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interesting. a combination of game developer with a composer. very original.

You can buy a cheap 100.00 midi controller.. Native Intruments Komplete 7 Elements for ~50 bucks on Ebay and in my opinion the samples sound way better than this M50.. Tons of them forsale on Ebay.. HAHA

Hi everyone,

I have only owned my M50 for 14 months, I'm not sure when they were first released? It is still every inch a contemporary keyboard - I love the sounds, love the drums, the Combis are fantastic and inspiring.

Yes it's still a very valid keyboard to own! When I think back to the days of the M1 (or the X3 which I owned), those keys sounded great for their day. But when I would play the X3, I would think, "Needs help in the pianos." or the EPs, or whatever.

Now playing these modern keyboards (M50, Fantom, Motif, MOX, Microstation, Kronos, Nord, etc...) there is not much left to want. I mean really!? The pianos are fantastic, everything is so real and has such incredible fidelity. I think the M50 is a fantastic buy for the money.

Sure you can focus on some very narrow areas for improvement on the M50 (Hammond organs sounds for instance) but that's Ok. There's room for a newer model or improvement through programming.

We are in a far better position than we were even 6 years ago. I still am thrilled with my M50 every time I play it.

the bad things:

1.inability for the lack of physical buttons,to call up favourite sounds on the fly....need to struggle with lcd during fast performances.....

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You can create a favorite section on the M50. Please check out this video from Korg done by Rich F.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKbLb_eX48Y

LFCMusic wrote:the bad things:

1.inability for the lack of physical buttons,to call up favourite sounds on the fly....need to struggle with lcd during fast performances.....

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You can create a favorite section on the M50. Please check out this video from Korg done by Rich F.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKbLb_eX48Y

For live gigging, it's best to just order them in a combination bank, at least that is what I always did when using the M50. It only takes a few minutes (using PCG Tools).

Changing programs and combis on the M50 touchscreen is about as instantanious as it can possibly get. Just what did i miss.
I bring up the program mode and pick a category and switch sounds quicker than a wink. Actually it is much easier than a physical button in fact. all of its paramaters are easily available and just as quick with the touch screen.
I understand that some folks are more suited to a straight forward piano with nothing to confuse.. For me, I love the touch screen and all of it's options.

I like the M50, but I agree that the screen doesn't respond very well, especially the small boxes that you have to touch. It usually takes me about 6 attempts to set up a single box for Arp/Key Sync.

Pincho Paxton wrote:I like the M50, but I agree that the screen doesn't respond very well, especially the small boxes that you have to touch. It usually takes me about 6 attempts to set up a single box for Arp/Key Sync.

Did you calibrate it?

No, I used it out of the box. You are right it does work better now.

Pincho Paxton wrote:No, I used it out of the box. You are right it does work better now.

Great to hear it has been solved (well at least improved).
Positioning your finger more vertically probably helps too and some people I heard use a stylus.