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Inspiring New Sounds, Refreshing New Workflow, Entirely New Arranger

Pa5X is the new flagship in the KORG Professional Arranger lineup, redefining an arranger keyboard. Completely redesigned with a state-of-the-art sound engine and a streamlined color-driven user interface, Pa5X produces a stunningly rich and unique sonic experience that inspires you to create and perform!

Pa5X comes packed with thousands of inspiring Sounds and hundreds of fresh Styles, all instantly accessible through an inviting workflow. A completely new front panel featuring an assignable Pad Matrix and Mixer section, multicolored LED buttons, and a huge tilt-able touchscreen puts you in control of your music making experience at all times. Pa5X excels both as a live performance instrument and as a powerful creative tool in the studio, allowing you to find your ideal sound no matter where your music takes you.

Main Features

- Premium Quality and Elegant Design

- Modern and Streamlined User Interface

- Stunningly rich sound-engine: EDS-XP

- Real-time controllers

- Advanced chord recognition, and a library full of chord sequences

- Smooth transition between Sounds, Styles and Songs

- Two cross-fading Players able to mix everything: Styles to Midi-files, or Midi-files to MP3-files, or Styles to Styles (unique to the Pa5X)

- Each player displays lyrics and score

- Create your own Styles and Songs

- SongBook, a music library always with you

- A complete sound library

- Onboard mixer with insert, master, final and mastering effects

- Dedicated Microphone and Guitar inputs with dedicated effects for each

- MIDI, USB, HDMI, Audio In and Out, Pedal connectors

- Standard File Formats

- Optional high-quality accessories

Premium Quality and Elegant Design

The Pa5X was designed with elegance and durability in mind, featuring a sturdy aluminum body and genuine wooden side-panels for a luxury appearance. All of the keybeds on Pa5X provide an authentic feel and full control of expression for any playing situation. The 88-key weighted action has a realistic piano-like touch while the 76- and 61-key versions feature lighter touch semi-weighted keys. All the keybeds include aftertouch control for added expressivity.

Modern and Streamlined User Interface

At the center of Pa5X is a large 8" tiltable touch screen that displays a completely redesigned GUI (graphical user interface). This makes all the sounds and features of Pa5X easily accessible to home and studio musicians as well as live performers. The colors in the display are carefully matched to the ones used in the LED programmable buttons on the control panel. This color driven interface allows you to easily navigate Pa5X, adding color to your music!

Powerful EDS-XP Sound Engine for Rich and Inspiring Sounds

KORG Professional Arrangers have set the industry standard for powerful musical expression, featuring sound engines that inspire musicians to create and perform. Pa5X introduces the EDS-XP (Enhanced Definition Synthesis – Expanded) sound-engine, which builds upon the technology used in Pa4X with advanced hardware and a powerful new operating system, taking sounds on Pa5X to a new level. The 24 stereo Oscillators and 160 voices of polyphony power thousands of high-quality sounds, covering a wide range of musical instruments and genres. The EDS-XP sound engine also introduces new cutting-edge features such as Round-Robin drum and percussion performance, Smooth Sound Transition, Sound-Controller 3 functionality and much more.

Realtime Controllers

Pa5X features a fully programmable control section with 9 buttons and 9 sliders. You can assign any function to it, from mixer volume to drawbar settings, from microphone mute to bass inversion, to lyrics scroll commands and more.

Advanced Chord Recognition System and Full Library of Chord Sequences

Pa5X's chord recognition system is the most sophisticated around, featuring an Expert mode that is crafted around the playing styles of the best modern jazz pianists. This chord recognition system can be as simple or advanced as desired, even allowing you to trigger chords with a single finger!

Smooth Transitions between Sounds, Styles and Songs

Pa5X adds Smooth Sound Transition (SST) technology, allowing for seamless transitions between Sounds, Styles and Songs without any interruption.

Cutting-edge Dual Crossfading Players

Pa5X can play two Styles, MIDI files, or MP3 files simultaneously and in any combination, made possible by the dual onboard Players (KORG's exclusive XDS Crossfade Dual Sequencer/Player). These two Players can be mixed with a handy crossfader, or can be used to play a song while another one is waiting to start.

Creating Styles and Songs

You can create your own Styles, and record your own MIDI and MP3 Songs. The included editing features allow for detailed editing of each single recorded event.

The SongBook: A Music Library Always With You

Songs and Styles can be saved into the onboard SongBook, whose database-like entries are easy to synchronize with external score readers on a tablet.

A Complete Sound Library

The onboard sounds range from ultra-realistic acoustic instruments, to electric vintage keyboards, to synth classics, with the addition of fantasy sounds and special effects. The curated selection of acoustic and electric pianos includes sounds from the celebrated SV-2 Stage Vintage Piano, and specially selected sounds from KORG's flagship synth workstations: Kronos and Nautilus.

