I happen to agree with Mel that the PA1000 is very good arranger keyboard notwithstanding the fact that there are still bugs in it, inevitably so I guess..........
I also agree with the modest review by an Italian musician on the Korg PA1000 forum :
http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/v...15333b5b2a86137As stated the minors are the keybed ( slightly better than the PA900 but inferior to its big brothers) a thing that does not really bother me and the fact that in the firt analysis there are not many truly new styles. The remakes are good to great and the lack off for instance extra PA4X styles can be remedied.
(....in several ways). Sounds are very good, amplification is terrific and so is the harmonizer. The touchscreen is the same as the PA4X. Let us not forget that on average you pay about just over 50% as to what you would fork out for a brand new PA4X and that is not including the PaaS speaker set..............
I guess for home playing and incidental gigging the PA1000 should be among your first considerations. However for general gigging and larger audiences I guess you would have to go for the PA4X or the new Yamaha.......
regards,
John