Problems Report for Pa1000/Pa700 (no wish-lists)

[neverkorgagain]

bought this keyboard new, from main dealer in my country few months ago, didnt have much time until now to test it, but there is few problems i saw.....

i will ignore that you cant load anything from older pa series, but i also cant load anything from pa4x if its saved from new updated O.S.

From time to time, start crashing when i try to load from various usb flash disks, i have error screenshots in my phone ( will put them later)

When starting keyboard once in few times it keeps saying device generic error.....

When loading complete set from another pa1000, after few seconds keyboard turn off, and restarts by itself.....

1550 euros payed for unfinished product?

I feel like i bought cheap chinese clone.....

[karmathanever]

bought this keyboard new, from main dealer in my country few months ago, didnt have much time until now to test it, but there is few problems i saw.....
i will ignore that you cant load anything from older pa series, but i also cant load anything from pa4x if its saved from new updated O.S.
From time to time, start crashing when i try to load from various usb flash disks, i have error screenshots in my phone ( will put them later)
When starting keyboard once in few times it keeps saying device generic error.....
When loading complete set from another pa1000, after few seconds keyboard turn off, and restarts by itself.....
1550 euros payed for unfinished product?
I feel like i bought cheap chinese clone.....

I think you got a lemon - take it back for a replacement immediately!!!

[neverkorgagain]

Main thing that makes me wonder, is that in few musician groups from my country people report same things as i do.... somehow still think this is maybe software problems thatn hardware, i will still play with this pa1000 because is under warranty.... but i will take it for replacement if this become worse...

[karmathanever]

but i will take it for replacement if this become worse...

Why not now?
Your list is clearly indicating a faulty keyboard....

You can load data from just about ALL previous Korg arrangers - see pages 914-917 in the PA1000 user manual.
If this doesn't work, it's faulty.

Freezes, reboots, crashes etc mostly relate to 3rd party data.
At least perform a full re-load of the latest OS..

[tony mads usa]

I have not read all the pages, so I don't know if there has been a lot of discussion about the 'freezing up', or 'locking up' of the board. This is extremely frustrating, ESPECIALLY because it has happened during a live performance, and the only way to clear it is with Shift/Power, or pull the plug out ! I think it happens when going through a number of functions in rapid succession. I will have to watch to see if it occurs using a third party style.

What is even more frustrating is the fact that KORG USA's reply is "upgrade to OS 1.5" When I purchased my keyboard OS 1.5 was already installed, so now what ?!?

[BR]

I have not read all the pages, so I don't know if there has been a lot of discussion about the 'freezing up', or 'locking up' of the board. This is extremely frustrating, ESPECIALLY because it has happened during a live performance, and the only way to clear it is with Shift/Power, or pull the plug out ! I think it happens when going through a number of functions in rapid succession. I will have to watch to see if it occurs using a third party style.

What is even more frustrating is the fact that KORG USA's reply is "upgrade to OS 1.5" When I purchased my keyboard OS 1.5 was already installed, so now what ?!?

I had a Pa1000 for a year and I spent the whole year with testing different ways and doing all suggestion from our members here, I also experienced the freezing up with Factory styles, with empty RAM memory, without any customized style or samples loaded.

I've also contacted the Korg through Paolo, sent him my customized set to examine and testing to see if the problem comes from my set.
I didn't get any reply from them so I decided to get ride of it and no more wasting time. Switched to another Brand. No more Korg Arranger for me.

By my personal experiences after more than 20 years using different korg arrangers, I would say regarding Pa1000 or even Pa700, the problems come from the Korg Factory design, could be Hardware or Software.
It is not about the older Pa series sets that we use generally, as Korg advertises in their website that their arrangers are compatible with the old Pa series sets .

Best of luck!

[siebenhirter]

Can I transfer styles from my Korg Pa3x into the pa1000

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.. by my personal experiences after more than 20 years using different korg arrangers, I would say regarding Pa1000 or even Pa700, the problems come from the Korg Factory design, could be Hardware or Software.
It is not about the older Pa series sets that we use generally, as Korg advertises in their website that their arrangers are compatible with the old Pa series sets ....

I think the described problems are because in its manuals KORG published "you can load most data as if they were Pa1000 data". KORG never pointed out that loading data from other Pa models can cause serious errors even, if you previously did not convert these data instead loading such incompatible data (via selection Data by DIRECT)!

[tony mads usa]

It's amazing to me that after all this time, apparently the 'freezing up' problem has not been addressed and rectified by KORG, As I said in a (much) earlier post, it seems to happen most when performing a number of functions in rapid succession, such as making a playlist, and making some style or voice changes while creating the list.

[siebenhirter]

I have not read all the pages, so I don't know if there has been a lot of discussion about the 'freezing up', or 'locking up' of the board ..... It is not about the older Pa series sets that we use generally, as Korg advertises in their website that their arrangers are compatible with the old Pa series sets ...

I have not found on Korgs HP that Pa1000 sets are compatible with the old Pa series sets, but found in Pa1000 manual page 929 ff:

"You can load most data from KORG Pa-Series instruments. The following table shows what you can load from the other instruments. Please keep in mind that, depending on the actual data, YOU COULD NOT BE ABLE TO DIRECTLY LOAD SET FOLDERS.
In this case, open the folder, and load each bank or individual item separately.
Please save the converted data as a new SET folder after loading all the needed data".

For data transfer from each other Pa-Series instruments it is pointed out, that you can load most data as if they were Pa1000 data BUT it also is mentioned, there are a few exceptions to be considered.

.... As I said in a (much) earlier post, it seems to happen most when performing a number of functions in rapid succession, such as making a playlist, and making some style or voice changes while creating the list....

I think in any case, it is recommended to use converted data as a new SET folder and not to ignore the exceptions.
Conversion is not a significant effort, because once selecting a Set Folder as a Direct Set you automatically get a converted Set folder, the data of which also should not freeze when the actions mentioned are carried out in quick succession.