Korg KORG Pa50 user manual Playing Another Instrument with the PA50, Keyboard, Sequencer, Arranger

38MIDI

Playing another instrument with the Pa50

PLAYING ANOTHER INSTRUMENT WITH THE PA50

You can use the Pa50 as the master controller for your MIDI setup.

1.Connect Pa50’s MIDI OUT to the other instrument’s

MIDI IN.

2.Set-up the other instrument’s tracks to the same chan- nels you want to play from Pa50. For example, if you wish to play the Upper 1 and Upper 2 tracks with the other instrument’s sound, set the other instrument to receive on the same channels of the Upper 1 and Upper 2 tracks (by default, channels 1 and 2).

3.Set the general volume of the other instrument with its own volume controls.

4.Mute/unmute any track right from the Pa50 front panel. Set each track’s volume using Pa50 own VOLUME/ VALUE controls.

5.Play on Pa50’s keyboard.

The Keyboard

Pa50’s physical keyboard can drive up to 4 tracks via the MIDI OUT (Upper 1-3 and Lower). MIDI output channels are set in Global mode (see “Page 10 - MIDI OUT Channels” on page 129).

As a default situation (Default Setup), each of Pa50 Realtime Tracks transmit on these channels:

Track	Out Channel
Upper1	1
Upper2	2
Upper3	3
Lower	4

When a track is in mute, it can’t transmit any MIDI data to an external expander or sequencer connected Pa50’s MIDI OUT.

To hear only the expander’s sounds, you can lower the MAS- TER VOLUME control on the Pa50, or set the Realtime

Tracks to the External status (see “Page 15 - Track: Internal/ External” on page 46).

The Sequencer

Any Sequencer’s track can drive a channel on an external instrument. To set each track’s MIDI output channel, see “Page 10 - MIDI OUT Channels” on page 129.

To hear only the expander’s sounds, you can lower the MAS- TER VOLUME control on the Pa50, or set the Song tracks to the External status (see “Page 8 - Track: Internal/External” on page 78).

Select the Sequencer 1 or Sequencer 2 MIDI Setup (depend- ing on the Sequencer you are using on the Pa50) to set the channels as follows.

Track	Out Channel
Song 1…16	1…16

The Arranger

One of the most interesting aspect of MIDI, is that you can use your Pa50 to play an external instrument with its onboard arranger. Yes, it’s hard to beat the audio quality of Pa50, but you could wish to use that old faithful synth you are still accustomed to…

To assign some of Pa50 Style tracks to an external instru- ment, set them to the External status (see “Page 15 - Track: Internal/External” on page 46).

Select the Default MIDI Setup to set the channels as follows (this is the default status of Pa50).

Track	Out Channel
Bass	9
Drums	10
Percussion	11
Acc1…5	12…16