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The Korg M1 was the world's first widely-known music workstation. Its onboard MIDI sequencer and...

The Korg M1 was the world's first widely-known music workstation. Its onboard MIDI sequencer and palette of sounds allowed musicians to produce complete professional arrangements. Outselling the Yamaha DX7 and Roland D-50, the M1 became the best-selling digital keyboard of all time, which it remains today. In many ways, the Korg M1 was a breakthrough. In its six-year production period, more than 250,000 units were sold, making it Korg's most successful synthesizer. And though it wasn't the first workstation, it was among the first in its class and set new standards for other manufacturers.It even enabled Korg to regain total economic control of the company. The M1's unprecedented sales allowed Korg executives to buy Yamaha's share of the company, a deal which had originated in the mid-1980s. Even for the late 1980s, the M1's synth engine was somewhat simplistic, comprising one or two digital oscillators per patch. A total of 16 oscillators were offered, leading to a maximum 16-note polyphony (using only single-oscillator patches). This reduced to 8 Note when using double oscillator programs. The basic sample sound was then processed by a simple digital low pass filter, and then fed