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1. Volume controls Use these knobs to control the MASTER master volume and to bal VOLUME BALANCE ance between the Keyboard A AN 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 the AUDIO OUT and the PHONES outputs It also controls the volume of the AUDIO IN inputs in the final mix BALANCE While in Style Play and Song Play mode this knob usually bal ances the volume of the Keyboard tracks against the Style ACC Accompaniment Song SNG 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 It can be programmed to work as the volume control for the Accompaniment Song tracks only leaving the Keyboard tracks unchanged in the Controllers gt Hand Controllers page of the Global mode Note This does not work in the Sequencer and Sound modes Assignable Switches ASSIGNABLE SWITCH Freely assignable switches that can be pro grammed in the Pad Assignable Switch gt
2. d the user nual before opening UN S Se amp Replacing the clock backup battery 87 Installation 6 Insert the new battery d into the empty battery slot being 7 Replace the cover b to the original position Attach the sure the positive side is facing up cover to the back of the instrument by using the fixing screw a 88B8 eenn vf 88 Technical specifications Technical specifications KORG Pa600 Features Pa600 Standard Pa600 Quarter Tone PHYSICAL DATA Cabinet Heavy duty plastic Keyboard 61 keys with velocity STYLES Factory Styles More than 360 preloaded Styles freely reconfigurable Favorite User Styles 10 Favorite banks plus 3 User banks for a total of 1 120 Style locations Factory Favorite User Arranger Tracks Eight Style tracks 4 Single Touch Settings STS 4 Pads and one Style Settings per Style Guitar Track Mode 2 Parallel and Fixed NTT Style Edit Style Record with Step Record Track and Event Edit functions
3. Quick Guide Important safety instructions Read these instructions Keep these instructions Heed all warnings Follow all instructions 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 accessible Mains powered apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and
4. Selecting and playing Styles 53 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 Note While in the Nor mal view of the Style Play STYLE PLAT no chord gt mode you can see Style eas E tracks grouped in just three pluggedBallat Grand Piano RX u Toy grouped tracks To see each ae ES ark Pad 4336 Style track as separate indi oF Lat a Ta 1 Besure the Volume panel is shown or touch the Volume tab to show it vidual tracks just press the TRACK SELECT button HU lt P D Meee FT LOWER UPPERS UPPERZ UPPERL Mute the ACCOMP track All accompaniment tracks will go silent apart from Drum Percussion and Bass Hint To turn all Accom 3 Toset the tracks back to the Play status touch the Mute icon on the muted track 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 Set the ACCOMP track to Play All accompaniment tracks will return to their original volumes Hint When moving the 4 To mute unmute each single Style track first press TRACK SELECT to switch to the Style slider of a muted track the Tracks view then repeat the above procedure ae ia 5 Press the TRACK SELECT button again to go bac
5. List T Book Bo aN Edit Edit 2 Edit 3 SS eee Tonight Sh D Use the List pop up menu to select Touch Next to select the next entry in the list neot ihe available Custom Lists This command can also be assigned to an Assignable 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 Selecting a SongBook STS Up to four STSs can be associated to any SongBook entry It doesnt matter if it is based on a Style a Standard MIDI File or an MP3 file 1 Press the LYRICS button to open the Lyrics STS page and see the four STSs associated to the current SongBook entry AG riT GH GH HAVE SOME FUN FH THROW AWAY THE WORK ELL MY FRIENDS THE TO RAISE THE ROOF AND 1 mene eee 2 Glide Guitar 3 Distortion Gtr A STSs associated to the current entry 2 Select the desired STS by pressing the corresponding STS button on the control panel As an alternative touch its name in the display The STS is selected Keyboard track settings may change Recording a new Song Standard MIDI File 75 Accessing the Backing Sequence Quick Record mode Recording a new Song Standard MIDI File There are several ways to create a Song on the Pa600 The easiest and fastest is to use the Styles to record what you are playing in realtime on the keyboar
6. NJ 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 The Solo command can also be selected from the page menu Removing the Melody track from a Standard MIDI File or the Lead Vocal from an MP3 file If you want to sing along with a Song in Standard MIDI File or MP3 format you can remove the Melody track or the Lead Vocal from the Song Please note that removing the Lead Vocal from an MP3 file may be more or less effective depending on the Song Programming the Assignable Switches 1 Program the Assignable Switches as the Song Melody and Vocal Remover switches Press the MENU button and choose the Pad Assignable Switch section Then touch the Switch tab to open the Switch page While in this page assign the Song Melody function to the ASSIGNABLE SWITCH 1 and the Vocal Remover function to the ASSIGNABLE SWITCH 2 SONG PLAY Pad 7 Assignable Switch 4 Ls Song Melody Mute Vocal Remover On Off 2 Press the EXIT button to return to the main page of the Song Play mode Using the Assignable Switches with a Song 1 Assign a Song either in Standard MIDI File or MP3 format to the Player 2 Start the Player 3 Press the ASSIGNABLE SWITCH 1 to mute the Melody track or the ASSIGNABLE SWITCH 2 to activate the Vocal Remover and r
7. Preparing to record When you enter Backing Sequence Record the most recently used Style is already selected and all tracks are ready to record You could simply start recording as if you were playing in realtime with the Styles However there are some settings that you may wish to edit 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 O RECORD ferent Style T IEWSONG Free Memory 99 i Resolution High TAa Perf My Setting Trk Upper 1 Grand Piano RX Fty Piano 121 616 0080 Chord ficc Track Kbd Pad Track Re Tye oj TH S5 l ay LOWER UPPERS UPPERS UPPERI 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 time signa ture 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 40 As an alter native you use the PER FORMANCE or
8. QUARTER TONE SUB SCALE MASTER STYLE SONG SOUND VOLUME BALANCE PLAY PLAY SEQUENCER EDIT GLOBAL MEDIA 0 0 o 0 0 RECORD SELECT STS1 STS2 STS3 Q Q 0000 OO 00 OOC ASSIGN SWITCH ACCOMP MEMORY MAN BASS PAD STS MODE SELECTION O1 o2 0 o 1 4 STOP O STYLE SOUND SONGBOOK SONG O0 0 gogoo bO000 oonoo FADE TAP TEMPO IN OUT RESET CELULEI fe INTRO O 1 O 2 o 3 O 1 o 3 dcod adad oodd oo O AUTO FILL BREAK ENDING 4 0 1 O 2 Front Panel The joystick is on the left side of the front panel Quarter Tone JOYSTICK This joystick triggers different func tions depending on the direction it is moved towards The Quarter Tone Sub Scale section is only available in the Pa600 Quarter Tone version PRESET Oo X Move the joystick towards the left to lower the pitch or towards the right
9. Style Elements This section contains the separate elements of a Style Intro Variation etc INTRO 2 VARIATION AUTO FILL BREAK ENDING 2 INTRO 1 3 buttons These buttons turn the corresponding Intro on After pressing one of these buttons start the Style and it will begin with the selected intro The INTRO LED will automatically 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 or press the same button again Note Intro 1 plays a short sequence with different chords while Intro 2 plays on the latest recognized chord Intro 3 is usually a one bar Count In VARIATION 1 4 buttons Each of these buttons selects one of the four Variations of the current Style The higher the Variation number the denser the arrangement When the STS MODE LED is flashing the Variation STS Link function is activated when selected each Variation recalls the corresponding STS SHIFT You can jump to the Style Play gt Drum Fill 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 selec
10. Velocity Note Off O 8n V 0 127 O 8n V 0 127 Poly Key Player data only Aftertouch Mono Channel Pitch Bend 2 Player data only Bank Select MSB LSB Modulations 6 Data Entry MSB 38 Data Entry LSB 7 11 Volume Expression 10 91 93 Panpot A B Master FX Send Control Change 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 98 99 NRPN LSB MSB Oo O O O O O 0 0O 0O Oo OO 100 101 RPN LSB MSB O O O O O O O O O O O O O 120 121 All sounds off Reset all controllers p O 0 127 O 0 127 rogram Change SS SC ICICI I aK aK 0 127 Song Position p lt P Song Select Tune en Clock Real Time Commands Local On Off O xX x A All Notes Off O 123 124 ux Messages Active Sense O Reset X X 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 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 0MNI ON POLY Mode 2 0MNI ON MONO O Yes Mode 3 O0MNI OFF POLY Mode 4 0MNI OFF MONO X No Address
11. Player Controls Pa600 is equipped with a Standard MIDI File and MP3 Player Its controls can be used in Song Play and Sequencer mode PLAYER gt Of d 0 Rewind and Fast Forward commands to scroll the Song 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 Locate Measure other than 1 when pressing the lt lt button the Song will rewind up to that 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 Locate Measure other than 1 the Song Position will go back to that measure gt E PLAY STOP Starts the Song from the current Song Position or stops it at the current Song Position Lyrics Score Marker Use these buttons to access the Lyrics Score or Marker pages LYRICS SCORE MARKER O O O LYRICS This button recalls the Lyrics page for the Song the Style or the SongBook entry SCORE Press this button to open the Score page in Song Play or Song Book mode MARKER Press this button to open the Marker page i
12. Each Style or SongBook entry may come with up to four Keyboard track settings called the STS short for Single Touch Settings STSs are very similar to Performances but they are fine tuned to the Style or SongBook entry they are associated to If the STS MODE LED is turned on STS 1 is automatically selected when choosing a Style STS 1 is also recalled each time a SongBook entry is selected 1 Incase it is not shown touch the STS Name tab to see the STS Name panel Loa k Suk 4 ane Volume Pad Split Ee 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 Piano Bell Pad Lsts 2 Distortion Gtr Glide Guitar STS1 STS2 STS3 STS4 U CJ OC Eo 3 Play the keyboard Settings memorized in the selected STS have been selected Sounds effects and other settings have been recalled Ai Try all the other STSs and see how settings change with each of them 5 You can also link the STSs to the Variations First of all press the STS MODE button to make its LED flash STS MODE 49 50 Selecting and playing Styles The Pads 6 Then press the various VARIATION buttons and see how an STS is automatically selected when the corresponding Variation is selected STS1 STS2 STS3 STS4 CL JCI CIO ZA VARIATION _ 1 ooo 7 Press the STS MODE again to turn its LED on or off The Pads Each Style
13. Import Export SMF Patterns Chord Variations Up to 46 patterns for each Style including 3 Intros 4 Variations 4 Fills 1 Break 3 Endings Style Controls 3 Intros 4 Variations 4 Fills Break 3 Endings Auto Fill Synchro Start Stop Manual Bass Memory Accompaniment On Off Single Touch Chord Sequencer Realtime Style Chord Sequence Recorder PLAYER SEQUENCER Player Player with Song Select Start Stop Home Rewind Fast Forward controls Supported formats MID MID G KAR MP3 lyrics MP3 G Lyrics Score and Chord data can be displayed on screen Markers Jukebox function 4 STS saved with the Song In SongBook Mode Sequencer Edit Record amp Edit functions SMF native format Backing Sequence Quick Record Real Time Record Step Record amp Edit Lyrics Chords On Screen compatible with most popular formats G format supported Score View On screen Markers On screen SONGBOOK SongBook and SongBook List 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 and Ordering options OTHER FEATURES MP3 MP3 Player in Song Play mode Vocal Remover Tempo change 30 Transpose 5 6 semitones Quarter Tone Arabic Scale Programmable with up to 4 SC Presets Programmable with up to 4 SC Presets Dedicated Quarter Tone keypad Pads 4 Stop button Compatibility i Series Styles some adjustment
14. Warning Do not install an OS other than the official OS supplied by Korg for the Pa600 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 p W o es ad 18 Start up Connecting the AC power cord Connecting the AC power cord Connect the supplied power cord to the dedicated socket on the rear of the instru ment Then plug it into a wall socket You dont need to worry about the local volt age since the Pa600 uses a universal power adapter amp my Turning the instrument on and off Press the STANDBY button on the front panel to Q turn the instrument on The display will light up showing the boot procedure O Note When turning the instrument on User PCM O Samples used by some User Sounds may be automati cally loaded Loading them may take some time Keep the STANDBY button pressed for about one second to turn the instrument off Controlling the Volume Master Volume MASTER Use the MASTER VOLUME knob to control the VOLUME overall volume of the instrument This knob con trols the volume of the sound going to the inte grated speakers the AUDIO OUT and PHONES connectors O Note Begin with a moderate level then raise the MASTER VOLUME up Dont keep the volume at an uncomf
