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DjStiky · Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 11:24 pm Post subject: Buyer's Remorse

Have to admit.. I'm having buyers remorse due to all the bugs and missing basic features I've been reading about. I'm really thinking of canceling my order and just sticking with my PA4X. I really dont want to though Sad

davekalbach · Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 11:55 pm Post subject:

If it helps - I haven't experienced any buyers remorse.

I'm fairly new to music, so I don't have the experience of others on the forum. I do have a 4X, and am familiar with it, just not to the level of the performing musicians here.

I can say this, the sound is truly amazing! I find myself playing the 5x so much more often than I did the 4x. The bugs I'm sure will be worked out. They are there - but they are bugs. For me not a show stopper (but I don't start any shows) Razz

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DjStiky · Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 12:11 am Post subject:

In contrast, I have many shows every week and I’m constantly travelling to different countries on a weekly basis. I too wouldn’t mind and would be patient if I was new to music. However I don’t think the PA5X is ready to handle live shows, especially when I mostly rely I self made styles and for which almost every style edit function from the PA4X is essential. Not having something as simple as quantizing is really a deal breaker. I also can’t simply cross my fingers and hope Korg addresses these shortcomings in time.
It’s gonna hurt me to cancel my order tomorrow morning Sad

Maybe once an update gets released, depending on what has been addressed, I might order again.

Sam CA · Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 1:03 am Post subject:

DjStiky · Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 1:59 am Post subject:

Sam CA · Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 4:38 am Post subject:

worth · Platinum Member Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 1096

[quote="Sam CA"][quote="DjStiky"]In contrast, I have many shows every week and I’m constantly travelling to different countries on a weekly basis. I too wouldn’t mind and would be patient if I was new to music. However I don’t think the PA5X is ready to handle live shows, especially when I mostly rely I self made styles and for which almost every style edit function from the PA4X is essential. Not having something as simple as quantizing is really a deal breaker. I also can’t simply cross my fingers and hope Korg addresses these shortcomings in time.
It’s gonna hurt me to cancel my order tomorrow morning Sad

Maybe once an update gets released, depending on what has been addressed, I might order again.[/quote]

If you're gonna be able to have it sit around the house and start getting it ready as updates come, then you shouldn't have buyer's remorse.

If you bought one to use for your 'that many' live shows ASAP? Then no, you should've waited a good 6 to 12 months if not more... and even that might not be long enough. Sometimes people use the keyboard in a very specific way. Certain features might not be a priority to fix but essential to you for that exact reason. It happens all the time. I've had Korg Arranger keyboards since 2008 and I've yet to use the SongBook feature once. I could care less if it's buggy, or they drop it altogether. To many others though, that's one of the main features, right? So deal breaker bugs might not matter to others at all. You gotta be very patient. This keyboard doesn't even have a full manual out yet![/quote]

This is a no brainer . Cancel the order and continue to use your existing korgpa4x . Your money can sit in your bank account and gain interest until korg either finish the product they have mis sold ( because this is a case of organised fraudulent mis selling ) or you decide to go another direction . You could be waiting many many months on a finished product from korg and they not address the issues you need to be fixed .

I suspect the initial price is going to fall on the pa5x anyway or there might be some used ones on the market in the 12 months to come .

Don’t give your hard earned money to frauds . Yes that’s what I am calling this . What else can you call selling a product that is advertised as having g certain functions that are not in the product sold to you ?

It’s outrageous . I dont even own the product but I am embarrassed for korg owners who parted with good money for this incomplete product .

Under uk trading laws , I have no idea how they are getting away with this .

DjStiky · Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 8:12 pm Post subject:

Sam CA · Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 10:49 pm Post subject:

MikeMusik · Joined: 19 Jul 2022 Posts: 31

I will be contacting Sweetwater on Mobday to see if they would accept to return it.

Spending that money when I can’t use it doesn’t make sense to me more and more each passing day.

If Korg at least makes a statement saying they are targeting an OS release that addresses some bugs, then okay… but I’m (and everyone) left out in the dark.

D575 · Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2022 3:46 am Post subject:

Asena · Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2022 8:37 am Post subject:

D575 · Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2022 9:19 am Post subject:

Biggles · Platinum Member Joined: 31 Aug 2017 Posts: 1006

I just cannot see why anyone lurches into buying any product as complex as a Pa 5X without verifying that it will serve their actual needs in the release version.

Yes, there will be bugs, its a brand new OS, so why not wait and see what others post regarding the bugs and see if they are a deal breaker for you before you buy?
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pawlikp100 · Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2022 11:12 am Post subject: