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KORG Pa2X Pro -
Arranger Keyboard

The Pa2X Pro - the ultimate Arranger for the professional musician!
The new Pa2X Pro is the complete Arranger keyboard for the
professional musician. Intuitive, powerful, interactive with the most
stunning sound ever produced by an Arranger keyboard - and with the best
range of pro features ever!
Pa2X Pro History
Korg is responsible for the most successful and respected Arranger
keyboards in music. Used by tens of thousands of music professionals in
every country around the world, Korg Arrangers have thrilled audiences
and delighted players everywhere with the magic combination of
unbeatable sound quality and professional features.
RX Technology is what makes the magic work. First used in the Pa1X
Arranger series, RX Technology is the guiding philosophy behind the Pa2X
Pro. RX – Real eXperience - guided all our design and sound decisions.
When the Pa2X Pro performs, we want the audience and performers to
Listen - and Believe.
Following on from the industry standard Pa80 and industry leading Pa1X,
the next generation of Arranger from Korg – the Pa2X Pro - required we
understand the needs of the modern musical professional whilst
respecting the technology chosen by so many musicians worldwide. After
countless interviews from musicians in dozens of countries, we knew what
we needed to do to develop the complete professional Arranger keyboard –
the new Pa2X Pro!
TC Helicon inside
To be sure that the vocal processing and harmonies of the Pa2X Pro
are the best possible, we worked with a recognised world leader in audio
technology - TC Electronics. The Pa2X Pro includes as standard the world
acclaimed TC Helicon Voice Processor. This features EQ and professional
quality effects like Compressor, Gate, Delay and Reverb, designed and
shaped specifically for vocals. These effects, combined with the XLR/Combo
balanced connection with switchable Phantom Power to connect even
pro-studio condenser Mics, dedicated high quality Mic preamp and built
in ultra realistic 3 voice Harmonizer ensure your vocals have the
highest possible sound quality. The most important controls to keep your
voice under control are available in the panel, using the user
assignable Mic Slider Mode settings, and in the display’s main page.
Simply connect your microphone and start performing!
Easy to use
With all the technological power packed inside, it was vital that we
also made the Pa2X Pro easy to understand - and easy to use. But even
more, we wanted the whole way you use the Pa2X Pro to be an intuitive,
musical, fast, foolproof experience. Our graphical user interface uses
an amazing Graphical Colour Touch Screen so you simply think, point and
click for easy and intuitive use – RX Technology at work for you! The
screen of the Pa2X Pro is a motorized tilting display and with the
capability to select the right viewing angle, and one of the 7 different
background colors in the Graphical User Interface, you can be sure the
display can be read in all lighting and performing conditions, a truly
professional feature.
So musicians of all levels can make great music quickly, there are
two interface modes: EASY and EXPERT. The EASY mode shows only the most
important controls while keeping a clean and easy interface, useful for
beginners or for live performances, while in EXPERT mode you have full
editing control. Nothing stands between you and your professional
performance.
The 2 Switches and 8 Sliders (the 9th acts always as a MP3 Volume
control, except for Digital Drawbars) are fully assignable so your live
performances work the way you want them to. For one song the Sliders can
be Organ Drawbars, controlling the 9 footages of a tone wheel organ; for
another volume controls for each part of a backing style or Mic
settings.
And when you need more information you can check out the multilingual
contextual Help System that is standard on the Pa2X Pro!
Touch control on sliders, knobs, drawbars and numeric
fields
Don't simply watch – touch them! Sliders, knobs and drawbar positions
will be changed directly by moving them on the touch screen. The same
will happen with numeric fields: touch them, and then push forward to
increase the value, pull back to decrease. Oh, and this is also valid
for changing Tempo, for the smoothest accelerando and ritardando ever
conceived!
Pro 76 keybed action
The 76 key keybed, designed for the demanding professional as well
for expert pianists, has aftertouch and is velocity sensitive. The feel
is great, and with a natural piano shape keys and the semi-weighted
action, nothing stands between your inspiration and the music flow.
Quality Sound
Of course, having power, feeling and ease of use mean nothing without
great sound and the stunning high quality sound performance of the Pa2X
Pro will impress any audience. The Pa2X Pro delivers sound that makes it
seem like you have the coolest band available on stage – all working
under your control.
Korg sound quality is universally recognized as superior, and relied
on by musicians everywhere. For the Pa2X Pro, we redesigned what was
already one of the most powerful synth sound engines available to give
you an even richer, more detailed, sophisticated natural sound than ever
before with musical instruments from almost every genre exploding with
depth, nuance, subtlety, accuracy and richness. We even used several
sounds from OASYS (the most powerful synthesizer ever made) helping the
Pa2X Pro set a new standard for arranger keyboards. The sound memory of
the Pa2X Pro has been largely increased to achieve the best sound
quality possible boasting all new multi level samples of the instruments
you know and love. Many of these also include also various levels of
articulation so the polyphony has been also expanded to 120 notes to
cover even busy passages.
