Why such enormous success for this particular instrument? As you'd expect, there was more than one reason.
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Although Korg won't verify the quarter of a million figure I've just mentioned, they do tell me that 100,000 were manufactured during the first two years of the M1's life, serial number 100,000 having rolled off the production line in November 1990. Released in 1988 at a UK retail price of £1499, it was manufactured until 1995 - and seven years is a very long time in music technology. Such an instrument was the Korg M1, the widely‑beloved Sample + Synthesis workstation that can rightly be called the most popular synth of all time. In a marketplace where a synth that sells a few tens of thousands of units is considered a success, one that reportedly sold 250,000 surely exceeds a manufacturer's wildest hopes. We go behind the scenes to reveal the secrets of its success. The all‑time best‑selling synthesizer, Korg's M1 laid the groundwork for synths that followed.