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KORG Pa300 1.5 Quick Guide (E2)

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1. 32 Playing Sounds Selecting a Sound and playing it on the keyboard 3 Touchthe Upper 1 track s area in the display to open the Sound Select window Sound s name Sound bank icon The selected Sound is highlighted Touch a Sound s name to select it Touch one of the side tabs to select a different Sound bank The currently selected Sound appears in the page Type of Sounds header SOUND SELECT Grand Piano RX T Upper 1 Factory ay Ghd Piano Touch one of the lower tabs to select a different Sound page Target track for the selected Sound Grand Piano RX Rock Piano 121 816 8868 121 863 0668 User G Piano Stack G Piano Stack Piano Layers wine 121 866 6682 i 2 121 009 002 E A Previous and Next Page pair of button may appear in this area when more than six pages are available As an alternative repeatedly press the SOUND button to cycle between the pages 4 Select a Sound from the Sound Select window then press the EXIT button to close the window SOUND SELECT Classic Piano Factory acy eer Bright Piano RX Piano Layers 121 005 0
2. Here is how to start choose and stop the Demo Songs 1 Press the STYLE PLAY and SONG PLAY buttons together The LED of the two buttons will start blinking Pa300 will be set in Demo mode Demo Mode KORG consono Solo Instruments Styles Press a Mode button to Exit At this point if no other button is pressed a selection of the best Demo Songs will be played back 2 Incase you want to listen to a specified Demo Song select one of the available options on the display Full Songs Solo Instruments Styles 30 Playing the Demo Starting and stopping the Demo 3 Choose one of the Demo To stop it touch the STOP button on the display Full Song Demos Miscellaneous sounds and effects Electronic Pop Acoustic esa Press EXIT to go to Main Page 4 Exit from the Demo mode by pressing any one of the MODE buttons Playing Sounds 31 Selecting a Sound and playing it on the keyboard Playing Sounds You can play up to three sounds at the same time on the keyboard You can also split the keyboard in two parts to play up to three sounds with your right hand Upper and one with your left hand
3. Lower Split button Ho Pa Z090 KORG na dea O 000 00 00 DODO o 0 of DOO DODD obo oooo ooo KORG ooo oooo0o0gd ia Bloo a oOoooooyo e Ly Sound Select button Performance section Selecting a Sound and playing it on the keyboard 1 Besure the Upper 1 track is selected and set to play D Note Be sure tracks STYLE PLAY lt no chord Upper 2 and Upper 3 are 3 A selected track is shown with a white back l Grand Piano RX i muted and are not playing If ground In this example the Upper 1 track is you hear more than one selected If it is not selected touch it once to sound see also page 33 for select it The fact that there isn t a how to mute tracks icon over the bank icon means that the Upper 1 track is set to play If it is muted touch the bank icon to set it to play QV lt P D Mea sani EED Nylon Guitar SsTS 2 Trumpet amp Muted STS 4 Distortion Gtr Electric Piano 2 if you want to play the Sound on the whole keyboard be sure the keyboard is in Full Upper mode i e the SPLIT LED is turned off If it is split in two parts press the SPLIT button to turn its LED off SPLIT AVANTE Full Upper
4. gen 3 Asan alternative touch the Split Point parameter to select it and use the VALUE dial to select the new split point Split Point o Global Bass Inversion pani LAI Y ERRAINA BUN AANA m When you change the split point the Global parameter is automatically unchecked This is because you are setting a local or temporary split point and not the global one used across the whole instrument To change the global split point go to the Global gt Mode Preferences gt Style page and set the Split Point parameter You can save the local split point into a Performance as described in the following pages see Saving your settings to a Performance on page 40 0 Hint As an alternative keep the SPLIT button pressed to open the Split Point dialog 38 Playing Sounds Raising or lowering the Upper octave Raising or lowering the Upper octave If all Upper tracks sound too high or too low you can quickly change which octave they are playing in 1 Use the UPPER OCTAVE buttons on the control panel to transpose all Upper tracks at the same time UPPER OCTAVE Each time you press this button the Each time you press this button the pitch will be lo
5. Front Panel Music stand holes A music stand comes standard with your Pa300 Insert its legs into these two dedicated holes Speakers The integrated speakers give a faithful reproduction of the sound of Pa300 They are automatically deactivated when inserting a jack into the PHONES AUDIO OUT connector Joystick lever The joystick is on the left side of the front panel JOYSTICK This joystick triggers different functions depending on the direction it is moved towards X Move the joystick towards the left to lower the pitch or towards the right to raise it This effect is called the Pitch Bend Y Move the joystick forward to trigger Modulation Y Move the joystick backward to trigger the assigned function Overview 7 Front Panel ETouchView TECHNOLOGY STS2 STS3 STS4 3 EJ CJ OO TEMPO I LYRICS O SEARCH SHIFT SCORE e O O METRO 0 DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS SPLIT TRANSPOSE b DO0O J CJ gt E START ZG SYNCHRO TAP TEMPO ENSEMBLE PIANO amp lo O O RESET oO SETTING lo O O STOP U
6. e WF l ry II ID I l ry ID 4 A DI ry I ID DI ID ry I ID I ID MMI Hiii eee o ON E ca a O i Dei DIA Dif o OF u g df 3 D 4 DS 0 D 0 na D og DADI g dro D 5 O a Glo j O Qi TE F io sa 2 o ioeo il d a ey LE tz SY Q VW Player controls Selecting a Song to play 1 Press the SONG PLAY button to switch to the Song Play mode MODE ai SONG PLAY ERES STYLE SONG no chord gt O O O UD Eo Ela ole yJ After pressing the SONG PLAY but ton the main page of the Song Play mode appears Hi Eju oA cor NUS de Sub Juke Volume Pad spit Hint In Style Play mode you can pre select the Song to be assigned to the Player This way you will be ready to start it as soon as you switch to Song Play mode STYLE PLAY Grand Piano R Ss T Y L E P L Y P S The Song area of the Style Play main page 54 Song Play Selecting a Song to play 2 Touchthe Player area to open the Song Select window This window is very similar to the one you can see when pressing the MEDIA button on the con trol panel and touching the Load tab to see the Load page This page is however filtered
7. Keep this button pressed for about one second to save the current settings into the My Setting Performance PERFORMANCE buttons Use these buttons to open the Performance Select window and select a Performance Each Performance bank contains five pages each with up to eight Performances Repeatedly press a PERFORMANCE button to cycle between the available pages All Performances can be freely customized by accessing the edit pages of the Style Play and Song Play modes by pressing the MENU button i By keeping one of these buttons pressed for about one sec ond the Write Performance dialog box will appear Overview 13 Front Panel Transpose Section Use these buttons to transpose the Sounds of ere UPPER OCTAVE mim the single tracks or the instrument as a whole UPPER OCTAVE Use these buttons to transpose the Upper tracks in steps of one whole octave 12 semi tones max 3 octaves The octave transposi tion value is always shown in octaves next to the Sound s name AcousticPiano GE Press both buttons together to reset the Octave Transpose to the saved value Lowers the selected track by one octave Raises the selected track by one octave SHIFT You can jump to the Style Play gt Tuning page by keeping SHIFT pressed and pressing one of the UPPER OCTAVE but tons Hint Go to the Tuning page to separately transpose each track TRANSPOSE These buttons transpose
8. 100 101 RPN LSB MSB O O 0 0O O 0O 0 120 121 p lt All sounds off Reset all controllers O 0 127 Program Change DEE EEE EEE E E EEEE E a EOS EI I NI Song Position X X ES na e 1 Sent and received when MIDI Filters In and Out are set to Off in Global mode 2 Sound parameters Selection of SongBook entries Drum Kit Family settings 3 LSB MSB 00 00 Pitch Bend range 01 00 Fine Tune 02 00 Coarse Tune Song Select Tune X X ia Clock a Real Time Commands Local On Off x X O All Notes Off ux Messages Active Sense Reset 4 Includes Inquiry and Master Volume messages FX settings Quarter Tone settings GM Mode On 5 Transmitted only when the Clock Send parameter Global mode is set to on Mode 1 OMNI ON POLY Mode 2 0MNI ON MONO O Yes Mode 3 OMNI OFF POLY Mode 4 0MNI OFF MONO X No 82 MIDI Implementation Chart Address KORG ITALY SpA Via Cagiata 85 I 60027 Osimo An Italy Web www korg com www korg co jp www korg co uk KORG Italy 2014 All rights rese 0010071
9. Accompaniment In Style Play and Sequencer Backing Sequence mode use this button to turn the Accompaniment tracks ACC1 ACC5 on or off On After pressing START STOP the full accompani ment plays and follows the detected chords Off No chords detected After pressing START STOP only the Drum and Percussion accompaniment tracks can play SHIFT You can jump to the Global gt Mode Preferences gt Style Play page by keeping SHIFT pressed and pressing the ACCOMP button MEMORY This button allows you to choose whether the Lower notes and or chord triggering the accompaniment must remain in memory after raising your hand from the keyboard On Depending on the setting of the Memory Mode parameter in the Global gt Mode Preferences gt Style Play the sound on the left of the split point Lower and or the chords for the automatic accompaniment can kept in memory even when you raise your hand from the keyboard Off Both the sound and chord are released as soon as you raise your hand from the keyboard SHIFT You can jump to the Global gt Mode Preferences gt Style Play page by keeping SHIFT pressed and pressing the MEMORY button MAN BASS Manual Bass This button turns the Manual Bass function on or off On The automatic accompaniment stops playing except for the Drum and Percussion tracks and you can manually play the Bass track on the Lower part of the keyboard You can start the automatic accompa
10. Fill in amp Break During a performance a drummer may often perform a fill such as when transitioning from a verse to a chorus adding extra dynamics and keeping the beat from getting too repetitive The Pa300 offers four Fill ins specifically programmed for each Style that may be automatically recalled when choosing the cor responding Variation Auto Fill A Fill in may be drums alone or drums with instrumentation Then there is even a silent break Intro amp Ending Each Style also allows you to complete your performance with a set of musical introductions and endings A long and short ver sion of the Intro and Ending are usually provided with the for mer more harmonically elaborated and the latter with a fixed chord A count in Style Intro is also provided as well as the quick Ending 3 J DI Pads are single sounds or single track patterns that can be trig gered by using the dedicated PAD buttons They can be used to play single sounds as well as short cycling sequences that play in time with the Style or Standard MIDI File and are transposed according to the recognized chords Keyboard tracks Up to four parts can be played on the keyboard in real time Three of them Upper can be layered and played over the full keyboard They can also be used to created particular sound configurations each of these Keyboard tracks can be limited to a particular range of keys or velocities but in gener
11. Pea SOO profes Sional arranger ENGLISH OS ver 1 5 MAN001007i OO Important safety instructions Read these instructions and follow them carefully Keep these instructions in a safe place Heed all warnings Do not use this apparatus near water Clean only with dry cloth Do not block any ventilation openings install in accordance with the manu facturer s instructions Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators heat registers stoves or other apparatus including amplifiers that produce heat Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the apparatus Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long peri ods of time Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way such as power supply cord or plug is damaged liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the appara tus the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture does not operate nor mally or has been dropped Turning off the power switch does not completely isolate this product from the power line so remove the plug from the socket if not using it for extended periods of time or before cleaning Please ensure that the mains plug or appli ance couple remains readily accessib
12. Style Play mode where you can play Styles eight tracks of auto matic accompaniments and play up to four Keyboard tracks and four Pad tracks In the main page Keyboard tracks are shown in the right half of the display You can recall the main page by pressing EXIT from any of the Style Play edit pages If you are in a different operating mode press STYLE PLAY to recall the Style Play mode If Keyboard tracks are not shown in the display press the TRACK SELECT button until you can see them Introduction 8 Overview Front Panel This operating mode is automatically selected when turning the instrument on The My Setting Performance will be automati cally selected SONG PLAY Song Play mode where you can play back Songs in Standard MIDI File SMF or KAR or MP3 format In addition to the Song tracks you can play up to four Keyboard tracks and four Pads along with the Song In the main page Keyboard tracks are shown in the right half of the display You can recall the main page of this mode by pressing EXIT from any of the Song Play edit pages If you are in a different operating mode press SONG PLAY to recall the Song Play mode Use the TRACK SELECT button to cycle between the Keyboard and Song tracks SEQUENCER Sequencer mode where you can play record or edit Songs in Stan dard MIDI File format The Backing Sequence mode lets you record a new Song based on the Keyboard and Style tracks and save
13. Use this button to open the Sound Select window and select a Sound to be assigned to the selected track This is the same as touching a Sound name in the display Repeatedly press it to cycle between the Sound bank pages For each type of Sounds there are several Sound banks that can be selected by touching the side tabs Each Sound bank contains various pages each with up to eight Sounds that can be selected by touching the lower tabs Sounds of the Factory type are write protected Sounds of the Legacy type are standard Factory Sounds allowing greater com patibility with older Pa Series instruments Factory Sounds of the GM type allow for compatibility with General MIDI sounds Sounds of the User type are locations where you can load new Sounds from an external device The User DK type is where you can load new Drum Kits Some models could include Local type Sounds that are Factory Sounds customized for a particular Country Hint The page menu of the Sound Select window contains a com mand to access Sound editing and customize your Sounds SONGBOOK The SongBook is a database of song titles that can automatically choose the more appropriate Style Standard MIDI File or MP3 file for you Press this button to open the SongBook when you are in Style Play or Song Play mode While the SongBook is shown on the display you can browse through the music database By keeping this button pressed for about one second a new Son
14. cccccccccceccees 26 Turning the instrument on and viewing the main screen 26 Connecting and calibrating the Damper pedal 27 Programming the Damper pedal 27 Playing the Demo cccccescccccccccccscccecece 29 Starting and stopping the Demo 29 Playing Sounds ssrsresrissrssrn ssanie k aKa ENNEA 31 Selecting a Sound and playing it on the keyboard 31 Playing two or three Sounds at the same time 33 Playing different Sounds with your left and right hand 35 Changing the split point 0 L ce eee ee eee eee 37 Raising or lowering the Upper octave 38 Selecting and saving Performances 39 Selecting a Performance 45i22402056 e5 0009 siero 39 Saving your settings to a Performance Selecting and saving the My Setting Performance Selecting the startup parameters the My Setting Por orman idrica Saving the startup parameters into the My Setting Per orman CARRARO E E oe Selecting and playing Styles Selecting and playing a Style 100 RP REI Intro Variation Fill Break Ending Single Touch Settines SIS aperire ridono Wie Pads eee sce eneesaue E T Adjusting the balance between the Style and the keyboard Adjusting the volume of the separate tracks Turning the Style tracks on off 0 0 0 ee ee eee Adding harmony notes to
