I think John is correct about the PA60 and the styles. This is unfortunate too. The styles in the PA80 are excellent for particular songs but they are aren't as generic as Yamaha's so they don't seem to fit as wide a variety of songs. A good example on the PA80 is the Open Rock 2 style. It works well for a very nice rendition of the Rolling Stones " Honky tonk Woman ". but little else. The fills ( as has been stated many times before ) don't match every variation well at all in a few of the styles. probably the fact that there are only 2 fills and 4 variations pr style contributes to that.

Maybe you are right about the PA60 being targeted at live players though Uncle Dave. Unless it's a huge drop in price, I wouldn't consider it for such a task vs the PSR2000. All the amenities that the PA80 DOES give me vs the 2000, plus the OS issues and the sounds, are why I chose the PA80 for my live act instead of the 2000. I am going to use the sequencer a lot, so the dual sequencer is also a huge plus ( I think the 60 will have that too ). Had the styles been more of a determining factor, and the OS in my 2000 not been so buggy, it would have been a totally different story. I'd have even kept the 1000 I had on loan just for the styles until a new 2000 was available.

Like John said, the PA80 for me has its drawbacks too, but I like the board anyway and I can live with them a lot easier than I could with the faults my version 1.0 2000 had.

Korg AJ