User Manual

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Welcome!
Welcome to the world of Korg Pa300 Professional Arranger!
Pa300 is a very powerful arranger, suitable both for professional
and home entertainment use.
Here are some of the features of your new instrument.
Physical Features and User Experience
• 61 synth-type keys with velocity.
• Slim and compact, lightweight, elegant cabinet design.
• Wide 5" TFT graphic touch screen display. Professional
TouchView™ graphic interface for direct access to the on-
screen controls and to the musical resources.
• High-quality integrated amplification, and high-quality
output audio converters.
• RX (Real eXperience) Technology, the cutting edge engine
that drives every aspect of the Pa300 – from the synthesis to
the display and how it all works together.
• A joystick and an assignable pedal ensure total control over
the sound.
Sounds and Effects
• Powerful sound generation system, for crystal-clear, realis-
tic sounds.
• 128 voices of polyphony.
• General MIDI Level 2 Sound-compatible. Enhanced Sound
compatibility for GM Songs.
• More than 950 Sounds, plus 64 Drum Kits.
• 240 Performance locations, plus 4 Single Touch Settings
(STS) for each Style and SongBook entry, for fast setting of
keyboard sounds and effects.
• Four Stereo Master FX, with 125 effect types. Final 4-band
Parametric EQ.
• Edit Sound, to create and edit new Sounds.
Styles and Songs
• Over 300 Factory Styles with 4 Variations and 4 Fill In +
Break, plus 8 Favorite and 3 User Style banks for unlimited
storage of your custom Styles and settings.
• Style and Pad Record, including the enhanced “Guitar
Mode 2” for even more realistic guitar parts.
• Guitar Mode 2 tracks, for more realistic guitar tracks.
• Standard MIDI File player and recorder, and MP3 player.
• Lyrics and Score display. Multilingual extended character
set. Enhanced compatibility with Lyrics in graphical format
(+G) for Standard MIDI Files and MP3 files.
• Full-featured 16-track sequencer.
• Fully editable SongBook music database, for fast song
retrieving.
Other Features
• Search function, for instant retrieving of any musical
resource or file.
• Operating System updates, to load new features and
enhancements. Don’t let your instrument get old!
• Generous internal memory, to store a great amount of data.
• USB 2.0 High Speed Host port, for connecting external
devices like hard disks, CD-ROM drives, USB memory
sticks, etc.
• USB 2.0 High Speed Device port, to connect a personal
computer to your Pa300. This port can be used for file
transfer, and for MIDI connection (without the need of a
dedicated MIDI interface).
Welcome!
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