OSIMO, Italy - March 2, 2009 - Korg Italy launch today a web survey that will be running during March 2009. This survey is intended to help us gather useful informations about you, your work-flow and your opinions about our products. It is open to all arranger users - not only Korg customers.

As we strive to improve customer satisfaction, the result of this survey may help us to drive new product development and/or to improve current products to better suit your needs.

If you would like to participate in this survey please follow the link below: it will take only 15 minutes of your time. Also feel free to share this link with friends and colleagues.
http://www.korgpa.com/pa_root/en/news/survey.html

Korg would like to thanks in advance anybody attending to our survey.

The Korg Team

This is a good thing of Korg to do, and when Korg bother ask,
I'd surely took time to fill in the info asked.
Way to go Korg, let's see what results this bring up.
Maybe the PA3X Pro?
GJ

Yes, but probably not for another two or three more years at best. I can wait by the way.

One of the BIG limitations current mid and high-end Arrangers face (except the new Audya) is the polyphony constraint (read: 128 voice "roadblock") or wall we're up against from every manufacturer (except Ketron with their new Audya ). Breaking the 128 (in the case of the PA800/PA2X "120") note polyphony barrier, will be a challenge, because the manufacturers seem content to milk 120/128 for everything it's worth (or they think it's worth anyway ) - and all the while "much to the chagrin of consumers" who are eagerly anticipating and 'pleading' with the Big Three to move beyond the 120/128 note polyphony barrier they seem sooooo content on maintaining or, better yet, "wallowing in" - and consumers be damned apparently, as evidenced by their lack of action in that regard.

It is obvious that I am leaving Ketron out of that "putrified" category because Ketron is on course to being "thee" most innovative and cutting edge arranger keyboard maker on the planet, and should be commended and "applauded" as such, for Ketron has given the Audya "197" beautiful notes of polyphony. Which is 69 notes more than anything from Yammie and 77 notes more than anything from King Kong.. uh, I mean prince Korg.

So, I will wait for the "next" generation - in two or three years down the road - and see if the Big Three have gotten off their proverbial duffs and addressed the polyphony "roadblock, bottleneck, wall, barrier, limitation, etc." and started raising the polyphony bar to acceptable levels in the 21st century. We are in the 21st century right?

Somehow I feel Yammie and the rest of 'em WILL FINALLY accommodate the needs of consumers with their next generation of arranger and workstation products. When someone like Ketron (who is a relatively 'small' company by comparison to the Big Three) takes the lead in the polyphony race, you have to think that Yammie and the rest will "change their obstinate ways" and once again bump up and "raise" the polyphony bar beyond the 120/128 we've seen now for what seems like eons and eons already...................................................

>> They (the Big Three) can't let a little company like Ketron "continue" to upstage them now can they?? [img]http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/confused.gif[/img] Hopefully they (the Big Three) have better sense than "that" right? [img]http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/smile.gif[/img] Don't make me eat crow now Yammie, Korg, and Roland, okay? [img]http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/cool.gif[/img] >> I know how they like to rub it in sometimes though. [img]http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/biggrin.gif[/img] Anyone for wild crow surprise? [img]http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/biggrin.gif[/img] They say it goes really well with a dash of rosemary and thyme. [img]http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/wink.gif[/img] We'll see...

All the best,
Mike

[This message has been edited by keybplayer (edited 03-02-2009).]

I can't for the life of me recall ever hearing a dropout on my G70 (128 notes).

Hey, but maybe that's because I don't play long sustained sounds with the sustain pedal permanently glued down!

Less is more is the mantra for good music, usually. But I can see how 128 notes might be a roadblock to making BAD music

How often HAVE you bumped into this polyphony limit, Mike?