Guys I need help. I have to decide between the VA 7 and the PA 80 arrangers. I quite like the variphrase part of the VA and it in a way sets it apart from other arrangers. I wonder if the sounds on the VA 7 can be edited at will. I mean the envelope and the filter and oscilator editing that normally is found on the synths. Someone said that the PA 80 has all the sound editing capability. Can someone please feed me on this? Thanks guys.

I'm not familiar with the VA7, but if you want to use the keyboard for true vocals, you'll need the PA80.
DonM

Dev,
I sell both of these keyboards in my store and if it's synth editing you need, you will need to buy the PA80. The editing in the VA7 is very limited and must be stored in the performance mode. This means there is no locations for user sounds. The Korg PA80 has a program mode which is where you go in and edit the sound and store these in banks of user programs. The editing is like what you will find in a Pro Triton keyboard so I think you will enjoy this much more than the VA products. Also, there are only a few parameters you can tweak in the Va7 as opposed to dozens in the PA80. Recently, with price drops from Roland, the VA7 and the PA80 have been selling for the same price. With the VA7 you get 128 notes polyphony and a better acoustic piano sound, but with the PA80, better styles the possibility of a vocal harmoinzer (not on the VA), the possibility of an internal hard drive (zip in the VA) most other features (except variphraze vs PA80 Sampler) are very similar.Oops! and of course the difference of the touch screen on the VA vs buttons on the PA80!
George Kaye
Kaye's music Scene
Reseda, California
818-881-5566

Dev,

I don't know about the VA7, but I have edited PA80 voices, particularly their attacks and decays, to fit the need and have been happy with it.

Shiral

Thanks guys for all the replys. The sound editing is a must in my case so I guess the VA 7 is out (I was hoping it would be there on it) so the only other option I guess is the PA 80. Is it possible to sample long vocal phrases through a mic on the PA? say about 30 seconds or so ? or is the sampling only limited to short drum samples ( 300 to 500 msec).
Thanks for all the info guys.
cheers.
dev