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promaster · Joined: 31 Aug 2006 Posts: 24

Im using M3 played, in midi, with the Motif XS keyboard... this is amazing!

M3 keyboard is really poor in dinamic and expressivity compare to the one of the XS. With XS i can obtain all 127 velocity curve value with maximum expression for pianissimo and fortissimo.

I dont understand why Korg have used a poor quality keyboard or bad bad vel.curves settings!
Its time for an update to resolve this issue for 61 & 73 keys version!

dorremifasol · Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 5:24 pm Post subject:

What XS model are you talking about? 61/76 or 88 keys?

promaster · Joined: 31 Aug 2006 Posts: 24

muziksculp · Junior Member Joined: 11 Aug 2002 Posts: 75

Interesting, have you tried changing the velocity and aftertouch settings in global mode on your M3 ?

Another factor might be the way you have your M3 set-up, (i.e. having the M3 on a solid surface like a table, seems to produce better keyboard action, than if you have it supported on keyboard rack, where only two arms on the keyboard rack provide the support from underneath the M3).

I have a Motif XS7, and an M3-61. but have not tried triggering the M3 from the XS7 yet, so I will try it soon, and possibly comment a bit further on this detail.

Thanks.

promaster · Joined: 31 Aug 2006 Posts: 24

bkboy · Full Member Joined: 18 Jan 2007 Posts: 115

i agree with your assessment. i have tried the motif xs vs the m3. yamaha keybed is definitely way better. korg definitely did boo boo regarding the build quality for the m3, everybody knows that by now. a nice quality looking workstation (triton) has been replaced with a kiddie looking ipod-toy with cheap materials.

but the reason why people keep going for it is the korg strength in sounds (pads, strings, electronic, organs, etc). ofcourse not to mention the effects and karma.

synthdogg · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:23 pm Post subject:

dorremifasol · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:56 pm Post subject:

Finally I had the chance to play the XS today. While I really like how it sounds, I prefer the key action of the M3, by a large margin. Probably the keyboard is what I most like from of my M3, it's a joy to play anything with it.

Once the velocity curves are fixed, it will be even better.

promaster · Joined: 31 Aug 2006 Posts: 24

I like the action of M3 keybed... but no one can tell me that with all vel.curves is possible to play with all dinamic range 0-127... is not true! Its a bug.
Try to play a sound with curve=4 (max force) and then with curve=6 (max force)... now try again to obtain the same max volume and dinamic with curve=4... is impossible.
Korg has keep the vel.curves of triton...but M3 has a different and better keybed...this issue will be optimized for the new unit!

MartinHines · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:29 pm Post subject:

wan · Junior Member Joined: 13 Oct 2006 Posts: 74

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Hugo · Platinum Member Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 809

If the XS keyboard is anything like the ES, it sucks. My V-Synth on the other hand, is awesome, best I've ever played.

promaster · Joined: 31 Aug 2006 Posts: 24