Front Panel - Korg Pa3X 76-keys User Manual

Front Panel

Connectors and controllers
The left side of the front panel contains the manual physical con-
trollers and the headphones connector.
Phones connector
ASSIGNABLE SWITCH
These are freely assignable switches (see "Pad/Switch: Switch" on
page 133 for information on how to assign functions to them).
JOYSTICK
This joystick triggers different functions, depending on the
direction it is moved towards. The joystick can be separately
turned on or off for each track (see "Keyboard/Ensemble: Key-
board Control 1" on page 130).
X (+/–) Move the joystick towards the left (–) to lower the
pitch, or towards the right (+) to raise it. This is
also called Pitch Bend.
Y+ Move the joystick forward to trigger Modulation.
Y– Move the joystick backward, to trigger the func-
tion assigned in Sound mode.
RIBBON CONTROLLER
This strip controls a Sound parameter. Slide towards the left (–)
to decrease its value, or towards the right (+) to increase it.
You can set the ribbon's sensitivity in the Global > Pedal/Switch
page (see "Sensivity" on page 209). To assign the ribbon to a
sound's parameter, assign it as an AMS control for the corre-
sponding parameter (see the "Sound" chapter in the "Advanced
Edit" manual, available in the Accessory Disk).
PHONES
Connect a pair of headphones to this output. You can use head-
phones with an impedance of 16-200 Ohms (50 Ohms sug-
gested). Use a headphone splitter to connect more than one pair
of headphones.
Volume controls and assignable sliders
Use these sliders to control master and section volumes, draw-
bars or assignable functions. Press the SLIDER MODE button to
choose the assigned functions.
MASTER VOLUME
This slider controls the overall volume of the instrument, both of
the (optional with the PaAS system) integrated speakers, the
LEFT and RIGHT Audio Outputs, and the PHONES output. It
does not control the volume of the 1 and 2 sub-outputs.
BALANCE
While in Style Play and Song Play mode, this slider usually bal-
ances the volume of the Keyboard tracks, against the Style
(Accompaniment), Pad and Song tracks. This is a relative con-
trol, whose effective maximum value is determined by the MAS-
TER VOLUME slider position.
It can be programmed to work as the volume control for the
Accompaniment/Song tracks only (leaving the Keyboard tracks
unchanged). See "Balance Slider" on page 206 for more informa-
tion.
When moved, a magnified version of the virtual slider appears in
the display, for more accurate positioning.
Note: This does not work in the Sequencer and Sound modes.
ASSIGNABLE SLIDERS
The first slider acts either as an MP3 volume controller in most
cases, or as the 16' footage when in Drawbar mode. When con-
trolling the MP3 volume, it starts working only when the current
volume level is reached.
The other eight sliders act as volume controls or drawbars, or are
freely assignable sliders (see "Controllers: Assignable Sliders" on
page 209 for information on how to assign functions to them).
Four slider modes are available, and can be selected by pressing
the SLIDER MODE button (see below).
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