Originally Posted By: lahawk
Originally Posted By: spalding1968
i dont think anyone is saying that the sounds on all the styles and all the individual sounds on the PA500 compared to the PA3x are the same.

I thought that was the exact reason for the original topic post.


BTW...Fran, Frans, Rikki, and Bill have it correct. Newer keyboards can play older keyboard files and will sound the same or better.

Older keyboards can (sometimes) play newer keyboard files but will not sound the same, unless the exact same voices were used, which is unlikely. Even then, the newer keyboard sound engine plays a big role in the quality of the sound that the older keyboard cannot match.



Then you misread the original post lahawk.

this is what the original post actually said

'Before I sell my Pa500 today I made some comparison tests using same styles (taken from pa500 and loaded on pa3x). I only adjusted higher the volume on the Pa500. Master EQ off on both arrangers'

so clearly he was only comparing some of the same styles on the PA500 that are also on the PA3x. The funny thing is even though i hear the backward compatible argument rolled out time after time that should mean that the styles are compatible which they are but clearly the same old sounds are also being used which was evident from the tests regardless as to what you might wish to believe about the benefits of the 'new ' sound engine.


Edited by spalding1968 (03/27/12 03:40 PM)