Korg PA1000 User manual

Pa1000 | User Manual

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Pa1000

Important safety instructions

1. Read these instructions.

2. Keep these instructions.

3. Heed all warnings.

4. Follow all instructions.

5. Do not use this apparatus near water.

6. Clean only with dry cloth.

7. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install

in accordance with the manufacturer’s in-

structions.

8. Do not install near any heat sources such as

radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other ap-

paratus (including ampliﬁers) that produce

heat.

9. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the po-

larized or grounding-type plug. A polarized

plug has two blades with one wider than the

other. A grounding type plug has two blades

and a third grounding prong. The wide blade

or the third prong are provided for your safe-

ty. If the provided plug does not ﬁt into your

outlet, consult an electrician for replacement

of the obsolete outlet.

10. Protect the power cord from being walked on

or pinched particularly at plugs, convenience

receptacles, and the point where they exit

from the apparatus.

11. Only use attachments/accessories speciﬁed

by the manufacturer.

12. Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket,

or table speciﬁed by the manufacturer, or

sold with the apparatus. When a cart is used,

use caution when moving the cart/apparatus

combination to avoid injury from tip-over.

13. Unplug this apparatus during lightning

storms or when unused for long periods of

time.

14. Refer all servicing to qualiﬁed service per-

sonnel. Servicing is required when the appa-

ratus 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 apparatus, the apparatus has been ex-

posed to rain or moisture, does not operate

normally, or has been dropped.

▪ The ventilation should not be impeded by

covering the ventilation openings with items,

such as newspapers, table-cloths, curtains,

etc.

▪ No naked ﬂame sources, such as lighted can-

dles, should be placed on the apparatus.

▪ Do not install this equipment in a conﬁned

space such as a box for the conveyance or

similar unit.

▪ WARNING – This apparatus shall be connect-

ed to a mains socket outlet with a protective

earthing connection.

▪ Turning off the standby switch does not com-

pletely 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 appliance couple remains read-

ily accessible.

▪ Mains powered apparatus shall not be ex-

posed 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 accessible.

▪ The marking plate is located at the bottom

of the instrument. The model number, serial

number, power requirements, etc., are locat-

ed on this plate.

Serial number

Please record the model number, serial num-

ber, and date of purchase below. Keep this

manual, as use these information as a record

of your purchase.

Model ________________________________

Serial No. _____________________________

Purchase Date ________________________

WARNING – Do not ingest bat-

tery, chemical burn hazard. This

product contains a coin/button

cell battery.

If the coin/button cell battery is swallowed

it can cause severe internal burns in just 2

hours and can lead to death.

Keep new and used batteries away from chil-

dren. If the battery compartment does not

close securely, stop using the product and

keep it away from children.

If you think the battery may have been swal-

lowed or placed inside any part of the body

seek immediate medical attention.

▪ WARNING – Date/time Lithium button cell

battery inside. Danger of explosion if the

battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only

with the same or equivalent type. The inter-

nal date/time Lithium button cell battery is

user replaceable.

▪ Do not expose batteries to excessive heat,

such as direct sunshine, ﬁre or the like.

▪ Dispose of used batteries according to the

battery manufacturer’s instructions.

The lightning ﬂash with arrowhead symbol

within an equilateral triangle, is intended

to alert the user to the presence of uninsu-

lated “dangerous voltage” within the prod-

uct’s enclosure that may be of sufﬁcient

magnitude to constitute a risk of electric

shock to persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral

triangle is intended to alert the user to the

presence of important operating and main-

tenance (servicing) instructions in the lit-

erature accompanying the product.

This symbol is intended to identify Class II

equipment with functional earthing (ground-

ing).

Other notices

Automatic power-off

To avoid wasting power, Pa1000 will by default

automatically enter standby mode after two

hours of non-active use (playing, pressing but-

tons or using the touch-screen). Please save any

edited data (Keyboard Sets, 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 drive or to an external USB

device. KORG will not be responsible for dam-

ages caused by data loss.

Display handling

Be very careful not to apply too much pressure

on the display while carrying the instrument, or

it might break.

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 speciﬁ-

cally designed for LCD screens.

Do not spray any liquid on the LCD screen direct-

ly. Always apply the solution to your cloth ﬁrst,

then clean the screen.

