Korg PA50, PA50sd

THE BALANCE SLIDER

When turning the instrument on, please be assured the BALANCE slider is set to

the center. This sets both Sequencer 1 (SEQ1) and Sequencer 2 (SEQ2) to their

maximum level. This will avoid you start a Song without hearing anything.

Contents

Main Instructions pertaining to a risk of re, electric shock, or injury to persons IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS KEEP THESE INSTRUCTIONS CLEAN ONLY WITH A DRY CLOTH THE FCC REGULATION WARNING (FOR THE U.S.A. AND CANADA ONLY) DATA HANDLING LCD DISPLAY TRADEMARKS DISCLAIMER LIABILITY Page HOW TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Basic Guide Reference Guide Page Appendix Page 8 1. WELCOME! LIVE PERFORMING USEFUL LINKS ABOUT THIS MANUAL MAKING A BACKUP COPY OF SYSTEM FILES LOADING THE OPERATING SYSTEM RELOADING THE FACTORY DATA 10 2. START UP CONNECTING THE AC POWER ADAPTER TURNING THE INSTRUMENT ON AND OFF CONTROLLING THE VOLUME THE BALANCE SLIDER DAMPER PEDAL DEMO THE MUSIC STAND 12 3. FRONT PANEL 1 2 3 4 5 14 0 A B C J K L M N 16 S T U V X Y Z [ \ 18 d e f 4. DISPLAY AND USER INTERFACE DISPLAY CONTROLS BossaNova |STS1 A B C D E F G H 20 INTERFACE STRUCTURE Operating modes MESSAGE WINDOWS SYMBOLS AND ICONS GRAYED-OUT NON-AVAILABLE PARAMETERS Edit environment 22 5. REAR PANEL 1 2 3 4 Page 24 6. BASIC OPERATIONS PLAYING ON THE KEYBOARD SELECTING, MUTING/UNMUTING AND SOLOING A TRACK SELECTING A PERFORMANCE StereoGrand The STYLE CHANGE button 26 SELECTING A PROGRAM Jazz Waltz 1 Piano T:U1 SELECTING A STYLE SELECTING A SINGLE TOUCH SETTING (STS) CHANGING ALL KEYBOARD TRACKS AT ONCE S1:MySong PLAYING A SONG FROM A CARD SHORTCUT TO SEE THE ORIGINAL BANK FOR A STYLE, PERFORMANCE OR PROGRAM 7. TUTORIAL 1 - PLAYING IN REALTIME 1 2 3 2 - PLAYING A STYLE 1 2 3 4 30 6 7 In Sync 1 4 - RECORDING A SONG 1 2 3 4 32 0 5 - EDITING A SONG 1 2 4 5 6 7 Song Edit MENU 34 8 Other editings 6 - THE ARABIC SCALE 1 8. MIDI WHAT IS MIDI? In general Channels and messages Tempo 36 THE CHORD 1 AND CHORD 2 CHANNELS THE CONTROL CHANNEL MIDI SETUP CONNECTING PA50SD TO A MASTER KEYBOARD CONNECTING THE PA50SD TO A MIDI ACCORDION Connection and settings CONNECTING THE PA50SD TO AN EXTERNAL SEQUENCER Connections and settings The Local Off 38 PLAYING ANOTHER INSTRUMENT WITH THE PA50SD The Keyboard The Sequencer The Arranger Page 40 9. STYLE PLAY OPERATING MODE WHATS A STYLE? STYLES AND PERFORMANCES CHANGING AND RESETTING THE TEMPO THE DIRECT SD BANK STYLE TRACKS PAGE HOW TO SELECT PROGRAMS 42 Style Play Menu PAGE 3 - MIXER: FX SEND Track Output FX Processor 44 PAGE 4 - TUNING: DETUNE Tuning:Scale PAGE 5 - TUNING: SCALE PAGE 6 - TUNING: PITCHBEND SENSITIVITY PAGE 9 - FX: A EDITING FX:A Edit (Sty) PAGE 10 - FX: B EDITING PAGE 11 - FX: C EDITING PAGE 12 - FX: D EDITING 46 Reset PAGE 14 - TRACK: MODE PAGE 15 - TRACK: INTERNAL/EXTERNAL PAGE 16 - R.T. CONTROLS: DAMPER PAGE 17 - R.T. CONTROLS: JOYSTICK RT Ctl:Ensemble RT Ctl:Joystick PAGE 18 - R.T. CONTROLS: DYNAMIC RANGE 48 PAGE 20 - STYLE CONTROLS: DRUM/FILL StyCtl:Drums PAGE 21 - STYLE CONTROLS: WRAP AROUND / KEYBOARD RANGE PAGE 22 - PADS Pref:Lock (Gbl) StyCtl:Wrap/Rng PAGE 23 - PREFERENCES: LOCK 50 PAGE 24 - PREFERENCES: CONTROLS Pref:Ctl (Gbl) Page 52 10. STYLE RECORD MODE THE STYLES STRUCTURE What to record STYLE IMPORT/EXPORT ENTERING THE RECORD MODE LISTENING TO THE STYLE WHILE IN RECORD/ EDIT MODE EXIT AND SAVE/ABORT STYLE 54 LIST OF RECORDED EVENTS FAST DELETE USING THE CONTROL PANEL BUTTONS Page 56 STYLE TRACKS PAGE STEP RECORD PAGE Note value. Buttons used in Step Record mode Step V1-CV1 T:DR 58 STYLE RECORD PROCEDURE Preparing to record Realtime Record procedure R:RT R:Stp Step V1-CV1 T:DR 60 Chords and second voices in Step Record mode Edit:Quantize 62 PAGE 1 - EDIT: QUANTIZE Edit:Transpose PAGE 2 - EDIT: TRANSPOSE Edit:Quantize PAGE 3 - EDIT: VELOCITY PAGE 4 - EVENT EDIT Transport, navigation and editing controls Edit:Velocity 64 PAGE 5 - EVENT FILTER Edit: Ev. Filter EVENT EDIT PROCEDURE Edit: Ev. Filter Position: 001.01.001 Ev: Note F#2 72 Lenght:000.00.000 WRITE to: 66 PAGE 6 - EDIT: DELETE Edit:Delete All PAGE 7 - EDIT: DELETE ALL Edit:Delete PAGE 8 - EDIT: COPY Copying on a Chord Variation with a different length SECtl:Program V1 PAGE 9 - STYLE ELEMENT CONTROLS: PROGRAMS Edit:Copy 68 PAGE 10 - STYLE ELEMENT CONTROLS: EXPRESSION StCtl:Mode/Tens PAGE 11 - STYLE ELEMENT CONTROLS: KEYBOARD RANGE PAGE 12 - STYLE ELEMENT CONTROLS: CHORD VARIATION TABLE Page 70 11. SONG PLAY OPERATING MODE THE SONGS AND THE STANDARD MIDI FILE FORMAT MIDI CLOCK SWITCHING BETWEEN SEQUENCERS DURING EDITING SELECTING A SONG COMPOSING ITS PROGRESSIVE NUMBER MASTER VOLUME, SEQUENCER VOLUME, BALANCE EFFECTS IN SONG PLAY MODE Groove Quantize GROOVE QUANTIZE WINDOW 72 WRITE: TRACKS 1-8 PAGE TRACKS 9-16 PAGE S1:MySong SONG SELECT PAGE S1:MySong 74 THE LYRICS PAGE Song Play Menu Michelle, ma belle S1:Michelle Page 76 PAGE 3 - MIXER: FX SEND A/B PAGE 3 - MIXER: FX SEND C/D PAGE 4 - FX: A/B SELECT PAGE 4 - FX: C/D SELECT PAGE 5 - FX: A EDITING FX:A Edit PAGE 6 - FX: B EDITING 78 PAGE 6 - FX: D EDITING PAGE 7 - TRACK: MODE PAGE 8 - TRACK: INTERNAL/EXTERNAL PAGE 9 - JUKEBOX PAGE 10 - PREFERENCES Preferences (Gbl) JB List:NEW_NAME JBX Save 80 SAVING A LIST OF SONGS How to save a list of Songs contained in a folder How to save a list of Songs contained in a Jukebox le 82 12. BACKING SEQUENCE OPERATING MODE THE BACKING SEQUENCE, SONG AND SONG PLAY MODES HOW TO PLAYBACK A SONG REALTIME RECORDING MODE CHORD/ACC STEP RECORDING MAIN PAGE (BACKING SEQUENCE PLAY) Step Chord/Acc 84 LOAD SONG PAGE NEW_NAME.MID SAVE SONG PAGE BS:Save Song REALTIME RECORDING PAGE CHORD/ACC STEP RECORDING PAGE Step Chord/Acc 86 M001.01.000 Transport controls HOW TO DELETE A WHOLE SONG C Maj - /C 88 13. SONG OPERATING MODE New Song MASTER VOLUME AND SEQUENCER VOLUME THE SONGS AND THE STANDARD MIDI FILE FORMAT FAST TRACK DELETION TRACKS 1-8 PAGE TRACKS 9-16 PAGE SONG SELECT PAGE 90 SAVE SONG PAGE NEW_NAME.MID Play/Mute status saved with