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chelsea4023 · Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 11:52 am Post subject: PA5X Price Drop

Hi,
I am probably mentioning something that all Forum Members are aware of but here in the U.K. I was a little shocked at the current drop in prices for brand new PA5X's. One shop (in Preston, Lancashire) has stock of brand new boxed 61 note models £750 cheaper than the original selling price (£3,699 down to £2,949).

I guess that the arrival in the coming weeks of Yamaha's Genos replacement will have a bearing on the decision to reduce the prices. I also expect the issues with the operating system might also be a factor.

As a novice player, the O/S has not been too much of an issue for me although I would like the easy record function to work. I'm sure Qui robinez or Antony Sharmman can offer an alternative method of button pressing to be able to record but I just want the 'simple' method.

Reading various Posts, it appears that an O/S update is on the cards for December 2023 so hopefully we'll all have a PA5X keyboard-tastic Christmas !! Sorry, couldn't resist that.
Chris

QuiRobinez · Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:14 pm Post subject:

that is great news!

I just checked it over here in holland, the pa5x 76 keys is now 4295 euro, so that's a lot cheaper then the 4900 it was before. Let's hope these price decreases continues so that they are affordable for everyone that wants one.

D575 · Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:34 pm Post subject: Re: PA5X Price Drop

leland_iko_music · Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 4:11 pm Post subject:

I have the 88 key version, for which I waited SIX MONTHS for delivery...
Given the limitations that it does have compared to how it was originally advertised (i.e. purported to take a lot of the sounds and functions from the Kronos, Nautilus and SV2), I'm somewhat underwhelmed...
Don't get me wrong, I love the instrument and make the do with it the best I can, especially with the great tricks and tips provided by Qui Robinez, but given the 4999 Euro price point at the time for the 88, I'm starting to think that the Nautilus-AT or Kronos-II would have been a much better investment since I don't use the arranger functions all that much.

(I do use them sometimes, but tend to just go to sound edit mode and select the sounds that I want and record them via the RC505 loopstation rather than trying to set up a whole arrangement - easier to do for live streams on Twitch anyway)

Oh well ....
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D575 · Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 7:07 pm Post subject:

MartinHines · Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:39 pm Post subject:

In the U.S., the Pa5x 76 is the same price as it was six months ago, $4,899
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AntonySharmman · Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 11:00 pm Post subject:

mstodola · Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2023 12:10 am Post subject:

leland_iko_music · Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2023 9:02 pm Post subject:

@D575 and @AntonySharmman

Thank you both for the feedback and information.
I agree that many of the sounds on the PA5X are superior, with a few exceptions. I'm not impressed with the brass sounds (and I often do quite a bit of orchestral/epic type of things as loops).
I've been watching a few demo videos of the Nautilus and am impressed with some of the sounds that I've come across in them.
Another reason that I was having a slight bit of buyer's remorse for the PA5X is the sequencer on the Nautilus (and Kronos) seems much simpler to use and access. On the PA5X, it's basically a case of creating a new style for the arranger. One drawback that I've found with this method, however, is that when selecting sounds during the style creation, they are from the sound-edit lists of sounds, so things like the vocorders that are only in the arranger section are not accessible during edit/creation. (at least I've not found a way to access them to include them in one of the tracks of the style being created).

I guess it's a case of workflow habits ... I knew coming into this that I would have to spend many months getting used to the workflow on the PA5X - and I'm still learning every single day. The Nautilus and Kronos have far fewer buttons to press and navigate, so workflow seems a little simpler.

To be honest, it was a toss-up for me between the PA5X and the Roland Fantom8 ... but decided that the arranger functions would be an added bonus, even though I don't use them all that often.

Leland
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mstodola · Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2023 10:38 pm Post subject:

AntonySharmman · Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2023 11:43 pm Post subject:

karmathanever · Platinum Member Joined: 12 Jan 2004 Posts: 10404

8-9% drop in Australia
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SpOoNmAn · Joined: 16 Nov 2023 Posts: 31 Location: N.E. Ohio

I can't find any news/rumors on a price drop in the U.S.

I hope it does. Even a cpl hundred $ would be welcomed, I'd sell my fantom 06 and mpc key61 in a heartbeat to pay for some of it. Was hoping for another os update b4 jumping in, but a price drop would do it for me.