Korg PA800 User manual

User’s Manual
ENGLISH
OS Ver. 1.00
MAN00010002
2E

• Read these instructions.
• Keep these instructions.
• Heed all warnings.
• Follow all instructions.
• Do not use this apparatus near water.
• Mains powered apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or
splashing and that no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, shall
be placed on the apparatus.
• Clean only with dry cloth.
• Do not block any ventilation openings, install in accordance with
the manufacturer’s instructions.
• Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat regis-
ters, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce
heat.
• Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-
type plug. A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than
the other. A grounding type plug has two blades and a third
grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong are provided
for your safety. If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet,
consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet. (for
U.S.A. and Canada)
• Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particu-
larly at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they
exit from the apparatus.
• Only use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer.
• Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for
long periods of time.
• Turning off the power switch does not completely isolate this
product from the power line so remove the plug from the socket if
not using it for extended periods of time, or before cleaning.
Please ensure that the mains plug or appliance couple remains
readily accessible.
• Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is
required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such
as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled
or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been
exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has
been dropped.
• Do not install this equipment on the far position from wall outlet
and/or convenience receptacle.
• Do not install this equipment in a confined space such as a box for
the conveyance or similar unit.
• When a cart is used, use caution when moving the cart/apparatus
combination to avoid injury from tip-over.
The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol
within an equilateral triangle, is intended to
alert the user to the presence of uninsulated
“dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclo-
sure that may be of sufficient magnitude to con-
stitute a risk of electric shock to persons.
The exclamation point within an equilateral tri-
angle is intended to alert the user to the pres-
ence of important operating and maintenance
(servicing) instructions in the literature accompa-
nying the product.
Important safety instructions
THE FCC REGULATION WARNING (for U.S.A.)
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for
a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits
are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses,
and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to
radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference
will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause
harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be
determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is
encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the
following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that
to which the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Unauthorized changes or modification to this system can void the user’s
authority to operate this equipment.
CE mark for European Harmonized Standards
CE mark which is attached to our company’s products of AC mains
operated apparatus until December 31, 1996 means it conforms to EMC
Directive (89/336/EEC) and CE mark Directive (93/68/EEC).
And, CE mark which is attached after January 1, 1997 means it conforms
to EMC Directive (89/336/EEC), CE mark Directive (93/68/EEC) and Low
Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC).
Also, CE mark which is attached to our company’s products of Battery
operated apparatus means it conforms to EMC Directive (89/336/EEC)
and CE mark Directive (93/68/EEC).
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS
This product has been manufactured according to strict specifications
and voltage requirements that are applicable in the country in which it is
intended that this product should be used. If you have purchased this
product via the internet, through mail order, and/or via a telephone sale,
you must verify that this product is intended to be used in the country in
which you reside.
WARNING: Use of this product in any country other than that for which
it is intended could be dangerous and could invalidate the
manufacturer's or distributor's warranty.
Please also retain your receipt as proof of purchase otherwise your
product may be disqualified from the manufacturer's or distributor's
warranty.

Data Handling
Data in memory may sometimes be lost due to incorrect user
action. Be sure to save important data to the (optional) internal
hard disk or to an external USB device. Korg will not be responsible
for damages caused by data loss.
Example screens
Some pages of the manuals show LCD screens along with an
explanation of functions and operations. All sound names,
parameter names, and values are merely examples and may not
always match the actual display you are working on.
Cleaning the display
Use a soft cotton cloth to clean the screen. Some materials, such
as paper towels, could cause scratches and damage it. Computer
wipes are also suggested, provided they are specifically designed
for LCD screens.
Do not spray any liquids on the LCD screen directly. Always
apply the solution to your cloth first, then clean the screen.
Trademarks
Akai is a registered trademark of Akai Professional Corporation.
Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation. TC-Helicon is a registered trademark of TC Elec-
tronic, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the
property of their respective holders.
Disclaimer
The information contained in this manual have been carefully
revised and checked through. Due to our constant efforts to
improve our products, the specifications might differ to those in
the manual. Korg is not responsible for any eventual differences
found between the specifications and the contents of the instruc-
tion manual – the specifications being subject to change without
prior notice.
Liability
Korg products are manufactured under strict specifications and
voltages required by each country. These products are warranted
by the Korg distributor only in each country. Any Korg product
not sold with a warranty card or carrying a serial number dis-
qualifies the product sold from the manufacturer's/distributor's
warranty and liability. This requirement is for your own protec-
tion and safety.
Service and User’s Assistance
For service, please contact your nearest Authorized Korg Service
Center. For more information on Korg products, and to find
software and accessories for your keyboard, please contact your
local Authorized Korg distributor. For up-to-date information,
please point your web browser to www.korgpa.com.
Copyright © 2006 KORG Italy Spa. Printed in Italy.

The BALANCE slider
When turning the instrument on, please be assured the BALANCE slider is set to the cen-
ter. This sets both Sequencer 1 and Sequencer 2 to their maximum level. This will avoid
you start a Song without hearing anything.