Example screens

Some pages of the manuals show snapshots of

the screen along with an explanation of func-

tions and operations. All sound, style, song or

parameter names, as well as shown values, are

merely examples and may not always match the

actual display you are working on.

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Disclaimer

The information contained in this manual have

been carefully revised and checked through.

Due to our constant efforts to improve our prod-

ucts, 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.

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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 disqualiﬁes the prod-

uct sold from the manufacturer’s/distributor’s

warranty and liability. This requirement is for

your own protection and safety.

Service and user’s assistance

For service, please contact your nearest

Authorized KORG Service Center. For more in-

formation on KORG products, and to ﬁnd soft-

ware 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 re-

leased by KORG. You can download the operat-

ing system from our web site. Please, read the

instructions supplied with the operating system.

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Contents

Part I 1 Let’s start!

3 Introduction

3 Welcome to Pa1000!

7 Before starting to play…

9 Overview of the instrument

15 Setting up the pedals, audio connections, music stand

15 Connecting the pedals

16 Turning the integrated speakers on and off

16 Connecting the headphones

17 Connecting the audio outputs

18 Installing the music stand

19 Powering up

19 Turning the instrument on

20 Calibrating the touch screen

21 Tilting the display

21 Adjusting the display brightness

22 Listening to the Demo Songs

23 Interface basics

23 The main page

24 The user interface in detail

31 Navigating through the pages

34 Selecting the musical resources

Part II 35 Playing and singing

37 Playing the Sounds

38 Choosing your preferred set of Sounds

39 Choosing the Keyboard Sets

45 Playing and controlling the Sounds

47 Tempo and Metronome

47 Tempo

49 Metronome

51 Playing the Styles

51 Choosing the Styles

56 Playing a manual accompaniment (Bass & Lower Backing)

57 Playing the automatic accompaniment

64 Adjusting the accompaniment volume

66 Manually playing the Bass line

67 Playing the Pads

67 Choosing the Pad sets

68 Playing the Pads

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69 Playing the Songs

69 Choosing the Songs

74 Playing a Song

76 Mixing two Songs

77 Playing along with the Song

80 Adjusting the volume levels

81 Playing all the Songs in a folder

83 Playing a Jukebox list

86 Lyrics, chords, markers and score

86 Choosing one of the Players

87 Reading the lyrics and chords contained in a Song

89 Reading the lyrics and chords loaded as a text ﬁle

91 Reading the lyrics and chords loaded as a CDG ﬁle

92 Moving through a Song with the markers

95 Reading the music score

98 Searching for ﬁles and other items

98 Using the Search function

Part III 103 SongBook

105 Using the SongBook

105 Choosing the SongBook Entries

115 Using the Set Lists

119 Editing the SongBook

119 Creating and editing the SongBook Entries

129 Creating and editing the Set Lists

133 Deleting all the SongBook Entries and Set Lists

134 Using the SongBook with a personal computer

Part IV 135 Customizing and editing the Sound sets

137 Customizing the Keyboard Sets

137 Playing different Sounds with the left and right hand

142 Playing two or three Sounds at the same time

143 Choosing different Sounds

145 Mixing the Keyboard Sounds

148 Transposing the Upper Sounds to a different octave

149 Using the Ensemble to add harmony

152 Advanced editing of the Sound sets

152 The editing procedure

155 Mixing the Sounds

157 Adding effects

168 Equalizing the Sounds

171 Octave transpose and ﬁne tuning

172 Programming the sound routing and polyphony

175 Quick editing of Drum Kits

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178 Quick editing of Sounds

180 Programming the key and velocity range

182 Editing the Digital Drawbars

186 Writing the Sound sets

186 Writing the Keyboard Sets to the library

188 Writing Keyboard Sets into a Style

190 Writing Keyboard Sets into a SongBook Entry

193 Writing Style Settings, Song Settings and MIDI Song Sounds

Part V 195 Customizing, recording and editing the Styles and Pads

197 Customizing the Styles

197 Setting the Chord Recognition

201 Automatically holding chords and Lower notes (Memory)

