Korg i3 66-Key Music Arranger

The KORG i3 is a full-featured arranger featuring 61 full-size, velocity-sensing keys. With the i3 Music Arranger, musical themes and phrases quickly develop into complete, ready-to-play productions. Self-contained, simple to use and fun to play, the i3 is the ideal synth for the budding composer, the energetic performer, or the inspired up-and-coming producer. Plus, with the option to run on battery power, the KORG i3 Music Arranger can go wherever music takes .KORG i3’s onboard effects and EQ allow to tailor the sound for any performance. can group sounds, beats and parts together by Sound Set and Style Performance Set to streamline the creative process, providing a shortcut to choosing the right sounds and pulling together the right beats and grooves. The sequencer records, saves and plays both MIDI and audio files— can even play along.Form Follows FunctionThe response of the KORG i3’s velocity-sensing keyboard is adjustable using the three touch-curves. A fourth setting provides a fixed output level. Transpose buttons shift the pitch of the keyboard up or down by two octaves, in octave increments. The professional joystick allows real-time articulation of pitch bend, vibrato, and brilliance during performance; an additional two-band EQ (Low and High) provides a final adjustment to the overall tone. All front panel buttons and controls are conveniently grouped together by function, and the custom backlit LCD delivers valuable visual feedback regarding the instrument’s current settings. A rotary data-wheel encoder can quickly edit the value of the onscreen parameters. The black-out finish, rubberized touch surface, and perforated end panels reflect the distinctive upscale design.It all Starts with the SoundThe i3 is endowed with decades of KORG sound design expertise. Inside ’ll find nearly 800 instrument sounds created with critical precision by master programmers and musicians. This includes a complete GM2 sound set, providing flawless General MIDI compatibility. Add to that another 59 custom Drum Kits, and ’re talking some serious sound. The operation of the i3 distinguishes between the Sound Set, that is the sounds played in real time on the keyboard; and the Style Performance Set, that is the sounds and parts generated by the i3 to augment performance. Calling up one of the 200 Sound Sets from memory can place up to four sounds on the keyboard at once; three layered across the upper keys, and one split to the lower keys. Reset the split point instantly with the touch of a button and the press of a key. The high-fidelity PCM sound engine provides a generous 64 voices of polyphony. Two stereo effect processors—each with 173 variations—add motion, depth and expression to each of these real-time sounds. Press the convenient Grand Piano button to instantly recall the prime piano sound of the i3 in any mode, at any time.Get it Together’ve got ideas. ’ve got some hooks. ’ve got some grooves. ’ve even got a few lines of splashy rhymes. The KORG i3 is the Arranger that can help put it all together. By selecting a Style Performance Set, the i3 can enhance any performance by adding in the missing parts – a drum beat, a bass line, some percussion hits, and any other backing parts may wish to add, from a tight funk brass section to some serious guitar strumming, from a string quartet to a grinding old blues organ. can actually have up to eight parts making up backing track. Each of the 270 Styles contains four related Performance Set options; each one recalls a different set of backing sounds, just as each Sound Set offers four related options for the real-time keyboard parts play self. Push buttons allow to instantly select or mute any and all backing parts or real-time parts, and the volume of each part can be adjusted at will

Product Highlights

• 61 full-size, velocity-sensing keys
• Custom backlit LCD
• Onboard effects and EQ allow to tailor r sound
• Full complement of IO, including two USB ports