M I S S I N G S O U N D B A N K S
I'm still searching for the discontinued commercial M1 soundbanks listed above. As you will see, there are several uncertainties about this material.
Any informations or - best of all - a sysex version of it are welcome!
By the way, if you own material or hold informations about products that are not mentioned here (or on my commercial soundbanks webpage), you can e-mail it to me.
Companies/distributers/sounddesigners/programmers (alphabetical order):
| American Music Company | Digital Music Soft Ware | Electron Artistries | EMC | Hotop, Michael |
| Käng-Kong Productions | Keel Productions | Maass, Hubertus | Patch Pro | Patchworks Evolution |
| Pro Music | Watts, Cosmo |
PATCH PRO
Patch Pro is an american society (Conowingo, Maryland) which produced and distributed four ROM cards for the M1 as the "KROM-Series".
If volumes 1 & 2 are listed on my commercial page, volumes 3 and 4 are still missing to my collection. Any informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| KROM3 |
| KROM4 |
MICHAEL HOTOP
Michael Hotop is a german sounddesigner (Osnabrück) who programmed and sold soundbanks for several synths during the 80's-90's.
Except the products mentioned on my commercial page, Michael also distributed an M1 soundbank named "Synthetic & Pop" (programmed jointly with japanese sounddesigner Oshima). I'm still searching for it. Any informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| "Synthetic & Pop" (programmed by Michael Hotop & Oshima) |
EMC
EMC is a german company (Bergisch Gladbach - owner: Klaus Grosser) which started as a recording studio which developed and sold in the late 80's Atari editors for various synths (about 25 until 1994). They are now proposing styles collections for diverse keyboards.
Except the products mentioned on my commercial page, EMC also distributed an M1 soundbank named "Sonic Seasons" (programmed by german sounddesigner Hubertus Maass). I'm still searching for it. Any informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| "Sonic Seasons" (programmed by Hubertus Maass) |
KÄNG-KONG PRODUCTIONS
Käng-Kong Productions is a german company (Gielsdorf, owner: Thomas Klimisch) which produced several M1 soundbanks.
Except the products mentioned on my commercial page, Käng-Kong also distributed an M1 soundbank named "Synthetic". I'm still searching for it. Any informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| "Synthetic" |
DIGITAL MUSIC SOFT WARE
I collected one M1 ROM card from this japanese company, which seems to be the continuation of ARK society. All are labeled "Source" with a specific logo on it.
I know that they produced at least another M1 ROM card named "Drum Phrase" which includes 99 drum patterns (many thanks to Glyn Spaulding for his contribution).
Any informations or - best of all! - sysex versions about eventual other volumes from this collection are welcome!
| "Drum Phrase" (99 drum patterns) | Image |
ELECTRON ARTISTRIES
Electron Artistries is an american society (Franklin, Ohio) which produced diverse type of Korg M1 ROM cards.
I personally got the "Sound Set 2" only. Any informations about all others products mentioned above or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| "Sound Set 1" (49 Combis/50 Progrs) |
| "Drum Patterns" (contains pre-programmed rhythmic patterns) |
| "Sounds Patterns" (10 Combis/24 Progrs/Sounds demo) |
| "** Sky" Series (at least 3 cards) wich seems to contain new sounds demo |
PATCHWORKS EVOLUTION
I know nothing about this society (country? city? owner? - do they have a link with the Jed Weaver's Patch/Works company?) except that they produced a Korg M1 ROM card named "Master Collection". I'm still searching for it. Any informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| "Master Collection" |
KEEL PRODUCTIONS
Keel Productions is a canadian company (Halifax, Nova Scotia). I read in an early 90's specialized magazine an insert from this company mentioning that they were on the verge of publishing Korg M1 soundbank(s). Has this project been successful? I don't know, but any informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| Keel Productions M1 soundbanks? |
AMERICAN MUSIC COMPANY
American Music Company is an... american company (yes, indeed!) from Fresno (California) which developed as the "Sounds Your Way" Series an (perhaps several) M1 soundbank(s) programmed by Cosmo Watts. A sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| "Sounds Your Way" Series soundbank(s) - programmed by Cosmo Watts |
PRO MUSIC
Pro Music is an english society (London) which distributed soundbanks on Atari ST self loading disks (3.5" floppy disks). They produced a 3 soundbanks set for the Korg M1. Any additional informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated! Many thanks to the internaute who kindly mentioned it to me.
| 3 soundbanks set |
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