the Song Master Transpose saved with the Song REALTIME RECORD PROCEDURE STEP RECORD PROCEDURE 92 Chords and second voices Step Owr SONG RECORD PAGE 94 STEP RECORD PAGE Note value. Buttons used in Step Record mode Step Owr Song Edit MENU 96 PAGE 3 - MIXER: FX BLOCK PAGE 4 - MIXER: FX SEND A/B (OR C/D) PAGE 5 - TUNING: DETUNE Mixer:FX Block PAGE 6 - TUNING: SCALE PAGE 7 - TUNING: PITCHBEND/SCALE Tuning:PB/Scale PAGE 8 - FX: A/B SELECT PAGE 9 - FX: C/D SELECT 98 PAGE 10 - FX: A EDITING FX:A Edit (Sq1) PAGE 11 - FX: B EDITING PAGE 12 - FX: C EDITING PAGE 15 - TRACK: MODE PAGE 16 - TRACK: INTERNAL/EXTERNAL 100 PAGE 17 - EDIT: QUANTIZE Edit:Velocity (1/32) (1/4) PAGE 18 - EDIT: TRANSPOSE PAGE 20 - EDIT: DELETE PAGE 21 - EDIT: CUT MEASURES Edit:Ins.Meas. PAGE 22 - EDIT: INSERT MEASURES Edit:Delete 102 PAGE 23 - EDIT: COPY PAGE 24 - EVENT EDIT Edit:Copy Transport, navigation and editing controls PAGE 25 - EVENT FILTER Edit:Ev.Filter 104 EVENT EDIT PROCEDURE Edit:Ev.Filter Position: 001.01.001 Ev: Note G1 94 Lenght:000.00.000 14. PROGRAM OPERATING MODE Prog Edit MENU GrandPiano Here is the main page of the Program operating mode. Effects 106 Samples |Osc1 Basic THE COMPARE FUNCTION HOW TO SELECT OSCILLATORS PAGE 2 - SAMPLE (SOUND PROGRAMS) Samples |Osc1 108 PAGE 2 - DK SAMPLES (DRUM PROGRAMS) DK Samples PAGE 3 - PITCH Pitch modulation Pitch EG modulation Pitch |Osc1 110 Portamento Pitch LF02 |Osc1 PAGE 4 - PITCH LFO1 Pitch LFO1 Level modulation Pitch envelope Pitch EG Level modulation Pitch EG Time modulation Pitch EG 112 PAGE 7 - FILTER Filter |Osc1 Resonance modulation Filter B PAGE 8 - FILTER MODULATION Filter keyboard tracking Filter Mod |Osc1 114 Filter EG modulation Filter LFO1|Osc1 Filter A/B modulation PAGE 9 - FILTER LFO1 PAGE 10 - FILTER LFO2 Filter LFO2|Osc1 PAGE 11 - FILTER EG Filter envelope FilterEG |Osc1 116 Filter EG Level modulation Filter EG Time modulation PAGE 12 - AMP Pan modulation PAGE 13 - AMP MODULATION Amplier keyboard tracking Amp |Osc1 118 Amplier Modulation Amp LFO1 |Osc1 PAGE 14 - AMP LFO1 Amplier LFO1 modulation Amp EG Level modulation Amp EG Time modulation 120 PAGE 17 - LFO1 LFO1 |Osc1 Frequency MIDI/Tempo Sync Frequency modulation PAGE 18 - LFO2 PAGE 19 - EFFECTS Effects Page AMS (Alternate Modulation Source) list AMS (ALTERNATE MODULATION SOURCE) LIST 124 15. GLOBAL EDIT ENVIRONMENT PAGE 1 - GENERAL CONTROLS Gbl:Gen.Controls Global Menu Write Global: 126 PAGE 2 - MASTER TRANSPOSE Gbl:Midi Setup PAGE 3 - ASSIGNABLE PEDAL/FOOTSWITCH, ASSIGNABLE SLIDER PAGE 4 - MIDI SETUP PAGE 5 - MIDI CONTROLS PAGE 6 - MIDI IN CHANNELS Gbl:Midi In Chnl Gbl:MIDI Ctl 128 PAGE 7 - MIDI IN CONTROLS (1) Gbl:MidiIn Ctl 2 PAGE 8 - MIDI IN CONTROLS (2) Gbl:MidiIn Ctl 1 PAGE 9 - MIDI IN FILTERS PAGE 10 - MIDI OUT CHANNELS Gbl:Midi Out Chnl PAGE 11 - MIDI OUT FILTERS Gbl:MidiOut Flt. 16. CARD EDIT ENVIRONMENT THE WRITE/CARD IN USE LED SUPPORTED CARDS SD and MMC card handling Write protecting an SD card LOADING DATA CREATED WITH THE PA80/PA60 CARD STRUCTURE