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  • Page 1: Quick Guide

    Quick Guide ENGLISH | OS Ver. 1.5 | MAN0010071...
  • Page 3 • Mains powered apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and that Responsible Party: KORG USA INC. no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on the apparatus. Address: 316 SOUTH SERVICE ROAD, MELVILLE / Telephone: 1-631-390-6500 •...
  • Page 4 Be sure to save important data to the internal memory or between the specifications and the contents of the instruction to an external USB device. Korg will not be responsible for dam- manual – all specifications being subject to change without prior ages caused by data loss.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Table of Contents Introduction Saving your settings to a Performance ....40 Selecting and saving the “My Setting” Performance . . . 42 Welcome! .
  • Page 6 Table of Contents...

  • Page 8: Welcome

    Welcome! Welcome! Styles and Songs Welcome to the world of Korg Pa300 Professional Arranger! Pa300 is a very powerful arranger, suitable both for professional • Over 300 Factory Styles with 4 Variations and 4 Fill In + and home entertainment use.

  • Page 9: What's In The Box

    Please, around the world may have their own web page on the internet. read the instructions supplied with the operating system on the A list of all Korg Distributors can be found in our dedicated web site. site (www.korg.co.jp/English/Distributors/).

  • Page 10: Overview

    Overview Front Panel Overview Speakers Front Panel The integrated speakers give a faithful reproduction of the sound of Pa300. They are automatically deactivated when inserting a jack into the PHONES/AUDIO OUT connector. Music stand holes Joystick lever A music stand comes standard with your Pa300. Insert its legs into these two dedicated holes.

  • Page 11: Mode Selection

    Overview Front Panel Volume controls Mode selection Use these knobs to control the Each of these buttons recalls one of the instrument’s operating master volume, and to bal- modes. When selected, each mode excludes all the others. ance between the Keyboard and the Style or the Song.
  • Page 12 MANUAL The internal memory contains an area where to save data BASS button is deactivated. (“DISK [KORG DISK]”). RECORD This button sets the instrument to the Style/Pad Record or Song Record mode (depending on the current operating mode).
  • Page 13 Overview Front Panel Pads For each type of Styles there are several banks, that can be selected by touching the side tabs. Each Style bank contains vari- Here you can play (and stop) the Pads, i.e. single sounds or loop- ous pages, each with up to eight Styles, that can be selected by ing sequences.
  • Page 14 Overview Front Panel Style Elements Style Controls This section contains the separate elements of a Style (Intro, Use these buttons to start/stop the accompaniment. Variation, etc.). INTRO 1-3 buttons START/STOP These buttons turn the corresponding Intro on. Intro 1 plays a Starts or stops the Style.
  • Page 15 Overview Front Panel Display and Brightness Controls STS Section Use the STS (Single Touch Settings) buttons to assign Sounds to the keyboard. STS 1-4 buttons These buttons allow to select up to four Single Touch Settings (abbreviated as STS). Each one of the Styles and SongBook Entries includes four Single Touch Settings (STS), to automati- cally configure Keyboard tracks and effects at the touch of a fin- ger.
  • Page 16 Overview Front Panel Lyrics, Score TEMPO +/– buttons TEMPO– decreases the speed of the Style or Song. TEMPO+ Use this button to access the Lyrics and Score pages. increases it. LYRICS/SCORE Press both buttons together to reset the Tempo to the value memorized in the Style or Standard MIDI File.
  • Page 17 Overview Front Panel Transpose Section range. You must always play three or more notes to let the arranger recognize a chord. Use these buttons to transpose the Sounds of By keeping this button pressed for about one second, the the single tracks, or the instrument as a whole. Split Point window appears.
  • Page 18 Overview Front Panel Power On/Off POWER Use this button to let the instrument exit (LED off) or enter (LED on) standby. Press it briefly to let the instrument exit standby. Keep it pressed for about one second to let it enter standby. Warning: When the instrument is in standby mode, it is still con- nected to the power line.

