Oct 132009
Remember that classic piano sound from 90’s house records? The ubiquitous Korg M1 Piano patch was the 90’s equivalent of the DX7’s EP patch or the Fairlight’s Orch5 stab.
A long time ago, a cohort on the KvR forum, a guy from Norwich by the name of Kriminal, sampled his M1 keyboard and made the piano patch available as a soundfont, I believe. Being an avid Akai user, I asked him if I could convert to the Akai S5/6000 and Z Series formats, to which he agreed. Those are still available here:
S5/6000 (16 bit)
Z Series (24 bit)
Today, Nick at SonicState.com put out a call for the M1 piano sound and he has converted them to EXS24 format and shared them accordingly:
So I thought I’d share the love too 
Thanks to Kriminal, Nick and of course Korg 
[...] Failed Muso has an interesting story about how sounds get sampled and shared, starting with a famous Korg M1 patch: Remember that classic piano sound from 90’s house records? The ubiquitous Korg M1 Piano patch was the 90’s equivalent of the DX7’s EP patch or the Fairlight’s Orch5 stab. [...]
[...] Failed Muso has an interesting story about how sounds get sampled and shared, starting with a famous Korg M1 patch: Remember that classic piano sound from 90’s house records? The ubiquitous Korg M1 Piano patch was the 90’s equivalent of the DX7’s EP patch or the Fairlight’s Orch5 stab. [...]
Thanks kindly, pal! That’s a dated sound, but its still very desireable for layering, IMO. Its easily tweaked and applied because it was meaty to begin with. I also appreciate that more sounds are coming out in EXS24 format. Logic is a killer DAW and its gracious of you to hand it out, ready to go. People like you make the synth community better all the time.
[...] Failed Muso has an interesting story about how sounds get sampled and shared, starting with a famous Korg M1 patch: Remember that classic piano sound from 90’s house records? The ubiquitous Korg M1 Piano patch was the 90’s equivalent of the DX7’s EP patch or the Fairlight’s Orch5 stab. [...]
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