203 Recognizing the root note (Bass Inversion)

204 Setting how velocity controls the accompaniment

205 Mixing the grouped Accompaniment Sounds

207 Editing the Style Settings

207 Mixing the individual Accompaniment Sounds

211 Changing the Sounds of the accompaniment parts

214 Setting the Style controls

217 Choosing and mixing the Pads

220 Writing the Style Settings

222 The Chord Sequencer

222 Recording Chord Sequences

225 Playing back Chord Sequences

226 Managing the Chord Sequences

229 Recording the Styles and Pads

229 How are Styles and Pads made?

235 Programming the Style Settings, then recording the musical sequences

236 Accessing the Style/Pad Record mode

238 Listening to the recorded Style

239 Setting the recording parameters

244 Assigning Sounds to the Style Element and Pads

247 Choosing the original key/chord and the note transposition table

250 Recording a Style or Pad in Realtime Record

253 Recording a Style or Pad in Step Record

258 Recording a Guitar track

268 Editing the Styles and Pads

268 Editing the track parameters

274 Editing the Chord Table

275 Checking the available Chord Variations

276 Editing the track type, trigger, tension

278 Editing the Style/Pad sequences

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290 Editing the MIDI events

294 Copying the Style track settings

295 Importing and exporting the Styles and Pads

295 Importing a Standard MIDI File to a Chord Variation

298 Importing a Standard MIDI File to a Style

301 Importing a MIDI Groove to a Style or Pad

302 Exporting a Chord Variation

304 Converting a MIDI Song to a Style

304 The Style Creator Bot

306 Writing the new/edited Style or Pad

306 Writing the Styles

308 Writing the Pads

Part VI 309 Customizing, recording and editing the Songs

311 Customizing the Songs

311 How to play a Song – Song Play vs. Sequencer mode

312 Special tracks (Melody, Drum & Bass), Fast Play

314 Mixing the Song Sounds

318 Changing the Sounds of the MIDI Song tracks

319 Writing the Song Play Settings

319 Writing the default Players’ settings

320 Listening the MIDI Songs in Sequencer mode

320 Loading and listening a MIDI Song

323 Recording MIDI Songs

323 Multitrack Song Recording

330 Step Recording a Song

335 Quick Recording a Backing Sequence Song

343 Step Recording a Backing Sequence Song

348 Editing the MIDI Songs

348 Editing the Song tracks

360 Editing the MIDI events

364 Saving MIDI Songs

364 Saving the MIDI Song

366 Recording MP3 Songs

366 Recording and saving an MP3 Song

370 Creating text ﬁles (lyrics)

370 Creating text ﬁles on a personal computer

Part VII 375 Customizing and editing the Sounds

377 Listening and customizing the Sounds

377 Accessing the Sound mode

378 Listening to individual Sounds

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379 Customizing the Sound

382 Editing the Sounds

384 Setting the Sound’s basic parameters

390 Setting the oscillator’s basic parameters

397 Programming the Damper pedal

401 Equalizing the Sound

402 Setting the Drum Kit’s basic parameters

406 Equalizing the Drum Kit

408 Mixing the Drum Kit layers

409 Mixing and retriggering the drum samples

411 Modulating pitch

416 Programming the pitch envelope (Pitch EG)

420 Programming the ﬁlters

423 Modulating the ﬁlters

428 Programming the ﬁlter envelope (Filter EG)

432 Programming amplitude and pan

434 Modulating amplitude

437 Programming the amplitude envelope (Amp EG)

441 Programming the LFO

446 Adding effects to the Sound

449 Sound Edit utilities

451 AMS (Alternate Modulation Sources)

454 Writing the Sounds

454 Writing the edited Sound

456 Making new sounds with Sampling

458 Loading samples and multisamples

462 Recording samples or audio grooves

464 Editing the samples

468 Editing the loop

471 Getting information on the Sampling memory

473 Writing, exporting or deleting the samples

477 Creating multisamples

481 Writing, exporting or deleting the multisamples

484 Creating new Sounds from multisamples

485 Creating new Drum Kits from percussive samples

486 Assigning the new Sound or Drum Kit to a part/track

487 Creating Audio Groove Slices with Time Slicing

493 Writing the Audio Groove Slices

494 Using the Audio Groove Slices in a Style or Pad

496 Using the Audio Groove Slices in other Sounds

Part VIII 497 Audio and video connections

499 Connecting an external display

502 Connecting the audio outputs and setting the ﬁnal effects

502 Connecting the audio outputs

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503 Programming the master effects

