Hi Spalding
I was talking to a Korg rep when they were demonstrating the PA800, and apparently one of the reasons the polyphony was increased was because of Guitar Mode, which apparently eats up polyphony, and as good as the polyphony management is on the PA1x, (It’s a coin toss between Korg and Ketron on who does it best) 62 was just not enough.

Hi Dennis
To try and beat the competition a lot of manufactures release products before they are truly ready, (The fact that they mentioned cost about the TC Helicon part is a good indication) and so don’t sound at their best until the first main OS upgrade. (Good examples are the Roland G70, which when released was total crap, (I don’t think I heard a good word about it anywhere) but when OS 2 became available this turned into one hell of a board, and made owners proud to own a Roland Arranger, it was also similar when the Korg PA800 was launched (Below OS 1.5 it was crap)
So before making a final judgment, wait until the next main OS update is released.
Isn’t life wonderful?

Bill


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