to get an idea about arranger vs workstation read my post link. http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/Forum37/HTML/009235.html

yes both yam and korg PA can write ANY styles with ease

for style recording and seq functions

psr pros-

easy to write,alot of info can be seen and edited easily,clear display,direct user load from SM card(ie-alot of them)

cons-
sequencer is not a real sequencer("song recorder " in yam terms),but can handle basic recording

Pa pros

better seq with full editing,workstation quality sounds

cons
hard to use for some,some features need alot of button pressing-display info not as good as yam,FD instead of SM

acc to your post you sound like you need a workstation than a arranger

diff b/t PA 50 and triton LE

though they have same board,share /load same programs Le has advantages as a workstation

LE has
dual apgs(great for dance grooves)
Le has performance (combi)mode(layer 8 sounds-with help of dual apgs and Realtime Pattern Play/Recording you can use as a semi drum machine in some situations(even fills can be triggered )

4 outs

seq is very easy to use(though it has small screen -much better than motif)

graphic LCD - (no dot)

after touch

realtime knobs

512 programs / 384 combinations(all rewritable RAM)(no presets occupying ROM-except GM sounds)-another reason why Korg workstations are bestsellers-ie you can customize everything


SM cards(samples can be read from KB without buying the sampling option)-ie wave or aiff files must be loaded to cards

from computer by card reader/writer

cheap sampling option(200$ for board with 16 mb)(max -64 mb)

light and wellcut

great 3 rd party support

made is Japan(Pa 50 is made in China)

cons-
keys are not great(unlike classic model,less simu efx than classic model) ofcourse realtively bad ac piano and some acoustic
sounds(motif shines here),some complain this is a gear only for dance music which is not true though this machine can make the dance floor packed.

BTW - you can also consider- used triton classic,roland XP50,60,80(all have direct disk play)- etc



[This message has been edited by jamman (edited 11-16-2004).]