Hi All,

I presently have a PSR-2100. I was lookin at the Korg PA-50 and it looks delicious. Wanted to know what would be sensible..whether to exchange the 2100 for the PA-50 or buy a PA-50 as a backup board. Kindly advice.

Thanx
SUNNY

Buy the PA-50 and keep the PSR-2100 as a backup board (though I think you will use it no more).
Admar

Hi Sunny,
I just purchased a PA50 last night and I can say that it is powerful. Much different than the PSR. I'm now seeking Roland styles to compliment the existing ones.
P.S. Anyone have Roland styles (G70/VA) that are formatted already?
Greatly appreciated,
zuki

Depends on what you want and how you will use it. The 2100 is much easier to operate and the fills, intros, endings are better. If you use a lot of midi files, the PA has two sequence players.
I had a PA80 and, although I loved the sounds, was far happier with the 2100.
DonM

Hi all,
thanx for the inputs.Im quite happy with the 2100 but i need styles for dance n remix medleys for parties therefore i looked at the PA.I luv the 2100 styles too but not the dance ones.Also i use the mic input on the 2100 a lot n also vh.Hmmm...tough decision.

Cheers
Sunny

sunny

Yesterday my life was filled with rain......

Sorry sunny, I just HAD to do it.

Here are the PA80 styles plus more for the PSR. You may want to do some tweaking to suit your own tastes. You may find these styles sound better on the Yamaha. They do to me.
http://www.psrtutorial.com/Files/KBkorgOH.html

Best
Scott Langholff



[This message has been edited by Scott Langholff (edited 09-24-2005).]

Hey scotty nice 1...thx a ton 4 the styles..yet..i will demo the 50 on monday.

cheers
sunny

come off it Scott. I know you worship the yammies but this is really a bit over the top ,imho.
My advice to sunster: "if you can afford it ,get the PA-50 and keep the PSR2100.
there is nothing to beat two different keyboards of different manufacturers.
(......apart from three different keyboards that is..........). And the PA DOES sound substantially different from the PA-50.
I have tons of software for the PA-50 , so should you decide to go ahead, just drop me an email..

regards,
john smies

Hi John

Well.........actually nothing to come off of.haha. Seriously, John, I play those styles through my Tyros and they to me and my wifes ears certainly do sound better than the PA50. Some of this is personal preference I guess. Of course the Tyros sells for 3 times what the PA50 does, so I would certainly hope they would sound better.

The converted styles sound a lot better than they did just a few years ago. The PSR2100 has similar type sounds.

I found the PA50 to have some nice styles and especially liked the jazz organ sounds. Electric pianos were pretty good also. The other sounds don't do much for us out of the box.

My wife and I also thought your recordings on the PA50 sounded exceptionally good. But, you also spent a lot of time tweaking and programming, something I have no interest in getting involved in at all.

I also think the PA50/60/80 sounds are best suited for "modern" music. Meaning to me from the 1950's forward as compared to the old swing standards pre-1960ish.

So if one is doing "modern" music such as yourself and sunny, then they may even find the PA50/60/80 fine out of the box, or decide to do like you did. Or, maybe just use the converted styles in a Yamaha.

So that's where I'm coming from and quite frankly if you ever get a chance to download those styles from Joe Waters' site and try them in a Tyros I think you will have to agree.

I have never heard a PA1X but am looking forward to hear that as well as a G70 as I imagine they both sound pretty good.

So, really, I think you can see no offense was intended to Korg owners.

Best
Scott

Hi Scott,

No offence taken mate, that goes without saying. In time I will try and give them a listening on the Tyros. I tend to agree that the Yammies sound better "straight out of the box" than any other arranger keyboard, including the Korgs though they do not sound all that bad. And yes I have done tremendous tweaking for the PA80/50, freely available by the way via www.irishacts.com or via myself. In this respect the Roland really is a goner, as it sounds horrible out of the box imho and needs even much more tweaking than the Korgs. And I also agree that the Korgs have the edge in the "modern section"though the album I recorded with it and which you have got shows that they can do real well in the
"laid back/easy "department as well.
to me it seems choices are becoming relatively easy instead of more complicated these days.
In the upper echelons I would advice anyone to choose between Tyros 2 and Korg PA1X or both if you can afford it, and in the budget category it would be again a Yammie vs. Korg advice that is: PSR3000 or PA-50 , preferably both. All the rest is good enough for the trimmings, no offence guys !!!!
regards,
john