Korg Pa3X 76-keys User Manual page 14

Overview
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Front Panel
Variation 2 to Variation 3, Fill 2 is automatically
selected.
Off When choosing a Variation, no fill is automati-
cally selected.
Memory, Bass Controls, Chord Sequencer
These buttons lets you decide what should remain in memory,
and how the bass is played back.
MEMORY
This button allows you to choose if the Lower track and/or the
accompaniment chords must remain in memory even after rais-
ing your hand from the keyboard.
On Depending on the setting of the "Memory Mode"
in the "Preferences: Style Preferences" page (Style
Play mode, see page 136), the sound on the left of
the split point (Lower), and/or the chords for the
automatic accompaniment can kept in memory
even when you raise your hand from the key-
board.
Off The sound and chords are released as soon as you
raise your hand from the keyboard.
Note: This function can be automatically activated by playing the
keyboard harder. See "Velocity Control" on page 136.
You can jump to the Style Play > Style Preferences page
by keeping SHIFT pressed, and pressing the MEMORY button.
BASS INVERSION
This button turns the Bass Inversion function on or off.
On The lowest note of a chord played in inverted
form will always be detected as the root note of
the chord. Thus, you can specify to the arranger
composite chords such as "Am7/G" or "F/C".
Off The lowest note is scanned together with the
other chord notes, and is not always considered
as the root note.
Note: This function can be automatically activated by playing the
keyboard harder. See "Velocity Control" on page 136.
MANUAL BASS
This button turns the Manual Bass function on or off.
On The automatic accompaniment stops playing
(apart for the Drum and Percussion tracks), and
you can manually play the Bass track on the
Lower part of the keyboard. You can start the
automatic accompaniment again by pressing this
button again, or one of the CHORD SCANNING
buttons.
Off The bass track is automatically played by the Style.
Note: When you press the MANUAL BASS button, the Bass track
volume is automatically set to its maximum value. The volume is
automatically set back to the original value when the MANUAL
BASS button is deactivated.
CHORD SEQUENCER (PLAY/STOP AND RECORD)
While a Style is in play, you can use this section as a Chord
Sequencer and record a looping sequence of chords. The chords
will drive the arranger, leaving your hands free for solo playing.
RECORD (BASS INVERSION + MANUAL BASS): Press these
buttons together to start recording the Chord Sequence (starting
from the next measure). Press these buttons again to stop
recording.
PLAY/STOP (MEMORY + BASS INVERSION): Press these but-
tons together to let the Chord Sequence play in loop, and drive
the arranger. Press them again to stop the sequence.
The Chord Sequence will remain in memory up until you record
a new Chord Sequence, or you turn the Pa3X off.
Pads
Here you can play (and stop) the Pads, i.e. single sounds or loop-
ing sequences.
PAD 1-4
STOP
Each Pad button corresponds to a dedicated Pad track. Use these
SB
buttons to trigger up to four sounds or sequences at the same
time.
• Press a single PAD button to trigger a single sound or
sequence.
• Press more PAD buttons to trigger several sounds or
sequences.
The sequences will play up to the end. Then, they will stop or
continue repeating, depending on their "One Shot/Loop" status
(see the "Pad Type" parameter in the Pad Record mode).
You can stop all sequences, or just some of them, by pressing the
STOP button of the PAD section:
• Press STOP to stop all sequences at once.
SB
• Keep STOP pressed and press one (or more) of the PAD
buttons to stop the corresponding sequence(s).
• Press one of the ENDING buttons to stop both the accom-
paniment and the Pads at the same time.
SB