Islander, greetings! If you have a PSR 9000 then you have 126 note Polyphony already. So the Korg Pa-1XPro would definitely be a step down polyphony wise.

The PSR 9000 was noted for having poor Polyphony allocation and many people were complaining of note drop off on the PSR 9000, so I can see your need and interest for an Arranger that wouldn't have that problem. Unfortunately I don't think the yet to be Korg Pa-1X "61 Key" Arranger will have more than the 76 Key Flagship Pa-1XPro. Even Korg's new Triton Studio "non-Arranger" which has 126 note Polyphony does not allocate that polyphony across the Board. Half goes to the Piano Voices and the other half goes to the rest of the Voices. Disconcerting to say the least.

Best regards,
Mike

NOTE: Korg's allocation of the polyphony on the Pa-1XPro could be much better though, so even though it has only 62 note polyphony it may be allocated extremely well and even may have fewer dropouts (comparing apples to apples- "Voices/Layering/etc., when arranging a song on the PSR 9000 VS the Pa-1XPro) than you get with your 126 note polyphony PSR 9000. But that has yet to be determined.

Aloha!

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