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Table of Contents
Introduction
Easy Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
The Style Play page in detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
The Song Play page in detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The Lyrics page in detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Welcome! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Live Performing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Easy Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Useful links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
What’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Making a backup of the original data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Loading the Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Loading the Musical Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Start up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Connecting the AC power cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Turning the instrument on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Controlling the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
The Sequencer’s BALANCE slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Audio Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Audio Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
MIDI connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Damper Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
The music stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Glossary of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Keyboard tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
The LOGO decoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Interface basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
The Color TouchView™ graphical user interface . . . . . . . . . . 27
Operative modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Selected, highlighted items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Non-available, grayed-out parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Quick Guide
Turning the instrument on and listening to
the demos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Turning the instrument on, and viewing the main screen . . . 30
Playing the demos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Playing Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Selecting a Sound and playing it on the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . 31
Playing two or three Sounds at the same time . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Playing different Sounds with your left and right hand . . . . . 35
Changing the split point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Raising or lowering the Upper octave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Selecting and saving Performances . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Selecting a Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Saving your settings to a Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Selecting and playing Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Selecting and playing a Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Intro, Fill, Variation, Ending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Single Touch Settings (STS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
The Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Adjusting balance between the Style and the keyboard . . . . . . 47
Adjusting volume of each single track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Turning Style tracks on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Adding harmony notes to your right-hand melody with
the ENSEMBLE function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Song Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Selecting a Song to play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Playing back a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Changing tracks volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Turning Song tracks on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Soloing a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Mixing two Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
The SongBook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Selecting the desired entry from the Main List . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Displaying Artist or Genre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Sorting entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Searching entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Adding entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Creating a Custom List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Selecting and using a Custom List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Selecting a SongBook STS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Singing with a connected microphone . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Connecting a microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Applying harmony to your voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Soloing your voice (TalkBack) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Locking Voice Processor settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Recording a new Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Entering Backing Sequence (Quick Record) mode . . . . . . . . . 72
Preparing to record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Second-take recording (Overdubbing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Saving a Song to disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Reference
Selecting elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Sound Select window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Performance Select window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Style Select window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Pad Select window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
STS Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Song Select window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Style Play operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Start-up settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
How Styles, Performances and STSs are linked together . . . . . 83
Main page (Normal view) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Style Tracks view page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Volume panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
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STS Name panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Mic panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Sub-Scale panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Pad panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Split panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Mixer/Tuning: Volume/Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Mixer/Tuning: FX Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Mixer/Tuning: EQ Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Mixer/Tuning: EQ Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Mixer/Tuning: Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Mixer/Tuning: Sub Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Effects: FX Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Effects: FX A…D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Track Controls: Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Track Controls: Drum Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Track Controls: Easy Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Keyboard/Ensemble: Keyboard Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Keyboard/Ensemble: Key/Velocity Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Keyboard/Ensemble: Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Style Controls: Drum/Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Style Controls: Keyboard Range On/Off / Wrap Around . . . . 99
Pad/Switch: Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Pad/Switch: Assignable Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Preferences: Style Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Preferences: Global Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Write Performance dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Write Single Touch Setting dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Write Style Performance dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Write Global-Style Play Setup dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
The Favorite banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Style Record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
The Style structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Style Import/Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Entering the Style Record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Exit by saving or deleting changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Listening to the Style while in Edit mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
List of recorded events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Main page - Record 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Main page - Record 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Main page - Cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Style Record procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Event Edit: Event Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Event Edit: Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Style Edit: Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Style Edit: Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Style Edit: Velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Style Edit: Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Style Edit: Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Style Edit: Delete All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Style Edit: Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Style Element Track Controls: Sound/Expression . . . . . . . . . 123
Style Element Track Controls: Keyboard Range . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Style Element Chord Table: Chord Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Style Track Controls: Type/Trigger/Tension . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Import: Import Groove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Import: Import SMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Export SMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Write Style dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Copy Sounds dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Copy Expression dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Copy Key Range dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Copy Chord Table dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Overdub Step Recording window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Pad Record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
The Pad structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Entering the Pad Record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Exit by saving or deleting changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Listening to the Pad while in Record/Edit mode . . . . . . . . . .132
Main page - Pad Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Pad Record procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Event Edit: Event Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Event Edit: Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Pad Edit: Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Pad Edit: Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Pad Edit: Velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Pad Edit: Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Pad Edit: Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Pad Edit: Delete All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Pad Edit: Copy from Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Pad Edit: Copy from Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Pad Track Controls: Sound/Expression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Pad Chord Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Import: Import Groove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Import: Import SMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Export: SMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Write Pad dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Song Play operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Transport controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
MIDI Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Tempo Lock and Link Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Master Volume, Balance, Sequencer Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Track parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Standard MIDI Files and Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
NRPN Sound parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Keyboard, Pad and Sequencer tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Song Tracks 1-8 and 9-16 pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Volume panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Jukebox panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Lyrics & Markers panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
