How long has the PA1X been out now, though...?
It was first seen at the NAMM show Jan 04
It must be enough to amortize their development costs.
It would have been a hot seller, and I guess if something is selling so well. Why stop selling it. Why not use that time and money to develop an even better successor.
Didn't the PA80 come out AFTER it? And that has already been replaced.
No, believe it or not, the Pa80 came out in July 2000.
It would not be in Korg's best interest to sit on this new technology for no reason other than a 'promise' to it's existing user base.
True, but I think they have used the time wisely, while making existing customers very happy, they have given themselves a lot of time to develop something truly amazing.
So, who knows. Maybe the next model will be a super duper workstation arranger :-)
It's time to attract new customers to the line that may be a bit hesitant, given the poor comparison (at least in some specs) to other, more up to date arrangers.
Agreed, and I think we will see something at summer NAMM.
You don't see the M3 not being released because they don't want to p*ss off the Triton Extreme buyers..... Mark my words, I think we'll be seeing a new TOTL Korg this year, and current PA1X buyers will be MUCH more likely to buy it, now Korg have shown how well they support legacy products.
The Triton Extreme has been around since the start of 2004. The M3 is also more of a replacement for the entire Triton Series line in my opinion, which goes WAY back to the release of the Triton Classic.
So, this has been on the cards for a very long time. Too long in fact. Maybe people would have expected the Triton Series to be replaced after the release of the Triton Studio and not to see a TR and Extreme.
Kind Regards.
James.
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