I've been seriously thinking about purchasing a PA3x. I spent 5-6 hours on one at my local dealer. He let me play it as much as I wanted, but.......with headphones (which was probably a blessing because the amp he used for live sound left a lot to be desired!) Also, he knew nothing about the machine. I had to figure out what I could for myself.

BTW, I thought the keyboard sounds awful through headphones. But, I'm not concerned about that, because I've read so many "good" reports about it's sound quality!

My stumbling block is the dance patterns. Through headphones, they sound busy, busy, busy. Not like "Audya" busy....more like you could just let the pattern play itself and just add a few melody notes to it here and there.

Rikki said in another post, it's NOT about muting tracks, or balancing the outputs because sometimes it's about too complex a bass line.

Deane mentioned he has a problem with styles that say too much and don't allow you freedom of expression......that you have to follow what the pattern does, and it ends up crimping one's playing style.

Are my wrong? Do any of you, familiar with Korgs, find this to be true....this "busy pattern" syndrome?

Also...the Musikant styles for the PA3x...are they more subdued....laid back....less "busy?"

Mark