STS Name panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Mic panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Sub-Scale panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Pad panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Split panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Switching between sequencers during editing . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Mixer/Tuning: Volume/Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Mixer/Tuning: FX Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
Mixer/Tuning: EQ Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Mixer/Tuning: EQ Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Mixer/Tuning: Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Effects: FX Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Effects: FX A…D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Track Controls: Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Track Controls: Drum Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

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Track Controls: Easy Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Keyboard/Ensemble: Keyboard Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Keyboard/Ensemble: Key/Velocity Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Keyboard/Ensemble: Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Pad/Switch: Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Pad/Switch: Assignable Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Jukebox Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Groove Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Preferences: Track Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Preferences: General Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Write Global-Song Play Setup dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
SongBook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Book Edit 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Book Edit 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Custom List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
List Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Lyrics/STS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Sequencer operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Transport controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
The Songs and the Standard MIDI File format . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Songs and Voice Processor Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Sequencer Play - Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Entering Record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Record mode: Multitrack Sequencer page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Record mode: Step Record page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Record mode: Backing Sequence (Quick Record) page . . . . 177
Record mode: Step Backing Sequence page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Mixer/Tuning: Volume/Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Mixer/Tuning: FX Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Mixer/Tuning: EQ Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Mixer/Tuning: EQ Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Mixer/Tuning: Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Mixer/Tuning: Sub Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Effects: FX Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Effects: FX A…D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Track Controls: Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Track Controls: Drum Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Track Controls: Easy Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Event Edit: Event Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Event Edit: Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Song Edit: Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Song Edit: Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Song Edit: Velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Song Edit: Cut/Insert Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Song Edit: Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Song Edit: Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Song Edit: Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Song Edit: RX Convert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Preferences: Global Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Write Global-Sequencer Setup dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Song Select window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Save Song window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Global edit mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
What is it, and how the Global is structured . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
General Controls: Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
General Controls: Transpose Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
General Controls: Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
General Controls: Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
General Controls: Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Controllers: Pedal/Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Controllers: Assignable Sliders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Controllers: EC5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
MIDI: MIDI Setup / General Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
MIDI: MIDI In Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
MIDI: MIDI In Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
MIDI: MIDI Out Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
MIDI: Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Audio Output: Sty/Kbd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Audio Output: Seq1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Audio Output: Seq2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Audio Output: Drums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Audio Output: Audio In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Audio Output: Metro / Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Voice Processor Setup and Preset sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Video Interface: Video Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Touch Panel Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Write Global - Global Setup dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Write Global - Midi Setup dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Write Global - Talk Configuration dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Write Global - Voice Processor Setup dialog box . . . . . . . . . 211
Write Global - Voice Processor Preset dialog box . . . . . . . . . 211
Voice Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Accessing the Voice Processor edit pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Voice Processor Setup: Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Voice Processor Setup: Dynamics / EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Voice Processor Setup: Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Voice Processor Preset: Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Voice Processor Preset: Harmony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Voice Processor Preset: Harmony Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Voice Processor Preset: Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Harmony and Tuning with the Voice Processor . . . . . . . . . . 218
Media edit mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Storage devices and internal memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Selecting and deselecting files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
File types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Media structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Navigation tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Care of mass storage devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Bonus software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
What is MIDI? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
What is MIDI Over USB? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Standard MIDI Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
The General MIDI standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

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The Global channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
The Chord 1 and Chord 2 channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
The Control channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
MIDI Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Connecting Pa800 to a Master keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Connecting the Pa800 to a MIDI accordion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Connecting the Pa800 to an external sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Playing another instrument with the Pa800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Appendix
Factory data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Style Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Single Touch Settings (STS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Sounds (Bank order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Sounds (Program Change order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Drum Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Multisamples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Drum Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Performances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
MIDI Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Assignable parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
List of Footswitch and EC5 functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286
List of Assignable Pedal and Assignable Slider functions . . . .287
List of Assignable Switch functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288
Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289
MIDI Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
MIDI Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290
Program Change messages used as remote commands . . . . .291
MIDI Implementation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292
Recognized chords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Installing the Korg USB MIDI Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Connecting the Pa800 to a personal computer . . . . . . . . . . . .295
KORG USB-MIDI Driver system requirements . . . . . . . . . . .295
Please note before use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
Windows: Installing the KORG USB-MIDI Driver . . . . . . . .295
Mac OS X: Installing KORG USB-MIDI Driver . . . . . . . . . . .296
Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Introduction

6Easy Mode
If you have never used an arranger before, we suggest you to
switch to the Easy Mode. Easy Mode allows you to play Styles
and Songs with a simple user interface, free from the many
advanced parameters that you will want to learn at a later date.
Turning the Easy Mode on
Touch the little rectangle on the top right corner of the display,
to open the page menu:
Touch the “Easy Mode” menu item, to make the checkmark
appear:
At this point, the Easy Mode has been activated, and the ele-
ments in the display appear less cluttered:
Turning the Easy Mode off
The instrument will stay in this mode even after having been
turned off. Repeat the above operation when you want to deacti-
vate the Easy Mode.
Switching between Styles and Songs
Depending on what you want to play, you must switch to Style
Play mode or Song Play mode.
• Press the STYLE PLAY button to switch to the Style Play
mode and play Styles. This is the mode you are in when you
first turn the instrument on.
• Press the SONG PLAY button to switch to the Song Play
mode and play Songs.
Easy Mode
The page menu
SONG
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PLAY SEQUENCER
MODE
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Easy Mode
The Style Play page in detail
Introduction
The Style Play page in detail
Notes:
• There are three Sounds for the right hand (Upper 1, Upper 2,
Upper 3), and only one Sound for the left hand (Lower). Their
names are abbreviated as UP1, UP2 UP3, LOW, and are shown
in the right side of the display.
• Right hand (Upper) and left hand (Lower) Sounds are sepa-
rated by the Split Point.
• Performances and STSs are collections of Sounds. Just choose
one of them to change all the Sounds of the keyboard (and,
when the STYLE CHANGE LED is lit on the control panel, of
the Style).
• Choose a Style to change the musical style of the accompani-
ment patterns. Touching the Style name in the display is the
same as to press one of the buttons of the STYLE section on the
control panel.
Sound icon and status. If
the icon appears,
the Sound is in mute and
cannot be heard. If the
icon does not appear, the
Sound is in play and can
be heard.
→ page 33
Sounds assigned to the right hand (UP1 to UP3)
and to the left hand (LOW). Touch the Sound’s
name to open the Sound Select window and
choose a different Sound.
→ page 78
Style name and info. Touch the Style’s name
to open the Style Select window and choose
a different Style.
→ page 79
Tempo. Use the
DIAL to change it.
Length of the accompaniment
pattern, and current beat.
Performance or STS. Touch it to
open the Performance Select win-
dow and choose a different Per-
formance. Sounds on the
keyboard will change.
→ page 78
Touch here to change the
Split Point.
→ page 36
Close this lock to avoid
transposition when
choosing a different
Performance or Style.
→ page 199
Single Touch Settings (STS). Touch one of them to choose it, or use the dedicated
buttons on the control panel. Sounds on the keyboard will change.
→ page 80
Touch it to turn the microphone
on/off.
