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Description	In 1989 Korg relased the Z3 Guitar Synthesizer. It consisted of a 19 inch 1U rack coupled with their 24 pin Z3D guitar synthesizer driver for connecting to a guitar of the player's choosing. The synthesizer can also be used as a standalone multitimbral synthesizer. Its synth engine is an FM based unit that is also on the Korg's DS8 and 707 synthesizers as well as the Yamaha DX11 and TX81Z synthesizers. The Z3 has two operating modes. Mode A is a simple plug and play the sounds mode, while Mode B offers more advanced programming and editing of the sound engine and how the guitar controller controls external MIDI synths and other MIDI gear. The unit can also act as a multimbral sound module with the play back of 6 sounds.
Brand	Korg
Model	Z3
Device	Synth
Type	Rack
Engine Type	Digital
Engine	FM
Voices (max)	6
Multitimbral	6
Oscillators	4
Engine Detailed	8 op FM with vector synthese
FX	Reverb
Memory	128 Presets, 128 user
Keys	0
Key type	N/A
Velocity	N/A
Aftertouch	N/A
Midi	I-O
Extra info	Uses the ZD3 Driver for the guitar.
Produced:

Legend:		Obvious	Y: Yes, N: No, N/A: Not Applicable
VCO	Voltage Controlled Oscillator	DCO	Digital Controlled Oscillator
LFO	Low Frequency Oscillator	Sub	Sub Oscillator
VCF	Voltage Controlled Filter	VCA	Voltage Controlled Amplifier
Velocity	As with a piano, the harder you hit a key, the louder the sound, unlike most organs which always produce the same loudness no matter how hard you hit a key.	Aftertouch	Pressing a key after you activated it. Channel Aftertouch, no matter which key, it will send a Channel message. Poly Aftertouch, sends the pressure per key instead of the whole channel.
Values for OSC, LFO, Filter, Envelope are per voice unless stated otherwise.

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