The Korg M1 - Putting it all Together

Great job! Thank you so much for your kind words and for sharing Korg history. The popular percussive Organ 2 M1 program features the full length organ sample, and the Organ 1 program incorporates the truncated version.  I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to develop and create sounds for the Poly 800 1/2, DW6000/8000, DS8 and DSS1/DSM1. They were an important part of the evolution that led to the development of the M1.

A very good friend and co-worker gave me her Korg M1 back in 1999. I still have it today.

After watching this I dragged my m1ex out of the shed. You're right it still sounds cool.

I recently found my old M1 in the attic. Made loads of songs with this in the late 80s by building a backing track in the multitrack sequencer and then transferring to my portastudio to overdub extra synth parts and add vocals. A dream workstation in its day.

One of my favorite workstations of all time

Nicely done Johnny.

Picked one up in 2022 for $300. So glad I did.

I cheaply bought this keyboard from my country (approx 150 EUR), I repaired the keys that didn't work, and some buttons, disassembled it myself from head to toe, came with a pristine outer case, no scratches, brand new, I reloaded all the internal sound bank from the internet, and now I have the best selling synth of all time in my possession. Now it works like a charm, I made four instrumentals only with the onboard instruments and drums and I couldn't be happier. Thanks for the presentation video!

I still have mine at home. Great synth with a powerfull sequencer. The demos were incredible.

These videos are a beautiful insight to the legacy of these wonderful instruments...keep em coming Johnny, great work!!!

Oh ! My first synth… before the O1… nostalgia !! 👍👍👍 I had so good time with it 😊

I am a huge fan of the KORG M1. I remember when it came out, I went to guitar center and all they had was the display model. They told me the M1 was on back order & it make take 6 to 9 months before they could get anymore. It was the late 80's so restocking took a long time back in those days.

I was at Sam Ash music in Richmond Hills Queens New York the day the KORG M1 was released. It was an absolute powerhouse and 2 years later I bought the T3 for $2400 cash out the door (you could haggle prices back then) but within a few months I was bored of it and bought a DW800, a DX7II and D50 and started programming them. I sold everything off and kept the DX7. More than 30 years later and I'm still programming the DX7 and still can't get tired of it. It's the most satisfying and rewarding synth I've ever owned

The M1 iOS app is probably my favorite synth app ever. The most unique sounds and so customizable.

Great job on the vid. Subscribed! I bought my M1 in ‘89. Used it for production work and live gigs for many years. Finally sold it in 2015, having saved all my sounds to SysEx files, which I was then able to load into Korg’s M1 VI for use in my DAW (as well as in their iPad app, which I’ve used live before). Even now, I still pull up the occasional M1 sound to use in client productions and in my own material. I bought a Korg Krome a few years ago, and I noticed many vestiges of the design of the M1’s OS under the hood. 🤓

Amazing video. I had an M1 in 90’s and I wish I still had it…. It was designed in mid 80’s… It was at least 30 years ahead.

First off, I am always impressed how you find clips of the performers using the synth you are talking about.. Second, now I have to go fire mine up.. Thanks!

I bought one on release date and it was like having the whole world in from of me ...I miss it a lot.

Another great video on some fantastic music history... I've had mine for decades and it's still going strong.

I was a heavy user of the built-in sequencer back in the day.