T3
Digital synthesizer Music Workstation
The Korg T-series is often called "the M1 on steroids" and it's quite true. The T3 features double the amount of ROM waveforms than the M1 has - 8MB as opposed to 4MB in the good old M1.
The T3 can also load M1 presets, and has the same 8-track sequencer - expanded and aided by a useful disk drive. The famous M1 high-quality effects are also present.
The presets have been reworked, to take advantage from the augmented wave ROM, and it shows - in all, even if this synth came out only a brief time after the M-series, it notably improves its sound and the performance capabilities.
Oddly, Korg never produced a T-series rack format, but the M1REX can be considered that - this rack contains the whole 8MB of memory that the T3 has ,and is a cross between M1 and T3, capable of morphing in any of these two fine instruments.
Korg T3 audio demos in mp3
Korg T3 factory songs
Stream all Prog audio demos below
| PROG | |
|
Preset Prog with audio demo |
My comments |
| 00 One World | A variation of the famous M1 "Universe" patch |
| 01 Piano2 16' | The T-series piano is thoroughly improved - especially on the T1 |
| 02 Alto Sax | Breathy and very cool alto sax |
| 03 Spectrum 2 | Typical M/T sound |
| 04 E.Bass 2 | Fantastic electric bass!!! Very fusion, late 70s/early 80s |
| 05 Marimba | Beautifully sampled marimba patch - sounds real! |
| 06 Res-Synth1 | Emulation of resonant filter - ...well... |
| 07 Stringorch | Beautiful string ensemble |
| 08 Wavesweep1 | Very nice and inspired evolving synth pad. Korg's own WaveStation would be the king of these sounds a few years later |
| 09 T1 Drums | Superb drum set! The on-board M1 sounds have been totally beefed-up, and the T3 ROM is full - as you can hear - of punchy and modern sounds, including a great TR-909 snare |
| 10 Steamsynth | Beautiful, majestic synpad |
| 11 Soft E.P. | Nicely intimate Fender Rhodes electric piano, with realistic tremolo effect. Nice! |
| 12 Trombone | Realistic trombone |
| 13 Wavesweep2 | More synthy goodness, here! |
| 14 Banjo | Deliverance, here we go |
| 15 Gamelan | Nicely sampled, the loops are short but hey. |
| 16 Pick-Piano | Funny piano sound, very bright and metallic |
| 17 Harp | Beauty!!! Very well sampled and just the right touch of reverbs. |
| 18 Wavesweep3 | The Wavesweep series is a sweet one... |
| 19 Timpani | Realistic if not too expressive |
| 20 Pasqualina | Love the name! Pasqualina is actually an old fashioned Italian female name - typically given to girls born on or around Easter (Pasqua = Easter) time. This Pasqualina is a sweet girl pad, a bit Wavestation-like and with an awesomely hypnotic voice tone. |
| 21 Pad Piano | Yep - perfect for ballads. |
| 22 Harmonica | Nice and warm |
| 23 Vocoder | Cool synth voices |
| 24 Stick Bass | Good bass - Chapman stick maybe? |
| 25 Pot Covers | Awesome percussive bells! |
| 26 Da Voice | Reminds me of Yello - a typical voice-wave patch. |
| 27 Soloviolin | Very improved from the M1 - realistic and expressive |
| 28 Bellsynth1 | Sweet! synbell pad - 80s style |
| 29 Drum Kit 2 | More solid, punchy drums from the T3 ROM. |
| 30 Pizzicato | Great for scoring cartoons |
| 31 Organ 4 | Delightful Hammond B-3 jazz organ, with a nice ambient reverb and Leslie simulation |
| 32 Clarinet | Nice and woody |
| 33 Analogpad1 | This reminds me of the Roland MKS-80 for some reason - nice analog patch |
| 34 E.Guitar 2 | Short loops, but nice tone and character for this electric guitar. |
| 35 Music Box | Shhhh!!! The baby sleeps! Very nicely done patch. |
| 36 Pro Sync | Typical sync synth - a la Prophet 5. |
| 37 Analogpad2 | Awesome 1980s string pad!!! |
| 38 Analogstab | Powerful brass stabs - Oberheim style |
| 39 Tuned Drum | Lots of great tuned percussion instruments. |
| 40 Gospelorg. | Full-out drawbar organ |
| 41 Clavinet | Classic Hohner Clavinet, notably improved from the M1. |
| 42 Baritonsax | Nice baritone saxophone |
| 43 Choriana | Beautiful glassy pad! |
| 44 New Slap | Realistic slap bass |
| 45 Industry | Nice industrial percussion |
| 46 Res-Synth2 | Intriguing synth |
| 47 Veneziano | Marvelous string ensemble - realistic and very expressive. |
