New OS

[newkorgguy]

As per many problems with current OS for Pa5x, Korg decided to work on an update, but this time creating an OS from scratch. That's why it's taking a little longer.

There will be many happy Korg players soon!

Happy new year!

[Xx_Joey_xX]

As per many problems with current OS for Pa5x, Korg decided to work on an update, but this time creating an OS from scratch. That's why it's taking a little longer.

There will be many happy Korg players soon!

Happy new year!

Whats your source for this information?

[karmathanever]

So we're resorting to the rumour mill again......

If Korg is building a new OS from scratch then, based on history, I estimate another 4 years to go....

[AntonySharmman]

If Korg is building a new OS from scratch then, based on history, I estimate another 4 years to go....

[Nemydom]

As per many problems with current OS for Pa5x, Korg decided to work on an update, but this time creating an OS from scratch. That's why it's taking a little longer.

There will be many happy Korg players soon!

Happy new year!

Whats your source for this information?

Imagine how boring the world would be if we couldn't engage in speculation!

[duby2]

I agree with Pete.
At least another four years or more. And after all the updates you have a new PA 4 or they call it pa5 it finally caught up..

(The PA6 will be out by then)


Remember cell phones all colored screens and fancy and then it became trendy oh the right thing to do to have dark mode on your phone and that's what korg did again dark mode on the PA4X if it was so great why didn't they carry it over to the PA 5 x if it was so great...

I believe the reason would be management young people with the dark mode what a shame..
I know a new operating system can do it where is the option..


It's funny now the new excuse is it's a new operating system isn't it still Lennox you can't Cut Copy and paste all the good stuff from the old days over maybe not maybe we need a new Korg of Italy..

the i3 broke new ground in 1993,with the i3,,now 31 years later I see the ground they broke was them digging their grave .
And the people that defend korg as the greatest thing in the world are in it for one reason they're selling style packs or new sounds or new samples.
Which is great for them and I hope they keep doing it they're making money God bless them nothing wrong with that $$$$
.

But if the keyboard was so great I wouldn't need third party equipment or I wouldn't have to wait four or five years for updates to make the keyboard work correctly.
How long do we have to wait another 5-6 years by then the PA6 will be out.

Once again that's just my opinion do you think tell me I like to hear it.
You're right we are bored waiting.

[Nemydom]

How long do we have to wait another 5-6 years by then the PA6 will be out.

Once again that's just my opinion do you think tell me I like to hear it.
You're right we are bored waiting.

Let's stay positive: I am quite confident that a comprehensive update will arrive very soon!

Honestly, I don't quite grasp some people's concerns. If you truly depend on your sole arranger keyboard for professional purposes, why would you upgrade to the Pa5x without thorough research? Of course, you should stick with the Pa4x until all issues are resolved! If you bought the Pa5x without proper research, or in the hope that an OS update would happen within a month or two... well, that was rather unwise, and I feel I must say that.

If you're just a hobbyist like me, doing this for fun, then you should just relax and wait. I am happy with the Pa5x as it is. Even if Korg stops releasing any OS updates – though it would be a shame – I was prepared for that possibility when I made the purchase!

[Xx_Joey_xX]

How long do we have to wait another 5-6 years by then the PA6 will be out.

Once again that's just my opinion do you think tell me I like to hear it.
You're right we are bored waiting.

Let's stay positive: I am quite confident that a comprehensive update will arrive very soon!

Honestly, I don't quite grasp some people's concerns. If you truly depend on your sole arranger keyboard for professional purposes, why would you upgrade to the Pa5x without thorough research? Of course, you should stick with the Pa4x until all issues are resolved! If you bought the Pa5x without proper research, or in the hope that an OS update would happen within a month or two... well, that was rather unwise, and I feel I must say that.


If you're just a hobbyist like me, doing this for fun, then you should just relax and wait. I am happy with the Pa5x as it is. Even if Korg stops releasing any OS updates – though it would be a shame – I was prepared for that possibility when I made the purchase!

When you bought KORG products like me i30,pa80,pa1x,2x,3x,4x which all had the proper style creation mode and tools. You would expect it that to be available in 5x especially when they advertise the ability to create USER STYLES
The way it is now is simply not practical or logical. Very user UNFRIENDLY.

