It's illegal to emulate this Synth (Korg M1 Review)
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Published 2024-07-26
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00:00 - How I met the Korg M1
00:20 - The abundance of Synth emulations and free Plugins
01:00 - It's ILLEGAL to sample this Synth
02:00 - but why?
02:25 - The Official M1 Plugin
02:40 - Do these 40 year old Samples sill have any value?
03:43 - Demo Production 1: Stock Music/ Film Scoring
05:30 - The Plugin: First impressions and overview
06:39 - Demo Production 2: M1 Drums and the Korg MonoPoly
08:19 - The Plugin: Preset Browser
09:50 - What is PCM-Synthesis?
11:47 - Sample this?
12:12 - The Plugin: How to approach sound design
13:37 - The Plugin: Microtonal tunings
14:13 - Demo Production 3: Indie Pop?
15:19 - Samples and Artefacts
15:50 - Typical Sound: Flutes & Pan Flute
16:16 - Sorting Presets by Storage Cards
17:13 - Demo Production 4: Arp Odyssey and M1 Bass (and OneShot)
17:33 - Demo Production 5: Triton vs M1 (and Vocodine)
19:09 - Typical Sound: Mallets & Xylophones
19:37 - Demo Production 6: Wavestation vs M1
20:15 - Conclusion & Alternatives to the M1
21:14 - Demo Production 7: Cherry Audio Dreamsynth
21:41 - Outro
Korg wirte about the M1 Plugin:
"The M1, released in 1988, is an epoch-making synthesizer that defined the music scene of the late 80’s and the 90s. Its synthesis system with digital multi-effects, based on high-quality PCM, featured a unique sound which was epoch-defining. In addition, as the original music workstation “all-in-one unit”, it came with an 8-track sequencer, drastically changing the composing and production style of musicians everywhere.
The KORG Collection M1 V2 is an upgrade of the M1 software from 2005, and has been refined for modern production environments. We added the much requested high-resolution and scalable interface. The preset sounds include all 3,300 programs, including those from the expansion ROM cards, giving the legendary sounds of the M1 through the latest software as a plug-in."
All Comments (21)
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The M1 plugin is 49% off and the whole korg collection is 24% off rn until the 19th August
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Still HAVE MINE FROM THE 80’s in my LIVING-ROOM STUDIO (i just replaced the internal battery inside it) and I’m gonna buy this gadget that includes ALL THE SOUND CARDS EVER RELEASED FOR THE KORG M1
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I was lucky to have an M1 back in the 90s and I made tons of music with it. Now I have the plugin with all the Korg expansion cards and it's totally worth it (I have the Korg collection and it's awesome). About the M1 popularity I think it was as popular as the DX7. I remember not only hearing it everywhere (especially the piano and organ in dance music) but seeing it anywhere on TV from live performance to ads. The M1 came to my life after the DX27 and it was a huge difference because of the PCM sounds, effects, sequencer and so many things that today might not be impressive, but in the early 90s it was revolutionary.
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There is a fully featured Korg M1 w all the “expansion sound cards” on the IPad and a very nice touchscreen UI (very nice compared to the one slider on the OG or a mouse on computer) It’s auv3 as well
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The Korg M1 VST is great. The Korg Collection was the firs bundle I bought, many, many years ago for $69! With a coupon. I have seen the Korg M1 on sale for $10 on plugin Boutique once….
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The M1 and the Triton were huge for Korg. I miss my Triton. ❤
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love the sounds of this rompler era
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The M1 sound is based on proprietary sample data owned by Korg. Without a license to use that sample data, no one could emulate it. The other synthesizers, you mention, like the Juno, use their sounds using basic way forms that no one can copyright.
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The sounds bring back fond memories playing Monkey Island back in the day.
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Nice review! Korg, was brilliant for this move. I bought their Legacy Collection, because it's the only way to keep those brilliant engines in rotation without breaking the bank or occupying an entire storage unit. If you haven't tried them... OMG! And, unlike greedy Roland, or myopic yamaha (Thank God for the Gospel Musicians site creating VSTs for them), they include ALL of the expansions. I really hope Korg produces an Ai² bundle of the 01/W-X-N-I series & possibly an M3, but I'd be satisfied with the Ai² bundle. An Ai² representation would be their most massive ROMpler yet. Don't get me started on how incredible their Wavestate, Modwave, and Opsix are!
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It's not just the M1 it's every sample based synth and yes it's a copyright law thing. I mean what's the problem with the official M1? You get the 1:1 codebase from Korg themselves. It's the closest you'll get to hardware no? The GUI is resizable though. "Utility" dropdown menu, "Screen Size" (Utility is top left corner). Will fill out a mac studio monitor no problem.
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still one of the best synths, along with Trinity and 01/W
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muy bien se escucha increible el korg m1 amigo buen trabajo sigue adelante creando mas música un saludo.
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great sounds! - I've used the M1 all over my album
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now i want to make a Korg emulation
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It sounds so extremely 80s! I love it!
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M1 has some great sounds. I prefer the upgraded M3 for piano and killer organs. Thx for sharing.
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So many iconic songs used the M1. I love the plugin and always come back to it
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Nice one. Reminded me of the free K1v by Nils. It's an emulation of Kawai K1 from 1988. This M1 sounded more rich tho. But a very similar use case scenario. The VHS music was a good description. Just like some cheesy commercial tune with some futuristic looking logos and flying letters.
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Love my Korg M1R ♥️