507 Connecting the audio inputs

507 Connecting a line audio device, a microphone, a guitar

509 Setting the routing and mixing the effects

513 Shaping the sound of the lead voice

518 Talking with your audience

520 Using the effects and voice harmonization

520 Choosing a Voice/Guitar Preset

525 Harmonizing your voice

527 Doubling your voice

528 Using the effects

531 Controlling the Voice/Guitar Processor via MIDI

534 Editing the Voice/Guitar Presets

535 Choosing, enabling and mixing the effects

536 Editing the harmony voices

544 Editing the Double voice

546 Editing the Voice/Guitar Effects

547 Creating new presets by assembling FX blocks

550 Writing a Voice/Guitar Preset

Part IX 553 Effects for the Sounds, Voice, Guitar

555 The effects

555 Editing the effects

561 Adapting reverb to the room size

562 Effects list

564 Effect parameters

564 REV (Reverbs)

575 DEL (Delay)

611 MOD (Modulation)

658 DYN (Dynamics)

670 AMP (Ampliﬁer)

710 FILT (EQ and Filters)

740 FREQ (Frequency)

754 MISC (Miscellaneous)

Part X 801 KAOSS Effects

803 Using the KAOSS effects

803 The KAOSS page

805 Choosing the KAOSS Presets

807 KAOSS Preset list

810 Using the KAOSS effects

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Part XI 813 Controllers

815 Hand controllers

815 Programming the joystick

817 Programming the keyboard’s velocity and aftertouch

819 Programming the assignable knobs

821 Programming the assignable switches

824 Foot controllers

824 Programming the damper pedal

825 Programming the assignable pedal/footswitch

833 Calibrating the pedals and setting their polarity

Part XII 835 Global settings and preferences

837 Customizing the user interface

837 Display and control panel preferences

839 Program Change and activity indicators

841 Automatic selection and locking

841 Automatically choosing Styles and Keyboard Sets

843 Locking parameters to prevent changes

847 System preferences

847 Setting the date and time for ﬁle saving

848 Automatic power off

849 Master Transpose and Tuning

849 Master Tuning

850 Master Transpose

855 Scale

855 Main Scale

857 Sub-Scale

861 Quarter Tone Sub-Scale (Scale Presets)

866 Retuning the Style while playing

Part XIII 869 MIDI

871 Connecting MIDI devices

871 Introduction to MIDI

876 Connecting to another device: an overview

877 Connecting Pa1000 to a personal computer or tablet

879 Installing the KORG USB-MIDI Driver

881 Connecting Pa1000 to an external controller

884 Quick settings using MIDI Presets

891 Synchronizing Tempo with other instruments

893 MIDI data routing, processing and transposing

899 Programming the MIDI channels

903 Control Change messages

906 Controlling the Arranger and Players via MIDI

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Part XIV 909 File management

911 Managing ﬁles in the internal memory

911 Copying, renaming and deleting

914 The Local data

915 The Direct data

919 Renaming the User/Direct banks

920 Managing ﬁles on disk

920 Overview on ﬁle management

925 Loading musical resources and settings

932 Saving musical resources and settings

936 Copying ﬁles and folders

939 Deleting ﬁles and folders

940 Selecting more items at once

942 Exporting playlists

945 Managing media

945 Formatting storage devices

947 Backing up and restoring musical resources

951 Connecting the internal drive to a personal computer

953 Storage device organization

956 Changing the media display preferences

957 Protecting storage devices and ﬁles

959 Care of storage devices

960 If you can’t write, save or copy…

Part XV 961 Appendix

963 Musical Resources

964 Styles

971 Keyboard Set Library

976 Sounds

1003 DNC Sounds and controls

1007 Drum Kits

1009 Multisamples

1019 Drum Samples

1039 Pads

1044 Recognized chords

1046 Installing the options

1046 Replacing the clock backup battery

1050 Installing a microSD card

1053 Shortcuts

1056 Troubleshooting

1058 Specs

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PART I: LET’S

START!

2| Let’s start!

Introduction |3

01 Introduction

Welcome to Pa1000!

Many thanks and congratulations on purchasing the KORG Pa1000

Professional Arranger! We’re sure it’ll give you countless hours of great

tones that will feel as good as they sound.

Slim, powerful and easy to use

With the elegant cabinet, Pa1000 provides a professional and stylish look,

that will be much appreciated on stage or at home. The main panel’s logical

layout ensures easy access to buttons, knobs and all controls.

