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KORG Pa500

KORG Pa500 SPECIFICATION

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Pa500 Specification

 

Keyboard:
  61 keys with Velocity
 
 
System:
  OPOS (Objective Portable Operating System) and RX (Real eXperience) Technology – Multitasking, Load while play feature – Upgradable Operative System - SSD Solid State Disk
 
 
Tone Generator:
  EDS (Extended Definition Synthesis) 80 Voices, 80 Oscillators – Filters with Resonance - Three band EQ for each track
 
 
Effects:
  4 Stereo Digital Multi-Effect systems – 124 Effects types – Final semi-parametric three band EQ
 
 
Sounds-Drum Kits:
  880 Sounds, including a Stereo Piano and GM Level 2 compatible Sounds, 56 Drum Kits - User area: 128 Sounds, 64 Drum Kits - Realtime control: Assignable Slider, Switch - Full editing of Sounds and Drum Kits
 
 
Styles:
  More than 320 preloaded Styles, SSD-resident, freely reconfigurable - Up to 448 available Style locations- 64 User Styles - Eight Style tracks, 4 Single Touch Settings and one Style Performance per Style - Guitar Track, Parallel and Fixed NTT - Compatible with old "i-Series" and Pa series Style format - Style Record with Step Record, Track and Event Edit functions - Style controls: 4 Variations, 3 Fills, 3 Intros, 3 Endings, Synchro Start/Stop, Tap Tempo/Reset, Fade In/Out, Bass Inversion, Manual Bass, Tempo Lock, Memory, Accompaniment/Real Time Track Balance Volume, Accompaniment Mute, Drum Mapping, Snare & Kick Designation, Single Touch
 
 
Performance/STS:
  256 Realtime Performance locations - STS: Memorize Realtime tracks settings, up to 4 x 512 Styles, up to 4 x SongBook entries – All programmable
 
 
Realtime Tracks:
  Four Keyboard tracks (Upper 1, 2, 3, Lower) - 4 Pad tracks
 
 
Song Play:
  Patented XDS Crossfade Dual Sequencer player - 2 Sequencers with separate Select, Start/Stop, Home, Rewind and Fast Forward controls - Balance control - Lyrics data can be displayed on-screen - Markers - Jukebox function - Compatible with SMF (formats 0 and 1)
 
 
Sequencer:
  Quick Record (Backing Sequence), Multitrack and Step Record functions - Full-featured sequencer - 16 tracks - Up to 110,000 events - SMF native format
 
 
SongBook:
  Fully programmable music database, based on Styles, SMF, Karaoke, with automatic selection of Style Play and Song Play modes - User-definable custom lists - Filtering options
 
 
Compatibility:
  "i-Series" models: Styles - Pa series: Style, Performance, Program/Sound, Song, SongBook, Pad
 
 
Multi Pad:
  4 Assignable Pads + Stop Button. Pad Record function
 
 
Help System:
  Hypertextual, Contextual, Multilingual
 
 
General Controls:
  Master Volume, Real Time-Acc/Seq Balance Volume, Ensemble, Octave Transpose, Master Transpose, Style Change, Split, Quarter Tone Arabic Scale , User Scale memorized inside Performance/STS - Realtime controllers:
Joystick (pitch + modulation), 1 Assignable Slider, 1 Assignable Switch, Dial, Up/+, Down/-

 
 
Control Inputs:
  Damper Pedal, Assignable Pedal/Footswitch
 
 
Analog Output:
  Unbalanced Jack Left/Mono, Right, Headphones
 
 
Analog Input:
  2 Unbalanced Line In Jacks
 
 
MIDI:
  In, Out standard Midi connectors- USB to Midi using the USB Device port - Individual track assignment - 8 user definable MIDI Setups
 
 
USB:
  1 USB Device connection (1.1 Full Speed)
 
 
Card Slot:
  SD (Secure Digital) Card and MultiMedia Card (MMC) Memory Devices
 
 
Display:
  320 x 240 pixels, Monochrome TouchView Graphic Touch Screen
 
 
Amplification:
  2 x 15 W - Fixed EQ
 
 
Speakers:
  2 Dual Cone Speakers in Bass Reflex Box
 
 
Power Supply:
  DC 12V external power supply (supplied)
 
 
Consumption:
  15 Watt
 
 
Dimensions:
  (W x D x H) 42.2 x 15.9 x 7.5 Inches ( 1074 x 404 x 183 mm) – without music rest
 
 
Weight:
  21.8 lbs (9,9 kg)
 
 
Accessories:
  Manual, AC adapter, Music Stand, CD-ROM
 
 
Options:
  Expression/Volume Pedal (KORG EXP-2, KORG XVP-10), Damper Pedal (KORG DS-1H), Switch Pedal (KORG PS-1)

 

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