I love the combination of hard rock, trippy Vangelis-type-stuff, ethnic hoots and plucks, and even classic driven Oberheim-type sounds the Z1 can make. Not the best keybed or build-quality. But totally professional and creative sonically. Hard to master because of the lack of interface offered by boards like Alesis A6, Oberheim OB, Nord, Virus, Waldorf Q, etc. Just about as powerful, more able to blend synthesis (MOSS in embryonic state). Kind of like the Yahama SY-series when they blended FM with samples and warm filters. My Kawai k5000 just broke. Z1 was the keyboard I would have traded it for. Different in character and temperamant, but equally unique sound palette. Very capable of bringing the most synthetic sound down to earth, or mimicking acoustic sounds with startling elementsof realism while still obviously a synthesizer and not a sampler.
Beautiful sounds! I just purchased an EXB MOSS for my Triton Rack. Looking forward to play with those amazing sounds! nice to see that the MOSS/Z1 isn't just capable of arabic leads and violins like most of the MOSS demos on youtube. it sounds amazing and made me get it.
The fact is, the core value of Z1 is the TMS57070 DSP chip customized by TI (Japan), each chip provides 2 voices (Z1=12voices by 6 DSP chips; Z1-EX=18 voices by 9 chips, very expensive). This DSP chip only licensed and made by TI Japan corp and stopped production in 2000, never ship to other countries. That's why only few Z1 were produced and no longer seen after 2000 (Actual production time-slot only less than 3 years), the only rest parts have possibly been built as MOSS-board for Trition Expansion but not a lot. Z1 sounds are unique due to hardware's difference comparing to later Korg gear and competitors. It's truely a lost tribe never seen any more. Rest in peace !!!
you are right. I once attended a keyboard clinic/ Demo of this in the late 90s and was dreaming up to save up for this.. and when i finally sort of had the money, this was long gone in history.. did some scouting without much success and then later synthesizers from Korg somehow never sounded the same though had some tech shared like the MOSS board, so asked a keyboard tech and he all he said was the original chip company shut down and kKorg was never able to replicate it with other suppliers... and there could never be another Z1 unless the chip company sells the tech + IP to someone
Got one a few years back to replace the prophecy i regretted selling. Sits nicely with my Yamaha EX5, another brilliant keyboard. Feel lucky having these two but they don't see a lot of action these days due to the software revolution.
That first sound echoed Eddie Jobson's use of the Yamaha CS-80 on the first UK album, which sounded fantastic of course. Big, big sounding unit the Z1.
totally majestic sounds --- this was the great forgotten masterpiece, it came out besides the nord lead and the roland jp 8000 and cost twice as much, but very rightly so as i hear...very desirable little beast
I found this after a few Korg Prophecy demos. I have always loved the look of the Korg 707 (I have a blue one) and the Prophecy continues that design aesthetic. So hearing some Prophecy lead me here. The Z1 is basically 12 Prophecy units and is able to be multi-timbral on 6 channels. So very many great and unique synth sounds on these keyboards. I will have to rethink getting a Korg Prophecy for some fun. Yes. I have a Korg Radias module and love the sound and design of the Radias, but now I am prompted to explore it a little deeper to see how close it is able to sound to the Prophecy and Z1… :)
The Z1 is an analog & physical modeling synth. The Korg Kronos has 3 analog & 1 physical modeling engines. The Microkorg series are analog modeling synths based on the Radias, R3, & MS2000. All those synths were produced after the Z1. Korg is still making analog modeling synths. (& is doing so)
gjc82071 is it possible to load some of those presets from the Z1 into the kronos? I would love to get the brass sounds from the EXB-MOSS board into my kronos. i wonder if its possible without sampling it.
descargamusicalny No friend, it is not possible. They're completely different synths & use different synthesis engines & architecture. You can swap patches only between EXB-MOSS & Z1. (& possibly the Prophecy, & the Trinity SOLO-TRI & MOSS-TRI ) I have a Z-1 & EXB-MOSS on my Triton Pro X.
I found this after a few Korg Prophecy demos. I have always loved the look of the Korg 707 (I have a blue one) and the Prophecy continues that design aesthetic. So hearing some Prophecy lead me here. The Z1 is basically 12 Prophecy units and is able to be multi-timbral on 6 channels. So very many great and unique synth sounds on these keyboards. I will have to rethink getting a Korg Prophecy for some fun. Yes. I have a Korg Radias module and love the sound and design of the Radias, but now I am prompted to explore it a little deeper to see how close it is able to sound to the Prophecy and Z1… :)
I love the combination of hard rock, trippy Vangelis-type-stuff, ethnic hoots and plucks, and even classic driven Oberheim-type sounds the Z1 can make. Not the best keybed or build-quality. But totally professional and creative sonically. Hard to master because of the lack of interface offered by boards like Alesis A6, Oberheim OB, Nord, Virus, Waldorf Q, etc. Just about as powerful, more able to blend synthesis (MOSS in embryonic state). Kind of like the Yahama SY-series when they blended FM with samples and warm filters. My Kawai k5000 just broke. Z1 was the keyboard I would have traded it for. Different in character and temperamant, but equally unique sound palette. Very capable of bringing the most synthetic sound down to earth, or mimicking acoustic sounds with startling elementsof realism while still obviously a synthesizer and not a sampler.
