Thinking of getting a PA500

skuppy · Post by **skuppy** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 1:46 am

Hi guys

I am looking for an arranger under AU$1850
The pa500 is right on the money and the features I am after as well.

tell me

Are the styles fully editable ?
Are there any annoying obvious limitations ?.....I am happy with 80 poly
Personal opinions given its price ?

Appreciate your comments
thank you

LESSISMORE · Post by **LESSISMORE** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:23 pm

Are the styles fully editable ?

Yes they are. You can edit, delete and overwrite each factory-style.
(you have to uncheck "Style protect" in Media)

skuppy · Post by **skuppy** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:36 pm

Thanks Lim

One more big question

I am tempted by the PA800
Given the extra features,poly,styles etc etc, I was very impressed
Not coming from an arrangers background ,is it worth the extra money from a PA500 ?

thanks

LESSISMORE · Post by **LESSISMORE** » Thu Aug 12, 2010 8:00 am

Hi Skuppy

yes it is, when you want to have a real sampler and a Vocal Harmony Porcessor. And a key wih After Touch. More Line Out Level. mp3-recorder.

The next step is the PA2 with more sample-ram, slider and a 76 key-bed.

paulmpianist · Post by **paulmpianist** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 7:01 pm

My big disapointment with the PA500 coming from the PA80 was that there are no mic preamps for the audio ins on the PA500. this means if you plug your microphone into the audio ins, you get a puny weak signal. On the PA80 and the PA800 you get the preamps built in and that means your microphone signal is really loud.
Sampling? what do you want to sample for? you can get all kinds of samples by sampling people that make tons of them. If you're one of those guys though.. go for it. For me that's a waste.
I sing so I would like the vocal FX board. I snapped up a PA500 for about 800 bucks on EBAY so I got a pretty good deal. IF you have a mixer and amps and everything, you can get your vocals amplified outside of the PA500.
thats my take on it.

The PA500 800 bugs with LEDs RAM ... computer glitches and frozen boards.... looking at the risk of 1000 bucks or 2300 bucks tied up if you get a bad one. there was a guy near here that wanted 800 for a frozen one that wouldn't boot up. I don't know the proportion of problem keyboards, but the guys with the bad ones post it , so it makes it seem like a lot. The guys with no problem are quiet about it. Just some thoughts.

After a while you have to stop trying improve your music with equipment and resort to practising.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4qUL4MJ0Mk