Hi Don,
sorry to hear Genos wasn’t quite right for you.
Are you going back to using your Roland at work?

I think I read PA1000 didn’t work out either, did it have semi weighted keys too?

I will use either the Roland or the PA4X. This week I'll be using both, as I have to be set up in two rooms the same day.
I didn't get along with the PA1000 very well. I had the PA900 for quite a while and liked it a lot.
I can still use the keys on the 4X, but by the end of the night my wrists hurt. I'll take pills for now.

Don and Pa4x perfect together.. Except for the keybed..

It's like women. In the words of a country song, "Big, little, short or tall, wish I could have kept 'em all, I loved them every one."

Still liking mine ...

Hi Don,
Is a controller keyboard totally out of the question? You enjoy the Pa4x so much, surely there must be some way around it.

I have used controller keyboard with modules several times, Ketron Midjay, Roland BK7m, Ketron SD40, and always find there is too much stuff to deal with--extra cables, power supplies, screens, etc.
I would really like to keep everything in one package, one keyboard.
I like my setup and adding another keyboard to the Korg would complicate that.
But to answer your question, yes I have thought of it.
I can use the PA4X o.k. still; but not sure how much longer. We'll see how the fingers and wrists hold up.
There are no bad choices, just some that fit better.

You liked your pa900; what about a return to a pa3x (if you had one), or does it have same keybed feel as 4x?

Don, Have you ever tried tucking a reeeeeealy narrow controller under the PA4x? It'd hardly be noticeable, both sets of keys would be really close - there's no extra audio wires, or pedals needed - just a single midi cable. Sustain, breaks etc - all controlled by the 4x. The Korg might even power the controller via usb. As much as you use your left hand for bends, and such - this would give you the same basic hand position. You'd also have a full keyboard to play intros and endings on, or just to noodle 'round before you pick a song. You wouldn't even have to write, or edit a single Performance (registration). It's food for thought.

Same keys