Using The Single Touch Settings (Sts Function); Selecting Sounds And Muting Parts; Other Style Controls - Korg PA-80 Getting Started Manual

Using the Single Touch Settings (STS function)

In addition to a calling up all the appropriate accompaniment sounds when selecting a style, the PA-80
can also select four different sets of Real-Time sounds for you using the STS (Single Touch Setting)
feature. Our STYLE programmers selected these STS sounds to compliment each individual STYLE, but
you always have the ability to change sounds and create your own.
1. Use the four STS buttons below the DISPLY to select a new set of sounds for you to play
along with the STYLE.
2. To have the PA-80 automatically call up an STS when switching from STYLE to STYLE, be sure
the SINGLE TOUCH
Certain STYLEs will come up with the keyboard split. To play the same sound in both hands, press the
FULL UPPER button under the KEYBOARD MODE section in the upper right area of the PA-80.

Selecting Sounds and Muting Parts

Select the STYLE PLAY mode, pick a STYLE, play a chord (of at least three notes) and press the Big, Red
START/STOP button. The DISPLAY will show a list of eight parts. The four in the left hand column are the
accompaniment parts. The four on the right hand column are the real time parts – the top three play on
the upper half of the keyboard, the bottom one plays on the lower half of the keyboard – but only if the
KEYBOARD MODE is set to SPLIT.
1. To MUTE a part, press both of the EDIT keys adjacent to that part. The little icon for that
part will vanish.
Before doing this next part, be sure the
2. To select a new sound for one of the parts, highlight that part using the EDIT keys. Use the
PROGRAM / PERFORMANCE Bank Select buttons to chose a bank. Use the PAGE + and PAGE-
keys to see all the sounds inside a bank. Highlight the new sound using the edit keys, and
return to the STYLE PLAY mode (press the STYLE play button).
In this Mode, all of the accompaniment voices (that are not Bass, Drums and Percussion) are grouped
together as ACCOMP. 1/5. To see the individual parts of the accompaniment, press the TRK SELECT
button in the lower left hand corner of the DISPLAY.

Other Style Controls

There are two other controls that will affect how your STYLEs behave. Located to the far upper right of
the PA-80 panel, they are the CHORD SCANNING and KEYBOARD MODE controls. Using the UPPER and
LOWER buttons under CHORD SCANNING will tell the PA-80 where to pick up the information about what
chord you are currently playing on the keyboard – either above or below the SPLIT POINT. This Chord
information is what drives the accompaniment parts of the STYLE. Pressing both buttons will select the
entire keyboard for this function.
The KEYBOARD MODE feature is similar, in that you are once again selecting a SPLIT or FULL keyboard
mode. The difference is that the KEYBOARD MODE refers to the playing of the four Real-Time parts. This
is mentioned above in the section on Selecting Sounds and Muting Parts. When SPLIT is selected, up to
three parts can play above the split point, and one below. To change the split point, hold down the SPLIT
POINT button on the left side of the PA-80 while pressing the new split point on the keyboard.
button to the left of the DISPLAY is lit.
PROGRAM button to the far right of the PA-80 is lit.
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