Korg PANDORA stomp Owner's manual

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Precautions

Location

Usingtheunitinthefollowinglocationscanresultinamalfunction.

•Indirectsunlight • Locationsofextr emetemperatureorhumidity

• Excessivelydustyordirtylocations • Locationsofexcessivevibration

•Closetomagneticfields

Power supply

Pleaseconnectthedesignate dACadaptertoanACoutletofthecorrectvoltage.Donotconnect

ittoanACoutletofvoltageotherthanthatforwhichyourunitisintended.

Interference with other electrical devices

Radiosandtelevisionsplacednearbymayexperiencereceptioninterference.Operatethisunitat

asuitabledistancefromradiosandtelevisions.

Handling

Toavoidbreakage,donotapplyexcessiveforcetotheswitchesorcontrols.

Care

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.

Keep this manual

Afterreadingthismanual,pleasekeepitforlaterreference.

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Keeping foreign matter out of your equipment

Neversetan ycontai ne rwithliquidinitnearthisequipment.Ifliquidgetsintotheequipment,it

couldcauseabreakdown,fire,orelectricalshock.Becarefulnottoletmetalobjectsgetintothe

equipment.Becarefulnottoletmetalobjectsgetintotheequipment.Ifsomethingdoesslipin

to

the equipmen t, unpl

ug the AC adapte rfrom thewall outlet. Then contact yourne ar estKorg

dealerorthestorewheretheequipmentwaspurchased.

THE FCC REGULATION WARNING (for USA)

NOTE: 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protec‐

tionagainstharmfu linterferencein aresidentialinstallation.Thisequipmentgenerates,uses,andcan

radiateradio frequencyen ergyand,ifnotinstalledan dusedinaccordancewiththeinstru ction s, may

causeharmfulin terference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:

• Reorientorrelocatethereceivingantenna.

•Increasetheseparationbetweentheequipmentandreceiver.

•Connecttheequipmentintoanoutletonacir cu itd ifferen tfromthattowhichthereceiveriscon‐

nected.

•Consultthedealeroranexperiencedradio/TVtechnicianforhe lp .

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.

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DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY (for USA)

ResponsibleParty:KORGUSAINC.

Address: 316SOUTHSERVICEROAD,MELVILLE,NY

Telephone:1‐631‐390‐6500

EquipmentType:STOMPMULTIEFFECTPROCESSOR/TUNER

Model:PANDORAstomp

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de

vicemust

accept any interference received, incl

uding interference that may cause

undesiredoperation.

Notice regarding disposal (EU only)

Ifthissymbolisshownontheproduct,manual,battery,orpack‐

age,youmustdisposeofitinthecorrectm annertoavoidharmto

humanhealthor damage tothe environ m e n t.Contactyourlocal

administrativebodyfordetailsonthecorrectdisposalmethod.If

the battery contains heavy metals in excess of the re

gulated

amount,achemicalsy

mbolisdisplayedbelowthesymbolonthe

batteryorbatterypackage.

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*Allproductnamesandcompanynamesarethetrademarksorregisteredtrademar ksoftheir

respectiveowners.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS

This product hasbeenmanufactured according tostrictspecifications andvoltagerequire‐

ments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prod

uct is intended tobe used in thecoun

try 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di

squalifiedfromthe

manufact

urer’sordistributor’swarranty.

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Contents

Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Main features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Inserting the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Controls and connectors . . . . . . . . . . .9

LCD screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Connecting devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Power Save function . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Play mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Selecting a program . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Adjusting the volume . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Bypass/Mute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Tuner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Rhythm mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Edit mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Selecting the effect

page you want to edit . . . . . .18

Editing an effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Edit pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Utility mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Selecting and configuring

the utility setting pages . . . .24

Loading the factory-set data . . . . . . .26

Connecting the PANDORA

stomp to a computer . . . . . . . . .27

Using the Editor software . . . . . . . . .27

Effect Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

DYNA: Dynamics &

Pickup modeling . . . . . . . . .28

AMP: Amp Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

CAB: Cabinet modeling . . . . . . . . . .32

MOD: Modulation &

Filter Effect Modeling . . . . . .32

DLY: Delay Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

REV: Reverb Modeling . . . . . . . . . .35

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Program name List . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182

Rhythm Pattern List . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

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Introduction

Thankyoufor purchasingtheKORGPANDORAstomp.