→ page 68
Touch it to turn the voice har-
mony on/off.
→ page 70
Touch it to talk to your
audience.
→ page 71

8Easy Mode
The Song Play page in detail
The Song Play page in detail
Notes:
• As in Style mode, there are three Sounds for the right hand
(Upper 1, Upper 2, Upper 3), and only one Sound for the left
hand (Lower). Their names are abbreviated as UP1, UP2 UP3,
LOW, and are shown in the right side of the display.
• Right hand (Upper) and left hand (Lower) Sounds are sepa-
rated by the Split Point.
• Performances and STSs are collections of Sounds. Just choose
one of them to change all the Sounds of the keyboard.
• Available STSs depend on the Style you last selected.
• Since there are two onboard Sequencers, you can play two
Songs at the same time. Mix them using the SEQUENCER BAL-
ANCE slider on the control panel.
• Touching a Song name in the display is the same as to press one
of the SELECT buttons on the control panel. Each Sequencer has
its own SELECT and transport buttons.
Sound icon and status. If
the icon appears,
the Sound is in mute and
cannot be heard. If the
icon does not appear, the
Sound is in play and can
be heard.
→ page 33
Sounds assigned to the right hand (UP1 to UP3)
and to the left hand (LOW). Touch the Sound’s
name to open the Sound Select window and
choose a different Sound.
→ page 78
Song assigned to Sequencer 1. Touch it to
open the Song Select window and choose a
different Song.
→ page 80
Tempo. Use the
DIAL to change it.
Song assigned to Sequencer 2.
Touch it to open the Song Select
window and choose a different
Song.
→ page 80
Performance or STS. Touch it to
open the Performance Select win-
dow and choose a different Per-
formance. Sounds on the
keyboard will change.
→ page 78
Touch here to change the
Split Point.
→ page 36
Close this lock to avoid
transposition when
choosing a different
Performance or Style.
→ page 199
Touch it to turn the microphone
on/off.
→ page 68
Touch it to turn the voice har-
mony on/off.
→ page 70
Touch it to talk to your
audience.
→ page 71
Single Touch Settings (STS). Touch one of them to choose it, or use the dedicated
buttons on the control panel. Sounds on the keyboard will change.
→ page 80
Touch here to see the
Song’s Lyrics.
→ page 9

9
Easy Mode
The Lyrics page in detail
Introduction
The Lyrics page in detail
Notes:
• Exit from this page by pressing the EXIT button.
• When you switch to a different Sequencer using the
SEQUENCER BALANCE slider, the Lyrics shown in the display
may change (see “Lyrics/Markers Balance Link” on page 159).
Use these tabs to see Lyr-
ics of the Song assigned
to Sequencer 1,
Sequencer 2 or the Style.
→ page 148
Chord (if included in the Song).
Lyrics are shown in
this area.
Use this tab to set the
display options.
→
page 149
STS. Either touch them to select,
or use the SINGLE TOUCH SET-
TING buttons under the display.
→ page 14
Name of the Song in play.
Use these tabs to see
Markers set for the Song
assigned to Sequencer 1
or Sequencer 2.
→
page 149
Master Transpose. → page 144
Current beat and measure number.

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1JOYSTICK
This joystick triggers different functions, depending on the
direction it is moved towards.
X (+/–) Move the joystick towards the left (–) to lower the
pitch, or towards the right (+) to raise it. This is
also called Pitch Bend.
Y+ Move the joystick forward to trigger Modulation.
Y– Move the joystick backward, to trigger the func-
tion assigned in Sound mode.
2ASSIGNABLE SWITCH
These are freely assignable switches (see “Pad/Switch: Assignable
Switch” on page 100 for information on how to assign functions
to them).
3MASTER VOLUME
This slider controls the overall volume of the instrument, both
of the internal speakers, the LEFT/MONO and RIGHT outputs,
and the HEADPHONES output. It does not control the volume
of the 1 and 2 sub-outputs.
This slider also controls the volume of the microphone con-
nected to the AUDIO INPUT 1, when it is sent to the Voice Pro-
cessor. It does not control the signal entering the AUDIO
INPUTs (1 and 2) when they are directly sent to the outputs,
without entering the Voice Processor (see “Audio Output: Audio
In” on page 207).
Warning: At the maximum level, with rich-sounding Songs, Styles
or Sounds, the internal speakers of Pa800 might distort during sig-
nal peaks. Should this happen, lower the Master Volume a little.
4BALANCE
While in Style Play and Song Play mode, this slider balances the
volume of the Keyboard tracks, against the Style (Accompani-
ment), Pad and Song tracks. This is a relative control, whose
effective maximum value is determined by the MASTER VOL-
UME slider position.
When moved, a magnified version of the virtual slider appears in
the display, for more accurate positioning.
Note: This does not work in Sequencer mode.
5ASSIGNABLE SLIDER
These are freely assignable sliders (see “Controllers: Assignable
Sliders” on page 202 for information on how to assign functions
to them). Three operating modes are available, and can be
selected by pressing the SLIDER MODE button (see below).
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Introduction
You can use these sliders to change the volume of several
tracks at once. While in Style Play or Sequencer mode, select one
of the Upper tracks, or one of the separate Style or Song tracks in
the display; then keep the SHIFT button pressed, and move one
of these sliders to proportionally change the volume of all similar
tracks.
Note: This does not work in Song Play mode.
• First select one of the Upper tracks. Then keep SHIFT
pressed and move one of the sliders, to proportionally
change the volume of all Upper tracks at the same time.
This works in Style Play mode.
• First press TRACK SELECT and select one of the separate
Style tracks. Then keep SHIFT pressed and move one of the
sliders, to proportionally change the volume of all Style
tracks at the same time. This works in Style Play mode.
