Korg X50 Music Synthesizer
The X50 music synthesizer is great to play and perform and is full with Korg’s idiosyncratic and world-famous sounds. This synthesizer designed for simple and spontaneous operation, and features an ultra-light and compact design that’s perfect for the on the go musician. The X50 brings matchless handiness and pleasure for live performance and song production.
The Hyper Integrated sound engine which is used on the world-renowned
Korg X50 Music Synthesizer
TRITON series is incorporated in the Korg X50 music synthesizer. This extra-ordinary sound engine offers professional quality sounds in an ultra-packed in body.
The X50 music synthesizer provides two polyphonic arpeggiators which allows an assortment of phrases using just one finger. In Combination mode you can employ the two arpeggiators to play drums and bass at the same time as you play chords and melody, giving you astonishing power for live performances. The X50 also gives an extra 251 patterns containing a variety of phrases in accumulation to five basic preset arpeggio patterns and you can also generate your own original patterns and save them in internal memory.
The X50 synthesizer comes with professional-quality sounds and an extensive range of functions into an remarkably light and compact body. The X50 possess an ultra-light weight of only 4.5 kg and with a 61-note keyboard that provides you abundance of room to perform. The X50 can fit into the minimum home studio workspace with its compact design, and with its side handles you can carry the X50 wherever you go.
The Korg’s X 50 brings a rich range of sounds and powerful effects with its 64 MB PCM memory and the sounds include piano, strings, guitar, and synth sounds. The effect segment lets you at the same time use four effects and provides a full range of effect types such as reverb, chorus, and delay. That’s not all with 512 sound Programs; together with 384 “Combinations” that provides up to eight Programs together. The X50 is compatible with Korg’s TR line of music workstations that lets you share sounds and songs with Korg users around the globe.
The X50 music synthesizer built-in with individual outputs, and lets you to do professional setups in which the sounds of precise parts are sent to their own outputs. If you are recording and you want to EQ and practice each sound separately, and for surround-sound applications, this feature is excellent for that situation.
Multi Mode allows the Korg X50 to be played from your external sequencer as a 16-part multi-timbral sound module.
Key Features of X50 music synthesizer
- 512 professional-quality sound programs formed by the HI synthesis system used on the world-renowned TRITON series.
- 384 combinations, each allowing up to eight programs to be freely combined to create complex sounds.
- Four-channel audio output (two main channels, two individual channels), a first in its class.
- Stand-alone and ground-breaking plug-in sound editing software is included, allowing you to tweak and program the X50, even within your DAW software.
- Powerful effect section with four processors (one insert effect, two master effects, one master EQ).
- Dual polyphonic arpeggiator for even more musical pleasure.
- USB connector allows single-cable MIDI connection with your computer.
Technical specifications of Korg X50 Music Synthesizer
- Display: 240 x 64 dots LCD with backlight, graphical user interface
- Keyboard: 61-key, velocity sensitive
- Tone Generator: Hyper Integrated sound engine 48 kHz sampling frequency 64 MB PCM ROM 470 multi-samples + 518 drum-samples
- Polyphony: 62 voices, 62 oscillators (in single mode) 31 voices, 62 oscillators (in double mode)
- Number Of Effect Types: 89 (available for Insert Effect and Master Effects)
- Effect Section: Stereo digital multi-effect system – all can be used simultaneously 2 Master Effects (mono in, stereo out) 1 Insert Effect (stereo in/out) 1 Master Effect (3-band stereo)
- Programs, Combinations, Multi-Sets, Drumkits: 512 user Programs (512 preloaded) 384 user Combinations (384 preloaded) 128 user Multi sets (16 preloaded) 40 user Drumkits (16 preloaded) GM sound map compatible – 128 programs + 9 GM2 drum kits (ROM)
- Controllers: pitch bend wheel modulation wheel REALTIME CONTROLS knob 1~4 Audition key Category key
- Dual Polyphonic Arpeggiator: Two arpeggiators, useable simultaneously in Combination and Multi Modes, one arpeggiator can be used in Program Mode 5 preset, 251 user arpeggio patterns (251 preloaded)
- Control Inputs: damper (half-pedaling supported) assignable switch assignable pedal
- Outputs: MAIN-L/MONO, R INDIVIDUAL-1, 2 Headphones
- USB: type B connector (transmits MIDI only)
- Midi: In, Out
- Power Supply: DC 12 V
- Current Consumption: 12 Watts
- Dimensions: 38.39” (W) x 10.12” (D) x 3.15” (H)/ 975 (W) x 257 (D) x 80 (H) mm
- Weight: 9.48 lbs./4.3 kg
Tags: 61 keys, HI sound engine, Korg X50 Review, PCM memory, polyphonic arpeggiator, TRITON series, workstations
Synthesizer | Niko | 09 October 2011 |
