Nectar Pacer Guide

Using a Nectar Pacer MIDI Foot Controller with a Korg Pa2X
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Korg Pa2X Pro
Using a Nectar Pacer MIDI Foot Controller
Contents
Overview................................................................................................................................................2
Nectar Pacer MIDI Foot Controller.......................................................................................................3
Online Editor..........................................................................................................................................5
Korg Pa2X –Remote control of the Style Elements........................................................................8
Programming Preset A1..................................................................................................................10
Programming Preset A2..................................................................................................................14
Programming Preset A3..................................................................................................................16
Naming your Presets.......................................................................................................................17
Downloading Presets A1, A2, A3 for Korg Pa2X ............................................................................19
MIDI Monitor...................................................................................................................................23
Online Editor Help...........................................................................................................................23
Korg Pa2X PRO Setup ..........................................................................................................................24
Mode = STYLE PLAY.........................................................................................................................24
Set the Split Point on the Pa2X.......................................................................................................27
Open the STYLE MENU ...................................................................................................................31
GLOBAL SETTINGS...........................................................................................................................36
GLOBAL MIDI settings.....................................................................................................................37
Roland RD-700GX Setup .....................................................................................................................41
Nectar Pacer Resources......................................................................................................................43
Nectar Pacer Support......................................................................................................................43
Reviews............................................................................................................................................43
Tutorials...........................................................................................................................................43
AC Adapter ......................................................................................................................................44

Using a Nectar Pacer MIDI Foot Controller with a Korg Pa2X
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Overview
This document explains how to use a Nectar Pacer MIDI Foot Controller with the Korg Pa2X PRO
76-Key Arranger Keyboard.
You can control the essential Style Elements on the Pa2X remotely by using the Pacer device.

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Nectar Pacer MIDI Foot Controller
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Pacer--nektar-pacer-midi-foot-controller
Nektar Pacer DAW Foot Controller Features:
MIDI foot controller for DAWs and guitar processors
10 programmable buttons, with LED indicators for control assignments
24 available presets (Banks A–D, 6 presets each)
Support for 4 programmable external footswitches
Support for 2 programmable external expression pedals
4 programmable relays for switching channels or effects on amplifiers
1 programmable encoder
Footswitches can send up to 6 messages when activated
MIDI Out port for external hardware control
USB class compliant, powered via USB or USB power supply (not included)

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The Nectar Pacer works with the following Operating Systems:
The Pacer supports the following Digital Audio Workstations out of the box:
Other DAWs would also work with the Pacer so long they follow the Mackie Control protocol.

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Online Editor
It is very easy to program the Pacer using Francois Georgy's Pacer Editor.
https://studiocode.dev/pacer-editor/#/
Note: This is an online Editor.
It only works with the Google Chrome Web Browser

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Connect the USB 2.0 cable from the Pacer to your Computer.
The device driver will load automatically.
Turn on the Power Switch on the Pacer.
Initial Preset = A1
All the LED Lights will turn on.
Launch the Online Editor:
Must use CHROME
https://studiocode.dev/pacer-editor/#/
Click Read Pacer to load all the 24 Factory Presets into the online Editor.

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Here is how the first 3 Factory Presets look like:
You will be programming these 3 Presets to control the Style Elements of the Korg Pa2X Arranger
Keyboard.

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Korg Pa2X –Remote control of the Style Elements
Download the Korg Pa2X Owner’s Manual.
https://www.korg.com/us/support/download/manual/1/186/2212/
Open Page 280

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Note: Korg uses a numbering scheme based on 0-127.
The Nectar Pacer also uses a numbering scheme based on 0-127.
This means no translation is necessary.
Program Change Function
80 Intro 1
81 Intro 2
82 Intro 3
83 Variation 1
84 Variation 2
85 Variation 3
86 Variation 4
87 Fill 1
88 Fill 2
89 Fill 3/Break
90 Ending 1
91 Ending 2
92 Ending 3
93 Fade In/Out
94 Memory
95 Bass Inversion
96 Manual Bass
97 Tempo Lock
98 Single Touch
99 Style Change
100 Start/Stop Style
101 Play/Stop (Player 1)
102 Play/Stop (Player 2)
64 STS 1
65 STS 2
66 STS 3
67 STS 4

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Programming Preset A1
For each of the 24 Presets on the Pacer, you can independently program each of the 10 Switches
(pedals) along with 4 External Foot Switches and 2 External Expression Pedals.
Program the 10 Switches in Preset A1 as follows:
Switch Function Program Change LED Color
1 INTRO 1 80 Orange
2 INTRO 2 81 Orange
3 FILL 1 87 Green
4 FILL 2 88 Green
5 FILL 3 89 Green
6 ENDING 1 90 Red
A VAR 1 83 Blue
B VAR 2 84 Blue
C VAR 3 85 Blue
D VAR 4 86 Blue
Note: If you wish to skip the programming, you can download the Presets for the Korg Pa2X
from:
http://davidapps.net/pacer/pacer_pa2x.zip