Korg will be displaying the M50 music workstation at its booth. The M50 distills the sonic essence of the company's M3 XPanded flagship into a portable, affordable new instrument. The recently unveiled 61-and 88-key models are now joined by the new 73-key unit. Packed with up-to-the-minute sound and features, the M50's streamlined, modern design includes an angled control panel for easy viewing and Korg's exclusive, full-size TouchView interface for the first time in a mid-priced instrument. Drawing on the company's history of workstation expertise, the M50 is an ideal performing instrument and a full-featured studio solution for all musicians.

The EDS (Extended Definition Synthesis) now includes a three-stage, velocity-switched stereo piano programmed in conjunction with samples of the damper resonance. Also new are a number of vintage keyboards, including the classic Korg SG-1 Sampling Grand, numerous electric pianos and clays, along with 1960s-era tape playback strings and flute sounds.

The M50 offers 256 MB of PCM data shaped into 608 programs and 384 combinations by Korg's renowned voicing staff, covering all the acoustic, synthetic and imaginative sounds that players demand. User-edited data can be saved into the internal memory, with space for 640 programs, 512 combinations and 48 drum kits. The M50 offers advanced sound-shaping features, including low-aliasing oscillators, a powerful filter topology and detailed envelope generators, plus a drive parameter andalternate modulation source mixers.

The unit also provides five insert effects, two master effects and one total effect, along with 170 effects types. A three-band EQ is available for each program, the drum track and each of the 16 timbres/tracks.