15. graphical user interface Pa600 features an easy to use graphical user interface based on Korg s patented Color TouchView interface Here are the basic elements of the user interface Pages Parameters are grouped into separate pages to be selected by touching the corresponding tabs on the lower area of the display wen PPERS UPPERS UFFEFI 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 GTYIF PI AY Heni Main Page Track Controls Style Controls Overlapping windows Several windows like the Style Selection 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 window closes and the underlying page is shown again The following example is the Sound Select window 121 661 0901 Pe Organ Ac Piano Wide E Grand Piano GM Sun Pad F i 121 001 808 121 000 002 T Jass Ac Piano Dark E Grand Wide y _ 121 002 000 121 601 002 Strings i ge e Lo Bright Piano GM Honky Tonk GM Sood 121 060 601 121 600 003 Brass Pi P2 P3 4 121 666 5000 Dialog boxes Similar to selecting windows dialog boxes overlap the underlay ing page Touch one of the button on the display to give Pa600 an answer and the dialog box will close Warning Page menu
16. 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 Note This function can be automatically activated by playing the keyboard harder by setting the Velocity Control parameter in the Global gt Mode Preferences gt Style Play page 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 accompaniment 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 CHORD SEQUENCER P
17. 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 associate 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 has already sup plied some hundred entries as standard Furthermore the SongBook allows you to create various cus tom lists that may suit your different shows a Pa Soo ae iiiz DG master STE SONG SOUND vor less m sur iae pamon SIYLE sog SONGBOOK 3 Bog ooo006 or qo SEEEN SEER oO ou oo KORG J Jd oooe6ooon6 D O ciele 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
18. Chord Recognition parameter Global gt Mode Preferences gt Style 5 When the Chord Sequence is done press the MEMORY and MAN BASS RECORD but tons together again to stop recording ACCOMP MEMORY MAN BASS O L_ CHORD SEQUENCER Lo gt E _ Le l J CS 6 Press the ACCOMP and MEMORY PLAY STOP buttons to start playback ACCOMP MEMORY MAN BASS O _ p H LL The LED of the two buttons will start flashing The Chord Sequence will be played back in loop starting from the next measure Recorded chords will be sent to the arranger and the Style will play with the recorded chords N Play your solo part while the Chord Sequencer plays the chords for you During Chord Sequence looping you can freely select any Fill or Variation as if you where play ing chords with your hands Hint You can avoid stop ping the Chord Sequencer after recording and immedi ately set the Sequence to play as explained in the fol lowing step Selecting and playing Styles 57 The Chord Sequencer 8 Press the ACCOMP and MEMORY PLAY STOP buttons together again to stop playback of the recorded Chord Sequence ACCOMP MEMORY MAN BASS O O O L gt E Il The last chord played by the Chord Sequence remains in memory The Chord Sequence will remain in memory up until you record a new Chord Sequence or you turn the Pa600 off 58 Song Play Selecting a Song to play Song
19. E o E crear an 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 Gee Could you beloved Reggae Ge Crazy little love Rock nRoll E Feel love power Gigs Found my love Ges Half time lover Ga I m out of love m Fitter Custom List Book Evok Book List Edit Edit 1 Edit 2 Edit 3 5 To see the whole SongBook database again touch the Filtered check box again to make the check mark disappear 70 The SongBook Adding entries Adding entries E RT You can add your own entries to the SongBook database 1 Goto the Style Play or Song Play mode depending on the type of entry you want to add to the SongBook database 2 Select the Style Standard MIDI File or MP3 file to be added to the SongBook 3 Edit Keyboard and Style tracks as you prefer by selecting different Sounds and Effects or editing any other parameter Please note that changes to Standard MIDI File s tracks will not be saved as SongBook data Only data included in the Standard MIDI File will be used 4 When your entry is ready press the SONGBOOK button then the Book Edit 1 tab to see the Book Edit 1 page and link a Musical Resource to the SongBook entry 5 Touch the New Song button in the display to add a new item to the So
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21. 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 e p J me e oe S 10 Overview Front Panel STS Section Use the STS Single Touch Settings buttons to assign Sounds to the keyboard STS1 STS2 STS3 STS4 LC JCI LIU 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 When the STS MODE LED is lit an STS is automatically selected when choosing a Style 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 If you keep the SHIFT button pressed and press one of the buttons of this section the Write Single Touch Setting STS window appears in the display with the current STS already selected and you can save the current keyboard track settings in a STS
22. Play Pa600 is equipped with an onboard Player that can read Songs in Standard MIDI File MID Kara oke KAR and MP3 format If a Standard MIDI File or an MP3 file contains lyrics and chords they can be seen in the display In addition to lyrics and chords with Standard MIDI Files you can also see the score in traditional notation and the markers to quickly jump to any section of a Song The SONG PLAY button KORG Pa E00 T jiz dob dd 60 O A O salsa o 3 dd obdo oooDoOoOloOooo Joooo ooo oo HORA oro or e oF 03s os A m 02 03 igh a GED o o EMANO oncaN ao eae nase TOMES woti St oe J OoOoOooOoOoOConoOoOoOC0nd olo O OOO00000 0 Player controls Selecting a Song to play 1 Press the SONG PLAY button to switch to the Song Play mode MODE Hint In Style Play mode A DEMO S you can pre select the Song STYLE SONG SOUND SONG PLAY no chord to be assigned to the Player This way you will be ready to start it as soon as you switch to Song Play mode Grand Piano Rx PLAY PLAY SEQUENCER EDIT o o o gt yi Grand Piano R After pressing the SONG PLAY but ton the main page of the Song Play mode appears HT lt 4 DMI LI fash ny cor hE he S T Y L E P L v P S The Song area of the Style Pl
23. STS buttons Recording a new Song Standard MIDI File 77 Recording Recording 1 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 2 O 3 O 4 0 O 2 2 Start recording by pressing the START STOP button Note If you do not wish fe to start the Song with the Style playing you can simply start recording by pressing the B I PLAY STOP button in the PLAYER section and start the Style only later The Style will start at the begin 3 Play as if you were performing live with the Styles di eae During recording select any Style Element Intro Variation Break Ending you like You can also press START STOP to stop the Style and press it again to start the Style up again Please remember that while recording in Backing Sequence Record mode you cannot use the SYNCHRO TAP TEMPO RESET BALANCE controls 4 When finished recording your Song press the P H PLAY STOP button in the PLAYER section to exit recording and return to the main page of the Sequencer mode PLAYER _ SEQUENCER MT lt gt a gt oE N e MEW SOMG noo 720 o tart from Tempo f Auto Trk P TrSil Grand Piano Fiy Piano 121 603 000 L
24. Switch page of the Style Play or Song Play mode O O ASSIGN SWITCH Ol O 2 Mode selection Each of these buttons recalls one of the instruments operating modes When selected each mode excludes all the others MODE g DEMO n STYLE SONG SOUND PLAY PLAY SEQUENCER EDIT 0000 Introduction 6 Overview Front Panel STYLE PLAY 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 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 s 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
25. T P Gp LOWER UPPERS UPPER2 UFFERI pad seit J seaie Eo Keyboard tracks 62 Song Play Changing the tracks volume 4 Press the TRACK SELECT button once to see tracks 1 8 Track 1 8 view TRACK SELECT SONG PLAY mm lt Deu Trk Upper 1 Grand Piano RX Fty Piano 121 610 006 Eor UE M o ol Moo kl J 1 Ol iF J 4 E i i 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 SOHG PLAT ames Trk Upper 1 Grand Piano RX Fty Piano M a fo HO ao Mo 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 SELECT SONG PLAT HU lt 0 SMEDT ae i l ss FT ET LOWER UPPERS UPFER UPFPFER1 Keyboard tracks 7 Press the P E PLAY STOP button to start the Song 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 Note Changes to Song tracks will not be saved and are reset each time you press the q Home button the lt lt Rewind button or you select a different Marker To save changes you must edit the Song in Sequencer mode Song Play 63 Turning the Song tracks on off e Touch
26. each track s channel strip to see each track s detail in the Track Info line SONG PLAY 240 Trk Upper 1 Grand Piano RX 121 010 000 oO 10 10 Yo 10 i 0 4 0 thi amni z0 sf G s0 s0 20 z0 2B lt a3 182 Tad T95 TOG TOF J ESA TOS Trk Upper 1 Grand Piano Ra Fty Piano 121 616 0808 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 Octave Transpose FT Gy ET i peo J L Sound bank icons Touch to open the 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 i Note These changes will sing along with the Song or play an instrumental part live on the keyboard not be saved to the Song To To mute unmute Song tracks you simply touch the Play Mute icon in the Volume panel as seen for save changes edit the Song in Sequencer mode the Style tracks See Turning the Style tracks on off on page 53 for more information 64 Song Play Soloing a track 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 While the Song is playing keep the SHIFT button pressed and touch the track you want to listen to in Solo mode
27. length of the keyboard Grand Piano RX HO 3336 TW Ol hute oar HIS NAS ws mo Lore cy 38 Playing Sounds 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 Onli ae Glob Bass LS ici Inversion T T E 2 Touch the keyboard in the display then play the lowest note of the Upper section on Hint As an alternative the keyboard keep the SHIFT button pressed and press the SPLIT Su LU La EZE m Globa eRT button to open the Split Point CELUI TIE E dialog STS a Sub Hame g Scale Press a key to set EXIT to Cancel 3 Asan alternative touch the Split Point parameter to select it and use the VALUE dial to select the new split point Split Point eae aoa Gece N Y LULU E tiame vorme A sete J s There is no need at the momen
28. 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 SONGBOOK SONGBOOK EER aL anneal aa Use the scroll bar to see all ae ETT Songs in the list Keep SHIFT 1000giern dino Ballad pressed and touch the Up GD 6 1 oe l Down arrow to scroll to the day in Paradise Ballad next previous alphabetic G A felicidad Latin section As an alternative z E A hard day night Pop fa DIAL Touch this checkbox gt Filtered Filter_ Select to turn the view filter ha Cis as Det on 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 72 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 can switch to the Artist column see Displaying Artist or Genre below 3 When the 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 wit
29. of powered monitors or your hi fi system AUDIO OUT AUDIO IN LEFT RIGHT Use these line level outputs to send the final stereo mix to an external device Connect either of them to output the signal in mono Adjust the output level with the MASTER VOLUME knob Connect two mono cables to these outputs Connect the other end of the cables 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 Don t use the PHONO inputs of your audio system PHONES Connect a pair of headphones to this output You can use head phones with an impedance of 16 200 Ohms 50 Ohms sug gested Use a headphone splitter to connect more than one pair of headphones AUDIO IN Section Use these connectors to input sound from aupio In another line level device The signal goes O directly to the final mix O RIGHT LEFT LEFT RIGHT Use these connectors to connect a line level input source such as a keyboard synthesizer a CD or MP3 player or a mixer s non powered output Adjust the input level with the source s output volume Power This is where you connect the Pa600 to the power line ACV cable connector Plug the supplied AC cable into this con nector To turn the instrument on or off use the STANDBY switch located on the front panel Cry Warning When the instrument is in standby mode it is still con necte
30. of this type of connection are supplied in the Accessory Disk that comes with the instrument or can be down loaded from our web site Pedals Use these connectors to connect various types of pedals ASSIGNABLE ASSIGNABLE DAMPER Use this port to connect a continuous or footswitch type pedal like the optional Korg EXP 2 XVP10 PS 1 or PS 3 To pro gram and calibrate it go to the Controllers gt Foot Controllers page of the Global mode DAMPER Use this to connect a Damper pedal like the optional Korg PS 1 PS 3 or DS1H To change its polarity and calibrate it go to the Controllers gt Foot Controllers page of the Global mode Note Half pedalling on Piano Sounds is available when connect ing a DS1H damper pedal MIDI Interface The MIDI interface allows your mpi Pa600 to be connected to external controllers master keyboard MIDI guitar wind controller MIDI accor dion to a series of expanders or to a computer running a sequencer OUT This connector sends MIDI data generated by Pa600 s keyboard controllers and or the internal player Connect it to an expander s or computers MIDI IN This connector receives MIDI data from a computer or a con troller Connect it to an external controller s or computers MIDI OUT Introduction 14 Overview Rear Panel AUDIO OUT Section Use these connectors to send the audio signal sound to a mixer a PA system a set