Main features

ThePANDORAstompisaversatilemulti‐effectunitthatpacksanincrediblerange

ofguitaramps,bassampsandeffectsintoacompactunitwhichutilizesKorg’spro‐

prietary“”modelingtechnologytocreatedetailedandpowerfulmodeling

sounds.

● 158 types of effect variations are available, with a maximum of seven effects

that can be used simultaneously.

● 200 user and 200 preset programs

(Pleaserefertopage182forProgramnameList.)

● Au

to Tuner function while muted

● 100 rhythm patterns and metronome



(Pleaserefertopage185forRhythmPatternList.)

●

AUX Pitch function for transposing the pitch of audio being input from AUX jack

● Four Program Memory buttons plus a foot switch for quickly switching

between programs

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Inserting the Battery

1Openthebatterycoverthatʹslocatedonthebottomofthe

tuner.

2 Attachthebatterytothebatteryclip,makingsurethat

thepolarityiscorrect.

3 Installthebatteryandclosethecover.

Eitherzinc‐carbon(6F22)oralkaline(6LR61)batterycan

beused.

Battery Low display

Whenthebatterybeginstorunlow,theLowBatt

eryicon

willlight‐

up.Whenthisiconlights‐up,youshouldreplacethe

batteryassoonaspossible.Programsandotherdata(except

forthedatabeingedited)willnotbelostevenifthebatteryisremovedand

changed.

BatterythathaverundownmustberemovedfromthePA

NDORAsto

mp.If

youleaveadepletedbatter yintheunit,malfunctions(batteryleakage,etc.)may

occur.Youshouldalsoremovethebatterywhenyoudonotexpecttousethe

PANDORAstompforanextendedperiodoftime.

YoucanalsouseUSBbuspowerorACadapter(soldseparatel

y).

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Controls and connectors

1. DC9V jack: ConnecttheoptionalAC

adaptertothisjack.

2. Headphones jack:

Connectheadphoneshere.

3.

VOLUME dial:

Usethisdialtoadjustthe

volumeleveloftheheadphones.

4.

Tuner display: Thisareashowsthenote

nameandthetuningofyourinstrument.

Ifthetunerisnotactivated,thisareashows

theselectedprogrammemoryandprogram

type(seep.25).

5.

Mode buttons: Thesebuttonsareforenter‐

ingandexitingthevariousmodesaswellas

forediting.

RHYTHM (seep.16),UTILITY(seep.24),

PLAY/EDIT(seep.13,17)

6.

AUX jack: Connectanaudioplayertothis

jack.

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7.

OUTPUT jack: Connectyourguitaramp,bassamp,ormixer,etc.tothisjack.

Whenanampisconnected,itisbetterforthesoundifthe

CabinetEffectThrough

function

isturnedon(seep.25).

8.

LCD screen: Pleasereferto“LCDscreen”onpage11.

9. USB port:

YoucanconnectyourcomputertothisportusingaUSBcablesothat

youwillbeabletoeditPANDORAstompprogramsintheEditorsoftwarethat’s

installedonyourcomputer.Whenyouconnecttheunittoacomputerusinga

USBcable,USBbuspowerissuppliedfromthecompu

ter.

SomecomputersmaybeunabletosupplyUSBbuspower

.Insuchcases,use

abattery,AC adapter(soldseparately)oraself‐poweredhub(thatcan

receivepowerfromanexternalpowersupply).

