I find it VERY hard to adjust my button pushing from the general force I am using to play the keyboard... If I am playing a gentle ballad, no problem. But if I am smacking the living daylights out of some funky clav part, or pounding a rock piano part, rushing over to a button, and then delivering the gentlest of taps, and rushing back to pound again is VERY tricky.
So, I expect arranger buttons to be durable. Any manufacturer that expects us to baby them is counting on plenty of extra income from service sales after the warranty period runs out!
This is one reason why I consider multi-button footswitches SO essential. Plus, of course, your LH (or RH!) can just concentrate on playing! So far, after over three years of heavy use, not the slightest trace of a problem with my G70's buttons... The Triton is holding up well too (are they the same buttons as PA2Xpro?).
I am still curious as to why the fills issue hasn't been definitively investigated and corrected, yet, on Korg's. The thought of having to make playing compromises to get fills to work seems a bit primitive. I realize it is only some of them, but surely this should be a clue as to exactly what it is that's at fault? Any clues?
One more question about PA2Xpros.... You can purchase software that adds the Karma engine abilities to Triton's by using a laptop. Has anyone tried this on a PA2Xpro (or PA1Xpro)? I understand it is supposed to be the same engine...
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An arranger is just a tool. What matters is what you build with it..!