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EnSoNiQuEs~ · Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 3:46 pm Post subject:

Valid points guys...but that's why I said...

"At the minimum, new PA4X STYLES should be available for loading into PA3x, etc."

I don't expect the entire OS of PA4X, PA5X, etc to be able to run on PA3x, PA2X...not same CPU, resources, memory, etc. Was using the Kronos methodology for illustration in terms of compatibility of styles.

Yes, new sounds in new flagship model, can't be expected to be ported down to old models.

In the day of object oriented programming, that code would not be THAT difficult to port to have the styles be compatible...or alteast being able to load them..and then with a user making some additional adjustments, assigning sounds that might have moved or changed, etc.

Again, I was strictly speaking in terms of styles. No need to go off the deep end about CPU, motherboards, resources...that is all understandable...I totally agree.

Basically, this forces PA3x users to get get PA4x styles exported in some way(midi) and manually convert them to PA3x format.

Why go through all that...use some third party style converters, etc....and not just shoot a patch into PA3x...so that PA3x/PA4x community can share styles!?!

I mean the latest release of PA3X bonusware styles mentions that some of those are already in PA4x. So, they were converted somehow.

Again, maybe my initial post was misunderstood...but we are talking Styles...not bells and whistles of the new PA4x being ported down...that PA3x may not have the CPU/memory resources to handle.
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AntonySharmman · Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 4:57 pm Post subject:

EnSoNiQuEs~ · Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 5:37 pm Post subject:

There is nothing to "get"....styles within a PA series should be loadable even as bare bones....with the understanding of making further tweaks due to factory libraries, effects, etc. incompatibilities as you mention.

"Anyway , for more than 20 years there is an order of things in PaSeries that won't change !"....just because things have been like that for 20 years...does not mean the future has to be so stale, and rigid...needs of musicians change and their spending habits as well.

Yes, there are workarounds to get the new styles by other means (or painstakingly exporting them and importing them by hand), but it should not be such a hassle to get new Korg styles!...that's all I'm saying.

Also, could have an option to buy the new PA4x styles for PA3x...I'm willing to pay if I can audition them and see which ones are usable in my musical context.

Those that want new screen, more memory, bigger HD, sample memory, new orange color, faster processing,..can go out and buy the next PA4x, PA5x for the better/faster hardware.
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musiccankill · Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 8:25 pm Post subject:

Well i think that it can't be done as new style features on newer models don't exist on the older ones so even if they allow it to be loaded it will not play at all. you will still need external editing to make it "almost compatible" so it defeats the point as you can still do it with export smf-> edit on pc -> import on older model..

karmathanever · Platinum Member Joined: 12 Jan 2004 Posts: 10402

As the "guts" of any arranger is its styles, Korg would be insane to make all the styles from a new PA generation instantly available for older models - like it or not, they've gotta make $$$$ to survive.