| 48 Wavesweep4 | '80s goodness |
| 49 Gate Drum | Phil Collins at work |
| 50 Palamine | Nice! pad, classic. |
| 51 Piano2 8' | The beautiful piano again. |
| 52 Accordion | Sampled very well! |
| 53 Bellsynth2 | I think this sound has been used in many songs during the early '90s. |
| 54 Mandolin | Nice mandolin. |
| 55 Spec.Junk | Cool and different patch. |
| 56 Cha Voice | More pseudo-sampler effect. |
| 57 ArcoStrng1 | Beautiful string ensemble!!!!!!! |
| 58 Synthbass3 | Moog!!! |
| 59 Velo+Gated | Interesting and contemporary-sounding drums |
| 60 Fantasy | BEAUTIFUL patch - a Roland D-50-influenced setup here - but beautiful in its own - a cross between Fantasia and Steamer. |
| 61 Pipeorgan1 | Very nice chapel organ. |
| 62 FrenchHorn | Fox hunting |
| 63 Wavesweep5 | More sweep beauties |
| 64 FingerPick | Very open acoustic jumbo guitar |
| 65 Toy Piano | Very interesting and cool sound! |
| 66 Zawinul | Nice analog synth with ping and zing - from master Joe |
| 67 Softstring | Exquisite string ensemble - |
| 68 Super E.P. | Cross between Wurlitzer and Rhodes - well produced. |
| 69 Clicker | Great special FX |
| 70 Bag Pipe | Scottish pride |
| 71 Hard E.P. | Expressive Rhodes |
| 72 Hard Flute | Nice breathy flute |
| 73 Soft Pad | Honest analog syn pad |
| 74 Harmonics | yep |
| 75 Synth Gong | Nice rendition |
| 76 Wire 2 | Aggressive techno tone |
| 77 Cellos | Nice and realistic |
| 78 Chorus Gtr | Cool chorused Strato |
| 79 Cymbell | Nice cross between cymbals and bells |
| 80 Start Orch | Spectacular sound fx |
| 81 Organ 3 | Full drawbar-out organ |
| 82 Analog | Outstanding analog synth brass!!! |
| 83 Sensitive | Dark, out there vocal pad |
| 84 Round Bass | Nice bass with flat wound strings |
| 85 Steam | Yep |
| 86 PickGuitar | Folk style |
| 87 Monsoon | Beautiful evolving pad!!!!!!! Reminds of the Yamaha SY77 |
| 88 Wavesweep6 | The Wavesweep series is not over yet :-) |
| 89 Perc Wave | Very cool tuned percussion |
| 90 Mystery | Warm and analog-sounding setup |
| 91 Pipeorgan2 | The classic pipe organ sound - Bach would enjoy playing the T3 |
| 92 Hard Sax | Sax played in sforzando, obviously! |
| 93 Waterphone | Awesome sound effect, perfect for horror movies! |
| 94 Koto | Well sampled Japanese instrument |
| 95 Noise | Yeah |
| 96 Two Worlds | More synth pad goodies |
| 97 Tchu Wave | Brassy syn wave |
| 98 Wavesweep7 | The end of the wavesweeps.. |
| 99 TunedDrum2 | More great percussion. |
Stream all Combi audio demos below
| COMBI | |
|
Preset Combi with audio demo |
My comments |
| 00 CosmicRain | Beautiful evolving pad with alien birds flying by |
| 10 The Deep | Fantastic deep synthesizer twirls |
| 14 KillerBass | Reminds of an old analog monosynth such as an ARP Odyssey |
| 16 Big Band | Good rendition of jazz band combo |
| 48 DreamAfter | '80s synth setup, with character. |
| 50 Kryptonite | Outstandingly beautiful synth bell with diamonds floating in space!!! |
| 59 New Age | Interesting New Age setup |
| 61 Piano&Strg | The classic combo, piano and strings - every piano bar guy should have this patch. |
| 70 NewGalaxy | Fine sci-fi synth strings |
| 80 AlphaWaves | Fairlight style |
| 90 Going Up? | Nice setup, playing with the envelopes. |
| 94 Rock&Roll | Awesome bass and distorted guitar split :-) |
| 97 Divisi | Powerful and mystique analog/real string super-pad!!!!!!! |
| 98 Dusty*Sax | Reminds of my idol Fausto Papetti (mythical Italian easy listening saxophonist) |
Korg T3 Features
- the successor to the super-famous Korg M1;
- deep programming possibilities;
- can be expanded through cards;
- floppy disk drive
| Features at a glance | |
| Year of release: | 19__ |
| Polyphony: | 16-voice |
| Sound generation method: | sample-based |
| Preset memories | 100 programs, 100 combinations |
| MIDI: | in, out, thru |
| Sound expansion capabilities: | pcm and data cards |
| Sequencer | yes |
| Arpeggiator | no |
| Effects | reverb, delay and more |
| Velocity | yes |
| Aftertouch | yes |
| Sample Memory: | disk |
| Display: | yes, large backlit green |
Korg T3 pictures
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Korg T3 Manual
Links
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