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SYNTH ANATOMY uses affiliation & partner programs (big red buttons) to finance a part of the activity. If you use these, you support the website. Thanks! Using the latest analog modeling technology, Korg multi/poly is a modern reinterpretation of the 4-oscillator Mono/Poly Synthesizer from 1981. Analog synthesizers are often associated with the 70s and 80s. No wonder, many now legendary synths were released in these years. One was the Mono/Poly, a paraphonic Synthesizer from 1981 with an unusual 4-oscillator layout. Behringer has an analog clone of it for little money.Korg, the original developer, is taking a different approach. Instead of recreating it 1:1 in analog, they are reinterpreting the Mono/Poly digitally in the new multi/poly Synthesizer. Korg multi/polyAfter the wavestate (Wavestation), opsix (DX-7), and modwave (DW-8000), another vintage synth, is now back in a modern reinterpreted guise.The multi/poly uses the same style housing as the others but pimped with wooden elements on the side to empathize with the classic Mono/Poly design.It includes a 37-key semi-weighted keyboard with velocity and release dynamic but no aftertouch. Why Korg? It is unknown whether this is another synth on the previously used Raspberry Pi platform.Korg says the multi/poly Synthesizer is a modern reinterpretation of the classic Mono/Poly synthesizer from 1981, using the company’s latest analog modeling technology.Yes, the emulation ghosts immediately scream. However, it’s not a Mono/Poly plugin in hardware. It’s a newly developed 4-time multi-timbral engine with up to 60 voices, layers, and split options. This is modeled on the individual features and

Release a pair of interesting synths, the Mono/Poly and Polysix. While the former could function as a monophonic or four‑voice polyphonic synth, the latter provided six‑voice polyphony and complete programmability for an unprecedented price of only £899. The Polysix was replaced in 1982 by the Poly‑61, which listed for about the same in the UK but included numerous enhancements.Then came MIDI. Korg's first synth to support this earth‑shattering development was the eight‑voice Poly‑800, which appeared toward the end of 1983. Costing a mere £529, the Poly‑800 was a fully programmable synth at a breakthrough price. With only a four‑octave keyboard, it was tiny and lightweight. Korg even had the foresight to make it battery‑powered, and fitted side‑mounted buttons so that you could slap on a guitar strap, sling the keyboard around your neck, and carry it as if it were a guitar. The Poly‑800 was a very popular item, with a reported 100,000 being sold. Its companion, the EX800 synth module, came along in 1984.Three years before the coming of the M1, Korg launched the DW8000 (see Retrozone December 1998), a hybrid eight‑voice synth that, like the previous DW6000 (Korg's first hybrid), combined digital oscillators with analogue VCAs and VCFs. The DW8000's keyboard sensed velocity and aftertouch, and had a built‑in digital delay line.In 1986, Korg unveiled their first sampler (which was also a synth), the DSS1, profiled in November 1997's Retrozone. Korg's Jack Hotop remembers it well: "The story of the M1 really begins with the DSS1. Finally Korg had come out with a sampler. But it was in the mid‑'80s, during the heyday of samplers. The Akai S612 and the early S900 rackmount samplers were popular, as were the Sequential Prophet 2000, Emu Emulator II, Fairlight CMI, and Synclavier. All of a sudden there came a flood of samplers from Casio, Korg, Kurzweil, and Roland. Every sampler you could name had more memory than the DSS1. They had at least half a meg, when the DSS1 only had 256k! But the DSS1 also had some magical stuff: two built‑in DDLs that you could route signals through in series

