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[Asena]

So , this is a question for ANTONY SHERMMAN i think

Is the sound qualty better on this os or is it just rumors?

Some Forums are talking about the sound quality, and many says that the Sound is much better now on 3.1
If so, What did Korg to make that sound better?

If you ask me it,s same sound!

Thanks for any info.
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[karmathanever]

Hi Asena
This is a very subjective question.

If you can compare using exactly the same sound gear/phones, EQ and FX (DSP) then maybe (just maybe) you might detect some differences.
Personally I think the sounds have "improved" since its inception but whether specific to V2 or V3 I couldn't say as I never had the two side by side to compare.

I think overall the PA4X sounds are outstanding and improved very much from previous models.
I have still yet to find any acceptable acoustic drums from any keyboard but have to say that, at last, Korg's drums are now pretty cool since PA4X.
The Tonewheel sound has improved since OS V2 (I think) - I'm certainly happier with it.

I will be playing my PA4X through my friend's sound system in his recording studio very soon and have the opportunity to compare Nord Stage 3, Hammond xk3c, Roland, Moog and more at the same time. His speakers alone cost $20,000 so the gear can't get much better - I will report back.

As an aside, the PA4X-NEXT-OS-V3 is so so very different to the original PA4X out of the box - it's a different keyboard!!!
Also, I have to say that its sounds are on a par with my Kronos and exceed it in terms of sound behaviour-modelling thanks to DNC etc....

So, my answer to your question is just "possibly" - I would be interested to have the 2 OS versions side-by-side to compare.

Cheers

Pete
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[duby2]

compare using exactly the same sound gear/phones, EQ and FX (DSP) then maybe (just maybe)
if OS/2 has the same samples as OS 3 I would think they sound the same they could have cleaned up the circuits but it's still the same sample.. If you listen to the electric pianos there are thousands of them so cord could give your new piano and it would sound different from any other one just by changing the envelope some amp.. They said they fixed timing on portmanteau again tough to tell.. Keyboards always sound new and fresh with a new set of patches or sounds.. And I think the PA4 is not much difference from OS 1,, it does all the same things. Nothing new in the vocal harmonizer nothing new in the sequencer and nothing new in the style play mode. In the style play mode yes you can record a set of cords and having playback but that's not groundbreaking great news.. But what korg did do is make the display a little different they did give us a copy keyboards that function but back to the original question doesn't sound better don't know when I put my PA 1000 and my PA4 side-by-side and you look at this sampling charts the keyboards sound identical except the grand piano the PA4 uses six samples the PA 1000 uses three but again extremely hard to hear the difference.. We'll just have to wait and see what Pete comes up with in the studio..

[AntonySharmman]

[Snoopy]

Hi,

the same samples, but maybe different FX-settings, so the sound may be different ("better" is very subjective ).

And, PLEASE, don´t write "3.1" in headlines, the current version is 3.0.1
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[Korghelper]

Has anyone checked whether the default values for the Maxx presets have changed? I would think a change in values here might be the simplest thing to give an impression of change in the overall ‘sound’. Reworking enough samples to make a noticeable change seems like a lot of work...