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Originally posted by Nick G:
FransN,

I used to own a PA 800 and i assure you the so called Triton sounds are no where near up to scratch with the Roland and Yamaha synth sounds.

the PA boards definitely have a lot of intelligent smarts inside but the Roland GW has far better contemporary sounds and patterns.

bang for buck really is a blurry phrase. how much BUCK are we talking about? Juno Di is bang for buck, PSR S900 is bang for buck, the Tyros 3 could be bang for buck if your buck is 4k...

All i know is for the sound quality i am after, nothing comes close to the GW 8 until you double its RRP and then u are in Fantom/Motif territory.

but my key selling point on the GW 8 is not only that it has the punchy synth sounds and drums, but it has the style/backing functionality which the high end synths like the motif XS and Fantom G do not have...

Nick



Yes thats your opinion but I don't like the Yamaha sound. Besides the Korg PA 800 has no HI Synthesis like the Triton but have a EDS sound generator like the M3. I told before I had the GW 8 and now I have the PA50 and it is a very good tool to make music especially music I like such as Vangelis, Jarre, Hammer etc and the Korg is much better with that kind of music then the Roland GW 8. The synth sounds especially the pads are much better on the Korg and completely editable unlike the GW8. Also I like to play Italo disco and the Korg can do that the best. The GW 8 is better for todays dance music and that is why I proberly will buy this keyboard again now it has this new features. Oh and for people who don't believe me just listen to some of the demos at http://olavier.free.fr/Forum/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=1 and hear how good the PA50 is for synth music.

[This message has been edited by FransN (edited 09-14-2009).]