  • Page 19: Rear Panel

    To completely disconnect the instrument from the Use this port to connect a footswitch or Damper power, unplug the power plug from the power socket on the wall. pedal, like the (optional) Korg PS1, PS3 or DS1H, or a continuous/expression pedal, like the Cable holder (optional) Korg EXP2, XVP10.

  • Page 20: Glossary Of Terms

    Glossary of Terms Sound Glossary of Terms Variation Before you begin, take a few moments to familiarize yourself with the names and terms we will be using to talk about the vari- For each Style, there are four Variations, to be used for the Verse, ous elements of the Pa300.

  • Page 21: Performance And Sts

    Glossary of Terms Performance and STS Ensemble The LOGO decoder By turning the Ensemble feature on, a single note played on one of the Keyboard tracks will be embellished by additional notes to create a complete chord voicing. The Ensemble knows which On the front panel of your Pa300 you have probably noticed a notes to add by looking at the chord that you are playing.

  • Page 22: Interface Basics

    Interface basics Color TouchView graphical user interface Interface basics Overlapping windows Color TouchView graphical user interface Several windows, like the Style Select or Pad Select, the Global, the Media, or the Lyrics, overlap the current window. After you select an item in the window, or press the EXIT button, the win- Pa300 features our exclusive easy-to-use TouchView graphic dow closes, and the underlying page is shown again.
  • Page 23 Interface basics Color TouchView graphical user interface Pop-up menus Editable names When an arrow appears next to a parameter name, touch it to When the (Text Edit) button appears next to a name, touch open a pop-up menu. Select any of the available options (or any- it to open the Text Edit window and edit the name.

  • Page 24: Operative Modes

    Interface basics Operative modes Virtual knobs Operative modes To change a virtual knob’s position, select it, then use the VALUE dial to change its position. As an alternative, touch a knob with your finger and keep it held; then move your fingers up (or The pages of Pa300 are grouped in various operating modes.

  • Page 25: Easy Mode

    Easy Mode Easy Mode If you have never used an arranger before, we suggest you to Touch the “Easy Mode” menu item, to make the checkmark switch to the Easy Mode. Easy Mode allows you to play Styles appear: and Songs with a simple user interface, free from the many advanced parameters that you will want to learn later.

  • Page 26: The Style Play Page In Detail

    Easy Mode The Style Play page in detail The Style Play page in detail To see this page, press the STYLE PLAY button. Sounds assigned to the right hand (UP1 to UP3) and to Style name and info. Touch the Style’s name to the left hand (LOW).

  • Page 27: The Song Play Page In Detail

    Easy Mode The Song Play page in detail The Song Play page in detail To see this page, press the SONG PLAY button. Sounds assigned to the right hand (UP1 to UP3) and to Song assigned to the Player. Touch it to open the the left hand (LOW).
  • Page 28 Easy Mode The Song Play page in detail...

  • Page 30: Turning The Instrument On

    Turning the instrument on Turning the instrument on and viewing the main screen Turning the instrument on First of all, turn the instrument on and familiarize with the main screen. You can also listen to the demos. Display Power button Turning the instrument on and viewing the main screen Turn Pa300 on (exit from standby) by pressing the POWER button located in the control panel.

  • Page 31: Connecting And Calibrating The Damper Pedal

    Connecting and calibrating the Damper pedal If you want to play Piano, you will want to connect a Damper pedal to sustain notes while playing. You can connect a Korg PS1, PS3 or DS1H to the PEDAL/DAMPER connector on the back of the instrument.
  • Page 32 Connecting and calibrating the Damper pedal Programming the Damper pedal Touch the Foot Contr. tab to select the “Foot Controllers” page. This is the page where you can program the PEDAL/DAMPER connector, by assigning it one of the available functions. Be sure the Damper function is assigned to the “Function”...

