When I first watched the G70 video in Roland's
web page I decided to buy me one, but then came the great Tyros 2 vidz by Voncken and Baartmanns and ended up getting the Yammie instead.
I'm currently considering Korg's Pa2x Pro and was wondering if there's a similar official video demo of this board.

I just got a PA2XPRO. The demos on the Korg site are OK, but don't cover a lot of the sounds. Also, you might enjoy the PA800 video tutorial on the www.korgpa.com site. It s a nice overview of features, but not a full players demo. It's pretty detaled and includes the voice processor.
Lee

Thanks for the info guys.
I watched the pa800 video and it seems you can only have one split point. Is this the same with the Pa2x? If so then this is a deal breaker for me. Tyros 2 gives me 2 split points and even that is limiting but the placement of the registration buttons compensates for that.
Seems like I'm keeping my Yammie. :-)

My good old Gem gave me all possible splitpoints...It allowed to set every sound for a certain keyrange,,...very much fun possibilities.

Jpapas or anyone just wondering what you do with more then 2 split points when your playing....how many total would be sufficient...I have only ever used 1 before I read this. Am I missing something why would that be a deal breaker?

[This message has been edited by John DiLeo (edited 04-21-2008).]

Yes, the PA800 has only 1 split point, but 3 layered RH and great sounds/styles. You really should try it out

zuki

Are you saying that you have a Gem (General Music) keyboard and you can get more than one split point?

I have used the Genesys and only able to get one split point in regular playing mode.

This is one of the most overlooked features in an arranger. You can have 2 sounds in the righthand. So if you need to use a different sound in a split second in the right hand, you can do so with out having to press a button. You can have a melody sound and a brass sound in the right so you play the melody and immediately play the brass line. Also good for call and response. It is even better if you have 76 keys to do so.

Two split points... one of the best reasons for a 76 while you STILL play primarily in arranger mode. Three zones on a 61 can get a bit cramped.

But despair not, all you 61-ers! there IS a workaround, if your machine can do it... Want two different sounds for the RH without having to press a button? Layer both sounds together, and then either use velocity to cross-switch them (piano on lighter velocities, brass on the hard hits, e.g.) or use an expression pedal to cross-fade them (piano with the pedal UP, brass with the pedal DOWN, e.g.).

Try it... you might like it!

And to get back to the original post...

DON'T pick an arranger by looking at the factory videos... You'll be picking the best demonstrator, not necessarily the best arranger!

Learn from many of our members' missteps...

TRY THEM, BEFORE YOU BUY THEM...