FILE TYPES 132 FILE AND FOLDER SIZE DISPLAY Card Menu PAGE STRUCTURE NAVIGATION TOOLS PAGE 1 - LOAD Loading all the User data Loading all data of a specied type Loading a single bank 134 Loading a single item PAGE 2 - SAVE Saving the whole memory content Saving all data of a specic type 136 Saving a single bank Saving a single item Creating a new .SET folder NEW_NAME.SET 138 PAGE 3 - COPY Card:Copy to Copying a whole folder or folders content Copying a single le PAGE 4 - ERASE PAGE 5 - FORMAT NEW_NAME Card:Erase PAGE 6 - NEW DIR 140 PAGE 7 - RENAME Ethnic.set PAGE 8 - UTILITIES 1 Card:Rename PAGE 9 - UTILITIES 2 Card:Util 2 Page Page 144 Styles 17. FACTORY DATA STYLES Styles 146 Style Elements STYLE ELEMENTS SINGLE TOUCH SETTINGS (STS) PROGRAMS (BANK ORDER) 148 Page 150 Page 152 Page 154 PROGRAMS (PROGRAM CHANGE ORDER) Page 156 Page 158 Page 160 Drum Kits DRUM KITS DRUM KIT INSTRUMENTS ) indicates a velocity switch. 162 Page 164 Page 166 Page 168 Page 170 Page 172 Performances PERFORMANCES 174 MIDI Setup MIDI SETUP 18. EFFECTS DIAGRAMS DYNAMIC MODULATION SOURCES 000: No Effect 001: Amp Simulat 176 002: Compressor (Stereo Compressor) c: Attack This parameter controls the attack level. 003: Limiter 004: MBandLimit 178 005: Gate (Stereo Gate) The Attack and Release parameters set the Gate attack time and release time. 006: OD/HGainWah 007: Param.4B Eq (Stereo Parametric 4-Band EQ) b: Band1 Type, c: Band4 Type Selects a lter type for Band 1 and 4. 180 008: Graph.7B Eq (Stereo Graphic 7 Band EQ) 009: Wah/AutoWah (Stereo Wah/Auto Wah) 010: Random Filt 182 011: Excit/Enhan 012: Sub Oscill (Stereo Sub Oscillator) 013: Talking Mod (Talking Modulator) 184 014: Decimator 015: Analog Rec (Stereo Analog Record) Pitch/phase modulation effects PITCH/PHASE MOD. 186 017: Harm.Chorus (Stereo Harmonic Chorus) 018: MTap Ch/Dly (Multitap Chorus/Delay) 019: Ensemble 020: Flanger (Stereo Flanger) 188 b: LFO Shape Changing the LFO waveform shape controls the peak sweep of anging effects. 021: RandomFlang (Stereo Random Flanger) 022: Envel.Flang 023: Phaser 190 024: RandomPhser (Stereo Random Phaser) 025: Envel.Phser (Stereo Envelope Phaser) 026: BiphaseMod. (Stereo Biphase Modulation) 027: Vibrato (Stereo Vibrato) 192 028: AutoFadeMod. (Stereo Auto Fade Modulation) 029: 2Voice Res 030: Doppler 194 031: Scratch Other modulation and pitch shift effects 032: Tremolo (Stereo Tremolo) MOD./P.SHIFT 196 Depth=100, Envelope Amount=100 034: Auto-Pan (Stereo Auto Pan) 035: Phaser/Trem (Stereo Phaser + Tremolo) 036: RingModulat (Stereo Ring Modulator) 198 037: Detune 038: PitchShift 200 039: PitShiftMod. (Pitch Shift Modulation) 040: RotarySpeak (Rotary Speaker) Page 202 Early reection and delay effects 041: Early Re (Early Reections) a: Type This parameter selects the decay curve for the early reec- tion. 043: L/C/R Delay 044: Cross Delay (Stereo/Cross Delay) 204 045: M.Tap Delay (Stereo Multitap Delay) 046: Modul.Delay (Stereo Modulation Delay) 047: Dynam.Delay 206 048: AutoPan Dly (Stereo Auto Panning Delay) This stereo delay effect pans the delay sound left and right using the LFO. 049: LCR BPM Dly 050: BPM Delay (Stereo BPM Delay) 208 Reverb This plate reverb simulates dry (light) reverberation. 