Korg has been slow to provide really great demos of the Microarranger.
Here is a great one. The little KMA is truly amazing.

https://soundcloud.com/korg/organswg

Deane

Deane,

I am didn't you sell yours ???


Tony

As has been said so many times, talent trumps equipment every day and twice on Sunday! Put that player on ANYTHING, and it's likely he can change your opinion.

And put a bad (or even average!) player on YOUR favorite arranger, he can make it sound like a toy.

And, bottom line.... Thank God!

Diki's right. If you want to SOUND like that, forget the kb and learn to PLAY like that.

chas

WOW... this guy could even make my dinosaur kn6000 sound GREAT !!! ... but the fact remains that that kb in the right hands sounds awesome ...

Tony,
,
I sold my PA600 not the KMA. It's to cool to sell.

Deane

Sorry Deane,

Someone sold one recently thought it was you, how are you keeping and have you a date for your visit to UK next year, would be nice to meet up..

Tony

Hi Tony,
If everything goes great with my recovery we would visit the UK again in late April. That said, I am not doing that great right now. On any given day I wake up and have no strength or energy at all. Yesterday is a good example. I had a one hour gig scheduled but had to call my wife at work to get her to drive me to the gig and help me setup and break down my equipment because I did not have the strength to lift my keyboard or my speakers. I have cancelled dozens of gigs and now I am playing not more than twice a week and never back to back days or more than one hour at a time. I certainly can't do doubles right now.

I am in contact with about a dozen of our UK friends via email and skype and we are considering visiting all of them as soon as I am able and just doing a driving vacation around the UK when and if that time comes.

Anyway, didn't mean to take the post in a different direction.

Deane

Deane,


Look forward to seeing you in the UK you take care of yourself.

Tony

I still don't get it Deane...you sold the PA600 because the KMA is a better sounding keyboard? Sorry, but I'm having a hard time getting that. Not that I don't believe you, it's just that the more upscale PA600 should sound better than a mini keyed arranger

Is it all because of John's resources that are loaded on your KMA, and not available for the PA600? That can't be entirely the reason as the KMA demo's you provided sounded great, and most likely did not utilize his resources. (sorry John ) Is the OS that much different that John's resources wouldn't work on your PA600? If so, maybe someone can create PA600 resources similar to what John produced for the KMA and other PA's..although it took him years to reach that goal.

Would you have kept the KMA if John's resources were not available? Would you have kept the PA600 if they were compatible with the 600?

What I get out of your past comments is that Korg arrangers require a lot of editing to get close to what you like, and you didn't want to be bothered spending months fine tuning. I don't blame you for that, as I too would not want to spend that much time tuning, editing, and adjusting...a little is OK, but to me it sounded like you were not even close to being happy with the 600 straight out of the box,

Sorry didn't mean to answer for you...just hard to believe you are more happier with the KMA over the PA600.
PS...hope you're feeling better soon. Wish I could go with you to visit our pal Tony, although there is very little room in those 'flats'

Larry,
When I loaded only Korg factory resources on both my PA600 and my KMA I was still happier with the out of the box sound of the KMA over the PA600. I don't know if I would have sold the KMA but did think about it. John's resources did not work on the PA600.

There is a lot of difference in the type of styles and the implementation of them between the two keyboards. The KMA fit best what I do on gigs. With John's resources it became a real winner for me. He apparently spent a lot of time adjusting not only styles but the sounds associated with the styles on the KMA. i actually use the KMA as a stand-a-lone keyboard on gigs. It gets a funny response from the audience. I show them the really small keys and hold it up in one hand and when I play it everyone is amazed at the sound from such a small instrument. It is also a wonderful tool to travel with - very small and light.

The thing with Korg keyboards is if you want to replace all the factory resources you must unlock them in the global settings then load the resouces you want to use. Otherwise only part of a set will be loaded and you are not really playing with the complete set you attempted to load.

It is a bit more work but even without a songbook feature it is rather easy, but time consuming, to setup separate gig sets and copy them to a SD card.
Deane

Hi guys,

As my name has been so prominently used here in your correspondence I feel I should be sharing my views here.
First of all let me say this. I am very pleased and grateful with the fact that Deane is so content with my Resources for the KMA. Scores of others around the globe have meanwhile gotten these resources and the general response is pretty similar, obviously subject to musical taste.
Which is the first reason you may like my resources more or a bit less. I am hitting 61 on Christmas Eve and have always had a predilection for MOR music. So if anyone say younger than 30 inquires about my KMA resources I warn them that although they will certainly be able to use some of them there is no House, Rap and even little contemporay Rock stuff.
Second is the time factor. I have mentioned this on previous occasions but it seems pretty obvious to me that programming results over a period of four years normally beat any efforts over a period of a few weeks or months, assuming the person can program. As such the success of my KMA resources is no surprise to me.
It also answers the question regards the new PA600 and even the PA3X which I owed for 10 days but did not hang on to.
When I bought the PA800 two years ago I set out with my previous hard work on the PA50 (KMA) as a starting point. Over a period of 18 months I created the PA800 Resources which were equally well received in general. But when I had the PA3X at home I found that virtually none of my hard work on all either models could be used and I would have to start from scratch again, which, also for chronic health reasons, I declined. ( I am glad I did in the end cause it allowed me to afford the PSR750 on top of my PA800).
The same applies of course to the new PA600. I am sure that potentially it can be programmed with outstanding results if you have the time ( and a bit of knowhow) to do so for say an hour a day for months and months ahead. Alas, very few feel the inclination or have the patience to do so.

Regards,
John

Which begs the question John...will you need that much time to tweak the S750 to your liking?

That is pretty sharp that is Larry !!!
Actually the answer is NO because I am not going to spend as much time doodling about with the Yammie as I did with my Korg.
For starters it is high time I started making music, like I did with my October home-made CD, second the same reason why I did not set out on the new Korgs .....
But I have some fine sounds in the Yamaha that I will use to my advantage and in particular also great pads. Most of the styes with the Yamaha are less my cup of tea,mainly due to the drums, but not solely. But as you know by now, I am happy with this triple co-habitation: Me, Korg and Yam,yam, yammie...............

regards,
John