  • Page 33: Playing The Demo

    Playing the Demo Starting and stopping the Demo Playing the Demo Listen to the built-in Demo Songs to appreciate the power of Pa300. There are several Demo Songs to choose from. Demo buttons Starting and stopping the Demo Here is how to start, choose and stop the Demo Songs. Press the STYLE PLAY and SONG PLAY buttons together.
  • Page 34 Playing the Demo Starting and stopping the Demo Choose one of the Demo. To stop it, touch the STOP button on the display. Exit from the Demo mode by pressing any one of the MODE buttons.

  • Page 35: Playing Sounds

    Playing Sounds Selecting a Sound and playing it on the keyboard Playing Sounds You can play up to three sounds at the same time on the keyboard. You can also split the keyboard in two parts, to play up to three sounds with your right hand (Upper) and one with your left hand (Lower).
  • Page 36 Playing Sounds Selecting a Sound and playing it on the keyboard Touch the Upper 1 track’s area in the display to open the Sound Select window. Note: You can also open The currently the Sound Select window by selected Sound first touching the track to Target track for the appears in the page...

  • Page 37: Playing Two Or Three Sounds At The Same Time

    Playing Sounds Playing two or three Sounds at the same time Playing two or three Sounds at the same time You can layer all three Upper tracks and play them on the keyboard. Please note how the icon appears in the Upper 2 and Upper 3 status boxes.
  • Page 38 Playing Sounds Playing two or three Sounds at the same time Play the keyboard. Note how the ‘Strings Ens.2 GM’ Sound (assigned to the Upper 3 track) has been muted again. Only tracks Upper 1 and Upper 2 can be heard at this time. Touch the bank icon in the Upper 2 status box, to mute the Upper 2 track again.

  • Page 39: Playing Different Sounds With Your Left And Right Hand

    Playing Sounds Playing different Sounds with your left and right hand Playing different Sounds with your left and right hand You can play a single Sound with your left hand, in addition to playing up to three Sounds with your right hand.
  • Page 40 Playing Sounds Playing different Sounds with your left and right hand Return to the full keyboard playing mode by pressing the SPLIT button to turn its LED off. (Full) Upper Play the keyboard. Note how the keyboard once again plays the Upper tracks over the entire length of the keyboard.

  • Page 41: Changing The Split Point

    Playing Sounds Changing the split point Changing the split point If you are not comfortable with the selected split point, you may set the split point to a different key. Touch the Split tab to see the Split Point panel. Touch the keyboard in the display, then play the lowest note of the Upper section on Hint: As an alternative, the keyboard.

  • Page 42: Raising Or Lowering The Upper Octave

    Playing Sounds Raising or lowering the Upper octave Raising or lowering the Upper octave If all Upper tracks sound too high or too low, you can quickly change which octave they are playing Use the UPPER OCTAVE buttons on the control panel, to transpose all Upper tracks at the same time.

  • Page 43: Selecting And Saving Performances

    Selecting and saving Performances Selecting a Performance Selecting and saving Performances Performances are the musical heart of Pa300. Unlike selecting single Sounds, selecting a Perfor- mance will immediately assign several Sounds to the Keyboard tracks, the needed effects and trans- positions, plus many more setting parameters.

  • Page 44: Saving Your Settings To A Performance

    Selecting and saving Performances Saving your settings to a Performance Select one of the Performances in the Performance Select window, then press the EXIT button to close the window. After pressing the EXIT button, the Performance Select window closes, and the main screen appears again.
  • Page 45 Selecting and saving Performances Saving your settings to a Performance If you like, you may assign a new name to the Performance. Touch the ‘Backspace’ symbol to delete Use the ‘<–’ and ‘–>’ just a single character, ‘Clear’ to delete buttons or the DIAL to the whole string.

  • Page 46: Selecting And Saving The "My Setting" Performance

    Selecting and saving the “My Setting” Performance Selecting the startup parameters (the “My Setting” Performance) Selecting and saving the “My Setting” Performance There is a special Performance, where you can save your preferred settings for things like Keyboard Sounds, Effects, Transposition. It also memorizes a preferred Style (that is only recalled when turning the instrument on).

