I just suspect Chas that in a few months time that board will be gathering dust like the tyros was. Have you heard the Synth and brass sounds on the Korg M3 since DNc was introduced ? although you already have the PA1X , if you sold the Fantom G and bought the M3 instead you would have access to all the great new DNC sounds with the latest expansion updates (which all come free by the way ) , you would be familiar with the Korg Operating system so the learning curve (which i believe is whats putting you off the Fantom G) would be much less steep . You would still get amazing synths and very realistic brass sounds and i bet the whole transaction would cost you less than paying the extra $450 for the ARX brass sound board.

listen to this http://www.korg.co.uk/downloads/m3/audio/S010_Saxo-5-ophones_EX2.mp3

Especially this one
http://www.korg.co.uk/downloads/m3/audio/S000_Mighty_Edelweiss_EX3.mp3

and this one
http://www.korg.co.uk/downloads/m3/audio/S010_Saxo-5-ophones_EX2.mp3




[This message has been edited by spalding (edited 02-10-2009).]