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Seems like there has been nothing released by the big 3 and to be honest not much else released by anybody else ....

That's normal. Summer NAMM is rarely an exciting event...

True but they do normally release something though .... even if its an expansion board or tuner ...

It's safe to say that the Recession is pretty much to blame for the lack of new music technology. The only good thing in all this though is that we should see more of a leap forward in technology when the time is right and the latest products are released.

Everyone has had more time to put that extra effort in, and I expect to see it. Anyone thinking they will get away with an incremental upgrade will be sorely disappointed as people will not be so willing to part with their cash.

Regards
Sharp.

Some Lionstracs News.

The new X-7 Extreme 3 keyboard was released.
6 Cores, USB 3, 8GB DDR3 RAM, SATA3. 1TB HDD.
4,390 Euro
http://www.lionstracs.com/store/groove- ... p-254.html

And OS 4.3 was released.
http://www.lionstracs.com/store/lionstr ... p-256.html
Dual Video Players & Karaoke added. Support for loading multiple libraries of GIGA files, and more.....
190 Euro for just the OS if you don't own one of their keyboards. Free if you do.

so guys if korg didnt release anything on namm ..when its excpected to release new stuff?

Winter NAMM (mid-late January) is usually the big one for big announcements.

hope that korg release new good stuff at winter namm...not just os upgrade or some lousy keyboards like the ps or m5o

tarek wrote:lousy keyboards like the ps or m5o

Do you own a PS60 or an M50 ? Or you simply assume they are lousy ? What are you expecting on a keyboard that any of the existing ones don't provide ?

Please enlighten us. Calling an M50 a lousy keyboard are big words. Is second from the top of the line of Korg workstations, so you must be really a connoisseur.

BTW I'm not counting the O, since is out of production.

I have to admit I absolutely hated the keys of the M50 when I tried it, but I believe the 'cheap' construction was to save costs as the M3 is also incredibly cutting corners everywhere except in actual functionality and technical specs. It was necessary in order to make the technology 'distilled from the OASYS' actually anywhere near affordable, apparently.

There is absolutely no need to judge a product based on where it is manufactured. China has a reputation for producing 'cheap toys' because for a long time that is all that they did produce, but there are also increasingly many quality products coming out of china. It may be made in china but it is still made to KORG's specifications.

There is absolutely no need to judge a product based on where it is manufactured. China has a reputation for producing 'cheap toys' because for a long time that is all that they did produce, but there are also increasingly many quality products coming out of china. It may be made in china but it is still made to KORG's specifications.[/quote]


every thing that come frm china is 2nd class even if its korg or do u want me to be more frank esp korg ..why we dont see m3 comes out from china or extreme or osays..can u compare t3 to x5o from its quality side of course no even the official korg distrubuters are not satisfied from the chinese goods so what ever u say and u cant convience any one or even inside ur self u know that japanse korg are not comperable to chinese in any aspect !!

It will drop your jaw to the floor to find out how many internals of the Japanese korgs are made in China. Back in the 70s japanese products where considered garbage and the best stuff was made in America or Germany or Italy. Now the tables has turned. The bad reputation chinese products have follows the same behavior. Almost ALL technology manufacturers use china for their low cost of labor, but quality controls assure high quality products. Whenever they are made.
The "cheappie" look of some korg products have to do with cutting corners to lower the selling price. But they are not cheap inside. I have opened wide open the M50 and I can say is a very well built piece of hardware.
All Korg keyboards used to be made in Japan and came with semi weighted keys, yes that is true. And is also true that in that time Korg keyboards cost thousands of dollars more than today "budget" line keyboards, but korg decided (as every other tech manufacturer) to broaden the spectrum and offer budget synths to more people. But for that cost must go down. 30 years ago an IBM PC-XT with a 10MB hard disk and 4.77 Mhz of speed cost 3.000 dollars. That's 3 grand for a computer that is less powerful than your cellphone. Ahh, but it was Made in America.

The sounds of the M50 not suitable for music production? What are you talking about??? It uses the same exact sound engine as the M3 and shares the EDS synthesis from the OASYS. You can hear an M3 using the same combi side by side to an M50 and you will find no difference in sound quality whatsoever.
Obviously you have "tried" but never used an M50. If you think current korg synths are so lousy, what are you doing here? Go get a Roland or a Yamaha. And good luck finding a touchscreen, 16 track layering, dual arpeggiators and so many other features on the same exact price range of the M50.

Or maybe you want an M3 at the price of an M50. Is that what you want ? Go ask Canon to get you a 1Ds Mk III for the price of a 50D.

mocando wrote:The sounds of the M50 not suitable for music production? What are you talking about??? It uses the same exact sound engine as the M3 and shares the EDS synthesis from the OASYS.

Dear Martin,
OASYS has no EDS but HDS synthesis inside.
Best regards,
Akos

Right, but EDS was derived from the OASYS HD-1, and the M50 shares the same EDS engine. I was simply trying to demonstrate the M50's inheritance.
My intention is no other than showing that even being the M50 a budget minded product still have features and the synth engine of higher level workstations.