Korg NAUTILUS88AT 88-Key Music Workstation with Aftertouch

Name: Korg NAUTILUS88AT 88-Key Music Workstation with Aftertouch
Brand: Korg
SKU: NAUTILUS88AT
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Description

Professional musicians and producers in search of a powerful music creation station with nuanced performance controls will appreciate Korg Nautilus AT, the flagship music workstation with an upgraded keyboard; now with aftertouch. The Nautilus AT offers a vast palette of sounds, integrated editing, detailed 7" TouchView display with gesture support, 16-track sequencer, 16-track audio recorder, and extensive sampling capabilities. With the upgraded keyboard, the sound engine and content library have been updated and expertly fine-tuned to provide exciting aftertouch-controlled effects to existing programs plus new content.

The Nautilus AT includes Essential and Future sound sets for a total of 3000 programs and combinations. The instrument features nine distinct sound engines, with each engine dedicated to authentically reproducing its respective instrument type, including detailed pianos, vintage keyboard sounds, tone-wheel organs, ethnic instruments, plucked instruments, analog synthesizers, and more.

The sequencer can access any combination of sound engines and imported samples, and the 16-track audio recorder can be used for recording vocals, other instruments, and more. The sound architecture offers a two-part split along with a single drum track in a single program, which when combined with the 16-part combination mode, makes for a massive sound and sequencing power house. The Dynamic Polyphony Allocation and Smooth Sound Transition provides uninterrupted playing and sound switching.

The Nautilus is equipped with over 197 different effect types and can use up to 16 simultaneous effects and 32 simultaneous EQs for massive production power. You'll have plenty of hands-on control thanks to the streamlined TouchView interface and control panel with customizable mode buttons. The Nautilus delivers professional sound quality and capabilities in an affordable, streamlined performance synthesizer.

Top Features

Nine Sound Engines—NAUTILUS features nine dedicated sound engines to reproduce sounds such as pianos, electric pianos, organs, and more. For example, the SGX-2 is a dedicated sound engine just for piano sounds
Upgraded keyboard with aftertouch features an expertly tuned sound library that brings exciting aftertouch-controlled effects to the existing programs
Color TouchView Display—A 7" touch-and-drag sensitive display allows more detailed control while using NAUTILUS Fun interactive instruments and panel graphics provide the ability to do everything from adjusting the lid of a grand piano to connecting a patch cable on a semimodular synthesizer model
DYNAMICS Knob—You can instantly control the changes in volume and tone in response to how hard you play the keyboard on NAUTILUS, and you can customize this knob in real time to match the keyboard playing feel required for each style and song
Set List—When performing live with NAUTILUS, Set List mode provides color-coded touchscreen buttons; each one can instantly call up the appropriate sound for a live performance
Simplified and Intuitive Controls—The MODE button lets you see all modes on NAUTILUS on a single screen, from PROG and COMBI to the set list, sampling, sequence, and global modes. Quick Access buttons are also available and customizable to help you navigate NAUTILUS quickly and easily
Record Ideas—NAUTILUS features a sequencer/recording section that offers both 16 MIDI tracks plus 16 audio tracks

Sound Engines

SGX-2 Premium Piano

This sound generator lets you perform with the sounds of famed grand pianos such as the German piano, on which the ambient sounds can be freely modified; or the Italian grand piano, whose sound is growing rapidly in popularity over recent years. These pianos offer delicate expressiveness to capture every last nuance of the acoustic piano, with 12-step velocity-switched sound, string resonance, and more.
With the damper pedal depressed, all of the piano strings are free to resonate. When any key is played on the piano, other strings that are pitch-related to the original key may begin to vibrate via sympathetic resonance. The SGX-2 accurately captures and recreates this sympathetic string resonance, adding an additional level of detail to the grand piano sound.

EP-1 MDS Electric Piano

This dedicated electric piano sound generator realistically reproduces seven different famous electric piano sounds, with the addition of an earlier model featuring characteristic distortion. MDS (Multi-Dimensional Synthesis) technology eliminates transitions between velocity-switched samples and does away with the unnatural behavior of looped samples. Smoothly responding to the nuances of the player's touch, yet allowing your performance to reach an energetic climax, this modeled engine features an astounding dynamic range that exceeds what one might expect from digital sound generation.
Each of the seven different models, different amps, cabinets, speakers, and standard vintage effects are realistically simulated. From the samples, to the touch, to the effects, all aspects affecting the sound are coordinated into a single package, making this the ultimate electric piano.