31. 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 cs Pad 1 Pad 2 Pad 3 Pad 4 Perc Conga Gry Funk 1 Il Sunth Seq 11 Orch Harp 2 i veee es J Hame f Lh Scale 2 Press one of the four PADS to play the corresponding Pad PAD STOP ponon 3 Ifthe selected PAD triggers an endless sound or pattern i e an applause or a guitar arpeggio pressing STOP will stop that sound PAD STOP OOO Q 4 Select a different Style and see how the sounds or patterns assigned to the PADS change You can even press more Pads at once and play two or more sounds or patterns at the same time Pressing STOP stops them all at the same time Keeping STOP pressed and pressing one of the PAD buttons only stops that sound or pattern G 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 51 Adjusting the balance between the Style and the keyboard 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 ne
32. powered by a 15 15 Watt ampli fication system The overall volume can be controlled via the MASTER VOL UME knob Speakers can be deactivated with the Speakers On Off param eter that you can find in the Audio amp EQ MP3 Speaker page of the Global mode Audio Outputs Audio outputs allow for connecting the Pa600 to an external amplification system See AUDIO OUT Section on page 14 for more details Damper pedal Connect a Damper Sustain pedal to the DAMPER connector on the back panel Use an optional Korg PS1 PS3 or DS1H footswitch pedal or a compatible one With the Korg DS1H half pedalling can be used on some Grand Piano Sounds To cal ibrate and switch the Damper polarity go to the Controllers gt Foot Controller page of the Global mode Assignable pedal Connect either a footswitch or an expression pedal to the ASSIGNABLE connector on the back panel Use an optional Korg PS1 or PS3 footswitch pedal a Korg EXP 2 expression pedal a Korg XVP 10 volume pedal or a compatible one To cal ibrate the pedal go to the Controllers gt Foot Controller page of the Global mode Startup 19 Assignable pedal The music stand A music stand comes standard with your Pa600 Insert its legs into the two dedicated holes on the rear panel as shown in the illustration p W o es ad 20 Glossary of Terms Sound Glossary of Terms Before you be
33. teen ota oi R Re The Pads eei ee aa a a a a 50 estoring the original data s22440295 94950505 4050855 053 17 w l Adjusting the balance between the Style and the keyboard 51 Loading the Operating System 2 e eee ee 17 ae Adjusting the volume of the separate tracks 52 Start UP esssssssssssosooooccccceeceseseseseeseeeee 18 Turning the Style tracks on off 0 0 c cece eee ee 53 Connecting the AC power COMO be cqece cae ase ed 18 Adding harmony notes to your right hand melody with Turning the instrument on and off 0 18 the ENSEMBLE function cecccccccccccccenes 54 Controlling the Volume 00 cece eee eee ee eee 18 The Chord Sequencer 0 00 ccc cece eee ce eee e eens 56 Fead phones erent irer erer ETE ErP eE ER EN 18 s pI a ROUGSDeAKCtS cs scapes eee eae eee eee ners eneens 18 ong ad P2e eh wet rere Ser eee aie eee E vets Radio OWU enc vane inienn in N ep i fo EONS ORA pan a D Playing back a SONE lt lt heh pre shes hae ee 60 apee Peal lt icceecccgceseaerssettses sees cers T 18 Assi Changing the tracks volume o25500 se0exexeseewe eee ween 61 SSIS able Deda nce E se ee ea esa eee eae sae 19 The music stand 0 ccc ccc cee een ence 19 Turning the Song tracks on off 6 6 se eee eee a Solong Ade sesiwi rer EErEE EEEE NEET 64 Glossary of E EE E E E wens 20 Removing the Melody track from a Standard MIDI File or eaat a EE AE O EEN E N
34. 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 on the far position from wall outlet and or con venience receptacle WARNING Date time Lithium button cell battery inside Danger of explo sion if battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equiva lent type The internal 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 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 If this 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
35. 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 Unauthorized changes or modification to this system can void the user s authority to operate this equipment CE mark for European Harmonized Standards CE mark which is attached to our company s products 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 th
36. your Pa600 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 RX Technology is the cutting edge engine that drives every aspect of the Pa600 from the synthesis to the display and how it all works together TECHNOLOGY General MIDI GM is a standard that ENERAL l ensures the compatibility of sounds and messages between GM compatible instru a ments available from different manufactur ers For example sequenced songs created on any GM equipped product and saved in the GM format will playback correctly on the Pa600 General MIDI 2 extends the basic features of the General MIDI allowing for 256 Sounds and 9 Drum Kits instead of 128 and 1 Q DNC Defined Nuance Control is the way of fine controlling Korgs powerful sound engine Every nuance and every detail of the sound can be assigned to a different control be it the keyboard velocity or a physical controller CON TROL TouchView is the sophisticate technology 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 Ed TouchView e p J me e a 22 Interface basics The Color TouchView graphical user interface Interface basics The Color TouchView
37. AV HIe BONG cea EEE nie pean EEEE 78 The Song Pla CMe Ti EEE ee necnene eases 27 oe Searching files and musical resources e06 80 How to use the Search function 00 eee 80 Quick Guide NotesaDout searching 36 454 heacateastee roses aee nore 82 Turning the instrument on and listening to the demos 30 Connecting and calibrating the Damper pedal 83 Turning the instrument on and viewing the main screen 30 Programming the Damper pedal 005 83 Playing the demos c cequnecoeerscnaeeaesenrmoareeanes 31 Playing Sounds ssiriskiscricrcer irop n or 32 Appendix Selecting a Sound and playing it on the keyboard 32 Playing two or three Sounds at the same time 34 Replacing MC EOC BACKUP Pattely Seea E nc Playing different Sounds with your left and right hand 36 San ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee p Changing the split point 00 cccceveeeeeueeeee 38 MSTA AMON circu nines ees eres eee eee es ee E ee 8 Raising or lowering the Upper octave 0005 39 Technical specifications cccecccccccccccces 88 Selecting and saving Performances eee00 40 MIDI Implementation Chart cccccccccccees 90 Selecting Performance i4 6 05 s5 544280883 s408 5508054 40 2 Contents UOT INpoUy 4 Overview Front Panel 7 Quarter Tone version only QR professional arranger J3
38. E Wo Ao a fo fo wo M o Volume After pressing the PLAY STOP button the main G Pj F LP ee P F P page of the Sequencer mode will appear again A 168 1 He Tal Tee Tas Ted Teas THE Tar Tas 5 While in the main page of the Sequencer mode press the gt I PLAY STOP button in the PLAYER section to listen to the recorded Song The Backing Sequence Song has been converted to an ordinary Song in Standard MIDI File or MID format If you like it you can save it and read it in Song Play mode or with any external sequencer 6 Toeditthe Song press MENU to enter Edit mode 78 Recording a new Song Standard MIDI File Second take recording Overdubbinog Second take recording Overdubbing You may wish to re record and add one of the two grouped tracks or overwrite a bad recording with a new one Usually you will record all chord and Style Element changes during the first take and record Keyboard tracks and Pads during the second take 1 Press the RECORD button to enter Record mode again When the Song Record Mode Select dialog box appears select Backing Sequence Quick Record again N If you are recording just one of the grouped tracks set the track to be preserved to the Play mode 3 Repeat the recording process and press the gt W PLAY STOP button in the PLAYER section to stop recording and to return to the main page of the Sequencer
39. E E ee eeeun 20 the Lead Vocal from an MP3 file eee eee 64 Oe sage E N OE E E E E E ee 20 PAG EEE N E sore E E E ew ene oe en ee ere 20 The SONGBOOK sseseeseeserereereseereeeeeeeeens pe Key BOAR TACKS ju nun en ge yeg es enna meron paca ewes ona eee 20 Selecting tiie eed E Ee Daan a a Po Pere paren rarr rRNA IRIRAN 21 me laying oe OES DUS a bue uy gataiye times A ou S POE O O S E e ass apa rasa aatseoa ess 68 COE E ara A AA IAE AAAA 21 i Searching lor Milles eraai ENEE TEA EEEE 68 PaE aar rI hee pe AAA EAEE A 21 ddi l The LOGO decode 2 450255054508555505 90590005 5055984 21 A NS aaa ne a Creating a CUON List eeri E EEEE ETS 72 Interface basics ee ee 22 Selecting and using a Custom List ccceeeeee 74 The Color TouchView graphical user interface 22 Selecting aSongBook STS ccc cece eee e eee neces 74 Operaiive mode nce oak we cu Rarer oy Ree Ga Re OES 24 i sige Recording a new Song Standard MIDI File 75 Selected highlighted items 0 0 eee eee eee ee 24 Accessing the Backing Sequence Quick Record mode 75 Non available grayed out parameters 4 24 Preparing 0 Pecord 5 occas wacteeianaewian meee eae 76 SNOS ip veer SETET EENE TEIE EEEE VEEE neu eee avon 24 i PECORGING soria E EE 77 Easy Mode 66655245650 NEEE EEE EEEN 25 Second take recording Overdubbing m ea ee ee ee 78 The Style Play page in detail 00s sees 26 S
40. In this case press the EXIT but ton only if you don t make any selection but want to close the window 3 Play the keyboard Settings memorized in the selected Performance have been Note If the CHANGE selected Sounds effects and other settings have been recalled LED of the STYLE a CHANGE button 7 is turned on O selecting a Per formance may automati cally select a different Style and its settings Sounds Effects for the Style tracks 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 Note To open the Write Performance dialog box you can press the SHIFT one of the PERFORMANCE buttons 1 Touch the page menu icon to open the page menu Page menu icon Write Performance gt Write Single Touch Setting Write Current Style Settings Solo Track Page menu 42 Selecting and saving Performances Saving your settings to a Performance 2 Select the Write Performance command to open the Write Performance dialog box Write Performance Hague 21 Grand Piano exp RRR After choosing the Write Performance menu item the Write Performance dialog box appears 3 if you like you may assign a new name to the Performanc
41. LAY STOP AND RECORD While a Style is in play you can use this section as a Chord Sequencer and record a looping sequence of chords The chords will drive the arranger leaving your hands free for solo playing RECORD MEMORY MAN BASS Press these buttons together to start recording the Chord Sequence Recording will start from the next measure Press these buttons again to stop recording PLAY STOP ACCOMP MEMORY Press these buttons together to let the Chord Sequence play in loop and automati cally drive the arranger The Chord Sequence will start on the next measure Press these buttons again to stop the sequence The Chord Sequence will remain in memory up until you record a new Chord Sequence or you turn the Pa600 off Pads Here you can play and stop the Pads i e single sounds or loop ing sequences PAD STOP nHoovE 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 Press a 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 their One Shot Loop status see the Pad Type parameter in the Pad Record mode Overview 7 Front Panel You can stop all sequences or just some of them by pressing the STOP button of the PAD secti
42. O of O O U TEMPO buttons TEMPO decreases the Tempo value of the Style or Standard MIDI File TEMPO increases it With MP3 files the speed of the file is respectively decreased or increased METRO 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 change 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 Performance or select a different Song the memorized Tempo will be automatically 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 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 you to separate the SPLIT chords area from the melody 9 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 rec
43. Performance bank Touch one of the lower tabs to select a different Performance page Note As for Style tracks they are saved to a third object called the Style Settings 0 Note 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 PERFORMANCE PIANO amp TRUMPET amp SAX amp SYNTH E PIANO ORGAN GUITAR STRINGS BRASS TROMBONE WOODWIND amp FX OOOOOOOU Selecting and saving Performances 41 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 _ Factory i 4 D z E prassa So Grand Piano exp Piano amp Ensemble a Tru Tt i i m z I at METS SEs leah Piano Atmosphere QD rT mee Piano amp Scat Super Elec Grand Pi P2 P3 Pa PS After pressing the EXIT button the Performance Select window closes and the main screen appears again Sounds Effects and other settings change accord ing to the setting memorized in the selected Performance Ly im t ii at lt or HEE NIE ag 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
