vic, now the x1 has one of the best joystick pitch benders like roland and korg and it has the modulation included in it (you press the joystick bender to the up and you will get the modulation like on roland and korg). This pitch bender is made by ketron and is supplied with the x1 oriental. As you see now ketron has two models of x1 one is normal and the other is oriental with the joystick pitch bender.

The oriental x1 is a little bit more expensive than the normal x1.