In terms of live performance, the M3 would kick ass over the Extreme especially with the Kaoss Pad facility built in. I know the v-synth had something similar, but again I have not tried that.
I am sure that it is perfectly capable of gigging. All Korg stuff is build solidly, so I would not worry about that. As long as you put it in a flight case when it is in transit, don't see a problem there.
extreme or V-synth? for prog rock/metal live band
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I suppose you already made some sounds on your M3 that you are satisfied with. So why don't you, instead of buying another keyboard, buy M3-M and some cheap but solid MIDI controller keyboard? They are pretty simple so there is really nothing you can damage. Make your sounds on M3, take M3-M and the controller for a gig and you can have exactly the same sounds at home and at gigs. And you can put M3-M in various cases so possibility to damage it would be very small.
Doesn't the M3 come off the keyboard like my Radias does ... if so you could use it with a different controller , or midi'd to another keyboard ...
but i can understand the desire to leave things just as they are in the studio .... and have specific to take out to gigs ....
( i'd looked into M3-76 because Radias and M3 fit together, but i've decided to keep my Extreme and ad other compimentary sounding boards instead )
i've tried the V-synth in it's various forms .... but have not been impressed enough to buy one .... i do like the D50 and Vocal cards ...
it has interesting features ... but not for what i'm doing now ..
and it doesn't seem very well suited for prog/metal band ..??
but ... it if had a different , more usefull sound set ..??????
some sort of Triton variant would seem to work better .... but ..,
it's kind of redudndant to what you already have in the studio ....
so , as others have mentioned , a different manufacture's keyboard might do the job you want for in the Live situations .... and would give a different textured sound, to compliment what you have, in the studio ...??!!!?? Roland ..?? Virus Ti ..??? Yamaha ..??
something that can do 2 jobs for you, seems like money better spent ...
but i can understand the desire to leave things just as they are in the studio .... and have specific to take out to gigs ....
( i'd looked into M3-76 because Radias and M3 fit together, but i've decided to keep my Extreme and ad other compimentary sounding boards instead )
i've tried the V-synth in it's various forms .... but have not been impressed enough to buy one .... i do like the D50 and Vocal cards ...
it has interesting features ... but not for what i'm doing now ..
and it doesn't seem very well suited for prog/metal band ..??
but ... it if had a different , more usefull sound set ..??????
some sort of Triton variant would seem to work better .... but ..,
it's kind of redudndant to what you already have in the studio ....
so , as others have mentioned , a different manufacture's keyboard might do the job you want for in the Live situations .... and would give a different textured sound, to compliment what you have, in the studio ...??!!!?? Roland ..?? Virus Ti ..??? Yamaha ..??
something that can do 2 jobs for you, seems like money better spent ...
Korg Kronos 88 , Yam MODX , Dexibell S7 Pro , Emu Proteus 2000 , various fx pedals/racks ...