Using your Pa1000 is easy, thanks to the touch screen and the clean, clearly

laid-out, modern user interface, based on icons reproducing real objects in

the real world. The tilting display will make access easy under any circum-

stances.

The real solo and band experience

Pa1000 has been designed to assist you equally well during live performance

and songwriting. The detailed natural sounds and ﬁnely crafted styles have

been created by some of the ﬁnest musicians in the music industry. You will

feel you are playing in a real band – no matter what your musical tastes are.

The naturally responsive 61-note semi-weighted keyboard is designed for

musicians of all levels, from beginners to demanding keyboard players, and

gives you a completely authentic feel and full control of expression.

More than just recorded sounds

The huge, realistic collection of classic and contemporary keyboard, band

and orchestral sounds, includes new multi-layer stereo grand pianos (with

damper and body resonance) and electric pianos; wind instruments, basses

and stunning acoustic and electric guitars; plus digital drawbars with leak-

age and key on/off noises.

Sounds have been recorded with the most up-to-date technologies, and

KORG’s own proprietary EDS-X (Enhanced Deﬁnition Synthesis-eXpanded)

4| Let’s start!

sound engine allows for ﬁne detail to be accurately reproduced. The inte-

grated sampler and sound editor allow to ﬁll the vast user memory with

newly created or imported sounds.

All these authentic sounds become alive with KORG’s DNC (Deﬁned Nuance

Control) system, allowing the performer to accurately and expressively in-

troduce the most subtle nuances and sound articulation. For example, the

joystick and assignable switches can introduce the growl of a saxophone,

breath elements found in trumpet, clarinet and harmonica, and add authen-

ticity to the pizzicato and bowed sounds of a string section. You will even

hear keys opening when saxophone notes are going up, and closing when

going down!

Listen the natural way

Each Pa1000 sound goes through separate EQs and studio-quality effect

processors, which further reﬁne your sound before coming through high-

quality stereo audio outputs. Effects run from the standard reverbs and

delays through to the more unusual effects (like a Vocoder), realistic amp

simulators and carefully recreated vintage effects. The ﬁnal mastering ef-

fects make the sound louder, clearer, fuller, and more polished.

The sound of the super high-ﬁdelity integrated speakers is clear and detailed

even at the lowest volume level, for the pleasure of the late-night rehearsing

musician.

A band always ready to play with you

Ultra-realistic sounds in the Pa1000 are always ready to play along with you,

in the style best ﬁtting your music. The high number of included Styles will

satisfy any music genre, but can also be expanded by adding new Styles. You

may also create your Styles, customize the existing ones, or easily convert

MIDI Songs to Styles.

There are eight accompaniment parts which will follow your chords. The

Auto Fill function will automatically choose a Fill for you. You can play in the

simplest way or with the rich harmonization of a competent jazz player. We

have programmed them to sound natural, and give you the feeling of a real

band, ready to play with you at any time.

The convenient Chord Sequencer function records your chord progressions

on-the-ﬂy allowing the users to immediately play along with their own chord

sequence, which is useful not only for practice, but for freeing up a hand

while performing live. Chord Sequences can also be saved in Styles and

SongBook Entries for easy recall.

Introduction |5

Play and write songs

Play Songs in MID and MP3 formats with KORG’s patented XDS Crossfade

Dual Sequencer/Player. With both Songs and Styles, you can show lyrics for

your singer and chords for your fellow guitarist. Any MIDI Song track can be

converted into a readable score. Markers allow for jumping back to a passage

you wish to repeat, for example in a piece you are studying or rehearsing.

Use the video output to display lyrics or score on an external monitor, mak-

ing it perfect for karaoke or band leading.

You can record a MIDI Song using a full-featured Sequencer, or by using the

Styles to record your live performance. Even easier, just record what you

sing and play (including MP3 Songs) as an MP3 ﬁle, and listen to it anywhere

you like.

Your music book

What is a huge collection of Styles and Songs, without an effective form of

organization? Pa1000 has the one best known to musicians: the SongBook,

a music database allowing for fast song retrieving based on name, artist,

genre or tempo. Styles and Songs are easily recalled by the SongBook.

