Korg PA800 User manual

User’s Manual
ENGLISH
OS Ver. 1.6
MAN00010002
10E

• 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 © 2008 KORG Italy Spa. Printed in Italy.
Notice regarding disposal (for EU only)
If this “crossed-out wheeled bin” symbol is shown on the product or in the operating manual, you must dispose of the product in an
appropriate way. Do not dispose of this product along with your household trash. By disposing of this product correctly, you can avoid
environmental harm or health risk. The correct method of disposal will depend on your locality, so please contact the appropriate local
authorities for details.

Keep your keyboard up-to-date
Your instrument can be constantly updated as new versions of the operating system are
released by Korg. You can download the operating system from www.korgpa.com. Please,
read the instructions supplied with the operating system.
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Selected, highlighted items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Non-available, grayed-out parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Quick Guide
Turning the instrument on and listening to
the demos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Turning the instrument on, and viewing the main screen . . . 32
Playing the demos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Playing Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Selecting a Sound and playing it on the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . 33
Playing two or three Sounds at the same time . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Playing different Sounds with your left and right hand . . . . . 37
Changing the split point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Raising or lowering the Upper octave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Selecting and saving Performances . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Selecting a Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Saving your settings to a Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Selecting and playing Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Selecting and playing a Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Intro, Fill, Variation, Ending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Single Touch Settings (STS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
The Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Adjusting balance between the Style and the keyboard . . . . . . 49
Adjusting volume of each single track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Turning Style tracks on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Adding harmony notes to your right-hand melody with
the ENSEMBLE function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Song Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Selecting a Song to play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Playing back a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Changing tracks volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Turning Song tracks on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Soloing a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Mixing two Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
The SongBook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Selecting the desired entry from the Main List . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Displaying Artist or Genre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Sorting entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Searching entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Adding entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Creating a Custom List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Selecting and using a Custom List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Selecting a SongBook STS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Singing with a connected microphone . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Connecting a microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Applying harmony to your voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Soloing your voice (TalkBack) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Locking Voice Processor settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Recording a new Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Entering Backing Sequence (Quick Record) mode . . . . . . . . . 74
Preparing to record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Second-take recording (Overdubbing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Saving a Song to disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Reference
Selecting elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Sound Select window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Performance Select window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Style Select window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Pad Select window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
STS Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Song Select window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Style Play operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Start-up settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
How Styles, Performances and STSs are linked together . . . . . 85
Main page (Normal view) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Style Tracks view page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Volume panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
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STS Name panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Mic panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Sub-Scale panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Pad panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Split panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Mixer/Tuning: Volume/Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Mixer/Tuning: FX Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Mixer/Tuning: EQ Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Mixer/Tuning: EQ Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Mixer/Tuning: Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Mixer/Tuning: Sub Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Effects: FX Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Effects: FX A…D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Track Controls: Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Track Controls: Drum Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Track Controls: Easy Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Keyboard/Ensemble: Keyboard Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Keyboard/Ensemble: Key/Velocity Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Keyboard/Ensemble: Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Style Controls: Drum/Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Style Controls: Keyboard Range On/Off / Wrap Around . . . 101
Pad/Switch: Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Pad/Switch: Assignable Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Preferences: Style Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Preferences: Style Play Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Write Performance dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Write Single Touch Setting dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Write Style Performance dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Write Global-Style Play Setup dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
The Favorite banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Style Record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
The Style structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Style Import/Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Entering the Style Record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Exit by saving or deleting changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Listening to the Style while in Edit mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
List of recorded events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Main page - Record 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Main page - Record 2/Cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Main page - Guitar Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Style Record procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Event Edit: Event Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Event Edit: Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Style Edit: Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Style Edit: Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Style Edit: Velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Style Edit: Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Style Edit: Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Style Edit: Delete All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Style Edit: Copy from Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Pad Edit: Copy from Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Style Element Track Controls: Sound/Expression . . . . . . . . . 128
Style Element Track Controls: Keyboard Range . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Style Element Track Controls: Noise/Guitar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Style Element Chord Table: Chord Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Style Track Controls: Type/Trigger/Tension . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Import: Import Groove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Import: Import SMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Export SMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Write Style dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Copy Key/Chord dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Copy Sounds dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Copy Expression dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Copy Key Range dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Copy Chord Table dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Overdub Step Recording window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Pad Record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
The Pad structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Entering the Pad Record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Exit by saving or deleting changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Listening to the Pad while in Record/Edit mode . . . . . . . . . .138
Main page - Record 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Main page - Guitar Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Pad Record procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Event Edit: Event Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Event Edit: Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Pad Edit: Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Pad Edit: Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Pad Edit: Velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Pad Edit: Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Pad Edit: Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Pad Edit: Delete All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Pad Edit: Copy from Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Pad Edit: Copy from Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Pad Track Controls: Sound/Expression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Pad Chord Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Import: Import Groove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Import: Import SMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Export: SMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Write Pad dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Song Play operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Transport controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
MIDI Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Tempo Lock and Link Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Master Volume, Balance, Sequencer Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Track parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Standard MIDI Files and Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
NRPN Sound parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
Keyboard, Pad and Sequencer tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Song Tracks 1-8 and 9-16 pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Volume panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
Jukebox panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Lyrics & Markers panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
STS Name panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Mic panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Sub-Scale panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Pad panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Split panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Switching between sequencers during editing . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Mixer/Tuning: Volume/Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Mixer/Tuning: FX Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Mixer/Tuning: EQ Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
Mixer/Tuning: EQ Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
Mixer/Tuning: Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164

