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This keyboard was a major gear for live musicians in Asia and England in mid 90's,while in USA it was still O1W , TS 10 or K2000.
Ease of Use: 7 easy to sequence,hard to edit with small LCD.easy to use in general.
Features: 7 build in efx usable.on board sequencer is easy.i wrote 2 songs the day i bought it.
Expressiveness/Sounds: 8 bad ac piano,ok ac gtr,kick ass el gtr for that time -1993(listen to the song "What guitar" from demo disk,good organs,good winds,saxs and so on.since X series doesn't have wave shaping(like O series)and mulifilters(they only have low pass)they seems thin yet compared to the other instruments at that time, they are really warm sounding(that's why Kong continued the same chip and old efx until 2000 to it's I series. some perfomances are usable.good that you can copy efx from perfomance to song.can also use a perfomance in a song(take 8 tracks). bad ac piano means you will always need at least another non Korg piano module.
Reliability: 8 Cons:you can't write trasposition to a song(It can only be transposed on another X3 or Korg gear)even it' a GM song.If you have sequenced a GM song in X3 and tranposed the song to another key ,it will be only recognized by X3,not on other gear.Fatal if you are in a live gig and trying to play songs non-stop you will be using other direct disk play capable gear which will play songs untransposed causing your vocalist to get fired.you have to redo the tranposition on a computer or non korg gear.(here Roland kicked Korg's butt by superior sequencing capabilities even on early Roland gear(like 1991-2 Roland keyboards like JW-50 and so on.) good hard ware.thin keys(unlike O1 w).solid construction but relatively light(10 kg)which is good for travelling musician.
Customer Support: N/A never
Overall Rating: 8 my first pro keyboard is M1 and I thought I wanted a key with disk drive and GM.T3 was old ,O1w was 200 dollars more expensive and non GM.I traded X 3 for M1+1000 US dollars.I3 was all i needed but no performance memory and 800 dollars more.I have been playing as a pro for more than 10 years.I exchanged X3(plus cah) to XP50 (i needed a live gear with direct disk play)and I regret it. Korg gear in general can inspire you to play even they look hard to deal with.They look like they are ultimate tool for your music.well build,reliable,professional and superior looking(work stations only,not arranger KBs)(by the way M1 still looks the best).it still have some sounds as same as a Trinity or Triton.What you may need is another ac piano module.
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