There are more than 950 ROM sounds, including a new amazing
multilayer stereo Acoustic Piano accurately sampled from a Concert Grand
(and including String and Damper Pedal resonance!), plus 63 drum kits.
In addition, the RAM area contains up to 256 user sounds and 64 drum
kits and of course, there is full on board sound editing.
Sound Expansion
Still not enough sounds? Many professional musicians choose to add
their own sounds and because the Pa2X Pro is dedicated to professional
musicians, the full featured internal Sampler can load Wave, AIFF, Korg
format files and of course the incredible Akai sample library – about
the largest sample library available – into the standard 128MB of added
memory (expandable to 256MB).
The Pa2X Pro also features professional editing facilities such as
Loop, Cut, Normalize and Crop of samples. A special "Time Slice" feature
allows you to slice audio grooves and import the audio data into a Style
so you can create some of the coolest rhythms imaginable.
More Sound Expansion - with RX Technology!
When editing SMFs in Sequencer mode, the Pa2X Pro can automatically
replace the Guitar sound with a high-quality RX Guitar sound while
adding RX Noise to the track. This means that you can transform a flat
SMF into an ultra-realistic Song with a real guitar player inside – at
the touch of a button!
Effects
But great sound is more than instruments. For many years, Korg has
produced outstanding studio quality effects that are simply
breathtaking. The Pa2X Pro has 4 Stereo Master Effects processors with
125 of these effects from the standards such as Reverb, Delay and Chorus
through to specialised effects such as a fantastic Vocoder and some of
the universally acclaimed REMS guitar based effects for authentic guitar
tones. The TC Helicon vocal effects are separate and completely
independently controlled.
Each Track features EQ with Low, Mid and High controls. A custom
track EQ can be memorized in the general preferences for the Song Play
mode. This will help adapting the sound to personal taste for any
MIDIfile you play. Need a lighter Bass track? Save the right
equalization, and the Bass will stay light with all the subsequent
Songs.
A final semi-parametric EQ, with Low, Mid (with adjustable frequency)
and High controls, is added to the sound output of the Pa2X Pro.
Everything can be processed by this powerful and musically refined EQ,
easily adapting the sound to your musical taste or correcting a
problematic live context.
Styles
Matching this high sound quality the Pa2X Pro delivers a new set of
deluxe styles, including 4 dedicated Pad tracks, programmed by some of
the leading arrangers in the world each of whom worked according to
their musical strengths. The result is hundreds of preloaded Styles that
provide unparalleled realism and detail. Covering an expanded range of
musical genres, the Pa2X Pro gives you styles for almost every important
occasion.
If you require a special Style Collection simply record and edit your
own styles on board. We add further realism to your performance with
Fill 3/Break, Intro 3/Count In and Ending 3 Style Elements. And if you
are looking for more pre-written styles, you will be pleased at the
exciting future for the Pa2X Pro with many new styles to be produced by
both Korg and also independent 3rd party companies. Keep checking www.korgpa.com for
more details!
Guitar Track and Fixed NTT for Styles
Guitar Mode allows any musician to easily create realistic guitar
parts using real guitar neck positions. Guitar tracks are usually a
challenge for every Style and Song writer (possibly even more than the
Drums track!). Mostly, the results of guitar tracks entered into Styles
and MIDI songs are artificial, unmusical playing, often in need of deep
editing. The Pa2X Pro, however, offers a unique and powerful approach to
program and play realistic guitar performances!
The Pa2X Pro arranger include also the Fixed NTT, a feature that
moves as few notes as possible while creating the style backing tracks,
making legato lines and chord changes far more natural for instruments
like strings, piano, mute guitar, etc. RX Technology at work: Listen -
and Believe.
Powerful Technology
Korg introduced the world’s first Arranger keyboard with two separate
MIDIfile players and Cross-Fader in the legendary Pa80 and our Pa2X Pro
showcases these double sequencer features working at an all new power
level. In addition, the Pa2X Pro supports the main musical formats such
as Standard Midi File, Karaoke files, General MIDI Level 1 & 2 and of
course is able to display lyrics and chords in most popular karaoke
formats. Further improving on Korg's XDS Double Sequencer concept, two
MP3 files can play at the same time, as in a double DJ turntable or CD
player. MP3 files start immediately, and can be freely transposed,
accelerated or slowed down as if they were MIDIfiles. No need for
external players or controllers - they are all included and working in a
highly-integrated environment!
The standard MP3 board allow also for recording your entire
performance (including Vocals and Pa2X Pro sounds) in MP3 format: Pa2X
Pro a complete recording studio in your hands.
