Well, I am another PSR2100 owner who just bought a new PSR3000.

Friday night I went into G.C. and low and behold, there was a PA1XPro that I had been wanting to try for the longest time! I was so excited and I played it for 2 hours.

I loved many of the sounds, and loved the dynamics and expressiveness of the drums and drum styles. They really have a nice punch. There are many things I really like about the PA1XPro, and honestly I wanted to buy one, but after playing it, I'm sorry to say that as much as I like the Korg, it just didn't work for me in light of the PSR3000. I think maybe a more seasoned and experienced player and a better musician than I am would have liked the Korg more than I did. And my comparison may be very flawed simply because I understand the PSR and have no experiece with the Korg.

But I am posting this for those who keep asking which keyboard to buy hoping to glean some information you haven't heard before. I love reading those posts. They have helped me a great deal in evaluating keyboards. I am a real novice, have only owned my PSR2100 for a year, and my opinions are from my very inexperienced point of view, but they may help you in your decision SO here goes.

I found the PA1XPro to be difficult to keep the sounds in balance. I love the volume sliders and wish Yamaha would use the same. I like using sliders for drawbars also. But had a hard time keeping a good balance from one style to another. I loved the multiple break buttons on the Korg, and especially the break that gives you a couple of beats of silence, but found that sometimes hitting the break on the PA1XPro does not give you a very graceful break... I heard sounds that I didnt want to hear... almost seems like a bug in the OS. Where Yamaha breaks, although they could be more dramatic breaks for my liking, at least they are very graceful and forgiving in the way they are programmed adn implemented.

I found the screen on the PA1XPro very cheesty and cheap for a keyboard costing almost $4,000 and I don't care for the touch screen at all. I found that on the Korg there are not as many styles as the Yamaha, and although I find many of the Korg styles sound less 'canned' and more dynamic than the Yamaha styles, overall, Yamaha has a better selection and variety, And the availability of additional resources on the web made a big difference toward my decision for Yamaha.

While I was playing the PA1XPro I ofen felt that the style was pushing me rather than complementing me... (hard to explain). Like I was fighting the style rather than flowing with it. As for sounds, some of the Korg sounds are better than the Yamaha, but I was surprised at how many of the sounds I thought sounded quite inferior to Yamaha, especially in the flute and sax areas. Personally I liked the Korg painos better. I think they are more dynamic and responsive. I wish Yamaha would sell expansion boards for the PSR3000 where you could buy a Bosendorfer Paino if that's what suits your fancy. But I sure liked playing on the Korg's 76 keys way more than 61 of the PSR. How I wish Yamaha would come out with a 76 key model... but I could not hold back, I bought the PSR3000 the following day! And I am very happy.

I found that on the Yamaha the ability to use OTS and turn it off at will, gives me great flexibility, and overall its a much easier board to use. I was so excited to hear the difference between the PSR2100 and the PSR3000, I was real excited when I heard the violins and guitars. I miss some of the buttons on the 3000, and wish there were more than 2 foot controller jacks.

Well those are my crude and simplistic observations.... Hope they help someone.

Just want to say a big THANKS to everyone for all the great info I have recieved on this BBS. This is truly are fun place to visit. Happy playing!!!!

Russ



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Russ Bolduc
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