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Korg began with an idea: use the latest technologies to create the finest electronic musical instruments, and allow musicians to sound their very best. Since 1963, that has remained our passion. Along the way, Korg has earned a reputation of technological leadership, ease-of-use, and stunning sound.  We’re Korg. We set out to create an organ and came up with Japan’s first synthesizer. Innovation is in our DNA. And yet we remain very human. We are a company of musicians and music enthusiasts that see ourselves as your musical partner. Like you, we love great sounds, we love a good interface, and we love music. We’re Korg. Welcome.

Our Story Begins…

It was the early 1960’s when a nightclub proprietor watched a popular musician on stage with his electronic sideman – basically a simple beat-box. After discussing the instrument’s limitations, the two were convinced they could do it better and set up shop. Within a few months, the team had created the first KORG product – the legendary Donca Matic. That nightclub proprietor was Tsutomo Katoh, and he remains the chairman and guiding force behind Korg. From those early beginnings, Korg has grown into a multi-national company with offices around the globe. Professionals, amateurs, hobbyists and music students have all made Korg their instrument of choice. As a company, Korg has a deep legacy of innovation – creating the first hand-held tuner, integrating a keyboard and vocoder in the VC-10, forging new families of instruments with Electribe and Kaoss, bending the boundaries with WaveDrum, and defining the music workstation category with the M1 – reportedly the best selling workstation/synthesizer ever created.  And that spirit continues today with monumental products from OASYS to KAOSSILLATOR and beyond.

The future remains unwritten - but not the past! For a complete Korg history, click here.