  • Page 47: Selecting And Playing Styles

    Selecting and playing Styles Selecting and playing a Style Selecting and playing Styles Pa300 is an arranger, i.e. a musical instrument providing automatic accompaniments, or arrange- ments. Each arrangement style is called, as a consequence, a Style. A Style is made of several Style Elements (Intro, Variation, Fill, Break, Ending), corresponding to the various sections of a song.
  • Page 48 Selecting and playing Styles Selecting and playing a Style Select a Style from the Style Select window. After pressing the EXIT button, the Style Select window closes, and the main screen appears again, with the selected Style ready to go. Be sure the ACCOMP.

  • Page 49: Tempo

    Selecting and playing Styles Tempo Tempo While a Tempo setting is saved with each Style or Performance, you can change it to be whatever you like. You can use either of the following two methods. Hint: As an alternative to •...

  • Page 50: Intro, Variation, Fill, Break, Ending

    Selecting and playing Styles Intro, Variation, Fill, Break, Ending Intro, Variation, Fill, Break, Ending When playing Styles, you can select various “Style Elements” to cover the various sections of a song. A Style is made of three Intros (or two Intros and a Count-In), up to four basic patterns (Variations), four Fills, a Break, and three Endings.

  • Page 51: Single Touch Settings (Sts)

    Selecting and playing Styles Single Touch Settings (STS) When you like to stop playing, press one of the ENDING buttons to stop the Style with an Ending. When the Ending is fin- ished, the Style automati- cally stops. Single Touch Settings (STS) Each Style may come with up to four Keyboard track settings, called the STS (short for “Single Touch Note: You can also find Settings”).

  • Page 52: The Pads

    Selecting and playing Styles The Pads The Pads Each Style or SongBook Entry can assign different sounds or patterns to the four PADS. These sounds or patterns can be played along with the Keyboard and Style tracks. If you want to see which sounds or patterns are associated to the four Pads for the cur- rent Style, touch the Pad tab to see the Pad panel.

  • Page 53: Adjusting The Volume Of The Separate Tracks

    Selecting and playing Styles Adjusting the volume of the separate tracks Adjusting the volume of the separate tracks You can adjust the volume of each of the Style and Keyboard tracks, for example to soften the bass a little, or to make the keyboard solo louder. Touch the Volume tab to see the Volume panel.

  • Page 54: Turning The Style Tracks On/Off

    Selecting and playing Styles Turning the Style tracks on/off Turning the Style tracks on/off You may easily turn on or off any Style track while you are playing. For example, try muting all accompaniment tracks, while drums and bass continue to play. Note: While in the Nor- Be sure the Volume panel is shown, or touch the Volume tab to show it.

  • Page 55: Adding Harmony Notes To Your Right-Hand Melody With

    Selecting and playing Styles Adding harmony notes to your right-hand melody with the ENSEMBLE function Adding harmony notes to your right-hand melody with the ENSEMBLE function Chords played with your left hand may be applied to the right-hand melody. Press the SPLIT button to turn its LED on and split the keyboard. The Ensemble function only works in Split mode.
  • Page 56 Selecting and playing Styles Adding harmony notes to your right-hand melody with the ENSEMBLE function When the right harmonization type has been selected, press the EXIT button to go back to the main page. While in an Edit page, press EXIT to go back to the Main page of the cur- rent operating mode.

  • Page 57: Song Play

    Song Play Selecting a Song to play Song Play Pa300 is equipped with an onboard Player that can read Songs in Standard MIDI File (MID), Kara- oke™ (KAR) and MP3 format. It may be of great interest to singers and guitar players to know that if a Standard MIDI File or an MP3 file contains lyrics and chords, they can be seen in the display.
  • Page 58 Song Play Selecting a Song to play Touch the Player area to open the Song Select window. This window is very similar to the one you can see when pressing the MEDIA button on the con- trol panel, and touching the Load tab to see the Load page. This page is, however, “filtered” to only show Song files.

