Korg KORG Pa50 user manual Intro 1-2 buttons, +

Press them twice (LED blinking) to let them play in loop, and select any other Style element (Fill, Intro, Variation…) to exit the loop.

ENDING1 also doubles as a DOT function, and ENDING2 doubles as a TRIPLET function, to be used in Song mode (see chapter 13).

Note: Ending 1 plays a short sequence with different chords, while Ending 2 plays on the last recognized chord.

J INTRO 1-2 buttons

These two buttons set the arranger in Intro mode. After pressing one of these buttons, start the Style, and it will begin with the selected intro. The INTRO LED automatically goes off at the end of the intro.

Press them twice (LED blinking) to let them play in loop, and select any other Style element (Fill, Intro, Variation…) to exit the loop.

Note: Intro 1 plays a short sequence with different chords, while Intro 2 plays on the last recognized chord.

KSTART/STOP

Starts or stops the Style running.

You can reset all ‘frozen’ notes and controllers on the Pa50 and any instrument connected to its MIDI OUT, by using the “Panic” key combination. Just press SHIFT + START/STOP to stop all notes and reset all controllers.

LSYNCHRO START / STOP (DELETE)

This button turns the Synchro Start and Synchro Stop func- tions on or off. Press it repeatedly to turn the functions on or off. The LEDs cycle in this order: START ➛ START+STOP ➛ OFF.

START LED ON

When this LED is lit, just play a chord in the chord recognition area (usually under the split point, see “CHORD SCANNING section” on page 17) to automatically start the Style run- ning. If you like, you can turn one of the INTROs on before starting the Style.

START+STOP LEDs ON

	When both LEDs are lit, raising your hand
	from the keyboard momentarily stops the Style
	running. If you play a chord again, the Style
	starts again.
OFF	All Synchro functions are turned off.

This button doubles as a DELETE function for the Backing Sequence and Song modes (see chapters 12 and 13).

It is also used to delete the selected character, during text editing.

MTAP TEMPO/RESET (INSERT)

This is a double-function button, acting in a different way depending on the Style status (stop/play).

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Tap Tempo: When the Style is not playing, you can “beat” the tempo on this button. At the end, the accompaniment starts playing, using the “tapped in” tempo.

Reset: When you press this button while the Style is in play, the Style pattern goes back to the previous strong beat.

This button doubles as a INSERT function for the Backing Sequence and Song modes (see chapters 12 and 13).

It is also used to insert a character at the cursor position, dur- ing text editing.

NWRITE/DISK IN USE

In Style Play mode, this button opens the Write window, that lets you save all the tracks onto a Performance, the Realtime (Keyboard) tracks in a Single Touch Setting (STS), or the accompaniment tracks onto a Style Performance. (See “The Write window” on page 42).

In the Global edit environment, press it to save Global parameters in memory. (See “The Write window” on page 125).

This button’s LED doubles as a DISK IN USE indicator, flashing when the floppy disk drive is in use.

O ENSEMBLE

This button turns the Ensemble function on or off. When on, the right-hand melody is harmonized with the left-hand chords.

Note: The Ensemble function works only when the keyboard is in SPLIT mode, and the LOWER Chord Scanning mode selected.

PRECORD

This button sets the instrument in Record mode (depending on the current operating mode).

QMENU

This button opens the Menu page for the current operating mode or edit environment. After opening a menu, you can jump to one of the edit pages by pressing the corresponding VOLUME/VALUE buttons; or browse them using the PAGE buttons. Otherwise, go back to the main page of the current operating mode, or close the edit environment, by pressing the EXIT button.

See the relevant chapter devoted to each operating mode or edit environment, to see their “maps” in detail.

RPAGE -/+

After pressing MENU to open a menu, use these buttons to browse the edit pages of an operating mode or editing envi- ronment. Press EXIT to go back from an edit page to the main page of the current operating mode, or to close the Glo- bal or Disk edit environment.

In addition, you can use these buttons to select a different page in a Style Select or Program Select window.