Korg Forums

Stephen Kay has said to me at least three times when I've asked him that he will never develop a Karma version for an arranger. I even offered to pay for a Karma PC development for Pa keyboards, and he is not interested, unfortunately.

I wonder why he would take such a stance?. The way i see it, it would be easier to implement KARMA technology in a professional arranger than it is to implement the arranger component in a synthesizer. Nowadays the arranger workstations can deliver almost the same features as a synthesizer, not to mention the arranger market is huge.

As for the picture above, the OP would have had a better chance naming it the PA2X PRO ELITE than a PA3X PRO.

Hi mrkorg,

Well, I have my M3 integrated with my Pa2x and many Karma Combis work nicely with percussion and bass arrangements on the Pa2x. I tend to cut out all the ACC parts on the Pa2x when in use with Karma on the M3.

What I like about Karma is that the "arrangements" are tweak-able with sliders in real-time giving a lot more variation to music than is possible with fixed styles on the Pa2x. It may be that Stephen feels that his technology and that of Arranger keyboards are incompatible because of this. He told me that he dislikes the concept of push button variations, intros and fill-ins and breaks.

However, the dynamics of arranger-based drum and bass intros, fills and endings on the Pa2x work very nicely with Karma and those facilities are missing on the M3 and Karma. So my Pa2x bridges the gap.

Best regards,
Rob