  • Page 59: Playing Back A Song

    Song Play Playing back a Song Playing back a Song Once a Song has been selected, it may be played back by the Player. Press the (START/STOP) button in the PLAYER section to start playback. After pressing the (START/STOP) button, the but- ton’s LED turns on, and the measure counter begins to show the current measure number.

  • Page 60: Changing The Tracks' Volume

    Song Play Changing the tracks’ volume Changing the tracks’ volume While playing back a Standard MIDI File, you may wish to change each track’s volume, to create a mix “on the fly”. Be sure the Volume panel is shown, or touch the Volume tab to show it. As seen for the Styles, you can hold &...
  • Page 61 Song Play Changing the tracks’ volume Press the TRACK SELECT button once to see tracks 1-8 (Track 1-8 view). Note: Changes to Song tracks will not be saved, and are reset each time you press (Home) button. To save changes, you must edit the Song in Sequencer mode.

  • Page 62: Turning The Song Tracks On/Off

    Song Play Turning the Song tracks on/off • Touch each track’s channel strip, to see each track’s detail in the Track Info line. Selected track Assigned Sound. Touch it to Sound bank Program Change open the Sound Select window. • Also, you can see which type of Sound is assigned to each track in the Sound area of the Track 1-8 and Track 9-16 views.

  • Page 63: Soloing A Track

    Song Play Soloing a track Soloing a track Opposite to the above, you may want to make a single track of a Standard MIDI File play alone. This is called the Solo function. While the Song is playing, keep the SHIFT button pressed and touch the track you want to listen to in Solo mode.

  • Page 64: The Songbook

    Styles. You can add your own Entries to the SongBook, as well as edit the existing ones. Korg already supplies some hundred Entries as standard. Furthermore, the SongBook allows you to create various custom lists, that may suit your different types of show.

  • Page 65: Displaying Artist Or Genre

    The SongBook Displaying Artist or Genre Browse through the Entries. Icons in the Type column will help you identify the type of the Entry. The Genre column is shown by default, but you can switch to the Artist column (see “Displaying Artist or Genre” below).

  • Page 66: Sorting Entries

    The SongBook Sorting Entries Sorting Entries You can change the order of the Entries shown in the display. You can change the sorting order by touching one of the labels in a list of names. Touch the Name label… …to alphabetically reorder the names in the list.
  • Page 67 The SongBook Searching for Entries Touch the (Text Edit) button next to the search criteria (even more than one) you want to enter. For example, you may want to find all songs containing the word “love” in the title (in any posi- tion in the string).

  • Page 68: Adding Entries

    The SongBook Adding Entries Adding Entries You can add your own Entries to the SongBook database. Go to the Style Play or Song Play mode, depending on the type of Entry you want to add to the SongBook database. Select the Style, Standard MIDI File or MP3 file to be added to the SongBook. Edit the Keyboard and Style tracks the way you prefer, by selecting different Sounds and Effects, or editing any other relevant parameter.

  • Page 69: Editing The Entries

    The SongBook Editing the Entries Editing the Entries You can edit any SongBook Entry and customize it according to your taste. When done, you can over- write the current Entry or save it as a new Entry. Press the SONGBOOK button to access the SongBook pages. Touch the Book Edit 1 tab to see the Book Edit 1 page and see the linked Musical Resources.
  • Page 70 The SongBook Editing the Entries When done with this page, touch the Book Edit 3 tab to go to the Book Edit 3 page, where you can and set the Synchro and Memory parameters, and link a text file to the Entry.

  • Page 71: Creating A Custom List

    The SongBook Creating a Custom List Creating a Custom List You can create several Custom Lists in the SongBook, to make a set of Entries suitable for your vari- ous shows. Before starting a new Custom List, be sure you have added all needed Entries to the Song- Book main database (see “Adding Entries”...
  • Page 72 The SongBook Creating a Custom List When finished adding Entries to the Custom List, touch the List Edit tab to go to the List Edit page, and use the various commands to edit the list. List name Scrollbar Select an Entry to be edited from the list Use the vertical arrows to move the selected...