• Keep SHIFT pressed and move one of the sliders, to pro-
portionally change the volume of all Song tracks at the
same time. This works in Sequencer mode.
6SLIDER MODE
Use this button to select one of the three available operating
modes for the sliders. The sliders can be freely programmed in
Global mode (see “Controllers: Assignable Sliders” on page 202).
MIC While this mode is active, the sliders control two
parameters related to the microphone. By default,
the left slider controls the volume, while the right
one controls the FX level.
ASSIGN. A First set of freely assignable controls.
ASSIGN. B Second set of freely assignable controls.
7MODE section
Each of these buttons recalls one of the instrument’s operating
modes. When selected, each mode excludes the others.
STYLE PLAY Style Play mode, where you can play Styles (auto-
matic accompaniments) and play up to four Key-
board tracks and four Pad tracks.
In the main page, Keyboard tracks are shown in
the right half of the display. You can reach the
main page by pressing EXIT from any of the Style
Play edit pages. If you are in a different operating
mode, press STYLE PLAY to recall the Style Play
mode. If Keyboard tracks are not shown in the
display, press the TRACK SELECT button to see
them.
This operating mode is automatically selected
when turning the instrument on.
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SONG PLAY Song Play mode, where you can play back Songs
in Standard MIDI File (SMF or KAR) format.
Since the Pa800 is equipped with two sequencers,
you can even play two Songs at the same time,
and mix them with the SEQUENCER BALANCE
slider.
In addition to the Song tracks, you can play up to
four Keyboard tracks along with the Song(s). In
the main page, Keyboard tracks are shown in the
right half of the display. You can reach the main
page by pressing EXIT from any of the Song Play
edit pages. If you are in a different operating
mode, press SONG PLAY to recall the Song Play
mode. Use the TRACK SELECT button to cycle
between Keyboard and Song tracks.
SEQUENCER Sequencer mode, where you can play, record or
edit a Song. The Backing Sequence mode lets you
record a new Song based on the Keyboard and
Style tracks, and save it as a new Standard MIDI
File.
SOUND Sound mode, to play single Sounds on the key-
board, or edit them. By pressing RECORD you
can enter the Sampling mode, Pa800 full-featured
sampler.
DEMO Press the STYLE PLAY and SONG PLAY buttons
together to select the Demo mode. This mode lets
you listen to some Demo Songs, to let you under-
stand the sonic power of the Pa800.
8GLOBAL
This button recalls the Global edit environment, where you can
adjust various global settings. This edit environment overlaps
any operating mode, that still remains active in the background.
Press EXIT to go back to the underlying operating mode.
9MEDIA
This button recalls the Media edit environment, where you can
execute various operations on files and storage devices (Load,
Save, Format, etc…). This edit environment overlaps any oper-
ating mode, that still remains active in the background. Press
EXIT to go back to the underlying operating mode.
0SINGLE TOUCH
This button turns the Single Touch and Variation/STS Link
functions on or off.
On When a different Style (or the same again) is
selected, a Single Touch Setting (STS1) is auto-
matically selected. The Keyboard sounds and
effects will change, along with the Style sounds
and effects. Pad sounds will change too.
Flashing Variation/STS Link function activated. This func-
tion makes each Variation recall the correspond-
ing STS when selected. For example, select
Variation 2, and STS 2 will be automatically
recalled; select Variation 3, and STS 3 will be
automatically recalled.
Off When you select a different Style (or the same
again), the Style sounds and effects will change,
as well as Pad sounds. The Keyboard sounds and
effects will not change.
AMEMORY
This button turns the Lower and Chord Memory functions on
or off. Go to the “Preferences: Style Preferences” edit page (Style
Play mode, see page 101) to decide if this button should be a
Chord Memory only, or a Lower/Chord Memory button. When
it works as a Lower/Chord Memory:
Note: This function can be automatically activated by playing the
keyboard harder. See “Velocity Control” on page 101.
On The sound on the left of the split point, and the
chord for the automatic accompaniment, are kept
in memory even when you raise your hand from
the keyboard.
Off The sound and chords are released as soon as you
raise your hand from the keyboard.
BBASS INVERSION
This button turns the Bass Inversion function on or off.
Note: This function can be automatically activated by playing the
keyboard harder. See “Velocity Control” on page 101.
On The lowest note of a chord played in inverted
form will always be detected as the root note of
the chord. Thus, you can specify to the arranger
composite chords such as “Am7/G” or “F/C”.
Off The lowest note is scanned together with the
other chord notes, and is not always considered
as the root note.
CMANUAL BASS
This button turns the Manual Bass function on or off.
Note: When you press the MANUAL BASS button, the Bass track
volume is automatically set to its maximum value. The volume is
automatically set back to the original value when the MANUAL
BASS button is deactivated.
On The automatic accompaniment stops playing
(apart for the Drum and Percussion tracks), and
you can manually play the Bass track on the
Lower part of the keyboard. You can start the
automatic accompaniment again by pressing one
of the CHORD SCANNING buttons.
Off The bass track is automatically played by the
Style.
DSTYLE SELECT section
Use these buttons to open the Style Select window and select a
Style. See “Style Select window” on page 79.
The leftmost button lets you select the upper or lower row of
Style banks, or the Favorite Style banks. Press it repeatedly to
select one of the rows. (After both LEDs have turned on, press
the button again to turn them off).
Upper LED On Upper-row Styles selected. These are ten factory-programmed
banks.
Lower LED On Lower-row Styles selected. These are seven factory-pro-
grammed banks, plus three user-programmed banks.
Both LEDs On FAVORITE Styles selected. These are custom-made banks.