Intuitive Mixer Section with Extensive Effects Processing

Sounds on Pa5X are processed by an elaborate chain of professional studio quality effects, with up to 10 Insert FX, 3 Master FX and 1 Finalizer for each of the two Players. Final mastering effects are applied via KORG's long-term cooperation with Waves Audio®.

Dedicated Microphone and Guitar Inputs with Effects Processing

A microphone and a guitar can be connected simultaneously to the separate audio inputs of Pa5X. KORG's extensive experience in vocal harmonization technology and guitar effects processing is featured, with each input having dedicated on-board effects including four-voice harmonies and vintage amp/pedal simulators.

MIDI, USB, HDMI, Audio In and Out, Pedal Connectors

Pa5X offers a plethora of audio, control and storage connections including XLR, jack, minijack, HDMI, MIDI, and USB ports. Three pedal inputs allow for connecting damper, footswitch, volume and expression pedals.

Standard File Formats

The use of standard file formats such as MIDI, MP3, WAV, AIFF and SF2 opens up a world of possibilities when exchanging files.

Optional High-Quality Accessories

The optional ST-SV1-BK stand keeps Pa5X sturdy while performing on stage. Pa5X is also compatible with the KORG PaAS Amplification System, a speaker system specifically designed to connect directly to Pa5X without cables.

Conclusion

Pa5X is the most evocative, powerful, and easy to use Professional Arranger ever produced. Discover the next generation of arranger keyboard with KORG Pa5X and be inspired!

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Pa5X Specification

Keyboard: Pa5X 61: 61 keys (C2 – C7) Semi-weighted keys with Aftertouch

Case: Aluminum case with wooden side panels

Operating System: Upgradable Operating System

Sound Generator: EDS-XP (Enhanced Definition Synthesis-Expanded)

Polyphony: 160 Voices, 160 Oscillators

Effects: Keyboard Tracks: 3 Insert Effect; 3 Master Effects | Style/Song: 10 Insert Effects; 3 Master Effects | Master EQ and Finalizer for Songs and Styles | Final Mastering Effects: Waves | MaxxAudio® Suite

Mic Processor: Compressor, EQ, Gate; Four-part Harmonizer, Doubler, Filter, Modulation, Delay, Reverb, AutoPitch

Guitar Processor: Guitar rack (4 effect-slots) with stompbox and amp simulation

Sounds / Drum Kits: More than 2,200 Factory Sounds; 130+ Drum Kits including Ambient and Round Robin-based Drum Kits; User Area: 768 Sounds, 384 Drum Kits

Sampling: 4 GB PCM Sample memory (equivalent to 8 GB linear when compressed); Loads KORG, WAV, AIFF and SoundFont™ formats

Keyboard Sets: More than 500 Factory Keyboard Sets

Players: Patented XDS Crossfade Dual Player with X-Fader Balance control

Styles: More than 600 Factory Styles; Eight Style Tracks, 4 Keyboard Sets and 4 Pads per Style

Chord Sequencer: More than 200 Chord Sequences

Songs: Supported formats: MID, KAR, MP3 + Lyrics, MP3+G; Full-featured 16-track Sequencer

MP3 Player / Recorder: Double MP3 Player and MP3 Recorder; Transpose (+6/-5 semitones), Tempo Change (±30%)

SongBook: Fully programmable music database; Filtering, sorting, and Set Lists

Pads: More than 400 Pads; Four Assignable Pads + Stop Buttons

Control Section: 9 Assignable Sliders, 9 Assignable Buttons, Strip Display

Matrix Section: 16 Matrix Pads, 4 Preset buttons

Audio Inputs: Mic (Combo XLR, balanced); Guitar (1/4" jack); Line 1 L/R (1/4" jacks, balanced); Line 2 Stereo (1/8" mini-jack)

Audio Outputs: Main L/R, Separate Outs 1/2/3/4 (1/4" jacks, balanced); Headphones (1/4" jack)

Video Output: HDMI connector

MIDI: IN, OUT, THRU; USB to MIDI; 16 User-definable MIDI Presets

USB: Type A (Host 3.0): 1 front, 2 rear | Type B (Device 2.0): 1 rear

Storage: Internal Drive: 1 GB; Micro SD Card slot (rear); USB Flash Drive support

Display: 8" Wide capacitive color TouchView™ TFT display, 800 x 600 resolution

Power: 100-240V, 50/60 Hz; <0.2W standby / 20W normal / 45W with PaAS

Dimensions: Pa5X-61: 1,021.1 x 374.3 x 126.8 mm / 40.20" x 14.73" x 4.99"

Weight: Pa5X-61: 15.1 kg / 33.29 lbs

Accessories: AC Power Cable, Music Stand, Quick Guide manual

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