15. to only show Song files Hint As an alternative Canyon 21 01 11 22 33 seg ALA La you can open the Song Select i Grand Piano RX _ ial window by pressing the E Song Selection SONG button in the SELEC Me gra ia TION section of the control s Another MIDI Song 2K 23 09 03 14 59 panel YT P SG Lovesong 23 09 03 14 59 My MIDI Song 23 09 03 14 59 MyJbxList i 16 12 10 00 55 Q Song Selection Type Hame Another MIDI Song 23 09 03 14 59 Use the scroll bar or the VALUE DIAL to see all the Songs in the list Keep The selected Song is high Mee eee 22K 23 09 03 14 59 SHIFT pressed and touch the Up lighted Touch a Song s Down arrow to jump to the next name to select it oot le We ee ao 15 tale sla previous alphabetic section Canyon 21 01 11 22 33 My IbxList 19 12 10 O05 5 Touch the Select button to select the high lighted Song and assign it to the Player Use the Locate button to locate and go to Use the Device pop up menu to select Use the Open and Close buttons to the folder of the selected Song one of the available mass storage devices browse through the folders 4 Whenthe Song is selected touch the Select button to confirm your selection this will automatically close the Song Select window Song Selection Selected Song Tupe Hame Size Date Another MIDI Song 23 09 03 1459 SONG PLAY Canyon 41 01 11 22 33 Lovesong 22K 23 09 03 14 59 7 s PE My MIDI
16. After you turn the instrument on a welcome screen is shown for some seconds then the main display appears STTLE PLAT MT A no chord JInpluggedBallat Grand Piano RX Li n pr fo woe MS pda r lt a Le MUTE CRAC Meee u G 3 L m w 2 When you want to put Pa300 to standby keep the POWER button pressed for about one second and release it when the screen appears dimmed After having pressed the POWER button the display brightness will be dimmed At this point the shutdown procedure will begin and last for a few seconds Please do not disconnect the power cable during this procedure Connecting and calibrating the Damper pedal 27 Programming the Damper pedal Connecting and calibrating the Damper pedal If you want to play Piano you will want to connect a Damper pedal to sustain notes while playing You can connect a Korg PS1 PS3 or DS1H to the PEDAL DAMPER connector on the back of the instrument Damper Assignable pedal connector pe fm mo professional arranger Programming the Damper pedal Calibrating the Damper pedal will let you use the full run of the pedal without dead spots Also this might be the only way to connect a third party Damper pedal that seems to work in reverse sustain ing the notes when they are not pressed 1 Connect the Damper pedal to the PEDAL DAMPER connector on the bac
17. Copyright 2014 KORG Italy Spa Printed in China Table of Contents L Table of Contents Introduction WEICoMEe cranica i 4 Whats im the DOM sparare intiniani 5 Aboul this manual a2 ccheearc ca mecuemerseeeanenakeeaxeears 5 COMICS paser cued cranes Oe anes pena eens RARES ERA SIERA 5 Making a safety copy of your data 2 0c ee eee eee 5 Restoring the original factory data 0 22000 5 Loading the Operating System 2 eee e eee eee 5 OVEGNVICW so siae cies nice cere rere catia nem scien wees 6 Front Panel ocna nosusomisemiseteserenereneeseoencycercay 6 Rear Panel socia eo 15 Glossary Of Terms x circa canini 16 DOUNG PPREREST EEE RTS PRO FINO PORETO POTITO 16 DU le aa EEE EARS EEA EEEE AEA EE EER A 16 Pad RR RT 16 KEYDOGLKAFACKS pirateria 16 Performance and STS ciprioti odierni 17 SICU EEEE TE ETETE E EE E EEEE 17 Py aa cc canara ene elia 17 The LOGO decoder weaceacccoancucesrcneeot erence cere es 17 Interface basics sis sissi ira 18 Color TouchView graphical user interface 18 Operative modes ssscssriinatina ina sione stona keyed aes 20 Selected highlighted items L 2 cece eee ee 20 Non available grayed out parameters 20 OHOMUCUIS pasa lager 20 Easy Mode cirie 21 The Style Play page in detail eee ee eee 22 The Song Play page in detail eee 23 Quick Guide Turning the instrument ON
18. measure instead of the first one SHIFT In Jukebox mode keep the SHIFT button pressed and press these buttons to scroll to the previous or next Song in the Jukebox list lt q HOME Sends the Song Position back to measure 1 i e the beginning of the Song In Sequencer mode if you set a Start from measure other than 1 the Song Position will go back to that measure see page 124 gt E START STOP Starts the Song from the current Song Position or stops it at the current Song Position e da WJ me du re 12 Overview Front Panel Lyrics Score LYRICS SCORE Use this button to access the Lyrics and Score pages O LYRICS SCORE When a Style is selected this buttons recalls the Lyrics page or exits from it When a Song is selected it cycles through the Lyrics and Score pages Press it a first time to see the Lyrics page a second time to see the Score page Press it again to return to the main page Data Entry and Navigation The VALUE DIAL can be used to assign a dif ferent value to the parameter selected in the display or to scroll i DISPLAY a list of files in the sun Song Select Song Book Search and MENU Media pages Turn the dial clockwise to increase the value of the selected parameter Turn it counter clockwise to decrease its value VALUE DIAL MENU When used while pressing the MENU button this con trol always acts as a Dis
19. must be turned on 4 Press the SYNCHRO START STOP button to turn the START LED on This will turn the Synchro Start function on and let the accompaniment start as soon as you play a chord on the keyboard SYNCHRO Note You could simply START LED oO STOP LED press START STOP to start the Style but the Synchro Start function allows you to make START the Style start in sync with your playing on the key board Therefore it may be considered a more musical 5 pi ay the keyboard way of starting a Style When the Syncho Start function is turned on the Style starts playing as soon as you play a note or chord in the chord scan area Play chords with your left hand and the melody with your right hand The arranger will follow your playing Note The chord scan 6 Press START STOP to stop the Style area depends on the status of the SPLIT LED and the Chord Recognition parameter see O Global gt Mode Preferences gt Style Selecting and playing Styles 45 Tempo While a Tempo setting is saved with each Style or Performance you can change it to be whatever you like You can use either of the following two methods Use the TEMPO or buttons to change the Tempo value TEMPO o nluggedBallacd io lg EE 94 mesto Press the TEMPO and buttons together to recall the saved Tempo value TEMPO of AnI As an alternative keep the
20. List Edit tab to open the List Edit page and touch the New List button to create a new blank list 3 Touch the Book tab to open the Book page and see the full database Use the various sorting searching and filtering options seen above to find the Entries you are looking for Touch the Add to List button when the desired Entry has been selected SONGBOOK Use the scroll bar or the VALUE DIAL to see all the Songs in the list Keep SHIFT pressed and touch the TER Hame Genre Key Epm Lovesong C Major 240 EG 4 believer Es A day in Paradise Gd A gigolo Up Down arrow to SongBook list Ga 4 hard day night jump to the next pre STY Ea vious alphabetic sec tion Touch this checkbox to turn the view filter on if any Touch this button to edit the sn visu altar Adds the highlighted Entry to the Custom List 68 The SongBook Creating a Custom List 4 When finished adding Entries to the Custom List touch the List Edit tab to go to the List Edit page and use the various commands to edit the list SONGBOOK no chord A List name List Name Scrollbar Type Mame Genre Key Epm Black s black Disco 125 ee ocr a ee i Select an Entry to be edited G Born to be active Disco i from the list Es Daddy is cool Disco Use the vertical arrows GP Disco infernal Disco to move the selected Gee Don t leave me Disco Entry up or down in the ist J per sono E Touch Write to save the current ustom List nw
21. Piano exp data 42 Selecting and saving the My Setting Performance Selecting the startup parameters the My Setting Performance Selecting and saving the My Setting Performance There is a special Performance where you can save your preferred settings for things like Keyboard Sounds Effects Transposition It also memorizes a preferred Style that is only recalled when turning the instrument on This Performance is automatically selected when the instrument is turned on exit from standby It is called the My Setting Performance My Setting Performance ote master sme SONG VOLUME BALANCE PLAY PLAY SEQUENCER GLOBAL MEDIA ica HER a US e Speed aaa A se g O 000 00 00 DODO oo SCE cn COI NAN BASS PAD SELECTION TEMPO METRO e sone ACCOMP MEMORY 000 00000 0000 dbl da ao Selecting the startup parameters the My Setting Performance After having done some changes to the Sounds transposition or other parameters you can return to the startup situation by pressing the MY SETTING button in the control panel Press the MY SETTING button to recall the startup settings MY SETTING Saving the startup parameters into the My Setting Performance You can save the startup settings Sounds and othe
22. Selecting and playing Styles 51 Adding harmony notes to your right hand melody with the ENSEMBLE function Adding harmony notes to your right hand melody with the ENSEMBLE function Chords played with your left hand may be applied to the right hand melody 1 Press the SPLIT button to turn its LED on and split the keyboard The Ensemble function only works in Split mode SPLIT O 2 Press the ENSEMBLE button to turn its LED on ENSEMBLE 3 Play chords with the left hand and single notes in the right hand Notice how the right hand is automatically harmonized accord ing to the chords composed with your left hand To select a different harmonization style keep the SHIFT button pressed and press the ENSEMBLE button to open the Ensemble page i This is a fast shortcut to recall this page The longer procedure would have consisted in access ing the Edit mode by pressing the MENU button touching the Keyboard Ensemble section and then going to the Ensemble page ENSEMBLE STYLE PLAY Keyboard Ensemble While the Ensemble parameter is Trk Upper 1 Grand Piano RX F Piano 121 019 000 selected use the VALUE dial to er select one of the available harmo Type nization types VALUE SHIFT O Ensemble Trk Assign LOWER UPPER UPPER UPPERI ca Rey Wel sa Ebd 52 Selecting and playing Styles Adding harmony notes to your right hand melody with the ENSEMBLE function 5
23. Song 23 09 03 14 59 BS strings ens GM _ de AID HTE Li e POI MyJbxList 16 12 10 0055 p HT lt 4 SMIT gor HTS NUS UE SG Guitar Pad STS Sub Juke _ Hame Scale Bos After touching the Select button in the display the main page of the Song Play mode will appear again Song Play 55 Playing back a Song Playing back a Song Once a Song has been selected it may be played back by the Player 1 Press the gt M START STOP button in the PLAYER section to start playback DOOR PLAYER D H G P L T E ina chor gd Grand Piano RX paese Ni After pressing the gt I START STOP button the but ton s LED turns on and the measure counter begins to show the current measure number Guitar Pad STE Sub Juke 2 Use the PLAYER control section to control the Song s playback Press the FAST FORWARD button once to go for Press the HOME button to move to ward Keep it pressed to go forward more the beginning of the Song Press the REWIND button once to go Press the START STOP button to stop the Song at the back Keep it pressed to go back more current position Press it again to resume playback lt lt gt a gt E PLAYER 3 When you want to stop the song and go back to the beginning press the HOME button When the Song is stopped 0 Note In any case the Pr the LED on the START STOP Player will automatically stop button turns off when the end
24. The higher the Variation number the denser the arrangement SHIFT You can jump to the Style Play gt Drum Map page by keeping SHIFT pressed and pressing one of the VARIATION buttons AUTO FILL This button allows to turn the Auto Fill function on or off On When selecting a different Variation the Fill hav ing the same number of the previous Variation is automatically selected For example if going from Variation 2 to Variation 3 Fill 2 is automatically selected Off When choosing a Variation no fill is selected BREAK This button triggers a break Press it twice LED blinking to let it play in loop Press it again or select any other Style Element Intro Variation Ending to exit from the loop ENDING 1 3 buttons These buttons trigger the corresponding Ending Ending 1 plays a sequence including a chord progression while Ending 2 plays a fixed chord Ending 3 starts immediately and is just two mea sures long While the Style is running these three buttons trigger an End ing and stop the Style Press one of them and the Style will stop running with an Ending Press them twice LED blinking to let them play in loop and select any other Style element Intro Variation to exit the loop Style Controls Use these buttons to start stop the accompaniment Piras SYNCHRO TAP TEMPO RESET mlolo START STOP Starts or stops the Style You can reset all frozen notes and controllers on the P
25. buttons Recording ind Select the Style Element you wish to use before starting to play Select any of the Variations before starting to record Select one of the Intros to start with an introduction VARIATION AUTO FILL BREAK ENDING o 1 O 2 O 3 e O 2 2 Start recording by pressing the START STOP button START STOP m 3 Play as if you were performing live with the Styles During recording select any Style Element Intro Variation Break Ending you like Please remember that while recording in Backing Sequence Record mode you cannot use the SYNCHRO TAP TEMPO RESET BALANCE controls Recording a new Song Standard MIDI File 73 Recording 4 When finished recording your Song press the P M START STOP button to exit recording and return to the main page of the Sequencer mode PLAYER FEAR D gt After pressing the START STOP button the main page of the Sequencer mode will appear again the PLAYER section to listen to the recorded Song SEQUENCER MEW SONG 120 Meter 4 4 E tart from ampa iuto Trk P Trf1 Grand Piano Ftu Piano 121 003 006 To fo gd Gg Moa dd Ao Ao F Volume g ET ET ET ET Tal Tae Tas Tod TOS While in the main page of the Sequencer mode press the P W START STOP button in The Backing Sequence Song has been converted to an ordin
26. can switch to the Artist column see Displaying Artist or Genre below 3 Whenthe Entry you are looking for becomes visible in the display select it and touch the Select button in the display After selecting an Entry the corresponding Style MID KAR or MP3 file will be recalled together with the relevant operating mode Style Play or Song Play Up to four STSs and four Pads will also be recalled Any TXT file associated with the Entry can be seen in the Lyrics page The selected Style MID KAR or MP3 file will be shown in the top area of the screen Displaying Artist or Genre For space matters either the Genre or Artist column can be seen in the display You cannot see both at the same time 1 Touch the page menu icon to open the page menu Note The Artist and Key 1 iii fields of all supplied Entries __Show Artist now Genre have been intentionally left Show Song Number now Key empty Enable List Edit Export as Text File Int Songbook 2 Choose Show Artist now Genre to switch from Genre to Artist in the List view The Art ist column will be shown 3 Open the page menu again and choose the Show Genre now Artist item The Genre column will be shown again 62 The SongBook Sorting Entries Sorting Entries You can change the order of the Entries shown in the display 1 Youcan change the sorting order by touching one of the labels in a list of names
