Previously: ‘Model Number’ types.
Just Numbers (1983–)
After some point in 1983 new models were given six-digit serial numbers which seem just to be numbers 000001-999999 [1] for each model, as a single sequence over the production timespan [2]. (Presumably some products were by now selling so well that blocks of 100,000 seemed likely to be insufficient.) If so, production numbers may be estimable, though then some of the figures are surprising.
| model | intro. year | number type | examples |
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| AT‑12 (electronic tuner) next model | 1983? | nnnnnn |
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| GT‑60X (electronic guitar tuner) next model | previous model | 1983 | nnnnnn |
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| KM‑50 (electronic metronome) next model | previous model | 1983 | nnnnnn |
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| KMX‑8 (mixer) next model | previous model | 1983 | nnnnnn |
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| MM‑25 (powered speaker) next model | previous model | 1983? | nnnnnn |
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| PME‑40X (effect pedal chassis/controller) next model | previous model | 1983 | nnnnnn |
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| PSS‑50 (groovebox) next model | previous model | 1983? | nnnnnn |
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| Poly‑61m
(programmable polyphonic unitary keyboard |
1984 | nnnnnn | |
| Poly‑800
(programmable polyphonic unitary keyboard |
1984 | nnnnnn |
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| The CPG‑01, CPK‑01, and CPS‑01 are small LCD-based devices which can show the note positions of a range of chords for Guitar, Keyboard, and written (Staff) music respectively. They are identical apart from the LCD screen. I can’t yet be certain whether they have a separate series of serial numbers for each model or if they might be a single series. (Korg named them Chord Processors but they don’t really process anything so I’m defining them as demonstrators.) next model | previous model | |||
| CPG‑01 (chord demonstrator) next model | previous model | 1984 | nnnnnn |
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| CPK‑01 (chord demonstrator) next model | previous model | 1984 | nnnnnn |
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| CPS‑01 (chord demonstrator) next model | previous model | 1984 | nnnnnn |
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| DDM‑110 (programmable rhythm unit) next model | previous model | 1984 | nnnnnn | |
| DDM‑220 (programmable rhythm unit) next model | previous model | 1984 | nnnnnn | |
| KMS‑30 (MIDI / DIN-Sync synchroniser) next model | previous model | 1984 | nnnnnn |
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| KMT‑60 (MIDI thru-box) next model | previous model | The KMT‑60 is a six-way MIDI signal repeater. I don’t have any catalogue references or dates for it but I’m assuming it was released alongside the KMS-30. | ||
| 1984? | nnnnnn |
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| EX‑800 (programmable polyphonic synthesiser module) next model | previous model | 1984 | nnnnnn |
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| SDD‑1000 (rackmount ‘digital’ delay) previous model | 1984 | nnnnnn |
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