Korg 01/W Mailing List/Forum

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The Korg01w-list Yahoo! Group is a discussion group for Korg 0-series synthesizers and related instruments (Korg 01/W FD, Korg 01/Wpro, Korg 01/WproX, 03R/W, X-series synths, etc). The current home of the group is at https://groups.io/g/korg01w-list. The current group operators Chinh Do and Fred (Chicago).

The group started life back in 1991 as Erno Tuomainen (moonlite@sci.fi)’s Korget mailing list (korget@sonata.fipnet.fi). Chinh Do inherited the list from Erno and migrated it to a UNIX majordomo mailing list (majordomo@mapeaston.com, 1993), a pair.com mailing list (korg01w-list@vienxu.com, 1996-1999), eGroups, and finally, Yahoo! Groups in 2000.

About Korg 0-Series Synthesizers

The Korg 01/W synthesizer/workstation series was introduced in 1991. The 01-series was meant to replace Korg’s legendary M1 and T series synths. The Korg 01/W was equipped with (Advanced Integrated) sound engine, 47 effects, 6 MB of samples ROM, WaveShaping, built-in sequencer, and 32-note polyphony. Many musicians still prefer the sounds of the 01/W over Korg’s newer synths such as the Triton.

The 0-series synths were composed of the following models:

  • 01/W – Basic 61-key model.
  • 01/Wfd – Same as the basic model, plus internal 3 1/4-inch floppy drive.
  • 01/Wpro – Same as 01/Wfd, but with 76 keys and extra sampled Acoustic Piano.
  • 01/WproX – Same as 01/Wpro but with 88 weighted keys.
  • 01R/W – Rackmount version (no keys).
  • 03R/W – Stripped down version of 01R/W. Smaller screen and smaller set of ROM samples. No WaveShaping, sequencer.

Korg 01R/W Synth: Korg 01R/W Synthesizer

Korg 03R/W Synth: Korg 03R/W Synthesizer

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