27. current search to be completed or S touch the Stop button in the Bank and Position display to stop the current FO4BANK 4 16 search and do a new one FiSB ARE 12 14 After a while the list of files found begins to appear in the display FISBAMNKIZ 16 i Hint You can touch the Cancel button in the display or press the EXIT button in the control panel to exit from The time needed to complete a search depends on the size of the device s and the number of this window and carry on files other operations The search will continue in the back ground After you have touched the Search button its name changes to Stop If needed touch this button to stop the ongoing search The name of the button reverts to Search Any file found will remain in the display until you do a new search 78 Searching files and musical resources Notes about searching 6 You can touch one of the found items to select it and then touch the Info button to see information on it Touch OK to close the Info dialog box 7 if you want to return to the main Search page and type a search string again touch the _Q icon Otherwise 8 If you have found what you were looking for touch its name and then touch the Select or Locate command 9 Youcan exit from the Search window at any time by pressing the EXIT or SEARCH but ton Notes about searching Wildcards During search the string entere
28. it as a new Standard MIDI File Note In this mode you cannot play MP3 files Press the STYLE PLAY and SONG PLAY buttons together to select the Demo mode This mode lets you listen to some Demo Songs to let you experience the sonic power of the Pa300 To exit from this mode press any of the MODE buttons Special Mode Buttons These buttons are used to recall settings file management and the Song Record mode GLOBAL MEDIA RECORD O O GLOBAL This button recalls the Global mode where you can adjust vari ous global settings Most Global settings are automatically mem orized as soon as you edit them This mode overlaps any operating mode that will still remain active in the background Press EXIT to go back to the underlying operating mode MEDIA This button recalls the Media mode where you can perform var ious operations on files and storage devices Load Save Format etc This mode overlaps any operating mode that still remains active in the background Press EXIT to go back to the underlying operating mode The internal memory contains an area where to save data DISK KORG DISK RECORD This button sets the instrument to the Style Pad Record or Song Record mode depending on the current operating mode Accompaniment Memory Manual Bass These buttons let you turn all Accompaniment tracks on off decide what should remain in memory and how to play the bass ACCOMP MEMORY MAN BASS O O O ACCOMP
29. of the Song is gop oO on lt lt gt gt a gt E ER 56 Song Play Changing the tracks volume Changing the tracks volume While playing back a Standard MIDI File you may wish to change each tracks volume to create a mix on the fly 1 Besurethe Volume panel is shown or touch the Volume tab to show it SONG PLAY MT 8 no chord gt Grand Piano RX 7 p mol g Ol uTE 2 ae e Gi fee Li 1 o HUTE 3 wll a D Fmt HT 40 LI H LOWER UPPERS UPPERS UPPERI ETS ri gt Sub Juke 2 Asseen for the Styles you can hold amp drag the Virtual Sliders on the display to adjust each track s volume Use the TRACK SELECT button to cycle between track groups SONG PLAY SONG PLAY 5 D H G P L A Y imna chor gd TmT TRACK SELECT d ia L A bi E R smaese 9 OW Trk Upper 1 Grand Piano RX Ftu Fiano LJ Li Gy oO Oo Lg Fo Use the TRACK SELECT button to cycle between differ ent groups of tracks iG Tii iz Tid 13 STS a Sub Juke Hame SS Scale f Bos 3 InNormalview you can adjust each Keyboard track s volume S D H G P L A mo chord Grand Piano RX nil Fmt a TE ii P 5 LOWER UPPERS UPPERS UPPERI a Keyboard tracks Hint As an alternative you can change each track s volume by touching a track s area to select it then using the VALUE dial to change the volume Song Play 57 Chan
30. oo oO oes en ST es a ES en oe oe E KORG 606 Oooo 6 o oom djol DO DODO oo The SONGBOOK button Selecting the desired Entry from the Main List A large database is already included with the instrument and you can later customize it You may browse through this database in a variety of ways 1 While you are in Style Play or Song Play mode press the SONGBOOK button to open the SongBook window Style Standard MIDI File s or MP3 file s currently assigned to the arranger or player s SONGBEOOK MT 8 ino Chord SONGBOOK it i Style Unpluggedballadi Use the scroll bar or the VALUE DIAL to see all the Songs in the list Keep SHIFT Tupe Harve Genre Kew Epm Meter 1000giorni di noi Ballad 26 6 1 ne i pressed and touch the Up Ed 4 day in Paradise Ballad Down arrow to jump to the Go 4 felicidad Latin i next previous alphabetic SongBook Main List section Touch this checkbox Filtered mS to turn the view filter T We Be e e _T_oeesZgj ua _EwEcfffidise do Touch this button to Touch this button to Adds the selected Entry to select the current Entry to edit the view filter the Custom List if acti play vated see page 67 The SongBook 61 Displaying Artist or Genre 2 Browse through the Entries Icons in the Type column will help you identify the type of the Entry The Genre column is shown by default but you
31. the volume 50 Selecting and playing Styles Turning the Style tracks on off Turning the Style tracks on off You may easily turn on or off any Style track while you are playing For example try muting all accompaniment tracks while drums and bass continue to play 1 Besurethe Volume panel is shown or touch the Volume tab to show it ST Y L E P L A Y rc chord MuggedBallac Grand Piano RX lt L ol AA EEH 1o HT MI mee Kw o MI gor HTE NIS eg E LOWER UPPERS UPPERS UPPERI Mute the ACCOMP track All accompaniment tracks will go silent apart from Drum Percussion and Bass 3 Toset the tracks back to the Play status touch the Mute icon on the muted track RP YOCOMP BASS Set the ACCOMP track to Play All accompaniment tracks will return to their original volumes 4 Tomute unmute each single Style track first press TRACK SELECT to switch to the Style Tracks view then repeat the above procedure 5 Press the TRACK SELECT button again to go back to the Normal view 0 Note While in the Nor mal view of the Style Play mode you can see Style tracks grouped in just three grouped tracks To see each Style track as separate indi vidual tracks just press the TRACK SELECT button DD Hint To turn all Accom paniment tracks including the Bass track off while you are not in the Main page press the ACCOMP button on the control panel to turn its LED off
32. the PLAYER section to listen to the recorded Song Again the Backing Sequence Song has been converted to an ordinary Song Saving a Song After having recorded a Song that you like it is a good idea to save it to avoid losing it when the instrument is turned off or put in standby 1 While in the main page of the Sequencer mode touch the page menu icon to open the page menu Load Song Delete Current Track Save Song Solo Track please Owerdub Step Recording Paste FX Exit from Record Overwrite Step Recording Delete Song Recording a new Song Standard MIDI File 75 Saving a Song 2 Select the Save Song command to open the Save Song window This window is very similar to the one you can see when pressing the MEDIA button on the con trol panel and touch the Save tab to see the Save page This page is however filtered to only see Song files Save Song Type Manne a Delete Current Track Solo Track Another MIDI Song 23 09 03 14 59 Canyon 1 71 01 11 22555 LoveSo 23 09 09 14 59 Overwrite Step ga Delete Song My MIDI Song 23 09 03 14 59 After you select the Save song prial rai command the Save Song page appears 3 Select a device and folder where you want to save your Song Save Song Type Harme S i i Use the scroll bar to see all Songs in the If a Song is selected highlighted it res AUD SE T list Keep SHIFT pressed and touch the will be overw
33. your right hand melody with the ENSEMBLE function spiriti SONG Play ansia Selecting a Song to play Playing back a Sono csrl ae Changing the tracks volume 0 00 eee eee Turning the Song tracks on off eee POE eh eae eee The SongBook Selecting the desired Entry from the Main List Displaying Artist or Genre i 32552205 32590 500 eh00090004 SONE COITOS 4544 dati toeesesoaueesas SCHIENA iran AUS LOMes erre POUING Me ER Creatine SCUSE iride Selecting and using a Custom List Recording a new Song Standard MIDI File Preparing the Style and Sounds L LL Accessing the Backing Sequence Quick Record mode Setting the Record parameters eee eee RECOIUING os acetacsgasetaceneeesagaeieasaeaeaeeaeedees Second take recording Overdubbing SAVING 4 SONG 200 A II SARITT ASTE LARA ASIA Searching files and musical resources How to use the Search function Notes abott SCafchitid 333003 Appendix Technical specifications ccccccecccccceccces MIDI Implementation Chart 0000000000000 2 Table of Contents UO INPoIzu 4 Welcome Welcome to the world of Korg Pa300 Professional Arranger Pa300 is a very powerful arranger suitable both for professional and home entertainment use Here are some of the features of your new instrument Physical Features and User Experience 61 synth type keys with
34. 01 121 006 002 a Grand Piano RX Rock Piano ani amo 121 610 466 121 003 006 Sax Classic Piano G_Piano Stack 1 i 121 06d B06 121 008 002 Jazz Piano G Piano Stack 2 121 995 000 121 009 002 _ 5 Play the Sound on the keyboard EXIT The Sound Select win dow closes and the main screen appears again with the selected Sound assigned to the Upper 1 track GRIGIE wD lt P mee sa Note You can also open the Sound Select window by first touching the track to which to assign the new Sound then pressing the SOUND button in the SELEC TION section Classic Plano FEO j iT a LI 9 OW ha J ca om ess NTE vs D Note Selection windows may automatically close after a selection To do this uncheck the Display Hold box in the Global gt General Controls gt Interface page In this case press the EXIT but ton only if you don t make any selection but want to close the window Playing Sounds 33 Playing two or three Sounds at the same time Playing two or three Sounds at the same time You can layer all three Upper tracks and play them on the keyboard rd hb Please note how the Wiig toi HUTE icon appears in the Upper 2 are A gt and Upper 3 status boxes To These tracks will not be heard 1 After touching in this area the AMEE a icon disappears The Upper 2 track will be set to play and will be To fia nae 2 Play the k
35. 2 Dialog boxes Similar to selecting windows dialog boxes overlap the underlay ing page Touch one of the button on the display to give Pa300 an answer and the dialog box will close Warning Page menus Touch the icon on the upper right corner of each page and a menu with suitable commands for the current page will appear Touch one of the available commands to select it Or touch any where else on the screen to make it disappear with no command selected Write Performance Write Single Touch Setting Write Current Style Settings Solo Track Pop up menus When an arrow appears next to a parameter name touch it to open a pop up menu Select any of the available options or any where else on the screen to make the menu disappear Checkboxes This kind of parameters are on off switches Touch them to change their status Numeric fields When a numeric value can be edited touch it a second time to open the Numeric Keypad STYLE PLAT Mixer Tuning Trk Upper 1 Grand Diano OY The virtual numeric keypad works exactly as the numeric key pad of a personal computer As an alternative touch a numeric field and keep it held Then move your fingers up or right to increase the value or move it down or left to decrease it This also includes the Tempo numeric field in the main page of the Style Play Song Play and Sequencer modes Interface basics 19 Color TouchView graphical
36. FreeType Project www freetype org All rights reserved Disclaimer The information contained in this manual have been carefully revised and checked through Due to our constant efforts to improve our products the specifications might differ to those in the manual Korg is not responsible for any differences found between the specifications and the contents of the instruction manual all specifications being subject to change without prior notice Liability Korg products are manufactured under strict specifications and voltages required by each country These products are warranted by the Korg distributor only in each country Any Korg product not sold with a warranty card or carrying a serial number dis qualifies the product sold from the manufacturer s distributor s warranty and liability This requirement is for your own protec tion and safety Service and User s Assistance For service please contact your nearest Authorized Korg Service Center For more information on Korg products and to find software and accessories for your keyboard please contact your local Authorized Korg distributor For up to date information please point your web browser to our web site Keep your keyboard up to date Your instrument can be constantly updated as new versions of the operating system are released by Korg You can download the operating system from our web site Please read the instruc tions supplied with the operating system
37. G 0 9 OOo GGGULO oo TL Style Elements Style Controls Selecting and playing a Style 1 Touch the Style area in the display The Style Select window appears Hint You can also open luggedBallz the Style Select window by Type of Style pressing the STYLE button in the SELECTION section of the control panel STYLE SELECT Guitar Pop _ Factory i raw User Guitar Pop Modern Beat Arda a tei Guitar Beat Pop Ballad SELE tock Standard amp Beat Funk amp The selected Style is highlighted Touch a Style s name to select it a world earem rd 16 Beat Contem Touch one of the side tabs to select a different Style bank Touch one of the lower tabs to select a different Style page 44 Selecting and playing Styles Selecting and playing a Style 2 Selecta Style from the Style Select window After pressing the EXIT button the Style Select window closes and the main screen appears again with the selected 5 Style ready to go Easy Pop 1 675 Slow Pop STYLE SELECT seu Pop 2 prar tery j i i ni lr m a I ie st Easy Pop 2 12f8 Pop HU FD Meee ia k eh a cor nase AES ds 3 Besure the ACCOMP LED is turned on ACCOMP For the accompaniment tracks to play the LED of this button meaning Accompaniment
38. K button pressed for about one second to create a new SongBook Entry with the current settings Write Song B Touch the T Text Edit button to assign a name to the Entry then touch OK to save the Entry to the SongBook database The SongBook 65 Editing the Entries Editing the Entries You can edit any SongBook Entry and customize it according to your taste When done you can over write the current Entry or save it as a new Entry 1 Press the SONGBOOK button to access the SongBook pages 2 Touch the Book Edit 1 tab to see the Book Edit 1 page and see the linked Musical Resources While in the Book Edit 1 page you will be able to see the name of the selected Style or Song and choose whether to replace them or not Name of the Style or Song file linked to the Entry Name of the Entry Song Selection num ber ID number for numeric selection If checked the current Style track settings or the path of the Song file shown on the right are saved with the Entry If unchecked current settings are left unchanged This parameter is automatically checked when touching the i New Song button to create a new Entry If checked you can either save all the current STSs into the Entry or choose a single STS where to save the current Key board track settings fe RIT Hew Song Del Song Custom List Book Book Book List I Edit 2 Edit 3 Info 3 When done with this page touch the Book Edit 2 tab to see