10. Program Memory buttons (A, B, C and D buttons): Pleaserefertopage13.

11. Power switch:Set thisswitchtoSTANDBYtopoweroff,orsetittoONorto

USBtopow

ertheuniton.

12. Foot switch:

You can use the foot switch to perform operations such as turning

effectsonoroff,activating/deactivatingthetunerandselectingaprogram(seep.25).

13. INPUT jack:Connectyourguitar(orbass)tothisjack.

14. Value dial: InPlaymode,usethisdialtoselectaprogram.Inothermodes,use

thisdialtoeditparametersorconfigurevarioussettings.

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LCD screen

1. Low Battery icon: Thisiconwilllight‐up

whenthebatteryrunlow.

2. USB icon:



Thisiconappearswhenthe

PANDORAstompisconnected toacom‐

puterusingaUSBcable.

3. Utility icon:

ThisiconappearsinUtility

mode(seep.24).

4. Rhythm icon:

ThisiconappearsinRhythmmode(seep.16).

5. Guitar/Bass icons:

Theseiconsindicatetheselectedprogramtype.

6. Number/Value display:

Thisdisplayindicatestheprogramnumberorparameter

value.

7. Program name/Effect type display:

Thisareashowstheprogramnameoreffect

type.

8. Effect chain:

Thisareaindicatestheon/offstatusoftheDYNA,AMP,CAB,

MOD,DLY,andREVeffects(seep.18).

9. Edit indicator:

ThisindicatorappearsinEditmode(seep.17).

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Connecting devices

Whenconnectinganexternaldevice(ie‐guitaramp,bassamp,CDplayer,etc.)be

suretoturntheunitoff.

● IfanaudioplayerisconnectedtotheAUXjack,youcanplayalongwithyour

guitarorbass.Howeverthevolumemustbeadjustedfromtheconnecteddevice.

● Useastandardmo

nauralcable

toconnectthePANDORAstomp’sOUTPUTjack

toaguitarorbassamp.OnlytheL(Left)channeloutputwillbeheard.Whenan

ampisconnected,itisbetterforthesoundiftheCabinetEffectThroughfunction

isturnedon(seep.25).

●

PANDORAstomp’soutputlev elandsoundqualitywillvarydependingonwhich

headphonesareused.Werecommendusinggoodqualitylowimpedancehead‐

phones,32Ohmsorlesswithasensitivityratingnear100dB/mWorabove.Many

headphonessoldforusewithportableCDorMp3play erswillworkjustfine.

●

UsetheUSBcableifyouwanttoconnectthePANDORAstomptoyourcomputer.

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Power Save function (only when using the AC adapter)

IftherehasbeennouserinputorotheroperationofthePANDORAstompforat

leastfourhours,thePowerSavewillbeisactivatedtoautomaticallyreducepower

consumption.Thisfunctioncanbedisabled(seep.26).WhenthePowerSavefunc‐

tionisactivated,“POWERSAVE”willappearonth

eLCD.Torecover,pressanybut‐

tonor

usethefootswitch.

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Play mode

PlaymodeisthemodethatyouwillusuallyusewiththePANDORAstomp.

Selecting a program

UsetheValuedialtoselectaprogram(seepage182forprogramnames).

Theprogramname/effecttypedisplaywillindicatetheprogramname.Thenumber/

valuedisplaywillindicatetheprogramnumber.

Youcanchoosefrom200rewritableuserprograms(000–199)and200presetpro‐

grams(200–399).

Program Memory buttons (A, B, C and D buttons) and foot switch

YoucanassignfourprogramstotheA–Dbuttons.Thesecanbeyourfavoritepro‐

grams,orprogramsthatyouplantouseinaperformance.Inthis way ,youcansw itch

betweenprogramsquickly

.ProgramscanbeselectedevenwhenyouareinRhythm

modeorUtilitymode(excludingcertainsettingpages).

