Introduction - Korg PA4X Quick Start Manual

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Introduction

01 Introduction
Welcome to Pa4X!
Many thanks, and congratulation on purchasing the KORG Pa4X Professional
Arranger! We're sure it'll give you countless hours of great tones that will
feel as good as they sound.
Slim, powerful and easy to use
With the elegant aluminum cabinet, Pa4X provides a professional and stylish
look, that will be much appreciated on stage or at home. The main panel's
logical layout ensures easy access to sliders, buttons, knobs and all controls.
Using your Pa4X is easy, thanks to the touch screen and the clean, clearly
laid-out, modern user interface, based on icons reproducing real objects in
the real world. The tilting display will make access easy under any circum-
stances.
The real solo and band experience
Pa4X has been designed to assist you equally well during live performance
and songwriting. The detailed natural sounds and finely crafted styles have
been created by some of the finest musicians in the music industry. You will
feel you are playing in a real band – no matter what your musical tastes are.
The naturally responsive 76- and 61-note semi-weighted keyboards are de-
signed for musicians of all levels, from beginners to demanding keyboard
players, and gives you a completely authentic feel and full control of expres-
sion.
More than just recorded sounds
The huge, realistic collection of classic and contemporary keyboard, band
and orchestral sounds, includes a new multi-layer stereo grand piano (with
damper and body resonance) and new electric pianos; new wind instruments,
basses and stunning acoustic and electric guitars; plus new digital drawbars
with leakage and key on/off noises.
Sounds have been recorded with the most up-to-date technologies, and
KORG's own proprietary EDS-X (Enhanced Definition Synthesis-eXpanded)
sound engine allows for fine detail to be accurately reproduced. The inte-