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Electronic music icon Korg makes music with Raspberry Pi

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  * 7th Dec 2022
  * Ashley Whittaker
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When you think of synth music, racks of keyboards, or massive DJ
rigs, Korg probably comes to mind. And if those thoughts are
accompanied by memories of handfuls of glowsticks and whistles as
necklaces, we can be friends.

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The iconic instrument makers have being going since the 1960s and
were responsible for Japan's first synthesizer. As electronic music
got bigger in later decades, so did Korg, and they're still at the
forefront of music-making with the help of Raspberry Pi.

Built on Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3

Korg's new line of more accessible digital synthesizers includes
several that are built on Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3. A lot of
horsepower is required to deliver the kind of professional-quality
audio we've come to expect, but Korg R&D didn't want to exclude
buyers with exorbitant price tags. 1988's iconic M1 keyboard sold for
$2,749, which would be about $6,800 in today's money. The goal with
these newer designs was to come in at a sub-$1000 price point.

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Using Compute Module 3 meant that there was no need to lay out a
board, build, and test it - Raspberry Pi had already done that for
them. So they could focus on other design aspects like the physical
keyboard and audio hardware, knowing that the CPU, RAM, and storage
were already taken care of.

Korg's history and their future with Raspberry Pi

We talked for ages with Korg R&D to learn more about where they came
from, how they've changed, and why they turned to Raspberry Pi for
their next phase. They feature as one of our Success Stories
highlighting how Raspberry Pi is used in lots of different
industries. Give it a read.

Raspberry Pi 400 synth

One of our own design engineers, Simon Martin, is also big into
synths. He's the designer of Raspberry Pi 400 and our High Quality
Camera, and spends his free time tinkering with electronic music. He
created his own instrument called Synth6581 from a Raspberry Pi 400
combined with a Commodore 64.

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