Korg kronos sets a new standard for electronic keyboards. Korg released the dw8000 and ex8000 rackmount version in 1985 along with its little brother dw6000. The 64 user editable presets can be saved via midi sysex. I bought some dw8000 sounds there and was well pleased. Find great deals on ebay for korg dw 6000 and korg dw8000. Emu esi32 internal drive mod emu esi32 gets an internal scsi hard drive korg dw6000 mod dw6000 modification to. Mam rs3 mam rs3 resonator information and demo sounds. Korg dw8000 a spectacular hybrid synth 64 new patches. Dance, rock, alternative, pop, orchestra, band, pianos, rhodespiano, electric and acoustic instruments, solo, strings, pads.
Project 72 korg dw6000 wave memory expansion hackaday. To get the latest support information for your korg product, simply click on the select product drop down menu below and choose your product. We recently acquired the stock from a large instrument retailer. Overall, an exceptional and underrated bass and lead machine with some nice pad sounds to boot. Duplication of contents of owners manuals andor product literature in part or in whole without the permission of the company for the purposes of sharing. This copy of owners manual was originally available from. This page contains information about the owners manual for the dw6000 from korg. A locally cached version of owners manual is available at. Ultimately, the waveform selection is a plus and gives the synth a really unique characteristic that is just simply not available on any synths other than its little brother, the dw6000. One day i stumbled upon chris strellis korg dw6000 256 waveforms mod. The five octave keyboard was korgs first digitally controlled analog synth hybrid. It is a polyphonic synthesizer 6 voice hybrid, using an original technology.
View and download korg dw6000 owners manual online. The definitive resource for all things related to the korg dw8000 synthesizer, and related instruments. The mex8000 factory patch banks are now on the downloads page, in sysex format. It can blend a totally analog sounding saw with a complex bell. Nice emulation of korgs own, classic cx3 combo organ, a classic hammond clone. The esq1 is really easy to program and has tons of options, the k3 has the best tone of the cheaper hybrids, the filter is the same found on the polysix, monopoly and emu emulator. In addition, thatll give you many more good jumpingoff points for a random patch generator. Over the years ive had many email exchanges with people trying to get their dw8000s to work again, many of whom used my dw8000 battery replacement howto to replace their memory backup battery. The dw6000 was korgs first digitally controlled analog hybrid synthesizer. Im a huge fan of underrated, unappreciated keyboards.
Gorgeous, hypnotic bells with the classic korg ddl digital delay. Dance, rock, alternative, pop, orchestra, band, pianos, rhodespiano, electric and acoustic. View and download korg dw6000 service manual online. Guess i dont need the factory sounds, i may post my original patches when i have enough good ones. The korg dw8000 synthesizer was an eightvoice polyphonic hybrid digitalanalog synthesizer 61note keyboard instrument released in 1985. Dw6000 patchdump audio data file, not for human listening by jphwacheski published on 20331t14. Still loving the sound out of this thing, simple and strong tones. For around the same price you should be able to pick up a kawai k3 or ensoiniq esq1, both have a similar architecture to the dws but are, imo, better synths. By the time of its launch korg had already begun a common trend in 1980s synthesizer design. Dw6000 chorus, multiple lfo waveforms dw6000 only had sine, a second unison mode, more.
Large sound library over 1,600 voices over 70 banks. Arriving on the heels of the dw6000, the dw8000 and ex8000 rack offered several obvious improvements, including aftertouch and velocity sensitivity routed to lfo depth, filter cutoff and amp level, twice the waveforms 16 vs. Large sound library over 1,570 voices over 70 banks. English manual of the korg dw 6000 synthetizer addeddate 20090402 16. Furthermore, i like the factory look of my gear, so cutting holes is definitely a nogo.
