I just got my PA1X Pro and after playing it for about an hour all I can say is WOW!! This thing sounds and looks amazing! The key feel is awesome and the built quality is 10 times better than PA80. The colored touch screen is easy to use and the volume sliders are very handy. Most of the styles are from PA80, but they sound much better.

I didn't get a chance to play it too much but one of the complaints I had with PA80 was with the fills not timed correctly and when I switched from Yamaha PSR to KORG PA, I kind of missed the tight fills that Yamaha had. Looks like Korg has finally fixed the issue with fills. Again, I didn't get much time to check all the styles out but the ones I played sounded perfect.

harosha......Great news....good luck with your new pax1 pro....please keep us posted...Take some pics and when yopur comfortable record some of your great tunes so we can possibly hear them on your website also ok?

Jam On!!!!

Good Luck and Congrads Harosha!!! I get mine Monday. We will compare notes (no pun intended)

The TC harmonizer on this thing is AWESOME!! I have a TC VoiceOne and it sounds the same as that.

The drum sounds are excellent, I also like the bass and flute sounds. Piano sounds about the same as PA80, but I have Roalnd XV5050 which has better piano sound I think.

Well, back to playing this beast!!

Congratulations harosha,
It's brill having a new board to play with
Hope to hear all about it soon but in the meantime ENJOY
Best wishes
Tony

surprise, surprise............
after having flogged my Korg PA-80 last month I had my heart set (once more) on the
Ketron SD1plus, but after playing it for a couple of hours I decided it was disappointing after all. Hence I have decided to stick with Korg,notwithstanding their (fairly) poor acoustic piano sound and their arrogant customer support. (by some of them anyway).
What I have heard so far from the new Korg convinces me it is superior to the PA-80, which in itself is a good board really.
Perhaps Roland will spring a surprise on us in April at the Frankfurt Fair, though I doubt it to be good enough to compete with the current top 3 (Korg, Ketron and Yamaha).
I am always amazed by the sales of the Tyros as I regard it to be a home-keyboard more than anyting else, and not one for the professional entertainer out there on the stage. (but then I don't like Yamaha keyboards, never have, never will........)
Ah well, one has to allow each individual his idiosyncracies !
I will have to be patient as regards the new Korg as I have ordered the 61key version with speakers, which should be out in appr. 6 weeks time. Apparently already in heavy demand with the shopkeepers notwithstanding its (very) high price-tag.
As I mentioned on an earlier entry I have a sneaking suspicion many, many more of you will have included this new Korg baby in their set up come this summer.........

regards,
john

My review of PA1X Pro at HC:
http://www.harmony-central.com/Synth/Data/Korg/PA1X-Pro-01.html

So far it is really fun to play, it froze on me once yesterday while trying to transfer data from my PC. I wish it had USB MIDI, but it's no big deal. I also preferred the Flash card like with PA80 for sampling instead of HD and RAM combo, with flash card all the samples were faster to load, but the damn card was so expensive so I can't complain. So far so good ....

I really had to get used to playing chord changes with left hand because of 76 keys. I guess that's because I never had a 76 key arranger before.

As far as price, I think at $3000 it is not too bad considering the features you get. Compare it to the PA80 at $1999 ... HD, Harmony board, Flash Card, Video Card, Real drums expansion card, Turkish Expansion card etc ... everything were options and these add up to about $800 - $900 (ouch!). You get all these options with PA1X. Although, I would prefer it to be cheaper, but it is not so bad.

[This message has been edited by harosha (edited 01-26-2004).]

FYI ... alto music just got some in stock today, I got a call from them. Check out www.altomusic.com for contact info. The sales person's name in keyboard sales is Chris.

Just thought I let you guys know.

John,

How about a review of the Sd-1 and your reasons for not buying it.

Tom

Will do Tom,
just check the new thread:
KORG instead of KEtron SD1

kind regards,
john