Korg pa2X pro User Manual page 16

12 Front panel
Note: One of the Chord Scanning options must be selected for the
accompaniment to play.
On The Lower track plays below the split point, while
the Upper 1, Upper 2 and Upper 3 tracks play
above it. This is called the Split keyboard mode.
By default, turning on the Split mode automati-
cally selects the Lower chord scanning mode (see
above). In this mode, chords are detected below
the split point. The number of notes you should
play to form a chord is defined by the "Chord
Recognition Mode" parameter (see page 109).
Off The Upper 1, Upper 2 and/or Upper 3 tracks play
over the whole keyboard range. The Lower track
does not play. This is also called the Full key-
board mode.
By default, turning off the Split mode automati-
cally selects the Full chord scanning mode (see
above). In this mode, chords are detected over the
full keyboard range. You must always play three
or more notes to let the arranger recognize a
chord (see "Chord Recognition Mode" on
page 109).
You can jump to the Style Play > Key Velocity page by
keeping SHIFT pressed, and pressing the SPLIT button.
b
STYLE CHANGE
This button turns the Style Change function on or off.
On When you select a Performance, the Style might
change, according to which Style is memorized
onto the Performance.
Off When you select a Performance, the Style and
Style track settings remain unchanged. Only Key-
board track settings are changed.
c
PERFORMANCE SELECT
Press this button to use the PERFORMANCE/SOUND SELECT
section to select a Performance.
d
SOUND SELECT
Press this button to use the PERFORMANCE/SOUND SELECT
section to select a Sound, and assign it to the selected track.
e
PERFORMANCE/SOUND SELECT section
Use these buttons to open the Sound Select or Performance
Select window, and select a Sound or a Performance. See "Sound
Select window" on page 82, or "Performance Select window" on
page 82. For a list of available Sounds, see "Sounds (Program
Change order)" on page 290.
The leftmost button selects the upper or lower row of Sound or
Performance banks. Press it repeatedly to select one of the rows.
Upper LED On Upper row of Sounds or Performances selected.
Lower LED On Lower row of Sounds or Performances selected.
On the front panel, Sound banks are identified by the instru-
ment names, while Performance banks are identified by num-
bers (1 ~ 20).
A note about Sound banks and names. Sounds in banks from
"PIANO" to "SFX" are standard Sounds, the user can't directly
modify.
Sounds in banks "USER1" and "USER2" are locations where you
can load new Sounds from an external device, or save new or
edited Sounds.
The "USER DK" bank is where you can load new Drum Kits, or
save new or edited Drum Kits.
Each Sound bank contains various pages, each with up to eight
Sounds. Repeatedly press a bank button to cycle between the
available pages.
If you keep the SHIFT button pressed, and press one of
the buttons of this section (even if you are in Sound Select
mode), the "Write Performance" window appears in the display,
and you can save the current track settings into a Performance
(see "Write Performance dialog box" on page 112).
f
SONGBOOK
Press this button to recall the SongBook mode. While in this
mode, you can browse through the music database.
You can jump to the SongBook > Custom List page by
keeping SHIFT pressed, and pressing the SONGBOOK button.
g
ENSEMBLE
This button turns the Ensemble function on or off. When on,
the right-hand melody is harmonized with the left-hand chords.
Note: The Ensemble function works only when the keyboard is in
SPLIT mode, and the LOWER Chord Scanning mode is selected.
You can jump to the Style Play > Ensemble page by
keeping SHIFT pressed, and pressing the ENSEMBLE button.
h
MIC SETTING section
Use these buttons to check the microphone input level, and turn
the various voice sections or off in the Voice Processor.
MIC IN LED
Sty
SB
SB
ON
This LED shows the level of the audio signal
entering the MIC input connectors. Three differ-
ent colors (green, orange, red) show the level. Try
to keep the level so that this LED remains on
green most of the time, with orange appearing at
signal peaks. Never go to red.
Off: No signal entering.
Green: Low- to mid-level signal entering. If the
LED turns off too often, the input gain is too low.
Use the GAIN controls and/or the source device's
volume to raise the input level.
Orange: Slight overload in the signal path. This is
fine if it turns on only on signal peaks.
Red: Clipping is occurring in the signal path. Use
the GAIN controls and/or the source device's vol-
ume to lower the input level.
See page 14 for more information on the AUDIO
INPUTs and volume control.
Press this button to turn the microphone input
on or off. The LED shows the status of the micro-
phone section.
SB