  • Page 73: Selecting And Using A Custom List

    The SongBook Selecting and using a Custom List Selecting and using a Custom List After having created one or more Custom Lists, you can select one and use it for your show. Touch the Custom List tab to select the Custom List page. Use the List pop-up menu to select one of the available Custom Lists.

  • Page 74: Recording A New Song (Standard Midi File)

    Recording a new Song (Standard MIDI File) Preparing the Style and Sounds Recording a new Song (Standard MIDI File) There are several ways to create a Song on the Pa300. The easiest and fastest is to use the Styles to record what you are playing the keyboard, while the arranger gives you the accompaniment tracks.
  • Page 75 Recording a new Song (Standard MIDI File) Accessing the Backing Sequence (Quick Record) mode Press the RECORD button to open the Song Record Mode Select dialog box. Press the RECORD button, to open the Song Record Mode Select dialog box Select the Backing Sequence (Quick Record) option and touch OK to enter the Backing Sequence Record mode.

  • Page 76: Setting The Record Parameters

    Recording a new Song (Standard MIDI File) Setting the Record parameters Setting the Record parameters When you enter Backing Sequence Record, the latest selected Style and Sounds are already selected, and all tracks are ready to record. You could simply start recording as if you were playing with the Styles.
  • Page 77 Recording a new Song (Standard MIDI File) Recording When finished recording your Song, press the (START/STOP) button to exit recording, and return to the main page of the Sequencer mode. After pressing the START/STOP button, the main page of the Sequencer mode will appear again. While in the main page of the Sequencer mode, press the (START/STOP) button in the PLAYER section to listen to the recorded Song.

  • Page 78: Second-Take Recording (Overdubbing)

    Recording a new Song (Standard MIDI File) Second-take recording (Overdubbing) Second-take recording (Overdubbing) You may want to record an additional “grouped” track, or replace a previously-recorded track. A good idea may be to record all chords and Style Element changes during the first take, then record Key- board tracks and Pads during the second take.
  • Page 79 Recording a new Song (Standard MIDI File) Saving a Song Select the Save Song command to open the Save Song window. This window is very similar to the one you can see when pressing the MEDIA button on the con- trol panel, and touch the Save tab to see the Save page.

  • Page 80: Searching Files And Musical Resources

    Searching files and musical resources How to use the Search function Searching files and musical resources With Pa300, you can press the SEARCH button to search for files or musical resources. How to use the Search function Depending on the page you are in, you can search for different types of data. For example, while in Media mode you can only search for files, while in Style Play or Song Play mode you can search for several different types of data (Styles, Songs, Lyrics…).
  • Page 81 Searching files and musical resources How to use the Search function In case you are searching for a file in a storage device, touch the “Browse” button to open the Media window. When you see the folder contain- ing the file you are looking for, touch it, then touch the Select button to close the Media win- dow.

  • Page 82: Notes About Searching

    Searching files and musical resources Notes about searching You can touch one of the found items to select it, and then touch the “Info” button to see information on it. Touch OK to close the Info dialog box. If you want to return to the main Search page and type a search string again, touch the icon.

  • Page 84: Technical Specifications

    Technical specifications Technical specifications KORG Pa300 Features KORG Pa300 Features Keyboard 61 keys with Velocity Search Style, Song, Performance, SongBook, Sound and Lyr- ics TXT Display 5” 480 x 272 TFT Graphical Color TouchView Compatibility i-Series: Style Sounds Factory: More than 950 (including Stereo Piano and...

  • Page 85: Midi Implementation Chart

    MIDI Implementation Chart MIDI Implementation Chart KORG Pa300 OS Version 1.5 - March 01, 2014 Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks Default 1–16 1–16 Memorized Basic Channel Changed 1–16 1–16 Default Mode Messages Altered **************** 0–127 0–127 Note Number: True Voice **************** 0–127...
  • Page 86 MIDI Implementation Chart...
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