Does anybody have any knowledge as to what keyboard outperforms the other?

Doesn't the Korg cost about 1200 dollars more than the psr 3000?

Only your ears and fingers can tell you which performs better (for you!). This is one of those scary questions like 'which religion is best' that you can only decide for yourself.

But Mike is right... the Korg is way more expensive, and has (unexpectedly!) more functionality, a sampler, extensive voice editing, etc., etc.. Pay even more, and you will get even MORE sounds and functions... But whether they are better for you is up to you to decide.

Another thing to consider is that the PA800 is new, whereas the PSR 3000 is being discontinued to be replaced with the S900.

Bill

UK RRP the Korg Pa800 is only £400 more than the new S-900

That's an easy one - Yamaha, of course.

Bill is right. The right question is have will the PA800 compare to the S900.

Even that is an 800 dollar difference according to the conversion I found on the web. And I think when the S900 comes out worldwide the street price will be less.
I just think there is too much of a price difference to compare the two boards fairly. You can always say for a few dollars more I can have this or that feature.

[This message has been edited by mikeathome1 (edited 04-30-2007).]

I own a PSR3000 + Korg PA50. During the past seven days we have attended a keyboard festival where I played the Pa800 on my reference headphones every night for the seven days between evening concerts. Some nights an hour at a time which gave me a good insight to how this board performs.

This is of cause my personal opinion, but the 800 is outstanding and is up there with E80 & T2 even at its lower price.
The Korg demonstrator rated it now better than the PA1X with more advanced voicing etc:.
I'm not one to be easily impressed but I have ordered one.

Graham......or others.....How is on board harmonizer on the Korg PA 800? That is of particular interest to me; especially after the awful disappoinment when I purchased my Tyros1 yrs ago expecting to use the built-in mike for harmony. Instead I have a rack mountable Digitech velcroed to my TryosKB. It sounds great, but potentially looking at a new instrument I do not want to be disappointed again if at all possible

I don't sing so I don't use the vocal harmonizer on my Pa800. However here is what Keyboard Magazine said in their recent review of the Pa800:

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Selecting the “Mic” tab on the Pa800’s touch screen brings up options for types of harmonies, mic EQ and overall effect level, mute icons for your own voice and your three virtual backup singers, plus a talk-over button. The Pa1X Pro Elite adds a fourth harmony voice and pitch-correction. The underlying technology is from TC-Helicon, and since they’re an industry leader in hardware vocal harmony boxes, our expectations were quite high. We weren’t disappointed — the sound quality is a perceptible notch above other arrangers’ best efforts in this area.

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Kind regards,
Tommy

I think that Korg's online Pa800 video tutorial, that RobertG pointed to in another post, covers some aspects of the harmoniser.
http://www.korgpa.com/pa_root/en/support/tutorials.html

your question is way too broad. The Pa800 has features that the PSR3000 does not.

Ask your self the following qurestions

1.Do i experiment with sound creation on the keyboard or assisted by software programmes on computer or rarely if at all ?
2. am i into sampling or would i like the option to do it onboard the instrument
3. Do i write original music and if yes do i want to crfeate detailed songs onboard the instrument or do i use an external sequencer ?
4. Is ease of use really important to me ? Are you familiar with the korg and yamaha operating systems ?

Once you have addressed these questions it wil be easeier to advise you as to which instrument is more suitable for your needs

spalding4. Yes, as you state we all expect and use different facilities from keyboards. Regarding different OS's I'm fortunate possibly in that I don't have a problem learning a new OS, to me it's like driving a new route to get to the same place. The Korg video already mentioned runs for 1hr 15mins and is well done by Korg to eliminate OS learning problems.
Having ordered a Pa800 at the Keyboard Festival Korg gave me a DVD of the Tutorial which obviously contains a better quality bit rate picture.
We spend thousands on all these keyboard and all manufacturers should provide a DVD such as Korg have done FREE.

I agree Graham. I watched that PA800 video on the web, it was great. In fact, it's a great marketing tool for Korg, since it really sparked my interest in the board.

When I first bought a Roland back in 1993ish they produced a video that was very helpful too!

Graham FL