I sold my KN7000 and BK-9 and am considering the Pa4X. I am hoping that the update took care of the bugs, and would like some feedback on pros and cons. My Audya has the best sound, but is 4 yrs old and I don't know how long I can trust it. I am using my S970 and it is fine for what it is.

I had trouble delving into the Korg MicroArranger and hope the touch screen will make it easier for me to learn.

Good luck with the KORG Pa4x Bernie,...you can't go wrong it's an awesome arranger KB with so many kool features, but so is the Yamaha S970,....just sayin,.. better try to sell the Audya quickly also before the new KETRON line appears if you know what I mean.

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I'm totally happy with mine. Great sounds and unequaled operating features.
The latest update, three days ago, adds some operating features that I am really enjoying.
If you have any specific questions I'll try to answer them.

Good luck Bernie. For me, 3 years and counting, the 3x has been a real joy and I long for nothing more. The 4x should be everything you'd ever want.

Everything? Really?

But it probably has most things many of us will ever need to make good music.. The latest update added lossless compression to the user sample area allowing for 800 MB of user samples instead of the previous 400MB


However if you want easy to operate.... Yamaha is probably the wisest choice... Tyros 5 would also be a breat option..

Thank you all

I believe I have at least a cursory understanding except I didn't see where I can compile a group of favorite sounds from different groups. The Audya has 20 slots in a group that can be brought up with one press configured any way you want. I know I can use OTS and sets for a work around, but when playing over a midi eg, it is handy to grab any sound you want.

If and when I pull the trigger, I will have more specific questions.

Yes, it does this easily. You can create banks of Keysets, formerly knows as STS (single touch settings). You can have the last Keyset you used auto-selected when you touch the bank button, or you can opt to select your sound each time. I use it all the time. There are banks that are preset for each sound category and you can use them, use part of them, overwrite some of them or overwrite all of them. Custom sounds are treated the same way if you use them.

Thank you Don

Using pa4x is as easy as T5. It's just you can do many more things on it than on T5.

YES!