Harosha,
You should understand that many of the technically oriented current users of the PA80 do use KAT2000.

But style programming itself is difficult and time consuming, and has unique requirement (instrument voicing, etc.)

(Terry and I had an extensive interchange on the Irish Acts board about KAT; you might want to check the archives to see our different perspectives).

I have found Milan (who produces KAT2000) to be quite conscientious about supporting KAT. One of the issues is that apparently the DLL that Korg uses apparently has bugs, or is incomplete, making it difficult for Milan.

Again, discussion of these issues is ongoing at IrishActs, and if we can ever get the issues resolved, SONAR will become a very powerful tool for style creation.

But until the outstanding issues are fixed; again,

1. Transferring Instruments correctly.
2. Separating the Midi from the audio.

I can't recommend it for editing. But it is very good for understanding the issues involved, arranging style elements (which can be cut and pasted in the most recent version) and programs, and getting a conceptual handle on how the styles and programs are configured from a software perspective.

But join us at IrishActs to be involved in this project; it is important to me as well, since I want to create styles from scratch efficiently as well.

Best Regards,

Chuck

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