There is also a practical Marker function to allow you to jump
directly to a given position in the song: you can fix the markers using
the internal sequencer (or using a computer based one – the marker
format is standard) and then remix your favourite songs during a live
performance for added spontaneity.
Sequencer & Backing Sequence
Along with a powerful and fully programmable multi track sequencer,
you can use Backing Sequences to create songs based over styles –
quickly and easily. You don’t need to be a master programmer – you can
write your own song in minutes: even beginners can easily create songs
using the step edit feature. This approach is useful for home or studio
use when you want to create great sounding songs or professional backing
music for films, video, multimedia and internet applications very
quickly.
SongBook
This exciting feature was developed to make your life easier
especially while playing live. The SongBook is a Musical Database,
completely user programmable, containing all the settings needed to play
a particular song. You have only to search the title of the song you
would like to play, select it and hit "Play". The SongBook can use
Styles, MIDIfiles, Karaoke and MP3 and immediately recall settings such
as Song Title, Genre, Artist, Tempo, Volumes, Sounds, Muted Tracks, FX
settings, Easy Edit, 4 STS*, 4 Pads, Master Transpose and more.
Everything you need to play your song back perfectly is in the SongBook,
a useful musical feature that is unique to Korg - the only Arranger
keyboards available with all these sophisticated controls. (*STS -
Single Touch Settings is a memory that recalls sounds for all the real
time tracks (upper1, 2, 3 & lower).
Configurable
You can configure and edit almost anything in the Pa2X Pro. You can
modify and save Styles, Pad, Performances, Sounds, Songs, SongBook,
settings for Sliders, Switches, Pedals, Global (Midi channels, output
routings, etc.) and more for both, internal and external control.
Scales are fully programmable and include Quarter Tone settings and a
programmable Arabic Scale. If you are playing an organ sound, you will
enjoy using the 9 Sliders as Drawbars. With all of this control, the
Pa2X Pro also functions as a superb MIDI controller (Master Keyboard).
A complete Media edit section is available for files and folders
handling including load, save, delete, copy, rename, backup, restore,
delete, etc. functions for internal and external USB connected drives.
During your extensive editing sessions the internal clock will fix the
correct date and time in your files: another invaluable feature that all
Pros will love!
Connectivity
Naturally, the Pa2X Pro has all the connectivity you need including 4
separate balanced/unbalanced analog audio outputs, 2 balanced/unbalanced
analog line inputs, 1 XLR/Combo Balanced Mic input with switchable
Phantom Power, 1 USB Device and 2 USB Host connections. And because the
Pa2X Pro is a fully professional product, the digital output (in S/P DIF
coaxial format) is standard. The optional VIF4 Graphical Video Interface
(available in PAL or NTSC standard formats) can display on an external
TV monitor either just the lyrics (useful for Karaoke) or clone the on
board display.
USB
The Pa2X Pro has two USB Host connections available to connect
standard Pen drives, external hard drives, DVD-CD players or even a
Floppy Disk. One Host is located in the front panel for quick access in
real time, while the second Host is on the back panel. A further USB
Device connection is available for the Pa2X Pro to connect with a
computer (PC or Mac) for fast exchange of large amounts of data from the
internal SSD memory and Hard Disk or as a MIDI connection without the
need for extra MIDI computer interfaces.
Hard Disk Drive
Of course, a huge capacity Hard Disk is standard on board for storing
everything you need - and everything you record during a performance
using the exciting MP3 record feature!
Compatibility
And if you have been one of the many longstanding Korg Arranger users
you will be happy to know that even though the Pa2X Pro is all new, it
is also compatible with the Korg “i-series” style format and with any
“musical” Pa50, Pa60, Pa80, Pa1X file. This means your Pa50, Pa60, Pa80
and Pa1X sound programs work in the Pa2X Pro as well so you can keep
your favourite Sounds, Styles, Songs, and Performances while benefiting
from a cutting edge keyboard. Of course, the Pa2X Pro is fully
compatible with Pa800 data.
Expandable & Updatable
Even though it comes with almost every features you could want, the
Pa2X Pro offer useful options such as the Graphic Video Interface
(PAL/NTSC compatible), a memory expansion up to 256 MB for sampling and
a variety of Foot Pedals. Not only you can expand your Pa2X Pro to
perfectly fit your needs, you can also easily keep it constantly updated
to new exciting features with the new operating systems available as
free downloads from www.korgpa.com, ensuring your investment is always
protected!
Pa800
If you need a compact and light 61 key version of the Pa2X Pro with
built in amplifier and speakers, check out the amazing Pa800. Same
incredible sound quality with almost all the most important features as
the Pa2X Pro
supplied by
korg.co.uk
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