M3 | |
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Manufacturer | Korg |
Dates | 2007 - 2013 |
Price | M3M (module): US$2375 M3 61-key: US$3000 M3 73-key: US$3475 M3 88-key: US$4000 |
Technical specifications | |
Polyphony | 120 voice[1] - single mode 60 voice - double mode |
Oscillator | 120 oscillators - single mode 120 oscillators - double mode |
Synthesis type | PCM Sampler Enhanced Definition Synthesis Optional - EXB-Radias |
Filter | Dual Multimode |
Aftertouch expression | Yes |
Velocity expression | Yes |
Storage memory | 64 Mb - Expandable to 320 Mb with optional EXB-M256 |
Effects | 3-band EQ (up to 16) 5 insert effects 2 master effects 1 total effect |
Input/output | |
Keyboard | 61-key, Velocity Aftertouch 73-key, Velocity Aftertouch 88-key Hammer Action, Velocity Aftertouch none - ( M3 Module) |
Left-hand control | 8× Sliders 8× Switches Joystick Ribbon Controller 8× Velocity Sensitive Pads X-Y Touchscreen Control |
External control | MIDI USB 2.0 |
Korg M3 is a music workstation synthesizer manufactured by Korg Corporation and introduced at the NAMM Show in January 2007, being released four months later. The M3 is the successor of the famous Triton series. The name is based on the former M1, which was considered a revolutionary synth at the time (and is not to be confused with Korg M3R rack mount unit of 1989, which was a cost-reduced version of the M1R rack unit).
The hardware synthesizer chip was designed around the HD-1, one of the various engines in the Korg OASYS. The M3 was named keyboard of the year at the Musik Messe Awards in Germany in early 2007.[2]