Well, that is certainly a better quality demo than what we've seen before, but it also reveals what several SZ'ers (some of them dedicated Korgians) were saying all along...the instrument has changed very little from the PA2XPro, at least in the sound and style departments...feature-wise, there appears to be some great upgrades, but otherwise, it sounds very much like the older model.

The limp sounding trumpet is well below par for a top of the line instrument...the acoustic guitar (DNC?) sound wasn't too bad, but nowhere near what it should be on an instrument at this level. Styles were very nice...the Santana type style (similar to Yamaha's Rock Cha Cha) was nicely done, but the letdown was the "Stereo Dist Guitar" which really doesn't have much guts. The Bossa Nova was also pretty good, but, it doesn't sound much different than what I heard on the other, older PA instruments, and the guitar sound used for the melody, is rather bland and not very expressive...I noticed some notes bleeding unnaturally into the others, but it just might have been a technique issue with the player.

Maybe the demonstrator wasn't familiar enough with the new instrument to showcase the new styles and sounds?

Let's hope further posted demos more clearly illustrate the "differences" and/or "improvements" from the earlier models.

Ian