44. S S153 STSZ trumpet amp Muted ETEA Distortion Gtr Electric Piano 2 When you want to turn the Pa600 off keep the STANDBY button pressed for about one second and release it when the screen appears dimmed After having pressed the STANDBY button the display brightness will be dimmed At this point the shutdown procedure will begin and will take a few seconds while various data are saved to the internal memory Please do not disconnect the power cable during this procedure In case the instrument does not turn off press the STANDBY button again and keep it pressed for a few seconds At the end the button s LED will turn off and the instrument will be set to Standby Turning the instrument on and listening to the demos 31 Playing the demos Playing the demos Listen to the built in Demo Songs to appreciate the power of the Pa600 There are several Demo Songs to choose from 1 Press the STYLE PLAY and SONG PLAY buttons together The LED of the two buttons will start blinking Pa600 will be set in Demo mode Demo Mode Full Songs Solo Instruments Styles BEC et 2 Atthis point if no other button is pressed all the Demo Songs will be played back 3 Incase you want to listen to a specified Demo Song select one of the available options on the display Full Songs Solo Instruments Styles 4 Tostop the Demo touch the STOP button on the display Full Song Demos Pacea Sounds I DNC Quarte
45. Song is selected highlighted it Another MIDI Song PARE a list Keep SHIFT pressed and touch the will be overwritten If no Song is Canyon 5K 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 DE DLA eee Me Le tive you can use the VALUE DIAL To deselect a selected Song touch anywhere else in the Song list or select the same storage device My MIDI Song 23 09 03 14 59 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 this page without saving 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 in the display to save the Song or Cancel to stop the Save operation 80 Searching files and musical resources How to use the Search function Searching files and musical resources With Pa600 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 mod
46. TOP 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 Overview 9 Front Panel Display and Brightness Controls ElTouchView VALUE 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 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
47. TSs Select a Tempo matching the Song s Tempo and pose could not change if a select the Meter Time Signature and Key of the Song You can also specify a Master Transpose Lock is preventing it See value to be automatically selected when selecting the entry Global gt General Controls gt Note The Master Trans Locks 8 When done with this page touch the 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 Synchro for Style and Memory for Style Text file linked to the entry and Songs On Off status This text will be seen as Lyr ics in the display Unchanged Reset t Browse New Song Song ton List Book Evok sien Book POP cs J ens J ears peii fam 9 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 E Write Song nite ke ee L rw chro Start Unchanged Linked TXT ht OF Unchanged Custom List Book Book Shc Book JEE 10 Touch the Ti Text Edit button to assign a name to the new entry then touch OK to save the entry to the SongBook database Entry s name By default it is the same name of the associated Style Stan dard MIDI File of MP3 file The name can be up to 16 characters long Select Rename Overwrite to replace an existing entry This option is automati Write Song cally selected when e
48. TYLE CHANGE This button turns the Style Change function on or off On When you select a Performance the Style might change according to which Style is memorized onto the Performance Off When you select a Performance the Style will remain the same Only Keyboard tracks Sounds Effects will be changed Transpose Section UPPER OCTAVE oo oo Use these buttons to transpose the Sounds TRANSPOSE UPPER OCTAVE Use these buttons to transpose the Upper tracks in steps of one whole octave 12 semitones max 3 octaves The octave trans position 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 7 Lowers the selected track by one octave T 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 the whole instrument in steps of one semitone Master Transpose The transpose value is usually shown in the page header SIYTLE PLAY MT 6 ano 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 co
49. UND 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 usually write protected unless you uncheck the Factory Sound Protect option in the Global gt Mode Preferences gt Media page Sounds of the Legacy type are standard Factory Sounds allowing greater compatibility 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 or save new or edited Sounds The User DK type is where you can load new Drum Kits or save new or edited Drum Kits SONGBOOK 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 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
50. ages of Pa600 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 Record mode can be accessed from the Style Play and Sequencer modes and allows for creating new Styles or 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 ES 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 See the Shortcuts chapter in the Reference Guide for a list of available shortcuts Easy Mode 25 Easy Mode If you have never used an arranger before we suggest you to Touch the Easy Mode menu item to make the checkmark switch to the Easy Mode Easy Mode allows you to play Styles appear and Songs with a simple user interfac
51. and then touch the Select command 9 You can exit from the Search window at any time by pressing the EXIT or SEARCH but ton Notes about searching Wildcards During search the string entered will be search as a whole word or as part of a word For example if you entered love Pa600 will find Love and LoveSong or any other word containing the string love C499 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 Connecting and calibrating the Damper pedal 83 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 PS 1 PS 3 or DS 1H to the DAMPER connector on the back of the instru ment The difference between the PS 1 PS 3 footswitch and a dedicated Damper pedal like the DS 1H is that this latter also supports all the nuances of half pedalling you can experiment how it works by gradually pressing it down and gradually depressing it up while playing the Grand Pia
52. ay main page Song Play 59 Selecting a Song to play 2 Touchthe Song 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 to only see Song files Hint As an alternative Canyon SONG PLAY MT no cho you can open the Song Select H lt no song gt window by pressing the ae aes PLAYER TET al eetiiE SONG button in the SELEC R Type Name TION section on the control s Mop Another MIDI Song panel Y Pf Si Lovesong My MIDI Song MyJbxList TER Song Selection Pare S Another MIDI Song Use the scroll bar to see all Songs in the list Keep SHIFT pressed and Canyon The selected Song is high aceon touch the Up Down arrow to scroll lighted Touch a Song s E to the next previous alphabetic sec name to select it TUOT O ma tion As an alternative you can use MyJbxList mee the VALUE dial 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 wi
53. ck 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 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 Pa600 offers four Fill ins specifically programmed for each Style that can 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 shor
54. d while the arranger gives you the accompani ment tracks SEQUENCER button Player controls lt jii varve brseuar BeahTuEss Oo ooo o oae rae j 5665 a oo oo e Im Style Elements Style Controls Accessing the Backing Sequence Quick Record mode 1 Press the SEQUENCER button to switch to the Sequencer mode MODE DEMO me ne OSG eee eee STYLE SONG SOUND PLAY PLAY SEQUENCER EDIT Pears Meter uc Ete ee ed Grand Piano Fty Piano m uD uE 9 UE After pressing the Volume SEQUENCER ick the aan z0 5 8 sA 2 8 page of the Sequencer mode R l a T appears Tae Tas Ted 85 THE T r RECORD Press the RECORD button to open the Song Record Mode Select dialog box 76 Recording a new Song Standard MIDI File Preparing to record 3 Select the Backing Sequence Quick Record option and touch OK to enter the Backing Sequence Record mode SOHG RECORD Free Memory 99 Resolution High 94 4 4 Perf My Setting Trk Upper 1 Grand Piano RX Fty Piano 121 616 0908 Chord Act Track After having chosen the Backing Sequence Quick Record option the Backing Sequence Record page appears Ebd Pad Track olum e F I mi Vee LOWER UPPERS
55. d 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 Welcome 15 Live Performing Welcome to the world of Korg Pa600 Professional Arranger Pa600 is one the most powerful arranger available today both for professional and home entertainment use Here are some of the features of your new instrument e 61 synth type keys with velocity e New cabinet with elegant design e Wide TFT graphic touch screen display Professional TouchView graphic interface for direct access to the on screen controls and to the musical resources e High quality integrated amplification and high quality output DAC audio converters e RX Real eXperience Technology the cutting edge engine that drives every aspect of the Pa600 from the synthesis to the display and how it all works together e Powerful sound generation system for crystal clear realis tic sounds e DNC Dynamic Nuance Control Sounds more realistic and vivid than ever e 96 MB of Sample memory for User PCM Samples e 128 voices of polyphony e General MIDI Level 2 Sound compatible Enhanced Sound compatibility for GM Songs e More than 950 Sounds plus 64 Drum Kits e 320 Performance locations plus 4 Single Touch Settings STS for each Style and SongBook entry for fast setting of keyboard sounds and effects e Four St
56. d will change Distortion Gtr 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 z is in mute and cannot be heard If z P the icon does not appear the To z Sound is in play and can be EENE heard See page 34 To ama E T ao Ly E E y a Mie esr Split Point Touch here and play a pe a note to set the new split point i See page 38 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 and when the STYLE CHANGE LED is lit on the control panel those of the Style as well e Choose a Style to change the musical style of the accompani ment patterns Easy Mode 27 The Song Play page in detail Th
57. 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 to press the SONG button in the SELECTION section on the control panel 28 Easy Mode The Song Play page in detail 30 Turning the instrument on and listening to the demos Turning the instrument on and viewing the main screen Turning the instrument on and listening to the demos First of all turn the instrument on and familiarize with the main screen You can also listen to the demos Demo buttons Display Standby On Off button O lt OMOWo0foo0o0 00 oo ao ales oa SWITCH ACCOMP MEMO DE LECTION Ro octave boo ooooooogd synch Turning the instrument on and viewing the main screen 1 Turn the Pa600 on by pressing the STANDBY button located in the control panel After you turn the instrument on a welcome screen is shown for a few seconds and then the main display appears ee ed InpluggedBball 1 ON a 1 fr gj pm F l HTE ter a t1 cor eTa MTE eTa 5 T T L E P L T F
58. diting an existing entry Warning the older entry will be deleted 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 while in the Edit 1 page 72 The SongBook 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 various shows Before starting a new Custom List be sure you have added all needed entries to the SongBook main database see Adding entries above 1 Whilein SongBook mode open the page menu and check the Enable List Edit item SOHGBOOE tno chord List Ture KEWL Black s black Disco Gs Boogie marveland Disco G9 Born to be active Disco Show Artist now Genre Show Song Number now Key Enable List Edit Expo Af heckth GD Daddy is cool Disco ter you check the avg l i ETY Dy fernal Cy SA Uae Enable List Edit item sete all ae the List Edit page sel ah aloha lag sco becomes available Ls S e ist thi write 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 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 f
59. dy with your right lt 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 O Global gt Mode Preferences gt Style Selecting and playing Styles 47 Tempo 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 og mm tt Press the TEMPO and buttons together to recall the saved Tempo value TEMPO As an alternative keep the 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 LOCK button When the Tempo Lock function is turned on the Tempo will not change when selecting a differ ent Style TEMPO HOG 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 48 Selecting and playing Styles Intro Variation Fill Break Ending Intro Variation Fill Break Ending When playing Styles you can select various Style Element
60. e 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 an text A61 Grand Piano exp cancel Touch the T Text Edit symbol to open the Text Edit dialog box Use the SHIFT button to switch between capitals and small characters When done touch OK to confirm the new name or Cancel to abandon all changes 4 Select a bank and Performance location in memory where you would like to save the Performance PERFORMANCE SELECT The selected Perfor Factory ee mance location is high rs lighted Touch a Write Performante Performance s name to select it l ect Octave Pia jee amp Piano 2 41 Grand Piano exp ere aa i seat ps Pe pi ant 7 in Super Elec_Grand Touch one of the side tabs to select a Touch one of the lower tabs to select different Performance bank a different Performance page Note To select the target bank and Performance loca tion you can also select the bank and Performance parameters and use the VALUE dial Selecting and saving Performances 43 Saving your settings to a Performance 5 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 operatio
