Korg T series (T1/T2/T3): Some improvements over the M1 with added features.
Incredibly realistic sounds made possible by using rich samples of acoustic and electric instruments as initial sound source (vs.simple sine, saw and square waves used before) and applying full synthesizer processing chain (filters, modulators, effects, etc.). The best-selling synthesizer of all time (with 250,000 units sold worldwide, as a single model).
Offered additive synthesis, waveform drawing and effects, with superb analog filters. Korg DSS-1: Korg's first sampling keyboard with two oscillators per voice (eight voices) and superb filters.Korg DDM-110 SuperDrums and Korg DDM-220 SuperPercussion: Low-cost digital drum machines.Was also released in a rack-mount version, the EX-8000. Korg DW-8000: Eight-voice polyphonic, user selected two digital waveforms out of 16 total.Korg DW-6000: Six-voice polyphonic, user selected two digital waveforms out of 8 total.Korg MR-16: PCM-based digital drum machine, with dedicated outputs for each drum voice.Korg RK-100: MIDI remote keyboard/ keytar.Also, a more traditional chord recognition system was included. This was the world's first auto-accompaniment function of this kind added to a keyboard. A built-in computer analyzed the melody played on the keyboard, and generated a complex accompaniment. The Korg SAS-20 was Korg's first arranger keyboard.Was also released in a module version, the EX-800. The second-generation Mk II model added a digital delay section. Korg Poly-800: The first fully programmable synthesizer that sold for less than $1000, notable for using digitally controlled analog oscillators and sharing a single filter for all eight voices.Shortly before it was discontinued, a MIDI version known as the Poly-61M was released.
Korg Poly-61: The successor of the Polysix with digitally controlled analog oscillators Korg's first "knobless" synthesizer.It is also one of the included synth engines with the Kronos line of synths. The instrument was recreated in a virtual version, the Polysi圎X for Korg's Legacy Collection, and is also available as an add-on for the OASYS synth.
However, the Polysix offered memory for patch storage, and its chorus unit was a fully-fledged analog delay unit capable of phaser and "ensemble" effects. It was released to compete with Roland's Juno-6 synth, and both keyboards shared similar features, such as a built-in chorus unit and an arpeggiator.
This section possibly contains original research. Korg Mini Pops: Fully electronic rhythm machine.Donca-Matic DE-20: Fully electronic rhythm machine.Donca-Matic DA-20: Rhythm machine, first product.