Korg PA50, PA50sd 16

16 Front panel

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.

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 Card pages. The VALUE LED shows the status of

this section.

DIAL Turn the dial clockwise to increase the value or

tempo. Turn it counter-clockwise to decrease

the value or tempo.

When used while pressing the SHIFT

button, this control always acts as a Tempo

control.

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