39. MES Es SS DN Touch Del Song to delete Touch New List to create a new Custom List Touch the selected Entry Del List to delete the current Custom List Warning Del List will delete the current Custom List 5 When the Custom List is ready touch the Write button in the display to save it to mem ory Assign a new name to the Custom List Use the arrows or the VALUE DIAL Touch Delete to delete just a to move the cursor single character Clear to delete the whole string Write List Use alphabetic char acters to enter text Touch the T Text Edit symbol to open the vi Text Edit dialog box Touch the Shift key to switch When done touch OK to confirm the between capitals and small new name or Cancel to abandon all characters changes 6 When finished editing the Custom List open the page menu and uncheck the Enable List Edit item The SongBook 69 Selecting and using a Custom List Selecting and using a Custom List After having created one or more Custom Lists you can select one and use it for your show 1 Touch the Custom List tab to select the Custom List page 2 Use the List pop up menu to select one of the available Custom Lists SORGBUOK E no chord gt A Type Name Genre aad Ie EEIE Ifa Entry in play To select a dif Black s black Disco 25 4 4 ferent one highlight it and Gee Boogie marveland Disco al touch the Select button in IG Born to be active Disco the display Ed Daddy is cool D
40. PPER OCTAVE PERFORMANCE STRINGS amp SYNTH amp VOCALS WINDS ETHNIC LJ E PIANO ORGAN GUITAR COLLO Volume controls Use these knobs to control the MASTER master volume and to bal VOLUME BALANCE ance between the Keyboard O O and the Style or the Song ACC gt SONG KBD MASTER VOLUME This knob controls the overall volume of the instrument both of the integrated speakers and the PHONES AUDIO OUT connector BALANCE While in Style Play and Song Play mode this knob usually bal ances the volume of the Keyboard KBD tracks against the Style ACC Accompaniment Song and Pad tracks This is a relative control whose effective maximum value is determined by the MASTER VOLUME knob position When moved a magnified version of a virtual slider appears in the display for more accurate adjustment Note This does not work in the Sequencer mode Mode selection Each of these buttons recalls one of the instruments operating modes When selected each mode excludes all the others MODE q STYLE SONG PLAY PLAY SEQUENCER O O O OIL STYLE PLAY
41. SHIFT button pressed and use the VALUE dial to change the Tempo The selected tempo will be shown in a small window VALUE SHIFT If you like to keep the currently selected Tempo value unchanged turn on the LED of the TEMPO fed LOCK button When the Tempo Lock function is turned on the Tempo will not change when selecting a differ ent Style or a different Song in Song Play mode TEMPO DOG Tempo ay Hint As an alternative to using the TEMPO buttons hold the Tempo value in the display then move your fin ger up down or left right or change the value with the VALUE dial 46 Selecting and playing Styles Intro Variation Fill Break Ending Intro Variation Fill Break Ending When playing Styles you can select various Style Elements to cover the various sections of a song A Style is made of three Intros or two Intros and a Count In up to four basic patterns Variations four Fills a Break and three Endings 1 Make sure the SYNCHRO START LED is turned on otherwise press the button to turn it on SYNCHRO O START Activating the Synchro Start function is not mandatory but it might be handy 2 Press one of the INTRO buttons to set the corresponding Intro to play INTRO 1 O 2 O 3 3 Play the keyboard The Style starts with the selected Intro When the Intro is com pleted the basic pattern selected Variation starts to play 4 Besure
42. Touch the Name label SONGBOOK Type Hame a Pane Type KECE Genre 1000giorni di noi Ballad Rock amp Fuoll to alphabetically reorder the names in the list Ter You can do the same by touching the Type Name Genre Artist Key Number Tempo or Meter label N Each time you touch the same label again the order changes between ascending and descending Searching for Entries The SongBook database may be really huge You can however look for say specific artists or song titles using the filtering functions 1 Touch the Filter button in the display to open the Filter dialog box SONGBOOK Filter Type Hame 4 EE 1000giormi di noi Ballad 6 1 days Es A day in Paradise Ge A felicidad EG 4 gigolo Pop Gwe 4 hard day night Pop Custom Jvyy Book Book Book List Edit 1 Edit Edit 3 nuo chord gt Kew Epm Meter Pes Palm es eni mele i Ei ct Custom List Book Book Book List Edit Edit 1 Edit 2 Edit 3 Available search criteria Genre and Artist are both consid ered even though only one of them may be shown in the List The SongBook 63 Searching for Entries 2 Touch the Ti Text Edit button next to the search criteria even more than one you want to enter For example you may want to find all songs containing the word love in the title in any posi tion in the string If so select the Name criterion and enter the word love Capitals are
43. When the right harmonization type has been selected press the EXIT button to go back to the main page STYLE PLAY Keyboard Ensemble Trk Upper 1 Grand Piano RX F Piano 121 610 006 STYLE PLAY EXIT Grand Piano RX I A i Black HT lt P mee Ensemble Trk Assign Horns While in an Edit page mn press EXIT to go back to Alay Play ff Play Tona the Main page of the cur ACCOMP LOWER UPPER UPPER2 UPPER1 rent operating mode alums a 6 Press the ENSEMBLE button again to turn its LED off The automatic harmonization will be turned off ENSEMBLE O Song Play 53 Selecting a Song to play Song Play Pa300 is equipped with an onboard Player that can read Songs in Standard MIDI File MID Kara oke KAR and MP3 format It may be of great interest to singers and guitar players to know that if a Standard MIDI File or an MP3 file contains lyrics and chords they can be seen in the display Lyrics in the graphical G format are also supported In addition to lyrics and chords with Standard MIDI Files and Karaoke files you can also see the score in traditional notation The SONG PLAY button o COMP MEMORY MAN LE SOUND soncBook sone tM ext NEL mw elele DOGO Ol G00 n olo D o66060 oo
44. a300 and any instrument connected to its MIDI OUT or the USB Device port by using the Panic SHIFT START STOP key combination Just press SHIFT START STOP to stop all notes and reset all controllers SYNCHRO START STOP button These buttons turn the Synchro Start and Synchro Stop func tions on or off With this feature you can choose to press the START STOP button to start and or stop a Style or just play the keyboard in the Chord Scan area Start On Stop Off In this situation just play a chord in the chord recognition area to automatically start the Style If you like turn one of the INTROs on before start ing the Style Start On Stop On When both LEDs are lit raising your hands from the keyboard will momentarily stop the Style If you play a chord again the Style will start again Start Off Stop On In this case raising your hands from the keyboard will stop the Style Start Off Stop Off All Synchro functions are turned off SHIFT You can jump to the Global gt MIDI gt Setup General Con trol by keeping the SHIFT button pressed and pressing the SYN CHRO START STOP button TAP TEMPO RESET This is a double function button acting in a different way depending on whether the Style is running or not Note This button only works while in Style Play mode Tap Tempo When the Style is not playing you can beat the tempo on this button Tap as many times as the Time Signature s numer
45. age press the SONG PLAY button Song assigned to the Player Touch it to open the Song Select window and choose a different Song Tempo Use the SONG ELAY TEMPO buttons to change it Meter or Time Signature and current beat Current measure Performance or STS Touch it to open the Performance Select window and choose a different Performance Sounds on the keyboard will change Mixer Touch here and mix the track s volume and pan Easy Mode 23 The Song Play page in detail Sounds assigned to the right hand UP1 to UP3 and to the left hand LOW Touch the Sound s name to open the Sound Select window and choose a different Sound do W me he re Sound icon and status If the icon appears the Sound is in mute and cannot be heard If the icon does not appear the Sound is in play and can be heard See page 33 ae Grand Piano RX i Ho aS i a tri ror UD is p a F F F 4 qP N LO H UTE pe A Split Point Touch here and play a note to set the new split point See page 37 cor e Effects Touch here and choose the effects assigned to the vari ous tracks Single Touch Settings STS Touch one of them to choose it or use the dedicated buttons on the control panel Sounds on the keyboard will change Notes e As in Style Play mode there are three Sounds for the right hand Upper 1 Upper 2 Upper 3 and one Soun
46. al up to three can be assigned to play above the split point Upper and one below Lower This allows the Upper Sounds to be layered together The split point can be set to any note on the keyboard In addition to performing along with a Style these same Key board tracks will allow you to play along with the Player Ensemble By turning the Ensemble feature on a single note played on one of the Keyboard tracks will be embellished by additional notes to create a complete chord voicing The Ensemble knows which notes to add by looking at the chord that you are playing In addition the Ensemble parameters allow you to select the type of voicing that will be added from a simple one note harmony to a full Brass section even a marimba style trill Performance and STS The Performance is the most encompassing setting on the Pa300 a single setting that can remember the Keyboard tracks with all the appropriate sounds and all their transposition effects etc A Performance can be stored in one of the Performance bank locations Single Touch Settings STS are similar to Performances but are associated to a Style or SongBook Entry Sequencer The Sequencer acts as a recorder so you can capture and play back your performances The Pa300 sequencer can function in different modes In the Backing Sequence mode each Style ele ment and each Keyboard and Pads element can be recorded on a separate track in a single pass Thi
47. andard MIDI File Setting the Record parameters Setting the Record parameters When you enter Backing Sequence Record the latest selected Style and Sounds are already selected and all tracks are ready to record You could simply start recording as if you were playing with the Styles However there are some further settings that you may want to do e Ifyou like adjust any editable parameter in the display Track s status Rec means they are ready to record Play means they are recorded and you can hear them Mute means they cannot be Touch the Style parame heard ter or the STYLE button to open the Style Select window and select a dif ferent Style Free Memory 99 Resolution High QTrk Upper 1 Grand Piano RX Ftu Fiano 1 616 908 Chord fice Track Track oi I aaa Ebd Pad Track Grouped tracks During Quick Record you cannot access each separate Song track For ease of use just two master tracks are provided Kbd Pad Key board Pads and Ch Acc Chord Accompaniment Measure counter The negative number 1 is the precount after which you can start recording Style s Tempo Change it if you like Style s Meter or Time Signature It s just an indicator you cannot change it Touch the Perf STS parameter to open the Performance Select win dow and select a differ ent Performance as seen on page 39 As an alter native you use the PER FORMANCE or STS
48. ary Song in Standard MIDI File or MID format If you like it you can save it You can then read it in Song Play mode or transfer it to any external sequencer If you want to edit the Song press MENU to access Edit mode 74 Recording a new Song Standard MIDI File Second take recording Overdubbing Second take recording Overdubbing You may want to record an additional grouped track or replace a previously recorded track A good idea may be to record all chords and Style Element changes during the first take then record Key board tracks and Pads during the second take 1 N Ud d VI Press the RECORD button to enter Record mode again When the Song Record Mode Select dialog box appears select Backing Sequence Quick Record again If you are recording just one of the grouped tracks set to Play the track to be pre served For example if you only want to record the Keyboard tracks again set the Kbd Pad track to Rec and the Ch Acc track to Play Press the START STOP button to start recording the selected track With the above example chords will play as recorded you can record what you play on the key board and the Pads Repeat the recording procedure and press the gt I START STOP button in the PLAYER section to stop recording and return to the main page of the Sequencer mode While in the main page of the Sequencer mode press the gt E START STOP button in
49. ator for example four times with a 4 4 Time Signature or three times with a 3 4 one At the end the accompaniment starts playing using the tapped in tempo Reset If you press this button while the Style is playing back the Style pattern goes immediately back to the beginning of measure l Display and Brightness Controls El TouchView STS1 STS2 STS3 STS4 COLOR TOUCHVIEW GRAPHICAL DISPLAY Use this display to interact with the instrument To adjust the display brightness keep the MENU button pressed and turn the DIAL counter clockwise to make the display darker or clock wise to make it brighter Special Function Controls Use the TRACK SELECT SEARCH and SHIFT buttons to choose special functions TRACK SELECT STS1 STS2 STS3 STS4 SEARCH SHIFT O O O TRACK SELECT Depending on the operating mode this button switches between the various track views STYLE PLAY MODE Toggles between Keyboard and Style tracks SONG PLAY MODE Toggles between Keyboard tracks Song tracks 1 8 and Song tracks 9 16 SEQUENCER MODE Toggles between Song tracks 1 8 and Song tracks 9 16 SEARCH Press this button to open the Search window and look for a specified file or musical resource The Search window appears slightly different depending on the current context SHIFT With this button held down pressing certain other buttons gives access to a second function The list of shor
50. been recalled Al Try all the other STSs and see how settings change with each of them 48 Selecting and playing Styles The Pads The Pads Each Style or SongBook Entry can assign different sounds or patterns to the four PADS These sounds or patterns can be played along with the Keyboard and Style tracks 1 if you want to see which sounds or patterns are associated to the four Pads for the cur rent Style touch the Pad tab to see the Pad panel rs Pad 1 Pad 2 Pad Pad 4 Pere Conga Grew Funk 1 Sunth Seq 11 Orch Harp 2 sts f Pad Sub Hame I Scale 2 Press one of the four PADS to play the corresponding Pad PAD 1 2 3 4 STOP 3 If the selected PAD triggers an endless pattern i e a guitar arpeggio press the same PAD button again to stop it 4 Select a different Style and see how the sounds or patterns assigned to the PADS change 5 Press more PAD buttons at once to play two or more sounds or patterns at the same time 6 Press STOP to stop all the Pads at the same time PAD STOP NOOO Q Adjusting the balance between the Style and the keyboard Balancing between the Keyboard and Style tracks may be useful to gently fade them and adjust their respective volume e While the Style is playing use the BALANCE knob to balance between the Keyboard KBD and Style s Accompaniment ACC volume BALANCE SONG KBD This knob also balances between the Keyboard and t
51. ces Styles Songs and so on before taking a prolonged pause Data Handling Data in memory may sometimes be lost due to incorrect user action Be sure to save important data to the internal memory or to an external USB device Korg will not be responsible for dam ages caused by data loss Cleaning If the exterior becomes dirty wipe it with a clean dry cloth Do not use liquid cleaners such as benzene or thinner or cleaning compounds or flammable polishes Use a soft cotton cloth to clean the display Some materials such as paper towels could cause scratches and damage it Computer wipes are also suggested provided they are specifically designed for LCD screens Do not spray any liquid on the LCD screen directly Always apply the solution to your cloth first then clean the screen Example screens Some pages of the manuals show LCD screens along with an explanation of functions and operations All sound style song or parameter names as well as shown values are merely exam ples and may not always match the actual display you are work ing on Trademarks Acrobat and PDF are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated Mac is a registered trademark of Apple Inc MS DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders Open Source notice Portions of this products software are copyright 2007 The