FollowthestepsbelowtoassignprogramstotheProgramMemorybuttons.Inthis

example,aselectedprogramisassignedtotheAbutton.

1 RotatetheValuedialtoselectaprogramyouwanttoa

ssigntotheAbutton.

2Pr

essandholddowntheAbuttonforapproximatelyonesecond.

“PGM>A”willappearontheLCD,indicatingthattheprogramisassignedtothe

Abutton.

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Inaddition,anassignedprogramcanbeselectedwiththefootswitch.Pressingthe

footswitchrepeatedlycyclesthroughtheprogramsintheorderA

→ B→ C→ D→

A...(seep.25).

Programscannotbeassignedwiththefootswitch.

Adjusting the volume

UsetheUtilitymodetoadjustthevolumelevelcomingfromtheOUTPUTjack(see

p.24),andusetheVOLUMEdialtoadjustthevolumeleveloftheheadphones.

Toadjustthevolumeforeachprogram,usetheProgramLevelparameterinEdit

mode(seep.22).

Bypass/Mute

Theprocessdiffersdependingonthefootswitchoperation

setting(seep.25).

ALt:Pressingthefootswitchrepeatedlywillcyclebetween

theprogramsandaswellasbypassingthem.

A-d, 0-9:Pressingandholdingdownthefootswitchwill

bypasstheeffects.

Witheitherprocess,theeffectchainindicatorsontheLCD

willblink,“BYPASS”willappear,andthePANDORA

stompwillenterBypassmode.Ifthefootswitchishelddow n, theeffectchainindica‐

torswillblinkrapidlyontheLCD,“M UTE”willappear,andthePANDORAstomp

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willenterMutemode.InBypassmo de,the PANDORAstompwillbypasstheeffects

tooutputtheoriginaldrysound(withnoeffects),and thetunerwillbeactivated.In

Mutemode,nosoundisproduced,andthetunerisactivated.

ToreturntoPlaymodefromBypassorMutemode,pressthefootswitchagain,or

pressthePLAY/EDITbutton.

Tuner

Youcanusethetunerwhentheunitisbypassedor

muted.

1Playasinglestringonyourguitarorbass.

TheLCDwillshowthecalibration,andthetunerdis‐

playwillshowthenotename.

2Themeterofthetunerdisplaywillindicatethatthe

instrumentiscorrectlytuned.Tunetheinstrument

un

tilthecenterof

theLEDmeterlightsup.

Calibration (Standard pitch A = 440)

ThecalibrationwillappearontheLCD,andtheValue

dialcanbeusedtoadjustitwithintherangeofA=438

Hz–445Hz.Thecalibrationsettingyouspecifywillremainuntilthepoweristurned

off.Onceth

epoweristurned

off,calibrationwillberesettoA=440Hz.

note

name

LED meter

calibration

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Rhythm mode

Youcanchoosefrom100rhythmpatterns(seepage

185fortherhythmpatternnames).

ToenterRhythm mode,presstheRHYTHMbuttonin

Playmode(butnotinMuteorBypassmode).

Theselectedrhythmpatternwillstartplaying.

TheRhythmiconwillblinkinsyncwiththetempoof

therh

ythmpattern.

Tostopplayingtherhythmpattern,pressthePLAY/

EDITbuttontoexittoPlaymode.

PressingtheRHYTHMbuttonrepeate d lywillcycle

throughthepagesforpatternselection,tempo(40–240),

patternvolume(0.0–10.0),andrev erblevel(0.0–10.0).

Thisusesthesamereverbastheprogrameffect.

Thisparameterhasnoeffectifyouhaveselecteda

programthatdoesnotusereverbmodeling,orif

thereverbeffectlevelis“0.”

Reverb level

Pattern volume

Pattern tempo

Pattern selection

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Nochangestothesettingsinthismodewillberetainedifyouturnthepoweroff

withoutswitchingbacktoPlaymode.

