Korg PA1X User Manual page 12

8 Front panel
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JOYSTICK
This joystick triggers different functions, depending on the
direction it is moved towards.
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.
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MASTER VOLUME
This slider controls the overall volume of the instrument, both
of the internal speakers (only Pa1X), the LEFT/MONO and
RIGHT outputs, and the HEADPHONES output. It does not
control the volume of the 1 and 2 sub-outputs.
This slider also controls the volume of the signal entering the
MIC input. It does not control the signal entering the line inputs
(1 and 2).
Warning: At the maximum level, with rich-sounding Songs, Styles
or Sounds, the internal speakers of Pa1X could distort during signal
peaks. Should this happen, lower the Master Volume a little.
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ACC/SEQ VOLUME
This slider controls the accompaniment tracks volume (Style
Play mode) or the Song tracks volume, excluding the Keyboard
tracks (Song Play and Sequencer modes). This is a relative con-
trol, whose effective maximum value is determined by the MAS-
TER VOLUME slider position.
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ASSIGNABLE SLIDERS
These are freely assignable sliders (see "Controllers: Assignable
Sliders" on page 235 for infomation on how to assign functions
to them). Four operating modes are available, and can be
selected by pressing the SLIDER MODE button (see below).
If you keep the SHIFT button pressed, while the Upper,
Style or Song tracks are shown in the display, you can move just
one of the sliders to proportionally change the volume of all sim-
ilar tracks. Slider Mode must be "Volume".
• Keep SHIFT pressed and move one of the sliders control-
ling the volume of one of the Upper tracks, to proportion-
ally change the volume of all Upper tracks at the same time.
This works in Style Play and Song Play mode.
• Keep SHIFT pressed and move one of the sliders control-
ling the volume of one of the Style tracks, to proportionally
change the volume of all Style tracks at the same time. This
works in Style Play mode.
• Keep SHIFT pressed and move one of the sliders control-
ling the volume of one of the Song tracks, to proportionally
change the volume of all Song tracks at the same time. This
works in Sequencer mode.
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SLIDER MODE
Use this button to select one of the four available operating
modes for the sliders.
VOLUME Each slider controls the volume of the corre-
sponding track in the display.
DRAWBARS Each slider controls the corresponding drawbar
of the selected Digital Drawbars Sound.
ASSIGN. A First set of freely assignable controls.
ASSIGN. B Second set of freely assignable controls.
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MODE section
Each of these buttons recalls one of the instrument's operating
modes. When selected, each mode excludes the others.
STYLE PLAY Style Play mode, where you can play Styles (auto-
matic accompaniments) and/or play up to four
Keyboard tracks.
In the main page, Keyboard tracks are shown in
the right half of the display. You can reach the
main page by pressing EXIT from any of the Style
Play edit pages. If you are in a different operating
mode, press STYLE PLAY to recall the Style Play
mode. If Keyboard tracks are not shown in the
display, press the TRK. SEL. button to see them.
This operating mode is automatically selected
when turning the instrument on.
SONG PLAY Song Play mode, where you can play back,
directly from disk, Songs in Standard MIDI File
(SMF) or (optionally) MP3 and Audio CD for-
mat. Since the Pa1X is equipped with two
sequencers, you can even play two Songs at the
same time, and mix them with the BALANCE
slider.
In addition to the Song tracks, you can play one
to four Keyboard tracks, along with the Song(s).
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In the main page, Keyboard tracks are shown in
the right half of the display. You can reach the
main page by pressing EXIT from any of the Song
Play edit pages. If you are in a different operating
mode, press SONG PLAY to recall the Song Play
mode. Use the TRK. SEL. button to cycle between
Keyboard and Song tracks.
SEQUENCER Sequencer mode, where you can play, record or
edit a Song. The Backing Sequence mode lets you
record a new Song based on the Keyboard and
Style tracks, and save it as a new Standard MIDI
File.
SOUND Sound mode, to play single Sounds on the key-
board, or edit them. By pressing RECORD you
can enter the Sampling mode, Pa1X full-featured
sampler.
DEMO Press the STYLE PLAY and SONG PLAY buttons
together to select the Demo mode. This mode lets
you listen to some Demo Songs, to let you under-
stand the sonic power of the Pa1X.
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GLOBAL
This button recalls the Global edit environment, where you can
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adjust various global settings. This edit environment overlaps
any operating mode, that still remains active in the background.
Press EXIT to go back to the underlying operating mode.
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DISK
This button recalls the Disk edit environment, where you can
execute various operations on files and disks (Load, Save, For-