61. e free from the many advanced parameters that you will want to learn at a later date e p J me e 2 S Turning the Easy Mode on Touch the little rectangle on the top right corner of the display to open the page menu ST Y L E F L A Y reo ocheord gt p wv Easy Mode pluggedBallac Grand Piano RX At this point the Easy Mode has been activated and the ele ments in the display appear less crowded Ya F MPa SIY LE PLAY Pias J Play J Plas ACCOMP LOWER UPPERS UPPERZ STS Sub me s i E eo ful Bak cor HTE ee Split point Nylon Guitar STS 2 Trumpet amp Muted STS 4 Distortion Gtr Electric Piano i Single Touch etting The page menu Write Current Style Settings Turning the Easy Mode off The instrument will stay in this mode even after having been turned off Repeat the above operation when you want to deacti vate the Easy Mode 26 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 dif ferent Style STYLE PLAT InpluggedBallad Tempo Use the npl TEMPO buttons to change it Length of the accompaniment pat tern and current beat Performance or STS Touch it to open the Performance Select window and choose a different Performance Sounds on the keyboar
62. e E Grand Piano GM Sun Pad oe 121 001 000 121 000 002 The selected Sound is highlighted Ac Piano Dark 121 002 000 Touch a Sound s name to select it g 1 i Jass 1 sA ee ano GM Honky Tonk GM EAA 121 006 041 171 488 4002 I a ER Ti x SOUAD SELECT AcousticPiano GM T Lower Factory Legacy inc user TION Touch one of the side tabs to select a different Sound bank zs Touch one of the lower tabs to select A Previous and Next Page pair of button may appear a different Sound page in this area when more than six pages are available As an alternative repeatedly press the SOUND button to cycle between the pages a 4 Select a Sound from the Sound Select window then press the EXIT button to close the window AcousticPiano GM Bright Piano ide i i 121 006 000 121 001 001 ripe g Ac Piano Wide E Grand Piano GM Sun Pad l 121 001 000 121 000 002 z r The Sound Select win dow closes and the E Grand Wide gt main screen appears 121 001 002 rer cus again with the selected Bright Piano GM Honky Tonk GM Sound assigned to the 121 668 0801 121 000 003 i Upper 1 track Pi P2 ps EAIN STYLE PLAY HT 4y MFA TEE Ac Piano Dark 5 Play the Sound on the keyboard Note Selection windows may automatically close after a selection To do this va uncheck the Display Hold box in the Global gt General Controls gt Interface page In this case pr
63. e Song Play page in detail To see this page press the SONG PLAY button Song assigned to the Player Touch it to open the Song Select window and choose a different Song 0NG PLAT Tempo Use the TEMPO buttons to change it Time Signature and 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 Introduction 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 34 MS Ol g Tine 26M lt WE Teutre m ri i Split Point Touch here and play a note to set the new split point See page 38 z i i Cor was 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 only one Sound for the left hand Lower Their names are abbreviated as UP1 UP2 UP3 LOW and are shown in the right side of the
64. e Upper 3 status box to mute the Upper 3 track again Grand Piano RX Sx Grand Piano RX Sr To To u FPF 1 1u P 2 we J 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 4a e U IF 3 MUTE i Di M N 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 36 Playing Sounds Playing different Sounds 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 V C II L
65. e 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 search 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 Performances When choosing Files Songs or Lyrics the Browse button will be activated to allow for search ing files in the disks Searching files and musical resources 81 How to use the Search function 3 Incase you are searching for a file in a disk touch the Browse button to open the Media window SEARCH EKORS DISK Type a Hame Size Date C My SHOW MyData SET Use the Open and Close buttons to browse through the folders Use the Device pop up menu to select one of the available storage devices 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 After a while the list of files found begins to appear in the display Bank and Position FO B ARK 4 16 gt Fila BARAK 12 14 FIZBANK 12 16 After you have touched the Searc
66. emove the Melody track or the original lead singer s voice Listen how the Melody track disappears If it is the wrong track continue to the instructions below to select a different track Or listen to how the original lead singer s voice is reduced or totally removed Hint You can open this page by keeping the SHIFT button pressed and pressing one of the ASSIGNABLE SWITCHES Note The Assignable Switches assignment can be saved into each Performance or STS Song Play 65 Removing the Melody track from a Standard MIDI File or the Lead Vocal from an MP3 file 4 When done you can press the ASSIGNABLE SWITCH 1 to unmute the Song s Melody track and let the original MIDI instrument play the Melody line again or press the ASSIGNABLE SWITCH 2 to deactivate the Vocal Remover and let the original lead singer s voice appear again 5 Stop the player Choosing a different Melody track You can choose a different Melody track in case the Standard MIDI Files does not use a standard con figuration of tracks 1 Keep the SHIFT button pressed and press the SONG PLAY button to open the Global gt Mode Preferences gt Song Play amp Sequencer page 2 Choose a different Melody track 3 When done press EXIT to return to the main page 66 The SongBook Selecting the desired entry from the Main List The SongBook One of the most powerful features of the Pa600 is the onboard music database that allows you to
67. er than the one supplied or suggested by Korg or you risk to apart damage the instrument The battery can be replaced by the user Korg is not responsible for any data loss damage or injury caused by incorrect installation of this part KITEE _ A Read the user manual before opening Precautions e Installation of the battery is done at the users own risk Korg will assume no responsibility for any damage or injury resulting from its improper installation or use e Be sure to disconnect the instrument from the AC plug before opening it e To prevent your body s static electricity from damaging the board s components touch an unpainted metallic component before proceeding with the installation 5 With the help of your fingernail lift the exhausted battery c from its lower side and remove it from the battery slot Installation For installation you will need a cross point and a flatt head screwdrivers not supplied 1 Disconnect the instrument from the AC power 2 Extract the battery from its package 3 From the back of the instrument use the cross point screwdriver to remove the fixing screw a
68. ereo Master FX with 125 effect types Mastering Limiter and Final 4 band Parametric EQ e Two assignable switches a joystick and an assignable pedal ensure total control for all the various levels of articulation of the sound e Quick access to Arabic Scale programming via the Quarter Tone controls right on the front panel Quarter Tone model only e Over 360 Factory Styles with 4 Variations and 4 Fill In Break plus 10 Favorite and 3 User Style banks for unlim ited storage of your custom Styles and settings e Style and Pad Record including the enhanced Guitar Mode 2 for even more realistic guitar parts e Chord Sequencer function to record on the fly any chord progression e Standard MIDI File player and recorder and MP3 player with Vocal Remover Lyrics Score and Marker display 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 Search function to instant retrieving of Songs and files Operating System updates to load new features and enhancements Don t let your instrument get old Generous internal memory to store the greatest 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 Pa600 This p
69. ess the EXIT but ton only if you don t make any selection but want to close the window 34 Playing Sounds 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 jam a Please note how the WG ere icon appears in the Upper 2 age and Upper 3 status boxes These tracks will not be heard M o 1 Touchthe icon in the Upper 2 status box to set the Upper 2 track to play To After touching in this area the AME icon U F 1 FT LEKIS disappears The UEiHurTeEg Upper 2 track will be D y F set to play and will be EUN z et heard Um ti U eure 2 Play the keyboard 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 Touchthe icon in the Upper 3 status box to set the Upper 3 track to play As above after touch ing in this area the icon disap pears The Upper 3 track will be set to play and will be heard Grand Piano Rx Grand Piano RX i i 1U 7U P P 2 2 Pa te LA 4 Play the keyboard added to the Dark Pad assigned to the Upper 2 track and the Grand Piano RX Note how the Strings Ens 2 GM Sound assigned to the Upper 3 track has been assigned to the Upper 1 track 5 Touch the bank icon in th
70. ettings Velocity Curve ETTE ha Controls Preferences Balance Control fe Acc Sng RT Kbd Balance Touch Panel Calibration 84 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 Assignable Pedal Footswitch and the Damper ped als Medium 5 Touch the Calibration button to make the Damper amp Pedal Footswitch Calibration dialog box appear Damper amp Pedal Footswitch Calibration 6 Fully press the Damper pedal down and while continuing to press touch the Push button to confirm the maximum value 7 Whenthe following dialog box appears release the pedal Damper amp Pedal Footswitch Calibration 8 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 9 Press the EXIT button to return to the previous operative mode As all the other Global parameters your settings have been automatically memorized 86 Replacing the clock backup battery Precautions Replacing the clock backup battery You can replace the clock backup battery with a standard lithium 4 Use the flat head screwdriver to open the cover b to gain battery model CR2032 Do not use replacements different access to the inside of the battery slot and keep the cov
71. gin 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 Pa600 In this section you will find a brief description of various key elements of the Pa600 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 Pa600 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 guitar that can be edited saved recalled and assigned to any track An individual Sound can be played on the keyboard in the Sound mode 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 tra
72. h 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 The time needed to complete a search depends on the size of the device s and the number of files In case you are lost among the direc tories touch the Root button to go 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 Note Only one search a time can be carried on Please wait for the current search to be completed or touch the Stop button in the display to stop the current search and do a new one Hint You can touch the Can cel button in the display or press the EXIT button in the control panel to exit from this window and carry on other operations The search will continue in the back ground 82 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 ey Calant Intd SF ct Touch OK to close the Info dialog box 7 tf you want to return to the main Search page and type a search string again touch the al icon Otherwise 8 If you have found what you were looking for touch its name
73. h the entry can be seen in the Lyrics page The selected Style MID or KAR file or MP3 is shown in the higher part 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 Show Artist now Genre Show Song Number now Key Enable List Edit Export as Text File 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 Show Song Number now Key Enable List Edit Export as Text File The SongBook 67 Displaying Artist or Genre Note The Artist and Key fields of all supplied entries have been intentionally left empty 68 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 Touch the Name label SONGBOOK Type EEIE Genre Key Bem Meter Genre Key Bem LO00giorm di noi Ballad Rock amp Roll ana 164 4 4 aa to alphabetically reorder the names in the GDA hard day night list Each time you touch the same label the l order changes between Ascending and Filter iltered Sele j ee Custom List Book EBook Book Descendi
