Is this practical? I just bought one for use in my heavy metal bands, but I'd love to use it to compose for my video game music as well, if possible. Are the patches as good as, say, the EastWest VSTs ( What I normally use )? By playing my songs on keyboard, instead of programming them into a computer, I should be able to compose much faster, and with much more emotion. Just wondering if anyone else has tried this, or something similar? Thanks!

For sure!

I don't think there is a right or wrong way, it all depends on what sound you are after. I mean, for realistic acoustic instruments you will never be able to beat sample based computer stuff...But that doesn't mean it is the "better" sound either. I find the new Korg units have a great sound.

That said, you can still play your songs on a keyboard with sample based tools. I have Goliath, which uses the Play vst host. I play that with an Axiom midi controller..in your case you could use the m3 as a midi host for that stuff. I agree it helps you add emotion by playing it yourself. I then fix up mistakes in midi! I might program parts if it's too hard for me to do, not to mention further automation etc.

You could use a combination of the M3 and PC based stuff it would be killer.


Try Karma, let me know how that is as a writing aid.

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For sure!

I don't think there is a right or wrong way, it all depends on what sound you are after. I mean, for realistic acoustic instruments you will never be able to beat sample based computer stuff...But that doesn't mean it is the "better" sound either. I find the new Korg units have a great sound.

That said, you can still play your songs on a keyboard with sample based tools. I have Goliath, which uses the Play vst host. I play that with an Axiom midi controller..in your case you could use the m3 as a midi host for that stuff. I agree it helps you add emotion by playing it yourself. I then fix up mistakes in midi! I might program parts if it's too hard for me to do, not to mention further automation etc.

You could use a combination of the M3 and PC based stuff it would be killer.


Try Karma, let me know how that is as a writing aid.

Thanks for the reply. I'm after realistic stuff, mainly, but it doesn't have to be realistic to the point where you cannot tell, if you listen hard, whether it is synthetic or not. I simply do not want my VSTs to be so unrealistic that they are detrimental to the experience.

I'll be sure to tell you what Karma is like when I've played with it for a bit.

Quote: Original post by Jay Taylor

Try Karma, let me know how that is as a writing aid.

Jay, the Korg came in the other day. I've been playing with it a lot. It's a great keyboard.. the best I've ever played. Then again, I haven't played an OASYS ;).

KARMA is pretty awesome. It feels just like jamming with another human - it'll be off at first, but if you give it time, it'll slowly start to get in beat with you and really groove. It recognizes key and time sig changes. I've never heard it have a conflicting note, which is very cool though I guess, when thinking about it, that would be quite easy to program.

It's a very smart system. I wouldn't buy a Korg M3 just for KARMA, and I would buy a Korg M3 even if it didn't have KARMA, but that's maybe because it's not something I plan on using all the time, and because I might not know its' full capabilities yet.