Danny I went from a 900 to a 1000 also. a little disapointed at first then copied missing styles to 1000. problem solved. some of the sounds on 1000 were not as good, just a few so I replaced them with the same sound in legacy or gm sounds. Now all the other things you could not do before are there and you can build your own keyboard just the way you like. I love mine because I took the time and built it like I wanted it not over night but a little at a time. the compressor will make a big differance also by the way . Just keep working it and don't give up It is a great keyboard.
Good luck
MEL

Question for DonM and others who have owned both. Why do I get the feeling that the PA4x didn't require all of the 'customizing' to sound good 'out of the box' like the PA1000. Is that true (and if so, I wonder why - given the same manufacturer)?

chas

That's easy $1800.00 difference in price there is a reason for that...
so many internal sound differences between the two.
They are definite different in many ways ....
at least that is what I heard when I had the
Pa3x, Two Pa4x, Pa900, Pa1000...
with KORG units you need to "Do YOUR Homework"
it takes a bit of time and seriously make it your own and hope in the end will bring you joy and happiness.

How about an observation from someone that didn't own a PA4x or PA1000... by choice (I did play both).

But I am in position to compare another manufacturer's mid and high end models..

Roland E80 was much richer sound than the E60 .. I am sure the difference is the digital
converters.. Better quality (higher cost)..

In some cases the samples themselves are more detailed (same sounds are larger samples than the lesser model, and I think they are compressed more on the lower models.

Even today, I know the Roland G70 sounds better than the E-A7... for the same reasons I mentioned already.

Yeah, but if you can correct the deficiencies through EDITING........

???

chas

You compensate by using EQ and change velocity to a more acceptable sound. Also the arranger backing is edited with level changes that actually covers up the lead sounds a bit.

You get what you pay for bottom line..

I did buy a PA1000 and gave it a pretty good chance. I was spoiled by the PA4x though and didn't keep it long. I particularly like the vocal processing the 4X.
Our friend Scott Yee, after MANY years of nothing but Yamaha, bought a PA1000, and he absolutely loves it. He loved it right out of the box and as far as I know is still loving it.
The PA4x also has the MAXX e.q. system so it is really easy to set e.q. they way you like to hear it. You can certainly change and edit e.q. on the 1000 but it is far more simple on the big brother.
One good point about the 1000 is that you can play styles from the PA4X, since the 1000 is the newer model. Korg lets you go backward but not forward in using styles from the other models. You may have to change a sound or two around for them to sound best of course.
Without being too crude, the PA4X has more "balls".

Yes... $1800.00 worth... Just sayin'

I had three Pa4x keyboards, and now a Pa 1000. If you put in 10 hours to make the Pa 1000 sound good, the same amount of time on a Pa4x you will get much more.

(Donny) “You get what you pay for”. Buy the best that YOU can afford, you’ll have less regrets. Both the Pa4x and the Pa 1000 are great keyboards. The Pa 1000 will serve you well.

John C.