74. he USB driver Bonus Software About this manual This manual is the Quick Guide containing a series of step by step instructions to help you set up and use the instrument In addition in the DVD that comes with the instrument as well as in our web site you will find The Reference Guide a PDF file explaining each page and parameter in detail and containing a list of data and useful information for the advanced user A multilingual Video Manual showing how to use your Pa600 in easy steps Useful links Your preferred Korg dealer not only carries this keyboard but also a whole bunch of hardware and software accessories You should ask him for more Sounds Styles and other useful music stuff Each Korg distributor can give you useful information Just give them a call for additional services In the English speaking world here are the relevant addresses USA KORG USA 316 South Service Road Melville New York 11747 USA Tel 1 516 333 9100 Fax 1 516 333 9108 KORG CANADA a division of Jam Industries 21000 Trans Canadienne Baie D Urf Quebec H9X 4B7 Tel 514 457 2555 Fax 514 457 0055 Canada E mail support korgcanada com UK KORG UK Ltd 9 Newmarket Court Kingston Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire MK10 0AU Tel 01908 857100 UK Technical Support Tel 01908 857122 Fax 01908 857199 E mail info korg co uk Many Korg distributors also have their own web page on the internet where you can f
75. ind infos and software Useful web pages in English are the following www korg com Korg USA Korg Canada www korgcanada com Other useful information in various languages can be found world wide by accessing the other Korg web sites A list of all Korg Distrib utors can be found in our web site Backing up your data Making a backup In case you customize your Musical Resources Sounds Perfor mances and Styles we suggest you use the Media gt Utility gt Full Resource Backup 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 backup To restore a backup use the Media gt Utility gt Full Resource Restore If you saved your data with the Media gt Save All command use the Media gt Load operations to reload them Welcome 17 Backing up your data Restoring the original data In case you want to restore the original data use the Media gt Utility gt Factory Restore command Loading the Operating System Your Pa600 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 instructions supplied with the operating system on the site You can see which version of the operating systems is installed in your Pa600 by going to the Media gt Utility page
76. is 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 Pa600 will by default automatically turn off 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 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 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 Cleaning the display Use a soft cotton cloth to clean the screen 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
77. k to the Normal view 54 Selecting and playing Styles 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 2 Press the ENSEMBLE button to turn its LED on ENSEMBLE 0 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 4 To select a different harmonization style keep the SHIFT button pressed and press the ENSEMBLE button to open the Ensemble page 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 SHIFT O Trk Upper 1 Grand Piano RX F Piane 121 010 000 selected use the VALUE dial to TP select one of the available harmo pe nization types VALUE Ensemble Trk Assign LOWER UPPERS UPPERS UFFER 1 Selecting and playing Styles 55 Adding harmony notes to your right hand melody with the ENSEMBLE function 5 When the
78. mode 4 While in the main page of the Sequencer mode press the P M PLAY STOP button in 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 recording 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 Overdub Step Recording Overwrite Step Recording Exit from Record Delete Song Recording a new Song Standard MIDI File 79 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 PLATER Save Song Delete Current Track Type Name Size Date Solo Track Another MIDI Song 23 09 03 14 59 Canyon i 21 01 11 24 33 Z LoveSo 23 09 03 14 59 Overwrite Step pa Delete Song My MIDI Song 23 09 03 1459 After you select the Save song Flats 21 01 11 22552 command the Save Song page appears 3 Select a device and folder where you want to save your Song PLATER Save Song Type Pare ate i Use the scroll bar to see all Songs in the If a
79. n Write Performance A Warning Saving a Per formance to an already used T m location overwrites any exist ing data at that location The old data are lost Make a backup of all your important 1 Grand Piano eXp aes data _ Cancel 44 Selecting and saving the My Setting Performance Selecting the default parameters the My Setting Performance Selecting and saving the My Setting Performance There is a special Performance where you can save your preferred startup settings for things like Key board Sounds Effects Transposition Assignable Switches This Performance is automatically selected when the instrument is turned on It is called the My Setting Performance Please note that there are other settings that are automatically saved when turning the instrument off These are parameters like the Easy Mode the STS Mode the Auto Fill Style Change and Memory function status as well as the parameters of the Global mode My Setting Performance N KORG OA ee lt I gt O iO do000 00 5o O Oo 600 O SION SITE setecrion asks 5 909 Hoooo6 S oo000 goog pogo c oo ou KORG J 500 ore aa oo aojoseoaoo06 Selecting the default parameters the My Setting Performance After having done some changes to the Sounds transposition or other pa
80. n Song Play or Song Book mode Data Entry and Navigation The VALUE DIAL can be used to assign a different value to the parameter selected in the display or to scroll a list of files in the Song Select SongBook Search and Media pages DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS VALUE DIAL Turn the dial clockwise to increase the value of the selected parameter Turn it counter clockwise to decre ase its value MENU When used while pressing the MENU button this con trol always acts as a Display 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 Score and Marker 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 TEMP
81. ndow PLAYER Song Selection _ Selected Song Tupe KECE S Another MIDI Song SOHG PLAT MT 8 no chord gt Canyon Grand Piano RX ol is al E 1 240 E a l i HL 4 Ol Gis i GM hoe oh WE a G LoveSong My MIDI Song My IbxList FP L A Y E RE 5 LB pr PE gE Play All Guitar Pad volume Seale After touching the Select button in the display the main page of the Song Play mode will appear again 60 Song Play 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 M PLAY STOP button in the PLAYER section to start playback PLAYER gt O m SONG PLAT no chord gt lt lt gt gt a crane Piano wx ooga mat PI IT HT tal After pressing the gt E PLAY STOP button the but ton s LED turns on and the measure counter begins to show the current measure number Guitar Pad STs Sub Juke 2 Use the PLAYER control section to control the Song s playback PLAYER lt gt gt a gt On Press the REWIND button once to go Press the PLAY STOP button to stop the Song at the back Keep it pressed to go back more current position Press it again to resume playback Press the FAST FORWARD button once to go for Press the HOME button to move the ward Keep it pressed to go forward more Song to the beginning 3 When you want to stop the song and go back to the beginning press the q HOME bu
82. ndow closes and the main screen appears again with the selected Style ready to go STYLE SELECT Essu Lai a Facteiy n Easy Pop 1 675 Slow Pop Easy Pop 2 12 78 Pop zc British Pop Pop Shuffle 1 At At ST Y L E PL A Y no chor d gt a To HU lt P D Meee Slow Latin Pop Pop Shuffle 2 pec tional Piano Pad Note Selection windows may automatically close 3 Besure the ACCOMP LED is turned on ae a een oe ACCOMP For the accompaniment tracks to play the LED of uncheck the Display Hold this button meaning Accompaniment must be box in the Global gt General turned on 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 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 D Note You could simply START STOP press START STOP to start the eee O ORE Style but the Synchro Start function allows you to make the Style start in sync with your playing on the key board Therefore it may be considered a more musical way of starting a Style 5 Play the keyboard 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 melo
83. ng ia Fait 2 You can do the same by touching the Type Name Genre Artist Key Number Tempo or Meter label NJ 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 Available search Mee criteria Genre 1000giorm di no and Artist are Gap 6 1 days go Pop o both consid Ga A day in Paradise Ballad ered even though only one of them may be shown in the List Ge A felicidad j Latin ERED 4 gigolo Foo esses ccd poe jltere Filer Select Custom Ivy Book EBook Book List Egit i Edit Edit 3 2 Touchthe T Text Edit button next to the search criteria even more than one you want to enter The SongBook 69 Searching for entries 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 not rel evant for the search Filter Tete TO wi cance ok clear an 3 Touch OK inthe display and close the Text Edit dialog box The entered text is now the search criteria Filter Clear oe ani gt 25 Clear cance
84. ngBook list 1 Name of the Style MID or KAR or MP3 file memorized Entry s name wathane sae Song Selection number ID number for numeric selection Rarer ii oe sR ae SONGBOOK MT no chord gt Z Currently selected resource If a dif f t Style MID KAR or MP3 fil file are saved with the entry If unchecked a E dit ae ne l eh etl ae ae cases Sr emcee from the saved resource shown on This parameter is automatically checked 7 top of the page when touching the New Song button to i create a new entry One of the four STSs available in When checked you can save the current Key Current fe T HE o 4 each entry where you can save the board tracks into one of the four STSs available current settings for the Keyboard for each entry or save all the STSs of the current Pet Sona me tracks Style to the SongBook entry fe J pe A Touch New Song to cre Choose All Current Style STS to save the four STSs ate a new entry with the new entry 6 When done with this page press the Book Edit 2 tab to see the Book Edit 2 page and edit the SongBook database details SONGBOOK Database entry s parameters mE TS Custom Lee Book ae ae ae Into The SongBook 71 Adding entries 7 Touchthe T Text Edit button next to the field s you want to edit Set all the other parameters You can write the Genre and Artist name If you are saving a single STS you can give it a name this is not possible if you are saving all S
85. no RX Sound Damper and Assignable pedal connectors m m l O 00000000000000 000000 000000000000 O N ss Paso o am f 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 and correctly set its polarity be advised that not all pedals share the same polarity so they might actually play in reverse sustaining the notes when they are not pressed 1 Connect the Damper pedal to the DAMPER connector on the back of the instrument 2 Press the GLOBAL button to access the Global mode GLOBAL GLOBAL Menu O General Hode Controls Preferences Tuning Audio amp Eg Menu of the Global mode Touch Panel Calibration Global mode is where you can set some global parameters like this one the Master Tuning or the Date amp Time These settings are not tied to any specific operative mode so they are pro grammed in these separate pages Global parameters are automatically saved each time you edit them 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 Keyboard S
86. ognized 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 Overview 11 Front Panel this mode chords are detected below the split point Off The 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 Turning off the Split mode automatically 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 If you keep the SHIFT button pressed and press the SPLIT button a dialog box will open asking you to play a key to set the new Split Point If you do not want to set a new point press the EXIT button instead Ensemble The Ensemble function automatically harmonizes ENSEMBLE the melody played with the right hand 3 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
87. on e Press STOP to stop all sequences at once e Keep STOP pressed and press one or more of the PAD buttons to stop the corresponding sequence s e Press one of the ENDING buttons to stop both the accom paniment and the Pads at the same time 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 last select Player Pads will synchronize to the Tempo of the last Standard MIDI File that has been played back About Pads and the Player s Play command When you press the PLAY button to start the Player all Pads will stop playing SHIFT You can jump to the Style Play gt Pad Assignable Switch page by keeping SHIFT pressed and pressing one of the PAD buttons Selection Here you can select a Style Sound SongBook entry or Song and activate the automatic selection of the STSs STS e SELECTION STYLE SOUND SONGBOOK SONG o 0000Q STS MODE This button lets you cycle between the following functions On When a Style is selected STS 1 is also automati cally selected The Keyboard sounds and effects will change along with the Style sounds and effects Variation STS Link function activated This func tion makes each Variation recall the corre
88. on trols gt Clock amp Power Rear Panel Overview 13 Rear Panel 20000000000 000000 Ca A AUU 000000000000 PED e eSa S OOM HOST J e lt ysg DEVICE ASSIGNABLE DIO 6 J ACV Cin Music stand Music stand holes A music stand comes standard with your Pa600 Insert its legs into these two dedicated holes e S8OOSS 696 Et e e 000000 000000000000000000000 000000 am E USB Connectors Use these connectors to connect USB devices or a personal computer DEVICE atp PENE HOST R This is a USB Type A Master Host connector USB 2 0 compli ant High Speed only to connect older slower USB devices please use an USB hub Use it to connect to the Pa600 an USB Flash Memory stick an external CD ROM drive an USB hard disk You can access the connected device in the Media mode DEVICE This is a USB Type B Slave Device connector USB 2 0 High Speed Use it to connect the Pa600 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 The drivers for PC and Mac needed to make full use
