street priceThe Korg Z1 is a synthesizer/sampler workstation released in 1998 by Korg. It features a 61-key velocity-sensitive keyboard, a 16-track sequencer, and a powerful synthesis engine with four oscillators and two filters. It also has a built-in effects processor, a 16-part multitimbral sound engine, and a variety of real-time controllers. The Z1 was praised for its sound quality, flexibility, and ease of use.
Country of origin / production: Japan
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| Usage area | |
|---|---|
| Synthesizer | |
| Usage Design/ Form Factor | |
| With Keys | |
| Archetype | |
| Analog Modeling (AM) | |
| Polyphony | |
| Voices | 18 |
| Multi Timbral Capacity | 6 part(s) |
| Programs/ Voices/ Timbres | |
| Patches | 256 |
| User-defined Multitimbral | 32 |
| Filter | |
| High-pass Filter (HPF) | |
| Low-pass Filter (LPF) | |
| Band-pass Filter (BPF) | |
| Effects | |
| Reverb | |
| Chorus | |
| Flanger | |
| Compressor | |
| Phaser | |
| Rotary Speaker | |
| Decimator | |
| Overdrive/ Drive | |
| Wah/ AutoWah | |
| Talk Effects | |
| Master Effects | 2 |
| Equalizer | |
| Parametric | |
| Bands | 2 |
| Arpegiator/ Portamento | |
| Arpegiator | |
| MIDI | |
| General MIDI (GM) | |
| MIDI in/ out | |
| IN | |
| OUT | |
| THRU | |
| Keys | |
| Type | Synth Action |
| Velocity Sensitivity | |
| Aftertouch | |
| Size | 5 |
| Number of Keys | 61 |
| Display | |
| Display type | TFT |
| Color resolution | Monochrome |
| Built-in controllers | |
| Pitch Bend Wheel | |
| Modulation Wheel | |
| Ribbon Controller | 1 |
| External controllers | |
| Expression foot pedal | |
| Foot Controller | 1 |
| Audio out | |
| Stereo | |
| Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm) | 2 |
| Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm) headphones preamplified | 1 |
| Case/ body | |
| Plastic | |
| Color | |
| Silver | |
| Production start | 1997 |
| Production ended | |
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