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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing the Korg prologue poly-
phonic analogue synthesizer. To help you get the most
out of your new instrument, please read this manual
carefully.
About the owner’s manual
Prologue comes in two variations, prologue-16 with
a 61-key keyboard, and prologue-8 with a 49-key
keyboard.
The documentation for this product consists of the fol-
lowing:
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Quick Start Guide (what you’re reading)
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Owner’s Manual (you can download it from the
Korg website. www.korg.com )
prologue Key Features
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The prologue is a keyboardist-oriented analog syn-
thesizer featuring the best of Korg’s expertise.
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Redesigned and refined analog circuitry. The pro-
logue-16 and the prologue-8 provide respectively 16
and 8 analog voices.
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Each voice includes a MULTI ENGINE providing a
noise generator, a VPM oscillator, and the possibility
to load user programmed oscillators.
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Equipped with high quality digital effects (MODU-
LATION, REVERB, DELAY).
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Can be used as a two timbre synthesizer, in split,
crossfade, or layer configuration.
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A newly designed analog effect (L.F. COMP.) pro-
vides a boost and compression in the low frequency
band for a powerful sound (only on prologue-16).
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500 program locations (200 or more loaded with
factory presets) can be recalled instantly, and used to
store programs.
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Provides multiple ways to sort and search through
programs.
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Real-time oscilloscope provides visual feedback of
parameter changes.
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Sync In and Sync Out jacks allow you to expand your ses-
sion setup.
Specifications
Keyboard
prologue-16: 61 keys (natural touch key-
board, velocity sensitive)
prologue-8: 49 keys (natural touch key-
board, velocity sensitive)
Sound generating system
2 VCO (square wave, triangle wave,
sawtooth wave), MULTI ENGINE (noise
generator, VPM oscillator, user oscillator),
1 VCF, 2 EG, 1 LFO, 1 VCA
Maximum Polyphony
prologue-16: 16 voices
prologue-8: 8 voices
Effects
Mod Effects (Chorus, Ensemble, Phaser,
Flanger, User), Delay/Reverb, L.F.
COMP. (only on prologue-16)
Input/output jacks
Headphones jack, OUTPUT L/MONO
and R jacks, SYNC IN and OUT jacks,
MIDI IN and OUT connectors, USB B
connector, EXPRESSION jack, DAMPER
jack (half-damper not supported)
Power
AC Power Supply terminal
Power consumption
prologue-16: 38 W
prologue-8: 23 W
Dimensions (W x D x H)
prologue-16: 874 × 348 × 118 mm / 34.41 ×
13.70 × 4.65 inches
prologue-8: 709 × 348 × 118 mm / 27.91 ×
13.70 × 4.65 inches
Weight
prologue-16: 9.1 kg / 20.05 lbs.
prologue-8: 7.5 kg / 16.53 lbs.
Included items
Power cord, Quick Start Guide
Options
DS-1H damper pedal, PS-1 or PS-3 pedal
switch, XVP-20 volume/expression pedal,
XVP-10 expression/volume pedal, EXP-2
foot controller
* Specifications and appearance are subject to change
without notice for improvement.
* Since the side panels of this instrument uses natural
wood, there will be individual differences in the
wood grain, surface texture and color.
