Korg - i3 Music Workstation Keyboard - 61 Key - Matte Black

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sound sets – place four sounds on the keyboard simultaneously (one split to the lower keys, three outlined across the upper keys). Korg's latest i‑series keyboard is the new flagship of the range, updating the i3's spec and adopting the Trinity's touchscreen graphical display. Simon Trask gets in touch with the i30... Find sources: "Korg i3"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( September 2008) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) The i3 has 61 full-size keys and contains 800 instrument sounds - known collectively as the Sound Set - including a complete GM2 library for General MIDI compatibility. These are powered by a PCM engine that delivers 64 voices of polyphony, and there are two stereo effect processors.

In something of an evolution of Korg’s erstwhile Combi nomenclature, the i3’s preset currency is the soundset. Soundsets offer the ability to layer four voices together - one lower/split voice and three upper voices - and there are 200 of them provided as presets to get you going. The standard of the preset voices is very high, and the soundset architecture lends enough flexibility to create almost limitless massive combinations of sounds. full-size, velocity-sensing keys are the canvas on which you will paint your performance on the Korg i3. The Korg i3 Music Workstation allows you to take a simple idea through to a complete production with great quality sounds and intuitive controls. Beginner Friendly Workstation Keyboard Whether you're fleshing out ideas or producing epic projects, the amazing sounds and intuitive controls of the Korg i3 Workstation will help you through the entire process.Accessories (Sold Separately): PS-1 Pedal Switch, PS-3 Pedal Switch, DS-1H Damper Pedal, EXP-2 Foot Controller

An i30 Arrangement is a complete set of keyboard and accompaniment sounds, effects, tempo and front‑panel settings grouped together with a Style selection. You can call up a different Style at any time within a given Arrangement — which can be an interesting way of randomly experimenting with different Style and sound combinations. A new Style is selected simply by pressing on the Style field in the main Arrangement Play mode LCD screen, then pressing on one of the 12 graphical musical style buttons and selecting a Style from the resulting pop‑up menu. You can select from 128 ROM and 128 RAM Arrangements (great to see the user memories given equal weight), either via the LCD or the relevant front‑panel buttons. The transition from Arrangement to Arrangement is completely smooth in performance (on the first beat of the next bar), so you can create performances and songs out of multiple Arrangements and Styles — ideal for user‑created auto‑accompaniments. If you're a fan of Korg's sample‑based workstations and you want to get into auto‑accompaniment sequencing, the i30 is the ideal instrument... For me, the i3 spreads itself a little too thinly across a range of target markets, attempting to satisfy all demographics but falling short in some way in almost all of them. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Programs: 128 General MIDI Programs + one GM Drum Program (ROM); 64 Programs + five Drum Programs (ROM); 64 Programs + two Drum Programs (RAM)The programming and arrangement of the styles themselves is sophisticated and well-executed. Similar to the Pa series, each style includes 4 variations, plus an intro, ending, count-in, break and fill, to customise and punctuate your arrangement. You can select from 200 Sound Sets and place up to four different sounds on the keyboard at once; three can be layered across the upper keys with another split to the lower keys.

Inevitably the Korg i30 provides a General MIDI sound set, and it's one of the more vibrant and appealing ones available, characterised by Korg's usual sonic excellence. However, the new keyboard is sonically much more versatile than this, coming with a further 192 ROM and 128 RAM Programs, sophisticated sound editing capability, and a large sample and waveform ROM complete with the usual quirky and creative Korg sounds to draw on. Editing is easy and rewarding using the graphical touchscreen interface. While the i30 treads a well‑worn path sonically, it's also solid and reliable. Worth highlighting is the large number of drum kits, which as usual from Korg provide one of the more interesting and satisfying drum and percussion presences available on a workstation, including plenty of modern kits. Korg EK-50L: The ‘Limitless’ version of the EK-50 Entertainer Keyboard, the EK-50L is essentially an i3 with speakers and no sequencer.

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To help flesh out your musical masterpieces, select the Style Performance Set. This is used to complete any piece you might make by providing the missing parts required. For example, you could add a bass line, drum parts, guitar, or even brass sections! Its possible to have up to 8 of these in play simultaneously, making for some seriously layered and detailed compositions. All elements can be selected and muted, and the volume levels of each can be reduced and increased as you see fit. Features When working at the I3 workstation, you'll soon find yourself writing and producing your own music. By using the Sound Set and Style Performance Set, you can group sounds, beats, and parts together. By streamlining this creative process, you'll find that you can write and arrange music much faster and find experimenting more fun. You can even use the onboard effects and EQ to tailor your sound for any performance.

Buy the Korg i3 Workstation from PMT Online now for an amazingly beginner friendly workstationand create fantastic music from inspiration to finished production. Korg i3 Music Workstation Specs: You can select from three different touch-curves to get the optimum keyboard response with a fourth setting providing a fixed output level. Waveform ROM: i3: 6Mb, i2: 8Mb (the i2's extra 2Mb are dedicated to an additional multisampled acoustic piano) Created by master programmers and musicians, 800 instrument sounds are built into the Korg i3. These sounds include a complete GM2 set which provides fantastic compatibility with General MIDI.

Now you can easily call up one of the 200 sound sets from the memory and place up to four sounds on the keyboard at once. Reset the split point instantly with the touch of a button and the press of a key. Thanks to the generous 64 voices of polyphony you can now produce more voices for more complex textures. And at the touch of a button, you can instantly recall the grand piano sound at any time. Specifications Keyboard Copy the STYLE folder in the extracted style name folder to the i3 folder of USB flash drive. If you do not have a STYLE folder, create one and copy the USERxx.STY file into it.