Should I add Radias to my Korg M3?

[Phollop Willing PA]

.....talking about the internal Radias.



I already have a MS 2000R which is a is a keeper.

[Ashe37]

Get it if you can, I enjoy mine.

(as a note, i just oprdered the RAM expansion for my M3 and was told its on backorder from Japan )

[Phollop Willing PA]

After viewing as many M3 Radias EXP videos as I could find, only one, had something interesting to me. A Karmaic flurry on one side of a split keyboard and a plain soulful sine wave lead on the other (right). It was beautiful in it's lonesomeness but was it worth an extra $345 CDN (taxes in)? Not when a similar (if not exact duplication) can happen on my MS 2000R.

If anyone is looking for an Radias EXP for an M3, our local music store has one at $300 + tax. It might be the last one in the chain. Let me know and I'll put you in touch.

[Ashe37]

After viewing as many M3 Radias EXP videos as I could find, only one, had something interesting to me. A Karmaic flurry on one side of a split keyboard and a plain soulful sine wave lead on the other (right). It was beautiful in it's lonesomeness but was it worth an extra $345 CDN (taxes in)? Not when a similar (if not exact duplication) can happen on my MS 2000R.

If anyone is looking for an Radias EXP for an M3, our local music store has one at $300 + tax. It might be the last one in the chain. Let me know and I'll put you in touch.

The RADIAS module can do lots of things an MS2k can't. A Radias can do things the EXB-RADIAS can't. 24 voices, more oscillator types, a mod matrix, more filter types, filter drive curves, etc. You really should consider picking up that $300 EXB-RADIAS.

And yes, many of the video demos for it are kind of... thin. Somehow i think most of the people that have them don't really know how to program it (despite having the software editor and the ability to import both RADIAS and R3 patches...)

[Phollop Willing PA]

Fearing the Radias EXP is going to get rare, and to add value to my M3 when I sell it, and a reasonable price, and it was my birthday, decided to get it. I have no combis installed and there are a couple of voices that will prove useful. I'll do some editing and download some combis and see.

Your enthusiasm for this, Ashe37, prompted me to reconsider.

Getting around the M3 in depth, is a bit of a boggle for me. My brain is getting old and set in its ways.

[Ashe37]

'nother suggestion:

Order some nintendo DS styluses (Styli?) to use on the touch screen, makes accurate screen use easier. Of course, you may be doing most of the editing on the computer editor...