Can you audition or play styles directly while on the USB stick instead of having to import them first to the user user banks?

It makes life alot easier and quicker if you can plug in a USB stick loaded with styles and then just play them before having to actually load them into the onboard style user banks. - this can be done on Yamaha PSR and Tyros, it cant be done on the PA 500 or 800, so wondering/hoping this has been fixed on the PA 3?

Thanks
Nick

Wow...never knew that about Korg. That can be a hassle.

How about other types of files like sounds, voices, midis, registrations, etc.? Can any of these load and play directly from a USB, or must they too be loaded into the keyboard first?

So the PA 500 lets you overwrite the factory style banks as well...

Something I would never have liked to dive into by I might have to do this now because I only have 2 user style banks to play with and they are all full with good styles that I definitely don't want to throw away - hence the reason why I don't like to having to load a new style every time I want to just test it out and see if its worth keeping.

The 'favourites' folder sounds good - definitely something I'de like to have! I'm waiting so anxiously for the PA 3X to hit Australia once again, taking soooo long!!

Most shops in Sydney have a back order of 5-10 PA3X's already allocated to people.

Nick

Hello everyone, regarding the PA 500 and PA 800 been able to overwrite the factory styles in case you run out of room (Most likely on the PA 500, since the PA800 also has the Favorite section same as the PA2X that is HUGE).
Yes, is possible, I have done it in BOTH, the 500 and 800, actually, also in the 2X too.
Is very powerful to be able to also RE-VOICE the Factory Preset styles too, also change the STS=OTS in Yamaha lingo....

I perform most of the time on the T4, but, I do not let go my PA500, if I need a style, I make it on the PA 500, then I convert it for the Yamaha and is done.

In many cases is actually faster to make Backups depending on the case of the performer, and load-Restore them and by the way, I recommend NOT to use the Compress function, this makes it to load or save much slower. As an example, I most of the time play at Senior Dances, and a fewer times I play at some private parties, this for Mexican people.

The advantage of the Backup vs the SET, is that the Backup not only contains all the set data, but, like in my case, I have replaced many Factory styles that I never use, like Rap, House, etc....besides my Performances/Registrations, user Voices, on the Factory presets I have change the STS, etc......so, this is much powerful way to use the most potential on the keyboard, and I simply re-load/Restore my backup for the Ballroom or for the Mexican parties....and is done in few minutes.

I did show how to use this feature to a Croatian guy that plays on weddings and use lots of User voices, samples, plus most user styles and performances, to simply use this feature and is very handy, he customized to have 2 or 3 different Backups per set, when he finish a music set, just begins the Restore backup for the second set, and after he takes a small break while is loading, his PA800 is ready to keep the party going.

Hi Larry,
most things get loaded. No big deal, whatever you load & save get retained in memory when keyboard gets switched off. Everythings there just as I left it,when I switch keyboard back on..
Samples, edited voices , registrations, songbook get retained in memory. Midifiles can be played direct from usb stick or internal harddrive.
You can choose to play individual songs or select the ones you want and play them as a jukebox selection.

There's 480 Favourites Slots, 120 User Slots, the user Styles saved to these slots get retained in memory.. I can save these 600 styles to a USB Stick or internal harddrive as a complete style set, I can then load them back in, as a complete set, or individual banks or individual styles.

I'm not even close to filling up my Favourites slots. I've got 100's of styles I've collected, but I don't see much point in loading them into the keyboard unless I've got a use for them.
They're saved in banks of genre. As I may have mentioned previously, if I haven't got an onboard style to suit, I load in the banks of user styles to the User Slots for auditioning.
My keyboard gets setup exactly how I want.

It was a bit of a pain at first, because I had been used to the Yammie play from USB stick system, but once I worked out the Korg file system, I actually now prefer it.