Playing Another Instrument With The Pa500 - Korg pa 500 User Manual

234 MIDI

Playing another instrument with the Pa500

Playing another instrument with the
Pa500
You can use the Pa500 as the master controller for your MIDI
setup.
1. Connect the Pa500 MIDI OUT connector to the other
instrument's MIDI IN.
2. Set the other instrument to the same channels you want to
play from Pa500. For example, if you wish to play the
Upper 1 and Upper 2 tracks with sounds of the other
instrument, enable the other instrument to receive on the
same channels Pa500 is transmitting from tracks Upper 1
and Upper 2 (by default, channels 1 and 2).
3. Set the master volume of the other instrument with its own
volume controls.
4. Mute/unmute any track right from the Pa500. Adjust each
track's volume by using Pa500 sliders.
5. Play the keyboard of the Pa500.
The Keyboard
Pa500's keyboard can drive up to four tracks via the MIDI OUT
(Upper 1-3 and Lower). MIDI output channels are set in Global
mode (see "MIDI: MIDI Out Channels" on page 209).
As a default situation ("1-Default" MIDI Setup), each of Pa500
Keyboard tracks transmit on the following channels:
Track
Upper1
Upper2
Upper3
Lower
When a track is muted, it cannot transmit any MIDI data to an
external expander or sequencer connected Pa500's MIDI OUT.
To hear only the expander's sounds, you can lower the MASTER
VOLUME control on the Pa500, or set the Keyboard tracks to
the External status (see "Track Controls: Mode" on page 190).
The Sequencer
Any Sequencer's track can drive a channel on an external instru-
ment. To set each track's MIDI output channel, see "MIDI:
MIDI Out Channels" on page 209.
To hear only the expander's sounds, you can lower the MASTER
VOLUME control on the Pa500, or set the Song tracks to the
External status (see "Track Controls: Mode" on page 190).
Select the "Sequencer 1" or "Sequencer 2" MIDI Setup (depend-
ing on the Sequencer you are using on the Pa500) to set the
channels as follows.
Track
Song 1...16
The Arranger
One of the most interesting aspect of MIDI, is that you can use
your Pa500 to play an external instrument with its onboard
arranger. Yes, it's hard to beat the audio quality of Pa500, but you
could wish to use that old faithful synth you are still accustomed
to...
To assign some of Pa500 Style tracks to an external instrument,
set them to the External status (see "Track Controls: Mode" on
page 190).
Select the "Default" MIDI Setup to set the channels as follows
(this is the default status of Pa500).
Track
Bass
Out Channel
Drums
1
Percussion
2
Acc1...5
3
4
Out Channel
1...16
Out Channel
9
10
11
12...16