Montunman:

What I liked/preferred about the Korg

1. Better sounding styles than in the past. Not sure what the engineers did but the styles sound better than they did on the Pa2x. It's one of those things that unless you hear it hands on, it can't be written about.
2. Dedicated buttons for voice and styles versus the old way of one button being shared by two sets of voices or styles. Yamaha has done it this way for years
3. You can hear more subtle nuances of the pads, they just sound better.
4. Great placement of the scroll wheel in relation to the +/- values
5. Although I never did get to try the built in TC Helicon I'm sure it's all it's promoted be but having the rotary knobs and switches to adjust vocal harmony give gots of control at your finger tips. All mounted on the right side for ease of reach.

And with that I'll leave it alone, I'm selling myself on buying one and that was NOT the intention

Take a look thru these photos
Korg Pa3x and Pa2x Assorted Photos From Google Images

Old Stuff From Korg that I always liked from owning the former Pa2x/Pa800
1. touch screen
2. Songbook ( although the improved MFD on Yamaha in use with regitrations don't make Songbook quite as big an enhancement as it was to me. It would sure be great though if Yamaha implemented a Songbook feature
3.The dedicated slider to adjust balance between voices and style background.


6.Oh I was forgetting 4 fill-ins and a much better transition between them than was implemented on the old PA series.
7.In general better placement of buttons.