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Effects: FX Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Effects: FX A…D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Track Controls: Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Track Controls: Drum Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Track Controls: Easy Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Keyboard/Ensemble: Keyboard Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Keyboard/Ensemble: Key/Velocity Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Keyboard/Ensemble: Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Pad/Switch: Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Pad/Switch: Assignable Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Jukebox Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Groove Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Preferences: Track Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Preferences: General Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Write Global-Song Play Setup dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
SongBook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Book Edit 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Book Edit 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Custom List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
List Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Lyrics/STS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Sequencer operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Transport controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
The Songs and the Standard MIDI File format . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Songs and Voice Processor Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Sequencer Play - Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Entering Record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Record mode: Multitrack Sequencer page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Record mode: Step Record page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Record mode: Backing Sequence (Quick Record) page . . . . 187
Record mode: Step Backing Sequence page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Mixer/Tuning: Volume/Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Mixer/Tuning: FX Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Mixer/Tuning: EQ Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Mixer/Tuning: EQ Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Mixer/Tuning: Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Mixer/Tuning: Sub Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Effects: FX Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Effects: FX A…D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Track Controls: Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Track Controls: Drum Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Track Controls: Easy Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Event Edit: Event Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Event Edit: Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Song Edit: Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Song Edit: Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Song Edit: Velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Song Edit: Cut/Insert Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Song Edit: Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Song Edit: Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Song Edit: Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Song Edit: RX Convert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Preferences: Sequencer Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Write Global-Sequencer Setup dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Song Select window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Save Song window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Global edit mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
What is it, and how the Global is structured . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
General Controls: Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
General Controls: Transpose Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
General Controls: Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
General Controls: Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
General Controls: Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Controllers: Pedal/Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Controllers: Assignable Sliders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Controllers: EC5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
MIDI: MIDI Setup / General Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
MIDI: MIDI In Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
MIDI: MIDI In Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
MIDI: MIDI Out Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
MIDI: Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Audio Setup: Sty/Kbd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Audio Setup: Seq1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Audio Setup: Seq2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Audio Setup: Drums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Audio Setup: Audio In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Audio Setup: Metro / MP3 / Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Audio Setup: Master EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Voice Processor Setup and Preset sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Video Interface: Video Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Touch Panel Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Write Global - Global Setup dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Write Global - Midi Setup dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Write Global - Talk Configuration dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Write Global - Voice Processor Setup dialog box . . . . . . . . . 221
Write Global - Voice Processor Preset dialog box . . . . . . . . . 222
Voice Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Accessing the Voice Processor edit pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Voice Processor Setup: Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Voice Processor Setup: Dynamics / EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Voice Processor Setup: Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Voice Processor Preset: Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Voice Processor Preset: Harmony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Voice Processor Preset: Harmony Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Voice Processor Preset: Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Harmony and Tuning with the Voice Processor . . . . . . . . . . 230
Media edit mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Storage devices and internal memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Selecting and deselecting files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
File types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Media structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Navigation tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Care of mass storage devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Merging PCM samples from various sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Bonus software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

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MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
What is MIDI? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
What is MIDI Over USB? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Standard MIDI Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
The General MIDI standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
The Global channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
The Chord 1 and Chord 2 channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
The Control channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
MIDI Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Connecting Pa800 to a Master keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Connecting the Pa800 to a MIDI accordion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Connecting the Pa800 to an external sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Playing another instrument with the Pa800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Appendix
Factory data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Style Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Single Touch Settings (STS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Sounds (Bank order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Sounds (Program Change order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Drum Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Multisamples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Drum Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Performances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
MIDI Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Assignable parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300
List of Footswitch and EC5 functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
List of Assignable Pedal and Assignable Slider (A/B)
functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301
List of Assignable Slider (Mic) functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301
List of Assignable Switch functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302
Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303
MIDI Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
MIDI Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304
Program Change messages used as remote commands . . . . .305
MIDI Implementation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306
Recognized chords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Installing the MP3 Board (EXBP-Dual MP3) . . . . . . . 309
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
Playing MP3 files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
Recording MP3 files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
Installing the Video Interface (VIF4) . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
NTSC, PAL, SECAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
Connections and setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
Installing the Korg USB MIDI Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Connecting the Pa800 to a personal computer . . . . . . . . . . . .314
KORG USB-MIDI Driver system requirements . . . . . . . . . . .314
Please note before use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314
Windows: Installing the KORG USB-MIDI Driver . . . . . . . .314
Mac OS X: Installing KORG USB-MIDI Driver . . . . . . . . . . .315
Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

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