versions with 61-key synth action and 88-key RH3 graded hammer action; both of them include channel aftertouch. Korg also offers a factory upgrade service for the original Nautilus models.
The Korg OASYS is a workstation synthesizer released in early 2005, 1 year after the successful Korg Triton Extreme. Unlike the Triton series, the OASYS uses a custom Linux operating system that was designed to be arbitrarily expandable via software updates, with its functionality limited only by the PC -like hardware.