Everyone,
I have an advanced release model. Korg has a shipment sitting on the docks in New York. As soon as they arrive I will be receiving my order. This should be, according to Korg around the 10th or so. Not a guaranty but an educated guess from Korg USA.
The new features of this keyboard compared to the PA1X keyboard would be the addition of an "easy Mode" which makes it easier to navigate for the first time Korg user.
There are now 2- 2.0 USB slots for saving, loading and playing songs.
There is a dedicated Mic on/off button. A dedicated Vocal on/off button and a dedicated vocal effect on/off button.
There are hundreds of new sounds plus many of the original PA!X sounds. The engine now allows for 16 oscillators per voice compared to only 5 on the PA1X.
There are so many new styles plus old styles plus new catagories called unplugged and contemporary
There is a new button called favorites where you can save all your favorite styles in an order you want to see them in.
Most every other button is the same as the PA1X. What is missing are the 8 faders, the PA800 has two assignable. There is a new fader which allows you to mix between the accomp. and the right hand voices. This is set to equal mix in the middle and all style at the bottom and all right hand at the top.
There are 4 outputs and 2 inputs, both with gain controls for mics or CD's, etc. The mic input is 1/4" only, no XLR like the PA1X.
The PA800 cannot take expansion boards like the latin card, etc. This is reserved for the higher priced PA1X. Sample memory in the PA800 is 64. It is 16 MB in the PA1X and can only be expanded to 32MB with a chip.
The screen on the PA800 is in several colors, included Yellow, Blue, Green and Red. The PA1X is only blue and white.
That's about it.......




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George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California
818-881-5566
www.kayesmusicscene.com