the KORG25 hybrid mystery show comes to an end!

[houshu at dsp.cl.nec.co.jp]

Hello Martin,

I'm very happy to hear that you finally got the schematics of Korg35.

The information I provided was from a Japanese book entitled "Vintage
synthesizers".  Of course, It's a translation of Mark Vail's 1st
edition.  But the Japanese edition includes additional original
articles on Japanese synth makers.

> Date:    Mon, 11 Dec 2000 11:42:48 JST
> From:    Martin Czech <czech at Micronas.Com>
> :::BTW, any chance you could ask about the Keio IC in the miniKorg 700 ?
> 
> Ohem, is this the very same designer?
> If not, it wouldn't be of any use.
> Perhaps Dr. Osamu Hoshuyama knows,
> or knows somebody who knows.

The article said: 
"Mr. Mieda designed Korg 700 and 800DV as main designer.  He has
worked for Korg since its beginning."

Mr. Mieda said on Korg 700:
"Inside of 700 was quite simple, though the number of transistors was
huge.  Moog used transistors for, vcfs but we used diodes in those
days.  The circuit was very close to common oscilators, which is
still unique now".

Best regards,

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