Korg Multi/PolyCarrying forth the flexibility and sonic power of the legendary Mono/Poly, the Multi/Poly Analog Modeling Synthesizer from Korg offers a comprehensive palette of classic analog and digital synth sounds with deep modulation possibilities. Implementing Korg's next generation analog modeling technology, Multi/Poly provides exceptionally organic and rich analog sounds with the flexibility and control of digital synthesis.In addition to new emulations of analog oscillators and filters, Multi/Poly delivers exceptional detail by also modeling the behavior of analog envelopes, VCAs, and portamento circuits. Each virtual voice card recreates subtle sound differences from component variation like pitch drift, letting you dial in rich analog qualities to your preferred degree. Choose and blend from classic, digital, and waveshaper oscillator types, enabling incredibly versatile sound potential, summoning historic tones and reaching the far edges of synthesizer techniques with ease.With a maximum polyphony of 60 voices depending on your patch settings, Multi/Poly excels at multitimbral patches thanks to its multi-program structure. Each program consists of four oscillators and a noise generator, with ring mod, sync, and x-mod, which can be further processed through two independent filters and three insert effects. Modulation options are vast, with four DAHDSR envelopes, five LFOs, and six Mod processors per-program. Multi/Poly also features multi-lane Motion Sequencing 2.0, letting you send complex changes to multiple destinations.In a generous gift of raw synth power, Multi/Poly lets you use up to four programs in a performance, with unique features to inspire creative patches for captivating sounds. Inspired by the Mono/Poly's paraphonic mode, the Multi/Poly features Layer Rotate, letting you round-robin entire programs so each voice has an entirely different sound as you play polyphonically. Multi/Poly also features the powerful Kaoss Physics, letting you use the XY touch pad to create performative gestures which follow physical movement models like bounces, friction, and more. For synthesists with a taste for analog warmth and the flexibility of digital tools, or sound designers needing a comprehensive and compact creative toolkit, the Multi/Poly from Korg will quickly become a go-to instrument that never ceases to inspire. Multi/Poly FeaturesVirtual analog keyboard synthesizer37-key keybed with velocity and release velocity sensitivityMix and match synth sounds with classic analog, digital wavetable, and waveshaper oscillatorsNext-generation filter models with Korg classics and moreMaximum of 60 voice polyphonyMulti-program structure: each Program features 4x oscillators, noise, 2x filters, effects, and modulationLayer four Programs in one PerformancePerformances add master reverb and EQ, 2x mod processors, and Kaoss PhysicsKaoss physics enables interactive movement control like gravity, reflection, and morePlay programs independently or in round robin with Layer RotateExpansive modulation matrix per-program:4x DAHDSR envelopes 5x LFOs6x Mod processors3x key-track generatorsMulti-lane Motion Sequencing 2.05500+ potential modulation targets per PerformanceSmooth transitions allow sounds to ring out naturally after changing patchesMotion Sequencing

Power supply input, DIN-style MIDI in/out jacks, USB-MIDI (class-compliant), a damper pedal input, balanced stereo outputs, and a headphone socket. Thus, it has an identical backside to the other digital Korg synths, which indicates that it uses the same platform.Lastly, multi/poly ships with an editor/librarian software for macOS and Windows and a matching soft case.Korg multi/poly First ImpressionKorg consistently continues its digital synthesizer series, and it looks like they found a very financially attractive format and concept here: take the same style housing, plug in the not-so-popular keyboard, and craft a new engine with known ingredients and a matching UI.The multi/poly looks like a powerful multi-timbral analog modeling synth. The engine offers many options for deep sound design. Although I haven’t heard it yet, I assume it’s on the same high sound level as its brothers and sisters. I find reinterpreting the legendary Mono/Poly in this format exciting.But it’s a shame that Korg continues to deliver its digital synths without an aftertouch keybed, especially for the asking price. It’s just as pity that they don’t offer the desktop version immediately. I’m pretty sure the calls for the desktop will come straight away. I wonder if this engine wouldn’t have made more sense as an update/paid update for modwave users. Since many engine features are identical, it could have been implemented that way. This would have given the modwave a further boost.And yes, I assume a multi/poly native plugin will be available shortly. Nonetheless, it’s an exciting new digital Korg Synthesizer.