Korg pa2X pro User Manual page 17

If you keep the SHIFT button pressed,
and press this buttons, the Voice Processor Setup
> Setup page will appear (see "Voice Processor
Setup: Setup" on page 239).
HARMONY Turns the Voice Harmony effect on or off.
If you keep the SHIFT button pressed,
and press this button, the Voice Processor Preset
> Preset page will appear (see "Voice Processor
Preset: Preset" on page 241).
EFFECT Turns the Voice Effects effect on or off.
If you keep the SHIFT button pressed,
and press this button, the Voice Processor Preset
> Effects page will appear (see "Voice Processor
Preset: Effects" on page 245).
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PAD (1-4, STOP)
Each Pad corresponds to a dedicated Pad track. Use these but-
tons to trigger up to four sounds or sequences at the same time.
• Press a single PAD button to trigger a single sound or
sequence.
• 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 "Pad Type" on page 155).
You can stop all sequences, or just some of them, by pressing the
STOP button of the PAD section:
• Press STOP to stop all sequences at once.
• Keep STOP pressed and press one (or more) of the PAD
buttons to stop the corresponding sequence(s).
Note: Melodic/harmonic sequences are automatically stopped
when selecting Intro 1 or one of the Endings. On the contrary,
rhythmic sequences will continue playing.
Note: Pads share polyphony voices with the other tracks, so avoid
using too many of them together with a dense Style or Song
arrangement.
About Pad synchronization. In Style Play mode, Pads are sync'd
to the Style's tempo. In Song Play mode, they are sync'd to the
latest Player you set to play. For example, assume you pressed
PLY2-PLAY; when pressing one of the PAD buttons, it will play
in sync with Player 2.
Note: There is no synchronization with MP3 files. Pads can only be
synchronized to the tempo of the last 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 Players' Play command. When you press
one of the PLAY buttons to start the corresponding Player, all
Pads will stop playing.
You can jump to the Style Play > Pad/Assignable Switch
page by keeping SHIFT pressed, and pressing one of the PAD
buttons.
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TRANSPOSE
These buttons transpose the whole instrument in semitone steps
(Master Transpose). The transposition value is usually shown on
the page header in the display.
Press both buttons together, to reset the Master Transpose to zero.
Note: The Master Transpose has no effect on tracks set to Drum
mode (and, even if set in a different status, on the Drum and Per-
cussion tracks). See "Track Controls: Mode" on page 102, and
"Track Controls: Mode" on page 176.
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 cover 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
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(Just Fifth Up) shown in the display, but the MP3 will actually play
5 semitones lower (Just Fourth Down).
Lowers the Master Transpose in steps of a semi-
tone.
Raises the Master Transpose in steps of a semi-
tone.
You can jump to the Global > Transpose Control page
by keeping SHIFT pressed, and pressing one of the TRANSPOSE
buttons.
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UPPER OCTAVE
These buttons transpose the selected track in steps of a whole
octave (12 semitones; max ±3 octaves). The octave transposition
value is always shown (in octaves) next to the Sound's name.
Press both buttons together, to reset the Octave Transpose to the
saved value.
Note: The Octave Transpose has no effect on tracks set to Drum
mode (and, even if set in a different status, on the Drum and Per-
cussion tracks).
– Lowers the selected track one octave.
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Raises the selected track one octave.
You can jump to the Style Play > Tuning page by keeping
SHIFT pressed, and pressing one of the UPPER OCTAVE but-
tons.
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USB HOST(F) CONNECTOR
This is a USB Type A (Master/Host) connector, USB 2.0 compli-
ant (High Speed). It duplicates the USB connector located in the
rear panel. Use it to connect to the Pa2X an USB Flash Memory
stick, an external CD-ROM drive, an USB hard disk. To access
the connected device, go to the Media edit mode (see "Media
edit mode" on page 249).
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