CX-3 Tonewheel Organ

The original KORG CX-3 combo organ went on sale in 1980. Loved by musicians around the world, this classic organ reappeared in 2000 as a new product with the same name but using the latest technology. In NAUTILUS, the CX-3 engine precisely models this classic tonewheel instrument. Proprietary KORG technology has been used to perfectly reproduce the vacuum-tube amp, and effects such as vibrato/chorus. Special attention was given to the rotary-speaker effect, which lets you choose from seven types, as well as use the NAUTILUS' joystick in the X-axis to control the speed. Even the instability, fold-back, leakage, and noise of the tonewheels have been obsessively analyzed and recreated. The organ sounds heard in legendary performances—some recreated here by the original artists—are now yours for the playing. Experience these classic organ sounds, reborn for the present day.

HD-1 High-Definition Synthesizer

HD stands for High Definition, indicating the HD-1's superior sound starting with KORG's proprietary low-aliasing sample playback oscillators, full-bandwidth multimode resonant filters, and extraordinarily fast and smooth envelopes and LFOs. The HD-1 is the most powerful PCM sound engine in KORG's history, into which KORG has poured all the PCM know-how accumulated since the M1. All of KORG's acclaimed PCM sounds are painstakingly created by specialized technicians. Data that was reluctantly omitted from previous models due to limited memory has now been called back into service on the NAUTILUS. The amount of waveform memory alone might rival a PC-based sound engine. Yet the real difference is in the completely different level of quality and finish that is obvious when you play these sounds as instruments on the NAUTILUS. The finest technicians, working on the finest platform, and aiming at the finest quality: that's the HD-1.

MS-20EX Legacy Analog Collection

Packed with cutting-edge technology, NAUTILUS nonetheless has respect for the classics. The KORG MS-20 first appeared in 1978 and quickly captivated many synth fans with its rich personality marked by thick and solid sound, aggressive filters, and patching capability that provided nearly infinite possibilities for creating sound. Using KORG's CMT (Component Modeling Technology) the MS-20EX faithfully reproduces the MS-20 while dramatically expanding its patch panel functionality. Modulate filters with audio-rate oscillators; turn audio inputs into control signals; control all of the original knobs with mod sources including additional envelopes, LFOs, and real-time controllers. It's a tweaker's dream. And of course, the NAUTILUS version is now majorly polyphonic.

PolysixEX Legacy Analog Collection

The Polysix first appeared in 1981, offering six-voice polyphony and program memory, and a surprisingly competitive price tag. With its self-oscillating four-pole filter, smooth analog oscillator, and sub-oscillator, plus a lush chorus/ensemble effect, the PolysixEX extends the abilities of the original in many creative ways. The strings and pads that were such a major feature of the Polysix will be invaluable when you need the sounds of the early '80s. The classic arpeggiator built into the original Polysix is also provided. As a bonus, it's also capable of extremely high polyphony.

AL-1 Analog Synthesizer

Feature-packed, the AL-1 is the same premium analog-modeling sound engine that was first featured on the KORG OASYS, the Open Architecture Synthesis Studio back in 2005. Completely eliminating aliasing noise and delivering the supple and fascinating sound of analog synthesis, this sound engine uses oscillator waveforms and filter morphing to generate new sounds that were unobtainable for analog synthesizers of the past.

MOD-7 Waveshaping VPM Synthesizer

This sound engine uses VPM synthesis based on the VPM (Variable Phase Modulation) technology that powered two classic instruments—the Prophecy appeared in 1995; and the Z1 appeared in 1997 as a further evolution, adding PCM sample playback, multimode filters, and external input to create a freely patchable semimodular synthesizer. Combine Variable Phase Modulation (VPM) from KORG's classic Prohpecy and Z1, add in some waveshaping, a little ring modulation, mix in a few samples, and add subtractive synthesis, plus a modular patch-panel system, and you have the MOD-7. Exceptionally versatile, it offers everything from classic FM keyboards, bells and basses (including the ability to import sounds from vintage DX synths) to rhythmic soundscapes, and sparkling, epic pads.

STR-1 Plucked Strings

Based on the physical modeling know-how KORG developed over the course of many years, this struck / plucked-string physical modeling sound engine takes advantage of cutting-edge technology. This sound engine shines at producing sounds whose tone responds to your touch in ways that are difficult for a PCM sound engine to reproduce: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harpsichord, clavinet, harp, bell, as well as ethnic instruments. It also goes much further, allowing you to synthesize and modify sounds that do not exist in reality. This is a sound engine of the future, one that allows the synthesizer programmer to construct truly new sounds.

Additional Features

Optimized for Live Performance

Set Lists provide easy on-screen selection of Programs, Combinations, and Songs from a single screen. Smooth Sound Transitions (SST) provide overlapping effects and voices when you change sounds, with no special mode necessary.

