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[This message has been edited by Fran Carango (edited 09-04-2007).]

Im on the fence with a 50/50 opinion right now .....I'll need further investigation.

[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 08-28-2007).]

Blast away ....... you'll still be lugging that G70 in that COFFIN and hear NO sound from the speakers ... oh yeah - it DOESN'T HAVE speakers ! hahahahahaha


OK - got that out of my system.
This board is awesome. It take ssome tweaking, like most do. It took forever to get the Yamaha EQ right...luckily, the mixer section is EZ to operate.

I have only a few more things to iron out:

1) I'd like a dedicated volume for the sequencer that doesn't affect ANYthing else.
cc11 could do this if I can find the midi recieve section that allows it - so far - NG

2) I'd love the tempo lock to be memorized between the style play and the song play mode. ( might be possible...not sure yet ) It could be embarrasing if you call up a sequence and it stays at the last tempo called up from the styles.

3) I miss the slot for the music rack ( which I won;t use )...I put my business cards in it !

Fran - speak your mind ... no one takes you seriously anyway, unless you're spewing Roland bantor. hee hee.....

I bought one!I also bought a roland g70.You can e-mail me at grassrootsinc1@aol.com.Ive used the 800 on 8 gigs so far.A few early observations,great sounds,esp bass and drums.Like the way the bass stays with the chords.I use full range for chord recognition. Actually,Ill get back to you on this.Its 5.am Iam
off to get more sleep! Charles[chas]

I purchased the PA800 after attending seven night Keyboard Festival because the one I played with all week sounded vibrant. When my purchase arrived it sounded bland and dull out of the box...it just did not sound like the demo model and just did not ring my bell.
I suspect that the show model had the pre-version latest 1.5 OS installed.

I bought one and was embarrassed by the way it sounded. In all fairness, it didn't have the latest OS. I suppose if I had spent countless hours tweaking every style it would have been o.k. It has lots of good features, including size, weight, key feel, vocal harmonizer. It just sounded "dead".
DonM

No wonder why you dumped it quik & got a S900 I t was the fastest turnaround I ever saw you do Don.......made me go Mmmmmmm? But I knew if YOU did it there was a Very Good REASON!

I sell and have the SD5, SD1+, and the PA800.

I love the sounds of the PA800, operating system, weight.

I love the styles and fullness of the Ketron styles, especially the latin stuff, which no one else so far in my opinion comes close.

The PA800 I think is the first step for Korg in getting a arranger that is giving others a run for their money,

I've owned the T2 and I think its a great all around board, but in my opinion lacks a little in the live sound ( I know beaten to death ) but also the bottom end doesn't have the fullnes of a Ketron or Korg

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[This message has been edited by Fran Carango (edited 09-04-2007).]

this just sticks in my mind !!!