On the workstation side of things - I had a Korg Triton Ex for a while that I used mainly for cover band gigging, got a Korg M3 after selling it. I thought the Triton actually sounded better in most regards.
The M3s keybed was beautiful and expressive, but theres just no damn good reason to use it anymore when softsynths come as close if not closer for the pads, eps, and organ tones. String banks are okay but for the price you could buy Vienna Starter edition for a full orchestra and have far more powerful and functional sounds, then supplement with the various EP/Organ vsts that are out there that sound killer at a fraction of the price.
The combis are flat out useless, and the synth presets are just woefully naff - its hard to imagine any discerning dance producer using those synths, not to mention that by most reports (I didnt personally use it) the firewire connectivity function was a flop.
I sold the m3, bought a laptop. Never looked back.
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