Particularly useful for live use, the SongBook can assign songs from any cus-

tom Set List to dedicated buttons on the control panel. Your entire show will

be under your ﬁngers, with immediate access to any Style, Song and Sounds

needed for your performance.

The SongBook can even be edited from a personal computer through our

free editor. It can also be synchronized with most modern tablets to become

your handy external digital music sheet reader (third-party software need-

ed).

Sing naturally

Connect a dynamic microphone, and adjust parameters such as the EQ,

Compressor, Gate, Reverb and Delay to make the vocals sound smooth and

studio-produced. The Vocal Remover will even let you remove the voice from

MP3 Songs, and let you sing along with them.

For years, KORG has teamed with TC•Helicon®, the world leaders in vocal

harmonies, to create and constantly improve the included Voice Processor.

TC•Helicon’s Voice Processor ensures that your vocals have the highest pos-

sible sound quality, and adds up to three realistic voices to your voice.

To ensure professional vocal performance, 2 knobs and 3 buttons controlling

the most important vocal functions have been added to the top panel within

easy reach.

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Reﬁne your guitar’s pure sound

Guitar FXs let you add pedal and studio effects to a guitar connected to the

dedicated Guitar input on the back of the instrument. We selected some of

the best guitar effects from the KORG collection, to add the sound of all-

tube ampliﬁers, realistic distortion, chorus or delay pedals, and the highest-

quality studio reverbs.

Creative control with the KAOSS effects

KAOSS effects give you creative control on your performance. From subtle

morphing between Variations and Drum Kit types, ﬁne mixing between ac-

companiment Sounds, live reshaping of ongoing rhythms, to the most radi-

cal note-crunching effects of DJ heritage, to tape delay and arpeggios, you

can add ‘liquid mixing’ to any Style or MIDI Song with the aid of easy-to-use

computer-assisted composition features. Break the boundaries of preset

music!

Open to the world, ready to the future

The use of standard ﬁle formats, like MID or MP3 for songs, or WAV and AIFF

for samples, opens up a world of possibilities when exchanging ﬁles. The USB

ports allow for connecting Pa1000 to any external storage device, personal

computer, smartphone, tablet or external controller without the need for a

dedicated MIDI interface. However, you can connect Pa1000 to any existing

MIDI musical instrument, thanks to its complete set of programmable MIDI

ports.

Even more!

There is more, much more, but to know more, you need to explore Pa1000

in depth. Pa1000 is the most evocative, powerful, easy-to-use complete

Arranger ever produced. Enjoy your musical life with the new Pa1000!

Introduction |7

Before starting to play…

What’s in the box

After you get your Pa1000, please check that all the following items are in-

cluded in the package. If any of the following items is missing, please contact

your KORG dealer immediately.

▪ Pa1000

▪ Music stand

▪ AC power cable

▪ Quick Guide

What you can download

Point your web browser to our web site (www.korg.com), to download video

manuals, a MIDI driver, up-to-date software and manuals.

What you can add

After having purchased Pa1000, you might want to add one of the sturdy

pedals and footswitches from the KORG catalogue.

Contacts

Your KORG dealers not only deliver this instrument, but also carry hardware

and software accessories, as well as useful information on how to use these

products. Ask them for any help you should eventually need.

Our international web site is www.korg.com. A list of all KORG Distributors

can be found in our dedicated web page (www.korg.com/us/corporate/dis-

tributors/).

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Making a safety copy of your data

In case you like to customize your musical resources, we suggest you use the

Media > Utility > Full Resource Backup command to make frequent backup

copies into compact and easy-to-store archives.

Also, you can use the Media > Save All command to save individual ﬁles that

you can separately reload one by one.

Restoring a safety copy

To restore a backup, use the Media > Utility > Resource Restore command.

If you saved your data with the Media > Save All command, use the Media >

Load operations to reload them.

Restoring the original factory data

In case you want to restore the original factory data, use the Media > Utility

> Factory Restore command.

Warning: This operation will overwrite all the Factory, Local and User data!

Loading the Operating System

Your Pa1000 can be constantly updated as new versions of the operating

system are released by KORG. You can download the most up-to-date oper-

ating system from our web site. 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

Pa1000 by going to the Media > Utility page.

Warning: Do not install an OS other than the ofﬁcial OS supplied by KORG for the

Pa1000. 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 responsible for any damage caused by improper installation of the OS.

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