KORG Documentary
Traveler- A KORG Retrospective
A new documentary by Alex Ball is out: Traveler – A KORG retrospective.
Sutoma Kato was born in Japan during turbulent times. In 1944 Kato served in the Navy as part of a submarine crew. Initially trading groceries, he saw an opportunity to take more profit. He managed to. persuade them to sell him cables. These trades ..
Their partnership with YAMAHA was a success. Probably the best known of these units is the MP7, same that was used by a Frenchman to produce a hit. The Rockmate. In 1967 a young engineer approached him for funding..
The first instrument he developed has since become known as prototype 1, has some unique features. Although not realized this is argueably the first synthetizer made in Japan. This instrument also included the traveler filter section. Int p the 70s the company was renamed keio giken kogyo. Now aware of what was going on in the west Kao design the mini KORG 700. Introduced into worlds of minimods and Odysseys, these was an altogether different beast.