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[johnsmies]

Someone on the PA4X thread here inquired about the current state of the new Ketron Event arranger which had its latest O.S. update ( 3.0) which in actual fact means its fifth update since its release 18 months ago !!!
For what it is worth and as a Ketron Event user myself who used to play Korg arrangers for 20 years in a row, here are my thoughts :

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I have had the Event for over a year and it is quite a beast of an arranger. For folks who like to sit down and "play keyboard " it is not the best choice, ergo it is the worst choice. ( get a Genos or a PA5). For those performing on stage who want to have the feel of being accompanied by a real band there is no contest: get yourself an Event , with the PA4X or PA5x as runner up in this division... Here is a link to my home recordings over the last couple of years. There are five or six of them with the Event, many with the SD9 etc.
https://www.youtube.com/@matseims/videos

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to give you an idea what's on the market ( software, styles, sounds, samples etc) here are two links ( youtube) to KEVs in Italy and SCM studios in Holland. KEVs offer many new styles availing themselves of new samples, new drums and new Real Chords. SCM studios specializes in ( extremely low priced) Real Chords and User Samples. (N.B. user sample memory in their ms3. format is limited to 800 Mb. But Kevs provide samples in a different format that go in another memory and is quite extensive).:
https://www.youtube.com/@kevs.sounds/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@scmultimedia/videos

greetings,
John Smies

[Vangelismusic]

Doesn't matter what comes out and sounds better then the 5X, if you have tons of styles and sounds from previous PA series you cannot jump ship especially if you are a middle eastern player with a locked set that you paid alot of money, Ketron has very little support.

[jbd59]

[karmathanever]

Duplicated post - please see:-
http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=130132


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