Edit mode

Inthismodeyoucanturneacheffectonoroff,

andedittheeffecttype,parametervalues,and

programnameforeachprogram.

InPlaymode,pressandholddownthePLAY/

EDITbuttonforapproximatelyonesecond.The

Editindicator(seep.11)willappearandtheunit

willenterEditmo

de.Youcanalsorenameor

writeprograms(whichyoucansaveasuserpro‐

grams)inEditmode.

Moving pages

back and forth

Selecting

the type

Turning effects

on or off

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Selecting the effect page you want to edit

PresstheAorBbuttontoselectthepagethatyouwanttoedit.Ifyouselecttheeffect

page,thecorrespondingeffectchainindicatorwillblink(seep.11).

Editing an effect

Foreacheffect,youcanselecttheeffecttypeandsetitsparam etervalues.Thesesets

upusingtheC,DbuttonandtheValuedial.

PressingtheUTILITY(ENTER)buttonrepeatedlywillturntheeffectonoroff.

IfyouselecttheeffecttypeusingtheCorDbuttonforaneffectth

at’sturnedoff,that

effectwillauto

maticallybeturnedon.

or

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Ifaprogramwasnotwrittenafteritwasedited,thedecim al

pointoftheprogramnumberwilllightup.

Theeditedsettingswillreturntothesettingsoftheoriginal

programifyouswitchprogramsorturnoffthepowerwith‐

outWritingthemtomemoryfirst.

Fordetailsontheeffecttypesandparam

eters,plea

serefertoEffectParameters

(p.28).

ToexitEditmode,pressthePLAY/EDIT(EXIT)buttontoreturntoPlaymode.

Edit pages

Selecting and setting the parameters for dynam-

ics and pickup modeling effects

CandDbuttons(selectingtheeffect)/

Valuedial(settingtheparameter)

Selecting amp modeling effects

CandDbuttons(selectingtheeffect)/Valuedial(disabled)

Thenumber/valuedisplaywillindicate“Gt”ifyouhave

selectedaguitarmodel.Thedisplaywillindicate“bA”if

youhaveselectedabassmodel

.

Before

writing

After

writing

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Setting the gain [GAIN] (distortion amount) and mid-range

frequency [MIDFREQ] for the selected amp model

CandDbuttons(disabled)/Valuedial(setthevalue)

Adjusting the cut and boost for the high range of the selected

amp model

CandDbuttons(disabled)/Valuedial(setthevalue)

Adjusting the cut and boost for the mid range of the selected

amp model

CandDbuttons(disabled)/Valuedial(setthevalue)

Adjusting the cut and boost for the low range of the selected

amp model

CandDbuttons(disabled)/Valuedial(setthevalue)

Selecting and setting parameters for cabinet modeling

effects

CandDbuttons(selectingtheeffect)/

Valuedial(settingtheparameter)

Thevaluedisplaywillindicate“Gt”forapproximately

onesecondifyou’veselectedaguitarampcab inet,or

“bA”ifyou’veselectedabassampcabinet.

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Selecting and setting parameters for modulation

and filter-type modeling effects

CandDbuttons(selectingtheeffect)/

Valuedial(settingtheparameter)

Selecting delay modeling effects

CandDbuttons(selectingtheeffect)/

Valuedial(settingtheparameter)

Setting the delay time for the selected delay

CandDbuttons(disabled)/Valuedial(setthevalue)

SLAP1–5(0–500ms),DELAY1–MULTI5(0–2sec)

Selecting reverb modeling effects

CandDbuttons(selectingtheeffect)/

Valuedial(settingtheparameter)

Setting the noise reduction value

CandDbuttons(disab

led)/

Valuedial(set

thevalue:0.0–10.0)

Increasingthisvaluewillproducemorenoisereduction.

Normallyyouwilladjustthissothatyoudonothear

obtrusivenoisewhenthestringsarelightlymuted.

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