[karmathanever]

If you truly depend on your sole arranger keyboard for professional purposes, why would you upgrade to the Pa5x without thorough research? Of course, you should stick with the Pa4x until all issues are resolved! If you bought the Pa5x without proper research, or in the hope that an OS update would happen within a month or two... well, that was rather unwise, and I feel I must say that.

Problem is that in the case of the PA5x, you need to own it first in order to do the research. There should be an expectation that it would work according to its specs and manuals - but it didn't (and doesn't) - simple solution would be to return it. Of course there'll be a few bugs, but in the case of the PA5x it just didn't work correctly.
I bought my PA4x almost sight-unseen - even sold my PA3x first - I was lucky but based my "risk analysis" on the history of all my previous Korg arrangers.
With PA5x, I actually decided to play one for a couple of hours just to check the important features I required and its basic functionality etc.... it crashed and failed a few times during my trial. One big problem was the "Dual-Player" - sometimes OK but not always - example: I set up 2 styles (player 1 & 2) -started the styles, faded from 1 to 2 all fine, faded back to 1 and whilst it was still playing there was no sound, faded back to 2, sound was fine - abandoned that!!! That was just one example of several glitches and discovery that some features were simply not implemented.

In view of Korg's (new) total unprofessional attitude and absence of any customer care or support, I have removed the PA5x from my wish-list - it is now more a matter of trust. Also, currently hearing that PA5x parts are near impossible to get in USA (assume this might be world-wide??), I am too nervous about the whole future of this device. There is no question that if I had bought one, I would definitely not have it now - I would have returned it and most likely bought a PA4x in order to continue my music reliably.

I know some are saying they are very happy with it and I believe them (and happy for them), but it would depend on what they use their PA5x's for and what features and functionality they rely on.

Now it's the LEDs (again!!!) - this is seriously not on Korg!!!! And no spares available!!!!!

There cannot be any effective QA requirements in place, nor professionally planned system-acceptance-testing and user-acceptance-testing.
Ask yourself this - why is it NOW taking so long to fix?? Why isn't there even a vague indication of its future?
I think there is a lot that we do not know about..... what else are we expected to think?

IMHO:-
Korg PA4x is right at the top of the world-wide arrangers.
Ketron EVENT - would like to test one for a few days - not convinced yet - OS seems unconducive to live playing/recording
Yamaha Genos 2 - a few nice new features but still a Tyros at heart - OS needs a good revamp

Take care guys
Happy New Year

[Xx_Joey_xX]

If you truly depend on your sole arranger keyboard for professional purposes, why would you upgrade to the Pa5x without thorough research? Of course, you should stick with the Pa4x until all issues are resolved! If you bought the Pa5x without proper research, or in the hope that an OS update would happen within a month or two... well, that was rather unwise, and I feel I must say that.

Problem is that in the case of the PA5x, you need to own it first in order to do the research. There should be an expectation that it would work according to its specs and manuals - but it didn't (and doesn't) - simple solution would be to return it. Of course there'll be a few bugs, but in the case of the PA5x it just didn't work correctly.
I bought my PA4x almost sight-unseen - even sold my PA3x first - I was lucky but based my "risk analysis" on the history of all my previous Korg arrangers.
With PA5x, I actually decided to play one for a couple of hours just to check the important features I required and its basic functionality etc.... it crashed and failed a few times during my trial. One big problem was the "Dual-Player" - sometimes OK but not always - example: I set up 2 styles (player 1 & 2) -started the styles, faded from 1 to 2 all fine, faded back to 1 and whilst it was still playing there was no sound, faded back to 2, sound was fine - abandoned that!!! That was just one example of several glitches and discovery that some features were simply not implemented.

In view of Korg's (new) total unprofessional attitude and absence of any customer care or support, I have removed the PA5x from my wish-list - it is now more a matter of trust. Also, currently hearing that PA5x parts are near impossible to get in USA (assume this might be world-wide??), I am too nervous about the whole future of this device. There is no question that if I had bought one, I would definitely not have it now - I would have returned it and most likely bought a PA4x in order to continue my music reliably.

I know some are saying they are very happy with it and I believe them (and happy for them), but it would depend on what they use their PA5x's for and what features and functionality they rely on.

Now it's the LEDs (again!!!) - this is seriously not on Korg!!!! And no spares available!!!!!

There cannot be any effective QA requirements in place, nor professionally planned system-acceptance-testing and user-acceptance-testing.
Ask yourself this - why is it NOW taking so long to fix?? Why isn't there even a vague indication of its future?
I think there is a lot that we do not know about..... what else are we expected to think?

