Multiple splits & zones

tony8028 · Post by **tony8028** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:25 pm

Hi there

I am considering a M50 at the moment.

For my live set up i need to split my keyboard into mutiple sections...sometimes 7 or 8....which is very easy to do using Reason 5, but I am starting to get sick of the pitfalls of using soft-synth live....

I assume this is easy to do and there is no limit of how many zones and layers can be set up?

Cheers Tony

michelkeijzers · Post by **michelkeijzers** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:30 pm

On the M50 you can make 16 timbres and for each timbre (program in a combi) you can set:
- the midi channel (for multiple keyboards)
- the low/top key (for splits)
- the low/top velocity (for velocity splits)

If you assign multiple timbres to the same low/top key you can layer.

And you can do a lot more (setting transpose, volume, effects, changed program parameters etc).

Korg is very flexible for programming.

tony8028 · Post by **tony8028** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:16 am

thanks for that.

i need to have a play of one of these....I am looking at the 73 key version...any reports on what this semi-weighted action is like?

Obvioulsy this is where Korg have saved a lot of weight in this units...i just wonder how tinny there are though....

The Kurzweils have a nice semi-weighted action....where as the nords to me feel just awful....like trying the play keyboards on a waterbed.

Rosen Sound · Post by **Rosen Sound** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:04 am

tony8028 wrote:thanks for that.

i need to have a play of one of these....I am looking at the 73 key version...any reports on what this semi-weighted action is like?

Obvioulsy this is where Korg have saved a lot of weight in this units...i just wonder how tinny there are though....

The Kurzweils have a nice semi-weighted action....where as the nords to me feel just awful....like trying the play keyboards on a waterbed.

the action on the m50 is horrible if you ask me.

i would just get a triton, or a kronos

synthjoe · Post by **synthjoe** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:17 am

robbinhood wrote:the action on the m50 is horrible if you ask me.

I second that (73 keys) - but not everyone's taste, I guess...

jerryv · Post by **jerryv** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 4:45 pm

I haven't tried the smaller models, but I love the action on the 88 ..

iluvchiclets · Post by **iluvchiclets** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:50 am

I have to add something,

On one of my earlier posts, I too moaned about the action on the M50. Because it was my only keyboard at the time, I forced myself to stick with it in order to get used to it.

And, get used to it I did! I did not have any problem with playing the M50 until I got an additional synth - and now I miss using my M50 action. I kid you not!

It just goes to show that you can used to it.

michelkeijzers · Post by **michelkeijzers** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 1:45 pm

I'm not a piano player, and I have a Korg M50 and Triton Extreme and I don't think the difference is a lot. The only thing I really miss is aftertouch on the M50.

Kim Lajoie · Post by **Kim Lajoie** » Sun Aug 14, 2011 1:01 pm

The action is pretty light. And the keys (at least on the 61) are slightly thinner than normal - the length of the 61 keys is about 1cm shorter that it should be.

I know it sounds pretty weird, and it felt weird to me at first. I got used to it though.

Some perspective: I'm a classically trained pianist. I know keyboards are very much a matter of taste. Personally, I think Korg's weighted keyboards are terrible, and Yamaha's are the best. Synth action is a different matter though, and I prefer Korg's synth action to Roland's and Yamaha's.

-Kim.

synthjoe · Post by **synthjoe** » Sun Aug 14, 2011 2:18 pm

Kim Lajoie wrote:...I prefer Korg's synth action to Roland's and Yamaha's.

Before new TR and M series (M3, M50) most Korg keyboards were made by Yamaha, at least the synth action keys on M1, T series, Trinity, Triton, WS, and others. So I guess you must like Yamaha synth action, too...

I sure do, just as much as I like their weighted hammer action keys on their digital pianos.

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 1:51 am

tony8028 wrote:I am looking at the 73 key version...any reports on what this semi-weighted action is like?
...
The Kurzweils have a nice semi-weighted action....where as the nords to me feel just awful....like trying the play keyboards on a waterbed.

This is very much a matter of personal preference, but I think the M50 keyboard is actually pretty decent. It's not one of the best ever, but I do I prefer it to the semi-weighted Kurzweils and Nords (which, although they feel different from each other, both suffer from too much spring-back for my taste). The only real problem I have with the M50-73 action is that the back third of the black keys are pretty much dead.