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MuratE · Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 9:47 am Post subject: PA4X - STS transition

Hello all,
I have a pa3x but considering getting a pa4x (although I am waiting to see if it is worth waiting for the new pa keyboard as we don't know when it will be released).
One of the major issues I am having with the pa3x is the STS transition issue; depending on what effects etc are assigned to the sounds when chaging from one STS to another it will suddenly cut all the effects and sounds and creaitng a very ugly transition; or something it keeps the effect and the newly selected STS have the effect from the previous STS for a second or so before loading its own effects; for example STS1 wah-wah guitar with lots of effects and STS2 GRand piano with little or no effect: changing between the STSs will be almost terrible. Specially advanced players might have noticed this issue.
Does anyone know or experience this issue with the Pa4x? Hope my description of the issue is clear. I know that many have this issue with the pa3x but hoping this issue was rectified with the pa4x as the problem was mentioned many times before the release of the PA4x.
Thank you,
Murat
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Fransman · Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 10:53 am Post subject:

STS transition in PA4X is the same as in PA3X.

We're hoping for smooth sound transition in the next flagship (like in Kronos).
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MuratE · Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 11:48 am Post subject:

Thank you Frans for your reply, very useful.

The cost of the Pa4x (76 keys) is lowered recently, it is around £2,440 at the moment and might be possible to find one cheaper. I have put my pa3x (76) for sale (strictly home use only) and hoping to get good money for it, so I can spend a few hundred on top to upgrade to the Pa4x BUT my main and only issue with the pa3x is the STS transition issue. If Korg have not rectified this problem on the pa4x then I am not sure if an upgrade is worth doing?

If I waited for the next flagship keyboards (when newly introduced it will surely be expensive) and if we find that the STS transition have not been rectified it will be very dissapointing.

I wish Korg made these keyboards more useable for life performance, perhaps reducing the functionality of the music sequencing and microphone effects etc. Professionals (in my opinion) uses seperate gear for this sort of things; a laptop for sequencing for example rather than the fiddly small screen to create a masterpiece and giving extra power to the things we use during live-playing.
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Fransman · Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 12:06 pm Post subject:

PA3X is a very good keyboard, but sound quality of PA4X is even better. I waited quite a while before I purchased one, but didn't regret it for a second. Waiting for PA5X is probably a good suggestion for you. Maybe in 2019 it will appear, but only Korg knows. Maybe smooth sound transition will be implemented, fingers crossd!
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MuratE · Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 12:42 pm Post subject:

I genuinely think Korg needs to get the basics right before going into things like sequencing or microphone effects. Under the circumtances, I would say Korg sell faulty instruments that don't work properly. Not sure if there are other known issues with these keyboards but STS transition issue is known for many years and not fixing this issue a keyboard after a kayboard is irresponsible.

I wish, if at least, they could tell us if the STS Transition issue will be rectified in the next keyboard so people who is suffering from this issue can wait until the next keyboard.

As it stands, we have no idea if this issue will ever be sorted out fully.
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siebenhirter · Platinum Member Joined: 13 Oct 2011 Posts: 1843

BR · Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 6:09 pm Post subject: Re: PA4X - STS transition

@MuratE,
I have Pa4X and I experimented the same issue.
If interested you can read this post.

karmathanever · Platinum Member Joined: 12 Jan 2004 Posts: 10400

As has been said already, you can partially achieve SST with KEYBOARD-SETs but have to suffer the FX change issue.

I am sure any future model will have this like the Kronos at least - even my Casio has perfect SST!!

Cheers

Pete Very Happy

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