Korg Mini Korg 700S Analog Electronic Synthesizer

The instrument

The analogue, monophonic Mini Korg 700, which was launched in 1973, was Korg's first synthesiser. It was originally designed to accompany an organ. An updated model, the Mini Korg 700S, was released in 1974. It has a second oscillator and additional sustain and vibrato controls.
In the early 1970s, Korg, still under the name Keio Giken Kogyo Inc., began developing a new electric organ based on analogue synthesis. This resulted in the Mini Korg 700, which competed with more expensive models such as the ARP 2600 and the Minimoog at a price of less than 1000 dollars.
In 2021, Korg launched a new edition on the market with the Mini Korg 700FS. The 700FS version has the two oscillators of the 700S version and a new spring reverb effect, a joystick for pitch bend, modulation, aftertouch, arpeggiator, USB connection, MIDI IN and patch storage.
In 2022, Korg released the miniKORG 700S software emulator as part of the Korg Collection 3 plugin suite. It offers advanced performance controls, an arpeggiator, an extensive modulation matrix with new LFOs and ADSR generators as well as a versatile effects board with six virtual stompbox effects.

Details

The Mini Korg 700S is an extension of the Mini Korg 700 with a second oscillator, various modulation modes, a noise generator and an envelope extension. It can also be used as a Mini Kord 700. The frequency of the second oscillator can be set to a range of around 3 octaves using Coarse. Its oscillation form is sawtooth. Balance allows infinitely variable balance between the two VCOs, which can be slightly detuned from each other. Mode allows various combinations: Duet is the normal mode with 2 VCOs in parallel, Modulator 1 is a ring modulation, Modulator 2 is a ring modulation in other pitches and Modulator 3 is a ring modulation with decoupling of VCO2 from the keyboard control. Noise 1 is scale noise, Noise 2 is white noise. There is also Effect, Long Release for changing the envelope and Traveler Modulation to modulate the filters via the LFO. (Source: amazona)