A word about Style banks and names. Styles in banks from
“8BEAT/16 BEAT” to “WORLD 2”, and from “LATIN” to “CON-
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Front panel
Introduction
TEMP.” are standard Styles, the user can’t normally overwrite
with a Load operation (unless you remove the protection; see
“Factory Style and Pad Protect” on page 235).
Styles in banks from “USER1” to “USER3” are location where
you can load new Styles from an external device, or save newly
created or edited Styles.
Like the User Styles, Styles in the “FAVORITE” banks are loca-
tions where you can load new Styles from an external device, or
save newly created or edited Styles. In addition, you can edit the
names of these banks as it appears in the display, so that you can
have a custom set of Styles. See “The Favorite banks” on
page 105.
Each button (Style bank) contains four pages, each with up to
eight Styles. Repeatedly press a bank button to cycle between the
available pages.
If you keep the SHIFT button pressed, and press one of
the buttons of this section, the “Write Style Performance” win-
dow appears in the display, and you can save the current Style
Performance (see “Write Style Performance dialog box” on
page 105).
EFADE IN/OUT
When the Style or Song is not playing, press this button to start
it with a volume fade-in (the volume goes from zero to the max-
imum).
When the Style or Song is playing back, press this button to stop
it with a volume fade-out (the volume gradually decreases).
You don’t need to press START/STOP or PLAY/STOP to start or
stop the Style or Song.
Note: This does not work in Sequencer mode.
FINTRO 1-3/COUNT IN buttons
These buttons set the arranger in Intro mode. After pressing one
of these buttons, start the Style, and it will begin with the
selected intro. The INTRO LED automatically goes off at the end
of the intro.
Press them twice (LED blinking) to let them play in loop, and
select any other Style element (Fill, Intro, Variation…) to exit the
loop.
Note: Intro 1 plays a short sequence with different chords, while
Intro 2 plays on the latest recognized chord. Intro 3 is usually a one-
bar Count In.
GENDING 1-3 buttons
While the Style is running, these three buttons trigger an End-
ing, and stop the Style. Press one of them, and the Style will stop
running with an Ending. If pressed while the Style is stopped,
they act as three additional Intros.
Press them twice (LED blinking) to let them play in loop, and
select any other Style element (Fill, Intro, Variation…) to exit the
loop.
Note: Ending 1 plays a short sequence with different chords, while
Ending 2 plays on the latest recognized chord. Ending 3 starts
immediately, and is just two measures long.
HVARIATION 1-4 buttons
Each of these buttons selects one of the four variations of the
current Style. Each variation can vary in patterns and sounds.
IFILL 1-3/BREAK buttons
These buttons trigger a fill-in. Press them twice (LED blinking)
to let them play in loop, and select any other Style element (Fill,
Intro, Variation…) to exit the loop.
Note: Fill 3 is usually a Break.
Note: This function can be automatically activated by playing the
keyboard harder. See “Velocity Control” on page 101.
JTAP TEMPO/RESET
This is a double-function button, acting in a different way
depending on the Style status (stop/play).
Tap Tempo: When the Style is not playing, you can “beat” the
tempo on this button. At the end, the accompaniment starts
playing, using the “tapped in” tempo.
Reset: When you press this button while the Style is playing
back, the Style pattern goes back to the beginning of measure 1.
KSTART/STOP
Starts or stops the Style running.
Note: This function can be automatically activated by playing the
keyboard harder. See “Velocity Control” on page 101.
You can reset all ‘frozen’ notes and controllers on the
Pa800 and any instrument connected to its MIDI OUT or the
USB Device port, by using the “Panic” key combination. Just
press SHIFT + START/STOP to stop all notes and reset all con-
trollers.
LSYNCHRO START / STOP buttons
These buttons turn the Synchro Start and Synchro Stop func-
tions on or off. This lets you decide if you must press START/
STOP to start and/or stop a Style, or just play the keyboard.
Start On, Stop Off
In this situation, just play a chord in the chord
recognition area (usually under the split point,
see “CHORD SCANNING section” on page 15)
to automatically start the Style. If you like, turn
one of the INTROs on before starting the Style.
Start On, Stop On
When both LEDs are lit, raising your hands from
the keyboard momentarily stops the Style run-
ning. If you play a chord again, the Style starts
again.
Start Off, Stop Off
All Synchro functions are turned off.
MSONGBOOK
Press this button to recall the SongBook mode. While in this
mode, you can browse through the music database.
You can jump to the SongBook > Custom List page by
keeping SHIFT pressed, and pressing the SONGBOOK button.
NENSEMBLE
This button turns the Ensemble function on or off. When on,
the right-hand melody is harmonized with the left-hand chords.
Note: The Ensemble function works only when the keyboard is in
SPLIT mode, and the LOWER Chord Scanning mode is selected.
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OCOLOR TOUCHVIEW™ GRAPHICAL DISPLAY
Use this display to interact with the instrument. To set the dis-
play contrast, keep the MENU button pressed, and turn the
DIAL counter-clockwise to decrease brightness, or clockwise to
increase it.
PRECORD
This button sets the instrument to Record mode (which one
depends on the current operating mode).
QTRACK SELECT
Depending on the operating mode, this button switches between
the various track views.
STYLE PLAY MODE
Toggles between Keyboard and Style tracks.
SONG PLAY MODE
Toggles between Keyboard tracks, Song tracks 1-
8, and Song tracks 9-16.
SEQUENCER MODE
Toggles between Song tracks 1-8 and Song tracks
9-16.
RSINGLE TOUCH SETTING buttons
These buttons allow to select up to four Single Touch Settings.
