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Hi Guys, I am so happy that I found a place like here to ask about Korg..
I am so desperate for help , I am about to buy a Korg pa500, and I was so excited untill some one told me that the pa80 is a better model!! I know that the pa500 is the next model up from the pa80... please share your thoughts and experince with me... and why the pa500 price is not that expensive!! it's so close to the pa80 price!

note, I wanna use it mainly to play Arabic music

PA500 is by far more advanced than PA80! Don't even think about it! Just go buy the PA500 NOW!!!

Regards,
Dimitris

oh my god, I feel better now bro ... you'r the man ... and your English is awesome... I am from new zealand... but I am originaly from Iraq

My friend i am pretty sure that the Pa 80 is better than the pa500. . Pa 500 is better than pa 50 but not better than pa80. An easy example: With the pa 80 you can play real Samples and theres also a slot where you can put sample cards inside. Pa500 has only sound programms not samples.

That's PA500 specifications. Don't tell me isn't enough!!!

Keyboard 61 keys with Velocity

System OPOS (Objective Portable Operating System) and RX (Real eXperience) Technology – Multitasking, Load while play feature –

Upgradable Operative System - SSD Solid State Disk

Tone Generator KORG EDS (Enhanced Definition Synthesis) sound generator: 80 Voices, 80 Oscillators - Filters with Resonance - Three band

EQ for each track

Effects 4 Stereo Digital Multi-Effect systems - 124 Effects types - Final semi-parametric three band EQ

Sounds-Drum Kits 882 Sounds, including a Stereo Piano and GM Level 2 compatible Sounds, 56 Drum Kits - User area: 128 Sounds, 64 Drum Kits - Realtime control: Assignable Slider, Switch - Full editing of Sounds and Drum Kits

Styles More than 320 preloaded Styles, SSD-resident, freely reconfigurable - Up to 448 available Style locations- 64 User Styles - Eight Style tracks, 4 Single Touch Settings and one Style Performance per Style - Guitar Track, Parallel and Fixed NTT - Compatible with old "i-Series" and Pa series Style format - Style Record with Step Record, Track and Event Edit functions - Style controls: 4 Variations, 3 Fills, 3 Intros, 3 Endings, Synchro Start/Stop, Tap Tempo/Reset, Fade In/Out, Bass Inversion, Manual Bass, Tempo Lock, Memory, Accompaniment/Real Time Track Balance Volume, Accompaniment Mute, Drum Mapping, Snare & Kick Designation, Single Touch

Performance/STS 256 Realtime Performance locations - STS: Memorize Realtime tracks settings, up to 4 x 512 Styles, up to 4 x SongBook entries - All programmable

Realtime Tracks Four Keyboard tracks (Upper 1, 2, 3, Lower) - 4 Pad tracks

Song Play Patented XDS Crossfade Dual Sequencer player - 2 Sequencers with separate Select, Start/Stop, Home, Rewind and Fast Forward controls - Balance control - Lyrics data can be displayed on-screen - Markers - Jukebox function - Compatible with SMF (formats 0 and 1)

Sequencer Quick Record (Backing Sequence), Multitrack and Step Record functions - Full-featured sequencer - 16 tracks - Up to 110,000 events - SMF native format

SongBook Fully programmable music database, based on Styles, SMF, Karaoke, with automatic selection of Style Play and Song Play modes - User-definable custom lists - Filtering options

Compatibility "i-Series" models: Styles - Pa series: Style, Performance, Program/Sound, Song, SongBook, Pad

Multi Pad 4 Assignable Pads + Stop Button. Pad Record function

Help System Hypertextual, Contextual, Multilingual

General Controls Master Volume, Real Time-Acc/Seq Balance Volume, Ensemble, Octave Transpose, Master Transpose, Style Change, , Quarter Tone Arabic Scale , User Scale memorized inside Performance/STS - Realtime controllers: Joystick (pitch + modulation), 1 Assignable Slider, 1 Assignable Switch, Dial, Up/+, Down/-, Keyboard Split
Control Inputs Damper Pedal, Assignable Pedal/Footswitch
Analog Output Unbalanced Jack Left/Mono, Right, Headphones
Analog Input 2 Unbalanced Line In Jacks
MIDI In, Out standard Midi connectors- USB to Midi using the USB Device port - Individual track assignment - 8 user definable MIDI Setups

USB 1 USB Device connection (1.1 Full Speed)

Card Slot SD (Secure Digital) Card and MultiMedia Card (MMC) Memory Devices

Display 320 x 240 pixels, Monochrome TouchView Graphic Touch Screen

Amplification 2 x 15 W - Fixed EQ
Speakers 2 Double Cone Speakers in Bass Reflex Box

Power Supply DC 12V external power supply (supplied)
Consumption 15 Watt
Dimensions 1074 / 42,2" (W) x 404 / 15,9" (D) x 183 / 7,5" (H) mm / inch without music rest

Weight 9.9 kg / 21.8 lbs

Accessories Manual, AC adapter, Music Stand, CD-Rom

... and in the half price of the old PA80!!!


Regards,
Dimitris