Effects

The Nautilus AT comes with 197 types of professional-grade effects that offer a stunning range of freedom, including chorus, delay, reverb, amp models, vocoders, and more.

Arpeggiator

To support your playing and songwriting, there's an arpeggiator that can automatically generate rhythmical or broken chords (arpeggios), a drum track for quickly playing drum patterns in a variety of styles, and a step sequencer that lets you intuitively create and play back original drum patterns.

Sampling

Audio signals coming through the analog inputs can be sampled in stereo. You can also add the built-in effects when sampling, or even resample the programs or combinations. The Nautilus can also import sound files in various formats.

Audio and MIDI Sequencer

The sequencer provides 16 MIDI tracks and 16 audio tracks (24-bit, 48 kHz) for composing and producing your own music. You can import and export SMF and WAVE files when working with other platforms.

USB Functionality

The Nautilus can connect to your computer with a single cable, as it features a USB Type-B port that supports USB 2.0 for transmitting and receiving MIDI and audio data. The Nautilus features a USB Type-A port for easy connection to an external storage device.

Specifications

General

Item Type	Keyboard Workstation
Sound Generation	Analog Modeling / Digital / Sample-Based
Keyboard	88 Full-Size Keys with Graded/Scaled-Hammer Action
Touch Sensitivity	Yes
Aftertouch	Yes (Destination Assignable)
Expression Controls	1 x Joystick 2 x Switch
Display	7" / 17.8 cm Color TFT Touchscreen
AD/DA Conversion	24-Bit / 48 kHz
Maximum Polyphony	Maximum Polyphony HD-1 140 Voices AL-1 80 Voices CX-3 200 Voices STR-1 40 Voices MS-20EX 40 Voices PolysixEX 180 Voices MOD-7 52 Voices SGX-2 100 Voices EP-1 104 Voices
Library	Build-in Expansion PCM Libraries EXs301: German2 D Piano EXs302: Italian F Piano EXs303: Japanese Upright U Piano EXs304: Prepared Piano EXs305: Historical Keyboards EXs306: Vintage Keyboards 2 EXs307: Strings & Synths EXs308: Guitar Collection EXs309: Bass Collection EXs310: World Essence EXs311: Background Loops EXs312: SFX & Hits EXs313: Found Percussions EXs314: Expansion Drums

Sounds

Number of Sounds, Kits, or Samples	2560 x User Sound Preset 1792 x User Sound Preset 264 x User Drum Kit
Number of Song Presets	200 x User
Favorites Recall	6 x Quick Recall Slot
Vocoder	Yes
Set Lists & Kit Chaining	128 x Set List / 128 Slots per Set List
Maximum Polyphony	200 Voice
Multitimbrality	16-Part
Internal Memory	60 GB
Sampling Formats	AIFF, AKAI, SoundFont 2.0, WAV - 48 kHz / 16, 24-Bit
Maximum Sample Length	80 Minutes per Sample (Stereo)
Built-In Effects	783 x Multi-Effect
Performance Functions	Arpeggiator, Dual Zone, Layer, Octave Shift, Sampler, Sequencer, Split, Split/Layer, Transpose
Built-In Speakers	None

Connectivity

Audio I/O	6 x 1/4" TRS Balanced Line Output 1 x 1/4" TRS Unbalanced Headphone Output 2 x 1/4" TRS Balanced Line Input
Pedal Support	1 x 1/4" Footswitch 1 x 1/4" Sustain 1 x 1/4" Control
MIDI I/O	1 x DIN 5-Pin Input 1 x DIN 5-Pin Output 1 x DIN 5-Pin Thru
CV/Gate I/O	None
Patch Points	None
Sync I/O	None
USB	1 x USB-B (USB 2.0, Host Connection, MIDI, USB Audio Output) 1 x USB-A (USB 2.0, Device/Controller Connection, External Memory)
Media/Memory Card Slot	None

Audio Performance

Frequency Response	20 Hz to 22 kHz ±1 dB
I/O Impedance	1/4" Line Outputs: 350 Ohms (Stereo) 175 Ohms (Mono) 1/4" Line Inputs: 10 Kilohms 600 Ohms (Source Impedance)
Maximum Input Level	+16 dBu (Line) -10 dBu (Mic)
Maximum Output Level	+16 dBu
Dynamic Range	95 dB
SNR	95 dB
THD	0.01% (Full Range, 10 Kilohm Load)
Crosstalk	95 dB (at 1 kHz)
Included Software	None
Mobile App Compatible	No *As of July, 2023: Check with manufacturer for the most up-to-date compatibility