Each of the Styles and SongBook entries includes a maximum of
four Single Touch Settings (STS), to automatically configure
Keyboard tracks and effects, and the Voice Processor, at the
touch of a finger. When the SINGLE TOUCH LED is lit, an STS
is automatically selected when selecting a Style.
If you keep the SHIFT button pressed, and press one of
the buttons of this section, the “Write STS” window appears in
the display, with the current STS already selected, and you can
save the current keyboard track settings in a STS (see “Write Sin-
gle Touch Setting dialog box” on page 104).
SHELP
Press this button to open the context-sensitive Help.
TSHIFT
With this button held down, pressing certain other buttons gives
access to a second function.
USEQUENCER 1 TRANSPORT CONTROLS
Pa800 is equipped with two sequencers (Sequencer 1 and
Sequencer 2), each with its own set of transport controls. The
Sequencer 1 group is also used for the Sequencer mode.
<< and >> Rewind and Fast Forward commands. If you use
them while the Song is in play, they make it scroll
back or forward.
When pressed once, these buttons move the Song
to the previous or following measure. When kept
pressed, they make the Song scrolling continu-
ously, until you release them.
In Sequencer mode, if you set a Locate Measure
other than 1, the Song goes back up to that mea-
sure (see “Locate measure” on page 171).
In Jukebox mode (Sequencer 1), keep the
SHIFT button pressed, and press these buttons to
scroll to the previous or next Song in the Jukebox
list (see “Jukebox Editor” on page 156).
(HOME) Sends the Song Position back to measure 1 (i.e.,
the beginning of the Song).
In Sequencer mode, if you set a Locate Measure
other than 1, the Song Position goes back to that
measure (see “Locate measure” on page 171).
(PLAY/STOP)
Starts or stops the Song from the current Song
Position.
In Song Play mode, pressed while keep-
ing SHIFT pressed, starts both sequencers at the
same time.
VSEQUENCER BALANCE slider
In Song Play mode, this slider balances the volume of the two
on-board sequencers. When fully on the left, only Sequencer 1
can be heard. When fully on the right, only Sequencer 2 can be
heard. When in the middle, both sequencers play at full volume.
This slider does not work in Style Play or Sequencer mode.
WSEQUENCER 2 TRANSPORT CONTROLS
Transport controls for Sequencer 2. See instructions for
Sequencer 1 above.
XTEMPO/VALUE section
The DIAL and the DOWN/- and UP/+ buttons can be used to
control the Tempo, assign a different value to the selected
parameter in the display, or scroll a list of files in the Song Select
and Media pages.
DIAL Turn the dial clockwise to increase the value or
tempo. Turn it counter-clockwise to decrease the
value or tempo.
When used while pressing the SHIFT but-
ton, this control always acts as a Tempo control.
When used while pressing the MENU
button, this control always acts as a Display Con-
trast control.
DOWN/- and UP/+
DOWN/- decreases the value or tempo; UP/+
increases the value or tempo.
Press both buttons together to reset the Tempo to
the value memorized in the selected Style.
YEXIT
Use this button to perform various actions, leaving from the cur-
rent status:
• exit the edit menu page, without selecting any item
• make the page menu disappear, without selecting any
item
• return to the main page of the current operating mode
• exit the Global or Media edit environment, and return
to the current page of the current operating mode
• exit from a Style, Performance or Sound Select window
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ZMENU
This button opens the edit menu page for the current operating
mode or edit mode. After opening an edit menu, you can jump
to one of the edit sections by touching the corresponding button
in the display.
Otherwise, press EXIT to return to the main page of the current
operating mode, or the current page of the underlying operating
mode.
See the relevant chapter devoted to each operating mode or edit
environment, to see their “maps” in detail.
[TEMPO LOCK
This button turns the Tempo Lock and Link Mode functions on
or off.
On When you select a different Style or Performance,
or select a different Song, the tempo does not
change. You can still manually change it, by using
the DIAL.
The Link Mode is also turned on for the Song
Play mode. Tempo is the same for both Sequenc-
ers.
Off When you select a different Style or Performance,
or select a different Song, the memorized tempo
is automatically selected.
The Link Mode is also turned off for the Song
Play mode, so each Sequencer plays with its own
Te m p o.
\DISPLAY HOLD
This button turns the Display Hold function on or off.
On When you open a temporary windows (like the
Sound Select window), it remains in the display
until you press EXIT or an operating mode but-
ton.
Off Any temporary window closes after a certain
time.
]AUDIO IN LED
This LED shows the level of the audio signal entering the INPUT
connectors. Three different colors (green, orange, red) show the
level. Try to keep the level so that this LED remains on green
most of the time, with orange appearing at signal peaks. Never
go to red.
Off No signal entering.
Green Low- to mid-level signal entering. If the LED
turns off too often, the input gain is too low. Use
the GAIN controls and/or the source device’s vol-
ume to raise the input level.
Orange Slight overload in the signal path. This is fine if it
turns on only on signal peaks.
Red Clipping is occurring in the signal path. Use the
GAIN controls and/or the source device’s volume
to lower the input level.
See page 19 for more information on the INPUTs and volume
control.
`MIC
Press this button to turn the microphone input on or off. The
LED shows the status of the microphone section.
On The microphone input is turned on.
Off The microphone input is turned off.
If you keep the SHIFT button pressed, and press this but-
tons, the Voice Processor Setup > Setup page will appear (see
“Voice Processor Setup: Setup” on page 212).
aCHORD SCANNING section
In Style Play and Sequencer-Backing Sequence mode, use these
buttons to define the way chords are recognized by the arranger.
LOWER Chords are detected below the split point. The
number of notes you should play to form a chord
is defined by the Chord Scanning Mode parame-
ter (see “Chord Recognition Mode” on page 101).
