wittid wrote:I own a PA600 now for about 4 month.
What i recognize - the keyboard is nearly not playable for live performance - sound and functions ok so far (i´m waiting for my external sound system) but the keyboard (claviatur) feels very bay under my hands - i think about playing it over midi with a much better keyboard. It´s one of the worst claviatur i ever played - cheap cheaper - Korg?
Hi wittid,
You might probably not be that much happy with your keyboard. The catch here is "The intended market and the price range". At this price point, with similar features etc. there is no KB better than the PA600. Without any such constraint, speaking of a better keyboard will always show you greener other side - one can always get a better board - the PA3X, the Tyros, or whatever.
And being cheaper? - I tried both the PSR S series (750/950) and Korg PA600 side by side and to me, the PA600 had a much better keybed and overall build quality (The paint looked a bit better on the Yamaha though). Yamaha has better studio-like polished sound which sounds good but I'm sure with a bit of work, the korg can be equally good, even if not better. I did make up in my mind that it won't be performance friendly out of the box; so since I expected that, I'm enjoying the challenge of work with the settings, trying to figure out a better tone with modifications.
To each his own I guess. If you feel its not readily playable, may I suggest to try to be a bit patient, see if you work the various tweaking options for the sounds and try to have your settings saved in the performances section etc. Though I'm just only one week old with my new PA600, I'm already finding it ok for live play and with full utilise of its features I"m sure I can exploit its potential to the max.