Description
Explore the history of Korg keyboards and synthesizers with Luke Edwards in Korg Kronology, a journey through more than 60 years of instruments, innovation and unforgettable sounds.
Recorded live at Bonners Milton Keynes, this presentation takes us from the early Doncamatic drum machine through analogue classics such as the MS-20, Mono/Poly and Polysix, to the M1, Wavestation, Trinity, Triton and today’s KRONOS.
Using the Korg KRONOS to demonstrate many of these distinctive sounds, Luke brings the story to life with live performances, familiar musical examples and stories behind the instruments. Hear the iconic M1 piano and organ, explore wave sequencing and physical modelling, and discover how ideas from earlier Korg instruments continue to inspire its keyboards today.
Along the way, we explore the arrival of MIDI, the development of keyboard workstations, the microKORG, KAOSS PAD, Electribe and Korg’s return to analogue synthesis.
Whether you played these instruments first time around or are discovering them for the first time, join us for an evening of keyboard history and musical nostalgia.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction and opening KRONOS performance
05:00 Korg’s beginnings and the Doncamatic
09:40 Prototype No. 1 and the Korg name
10:45 miniKORG 700
11:46 MS-20 and the MS series
15:11 PS-3300
17:08 CX-3 and BX-3 organs
19:05 Mono/Poly and Polysix
22:07 MIDI and the digital era
23:57 DW series
25:16 M1 and its iconic sounds
29:46 Wavestation and wave sequencing
33:13 i3 and the Pa arranger keyboards
34:29 Wavedrum and physical modelling
36:37 Prophecy
37:45 T series, 01/W and Trinity
40:21 KAOSS PAD
42:10 Electribe
43:05 Triton
44:26 MS2000
45:35 KARMA
48:27 microKORG
49:55 OASYS
50:58 Software instruments, apps and Gadget
53:38 monotron and the return to analogue
55:32 volca, minilogue and prologue
56:26 ARP collaboration and classic reissues
59:08 opsix, wavestate and modwave
1:00:04 multi/poly
1:00:27 FISA Suprema digital accordion
1:02:06 PS-3300 reissue
1:02:30 KRONOS 3 and its nine sound engines
1:05:26 Introducing the finale: The Mandalorian
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