Korg dw6000 synthesizer 1985 demo sounds heres some of the factory presets. Korg zone kingkorg is a new analog modelling synth from korg. The five octave keyboard was korg s first digitally controlled analog synth hybrid. F0 42 30 04 40 02 20 1f 3f 63 06 20 5b 23 14 72 14 7b 0b 40 3f 3f 1c 1c 49 08 2b 00 20 00 uploader. Since i have a ton of experience and knowledge about this particular synth, i decided to create a page that collects all the knowledge and resources ive got related. Solid, analogsounding, classic synth brass, typical of the mid1980s. Large sound library over 1,600 the legendary korg dw6000 original factory and new created voices bankspatchessingle voices. It uses 8 sampled wave forms as a sound source, along with analog filters and envelopes. Duplication of contents of owners manuals andor product literature in part or in whole without the permission of the company for the purposes of sharing, massproducing. The dw6000 was my first synth, bought brandnew in 1985. Korg poly 800 mods details of poly800 mods, including moog slayer.
Korg released the dw6000 in 1984 as their followup to their popular poly 800 synth. The korg dw 6000 is often presented as the big brother of poly800, but apart from the look, he finally little in common. Another trait that belies the dw6000s budget role, relative to its more capable and expensive fellow korg unit korg dw8000, is the lack of velocity sensitivity or aftertouch capabilities. This was korgs first digitally controlled hybrid synth, released in 1984. Page 14 sounds creating the dw6000 approach sound synthesis create sounds on dw6000, you change same program edit thereby erasing or overwriting the old you do programs. My dw6000 was broken, so i spent a reasonable amount of time fixing it.
Korg dw6000 sysex dump help pulseclock from downtown 81 on 20100107 12. This is the rare korg mex8000 memory expander for dw8000 synthesizer. The dw8000 is a digital analog hybride and the first synth from korg to use sampled waveforms as the sound source. Sonicstate present videos of the korg m3 part 1 and part 2.
It featured 8 digitally sampled waveforms, an all analog resonant filter and 6voice polyphony of 2 per voice that could be stacked for a large monophonic sound. Korg released the dw 6000 in 1984 as their followup to their popular poly 800 synth. Our support system is a treasure trove of knowledge providing owners manuals, easy start guides, faqs, os upgrades, usb drivers, bonus sound data and more. Rare korg mex8000 memory expander for ex dw8000 6000 synthesizer synth rare korg mex8000 memory expander for ex dw8000 6000 synthesizer synth welcome to musicdungeon. What a great mod, i thought, but unfortunately chris didnt want to share his overengineered at least thats what i was thinking back then. Curiously, the factory patch names are written on the front panel, a trait more apt to be found on consumer keyboards rather than professional synthesizers. Slimmeddown version with less waveforms and some minor differences. It featured 8 sampled digital waveforms, 6 voice polyphony and a analog resonant filter which was great for producing bass and lead patches.
And this is certainly a sterling example of that group. Pdf user manuals are posted on the downloads page, along with wav files of the original factory patch cassette sides a and b. The korg dw6000 is a 61 key 6 voice, monotimbral dual oscillator synthesizer, featuring 8 waveforms 8 bit, 32kb and noise, 24db resonant low pass analog filter, dedicated filter and amplifier abdssr envelopes, lfo, chorus, stereo outputs, portamento, and midi. My friend got an 8000 just a year after mine came out and i couldnt believe how much better his was. The filter is incredibly rich and unique, and as far as i know, this specific filter architecture hasnt been used in nondw synthesizers. This file contains the all original factory preload programs or patches for the korg dw6000. Dance, rock, alternative, pop, orchestra, band, pianos, rhodespiano, electric and acoustic instruments, solo, strings, pads, bass, drums kit and percussion, fx. Sounds library can be saved to midi sysex dump or to magnetic tape. I cant really compare the two because ive never spent time with a dw8000, but i know for sure the chorus on the dw6000 makes for some very nice, dark, warm pad sounds, and the dw8000 has digital delay instead, but the dw8000 has many more waveforms.