Korg M1

I wonder how many songs and gigs have used the Korg M1 ? Millions ! 

Of course one of the most successful keyboards of all time, and still used in many studios and by many artists. I would also like to know how many are still surviving from more than quarter of a million sold.

Manual for the M1

I would advise anyone to get one while they are still a reasonable buy, I got mine for less than £100 and I can see the value of them going up as more go to the synth graveyard and they become rare.

You can get software to download patches ( via MIDI ) very cheap and of course thousands of patches are available, also makes a nice weighted key MIDI keyboard.

Here is a simple tune I made using the M1.

The rather dull looking 1990 E-MU Proteus/2 orchestral is full of EIII orchestral sounds, rather old now but for the price you can get them from eBay you can't complain. 32 voice and 190 sample based sounds including the famous Whistl'n Joe.

Only used the viola so far in this track dedicated to Miffy.