Korg • X3
The nineties update to the legendary M1. Launched in 1993, it expanded on what made the M1 such a great machine and featured a range of solid, entirely usable sounds. The Strings and Basses are exceptionally good, although truly analog sounding sweeps and pads are not what this machine was about. The X3 (and subsequent X-series models that came after it) was designed as a middle-weight workstation, with the warmer and more powerful 01/W series taking the reins as Korg's premiere ROMpler workstation of the early nineties.
The X3 is based around 6 MB of 16-bit multi-samples, with basses, guitars, strings, drums, pads and much more. You can even add more PCM sounds to the synth, but additional PCM cards are expensive and/or hard to find.
Detailed editing and a flexible sequencer make this machine more than capable of running a MIDI rig if you are averse to PC based sequencing. If you can live without large touch sensitive screens or resonant filters, then you will find the X3 packs more punch than you may imagine. A rewarding synth to own, even 10 years down the line. What it lacks in instant hands-on tweak-ability and cutting edge sounds, it makes up for in the ultimately usable range of sounds. It has been used by Vangelis.
I bought it when it cames out in 1993 and it is still my main synth due to its seq flexibility. I work with another Korg's family members such us Poly 800, DW8000 and MS2000B (yes I'm fan of Korg), and a Yamaha AN1x, great synth too :)
I work only with real synths, no virtual plugins, even when I play live...
It's an amazing instrument with elite class sounds which can only be found on this kind of devices now days.
Also I own a Korg Karma and Korg X50, which are variations of the Triton.
Well, they sound awesomly perfect as well, but the X3 has a touch about it (soundwise) that can not be found anymore.
I Love it and use it as my main keyboard for strings and Piano.
btw - it has a Yamaha Keyboard.
Not a great fan of Yamaha but the keyboard of the X3 is A Yamaha, and it's absolutly the most fun I've ever played!
Seguramente es la bateria (pila redonda chata de reloj) del sintetizador que se agoto. Asegurate de llevarlo a un service autorizado ya que el montaje del X3 es complicado y la bateria esta oculta entre paneles soldados y placas bastante frágiles.
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