89. 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 The Performance is the most encompassing setting on the Pa600 a single setting that can remember a Style with all the appro priate sounds the Keyboard tracks with all the appropriate sounds and all their Settings Tempo transposition effects etc A Performance can be stored in one of the Performance bank locations or it can be saved in a database format using the SongBook function Sequencer The Sequencer acts as a recorder so you can capture and play back your performances The Pa600 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 This 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 271 Performance The LOGO decoder On the front panel of
90. op the Style or Song Note This does not work in Sequencer mode SHIFT You can jump to the Global gt Basic page by keeping SHIFT pressed and pressing the FADE IN OUT 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 numerator 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 back to the beginning of measure 1 START STOP Starts or stops the Style Note This function can be automatically activated by playing the keyboard harder by setting the Velocity Control parameter in the Global gt Mode Preferences gt Style Play page You can reset all frozen notes and controllers on the Pa600 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 S
91. orks 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 PLATER Song Selection Tupe KECE Another MIDI Song anyon LoveSong My MIDI Song My JbxList Play All List Scrollbar When the Name label is selected keep the SHIFT button pressed while touching one of the arrows to scroll to the next or previ ous 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 R2 UPPER e p J me O a J 24 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 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 E Fadl Hl Standard MIDI File Folder File of Style bank Operative modes The p
92. ort able level for too long Keyboard Style Accompaniment and Song Volume By default the BALANCE knob balances the volume of the Keyboard KBD tracks against the Styles Accompani ACC ment ACC Song SNG and Pad tracks song KBD When in Style Play mode this knob balances between the Keyboard tracks and the Style and Pad tracks BALANCE When in Song Play mode this knob balance between the Keyboard tracks and the Player and Pad tracks This is a relative control whose effective maximum level is determined by the MASTER VOLUME knob position When moved a magnified version of the virtual slider appears in the display for more accurate positioning As an alternative the knob can be used to control the Style Song Volume without affecting the Keyboard tracks choose the desired behavior by editing the Balance parameter in the Global gt Controllers gt Hand Control page Note This knob only works in Style Play and Song Play mode it does not work in Sequencer mode Headphones Connect a pair of headphones to the PHONES output on the back of the instrument You can use headphones with an impedance of 16 200 Ohms 50 Ohms suggested Use a headphone splitter to connect more than one pair of headphones Note When connecting the headphones the speakers are automat ically deactivated Loudspeakers Pa600 is fitted with a pair of powerful high quality integrated speakers and a bass reflex box
93. ort can be used for file transfer and for MIDI connection without the need of a dedicated MIDI interface for the personal computer Live Performing Pa600 has been carefully designed to be used live The realtime word gets its full meaning in this instrument Performances allow the instant selection of all the tracks on the keyboard and a suitable Style STSs allow an instant selection of the keyboard tracks Styles are the realtime backing companions for your real time playing Pads are looping sequences or single hit sounds Songs are the backing over which you can play or sing the SongBook is the quick way to select a song from a large music database the Search function allows for instant localization of all the files and musical resources of the instrument Easy Mode If you are the kind of musician that prefers to play rather than deal with technical matters you can use the Pa600 in Easy Mode Forget all the most sophisticate and less commonly used fea tures and be free to play without thinking to anything else e p J me e oe 16 Welcome What s in the box What s in the box After you buy your Pa600 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 Pa600 Music stand Power cable Quick Guide DVD containing the Video Manual the Reference manual t
94. ower 2 Be sure the Lower track is set to play If the Lower track is muted touch its A Maga icon to make it disappear from this area Eel AG 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 Grand Piano Rix oo WTE NAS ewe Oy MUTE Playing Sounds Playing different Sounds with your left and right hand 4 Return to the full keyboard playing mode by pressing the SPLIT button to turn its LED off HAAN AH Full Upper 5 Play the keyboard iM l M A Upper Note how the keyboard once again plays the Upper tracks over the entire
95. p 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 Copyright 2012 KORG Italy Spa Printed in China Contents 1 7 Pe 2 Introduction Saving your settings to a Performance 41 5 OVEIVICW seriisseciii ritira K 4 selecting ane saving ime My senmo Performance 44 D Front Panel coccccetenepageseduacne dapectratese serene ces 4 oor e nde eC a parameters tHE Myce haaa ieS o scare cy apenas geek te eediieees ce eades 44 Rede Quel gopeceadonnecamecasetaaseaseeee een T 13 CU Saving the default parameters into the My Setting Welcome Se i i i er i es 15 Performance Sete a ees cae ha eee at ee at ea eae TE 44 ave Perion jc 5o9eg oun ee erinu Ee En an emer an ens 15 Selecti Jalanna ae Eds VIOUS ccageunbescuewne ee cnoueu EAA 15 j ectng ang praying Pa rosette a eaeeae WHat INTHE DOM cepsrerrrerr restren e PEPEN en cane cee lt 16 Se E AOOUt MNS MANUAl 24204 cehareencevenecaseerecesceasees 16 BOO eee arae ee a Intro Variation Fill Break Ending 48 Wseraiks 22442556255 orire 5500s 04955045 e aoe eS oes 16 acl oa a Backing up your data 0 cece eee eee eens 17 e E tate eee
96. perchlorate WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN AVERTISSEMENT RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR e in re 7 Eee REDEN reEnybheoITOS The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equi lateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product s enclo sure 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 oper ating and maintenance servicing instructions in the litera ture accompanying the product THE FCC REGULATION WARNING for U S A 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 with 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
97. pressing the ENSEMBLE button Performance Select Section Use these buttons to select a Performance Performances memo rize all Sounds assigned to the keyboard most control panel set tings and an associated Style a PERFORMANCE STYLE MY PIANO amp TRUMPET amp SAX amp SYNTH CHANGE SETTING E PIANO ORGAN GUITAR STRINGS BRASS TROMBONE WOODWIND amp FX fe LI 0u UUU A L O 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 Keep this button pressed for about one second to save the cur rent 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 e a J me e a 12 Overview Front Panel If you keep the SHIFT button pressed and press one of the buttons of this section the Write Performance window appears in the display and you can save the current track set tings into a Performance S
98. rameters 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 default parameters into the My Setting Performance You can save the startup settings Sounds and other settings including most of the settings on the control panel into this special Performance that is automatically recalled when turning the instru ment on 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 D Write Startup Settings MY SETTING ar Selecting and playing Styles 45 Selecting and playing a Style Selecting and playing Styles Pa600 is an arranger i e a musical instrument providing automatic accompaniments or arrange ments Each arrangement style is called as a consequence 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 Selecting a Style also selects the four Pads it contains Pads are single sounds or single track patterns that can be triggered with
99. right harmonization type has been selected press the EXIT button to go back to the main page STYLE PLAT Keyboard Ensemble STYLE PLAT Trk Upper 1 Grand Piano RX F Piano 121 610 000 sluggedBs EXIT nge T Elock E 0L Li HT rT mee Ensemble Trk Assign While in an Edit page press EXIT to go back to Flay Play J Pias DR PERC ACCOMP LOWER UPPERS STS Pad Suk Hame g hem Scale Ti la Saas eaaaae the Main page of the cur rent operating mode 6 Press the ENSEMBLE button again to turn its LED off The automatic harmonization will be turned off ENSEMBLE O 56 Selecting and playing Styles The Chord Sequencer The Chord Sequencer In case you need both hands free for playing a solo while a Style is playing you can record a Chord Sequence and let Pa600 play the chords for you 1 Press the START STOP button to set the Style to play 2 Press the MEMORY and MAN BASS RECORD buttons together to start recording ACCOMP MEMORY MAN BASS CHORD SEQUENCER gt E e e 3 Start recording your Chord Sequence at the beginning of the next measure bes While recording you will see a red flashing icon in the display l Play the chords in the chord scan area The chord scan area is under the Split Point if the SPLIT LED is turned on Usually it is over the whole keyboard if the SPLIT LED is turned off The chord scan area also depends on the status of the
100. s 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 Single Touch Setting Write Current Style Settings _ Sole 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 qe 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 SOUND Amp Ame Arie Ate Lyle Par Piod EG 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 23 The Color TouchView graphical 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 Filter The virtual keyboard w
101. s 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 START STOP O 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 the LED 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 fe 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 When the Fill ends the selected Variation O 1 2 O 3 O 4 Selecting and playing Styles 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 1 O 2 O 3 When the Ending is fin _ ished the Style auto matically stops Single Touch Settings STS
102. s may be needed Pa series Style Pad Performance Sound PCM Sample Song SongBook Operating System RX Real eXperience DNC Defined Nuance Control Multitasking system Load while play feature Upgradable Internal clock DATA STORAGE USB Port for Memory Devices Yes 1 Host 2 0 Hi Speed USER INTERFACE Display 7 800 x 480 TFT Graphical Color Touch Screen Display Controls Dial Master Volume Accompaniment Player Keyboard Volume Balance Transpose Octave Transpose Ensemble Tap Tempo Reset Tempo Tempo Lock Fade In Out Technical specifications 89 KORG Pa600 Features Pa600 Standard Pa600 Quarter Tone Programmable Controls Joystick 2 Switches Assignable Pedal Footswitch CONNECTIONS MIDI IN OUT USB 1 Host 2 0 Hi Speed and 1 Device 2 0 Hi Speed MIDI Over USB Outputs 2 Analog Left Right AMPLIFICATION Amplification and Speakers 2 Channel Amplification System 2x15 Watt 2 x 100 mm Double Cone Speakers in Bass Reflex Box ACCESSORIES Supplied Accessories Manual AC Power Cable Music Stand DVD Specifications and appearance are subject to change without notice for improvement 90 MIDI Implementation Chart MIDI Implementation Chart KORG Pa600 OS Version 1 0 April 01 2012 ee ee Default Memorized Basic Channel Changed Default Messages Altered 2 CEE kkk Note Number True Voice ok 2K ok ok ke ok 2k ok ok 2k ok 2k ok 2k ok ok Note On O 9n V 1 127 O 9n V 1 127
103. s set to play If it is muted touch the bank icon to set it to play m ae 0 HT lt P EEA Nylon Guitar STS2 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 no SPLIT LED turned on If it is split in two parts press the SPLIT but ton to turn its LED off g HATTA TA AAA Full U pper OTT Playing Sounds 33 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 Note You can also open The currently eHlacted Sound the Sound Select window by appears inthe page Target track forthe first touching the track to header selected Sound which to assign the new Sound then pressing the SOUND button in the SELEC TION section Sound s name Type of Sounds STYLE SOUND BONGBOOK SONG ji ees Rai Bright Pianowide L LJ L LJ Chiron 121 981 9801 ipe Sound bank icon aan Ac Piano Wid
104. screen directly Always apply the solution to your cloth first then clean the screen 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 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 eventual differences found between the specifications and the contents of the instruc tion 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 u