Beautiful sounds! I just purchased an EXB MOSS for my Triton Rack. Looking forward to play with those amazing sounds!
nice to see that the MOSS/Z1 isn't just capable of arabic leads and violins like most of the MOSS demos on youtube. it sounds amazing and made me get it.
A very impressive synth!
The fact is, the core value of Z1 is the TMS57070 DSP chip customized by TI (Japan), each chip provides 2 voices (Z1=12voices by 6 DSP chips; Z1-EX=18 voices by 9 chips, very expensive). This DSP chip only licensed and made by TI Japan corp and stopped production in 2000, never ship to other countries. That's why only few Z1 were produced and no longer seen after 2000 (Actual production time-slot only less than 3 years), the only rest parts have possibly been built as MOSS-board for Trition Expansion but not a lot. Z1 sounds are unique due to hardware's difference comparing to later Korg gear and competitors. It's truely a lost tribe never seen any more. Rest in peace !!!
you are right. I once attended a keyboard clinic/ Demo of this in the late 90s and was dreaming up to save up for this.. and when i finally sort of had the money, this was long gone in history.. did some scouting without much success and then later synthesizers from Korg somehow never sounded the same though had some tech shared like the MOSS board, so asked a keyboard tech and he all he said was the original chip company shut down and kKorg was never able to replicate it with other suppliers... and there could never be another Z1 unless the chip company sells the tech + IP to someone
Got one a few years back to replace the prophecy i regretted selling. Sits nicely with my Yamaha EX5, another brilliant keyboard. Feel lucky having these two but they don't see a lot of action these days due to the software revolution.
Lots of discussion about the hardware already so I will add that the chap playing does a fine job of making it *sound* good!
That first sound echoed Eddie Jobson's use of the Yamaha CS-80 on the first UK album, which sounded fantastic of course. Big, big sounding unit the Z1.
Man you got to upload your presets/patches
totally majestic sounds --- this was the great forgotten masterpiece, it came out besides the nord lead and the roland jp 8000 and cost twice as much, but very rightly so as i hear...very desirable little beast
Buying today is a good idea! You wont regret.
one of the best synthesizer far all time!!
Korg always did BIG sounds back in this period. I do wish I had a Z1.
VERY COOL SOUNDS
I found this after a few Korg Prophecy demos. I have always loved the look of the Korg 707 (I have a blue one) and the Prophecy continues that design aesthetic. So hearing some Prophecy lead me here. The Z1 is basically 12 Prophecy units and is able to be multi-timbral on 6 channels. So very many great and unique synth sounds on these keyboards. I will have to rethink getting a Korg Prophecy for some fun. Yes. I have a Korg Radias module and love the sound and design of the Radias, but now I am prompted to explore it a little deeper to see how close it is able to sound to the Prophecy and Z1… :)
Really love the pad on 18:01
cool gear
What is the Piano Number???
Awesome
Use the XY pad and push the performance knobs to see what layers of control are going on
Super bon !!
Doce saldade 😭
Hi,are those factory presets?
+ingoodmusic yes
What happend about korg that today isn't be capable to make a synth like this?
The Z1 is an analog & physical modeling synth. The Korg Kronos has 3 analog & 1 physical modeling engines. The Microkorg series are analog modeling synths based on the Radias, R3, & MS2000. All those synths were produced after the Z1. Korg is still making analog modeling synths. (& is doing so)
gjc82071 is it possible to load some of those presets from the Z1 into the kronos? I would love to get the brass sounds from the EXB-MOSS board into my kronos. i wonder if its possible without sampling it.
descargamusicalny No friend, it is not possible. They're completely different synths & use different synthesis engines & architecture. You can swap patches only between EXB-MOSS & Z1. (& possibly the Prophecy, & the Trinity SOLO-TRI & MOSS-TRI ) I have a Z-1 & EXB-MOSS on my Triton Pro X.
thanks... I guess I have to keep my triton extreme just because of the EXB-MOSS card
gjc82071 This synth is far better at analog modeling then the Ms-2000, radias and microkorg, this thing sounds better then my King Korg.
wat? Z1? izzit good?
No, its best
It's a sadly forgotten classic!
I found this after a few Korg Prophecy demos. I have always loved the look of the Korg 707 (I have a blue one) and the Prophecy continues that design aesthetic. So hearing some Prophecy lead me here. The Z1 is basically 12 Prophecy units and is able to be multi-timbral on 6 channels. So very many great and unique synth sounds on these keyboards. I will have to rethink getting a Korg Prophecy for some fun. Yes. I have a Korg Radias module and love the sound and design of the Radias, but now I am prompted to explore it a little deeper to see how close it is able to sound to the Prophecy and Z1… :)
I just bought a Prophecy and a Z1 as I want to explore both!