051: Seq. Delay (Sequential Delay) 056: Rev. Room 057: R.BriteRoom 210 Effects that combine two mono effects connected in series equalizer and an exciter. 058: Par4Eq-Exc (Parametric 4-Band EQ Exciter) 060: 4EqPhsrChFl (Parametric 4-Band EQ Chorus/Flanger) equalizer and a chorus/anger. 061: Par4Eq-Phsr (Parametric 4-Band EQ Phaser) 212 062: P4Eq-TapDly equalizer and a multitap delay. (Parametric 4-Band EQ Multitap Delay) 063: Cmp-AutoWah 064: Cmp-AmpSim (Compressor Amp Simulation) 065: Cmp-OD/HiG (Compressor Overdrive/Hi.Gain) 214 066: Cmp-Par.4Eq (Compressor Parametric 4-Band EQ) 067: Cmp-ChorFlg (Compressor Chorus/Flanger) 068: Cmp-Phaser (Compressor Phaser) 069: Cmp-MTapDly (Compressor Multitap Delay) 216 070: Lim-Par.4Eq (Limiter Parametric 4-Band EQ) 071: Lim-ChorFlg (Limiter Chorus/Flanger) 072: Lim-Phaser 074: Exc-Compr 073: Lim-MTapDly (Limiter Multitap Delay) (Exciter Compressor) 218 075: Exc-Limiter (Exciter Limiter) 076: Exc-ChorFlg (Exciter Chorus/Flanger) 077: Exc-Phaser (Exciter Phaser) This effect combines a mono-type limiter and a phaser. 078: Exc-MTapDly (Exciter Multitap Delay) 220 080: OD/HG-ChoFl (Overdrive/Hi.Gain Chorus/Flanger) tortion and a chorus/anger. You can change the order of the effect connection. 081: OD/HG-Phser (Overdrive/Hi.Gain Phaser) tortion and a phaser. You can change the order of the effect connection. 082: OD/HG-MTDly (Overdrive/Hi.Gain Multitap Delay) 222 083: Wah-AmpSim (Wah/Auto Wah Amp Simulation) 084: Decim-Amp S (Decimator Amp Simulation) 086: AmpS-Tremol (Amp Simulation Tremolo) This effect combines a mono-type amp simulation and a tremolo. 087: Ch/Fl-MTDly (Chorus/Flanger Multitap Delay) 224 088: Phser-ChoFl (Phaser Chorus/Flanger) This effect combines a mono-type phaser and a chorus/ anger. 089: Rev-Gate 19. ASSIGNABLE PARAMETERS FOOTSWITCH The following functions can be assigned to a footswitch. 226 List of functions assignable to the Pedal or Assignable Slider You can assign the following sounds to the Pads. PEDAL OR ASSIGNABLE SLIDER The following functions can be assigned to a continuous pedal or to the Assignable Slider. PADS SCALES 228 20. MIDI CONTROLLERS MIDI Controllers MIDI Implementation Chart MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART 230 21. PARAMETERS Control panel and operating modes parameters Page 232 Style and Song parameters (a) Saved as SysEx data. Recognized chords 22. RECOGNIZED CHORDS Major Major 7th 5 Major 6th Major 7th 234 23. ERROR MESSAGES & TROUBLESHOOTING ERROR MESSAGES General Style Play Style Record 236 Program Card mode Page 238 Troubleshooting TROUBLESHOOTING Technical specifications 24. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS * 240 25. ALPHABETICAL INDEX A B C D 241 M O P R 242 U V W Page Page Page KORG Italy 2009. All rights reserved