52. ch for that page for example the pages of the Global mode Here is the general procedure 1 Press the SEARCH button to open the Search window 2 Ifneeded touch the Type pop up menu and choose the type of item you are looking for When choosing Files Songs or Lyrics the Browse button will be activated to allow for search ing files in the storage devices Searching files and musical resources 77 How to use the Search function 3 Incase you are searching for a file in a storage device touch the Browse button to open the Media window SEARCH KORG DISK Tupe a Hame za RT SHOW 20 03 12 00 41 SET MyData SET 20 03 12 00 41 When you see the folder contain ing the file you are looking for touch it then touch the Select button to close the Media win dow The name of the selected folder will be shown in the title bar of the Search window Use the Device pop up Use the Open and Close In case you are lost among the direc menu to select one of the buttons to browse tories touch the Root button to go available storage devices through the folders to the root of the selected device 4 Type the name of the file to be searched There is no difference between upper and lower cases LOVE is the same as Love or love 5 When finished entering the name touch the Search button Note Only one search at a time can be carried on Please wait for the
53. ck Connections Control Input Assignable Pedal Footswitch Damper Master 4 band Parametric EQ Headphone Audio Out Unbalanced Stereo Jack able MIDI Presets Styles Factory More than 310 preloaded Styles User Up to 1 040 available Style locations including USB USB MIDI Interface the Favorite User banks To Device 1 Rear Structure Eight Style tracks 4 Single Touch Settings and one Style Performance per Style 4 Pads To Host 1 Rear Style controls 3 Intros 4 Variations Break 3 Endings 2 0 Hi Speed connections USB to MIDI using the USB Device port 8 user defin Full Sounds Drumkits editing capability Autofill 4 Fills Synchro Start Stop Tap Tempo Reset Mass Storage Disk USB Manual Bass Bass Inversion Memory Accompani ment On Off Snare amp Kick Designation Others Guitar Mode 2 Parallel and Fixed NTT Amp Speaker System Amplification 13W x 2 Speakers 100 mm x 2 Double Cone Speakers in Bass Reflex Box Style Record with Step Record Track and Event Edit functions Power Extenral Power Supply AC 100 240 V Performance STS 240 Realtime Performance locations Power Consumption 18 Watt Dimensions 1 030 x 378 3 x 127 mm WxDxH without 40 55x14 89x5in Owners Manual Music Stand Accessory DVD includ music rest ing Video Manual External Power Supply Adapter 4 Pad tracks Stop button and Power Cable Song Play Player with Select Start Stop Home Rewind and Fast Forward contr
54. current beat Performance or STS Touch it to open the Performance Select window and choose a different Performance Sounds on the keyboard will change Mixer Touch here and mix the track s volume and pan Sounds assigned to the right hand UP1 to UP3 and to the left hand LOW Touch the Sound s name to open the Sound Select window and choose a different Sound Sound icon and status If the icon appears the Sound is in mute and cannot be heard If the icon does not appear the Sound is in play and can be heard See page 33 ae MS u Split Point Touch here and play a note to set the new split point See page 37 T3 JL O LI Effects Touch here and choose the effects assigned to the vari ous tracks Single Touch Settings STS Touch one of them to choose it or use the dedicated buttons on the control panel Sounds on the keyboard will change Notes e There are three Sounds for the right hand Upper 1 Upper 2 Upper 3 and a single Sound for the left hand Lower Their names are abbreviated as UP1 UP2 UP3 LOW and are shown on the right side of the display e Right hand Upper and left hand Lower Sounds are sepa rated by the Split Point e Performances and STSs are collections of Sounds Just choose one of them to change all the keyboard s Sounds e Choose a Style to change the musical style of the accompani ment patterns The Song Play page in detail To see this p
55. d for the left hand Lower Their names are abbreviated as UP1 UP2 UP3 LOW and are shown in the right side of the display e Right hand Upper and left hand Lower Sounds are sepa rated by the Split Point e Performances and STSs are collections of Sounds Just choose one of them to change all the keyboard s Sounds e Available STSs depend on the Style or SongBook Entry you last selected e Touching a Song name in the display is the same as pressing the SONG button in the SELECTION section of the control panel 24 Easy Mode The Song Play page in detail 26 Turning the instrument on Turning the instrument on and viewing the main screen Turning the instrument on First of all turn the instrument on and familiarize with the main screen You can also listen to the demos Display Power button q VOLUME BALANCE PLY PLAY SEQUENCER GLOBAL MEDIA TRACK yes oO O 000 00 00 0000 oo wx OL O ASS PAD sel rei METRO O00 COCO OOOO 0000 O oa ao ar es sea Se OS a oe ee E DOO Od oo gogoo allo o no 000000 00 PLAYER seur Turning the instrument on and viewing the main screen i Turn Pa300 on exit from standby by pressing the POWER button located in the control panel
56. d will be search as a whole word or as part of a word For example if you entered love Pa300 will find Love and LoveSong or any other word containing the string love CLI You can use the wildcards any single character and any sequence of characters to search exactly that string For example love will find MyLove but not LoveSong love will find MyLove but not TrueLove Also if you are looking for words that can be spelled in a slightly different way you can use the wildcard to find all occurrences gr y will find out both gray and grey 80 Technical specifications Technical specifications Keyboard 61 keys with Velocity Style Song Performance SongBook Sound and Lyr Display 5 480 x 272 TFT Graphical Color TouchView Ies TAT Sounds Factory More than 950 including Stereo Piano and GM 2 Sounds 64 Drum Kits User 256 Sounds 128 Drum Kits Tone Generator 128 voices Filters with Resonance Compatibility i Series Style Pa Series Style Performance Sound Song Song Book and Pad General Controls Master Volume Real Time Acc Seq Balance Volume Ensemble Octave Transpose Master Transpose Tempo Lock Quarter Tone Arabic Scale User Scale memorized inside Performance STS Search Lyrics Score Dial Tempo Metronome Split Effects amp EQ 4 Stereo Master FX 125 Effects types Three band EQ for each tra
57. e Solo command can also be selected from the page menu Song Play Soloing a track 59 60 The SongBook Selecting the desired Entry from the Main List The SongBook One of the most powerful features of Pa300 is the onboard music database that allows you to organize your Styles and Songs for easy retrieving Each Entry of this database may include the artist title genre number key tempo and meter time signature of a specified song When selecting one of the Entries the associated Style Standard MIDI File or MP3 file as well as the Style Play or Song Play mode is automatically recalled In addition to helping you organize your shows the SongBook allows you to assign up to four Pads and up to four STSs to each Entry Also you can link a text file to any Entry to be used as the Lyrics of a song even if there are no Lyrics events in the associated Standard MIDI File or MP3 file or if you prefer to play the song live with the backing of the Styles You can add your own Entries to the SongBook as well as edit the existing ones Korg already supplies some hundred Entries as standard Furthermore the SongBook allows you to create various custom lists that may suit your different types of show Pa QQ rman KORG pia Eh er Waume aano PUY MI si a tynics 0 0 000 00 00 QUO oo 0 ee icant na ce eae i cs 000 oo000 O00 ob
58. e the Shortcuts chapter on page Shortcuts on page 364 of the User Manual for a list of available shortcuts Easy Mode 21 Easy Mode If you have never used an arranger before we suggest you to switch to the Easy Mode Easy Mode allows you to play Styles and Songs with a simple user interface free from the many advanced parameters that you will want to learn later Turning the Easy Mode on Touch the little rectangle on the top right corner of the display to open the page menu STYLE PLAY DluggedBalladc a sF Mi Et 7 m fll i gor HTE Kp ACCOMP LOWER UPPERS UPPERS UPPER The page menu Touch the Easy Mode menu item to make the checkmark appear At this point the Easy Mode has been activated and the ele ments in the display appear less crowded Chord no chord cor ese MTE Te Split point Mylon Guitar Lsts 2 Trumpet amp Muted LsTs 4 Distortion Gtr Electric Fiano Turning the Easy Mode off Reverse the above operation when you want to deactivate the Easy Mode Introduction 22 Easy Mode The Style Play page in detail The Style Play page in detail To see this page press the STYLE PLAY button Style name and info Touch the Style s name to open the Style Select window and choose a different Style STYLE PLAY Tempo Use the TEMPO buttons to change it Length of the accompaniment pat Chord no chord gt tern and
59. eed Selecting and saving Performances 41 Saving your settings to a Performance 2 if you like you may assign a new name to the Performance Use the lt and gt Touch the Backspace symbol to delete buttons or the DIAL to just a single character Clear to delete move the cursor the whole string Write Performance Use the alphabetic characters to enter text TRGI Grand Piano exp Cancel __ N EEE CERERE Touch the T Text Edit symbol to open the Text Edit dialog box Touch the Shift key to When done touch OK to confirm the switch between capitals new name or Cancel to abandon all and small characters changes 3 Select a bank and Performance location in memory where you would like to save the Performance PERFORMANCE SELECT The selected Perfor mance location is high lighted Touch a Performance s name to Write Performance select it mance 1 Grand Piano exp Touch one of the side tabs to select a Touch one of the lower tabs to select different Performance bank a different Performance page 4 When you have edited the name to the Performance and selected the target location touch OK to save the Performance to memory or Cancel to stop the operation Write Performance A Warning Saving a Per formance to an already used location overwrites any exist ing data at that location The old data are lost Make a backup of all your important ance 1 Grand
60. elow for more information Single Touch Settings STS section Performance section 0 Pa 202 tram KORG iaz ES _ PEC n deci se ssd 3 3 6 D00 Q0c0d d00d odo OW Do KORG Hoo Add ooo dfolo o d opdddd Aa Selecting a Performance 1 Touch the Performance area in the display to open the Performance Select window The selected Performance is high lighted Touch a Performance name to select it Touch one of the side tabs to select a different Performance bank JE r Touch one of the lower tabs to select a different Performance page Note Style tracks are saved to a third object called the Style Settings D Hint You can also open the Performance Select win dow by pressing one of the buttons in the PERFOR MANCE section This will let you jump directly to the desired Performance bank 40 Selecting and saving Performances Saving your settings to a Performance 2 Select one of the Performances in the Performance Select window then press the EXIT button to close the window PERFORMANCE SELECT Classic Grand EQ User LA x m Y ie sf OL 3 i Fj To ema a e E aM jms J cia Piano Atmosphere Ethr Syn oice amp Piano HU lt q Mee Super Elec Grand Piano Bell Pad LTs 2 Distortion Gtr Glide Gui
61. eps Contacts Your preferred Korg dealer not only delivers this keyboard but also a whole bunch of hardware and software accessories as well as service information You should ask them for any help should you eventually need Our international web site is www korg com Korg distributors around the world may have their own web page on the internet A list of all Korg Distributors can be found in our dedicated web site www korg co jp English Distributors Welcome 5 What s in the box Making a safety copy of your data Making a safety copy In case you like to customize your Musical Resources Sounds Performances and Styles we suggest you use the Media gt Utility gt Backup Resources command to make frequent backup copies into compact archives Also you can use the Media gt Save All command to save files that you can separately reload one by one Restoring a safety copy To restore a backup use the Media gt Utility gt Restore Resources If you saved your data with the Media gt Save All command use the Media gt Load operations to reload them Restoring the original factory data In case you want to restore the original factory data use the Media gt Utility gt Factory Restore command Warning This operation will overwrite all the Factory Local Favorite and User data Loading the Operating System Your Pa300 can be constantly updated as new versions of the operating system are relea
62. er Lyrics and Score display Multilingual extended character set Enhanced compatibility with Lyrics in graphical format G for Standard MIDI Files and MP3 files Full featured 16 track sequencer Fully editable SongBook music database for fast song retrieving Other Features Search function for instant retrieving of any musical resource or file Operating System updates to load new features and enhancements Don t let your instrument get old Generous internal memory to store a great amount of data USB 2 0 High Speed Host port for connecting external devices like hard disks CD ROM drives USB memory sticks etc USB 2 0 High Speed Device port to connect a personal computer to your Pa300 This port can be used for file transfer and for MIDI connection without the need of a dedicated MIDI interface What s in the box After you buy your Pa300 please check that all the following items are included in the package If any of the following items is missing please contact your Korg dealer immediately Pa300 Music stand AC power adapter Power cable Quick Guide Accessory Disc containing the Video Manual the User Manual the USB driver About this manual This manual is the Quick Guide containing a series of practical guides In addition in the Accessory Disc and in our web site you will find the complete User Manual and a multilingual Video Manual showing how to use your Pa300 in easy st
63. eyboard Note how the Dark Pad Sound assigned to the Upper 2 track has been layered with the Grand Piano RX assigned to the Upper 1 track 3 Touch the icon in the Upper 3 status box to set the Upper 3 track to play gt As above after touch Th ing in this area the icon disap pears The Upper 3 track will be set to play and will be heard Tu T Gi P 1 1 Ju Ju P I P 2 2 cA TA 4 Play the keyboard Note how the Strings Ens 2 GM Sound assigned to the Upper 3 track has been added to the Dark Pad assigned to the Upper 2 track and the Grand Piano RX assigned to the Upper 1 track 5 Touch the bank icon in the Upper 3 status box to mute the Upper 3 track again Grand Piano RX s I Grand Piano RX ol l HTE ide J 34 Playing Sounds Playing two or three Sounds at the same time 6 Play the keyboard Note how the Strings Ens 2 GM Sound assigned to the Upper 3 track has been muted again Only tracks Upper 1 and Upper 2 can be heard at this time 7 Touch the bank icon in the Upper 2 status box to mute the Upper 2 track again Grand Piano RX Grand Piano RX sas DE LI i Gi M ne wT 8 Play the keyboard Note how the Dark Pad Sound assigned to the Upper 2 track has been muted again Only track Upper 1 can be heard at this time Playing Sounds 35 Playing different So
64. gBook Entry with the current settings is added to the data base You will be able to give it a name and save SHIFT You can jump to the SongBook gt Custom List page by keeping SHIFT pressed and pressing the SONGBOOK button SONG Press this button to open the Song Select window and choose a Songs This is the same as touching the Song name in the display e do WJ me he me 10 Overview Front Panel Style Elements This section contains the separate elements of a Style Intro Variation etc INTRO VARIATION AUTO FILL BREAK ENDING o 1 O 2 O 3 o 1 O 2 O 3 O 4 o o o 1 O 2 Oo 3 INTRO 1 3 buttons These buttons turn the corresponding Intro on Intro 1 plays a sequence including a chord progression while Intro 2 plays a fixed chord Intro 3 is usually a one bar Count In After pressing one of these buttons start the Style and it will begin with the selected intro The INTRO LED will automati cally go off at the end of the intro At the end of the Intro the Variation whose LED was blinking will be selected Press one of the INTRO buttons twice LED blinking to let the corresponding Intro play in loop and select any other Style ele ment Intro Variation Ending to exit the loop VARIATION 1 4 buttons Each of these buttons selects one of the four Variations of the current Style