105. spond ing STS when selected For example select Variation 2 and STS 2 will be automatically recalled select Variation 3 and STS 3 will be automatically recalled Flashing Off When you select a Style the Style sounds and effects will change The Keyboard sounds and effects will not change 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 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 e p J me e a 8 Overview Front Panel gt Mode Preferences gt Media page Styles of the Favorite type can be used to load new Styles from an external device or to save newly created or edited Styles into banks with a freely editable name Styles of the User type are like the Favorites but you can not edit the bank name and are better suited for temporary materials SHIFT You can keep the SHIFT button pressed and press this button to make the Write Style Settings window appear in the display Then you can save the current Style Setup SO
106. t ll Modern Movie pa world i Piano Trio orchestral MPa Heart Jazz Organ Dance Fusion amp Rock STOP Press EXIT to go to Main Page 5 Exit from the Demo mode by pressing any one of the MODE buttons 32 Playing Sounds 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 Lower Split button N KORG Pa SoO mae iiiz PN O0 nooo oo 50 6686 OO Og 9 oO 66909 OAOA AG 36 8008 ood aho oo KORG me mi E a emma lie manun _ J OOd dod ondado o Oo oooooooo 6 e NY Sound Select button Performance section Selecting a Sound and playing it on the keyboard 1 Besurethe Upper 1 track is selected and set to play Note Be sure tracks STYLE PLAY lt no chord Upper 2 and Upper 3 are A selected track is shown with a white back muted and are not playing If ground In this example the Upper 1 track is h h selected If it is not selected touch it once to VOU DEAT MON MON GNE sound see also page 34 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 i
107. t to uncheck the Global parameter Just keep in mind that when this parameter is checked the split point will change globally Playing Sounds 39 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 lowered 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 AcousticPiano E 40 Selecting and saving Performances Selecting a Performance Selecting and saving Performances The Performance is the musical heart of the Pa600 Unlike selecting single Sounds selecting a Per formance will recall several Sounds at the same time the needed effects and transpositions plus many more parameters useful for playing in a musical situation like the Assignable Switches 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 c
108. t 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 amp 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 in realtime 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 In addition to the Style and Pad tracks up to four additional parts can be played on the keyboard in real time Each of these Keyboard tracks can be limited to a particular range of keys or velocities but in general 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 Keyboard tracks will allow you to play along with the Player STS Single Touch Settings Single Touch Settings allow you to instantly change the sounds assigned to each of the Keyboard tracks with a single button press allowing for wide variation in sounds during a perfor mance Four STS Single Touch Settings can be saved with each Style or SongBook entry Ensemble By turning the Ensemble feature on a single note played on
109. the dedicated PAD buttons more about them later in this manual If the STS MODE LED is turned on the first of the four Single Touch Settings STS associated to the Style is also selected and Keyboard tracks Effects and some other useful parameters are automatically configured Use the Style controls to start or stop the Style Style Select and STS Mode buttons B KORG Pa G00 aT i iiz Ni oo00 Dogo ooo exe 5353 o OQO ooog o c 100 CECEN TETEJE is oo oo KORG OOd Ododo d dddbooa o OS coooog0006 e Ly Style Elements Style Controls Selecting and playing a Style 1 Touch the Style area in the display The Style Select window appears Note You can also open the Style Select window by Type of Style pressing the STYLE button in the SELECTION section Fop atin s Guitar Pop Modern Beat jAi oo Guitar Beat Pop Ballad E EIE ck Standard amp Beat r Fu Touch a Style s name to select it Bt fine World r y a ward 16 Beat Pop Chart Z Co E pz P3 P4 PS Touch one of the side tabs to select a different Style bank Touch one of the lower tabs to select a different Style page 46 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 wi
110. ting 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 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 or press the same button again Note Ending 1 plays a short sequence with different chords while Ending 2 plays on the latest recognized chord Ending 3 starts immediately and is just two measures long Style Controls Use these buttons to start stop the accompaniment FADE TAP TEMPO SYNCHRO IN OUT RESET START STOP O O Oo OO OO LI O FADE IN OUT When a Style or Song is not playing press this button to start it with the volume fading in the volume goes from zero to the maximum When a Style or Song is playing back press this button to stop it with the volume fading out the volume gradually decreases You don t need to press START STOP or PLAY STOP to start or st
111. to raise it This effect is called the QUARTER TONE SUB SCALE Pitch Bend Y Move the joystick forward to trigger Modulation QUARTER TONE SUB SCALE Y Move the joystick backward to trigger the func tion assigned in Sound mode Use the mini keyboard to modify the Quarter Tone Scale and the four SC Preset buttons to select one of the preset scales Keep one of the buttons pressed to memorize the current scale into the corresponding SC Preset Overview 5 Front Panel DEFINED N UANOE GENERAL ElTouchView TECHNOLOGY OCOONTROL j DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS STS2 STS3 STS4 LJ OI JOK SONG JO gt 0 SYNCHRO STE START STOP ENSEMBLE EA l fe o o oO L LYRICS SCORE MARKER O O UPPER OCTAVE SEARCH SHIFT EXIT PLAYER _ gt la gt oE TRANSPOSE b TEMPO METRO SPLIT oooo co oo co O PERFORMANCE __ STYLE PIANO amp TRUMPET amp SAX amp SYNTH CHANGE E PIANO ORGAN GUITAR STRINGS BRASS TROMBONE WOODWIND amp FX fo J O U O U A A CIO MY SETTING J
112. 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 it as a new Standard MIDI File Note In this mode you cannot play MP3 files SOUND EDIT Sound Edit mode to play single Sounds on the keyboard or edit them User Sounds may be based on User PCM Samples to be loaded into the dedicated Sample RAM memory Note Pa600 cannot load compressed User PCM Samples from other Pa Series models SHIFT While in any other operating mode keep the SHIFT button pressed and press this button to send the selected Sound to the Sound Edit mode 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 Pa600 To exit from this mode press any of the MODE buttons Special Mode Buttons These buttons are used to recall settings file management and record modes GLOBAL MEDIA RECORD no 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 underl
113. tton When the Song is stopped Note In any ae the PLAYER B the LED on the PLAY STOP Player will automatically stop POE button turns off when the end of the Song is lt lt gt gt la L en LJ em Song Play 61 Changing the tracks volume Changing the tracks volume While playing back a Standard MIDI File you may wish to change each track s volume to create a mix on the fly 1 Be sure the Volume panel is shown or touch the Volume tab to show it SONG PLAY TmT 1 iri is cor TE NTG STS A SER y e mM sik i HT s0 1 5 16 LOWER UPPERS UPPERS UPPER STs e Sub Juke ime poke Paa sene f sese cco 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 no chord gt mo chord gt Bla le Ela le 240 Trk Upper 1 Grand Piano RX Fty Piane 121 610 006 fo mo fo go to t Trk Upper Use the TRACK SELECT button to cycle between differ ent groups of tracks 3 InNormal view you can adjust each Keyboard track s volume APTS Ts 0 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 Grand Piano Rx Blatt ole 7 i oe Ff ON BE s sM n L HTE r for TE NTG SWS 5 T y
114. uch 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 move the curser single character Clear to delete the whole string Write List Use alphabetic char acters to enter text Touchthe T Text Edit symbol to open the y Text Edit dialog box Use the SHIFT button to switch When done touch OK to confirm the between capitals and small new name or Cancel to abandon all characters changes 74 The SongBook 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 Usethe List pop up menu to select one of the available Custom Lists SONGBOOK Tupe Hame Penre Jen Meter Entry in play To select a dif Black s black Disco 25 4 4 ferent one highlight it and Boogie marveland Disco touch the Select button in Born to be active Disco the display Gage Daddy is cool Disco G9 Disco infernal Disco Gao Don t leave rne Disco Touch Select to set the highlighted entry to play if different than the one auto matically selected Next
115. ull 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 to see all Songs in the list Keep SHIFT pressed and touch the Up Down arrow to Types REWI Bentre Key Bpr Meter Lovesong C Major 240 6H 4 believer Gg A day in Paradise I A gigolo z fe scroll to the next pre SongBook list GP A hard day night A vious alphabetic sec G A piece of me po tion As an alternative you can use the VALUE Touch this checkbox Filtered Fi nn ot DIAL AE w ee ET Touch this button to edit the view filter Adds the highlighted entry to the Custom List The SongBook 73 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 MT 8 To chord A List name Z so Scrollbar Type Hame Genre key P Meter TY Black s black Disco 25 4 4 ee ei a ae Select an entry to be edited Ga Gorn to be active Disco frouithe list Gig Daddy is cool Disco Use the vertical arrows GP Disco infernal Disco to move the selected Gl Dont leaveme Disco entry up or down in the list B BEB Del Song New List Del List Touch Write to save the cur gt a i rent Custom List Boor A eae A cats ena ae ES pe ee ee at Touch Del Song to delete To
116. ustomized version Similar to Performances you can also save your settings to a Single Touch Setting STS which will store all the settings for the Keyboard tracks Four STSs are supplied with each Style and 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 This means you can save your preferred startup settings to this Perfor mance see below for more information Single Touch Settings STS section Performance section J Pa G00 Se ia isi DS a Jer oo Cc we ccs F VOLUME BALANCE PLAY PLAY SEQUENCER EDIT GLOBAL MEDIA TRACK o Boge ag og 2 ae ae ey ee QQ 00 ohkoooo co O00000 m 2 ooa ee pein et tage ERO SPLIT aca TRANSPOSE o x 00000 00000 OO0CLL HORA re So oo Se i eega DE mn ara smes mes BEE io TH J ooann 0cacacacaoaaaocoon0n o ON OOOOOOOL oA Selecting a Performance 1 Touch the Performance area in the display to open the Performance Select window PERFORMANCE SELECT Factory Piano i E The selected Performance is high lighted Touch a Performance name to select it Touch one of the side tabs to select a different
117. ver 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 Power On Off y O Press it briefly to turn the instrument on In case there are User Sounds based on User PCM Samples loading may take some time STANDBY Use this button to turn the instrument on LED on or off LED off When turned off the instrument is in standby mode Keep it pressed for about one second to turn the instrument off 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 Note To avoid wasting power Pa600 will by default automatically turn off after two hours of non active use playing pressing but tons or using the touch screen Please save your data Perfor mances Styles Songs and so on before taking a prolonged pause You can change the auto power off timer in Global gt General C
118. xt to the MASTER VOLUME knob to balance between the Keyboard KBD and Style s Accompaniment ACC volume BALANCE SONG KBD This knob also balances between the Keyboard and the Pad tracks Also it balances between the Keyboard and the Song tracks in Song Play mode 52 Selecting and playing Styles 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 STYLE PLAY HT rT Mee d ni yi nj P ss T LOWER UPPERS UPPERS UPPERI Sub Scale STYLE PLAY MT 8 pluggedBallac HU lt P D mee j DR PERC ACCOMP LOWER UPPERS UPPERS U Hame g ommi Scale 3 To separately adjust each Style track press the TRACK SELECT button to change the track s view TK 0 Hint As an alternative SELECT SAS eee chora you can change each track s nuggedBallat volume by touching a track s a area to select it then using et Ea the VALUE dial to change the Trk Upper 1 Grand Piano Rx Fty Piano 121 910 0088 volume mam o wo o In Style view all separate Style tracks are shown and their volume can be adjusted by dragging the corresponding sliders i DRUM PERC 4 Toreturn tothe Keyboard Tracks view press the TRACK SELECT button again
119. ying 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 both the internal data SYS KORG SYSTEM area and a space where to save data DISK KORG DISK area RECORD This button sets the instrument to the Record mode which one depends on the current operating mode Accompaniment Memory Manual Bass Chord Sequencer These buttons let you turn all Accompaniment tracks on off decide what should remain in memory and how to play the bass In addition they have the Chord Sequencer as a second func tion ACCOMP MEMORY MAN BASS O O O I L CHORD SEQUENCER L p m O ACCOMP 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

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