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Average rating:
4.4 out of 5
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No stupid partiales or annoying, pointless parameters. Youcan get to grips with programming in an hour. A lovely, powerful item with bags of potential and character.
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There have been some comments about the sequencer being completely useless. I disagree. While I would never employ the main song/step editing facility (you'd naturally be better off using a PC based sequencer), the M1's sequencer contains a real-time looping section that I find quite useful. This is actually separate from the regular song-based sequencer, but it's located somewhere within the sequencer menus area.
This is a very cool feature for creating quick loops, and while it's playing in record mode, you can then build on those loops by playing another passage over it, and it retains and plays back everything you play up to the available polyphony. I have no other synth that can do this!
It beats the hell out of the 1-track sequencer on my Roland JX10, where it is very difficult to get a perfectly-timed loop because there's no metronome to follow. On the M1, you can either have an audible metronome, or turn it off and follow the blinking light. Erasing what you just did is a little bit of a pain - you have to hold down the Erase button for the length of the sequence, and it will go away so you can start over again if you make a mistake.
I find the M1's real-time sequencer very useful for getting quick and dirty loops going without having to fire up my laptop. And even then, my laptop based sequencer can't do these quick loops without going thru a bunch of menu commands, which is not good for gigging. The M1's real-time sequencer is great for gigs! You can create your loops right on the spot and not cheat by having to create them in advance. I think Joe Zawinul still uses the M1 just for this unique feature. Great work, Korg!
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I LOVE korgs...japanese technology at its best...where is german or american technology in comparison?
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Recently brought a second hand M1. My first impressions were that the majority of the factory presets were poor until i found a site where you can download thousands of new sounds. My M1 now has a new lease of life.The Hammond organ sounds are excellent. The machine looks great and is built like a tank. Only one small problem and that is a sticking key.If anyone knows how to fix it or where to get it done cheaply please let me know.
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This is a timeless classic and I agree with some reviewers that the M1 is for players, not for tweakers. This is the machine for warm and beautiful new-age, ambient and soundtrack pads. The sax and brass sounds are suprisingly good. Pianos, okay. Drums are bad, strings are so so, synth sounds are great but only if you use the mod effects to the max, The sequencer is not much to use in these days. And of course, some waveforms are a bit dated but at the same time I like those. Part nostalgia.
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