65. ge it by using the TEMPO buttons or select the Tempo value and change it by using the VALUE dial Off When you select a different Style or select a dif ferent Song the memorized Tempo will be auto matically selected Note This button does not work with MP3 files SHIFT You can jump to the Global gt Lock page by keeping SHIFT pressed and pressing this button METRO Use this button to turn the Metronome click on or off The met ronome uses the same time signature as the latest selected Style or Standard MIDI File SHIFT You can jump to the Global gt General Controls gt Basic page by keeping SHIFT pressed and pressing this button Split Splitting the keyboard allows for separating the SPLIT chords area from the melody da In Style Play Song Play and Sequencer Backing Sequence mode use this button to choose how the four Key board tracks are positioned on the keyboard and how chords are recognized by the arranger Note The ACCOMP LED must be turned on for the accompani ment to play SPLIT On The Lower track plays below the split point while the Upper 1 Upper 2 and Upper 3 tracks play above it This is called the Split keyboard mode By default turning on the Split mode automati cally selects the Lower chord scanning mode In this mode chords are detected below the split point The number of notes you should play to form a chord is defined by the Chord Recogni tion parameter Off T
66. ging the tracks volume 4 Press the TRACK SELECT button once to see tracks 1 8 Track 1 8 view TRACK SELECT SONG PLAY P L A h E R Trk Upper 1 Grand Piano RX Fty Piano 121 610 006 Poo Moo Moi T Moo I yo iF i 4 EEEN A E a a i inal In Track 1 8 view the first 8 tracks of the selected Song are shown 5 Press TRACK SELECT once again to see tracks 9 16 Track 9 16 view TRACK SELECT SONG PLAT Trk Upper 1 Grand Piano RX Fty Piano Go fo Go wo Yo dd In Track 9 16 view the second group of 8 tracks of the selected Song are shown 6 Press TRACK SELECT again to return to the Normal view Keyboard tracks TRACK SEEED ONG PLAY 5 P L fi re a Met E gt Y F S for oT NTE STE d J ut bo Is i LOWER UPPERS UPPERS UPPERI Macs Come Pao set ZE TOTO Keyboard tracks 7 Presstheb B START STOP button to start the Song Carso PLAYER gt E 8 While listening to the Song switch from Normal view to Track 1 8 and Track 9 16 view to see which tracks are playing To see if a track is playing look at the label with its name and see if it is changing color D Note Changes to Song tracks will not be saved and are reset each time you press the q Home button To save changes you must edit the Song in Sequencer mode 58 Song Play Turning the Song tracks on off e Touch each track s cha
67. h the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help If items such as cables are included with this equipment you must use those included items Unauthorized changes or modification to this system can void the user s authority to operate this equipment DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY FOR USA Responsible Party KORG USA INC Address 316 SOUTH SERVICE ROAD MELVILLE Telephone 1 631 390 6500 Equipment Type Music Arranger Model Pa300 This device complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation CE MARK FOR EUROPEAN HARMONIZED STANDARDS CE mark which is attached to our company s product
68. he Pad tracks Also it balances between the Keyboard and the Song tracks in Song Play mode D Hint You can open the Pad Select window to assign a different sound or pattern to the Pads by pressing SHIFT one of the PADs Selecting and playing Styles 49 Adjusting the volume of the separate tracks Adjusting the volume of the separate tracks You can adjust the volume of each of the Style and Keyboard tracks for example to soften the bass a little or to make the keyboard solo louder 1 Touch the Volume tab to see the Volume panel ST Y L E P L A Y reo chard gt MuggedBallad Grand Piano RX r s ol e i z E ane io HT rT Mee om wdS NTG vs UPPER UPPERZ UPPERL STYLE PLAT MT 8 nio chord MuggedBallac Grand Piano RX LES HT rT Meee LOWER UPPERS UPPERS U 3 To separately adjust each Style track press the TRACK SELECT button to change the track s view TRACK ST Y L E PL A Y mo chor gd SELECT pugged Fi a mm Original Style Sounds Trk Upper 1 Grand Piano RX Fty Piano 121 610 006 moi ao Ao ao fo ao In Style view all separate Style tracks are shown and their volume can be adjusted by dragging the corresponding sliders DRUM PERC 4 Toreturn to the Keyboard Tracks view press the TRACK SELECT button again Hint As an alternative you can change each track s volume by touching a track s area to select it then using the VALUE dial to change
69. he SPLIT button to turn its LED off 5 Play the keyboard Note how the keyboard once again plays the Upper tracks over the entire length of the keyboard Upper Wo ieee To ms F m y F 1 u F 2 LI G 3 Playing Sounds 37 Changing the split point Changing the split point If you are not comfortable with the selected split point you may set the split point to a different key 1 Touchthe Split tab to see the Split Point panel it Point Al Global Bass Split Point ca go obal r a awe votmef raa cmi 2 Touch the keyboard in the display then play the lowest note of the Upper section on the keyboard Split Point ef Global Maia a T eor Hame 4 Scale Press a key to set Ex IT to Cancel
70. he Upper 1 Upper 2 and or Upper 3 tracks play over the whole keyboard range The Lower track does not play This is also called the Full key board mode By default turning off the Split mode automati cally selects the Full chord scanning mode In this mode chords are detected over the full keyboard range You must always play three or more notes to let the arranger recognize a chord By keeping this button pressed for about one second the Split Point window appears When there play the new split point on the keyboard Ensemble The Ensemble function automatically harmonizes ENSEMBLE the melody played with the right hand O This button turns the Ensemble function on or off When on the right hand melody is harmonized with the left hand chords ENSEMBLE Note The Ensemble function only works when the keyboard is in SPLIT mode SHIFT You can jump to the Style Play gt Keyboard Ensemble page by keeping SHIFT pressed and pressing the ENSEMBLE button Performance Select Section Use these buttons to select a Performance Performances memo rize all Sounds assigned to the keyboard and most control panel settings m PERFORMANCE PIANO amp STRINGS amp SYNTH amp au E PIANO ORGAN GUITAR VOCALS WINDS ETHNIC LJ U UU U U MY SETTING This is a special direct access Performance that is automatically selected when the instrument is turned on When pressing this button the Performance is immediately selected
71. he power socket on the wall Note To avoid wasting power Pa300 will by default automatically enter standby mode after two hours of non active use playing pressing buttons or using the touch screen Please save your data Performances Styles Songs and so on before taking a prolonged pause You can change the auto power off timer in Global gt Gen eral Controls gt Date amp Power Rear Panel Overview 15 Rear Panel eee pgo 000000 000000000000000000000 000000 000000000000 HOST DEVICE e USB d PEDAL DAMPER PHONES AUDIO OUT DC IN 15V USB HOST This is a USB Type A Master Host con nector USB 2 0 compliant High Speed only to connect older slower USB devices msn HOST please use an USB hub Use it to connect a to the Pa300 an USB Flash Memory stick an external CD ROM drive an USB hard disk You can access the connected device in the Media mode USB DEVICE This is a USB Type B Slave Device connector USB 2 0 High Speed Use it to connect the Pa300 to a personal computer and transfer data to from its internal memory Disk You can enable USB connection in the USB page of the Media mode MIDI over USB is supported so you can use this connector instead of the MIDI ports found on older devices The drivers for PC and Mac needed to make fu
72. isco EG Disco infernal Disco GD Don tleave me Disco Touch Select to set the highlighted Entry to play if at Tonight Show Select different than the one auto Ed z l matically selected seni en 16 N iae FN ee y Use the List pop up menu to select Touch Next to select the next Entry in the list one of the available Custom Lists This command can also be assigned to a foot switch 3 Select one of the Entries in the list it turns blue then touch the Select button in the display to confirm selection the selected Entry turns green Press the PLAY button to start playing back the selected Song 70 Recording a new Song Standard MIDI File Preparing the Style and Sounds Recording a new Song Standard MIDI File There are several ways to create a Song on the Pa300 The easiest and fastest is to use the Styles to record what you are playing the keyboard while the arranger gives you the accompaniment tracks SEQUENCER button Player controls o f Pa Pool tmave KORG iiz Pe sel i a 0 0 0089 DO 00 DOGO oo 0 O 000 90000 ooo odo D 00 HOG 000 00000 do Obob5D000cccc 00 Style Elements Style Controls Preparing the Style and Sounds Before accessing the Record mode we suggest you prepare the Style and So
73. itar that can be edited saved recalled and assigned to any track In the Style Play Song Play or Sequencer mode Sounds may be freely assigned to Sequencer tracks Style tracks or Keyboard tracks Style The Style is the heart of a professional arranger keyboard At its basic level a Style will consist of up to eight parts or Tracks Drums The Drum track will provide a repeating rhythmic phrase played by the standard instruments of a Drum Kit Percussion An additional rhythmic phrase played by various percussion instruments conga shaker cowbell etc is provided by the Per cussion track Bass amp Accompaniment The Bass track and the up to five additional Accompaniment tracks will each play musical phrases that are musically related to and in sync with the Drum and Percussion tracks However the notes being played by these tracks will change to follow the chord progression that you play on the keyboard Again any Sound you choose may be assigned to any track in a Style Variation For each Style there are four Variations to be used for the Verse Bridge and Chorus of a song In general each Variation is a slightly different version of the others As you progress from Variation one to Variation four the arrangements will become more complex and more parts Tracks may be added This allows your performance to have a more dynamic arrangement without losing the original feel of the Style
74. k of the instru ment 2 Press the GLOBAL button to access the Global mode GLOBAL GLOBAL Menu O General Mode on canteens Tuning Audio amp EQ Menu of the Global mode Calibration Global mode is where you can set some global parameters like this one or the Master Tuning These settings are not tied to any specific operative mode so they are programmed in these sep arate pages 3 Touch the Controllers button to access the Controllers section of the Global mode If you have not yet chosen a different page the Hand Controller page will appear being the first one in the Controllers section GLOBAL Menu GLOBAL Controllers gt Velocity Curve Medium 2 General Mode Controls Preferences Calibration Hand Foot Contr Contr 28 Connecting and calibrating the Damper pedal Programming the Damper pedal 4 Touch the Foot Contr tab to select the Foot Controllers page This is the page where you can program the PEDAL DAMPER connector by assigning it one of the available functions Medium 2 AE Pedal 5 Besurethe Damper function is assigned to the Function parameter 6 Touch the Calibration button to make the Damper amp Pedal Footswitch Calibration dialog box appear Damper amp Pedal Footswitch Calibration 7 Fully press the Damper pedal down and while continuing to press touch the Push button to confirm the maximum value 8 whenthe fo
75. le Mains powered apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and that no objects filled with liquids such as vases shall be placed on the apparatus Install this product near the wall socket and keep the power plug easily acces sible Do not install this equipment in a confined space such as a box for the convey ance or similar unit When a cart is used use caution when moving the cart apparatus combina tion to avoid injury from tip over NOTICE REGARDING DISPOSAL EU ONLY Ifthis symbol is shown on the product manual battery or package you must dispose of it in the correct manner to avoid harm to human health or damage to the environment Contact your local administrative body for details on the correct disposal method If the battery contains heavy metals in excess of the regulated amount a chemical symbol is displayed below the symbol on the battery or battery package PERCHLORATE CALIFORNIA USA ONLY Perchlorate Material special handling may apply See www dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate THE FCC REGULATION WARNING FOR USA This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance wit
76. ll use of this type of connec tion are supplied in the Accessory Disc that comes with the instrument or can be downloaded from our web site PEDAL DAMPER Use this port to connect a footswitch or Damper pedal like the optional Korg PS1 PS3 or DS1H or a continuous expression pedal like the optional Korg EXP2 XVP10 To program and PEPAVDAMPER calibrate it or to change its polarity go to the Controllers gt Foot Controllers page of the Global mode PHONES AUDIO OUT Use this connector to connect a pair of head phones or to send the audio signal sound to a mixer a PA system a set of powered moni tors or your hi fi system PHONES AUDIO OUT You can select the type of connection by using the Level parameter in the Global gt Audio amp EQ gt MP3 Out put page see page 161 When the Headphone option is assigned to the Level parame ter you can connect headphones You can use headphones with an impedance of 16 200 Ohms 50 Ohms suggested When the Line Out option is assigned to the Level parameter you can connect a line level device to this connector Use a ste reo jack to send the final stereo mix to an external device Con nect the other end of the cable to a stereo channel of your mixer two mono channels two powered monitors or the CD LINE IN or TAPE AUX input of your audio system Dont use the PHONO inputs of your audio system Adjust the output level with the MASTER VOLUME k
77. llowing dialog box appears release the pedal Damper amp Pedal Footswitch Calibration 9 Touch the Push button in the display to confirm the minimum value Check if the pedal is working properly In case it isn t repeat the procedure 10 Press the EXIT button to return to the previous operative mode Playing the Demo 29 Starting and stopping the Demo Playing the Demo Listen to the built in Demo Songs to appreciate the power of Pa300 There are several Demo Songs to choose from Demo buttons a a rt fn cial VALUE TER LE S A voume saan pini pur Wener ciosa MEDIA o DIO oo econo SELET St stse smsa svsa SEARCH SHIT o A ws LE di s Acco memo Nanos pap SELECTION Tempo vemo lo sur aa oo o 1 4 stor SIVLE SOUND SONGBOOK SONG of o ext en o pansrone PERFORMANCE uppen Enom INTRO VARIATION AUTOFILL BREAK GIE synchro ue Tewo ensemsLe PETAR PIANO amp STRINGS amp SYTHE OCTAVE ED o 02 o3 0 02 0 04 0 o o2 o3 0 ro O7 RET EPaNo ORGAN GUITAR vocais wios ETHNIC KOR OOo t000 o 0o oon glolo 0 0 000000 DO Pm stae stop Laver CE J N f Yi f I T WF LI L Starting and stopping the Demo
