hi,
i bought a pa60 to replace my i5 on stage. i found that
it really works well with the i5 but i still have reservations about using it alone. please read on before you sell your i30. i would keep it until you are sure that
the pa 60 or 80 will do the job. here's my post on another
forum.
hi everyone:
last month i bought a pa80. i've been
following it's development for the past
2 years. i've been playing a i5s and a
i5m that replace me playing piano, synth,
bass pedals and drum machine. it took a little time to get use to playing this setup.
i had to learn to let the i5 play the rythms,
bass lines and stuff. i first i hated it because the korg i5 sounded better. it opened
up doors to playing different types of music
and sound more like the record. BUT i felt like i wasn't really playing "it was the machine, ie. the i5. when korg dropped the
i series, i heard a lot of bad rap about the
pa 80. alot of frustrated owners. so i finally got the pa80 despite the bad rap. i went thru 3 pa80 in the month. pa1,i had volume problems. took it back to get another.
pa#2 would not save any program changes,this
was confirmed by the store. pa#3 just quit
playing in the first 15 minutes of the set.
not one korg pa80 made it thru a nite. after
the first pa, i learned to keep the i5 close
,just in case. after 3 pa80's, about 40 hours
of cross-matching styles and programming,i
threw in the towel and got my money back.
well here it is less than three weeks later
i come home with a new korg pa60 because i
don't need what the 80 has. (just a basic
arranger for performing). my approach (this
time) is keep it in my studio and enjoy it
for it's sound and take my time exploring
it instead of trying to replace something
that works well for now. i really like what korg is trying to do with the pa series, but
its gonna take a while for me to trust this
machine. i guess changes and progress are for the better, we'll have to wait and see.
i know that the i series are no longer supported(thats why i decided to try again).but sure do miss justplaying instead of programming "sts" and stuff
thanks for letting me vent.

wrinkles303
Junior Member posted 10-08-2002 02:42 PM
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oh i forgot to mention that the korg
district rep is very aware of this and has
schedule a meeting with me theis month. i will say the support has been great. stay tuned
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the pa 60 has no sound hold (bass) like the i5 has. this feature is important to me so i keep my i5 on stage. if i
can get past this problem, i think the pa could be trustworthy, its to early to tell.
UPDATE....10/19/02
WELL HERE IT IS ANOTHER KORG PA FAILURE
WEEKEND. AS EXPECTED IT DIDN'T MAKE IT
THRU THE NIGHT. MAN WHAT A PIECE OF CRAP.
EVEN SAM ASH IS LAUGHING ABOUT THIS ONE. THEY
SAID BRING IT BACK NO QUESTIONS. MY 150 DOLLAR I5S BLEW THIS THING OFF THE STAGE. IT'S REALLY BAD WHEN YOU GET REQUEST OF A SONG AND THEN ASK NOT TO USE THAT NEW KEYBOARD. I'M GOING WITH A ROLAND RD700
SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS GOOD AND WILL BE HERE
TOMMORROW. I HAD AN RD 10 YEARS AGO AND ITS STILL A STRONG KEYBOARD. SORRY TO INSULT
ANY PA OWNERS, BUT AFTER 4PA80'S AND 1 PA60
I'VE HAD IT. I'M GOING BACK TO PLAYING MUSIC
NOT PROGRAMMING.