Clif,

I agree with Uncle Dave - 62 note polyphony is a show-stopper for me. The arranger tracks (8 polyphonic parts) can use up tons of polyphony alone. Add to that real-time parts with the sustain pedal on, and there goes another 20-30 simultaneous sounds. Add to that the fact that most better-sounding voices use more then one voice of polyphony (2 on my Roland, up to 8 on high-end Yamahas) and there goes all the polyphony.

I find that with my style of playing (big chords with two hands, once I really get into it, sustain pedal, arranger going), I ran out of polyphony on more than one occasion. This does not mean that everybody will be concerned about this as much as I am, but how many one-finger players are going to fork over >$3000 for a keyboard?

This is INEXCUSABLE SHORTCOMING for an instrument intended as a performance arranger keyboard.

I don't use the sequencer, so that is of little concern to me, though it would be to many others in this forum. The sampling RAM is also miniscule - granted, if the native instrument sounds are good, most people it this forum would probably not use sampling. Still, it appears that Korg is intentionally handicapping the arranger instrument, as if we deserve less than someone who wants to play sequenced tracks with Triton (this is what most big-act stage performers do).

I hope that someone at Korg is listening to us, as I believe people in this forum are a pretty representative sample of the PA1x target market, and either fix the misprint (if this is what it was), or change the design between now and November (or whenever this thing will ship). As much as the 76 keys appeal to me, I am inclined more than before to buy a Tyros, which has many of the same features, much lower price, and more polyphony.

Regards,
Alex


[This message has been edited by Alex K (edited 07-20-2003).]