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John_J Junior Member
Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Posts: 66 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:22 am Post subject: Was there ever a Korg M2? :-) |
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Was there ever a Korg M2? If not, why?
(Sorry for the trivial question, just curious.)
Cheers! _________________ Just got my M50!!! |
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Synthoid Platinum Member
Joined: 17 Mar 2003 Posts: 3300 Location: PA, USA
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:29 am Post subject: |
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No, sorry......no M2.
_________________ M3, Triton Classic, Radias, Motif XS, Alesis Ion |
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John_J Junior Member
Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Posts: 66 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:50 am Post subject: |
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Thanks!
Sorry to annoy, but does anyone know WHY? _________________ Just got my M50!!! |
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r12 Full Member
Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 218 Location: BREST-FRANCE
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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the second generation of korg workstation were trinity and triton lines (but not called m2)
so m3 is the third generation (m1 and T series and finally 01W series were the first)
I don't put oasys in these lines because it has its own category and price line... _________________ YAMAHA W5 + TRITON proX (exb MOSS / exb PCM01 / exb PCM05 / exb SCSI / 64Mo) + M3-73 No.000187 v2.0 (exb Radias v2.0 / exb M256) + DOEPFER LMK2+
AKAI DPS16 + MINDPRINT Envoice + ART Dual MP + RODE NT1000
BEHRINGER DDX3216 + 4 MACKIE SRM350 + 2 MACKIE SWA1501 (+ PEAVEY KB300 )
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jerrythek Platinum Member
Joined: 28 Jan 2002 Posts: 2931
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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Actually, I have the only M2 ever made - it's incredible, it does EVERYTHING anyone has ever asked of us in a keyboard.
And it's all mine, bwa ha ha!!!
Ok, seriously - we were going to call the current model M2, but I for one felt so much time had passed and so much innovation had happened since the M1 that I wanted the name to reflect that. So we skipped 2 to make a point.
And, it gets people talking, which is always a good thing.
Enjoy.
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Rob Sherratt Platinum Member
Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 4590
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Jerry,
... so it looks like you skipped 46 to make an even bigger point with the M50
PS My thanks for M3 Expanded OS, and over 300 Mbytes of sample sounds you've provided. I'm very happy with my recent purchase of M3 and Radias. As you know I also have a Pa2x which leads me to ask ...
Would it be acceptable use of the .KEP files in M3 Expanded OS release if users of the Korg Pa2x/ Pa800 were to load those samples onto their keyboards? I think the .KEP files are compatible aren't they?
Best regards,
Rob |
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Diego Platinum Member
Joined: 13 Sep 2003 Posts: 2882 Location: Italy
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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Rob Sherratt wrote: | ... so it looks like you skipped 46 to make an even bigger point with the M50 |
AHAHA, that's true _________________ Diego http://www.myspace.com/diegoinmusic
Korg M3 with EXB Radias & EXB-256 onboard
MOTU Traveler - iBook G4 |
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John_J Junior Member
Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Posts: 66 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 6:02 am Post subject: |
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Thanks, guys!
I like knowing my gear, lol.
Jerry, it's a blessing to have you here!
Strange how the nomenclature of the models go, though.
M1, M3, M50!
And the M50 is an "M3 LE". _________________ Just got my M50!!! |
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orpheus2006 Platinum Member
Joined: 17 Nov 2007 Posts: 597 Location: Germany
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Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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Rob Sherratt wrote: | Hi Jerry,
... so it looks like you skipped 46 to make an even bigger point with the M50 | My guess: the M50 got its name because it has just 50% of the features/capabilities of a M3. |
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jake88 Full Member
Joined: 25 Oct 2008 Posts: 150
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:44 am Post subject: |
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maybe another trivial question...but why "M"? what's the significance of M3? it can't be random. and i'm sure theres something stupid i'm not getting. |
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Rob Sherratt Platinum Member
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:33 am Post subject: |
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Well as everyone knows, Korg hired a Greek musician to join the development team for the "original" M1. Now, the Greek equivalent to the english letter M is the letter "mi" or μ.
Also at the same time, Abba were in Greece making the film "Mama Mia" where of course the Greek word "Mia" or μια means "number one" - it is in fact the feminine declension of the masculine word for the "number one" which is "Ena" or ενα. So the Abba film "Mama Mia" actually means "Number 1 Mum".
And the Greek letter μ actually can be used as an abbreviation for either the feminine form of the word "number 1" μια or for the other Greek work "my" which is μεα or "mea" as in "mea culpa" in which the Romans used the same word.
So what we have here is a Greek person on the development team, heavily influencing the nomenclature of the first major workstation to be produced by Korg. So the conclusion this Greek guy had was that by calling the keyboard "M1" he was thinking "My number 1" and hence the letter M was chosen.
Actually, I haven't got a clue, and what I just wrote is fiction, but I hope you enjoyed the little joke |
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John_J Junior Member
Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Posts: 66 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:06 am Post subject: |
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HAHA! Thanks for that, Rob.
I personally don't like synths with numbers of any sort in their name.
For example, why buy an M3 when you just KNOW that in a few years time Korg will make you drool over an M4? And an M5 later on...
They get "outdated" by nomenclature primarily, (psychological effect, really) and by features second.
Also, why buy an M50 when not too long from now, they're gonna make an M60 which makes your M50 drop in value severely?
Which is why names like Korg Trinity, Korg Karma, Korg Triton Extreme, Korg TR, and Korg Oasys have a better place in our hearts, no? _________________ Just got my M50!!! |
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kimu Platinum Member
Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 1133 Location: Italy,Milan
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:25 am Post subject: |
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ok but after triton series you will know that if you buy a workstation called e.g. TRIxxx (xxx = place any combination of letters you like) then you will have the TRIxxx Extreme that would be a little bit better and the also the TRIxxx LE that would be a light version of the powerful TRIxxx and maybe there would be also the low budget Tx series |
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John_J Junior Member
Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Posts: 66 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, I see where that's going, hehe!
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kimu Platinum Member
Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 1133 Location: Italy,Milan
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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John_J wrote: | Ok, I see where that's going, hehe!
Korg Trivia
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Korg Trivia LE
Korg TV! |
ROTFL |
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