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Originally Posted by feedingear
Dont get me wrong, I wouldnt touch a Korg workstation with a 50 foot pole nowadays. Once I got the Virus, I literally laughed out loud at how bad the synths sounded on the korgs. But the tube did do some nice stuff for the organs and ep patches, which is where those workstations excel.
Re keybed, i actually had the 73 key version - i really dont like weighted keys on anything but a piano. Luckily enough we now have a Rhodes mk1 in the studio  . |
Yes, I too am learning that weighted, hammer-action, of which I too love on a piano, which have many years training on it. It's part of reason I am re-setting home studio set-up as the ONLY reason have kept an Alesis QS8 rompler with excellent weighted, hammer action keys because the piano sounds in particular are great and originally thought would use it's extensive ability to be used as a multi-zoned controller. It's now going to a dedicated place in dining room for using headphones and piano practicing scales and finger dexterity as it truely helps with the military service-induced peripheral neuropathy in hands/feet (no, do not play with feet, LOL).
Learned pretty quickly that although love the feel of weighted 88 keybed with aftertouch; rather have the semi-weighted action of controller such as Novation Remote SL 61MKII and Axiom Pro 61 for specific playing and midi chain of synth rack units as they both have velocity/aftertouch, BUT MUCH easier for proper attacks/responiveness with everything except piano.
Yes, the keybed of the Virus, (KB/KC) which seems to be exactly same as DSI mono evolver kbd and Waldorf Blofeld Black Kbd; is so outstanding that nothing compares!
One would think that with the proponderance of midi controller keyboards, manufacturers of same would place similar quality keys on them rather than the very "synth-action" status quo. I find the Novation and Axiom controller's keyaction the best of many tried BUT they still pale in the type of Fatar keybed Access uses. (I understand the Indigo/Polar shorter-type Access Keybeds use a different type of Fatar than the 61 keybeds).
With the above said, I no longer have thought of using Korg's M3 keybed or any fully weighted keys for anything but piano as well.
Am sure there will those that will perhaps not like the synth-action keys on new Korg MS20-Mini but with such an immediately tweakable monosynth, changing the envelope attack on the fly will more than make-up for it, not to mention nice analog synth engine.