UPPER Chords are detected above the split point. You
must always play three or more notes to let the
arranger recognize a chord.
FULL (both LEDs On)
Chords are detected on the full keyboard range.
You must always play three or more notes to let
the arranger recognize a chord. (You can use this
mode even when the Split Keyboard Mode is
selected).
OFF No chords detected. After pressing START/STOP,
only the Drum and Percussion accompaniment
tracks can play.
bKEYBOARD MODE section
These buttons define how the four Keyboard tracks are posi-
tioned on the keyboard.
SPLIT The Lower track plays below the split point, while
the Upper 1, Upper 2 and Upper 3 tracks play
above it. By default, selecting this keyboard mode
automatically selects the Lower chord scanning
mode (see “Chord Recognition Mode” on
page 101).
FULL UPPER
The Upper 1, Upper 2 and/or Upper 3 tracks play
on the whole keyboard range. The Lower track
does not play. By default, selecting this keyboard
mode automatically selects the Full chord scan-
ning mode (see “Chord Recognition Mode” on
page 101).
cSTYLE CHANGE
This button turns the Style Change function on or off.
On When you select a Performance, the Style might
change, according to which Style number is
memorized onto the Performance.
Off When you select a Performance, the Style and
Style track settings remain unchanged. Only Key-
board track settings are changed.
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dPERFORMANCE SELECT
Press this button to use the SOUND/PERFORMANCE SELECT
section to select a Performance.
eSOUND SELECT
Press this button to use the SOUND/PERFORMANCE SELECT
section to select a Sound, and assign it to the selected track.
fSOUND/PERFORMANCE SELECT section
Use these buttons to open the Sound Select or Performance
Select window, and select a Sound or a Performance. See “Sound
Select window” on page 78, or “Performance Select window” on
page 78. For a list of available Sounds, see “Sounds (Program
Change order)” on page 260.
The leftmost button selects the upper or lower row of Sound or
Performance banks. Press it repeatedly to select one of the rows.
Upper LED On Upper row of Sounds or Performances selected.
Lower LED On Lower row of Sounds or Performances selected.
On the front panel, Sound banks are identified by the instru-
ment names, while Performance banks are identified by num-
bers (1 ~ 20).
A note about Sound banks and names. Sounds in banks from
“PIANO” to “SFX” are standard Sounds, the user can’t directly
modify.
Sounds in banks “USER1” and “USER2” are locations where you
can load new Sounds from an external device, or save new or
edited Sounds.
The “USER DK” bank is where you can load new Drum Kits, or
save new or edited Drum Kits.
Each Sound bank contains various pages, each with up to eight
Sounds. Repeatedly press a bank button to cycle between the
available pages.
If you keep the SHIFT button pressed, and press one of
the buttons of this section (even if you are in Sound Select
mode), the “Write Performance” window appears in the display,
and you can save the current track settings into a Performance
(see “Write Performance dialog box” on page 104).
gMIC SETTING buttons
Use these buttons to turn voice harmony and effects on or off.
HARMONY Turns the Voice Harmony effect on or off.
If you keep the SHIFT button pressed,
and press this button, the Voice Processor Preset
> Preset page will appear (see “Voice Processor
Preset: Preset” on page 214).
EFFECT Turns the Voice Effects effect on or off.
If you keep the SHIFT button pressed,
and press this button, the Voice Processor Preset
> Effects page will appear (see “Voice Processor
Preset: Effects” on page 217).
hPAD (1-4, STOP)
Each Pad corresponds to a dedicated Pad track. Use these but-
tons to trigger up to four sounds or sequences at the same time.
• Press a single PAD button to trigger a single sound or
sequence.
• Press more PAD buttons to trigger several sounds or
sequences.
The sequences will play up to the end. Then, they will stop or
continue repeating, depending on their “One Shot/Loop” status
(see “Pad Type” on page 139).
You can stop all sequences, or just some of them, by pressing the
STOP button of the PAD section:
• Press STOP to stop all sequences at once.
• Keep STOP pressed and press one (or more) of the PAD
buttons to stop the corresponding sequence(s).
Note: Pads are automatically stopped when selecting one of the
Endings.
Note: Pads share polyphony voices with the other tracks, so avoid
using too many of them together with a dense Style or Song
arrangement.
About Pad synchronization. In Style Play mode, Pads are sync’d
to the Style’s tempo. In Song Play mode, they are sync’d to the
latest Sequencer you set to play. For example, assume you
pressed SEQ2-PLAY; when pressing one of the PAD buttons, it
will play in sync with Sequencer 2.
About Pads’ and the Sequencers’ Play command. When you
press one of the PLAY buttons to start the corresponding
Sequencer, all Pads will stop playing.
iUPPER OCTAVE
These buttons transpose the selected track in steps of a whole
octave (12 semitones; max ±2 octaves). The octave transposition
value is always shown (in octaves) next to the Sound’s name.
Press both buttons together, to reset the Octave Transpose to zero.
Note: The Octave Transpose has no effect on tracks set to Drum
mode (and, even if set in a different status, on the Drum and Per-
cussion tracks).
– Lowers the selected track an octave.
+Raises the selected track an octave.
jTRANSPOSE
These buttons transpose the whole instrument in semitone steps
(Master Transpose). The transposition value is usually shown on
the page header in the display.
Press both buttons together, to reset the Master Transpose to zero.
Note: The Master Transpose has no effect on tracks set to Drum
mode (and, even if set in a different status, on the Drum and Per-
cussion tracks). See “Track Controls: Mode” on page 94, and
“Track Controls: Mode” on page 155.
Lowers the Master Transpose in steps of a semi-
tone.
Raises the Master Transpose in steps of a semi-
tone.
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