Originally Posted By: Scottyee
Originally Posted By: vangelis
This has been discussed many times, Scott, the main reason is that the KORG keyboards are alot cheaper and you get more bang for your buck then any other brand

Hi Vangelis,
I agree about your "bang for your buck" statement, especially with the KMA.
of which has turned me into a big Korg fan, and which has also rekindled my interest in eventually getting a Pa3X too.
As far as the price, if Korg is cheaper, than why aren't more Western European and North American arranger players joining the Korg band wagon too,
especially considering that most all of Korg's factory Styles were specifically tailored for and sound great for Western pop muisc.
It's that fact alone that has me wondering why there aren't a LOT MORE YouTube videos of Korg Pa3X owner produced western pop music. confused1
Scott


Hi Scott,

I think it might be that the Middle East/Balkan market has been Korg's strongest market for a long time. How that came about can only be that they saw a bigger opportunity in those parts of the world in which arrangers are more accepted than in the mainly synth-oriented west.

With the Micro, I get the sense that this is Korg's introductory push into the Western market and, if successful with that, will result in more mid- to high-end arrangers appearing in the future.

In the west, we can already see a division of sorts between those who prefer a certain kind of sound, well documented on SZ, between those who like smoothness and those who prefer a more live, in-your-face approach. Korg, in the latter category, may well tap into a market that, so far, has been 'smoothed' over. More power to them.