November 1st marks the North American availability for Korg’s newest synth, the M50. The idea behind the synth seems pretty solid: make something affordable that’s a bit better than the base model, low-end synths on the market now.
They say “Agile. Vibrant. Sexy.,” but I say pretty nice for the price, or so it seems on paper. It’s packing 256MB of sound rom, a nice touch screen, runs as a plug-in in your DAW, and comes in 61, 73, and 88-key versions. Starting at just over $1,000, that’s not bad at all.
The audio demos on Korg’s page for the synth aren’t anything fancy, but they do show possiblity. The demo video is cheesy as hell, but it does give you a good idea of how this new board works and sounds.
I’m going to try to get my paws on this soon and tell you what I think.
