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Introducing the KORG Legacy Collection – DIGITAL EDITION - stunning software versions of two Korg digital synthesis masterpieces – the M1 and WAVESTATION – plus the MDE-X multi-effect plug-in. Now you can get the classic sounds of these two ground-breaking synth legends updated for the 21st century and ready to rock your computer, in VST, Audio Units and RTAS-compatible formats!

The KORG Legacy Collection delivers classic Korg synthesizers reborn as software. Taking advantage of the technical know-how uniquely available to the original manufacturer, Korg has received high acclaim for turning some of their most legendary instruments into software while adding modern parameters and up-to-date ideas. Now, joining the KORG Legacy Collection is the all-new Digital Edition, featuring the software incarnation of the legendary M1 and an enhanced version of the WAVESTATION software synthesizer.

Back by popular demand: the definitive software version of the classic M1, the Korg synthesizer that established the PCM synth sound.

Introduced back in 1988, the M1’s popularity steadily grew to exceed an amazing 100,000 users. As the first workstation synthesizer, it was a definitive element in the sound of the late ‘80s through early ‘90s. Along with its innovative workstation concept, the M1’s AI (Advanced Integrated) synthesis system used PCM waveforms and digital effects to deliver polished, production-ready Program and Combination sounds. As a pioneer of PCM tone generation, it was notable not just for the reality of its sound, but also for the distinctive tonal character that demonstrated the high level of Korg’s voicing technology. From the famous “M1 Piano” sound through electric pianos, organs, synth pads, drums, and picked basses, numerous sounds available only from the M1 were taken up by musicians and producers around the world, and are still in use today. Although today’s high bit-rate and high sample-rate sound libraries deliver greatly improved audio quality, it is difficult to find sounds with real character, sounds that can’t be described purely in terms of specifications – sounds that are available only from the M1

• Maximum Polyphony:
• 256 notes (depending on the CPU of host computer)
• Number of Parts: 8
• More than 3,100 preset sounds and 400 user presets
• Over 950 PCM waveforms

Note: Each of the TSD-01--05 disks contains 100 programs and combinations, but since there is some overlap between the content of these disks and the data that is already included in the M1 software synthesizer, the total number of original T-series sounds added from these disks is 200 Programs, 209 Combinations and 61 PCM multisounds.

• 34 effect types
• Original M1 and T-series data can be imported via .SYX file
• Operates as stand-alone or VST/AU/RTAS plug-in instrument

The WAVESTATION appeared in 1990 offering its new “Advanced Vector Synthesis System,” which allowed combining and shifting between multiple complex waveforms.

The WAVESTATION achieved worldwide honors – including “Hardware Innovation Of The Year” from U.S. Keyboard Magazine – and featured two radical innovations that opened up a revolutionary new world of sound that is still very much in demand. One was the ability to “mix” or “morph” between four oscillators to create new and unique sounds and textures, controlled from a vector joystick or a cyclic envelope. The second innovation was Wave Sequencing, which allowed the playback of different waveforms in a specific order to create evolving soundscapes, and unique rhythmic or melodic sequence patterns.

In 2004, the Korg Legacy Collection introduced the WAVESTATION software synthesizer. All of the WAVESTATION and WAVESTATION-SR factory data – 550 Performances, 385 Patches, 484 PCM waveforms, 55 types of effects – was included in this original release.

The WAVESTATION software synthesizer Version 1.5 adds all of the PCM data, Patches and Performances contained in the six original optional ROM cards – more than 250 Performances, 250 Patches, 250 PCM waveforms and 150 Wave Sequences – which have been hard to find for many years now.

• Maximum Polyphony:
• 256 notes (depending on CPU of host computer)
• Number of Parts: 1
• More than 1,400 preset sounds (14 ROM banks and 3 RAM banks)
• More than 700 PCM waveforms
• Optional ROM cards added on Version 1.5:
• WSC-1S , WSC-2S , WSC-3S , PSC-1S , PSC-2S , PSC-3S

• 55 effect types
• Original WAVESTATION series data can be imported via .SYX file
• Operates as stand-alone or VST/AU/RTAS plug-in instrument

MDE-X v.1.2 multi-effect plug-in:

19 effect types:

Dyna Compressor, Compressor, Multi-Bank Limiter, Mastering Limiter, Overdrive/Hi Gain + Wah, 4-Band EQ, Exciter/Enhancer, Talking Modulator, Decimator, Flanger, Phaser, Polysix Ensemble, Multi-Tap Chorus/Delay, Stereo/Cross Delay, LCD BPM Delay, Reverb Hall, Reverb Smooth Hall, Reverb Wet Plate, Reverb Dry Plate

• 128 effect programs
• Dynamic Modulation
• Operates as VST/AU/RTAS plug-in

• Realtime MIDI control and automation
• Sampling Frequency: 44.1 kHz – 192 kHz
• G4 Velocity Engine optimized (Mac), Intel Pentium 4 SSE/SSE2 optimized (Windows)