Korg DS-8

The Korg DS-8 is a digital eight-voice FM synthesizer released by Korg in 1987. Following an agreement with Yamaha for access to its research and development facilities, it was designed using Yamaha components and constructed under a licensing agreement. It introduced an analog-style interface for controlling FM sounds and could play different patches on each of its eight voices, marking it as Korg's first multi-timbral MIDI synthesizer. Accompanying its launch was the Korg 707, a more portable version of the DS-8, lacking digital effects but equipped with strap pegs for keytar performance.

DS-8
ManufacturerKORG
Dates1987
Price$ 1400
Technical specifications
Polyphony8
Oscillator2
LFOTriangle, Square, Sawtooth, Sine
Synthesis typeFM Synthesizer (2 operators)
Filter1 per voice
AttenuatorADSR Envelope
Aftertouch expressionYes (monophonic)
Velocity expressionYes
Storage memory100 Programs and 10 Combinations
EffectsManual Delay, Long Delay, Short Delay,
Doubling, Phaser, Chorus, Portamento
HardwareYM2164 (OPP)
Input/output
Keyboard61-key
Left-hand controlJoystick
External controlMIDI
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