There are Pianos out there like sand at the beach, but what makes the difference with the M3 is the huge amount of customization and flexibility. If you dislike a sound aspect, you can literally rip it apart and change every single detail.
It only needs to be plugged in while the M3 is starting up, or when loading PCM libraries from MEDIA mode. After that, the sounds are stored in the sampling RAM. You can always hot-swap USB drives if you need to load different content.
@2010FerrariEnzo The XPanded Piano is very expressive, like a original acoustic piano, you can listen hammers that strike the strings of piano, very cool! But the other piano of the Korg M3 are very lower than this new piano sound.
thats only the case if you don't have the necessary finger strength. If you do, then you can do any high speed passage you want and have dynamic control over it to boot!
If I can recommend, get the 88key - it beats 77key hands down. The difference is staggering, Just like in OASYS. Weighted keys are must if you want to make really dynamic music. Good luck and lots of fun!
Did you go into Global mode and choose "Update System Software" ? Although you don't need to update the OS as you already have the latest version, it should find the .KEP files and load in the first one which is the pianos.
@2010FerrariEnzo : I read and hear a lot of comments about built in piano sounds but in the end it's how you play them that can make the sounds come alive. Have you tried using a damper pedal with your current synth or keyboard? It really makes a lot of difference. ;-) Do try it.
The M3 has some nice sounds, but the reason I regret choosing this synth over the competition, which also have good sounds, is the fact that the M3's touchscreen stops working after some time using it, & this notorious, unfixable problem vastly reduces it's lifespan. Because the screen is responsible for most of the M3's functions, you'll be screwed as soon as it decides to fade.
it can be repaired i bought one used and repaired it at my local repair shop, every repair shop in the world knows about this problem and their is a new touch panel available that will fix the problem
Mine still working perfect since the day i bought it no issues at all Its a great workstation i wish i can get to know all the functions a bit more i just know the basics lol
There is many shortcuts on this that you don’t have to use the screen which it is a little hard to repair but i did it I change it one time since there it works like a new one it’s always good to calibrate the screen every month at least so it keeps going on for ever and ever and ever
Please make something like that (Korg M3 - XPanded Acoustic Piano) for Korg M50... Just like me lots of M50 owner are almost dying to get a good piano sound from M50..!!
Hi, with the Xpanded Piano Waveforms the polyphony is lesser than 120 notes? So if I do a big arpeggio will it cut the sound of the bass notes? Thank You.
Have you tried the Kurzweil keyboards? They have awesome pianos and all the other sounds are superior too. Also there's Nord of course. The Nord Stage has awesome pianos, E.pianos, organs and other cool vintage sounds. Plus, it has a nice synth section on it! But of course it isn't a workstation. :'p And now there is coming that Nord Piano which will blow off all the other piano sounds on market I guess. You could buy the Piano+perhaps a Korg m50 with the price of Fantom G.
Yea... I don't want weighted keys... You can't play very fast with them... Seeing as how I'm a metal head and I play music like Sonata Arctica weighted keys are a MAJOR hinderence
