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In August 1908, a white mob attacked Springfield, Illinois’s Black community, destroying homes and businesses and lynching two Black men. National outrage over the violence helped spur the movement that created the NAACP the following year.
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This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
| M3 | |
|---|---|
 Korg M3 | |
| Manufacturer | Korg |
| Dates | 2007 - 2013 |
| Price | M3M (module): US$2375 M3 61-key: US$3000 M3 73-key: US$3475 M3 88-key: US$4000 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Polyphony | 120 voice[1] - single mode 60 voice - double mode |
| Oscillator | 120 oscillators - single mode 120 oscillators - double mode |
| Synthesis type | PCM Sampler Enhanced Definition Synthesis Optional - EXB-Radias |
| Filter | Dual Multimode |
| Aftertouch expression | Yes |
| Velocity expression | Yes |
| Storage memory | 64 Mb - Expandable to 320 Mb with optional EXB-M256 |
| Effects | 3-band EQ (up to 16) 5 insert effects 2 master effects 1 total effect |
| Input/output | |
| Keyboard | 61-key, Velocity Aftertouch 73-key, Velocity Aftertouch 88-key Hammer Action, Velocity Aftertouch none - ( M3 Module) |
| Left-hand control | 8× Sliders 8× Switches Joystick Ribbon Controller 8× Velocity Sensitive Pads X-Y Touchscreen Control |
| External control | MIDI USB 2.0 |
Korg M3 is a music workstation synthesizer manufactured by Korg Corporation and introduced at the NAMM Show in January 2007, being released four months later. The M3 is the successor of the famous Triton series. The name is based on the former M1, which was considered a revolutionary synth at the time (and is not to be confused with Korg M3R rack mount unit of 1989, which was a cost-reduced version of the M1R rack unit).
The hardware synthesizer chip was designed around the HD-1, one of the various engines in the Korg OASYS. The M3 was named keyboard of the year at the Musik Messe Awards in Germany in early 2007.[2]
At the end of Q3 2008, Korg released a major update to the M3's operating system, which changes the unit to the 'M3 XPanded'.[3] This update refines many of the functions of the M3, makes minor changes to the graphic user interface, adds four additional PCM sample libraries including a grand piano (EX-USB-PCM03) library, two brass and woodwind libraries (EX-USB-PCM01 & EX-USB-PCM02), a stereo grand piano (EX-USB-PCM04)[4] library, and updates the KARMA to version 2.2 Kay Algorithmic Realtime Music Architecture developed by Stephen Kay (see: Korg KARMA).
Korg Komponent System is a unique modular keyboard system devised by Korg that allows the keyboardist to configure their M3 in a multitude of ways. With three different keyboard options Korg explains the system like this:
The 61-key model lets you mount a RADIAS-R analog modeling synthesizer instead of the M3-M sound generator, the 73-key model lets you mount the M3-M together with a RADIAS-R analog modeling synthesizer, and the 88-key model supports the combination of M3-M and RADIAS-R or even mounting two M3-M units simultaneously. Of course you can detach the M3-M sound generator and use it as a sound module, giving you great flexibility for constructing the system you need whenever you want.[5]
In 2008, Korg unveiled a new, stripped-down version of the M3: the Korg M50. It runs on the same EDS sound system as the M3, but it has less polyphony, no support for expansion cards, and no sampling capabilities. The Korg M50 also lacks a Karma engine, but it can still be used if bought separately and installed on a computer.[6] The 88-key version, which featured the RH3 graded hammer-action piano keys, is the lightest 88-key keyboard Korg has ever made.
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A rack unit (abbreviated U or RU) is a unit of measure defined as 1+3⁄4 inches (44.45 mm). It is most frequently used as a measurement of the overall height of 19-inch and 23-inch rack frames, as well as the height of equipment that mounts in these frames, whereby the height of the frame or equipment is expressed as multiples of rack units. For example, a typical full-size rack cage is 42U high, while equipment is typically 1U, 2U, 3U, or 4U high.
A rack rail, or rack strip, is used to mount rack-mountable equipment and 19-inch rack mount accessories within a 19-inch rack. A minimum of two rack rails are required to mount equipment within a rack. The height of a rack rail is determined by the number of rack units required for mounting its equipment. The design of racks and rack rails is specified in ECIA - EIA/ECA-310. Each rack unit (U) is equivalent to 1+3⁄4 in (44 mm). Most rack rails are in sizes from 2 units high (3+1⁄2 in or 89 mm) to 54 units high (78+3⁄4 in or 2,000 mm).
A blade server is a stripped-down server computer with a modular design optimized to minimize the use of physical space and energy. Blade servers have many components removed to save space, minimize power consumption and other considerations, while still having all the functional components to be considered a computer. Unlike a rack-mount server, a blade server fits inside a blade enclosure, which can hold multiple blade servers, providing services such as power, cooling, networking, various interconnects and management. Together, blades and the blade enclosure form a blade system, which may itself be rack-mounted. Different blade providers have differing principles regarding what to include in the blade itself, and in the blade system as a whole. In a standard server-rack configuration, one rack unit or 1U—19 inches (480 mm) wide and 1.75 inches (44 mm) tall—defines the minimum possible size of any equipment. The principal benefit and justification of blade computing relates to lifting this restriction so as to reduce size requirements. The most common computer rack form-factor is 42U high, which limits the number of discrete computer devices directly mountable in a rack to 42 components. Blades do not have this limitation. As of 2014, densities of up to 180 servers per blade system (or 1440 servers per rack) were achievable with blade systems.
Korg M3 is a music workstation synthesizer manufactured by Korg Corporation and introduced at the NAMM Show in January 2007, being released four months later. The M3 is the successor of the famous Triton series. The name is based on the former M1, which was considered a revolutionary synth at the time (and is not to be confused with Korg M3R rack mount unit of 1989, which was a cost-reduced version of the M1R rack unit). The hardware synthesizer chip was designed around the HD-1, one of the various engines in the Korg OASYS. The M3 was named keyboard of the year at the Musik Messe Awards in Germany in early 2007.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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