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
PLAY
STYLE
PLAY SEQUENCER
MODE
SOUND