Korg's new workstation???!!!

Charlie · Post by **Charlie** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:18 am

OT:

Not sure about that - assuming you're in Milano right now I am some 600 km away from you - so either I'm much much taller than I thought or we are not one person

- take care and enjoy making music!

demonp · Post by **demonp** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:55 pm

I will never change my TR for THIS. It looks like a toy. Korg designers really need some brain shock. M3 was very ugly as for me. But this is a top. I haven't seen uglier synth than this. Of course there is still Yamaha MM6 very ugly. Where are people who designed TRITONS and OASYS???? I'm afraid that is the past.

StephenKay · Post by **StephenKay** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:59 am

OK, people, the news has been officially released, about the new Korg M50 and KARMA M50 Software.

Visit these links at the new Karma-Lab M50 Forum:

Korg M50 Performance Workstation Announced

KARMA M50 Software for the Korg M50 Announced

Secondly, the awesome news of the humongous FREE M3 Expanded v2.0 update, EXB PCM (free), and the upcoming release of KARMA M3 Software has also been officially announced:

M3 XPanded (v2.0) - Powerful New Update Released!

What’s new in KARMA Version 2.2 for M3 XPanded (2.0)

KARMA M3 Software for the Korg M3 Announced

M3 Virtual Online GUI Updated for v2.0!

I'll soon post some fuller explanations here in the M3 Forum about the M3 update.

Enjoy!

jerrythek · Post by **jerrythek** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:06 am

And enjoy our cool, new M50 video, Mp3's and more at:

www.korg.com/m50

Enjoy!

Jerry

Unogeek · Post by **Unogeek** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 6:40 am

demonp wrote:I will never change my TR for THIS. It looks like a toy. Korg designers really need some brain shock. M3 was very ugly as for me. But this is a top. I haven't seen uglier synth than this. Of course there is still Yamaha MM6 very ugly. Where are people who designed TRITONS and OASYS???? I'm afraid that is the past.

I personally love and have been waiting for something like this for ages. I think it looks good and fit for the purpose. I love the black finish. I am a bit retro myself and still use a rack with M1, Wavestation SR and 01/W. The M50 will look good with this and I could use it as a controller as well and not sell my old rack stuff.

I am checking out the video and mp3's now. Well done Korg I think this is going to go down well.

Graham

LTEDT · Post by **LTEDT** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:16 am

I love the looks of it. Looks very retro.... cant wait to hear them myself.
The features on this is unbelievable for a lower-end workstation(if thats what it is). Most suprising thing for me is the weight. I'm going to go for this!!!

rgds

kimu · Post by **kimu** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:44 am

if the price will not too high i guess i will change x50 with the m50...

DrWho · Post by **DrWho** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:44 am

Stephen Kay Said

OK, people, the news has been officially released, about the new Korg M50 and KARMA M50 Software.

Flippin' A man! Holy **** !!!! Unbelievable - I must be dreaming!!!

Daz · Post by **Daz** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 1:06 pm

There is now a dedicated M50 forum area here :

http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... m.php?f=53

... let the discussion commence !

Diego · Post by **Diego** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 7:14 pm

OH MY GOD!
Well, now Korg is really making heart beating as I've never seen

I'm really happy about my purchase, the M3 is going to be a great instrument, supported , developed, always new, even if 2 years old!

Way to go Korg!

Post by **Sharp** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 7:17 pm

Did anyone notice the udpate to the M3 Sequencer....."O"......"MY"......"GOD"......!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope the OASYS gets some of that lovin.

In general when you look at everything the M3 is getting, this must be one of the biggest free updates any keyboard has every got, and I'm not just talking about KORG keyboards. Even the boys in KORG Italy have gone to town on the Pa2X Arranger.

I love the look of the M50 too. Sound be insanely popular.

Regards.
Sharp.

Diego · Post by **Diego** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 7:20 pm

Well, please, correct me if I'm wrong...
The XPanded version will include a different ROM?
So the ROM chip of my M3 will be phisycally different from new M3 models?
What about expansions, will they be loaded in RAM, so every time I'll have to wait long loading times and reload them every time I power up the M3, or there will be other methods?

Please, help me to clarify the way to use these expansions.

Regards

Post by **Sharp** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 7:23 pm

Hi Diego.

I didn't get that at all from reading what was said. They could be using EP-ROM, which is rewritable.

The OS is installed on EP-ROM, so I assume everything else is too.
The other expansions do however sit in RAM as the image suggests.

Linked from www.korg.com

Regards.
Sharp.

Diego · Post by **Diego** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 7:33 pm

Yes, I agree sharp!

I'm sorry, I posted my questions here, but on the M3 section there are already posts about these points...
The rewriting of internal sample data sounds nice to me, the fact you need to load every time PCM sounds into RAM ... well... we'll see...
BTW, they are free, and so you don't have to pay for external hardware ROM like you had to to with Triton series...
It's very nice from korg!

jerrythek · Post by **jerrythek** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:52 pm

Diego wrote:Well, please, correct me if I'm wrong...
The XPanded version will include a different ROM?

No the update revises the internal PCM into memory.

So the ROM chip of my M3 will be phisycally different from new M3 models?

Nope, any unit can be updated this way. Call it smart design...

What about expansions, will they be loaded in RAM, so every time I'll have to wait long loading times and reload them every time I power up the M3, or there will be other methods?

Yes, the expansions load into sample RAM. You can choose which ones load at boot-up or manually load/unload them as you need. Loading? A small price to pay for 384 MB of free stuff, don't you agree?

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