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[siebenhirter]

[Dikikeys]

Usually, if something isn't specifically mentioned, it is reasonable to assume that it remains from the previous generation if not superseded by a new feature which makes it less necessary.

Of course, MAYBE things have utterly changed... But on the whole, unless something new takes over the previous function (or it received little use), it's safe enough to assume something like it still exists.

For instance, although the fill modes were dropped in the last generational change, the auto-fill system was added, and in the large majority of users' needs (particularly as how the number of fills was doubled), was not needed so much, and met common standards used in most other arrangers' feature sets (it's important to make the transition from one brand to another easy, to encourage people to change to Korg's).

You guys don't know how lucky you are! Every Roland arranger series is a crapshoot of new features added and totally unrelated great features dropped..! You could actually build a really good arranger simply by using stuff Roland have dropped (and never returned, unlike the Chord Sequencer!). Korg is the model of consistency by comparison!

[siebenhirter]

Pa3X had auto-fill and also fill-mode.

Pa4x coming without fill-mode and there is nothing that was added for this.
Simply this feature is dropped as one can see in detailed specification of quick-guide.
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[karmathanever]

[siebenhirter]

[karmathanever]

Thanks Sieben - I already have this but from your comments I thought you might have seen the detailed manuals.

I think those will define what is in and what is out.
I am hoping they make them available soon especially as the PA4X is due to ship in just a few weeks.

Cheers

Pete
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[Bachus]

[karmathanever]

Yep!!
Why does Korg suck at their marketing of arrangers?
Just look at Kronos - awesome demos, tutorials, mountains of information and details etc…
Arrangers - close to nothing - even today, go find a great PA3X demo - not there - oh yes, some really nice owner videos, but where are Korg's true promotional demos?

Where I am located the "Korg arranger" is an "IF YOU WANT ONE, WE'LL ORDER IT IN" keyboard - no-one really cares about selling them or stocking them.
Several years ago Korg used to run product roadshows across Australia (Roland too - awesome) - I bought my Korg i30 based on a roadshow demo - nothing at all since then.
I am really concerned that I will not get to actually play a PA4X for a very long time. It is only recently that PA3X has appeared in local retailers here.
I actually bought my PA3X based on these forums - never got to try one first - it was a super successful risk but I'm not doing that again.

I realise the costs involved in roadshows BUT some serious demos (covering all levels of potential owners) are desperately needed.

I rely now on you great people for your feedback and great tips, tricks and information.
If it wasn't for these forums I doubt Korg would sell many arrangers and I'd probably be missing out and sitting in a corner with a Tyros.

Cheers

Pete
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[Bachus]

[Thoraldus]

If you want to tell your local sales company how unhappy you are with their marketing of Korg products see this page for contact info ...

http://www.korg.com/us/corporate/distributors/

As far as I can see Korg corporate possibly 'controls' 3 distributor/sales operations, USA, UK and (probably) Japan.
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[Thoraldus]

[squeezebox2]

The volume sliders seem to have changed priority from the established aplications since the Pa1x??

Slider 3 is now set as Pad2/Perc instead of ACC/Perc. This suggest to me that it is no longer possible to increace/decrease the volume of the ACC on the fly as can be done with the Drum and Base sliders. It is true you can now mute the ACC totaly from the Volumes page but this is not as effective as gradual increase/decrease.

The loss of this feature would be a big loss for me, but I may be the only one!! Hope there is still someway of achieving it.

Ken

[siebenhirter]

[siebenhirter]

[Thoraldus]