![]() Two effects blocks were also included at the end of each chain to provide a 'finished' sheen to your Programs.īut it was the sounds themselves that caused a stir. Up to eight Programs can be combined into a Combi, layered, split across the keyboard or at a certain MIDI velocity, or used as a Multi, with each Program on a different MIDI channel. M1 Programs (patches) feature either one oscillator, filter, and an amplifier chain (in Single mode), two in parallel (Double Mode), or a drum map, filter, and amplifier chain. Many SOS readers won't need me to describe the M1 'sample and synthesis' instrument, but for those who weren't around when it was first released in 1988, here's a quick summary. There's also a new KLC (Korg Legacy Collection) 'card' that showcases the new features, and incorporates 15 new sets of drum-kit samples, with genres from orchestral to trance, house, drum & bass, and hip-hop. Most were originally sold as a pair of plug-in hardware cards - one for the PCM (sample) data, plus a ROM card holding various amounts of Program/Combi data. I suspect that only a few musicians have ever had access to this complete collection of sample/preset cards, but they are all bundled with the software M1 - an absolute bargain.The contents of the 19 expansion cards originally sold as optional extras for the M1 (shown right) are instantly available in the software version via a mouse click. In the end, I had insufficient space on my existing dongle to license the Digital Edition anyway, so I plugged both dongles into a USB hub, registered the Digital Edition on the web site, got my Activation code, and then used it to license the Korg dongle. ![]() I checked with both Korg and Steinberg to see how they felt about one of their dongles being used to store the licence relating to another company's product, and they confirmed that there's no technical reason why it can't be done, but did point out the complications that might ensue if the dongle was lost or stolen. If you're already using a Syncrosoft dongle, another option is to add the licence for the Digital Edition into it, rather than into the new dongle provided by Korg, so that you're not tying up your USB ports with unnecessary devices. You don't have to worry about possible dongle conflicts if you already have one or more Syncrosoft dongles installed either, since Syncrosoft's Licence Control Centre software supports multiple dongles from different manufacturers. I'm certainly happier with this form of protection, since you never have to reauthorise a dongle after changing your computer or hard drive. The original Korg Legacy Collection used challenge/response protection, but Korg, like Steinberg and Arturia, have switched to using a Syncrosoft USB dongle. These are modest requirements, but borne out by my tests - 64 notes played on Legacy M1 typically required just 25 percent of my Pentium 4 2.8GHz PC's CPU power. On Macs, OS 10.2.8 or later is required to run Legacy Digital Edition, along with a minimum of a G4 500MHz machine with 256MB of RAM, while PC owners will need at least Windows XP, a Pentium III 1GHz processor, and 256MB of RAM. ![]() By my reckoning, the cards in this bundle would have cost over £1000 at their original prices.īoth synths in the Legacy Digital Edition can be run as stand-alone applications or as VST, AU, or RTAS Instruments, and the bundle is completed by the MDE X multi-effects plug-in of the previous collection, which has also been upgraded to version 1.2 by the addition of RTAS support. Even people who still have Wavestations and M1s have an incentive to buy the Digital Edition, since it includes the sample and patch collections that were originally only available on expensive ROM/PCM cards. This makes far more sense to me, as the M1 is probably the most famous and best-selling digital workstation of all time. This once again includes the Wavestation emulation (now up to v1.5), but this time it's partnered with a software emulation of Korg's M1 workstation. Many other Wavestation enthusiasts seemed to agree, so there was renewed excitement when Korg recently announced the Legacy Collection Digital Edition. The Wavestation is renowned for its slowly evolving timbres and its strings of rapidly changing wave-sequenced tones, while the other two synths and the mini MS20 controller were unquestionably aimed at analogue fans. This time, it's 1988's classic M1 workstation that's been rendered in software.Īs a Wavestation SR user, I was excited when Korg released their software version in the original Legacy Collection, but I always viewed the MS20 and Polysix emulations in the bundle as odd bedfellows. ![]() Korg are continuing to develop virtual instruments based on their hardware synths. If only the original Korg M1 had included this Easy page to control its envelopes and parameters! ![]()
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