Korg KORG Pa50 VOLUME/VALUE Mute A-H buttons, Single Touch Setting F1-F4 Function Keys buttons

Turn the dial clockwise to increase the value or tempo. Turn it counter-clockwise to decrease the value or tempo.

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SVOLUME/VALUE (MUTE) A-H buttons

Within this user’s manual, each button pair is marked with an alphabetic letter (A-H). See “Display and User Interface” on page 19 for more details.

	BossaNova		STS1
A	Drum/Perc	Piano01		E
B	Bass01	Guitar01		F
C	Acc.1-5	StrngEns2		G
		VoxPad1
D				H

A corresponding track name is printed over each button pair. These names show the corresponding track the button pair affects in the main page of the Style Play mode.

•The left half is for the main page, where you can see the Realtime tracks, and the Style tracks grouped together:

•The right half is for the Style tracks page, where you can see each of the accompaniment tracks:

See “Symbols and Icons” on page 21.

Use these buttons to execute various operations on the com- mands and functions appearing in the display.

SELECTING

	Use each button pair to select the correspond-
	ing item in the display (i.e. a track, a parameter
	or a command). Use either the left or right
	button in a pair.
VOLUME	While you are in the main pages of any operat-
	ing mode, select a track and use these buttons
	to change the track’s volume. Use the left but-
	ton to decrease it, or the right button to
	increase it.
MUTE	Press both buttons in a pair to mute the corre-
	sponding track. Press both buttons again to
	unmute the track.

SOLO		While in the Style Play, Song Play and
	Song modes, you can solo one of the tracks.
	Just keep the SHIFT button pressed, and press
	both VOLUME/VALUE buttons corresponding
	to the track you wish to solo.
	To exit the solo mode, keep the SHIFT button
	pressed again, and press both VOLUME/
	VALUE buttons corresponding to the soloed
	track.
VALUE	Use each button pair to change the corre-
	sponding parameter’s value. The left button
	decreases the value, the right button increases
	it.

TTRACK SELECT

Depending on the operating mode, this button switches between the various tracks view.

STYLE PLAY MODE

Switches between the Realtime tracks and the Style tracks.

SONG PLAY MODE

	Switches between the main page (showing the
	Realtime/Keyboard tracks), Song tracks 1-8,
	and Song tracks 9-16.
SONG MODE
	Switches between the main page, Song tracks
	1-8 and Song tracks 9-16.
The TRACK SELECT LED shows the current page view:
Off	Main page (Realtime tracks, or Song controls)
On	2nd page (Style tracks, or Song tracks 1-8)
Flashing	3rd page (Song tracks 9-16)

USINGLE TOUCH SETTING (F1-F4 FUNCTION KEYS) buttons

While in the main page of the Style Play or Backing Sequence mode, these buttons select a Single Touch Setting each. Each of the Styles includes a maximum of four Single Touch Set- tings (STS), to automatically configure the Realtime tracks and effects at the touch of a finger. When the SINGLE TOUCH LED is lit, an STS is automatically selected when selecting a Style.

In Edit mode, these buttons double as function keys, to select the corresponding items in the display.

VSHIFT

With this button held down, pressing certain other buttons accesses to a second function.

WTEMPO/VALUE section

The DIAL and the DOWN/- and UP/+ buttons can be used to control the Tempo, assign a different value to the selected parameter in the display or scroll a list of files in the Song Select and Disk pages. The VALUE LED shows the status of this section.

DIAL

When used while pressing the SHIFT button, this control always acts as a Tempo control.