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Korg Universe Volume 1 is from the German company Back in Time Records who specialise in the production of sample CDs of older classic synths, we have also reviewed Minimoog Classics and Korg Universe Volume 2. Korg Universe 1 is the companion volume to Volume 2 and covers the sounds produced from 17 Korg synthesisers and drum machines, from classic mono synths like the 700S to the Wavestation AD. There is no duplication with Volume 2 and Id find it hard to think of anything produced by Korg in the 1970-91 period that isnt covered by one of these sample CDs. The synthesisers and drum machines have been accurately recorded with no additional sonic processing. In this volume there are over 1500 individual samples, however to facilitate the the accurate representation of the sounds of these machines there is extensive use of multi-sampling. Therefore there are fewer unique sounds than otherwise may appear at first sight. The advantage of multisamples is that it enables a wider, more accurate rendition of the actual sounds across a wider audio range than just a single sample would do. A single sample played a couple of octaves away from its sampling point can often sound nothing like the original sound would have done at the same point. As this is a CD-ROM release the inconvenience of multi-sampling is removed and the added sonic accuracy produces a more playable range of notes from each sound. As an added bonus the package comes with a floppy disk of data for the Korg Trinity workstation with some 150 program, combination and effects templates. Unfortunately I didnt have access to a Trinity to test these but no doubt adds to the value somewhat if you own one. The machines sampled for this collection are as follows:

- Synthesisers -

mini KORG-700S Monophonic Synthesizer, 800DV Duophonic Synthesizer, PS-3100 Semi-Modular Polyphonic Synthesizer, Trident MkII Polyphonic Synthesizer, Poly 800 Polyphonic Synthesizer, DW8000 Polyphonic DWGS Synthesizer, DS-8 Digital Synthesizer, Wavestation AD Vector Synthesizer Module, T1 AI-Synthesis Music Workstation, CX3 Portable Organ, New SG-1D Digital Piano, P3 Piano Module, Symphonie O3 Orchestra Module, Wavedrum Percussion Synthesizer, minipops 120W Rhythm, MR-16 MIDI Rhythm Sound Unit und DDD1 Dynamic Digital Drums. 120+ Multisamples, 450+ One Shots/FX.