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There has been a strong comparison between korg pa 50 v/s yamaha 1500 in korg pa 80 forum. So what happen is everyone prefer yamaha 1500 to pa 50.

Myself i prefer korg TR though i've never heard the sound of both workstations. Since korg TR support samples which means one can always update sounds, which is not possible with yamaha 1500.

Hi

You are comparing apples with oranges.
The TR does no have the Styles function of the PSR1500 becoz is not an arranger.
Also you cant compare a pro synth with a home oriented arranger. And the PSR1500 is discontinued.

By the way, if you want a fair comparison, you've be careful, becoz the Tone Generator in some PA arrangers is the HI (Triton line) and in the new ones is the EDS (M3 line).. I don't know a lo about Yamaha arrangers, but the voice generator and articularion voices also are inherited from differents synths.

And a arranger dont have the capabilities of synthesis that have a synthesizer even if use the same sound engine.

If you want to use an arranger and play styles, you shouldn't choose the TR. If you want synthesis capabilities, choose a synth not an arranger.

Regards.
Alavaro

Thanks ozz!

Now I'm confident that TR will do for me since I'm a live musician and I'm struggling to find a better sounding keyboard with highly pro samples/tones.

Though I love my Korg pa50 and its powerful program/layers customizations it still lacks the sounds that i need to fit in my arrangements.

For better sounds, look to the Triton Extreme (TR with more effects plus some other nice features) or a newer keyboard like a Motif XS or the Korg M3.

Well, always the choose is limited by the budget.

If you want a TR, you should look the newer M50. Also Roland, Yamaha, etc has keyboards on the same price range.
Also, if your budget allows it, look for a flagship.

If you are into the sound synthesis, maybe an analog or VA synth could be an option.

And in "romplers" the load of new samples is not the only way to have new sounds, you could do a lot editing the programs or creating new ones using the onboard samples.

I, own a TR and its nice to have new samples and play arround with it, but, normally you dont lose 5-10 minutes loading samples before a gig, becoz you can't turn off the synth before playing.

By the way, the TR has 64MB ROM the same 32MB of the Triton Classic and 32MB of new samples. The Triton Extreme has 144MB (32MB Triton Classic + The best of EXB-Samples). The M50 the same 256MB ROM of the M3 (the M3 has a total of 640MB with expasions)

But not all is samples, the HI engine (Triton) allows you to use 2 OSC with a max of 2 multisamples each velocity switched. The EDS engine (M3) use 2 OSC but with 4 multisamples each, with velocity switch, crossfading, and layering. Also, on the TR you've 1 3band-EQ, 2 master fxs and 1 insert fx (instead of 5 on a Triton). On the M50 you've 5 inserts, 2 master and 1 total and 1 3band-EQ per program (one in program mode, 16 on sequencer/combi mode), all the power of the M3.

Regards
Alvaro