Thank you both Diki and Bluezplayer - you bring up good points.

I didn't use the sampler in my VA-7 (much) for 2 reasons.

1. The playback was rather low-grade(ish) and mono - I'm a fiend for stereo everything!
2. The loading time (Zip disk).

Which brings me to the points of - loading time with the PAX-1 - does everything REALLY stop dead as it's loading samples etc? Maybe I can play them as high quality MP3's.

In regards to polyphony (I thought it was 64 notes) - does the PAX-1 "run out of steam" and start noticeably stealing voices?
This would be a big issue for me as I would often crossfade bewtween those lovely dual sequencers during dance sets at live gigs.
Could I substitute some voices with a sample loop from either the sampler memory/playback itself, or the mp3 player to "help the Korg along" if you know what I mean?

Actually can any PAX-1 owners answer those questions please?

Is polyphony (and hell - sampler load times AND limited Memory - 32 meg - dang!) - a problem live with the PAX?????????????????


Thanks for any replies.