78. mpo of the last Standard MIDI File that has been played back About Pads and the Player s Start command When you press the START STOP button to start the Player all Pads will stop playing SHIFT You can jump to the Style Play gt Pad page by keeping SHIFT pressed and pressing one of the PAD buttons Selection Here you can select a Style Sound SongBook entry or Song SELECTION STYLE SOUND SONGBOOK SONG O OU U U STYLE Use this button to open the Style Select window and select a Style This is the same as touching the name of the Style in the display Repeatedly press it to cycle between the Style bank pages Overview 9 Front Panel For each type of Styles there are several banks that can be selected by touching the side tabs Each Style bank contains vari ous pages each with up to eight Styles that can be selected by touching the lower tabs Styles of the Factory type are usually write protected unless you uncheck the Factory Style and Pad Protect option in the Global gt Mode Preferences gt Media page You can use User locations to temporarily load new Styles from an external device Favorite locations too can be used to load new Styles from an external device but in addition you can edit the names of these Style banks so that you can create a custom set of Styles By keeping this button pressed for about one second the Write Current Style Settings dialog box will appear SOUND
79. niment again after pressing this button to turn off the Manual Bass function Off The bass track is automatically played by the Style Note When you press the MANUAL BASS button the Bass track volume is automatically set to its maximum value The volume is automatically set back to the original value when the MANUAL BASS button is deactivated Pads Here you can play and stop the Pads i e single sounds or loop ing sequences PAD 0000 STOP O PAD 1 4 STOP Each Pad button corresponds to a dedicated Pad track Use these buttons to trigger up to four sounds or sequences at the same time e Pressa single PAD button to trigger a single sound or sequence e Press more PAD buttons to trigger several sounds or sequences The sequences will play up to the end Then they will stop or continue repeating depending on the individual settings You can stop all sounds or sequences at the same time or just some of them e Press STOP in the PAD section to stop all sequences at once e Press a single PAD button to stop the corresponding sequence About Pad synchronization In Style Play mode Pads are syn chronized to the Styles Tempo In Song Play mode they are syn chronized to the Player Note There is no synchronization with MP3 files Pads can only be synchronized to the Tempo of the latest selected Standard MIDI Files Therefore when an MP3 file is assigned to the Player Pads will synchronize to the Te
80. nnel strip to see each track s detail in the Track Info line 240 121 019 000 Jie i LIL ERI a as cirie Iene Tes T92 LCE Tad LUCE TOE TOF J Vcrume Pas sei f siste E Trk Upper 1 Grand Piano RX Fty Piano 121 618 9008 Selected track Assigned Sound Touch it to Sound bank Program Change open the Sound Select window e Also you can see which type of Sound is assigned to each track in the Sound area of the Track 1 8 and Track 9 16 views k Upper i Grand Piano RX 121 916 9068 Hop y o LOR 0 LO H0 Aak LIDO Fa Mo 7 To Octave Transpose i pa a p F oe Sound bank icons Touch to open the js A pa Sound Select window Turning the Song tracks on off While playing back a Standard MIDI File you may wish to mute one or more tracks for example to sing along with the Song or play an instrumental part live on the keyboard To mute unmute Song tracks you simply touch the Play Mute icon in the Volume panel Soloing a track Opposite to the above you may want to make a single track of a Standard MIDI File play alone This is called the Solo function 1 Whilethe Song is playing keep the SHIFT button pressed and touch the track you want to listen to in Solo mode N To set all tracks back to the Play status keep the SHIFT button pressed again and touch the track that is currently in Solo mode Please remember that you can also use the Solo function in Style Play and Sequencer mode Th
81. nob DC IN 15V power adapter connector Plug the supplied power adapter into this connector When the cable is connected the Oe instrument is in standby mode To let it enter or exit standby use the POWER switch located on the front panel DC IN 15V Warning When the instrument is in standby mode it is still con nected to the power line Accessing the inside of the instrument can be dangerous To completely disconnect the instrument from the power unplug the power plug from the power socket on the wall Cable holder Fix the power cable to this hook to avoid cable jamming Uy Introduction 16 Glossary of Terms Sound Glossary of Terms Before you begin take a few moments to familiarize yourself with the names and terms we will be using to talk about the vari ous elements of the Pa300 In this section you will find a brief description of various key elements of the Pa300 A professional arranger Pa keyboard uses different terminology than a traditional synthesizer or workstation By familiarizing yourself with the names and func tions in this section you will get a better understanding of how all the different parts of the Pa300 work together to create a real istic musical performance This will also help you to get the most out of the rest of the manual Sound A Sound is the most basic unit of an Arranger Keyboard perfor mance A Sound is basically a playable instrument timbre piano bass sax gu
82. not rel evant for the search Filter 3 Touch OK inthe display and close the Text Edit dialog box The entered text is now the search criteria Filter 4 Touch OK to close the Filter dialog box and return to the SongBook page Once the Filter dialog box has been closed by touching OK the Filtered check box is automati cally checked and the filter is activated Only Entries matching the entered criterion are seen in the Main List Gage Could you beloved Reggae Ed Crazy little love Rock nRoll E Feel love power Gis Found my love Ga Half time lover Ga Tm out of love fm Filtered Fitter Custom List Book Evok Book List Edit Edit 1 Edit Edit 3 5 To see the whole SongBook database again touch the Filtered check box again to make the check mark disappear 64 The SongBook Adding Entries Adding Entries You can add your own Entries to the SongBook database 1 W N i 5 Go to the Style Play or Song Play mode depending on the type of Entry you want to add to the SongBook database Select the Style Standard MIDI File or MP3 file to be added to the SongBook Edit the Keyboard and Style tracks the way you prefer by selecting different Sounds and Effects or editing any other relevant parameter Please note that changes to Standard MIDI File tracks will not be saved as SongBook data Only the data included in the Standard MIDI File will be used When ready keep the SONGBOO
83. nterface basics Color TouchView graphical user interface Interface basics Color TouchView graphical user interface Pa300 features our exclusive easy to use TouchView graphic interface based on a touch panel LCD screen By touching items on the LCD screen you can select pages tabs and parameters and set parameter values via on screen menus and buttons Here are the basic elements of the user interface Menus and sections Pages are grouped in sections to be selected by touching the cor responding buttons in the Edit menu that opens up when you press the MENU button GIYIF PI AY Menu Pages Parameters are grouped into separate pages to be selected by touching the corresponding tabs on the lower area of the display on UPPERS UPPERS UPPERI Overlapping windows Several windows like the Style Select or Pad Select the Global the Media or the Lyrics overlap the current window After you select an item in the window or press the EXIT button the win dow closes and the underlying page is shown again The fol lowing example is the Sound Select window SOUND SELECT Grand Piano RX T Upper 1 Factory E Ei Grand Piano RX Rock Piano eS E Piano 121 016 000 121 008 008 Sax Eei Bright Piano RX Piano Layers __wind fiecor 121 005 001 121 006 002 synth Classic Piano G Piano Stack 1 121 004 808 121 003 002 tr F Jazz Piano G Piano Stack 2 E Da 121 005 000 121 009 00
84. ols Options EXP2 XVP10 Expression Pedal Jukebox function Compatible with SMF formats 0 DS1H Damper Pedal and 1 and MP3 Lyrics compatible with CDG Score PS1 PS3 Switch Pedal Sequencer Quick Record Backing Sequence Multitrack and Step Record functions RICA EA ES a 0A COCO Specifications and appearance are subject to change without notice events SMF format for improvement SongBook Fully programmable music database based on Styles SMF Karaoke MP3 with automatic selection of Style Play and Song Play modes User definable custom lists Filtering options MIDI Implementation Chart 81 MIDI Implementation Chart KORG Pa300 OS Version 1 5 March 01 2014 Default Memorized Basic Channel Changed Default Messages Altered 22 a 2k ak ofc 2k III 2k ak 2k 0 127 True Voice SCC ICCC RC Ea k Note On O 9n V 1 127 O 9n V 1 127 Velocity Note Off O 8n V 0 127 O 8n V 0 127 Poly Key Player data only Aftertouch Mono Channel Player data only Bank Select MSB LSB 1 2 Modulations 6 Data Entry MSB 38 Data Entry LSB 7 11 Volume Expression 10 91 93 Panpot A B Master FX Send 64 66 67 Damper Sostenuto Soft 65 5 Portamento On Off Portamento Time 71 72 73 Harmonic Content EG time Release Attack 74 75 Brightness Decay Time 76 77 78 Vibrato Rate Depth Delay 80 81 Sound Controller 1 2 98 99 NRPN LSB MSB O O O O 0 0 co
85. play Brightness control EXIT Use this button to perform various actions leaving from the cur rent status e exit the edit menu page without selecting any item e make the page menu disappear without selecting any item e return to the main page of the current operating mode e exit the Global or Media edit environment and return to the current page of the current operating mode e exit from the SongBook mode e exit from the Lyrics and Score pages e exit from a Style Pad Performance or Sound Select win dow MENU This button opens the edit menu page for the current operating mode After opening an edit menu you can jump to one of the edit sections by touching the corresponding button in the dis play Otherwise press EXIT to return to the main page of the current operating mode or the current page of the underlying operating mode Tempo Section The TEMPO and METRO buttons can be used to control the Tempo TEMPO 0000 METRO TEMPO buttons TEMPO decreases the speed of the Style or Song TEMPO increases it Press both buttons together to reset the Tempo to the value memorized in the Style or Standard MIDI File With MP3 files the original speed of the file is recalled value reset to 0 TEMPO LOCK This button turns the Tempo Lock function on or off On When you select a different Style or Performance or select a different Song the Tempo will not change You can still manually chan
86. r settings including most of the settings on the control panel and the selected Style into this special Performance Keep the MY SETTING button pressed for about one second until the Write Startup Settings dialog box appears then touch the OK button to confirm saving to memory Write Startup Settings MY SETTING gv Selecting and playing Styles 43 Selecting and playing a Style Selecting and playing Styles Pa300 is an arranger i e a musical instrument providing automatic accompaniments or arrange ments Each arrangement style is called as a consequence a Style A Style is made of several Style Elements Intro Variation Fill Break Ending corresponding to the various sections of a song By selecting Style Elements you can make your playing more varied and musical When selecting a Style Sounds Effects and various configuration parameters for the Style tracks are also selected These are called the Style Settings Four STSs are assigned to the STS buttons Selecting a Style also selects the four Pads it contains Pads are single sounds or single track patterns that can be triggered with the dedicated PAD buttons Use the Style controls to start or stop the Style Style Select button Pa 20 ElTonch View Ko RG muig STYLE SONG O 000 do rel Dodo oo ODO nooo AoA ERGE a ST Eamon me GE IO COCO O dog K
87. right to rotate it clockwise or move it down or left to rotate the knob counter clockwise Icons Various icons help identifying the type of a file a Song a folder For example za Folder fall File of Style bank KID Standard MIDI File Operative modes The pages of Pa300 are grouped in various operating modes Each mode is accessed by pressing the corresponding button in the MODE section on the control panel Each operating mode is marked with a different color code that helps you understand at first sight where you are Two special modes Global and Media overlap the current operating mode that remains active in the background The Song Record mode can be accessed from the Sequencer mode and allows for creating new Songs Selected highlighted items Any operation on parameters data or list entries is executed on highlighted items First select the parameter or item then exe cute the operation 1 Non available grayed out parameters When a parameter or command is not currently available it is shown in grey on the display This means it cannot be selected but may become available when a different option is selected or you switch to a different page Shortcuts Some commands or pages can be recalled by keeping the SHIFT button pressed and pressing other buttons or elements in the display Some others can be accessed by keeping a button pressed for more than one second Se
88. ritten If no Song is CET K 21 01 11 22 33 Up Down arrow to scroll to the next pre selected a new Song file will be cre vious alphabetic section As an alterna ated on the target device HSS AS EB ADE ESSN tive you can use the VALUE DIAL To deselect a Song select the same My MIDI Song ae Seen cS storage device again Touch the Save button to save the Song to the current folder EXIT In case you prefer to exit Use the Device pop up menu to select one of Use the Open and Close buttons to diispagewa nona no the available storage devices browse through the folders the Song press the EXIT button 4 Touch the Save button in the display to open the Save Song dialog box Save Song Touch the Text Edit icon to edit the Song s name NEW SONG 5 Touch OK inthe display to save the Song or Cancel to stop the Save operation 76 Searching files and musical resources How to use the Search function Searching files and musical resources With Pa300 you can press the SEARCH button to search for files or musical resources How to use the Search function Depending on the page you are in you can search for different types of data For example while in Media mode you can only search for files while in Style Play or Song Play mode you can search for several different types of data Styles Songs Lyrics There are some pages where the Search function is not available since there are no relevant data to sear
89. s can be a big help in getting a song recorded quickly The sequencer can also behave as a tradi tional 16 track linear sequencer where each track is recorded individually one at a time Player The Player lets you playback your performances or any Standard MIDI File or MP3 file Glossary of Terms 17 Performance and STS The LOGO decoder On the front panel of your Pa300 you have probably noticed a series of logos and may have even wondered what they stand for Well here is a quick explanation of each one General MIDI GM is a standard that ensures the compatibility of sounds and messages between GM compatible instruments available from different manufacturers For example sequenced songs created on any GM equipped product and saved in the GM format will playback correctly on the Pa300 General MIDI 2 extends the basic features of the General MIDI allowing for 256 Sounds and 9 Drum Kits instead of 128 and 1 RX Technology is the cutting edge engine that drives every aspect of the Pa300 from the synthesis to the display and how it all works TECHNOLOGY together TouchView is the sophisticate technology R TouchView allowing for touching the objects in the display instead of pointing to them through an external device a mouse a series of buttons Go straight to the musical elements instead of catching keys some where on the control panel do WJ me he re 18 I
