This is one of the main reasons I prefer the PA80 too. Sometimes I prefer to have the chords follow my right hand rythym playing.

The other very important feature that absolutely kills the 2000 / 2100 for me is the lack of an easily accessible volume control slider or knob that controls just the panel voice(s). This is a double whammy for me because the majority the PA80 and 2100 voices I prefer to use are made up of layered combinations. On the 2k I have to push buttons just to access the colume controls and then raise or drop each one separately for a multilayered voice. On the PA80 I simply assigned my assignable slider to control panel voices and with one slide the whole shebang goes up or down in volume while the accompaniment remains at the same level.

I'm not trying to initiate a disagreement at all.. I truly just don't get it at all.. I realize the PA80 is a steeper learning curve, but it's features like these that make me scratch my head when others tell me how much more user friendly they find the Yammy boards to be. Maybe they are right and my thought processes are off kilter or abstract in some way.. I don't know.. I just cannot get comfortable at all in a real time setting with any Yamaha arranger, and I've really tried, and I still don't like the key feel on the PSR's .. another reason to relegate mine to backup only if needed status. I'm pretty much considering selling my 2k at this point.

AJ

[This message has been edited by Bluezplayer (edited 08-22-2003).]