New to me Korg keyboard

[davhill]

I've had Korg synths/keyboards since 1988 (it's all Rick Wakeman's fault. I found a mint used 01/W FD
after seeing him in York.)



I spent some time gigging in a 3-piece (lead guitar, bass and me on keys/drum machines). In around '98, I
bought a new X5D for a lead keyboard. This is a little 'board but it has the same synth engine as the 01/W
so it sounds great but lacks the rich strings, etc of the 01/W.



After today, my trusty X5D will be going up on sale. Because? See below.

My friend Jo once remarked she had several keyboards that belonged to her late husband
and our long-planned test meet happened this afternoon. Here's what was to be seen...

What was thought be an M1 turned out to be a classic Triton. Rigged to a guitar amp, it sounded good
but the voices sounded somewhat stilted to me.
A Korg PA1x was next up. Apart from weighing a ton, this arranger keyboard had it all, two sequencers,
auto backing and a superb set of piano voices and onboard speakers. Jo plans to keep this one.
I let her have a go on my X5D and like many, she was unimpressed by the unit's small size but knocked out by its capabilities.
Now for the one that had made me ears prick up. This is a Triton Extreme 61 and it blew me away. Again everything, plus a sequencer,
a vocoder function, a sampler, an arpeggiator and many amazing voices.



So it's a done deal, at an attractive price! Pardon me for having a small gloat.

I've looked after my X5D like a hen with one chick so it's practicaly mint and my 01/W was rebuilt by Korg
for the cost of carriage. So I'll be fixed up.

All I need to do now is take out the X5D's horrible soldered-in system battery (coin cell) to fit
a battery in a holder and restore the system from ROM. This'll allow battery changes in the future with no
special knowledge.

A productive afternoon's work!

Edited by davhill on Friday 6th September 01:36