The touch screen makes editing your sounds and effects a breeze. I use this synth in its SEQ mode for use with cubase. In My opinion, I think Korg knows how to make the best workstations on the market. The stock sounds are typical. This keyboard was designed for many different uses. The combi mode is impressive, very powerful sound layering can be set up here. I have never once used it in combi mode, but now that I have much more gear I am considering it. I use it in SEQ mode. I do edit sounds a lot on this thing. The filters are great, even though this is a pcm digital playback system, the filters can make it sound good. The efx are where this board really stands out against other workstations in this class. 8 insert, and 2 master. they can be routed anyway, on any sounds. But it uses a block system for its effects. the more blocks for the effect you choose the more powerful the effect. 4 block phaser is amazing, but a 2 block will suffice. Phaser, Doppler, Amp Sim, Overdrive, & all kinds of delays are just a few i really love. There are many more effects than the ones i just listed.

People have told me that this synth is far to pretty sounding to make industrial music with, but i just laugh, because if you play with the filters and effects you can make this synth growl like no other. It does have a very bright sound to it over all. Nice High end and decent low end. The Trinity I own has the Phrophecy built in to it. And this mono (moss) analog modeling synth is a decent for sweeps, sound effects, and bass sounds. It also can make guitar and wind instrument sounds very well. There is a Z1 add in, but doesn’t sound as good as the prophecy.

The stock sounds range from techno, jazz, country, trance. It has some nice vocal synth sounds, some nice guitar sounds, some bass synth sounds, killer string sounds, & tons of ethnic & ethereal sounds. Nice sound effects as well. It is a great workstation. But one thing I must note is that the poly is 32(pcm) 1(moss). This combined with its 2 outs(effects) and 2 sub outs (no effects) makes it limited. But professional music composition requires many synths. I only run 5 to 6 sounds at once out of it. If you run anything more out of it, it gets hard to eq and ends up sounding muddy. Buy some 3rd party PCG sounds! The dance one from korg is great! Or edit the hell out of the stock sounds! you can get some killer sounds out of this synth! Used on Calling ov the Dead and Fun With Knives. And the triton doesn’t even come close, the filters on this are vastly superior as are the fx.