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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Creating sweet music, or at least attempting to
Just got my Korg M50 Music Workstation (the 61 key model), replacing my by now pretty dated Korg M1. It’s like a combination of a synthesizer, an arranger and an electronic piano etc. The piano sound is “smack in the face” realistic, and with the plethora of effects and possibilities to tweak the sounds I can get quite aggressive or mellow synth sounds as well.
I’m not a musician by any means, so I got the M50 partly to learn to play better, and specifically the M50 for its vast customizability, yet being an easy to use “ready to go” keyboard at the same time. The Korg M3 would have been even better, but is roughly twice the price. The M3 and M50 share the same sounds, effects and general setup, yet the M3 can also sample, has built in Karma software (available separately as PC software for the M50), has a better keybed etc.
I posted a few entries at Twitizer about it:
Straight from thomann.de in Germany (15-20% cheaper than if bought locally in Sweden, even when including the shipment fee).
What would life be without gadgets?
The setup at the moment: The Korg M50 with a pair of active studio monitors (2x20W) with several inputs, including digital, so I have both the M50 and my guitar and effect box hooked up to the same speakers.
Korg M50 – unpacked and ready to go
My first attempt at mastering the drum tracks, arpeggiators and my fingers. The first two were the easiest.
Korg M50 – my first groove, sort of
