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[flip]

Hi, my ID is Flip. I am a new member of this Forum. I checked a few out before I chose this one. Now mt

I am currently a Yamaha PSR 900 owner...I like it but am gettingtired waiting for Yamaha to offer an upgraded version of the 910. I know a few Korg owners and they are encouraging me to switch.

If I do I am interested in the PA2X Pro or the new PAX3.

Does anyone out there offer me an opinion Yamaha vs Korg. I have been a Yamaha user for years. I like the Halicon feature of both the 2 and 3. Ant advise would be appreciated.

Flip

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[karmathanever]

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[DonM]

Flip, I recognize you from psr tutorial forum. I've had the PA3X for a couple of months now and love it.
It is totally different from Tyros 4 in sound, operating system, size and appearance.
It is far more programmable, has better vocal processing and livelier sounding drums.
Yamaha has done a lot of work for you, such as wonderful OTS settings.
PA3X has better Songbook.
Both have advantages over the other.
There is probably NOTHING the Yamaha can do that Korg can't do, but it might take a little work to achieve it. There are definitely things the PA3X can do that Yamaha can't.
I could list pluses and minuses for both for the rest of the day, but you really need to spend some time with the PA3X. The longer you play with it, the more you'll like it!
If you have any specific questions, I'll try to answer.
DonM

[flip]

Yes, its me from the PSR Tutorial. Thanks for your reply and opinion. I am in the process of deciding which way to go. I have heard good things about KORG from my old work friend from Germany. So.....gathering info. The big problem with all of the high end KB's regardless of make is you can't find them outside of a big city.....I want to sit down and spend some time with anything I am going to fork out big bucks or euros for.

Regards.....have you ever check out my Performance page on the PSR site?

Flip

[karmathanever]

Hi Flip

Here are my personal opinions (reposted here) having owned and closely compared both:-

[Lanco]

One of the dealer members over on SynthZone recently stated that the new S950 will be coming out probably at the summer NAMM show in a few months.

He was told by the Yamaha rep that it will knock your socks off and will make a lot of people that can't afford a Tyros 4 very happy. So, maybe you want to hang on a bit and see what that would be like for you.

I have a Tyros 4 and love it. You should hear the comments I get from people in my audiences.

I do want to try to play a PA3X to see if it would fit in with what I do. I'm sure there's some great things on there that I'd like, but don't know if it will fit my all around needs. Some of the online demos sound really good.

Scott Langholff

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[Fransman]

Since two months I own a Yam PSR S910. Before that, I had a Korg PA500 for about 3,5 years.
The Korg was about half the price of the Yam.

I am a style-player, and never play with midi-files.

Although the voices in the S910 are definitely very good - most of them better sounding than PA500, I find the Yamaha styles to be very, very poor compared to Korg.
Most of them are much too repetitive, unnatural, polished, boring.
In PA500 all styles are good to excellent. In PSR S910 about 25% are good. Most of them are average to my ears.
In my PA500 I could play almost all the songs I wanted by picking (and sometimes a bit tweaking) the factory styles.
To play the songs I want in the Yam, I have to load Tyros styles or other Yam-styles. They are available in huge numbers, but most of them sound like sh.. compared to Korg.

So I'm planning to get rid of the S910 and go back to Korg.
Maybe PA800, maybe - when savings allow me - PA3X. I love the way it looks & sounds.
More professional. More musical. More real. But it is a lot of money.

Choosing between Tyros 4 or PA3X would be a no brainer to me: definitely Korg.
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[smstome]

I started playing yam arr from psr 740 release. Then followed 2100, 3000, s910, Tyros4.

Pa3x is wayyy better.
After gigs with PA3X, i always get fantastic comments about the sound. Ppl say the tone was brilliant, extraordinary, original, and sorry to say this "was it karoake ?? "

I didn't feel tyros4 apealing( May be coz i got motif xs).

No choice mate, just desicion " PA3X "

Although i had so many trouble figuring out things at the start (still got tonns to learn), it has got everything you had, need and more if you are comming from psr/tyros world.

[flip]

I appreciate all of the responses. I agree withe comments re Yamaha styles. I have imported KORG and ROLAND styles that have been configured for the PSR. On balance they are much better. They have more depth and variations within the style. A lot of the T3 and T4 users complain about the difficult set up and take down of the Tyros for Gigs. My conclusion is that these KB's are better suited for a fixed location like the home.

Right now I am satisfied with my 900....its nice and the screen display problem has been repaired by Yamaha with no charge to me. Si, I will continue to read the post on this site it looks interesting. Sometime down the line I will upgrade. But, before I do I will want to sit down and play the KB to see what it can/can't do. I guess to do that I will have to take a ride to a Sam Ash store...Guitar Center is worthless in my opinion.

Again, thanks for all the input. Flip

Also, is there a feature on this site to post songs? The PSR Tutorial has a Performer section which is VG...I get a lot of music to download there.

[Fransman]

[Lanco]

[flip]

Thanks for the advice Fransman. What is your opinion of the PA2X Pro?

Regards, Flip