KORG iM1

Thank you Korg

I remember when the M1 keyboard came out. The sounds just blew me away, but I could never afford it. Closest I could ever get was the M3 rackmount. Now this thing comes out, and, including all the extra ROM cards, cost me $30. Incredible. Korg did a GREAT job of reproducing the M1 on the iPad; it sounds just beautiful. It's not terribly clear about how to save your own programs, combinations, and performances, but I managed to figure it out well enough. If only they had included the original M1's sequencer... **UPDATE 3/31/2024: Korg just updated iM1 to include AUv3 capability. Fantastic… **UPDATE 7/7/2024: AUv3 capabilities are great, but saving presets within AUM does not work. No matter which program I try to save, what plays is Bank 0, Program 0, Universe. Please fix if possible… **UPDATE 7/10/2024: Previous update regarding saving presets in AUM was due to MY ERROR; Preset Saving in AUM is working correctly. MY APOLOGIES!!!

I’m a huge advocate for Korg Synthesizers and support Korg’s innovative efforts in reproducing such iconic gear. All of the Korg Synths are great, and they all have very specific temperments, Korg has even captured that beautiful nuance perfectly with the M1, Odyssey, and Wavestation. I will usually advise people to get Gadget first, followed by M1 or Odyssey. As far as arpeggiators are concerned, my odyssey w/laps pad (also available on iOS) are my bread and butter. Korg is fun name too. What even is a Korg? Friggen quality, I reckon!

I really like the iM1. I bought it and started using it on my iPad air2, but recently bought an iPad mini 4. When I open the iM1 on the iPad mini4, it only shows 6 of the sound cards. Pls help me to fix this, as I am using this as a backup iPad.

Thank you so much for adding auv3 support!!!!

I have always loved this app as a great re-creation of a classic synth. Now that it has AUv3 compatibility it takes it to a whole next level of creativity. Great going, Korg!

Original review- Most Korg apps that are not ‘just for iPad or iPhone ’ and are universal are one price for both apps. I am not cheap as I own ALL Korg’s apps and about a hundred other paid audio apps but why would I have to purchase this app again for my iPhone? Makes no sense. State that it is a separate app and not universal for iPad/iphone. It isn’t. CHANGED RATING. I had contacted Korg through help desk and I was told that I had to pay for the app on the iPhone even though I already owned the iPad version. They told me that in three separate emails actually. Thank goodness I left this review and found out that I was able to get the app for free on my phone since I already purchased it on my iPad. Thank you for responding to my review. You might want to tell your help desk that they are giving out incorrect information. Very stoked to use this app on my iPhone as well as my iPad. Thank you for making it really universal.

Updated to 5 stars (sorry rewrote my review but neglected to update the rating)! The addition of AUv3 pretty much makes this the perfect synth unit. I use it for everything. Keys, as a guitar synth with guitar midi in AUM. Given the age of the app I was not certain whether Korg would update it. Long live the M1! Original review. The M1 workstation was and remains one of my favorite platforms. Lately, I’ve been trending to a lot of my music on iOS. It’s just way more convenient to bring one, or even two iPads vs trying to arrange the perfect set of keys layouts. Especially for me since I play several other instruments and often need to bring these to live performances. I have no problem paying $40 for this particular app given the amount of power, but the lack of AUV3 support is a huge detriment. There are free synths out there like King of FM that inter operate with AU hosts and this is a game changer. With the power of the M1 sound library, I find I don’t use this app much if at all any more and it makes me sad. Please Korg we beg you - make this AUV3 compatible! For those of us that have paid for this (I bought it when it first came out) and for those that yet haven’t - I guarantee that this extension would tap into unrealized revenue for Korg.

Yes! The iM1 finally has AUv3 and is universal. Hope to see the rest of the Korg Synth apps follow soon. This is a major game changer!!

They did it! Thanks Korg!! M1 was one of my favorite hardware synths. It’s one of my favorite iOS apps too but it so needs to be AUv3. C’mon Korg! I’d even pay full price for it again! Really!