Try comparing the piano sounds playing single notes from pp to ff and I'm sure you'll appreciate the difference.

George...Great review. Your enthusiasm certain shows in your report....keep em coming.

Hi George,

GREAT REVIEW! I'm curious. Does the PA800 have the equivalent of T2's MUSIC FINDER??

Regards,
Don

George, just to clarify........ what is the maximum sample RAM on the PA800, and how long does it take to load 64MB from the internal memory (is this solid-state or an internal HD?) into the active RAM. Is this true USB 2 speed, or just more efficient USB1 speeds? Theoretically, USB 1 ought to get close to 1MB/sec, and USB 2 is at least 100X faster.

My venerable K2500 can get about 1MB/sec from it's internal SCSI disk, so about 1 min for 64MB. PLEASE tell me that things have got better in the last 10 years! Sampling in an arranger is such a good idea, but only if tied to a fast load-up time, given the constant need to change setups and sounds at the drop of a hat.......

Oh, and does loading samples up render the keyboard dead, or can you play while loading?

Thanks.....

The Korg has a SongBook. You can read about it in the manual.
http://www.korgpa.com/pa_root/pdf/pa800/Pa800-100F-ENG.pdf

Regards,

Jerry



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George, thanks for the great review. How's the organ/B3 sound and Leslie sim?

Thanks,
Glenn

I was almost ready to take the plunge and get a Tyros 2, but after a bit of research on this keyboard I am a bit confused?!? Hmmmmm.......

The organs are great. They are the same as the PA1XPRO. There are digital draw bars like the Yamaha and Roland and the leslie can be ramped up fast or slow by using the joy stick, a foot switch or EC5 pedal board (and you can also assign perc.on and off and organ noise on and off, rotor on or off and slow to fast on and off as well!)
George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California

I found out today that the PA800's are actually at the dock in New York and are going through customs. I will have my first order of 9 arriving sometime between the 10th and 15th according to Korg.
George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California www.kayesmusicscene.com
818-881-5566