KORG 01W/FD (sound testing)

The Korg 01/W is a workstation synthesizer, released in 1991, and was intended to replace the M1 and T series. The workstation/ROMpler was based on AI², an improved version of the AI (Advanced Integrated) Synthesis technology found in the M1. The success of the AI² architecture ensured it was used in the majority of subsequent Korg synths of the 1990s. 254 sampled instruments in 6 megabytes of ROM (the M1 had 100 sampled instruments) (The T-Series has 8mb of ROM with about 190 sampled instruments) The AI2 Synthesis produced much cleaner and perhaps slightly thinner sound and twice as many effects were available when compared with the M1 and T series. Korg introduced a feature called Waveshaping. The 01/WFD, 01/Wpro, 01WproX models had an internal 3.5" floppy disk drive that could read single-sided 720k floppy disks, custom Korg format. The sequencer of The 01/WFD, 01/Wpro, 01WproX could hold up to 47 thousand notes, several times more than the M1 but less than the T-Series. The polyphony was doubled to a maximum of 32 notes with 16 tracks/MIDI parts (as opposed to the 16 note polyphony and 8 track Sequencer of the M1 and T-Series). The 01/W only had a few of the M1&samples. Particularly missing were the M1 Acoustic Piano, and some of the M1 Electric Piano sounds. These were replaced by more realistic versions (the Acoustic Piano in the 01/W was radically different and sounded more oriented for classical music).[citation needed] The 01/Wpro even went a step further and...