90. s of AC mains operated apparatus until December 31 1996 means it conforms to EMC Directive 89 336 EEC and CE mark Directive 93 68 EEC And CE mark which is attached after January 1 1997 means it conforms to EMC Directive 89 336 EEC CE mark Directive 93 68 EEC and Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC Also CE mark which is attached to our company s products of Battery operated apparatus means it conforms to EMC Directive 89 336 EEC and CE mark Directive 93 68 EEC IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS This product has been manufactured according to strict specifications and voltage requirements that are applicable in the country in which it is intended that this product should be used If you have purchased this product via the internet through mail order and or via a telephone sale you must verify that this product is intended to be used in the country in which you reside WARNING Use of this product in any country other than that for which it is intended could be dangerous and could invalidate the manufacturer s or distributor s warranty Please also retain your receipt as proof of purchase otherwise your product may be disqualified from the manufacturer s or distributor s warranty Further notices Automatic Power Off To avoid wasting power Pa300 will by default automatically enter standby mode after two hours of non active use playing pressing buttons or using the touch screen Please save your data Performan
91. sed by Korg You can download the operating system from our web site is www korg com Please read the instructions supplied with the operating system on the site You can see which version of the operating systems is installed in your Pa300 by going to the Media gt Utility page Warning Do not install an OS other than the official OS supplied by Korg for the Pa300 Trying to install an OS created for different models or downloaded from unofficial web sites may cause data loss and permanent damage to the instrument Korg is not respon sible for any damage caused by improper installation of the OS Introduction 6 Overview Front Panel professional arranger MASTER STYLE SONG VOLUME BALANCE PLAY TRACK e RECORD SELECT OO ACCOMP MEMORY MAN BASS e STS1 STS2 STS3 CI CIO STYLE SOUND SONGBOOK SONG L ood O LJ CICICI INTRO AUTO FILL BREAK O 1 ENDING 2 s O O 3 ooo O a Je D O lt 000 ld gt E STAR PLAYER
92. tar After pressing the EXIT button the Performance Select window closes and the e Volume Split main screen appears again Sounds Effects and other settings change accord ing to the setting memorized in the selected Performance Note that Selection windows may automatically close after a selection To do this uncheck the Display Hold box in the Global gt General Controls gt Interface page In this case press the EXIT button only if you dont make any selection but want to close the window w Play the keyboard selected Sounds effects and other settings have been recalled Settings memorized in the selected Performance have been Saving your settings to a Performance The Sounds and Fffects assigned to the Keyboard tracks together with the parameters you can access by pressing the MENU button while in Style Play and Song Play mode can be saved into a single Per formance to be quickly recalled at a later time Hint To open the Write Performance dialog box you can also choose the Write Performance command you _ _ PERFORMANCE H can find in the page menu PIANO amp STRINGS amp SYNTH amp SAALI E PIANO ORGAN GUITAR VOCALS WINDS ETHNIC SUL UI UU Write Performance 1 Keep one of the PERFORMANCE buttons pressed for about one second to open the Write Performance dialog box erformance GR ee
93. tcuts is in the Appen dix Overview 11 Front Panel STS Section Use the STS Single Touch Settings buttons to assign Sounds to the keyboard STS1 STS2 STS3 STS4 L JCJ CLIO STS 1 4 buttons These buttons allow to select up to four Single Touch Settings abbreviated as STS Each one of the Styles and SongBook Entries includes four Single Touch Settings STS to automati cally configure Keyboard tracks and effects at the touch of a fin ger E By keeping one of these buttons pressed for about one sec ond the Write Single Touch Setting dialog box will appear Note STS contained inside Factory Styles are usually write pro tected unless you uncheck the Factory Style and Pad Protect option in the Global gt Mode Preferences gt Media page Player Controls Pa300 is equipped with a Standard MIDI File and MP3 Player Its controls can be used in Song Play and Sequencer mode ggo a PLAYER lt lt and gt gt Rewind and Fast Forward commands If you use them while the Song is in play they make it scroll back or forward When pressed once these buttons move the Song to the previous or following measure with a Standard MIDI File or to the previ ous or next second with an MP3 file When kept pressed they make the Song scrolling continuously until released In Sequencer mode if you set a Start from measure other than 1 when pressing the lt lt button the Song will rewind up to that
94. the Book Edit 2 page and edit the SongBook database details Database Entry s parameters ia aes into 4 Touch the T Text Edit button next to the field s you want to edit Set all the other Note The Master Trans parameters pose might not change if a Lock is preventing it See You can write the Genre and Artist name Select the Meter Time Signature and Key of the Global gt General Controls gt Song You can specify a Tempo value matching the Songs Tempo by using the TEMPO controls Locks and a Master Transpose value by using the TRANSPOSE controls on the control panel 66 The SongBook Editing the Entries 5 When done with this page touch the Book Edit 3 tab to go to the Book Edit 3 page where you can and set the Synchro and Memory parameters and link a text file to the Entry SONGEOOK Synchro for Style and Memory for Style Text file linked to the Entry and Songs On Off status or loaded in the Lyrics page This text will be seen in the same way of ordinary Lyrics in the display 6 After having filled up all the desired fields be as comprehensive as you can touch the Write button in the display to open the Write dialog box SONGBOOK no Write Song ri l Linked T T Unchanged New Song Custom List Book Evok ess ll LL 7 Touchthe Ti Text Edit button to assign a name to the Entry then touch OK to save the Entry to the SongBook database Entry s name By defa
95. the whole instrument in steps of one semitone Master Transpose The transpose value is usually shown in the page header STYLE PLAY MT 6 no chord Press both buttons together to reset the Master Transpose to zero Note You can also transpose MP3 files Keep in mind however that transposition always remains inside the range 5 6 semi tones This range is enough to cover all keys but allows to avoid excessive audio degradation Any further transposing will be reversed to fit the range So you might see a 7 transpose value Just Fifth Up shown in the display but the MP3 will actually play 5 semitones lower Just Fourth Down b Lowers the Master Transpose in steps of one semitone Raises the Master Transpose in steps of one semi tone SHIFT You can jump to the Global gt Transpose Control page by keeping SHIFT pressed and pressing one of the TRANSPOSE buttons e do W me on re 14 Overview Front Panel Power On Off y O POWER CC Use this button to let the instrument exit LED off or enter LED on standby Press it briefly to let the instrument exit standby Keep it pressed for about one second to let it enter standby Warning When the instrument is in standby mode it is still con nected to the power line Accessing the inside of the instrument can be dangerous To completely disconnect the instrument from the power unplug the power plug from t
96. theLED of the AUTO FILL button is turned on When the Auto Fill function is turned on a Fill is automatically performed before switching to a different variation AUTO FILL 5 While playing press one of the VARIATION buttons to select a different variation of the basic pattern If you turned the Auto Fill function on in the previous step a Fill will be performed before the Variation begins VARIATION O 1 2 Da When the Fill ends the selected Variation O 3 O 4 Selecting and playing Styles 47 Single Touch Settings STS 6 When you like to stop playing press one of the ENDING buttons to stop the Style with an Ending ENDING eo o 2 O 3 When the Ending is fin J J ished the Style automati cally stops Single Touch Settings STS Each Style may come with up to four Keyboard track settings called the STS short for Single Touch Note You can also find Settings STSs are very similar to Performances but they are fine tuned to the Style they are associ Pasto STSs Wii adi di the ated to SongBook Entries This allows 1 Incaseitisnotshown touch the STS Name tab to see the STS Name panel eng ee Jame Scale 2 Press one of the four STS buttons under the display or touch the name of an STS in the STS panel in the display STS1 STS2 STS3 STS4 3 Play the keyboard Settings memorized in the selected STS have been selected Sounds effects and other settings have
97. ult it is the same name of the associated Style Stan Select Rename Overwrite to replace an p dard MIDI File of MP3 file The name can be up to 16 characters long existing Entry This option is automati cally selected when editing an existing Entry it cannot be selected when saving a new Entry Warning the older Entry will be deleted Write Song Select New Song to add a new Entry to the SongBook database This option is automatically selected when a new Entry has been created by touching the New Song button The SongBook 67 Creating a Custom List Creating a Custom List You can create several Custom Lists in the SongBook to make a set of Entries suitable for your vari ous shows Before starting a new Custom List be sure you have added all needed Entries to the Song Book main database see Adding Entries above 1 Whilein SongBook mode open the page menu and check the Enable List Edit item SONGBOOK Li Hame Genre TY Black s black Cisco Boogie mar eland Ed Born to be active Ed Daddy is cool After you check the GEV Disco infernal Enable List Edit item the List Edit page GP Don t leave me Disco 132 4 4 J becomes available TL Del List write Leone ee Eo 2 Select a Custom List to be edited To edit an existing list touch the Custom List tab to open the Custom List page and select one of the available Custom Lists To create a new list touch the
98. unds with which to record your Song 1 Selecta Style with which you want to record 2 Select the Sounds by choosing a Performance or STS That s all You are ready to access Record mode Accessing the Backing Sequence Quick Record mode 1 Press the SEQUENCER button to switch to the Sequencer mode MODE T_ SEQUENCER CA il KS STYLE SONG NEW SONG PLAY PLAY SEQUENCER T O O ae E tart from apip iuto Trk P Tr6i Grand Piano Ftu Fiano to mo o Ww ft Mo Ma o ia ix ine Ue After pressing the MAD SEQUENCER button the main G 29 9 G 09 B G i0 page of the Sequencer mode s DE Ce E Da a appears Tae Tas Tad TOS THE TOY Tes Recording a new Song Standard MIDI File Accessing the Backing Sequence Quick Record mode 71 2 Press the RECORD button to open the Song Record Mode Select dialog box SOHG RECORD RECORD Press the RECORD button to open the Song Record Mode Select dialog box Select the Backing Sequence Quick Record option and touch OK to enter the Backing Sequence Record mode SOHG RECORD B SEQ RECORD E L song ik Free Memory 99 Resolution High Trk Upper 1 Grand Piano RX Fty Piane 121 916 0908 Chord Acc Track Kbd Pad Track LOWER UPPERS UPPERS UPPERI After having chosen the Backing Sequence Quick Record option the Backing Sequence Record page appears 72 Recording a new Song St
99. unds with your left and right hand Playing different Sounds with your left and right hand You can play a single Sound with your left hand in addition to playing up to three Sounds with your right hand 1 Press the SPLIT button to turn its LED on and split the keyboard in the Lower left hand and Upper right hand parts SPLIT C Il Il Lower yy iy 7 2 Besure the Lower track is set to play If the Lower track is muted touch its Ga icon to make it disappear from this area QERCKIHG If the Bass amp Lower Backing function is turned on and the Style is not running the Lower track will always play 3 Play the keyboard Note how the keyboard is split in two parts each playing different sounds Lower Upper oy 4 i j 1 Ol am WTE MIG DE GI a Vote 36 Playing Sounds Playing different Sounds with your left and right hand 4 Return to the full keyboard playing mode by pressing t
100. user interface Editable names When the T Text Edit button appears next to a name touch it to open the Text Edit window and edit the name The virtual keyboard works exactly as a personal computer s keyboard Some of the symbols are context sensitive and only appear when they can actually be used Lists and scrollbars Files on storage media as well as other kinds of data are shown as lists Use the scrollbar to scroll the list content Also you can use the VALUE DIAL to scroll Song Selection Tupe Name ruon Another MIDI Song 23 09 03 1455 a 21 01 11 22 53 i 23 09 05 14 55 My MIDI Song 23 09 03 145 My IbxList 16 12 10 005 List Scrollbar When the Name label is selected keep the SHIFT button pressed while touching one of the arrows on the scrollbar to scroll to the next or previous alphabetic section Virtual sliders To change a virtual slider s position select it then use the VALUE dial to change its position As an alternative touch a slider with your fingers and keep it held then move it up or down to change its position F T m a a my n a T T I R2 UPPER e fa WJ me du me 20 Interface basics Operative modes Virtual knobs To change a virtual knobs position select it then use the VALUE dial to change its position As an alternative touch a knob with your finger and keep it held then move your fingers up or
101. velocity Slim and compact lightweight elegant cabinet design Wide 5 TFT graphic touch screen display Professional TouchView graphic interface for direct access to the on screen controls and to the musical resources High quality integrated amplification and high quality output audio converters RX Real eXperience Technology the cutting edge engine that drives every aspect of the Pa300 from the synthesis to the display and how it all works together A joystick and an assignable pedal ensure total control over the sound Sounds and Effects Powerful sound generation system for crystal clear realis tic sounds 128 voices of polyphony General MIDI Level 2 Sound compatible Enhanced Sound compatibility for GM Songs More than 950 Sounds plus 64 Drum Kits 240 Performance locations plus 4 Single Touch Settings STS for each Style and SongBook entry for fast setting of keyboard sounds and effects Four Stereo Master FX with 125 effect types Final 4 band Parametric EQ Edit Sound to create and edit new Sounds Styles and Songs Over 300 Factory Styles with 4 Variations and 4 Fill In Break plus 8 Favorite and 3 User Style banks for unlimited storage of your custom Styles and settings Style and Pad Record including the enhanced Guitar Mode 2 for even more realistic guitar parts Guitar Mode 2 tracks for more realistic guitar tracks Standard MIDI File player and recorder and MP3 play
102. wered by one octave pitch will be raised by one octave 2 Press both UPPER OCTAVE buttons together to reset the octave to the value saved in the current Performance Note The Octave Trans pose value for each of the keyboard track is shown under the Sound s name Acoustic Piano G Selecting and saving Performances 39 Selecting and saving Performances Selecting a Performance Performances are the musical heart of Pa300 Unlike selecting single Sounds selecting a Perfor mance will immediately assign several Sounds to the Keyboard tracks the needed effects and trans positions plus many more setting parameters Performance can be considered a snapshot of the current configuration of Sounds You can save these settings to a Performance memory location While many Performances are already supplied with the instrument you can customize each of them to your own taste and then save them in their customized version Similar to Performances but optimized for the Style or SongBook Entry they are associated to you can also save your settings to a Single Touch Setting STS Four STSs are supplied with each Style or SongBook Entry and can be selected with the four dedicated buttons under the display Please note that settings saved in the My Setting Performance are automatically selected when the instrument is turned on exit from standby This means you can save your preferred startup settings to this Performance see b

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