IMHO:-
Korg PA4x is right at the top of the world-wide arrangers.
Ketron EVENT - would like to test one for a few days - not convinced yet - OS seems unconducive to live playing/recording
Yamaha Genos 2 - a few nice new features but still a Tyros at heart - OS needs a good revamp

Take care guys
Happy New Year

You have my vote on everything you said.

If the next OS update does not fix what I need fixed I'm selling the pa5x at loss.

[karmathanever]

If the next OS update does not fix what I need fixed I'm selling the pa5x at loss.

You should not be expected to "lose" money!!!
Can you not get a refund? Should be under warranty - the product does not work according to its specs and manuals.

I thought you would be well covered for that in USA (hope I'm correct)

Cheers

Pete

[Nemydom]

Problem is that in the case of the PA5x, you need to own it first in order to do the research. There should be an expectation that it would work according to its specs and manuals - but it didn't (and doesn't) - simple solution would be to return it. Of course there'll be a few bugs, but in the case of the PA5x it just didn't work correctly.

I agree with that as well... Just trying to be positive

[D575]

If you truly depend on your sole arranger keyboard for professional purposes, why would you upgrade to the Pa5x without thorough research? Of course, you should stick with the Pa4x until all issues are resolved! If you bought the Pa5x without proper research, or in the hope that an OS update would happen within a month or two... well, that was rather unwise, and I feel I must say that.

Problem is that in the case of the PA5x, you need to own it first in order to do the research. There should be an expectation that it would work according to its specs and manuals - but it didn't (and doesn't) - simple solution would be to return it. Of course there'll be a few bugs, but in the case of the PA5x it just didn't work correctly.
I bought my PA4x almost sight-unseen - even sold my PA3x first - I was lucky but based my "risk analysis" on the history of all my previous Korg arrangers.
With PA5x, I actually decided to play one for a couple of hours just to check the important features I required and its basic functionality etc.... it crashed and failed a few times during my trial. One big problem was the "Dual-Player" - sometimes OK but not always - example: I set up 2 styles (player 1 & 2) -started the styles, faded from 1 to 2 all fine, faded back to 1 and whilst it was still playing there was no sound, faded back to 2, sound was fine - abandoned that!!! That was just one example of several glitches and discovery that some features were simply not implemented.

In view of Korg's (new) total unprofessional attitude and absence of any customer care or support, I have removed the PA5x from my wish-list - it is now more a matter of trust. Also, currently hearing that PA5x parts are near impossible to get in USA (assume this might be world-wide??), I am too nervous about the whole future of this device. There is no question that if I had bought one, I would definitely not have it now - I would have returned it and most likely bought a PA4x in order to continue my music reliably.

I know some are saying they are very happy with it and I believe them (and happy for them), but it would depend on what they use their PA5x's for and what features and functionality they rely on.

Now it's the LEDs (again!!!) - this is seriously not on Korg!!!! And no spares available!!!!!

There cannot be any effective QA requirements in place, nor professionally planned system-acceptance-testing and user-acceptance-testing.
Ask yourself this - why is it NOW taking so long to fix?? Why isn't there even a vague indication of its future?
I think there is a lot that we do not know about..... what else are we expected to think?

IMHO:-
Korg PA4x is right at the top of the world-wide arrangers.
Ketron EVENT - would like to test one for a few days - not convinced yet - OS seems unconducive to live playing/recording
Yamaha Genos 2 - a few nice new features but still a Tyros at heart - OS needs a good revamp

Take care guys
Happy New Year

Agreed and totally on point...

This year will be very telling now for PA5X and where Korg as a company are travelling, I have extended my own terms and conditions in my mind, and depending upon Korgs performance to support this product will determine my actions one way or another...

And... Happy New Year to you Pete

[Xx_Joey_xX]

If the next OS update does not fix what I need fixed I'm selling the pa5x at loss.

You should not be expected to "lose" money!!!
Can you not get a refund? Should be under warranty - the product does not work according to its specs and manuals.

I thought you would be well covered for that in USA (hope I'm correct)

Cheers

Pete

Well I have owned it for over 6 month.
return policy for store is 30 days.

Now I see that I have the black spots on the buttons as well along with an OS 1.2.1 that doesn't have what I need. So I'm pretty much stuck with this trash product.

[Asena]

Well, This one was like New Year Firework, BOOOOOM and Than gone