from some users (complaints about arranger function)

poorer chord recognition(compare pa 80/1x and a cheapo yam psr )or 1500 side by side .speed the tempo up around 150 & up.trigger the LH chords fast and list how they react.when in yam it's smooth,on pa you'll hear hiccups or timing problems (acc instruments/bass to acc trks)within the measure/bar.

-sample ram up to 32 mb only(for some)

The 'user-interface' is confusing because of the double/triple functions of many buttons. e.g. One button is used for selecting intrument group Piano AND Saxes.... it depends on another 'select' switch (with LED) what is selectable.
(in yam most under 1 button to select-style or sound- and one to choose).
Big time problem (when you are in performance mode and want to change preset program eg.piano to sax(go out of perform mode to program mode,select switch,choose sax catagory,choose alto sax ,etc-multiple buttons to press).

same problems with style select.can't go from 8/16 beats to jazz/latin without pressing the EXTRA select switch.(remeber shift button on PC keyboard ?,(though you don't have to hold it down)it's very irritating for most.

The touch-screen sometimes has tiny 'buttons' that are hard to touch because they are close to another button.

Access to styles during seq playback is forbidden. You can locate them, but you can't change one, or have or ready when the seq is done. Same in reverse if you are in acc mode...you can't access the sequencer in live mode.(you can do this in yam).

- Sounds shut off when new ones are triggered. This is only a problem if you switch alot in the middle of a phrase, or
with the sustain pedal down to free up a hand for navigational purposes. If you switch between Program and Performance
mode the current sounds shuts down for a second during the switch.
4) No option to add live drum beats to a seq like Yamaha and Ketron do. I've come to love that feature. I like to "modernize" some older sequences by adding some new, hip beats to them....even a multipad adds alot.
- Some drum fills are still a bit unconventional, and busy compared to the style. (Volumes, instruments etc .....) .
- Effects mixer is pretty cryptic with only 4 sends. I prefer the Yamaha design where I have control over each sound's EQ,

FX, Vol etc in a separate window. Nothing shared like the FX buss in the PA series.
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again for me EFX and overall sounds(samples) (even pa 50)are far superior than yam.another good point(though it has 62 poly -even 1x,)it does handle the allocation well.(since progs are only upto 2 layers with good samples.

[This message has been edited by jamman (edited 09-25-2005).]