Welcome; Live Performing; Easy Mode - Korg PA 600 Quick Manual

Welcome!

Welcome to the world of Korg Pa600 Professional Arranger!
Pa600 is one the most powerful arranger available today, both for
professional and home entertainment use.
Here are some of the features of your new instrument:
• 61 synth-type keys with velocity.
• New cabinet with elegant design.
• Wide TFT graphic touch screen display. Professional
TouchView™ graphic interface for direct access to the on-
screen controls and to the musical resources.
• High-quality integrated amplification, and high-quality
output (DAC) audio converters.
• RX (Real eXperience) Technology, the cutting edge engine
that drives every aspect of the Pa600 – from the synthesis to
the display and how it all works together.
• Powerful sound generation system, for crystal-clear, realis-
tic sounds.
• DNC (Dynamic Nuance Control) Sounds, more realistic
and vivid than ever.
• 96 MB of Sample memory for User PCM Samples.
• 128 voices of polyphony.
• General MIDI Level 2 Sound-compatible. Enhanced Sound
compatibility for GM Songs.
• More than 950 Sounds, plus 64 Drum Kits.
• 320 Performance locations, plus 4 Single Touch Settings
(STS) for each Style and SongBook entry, for fast setting of
keyboard sounds and effects.
• Four Stereo Master FX, with 125 effect types. Mastering
Limiter and Final 4-band Parametric EQ.
• Two assignable switches, a joystick and an assignable pedal
ensure total control for all the various levels of articulation
of the sound.
• Quick access to Arabic Scale programming via the Quarter
Tone controls right on the front panel (Quarter Tone model
only).
• Over 360 Factory Styles with 4 Variations and 4 Fill In +
Break, plus 10 Favorite and 3 User Style banks for unlim-
ited storage of your custom Styles and settings.
• Style and Pad Record, including the enhanced "Guitar
Mode 2" for even more realistic guitar parts.
• "Chord Sequencer" function to record on-the-fly any chord
progression.
• Standard MIDI File player and recorder, and MP3 player
with Vocal Remover.
• Lyrics, Score and Marker display. Enhanced compatibility
with Lyrics in graphical format (+G) for Standard MIDI
Files and MP3 files.
• Full-featured 16-track sequencer.
• Fully editable SongBook music database, for fast song
retrieving.
• Search function, to instant retrieving of Songs and files.
• Operating System updates, to load new features and
enhancements. Don't let your instrument get old!
• Generous internal memory, to store the greatest amount of
data.
• USB 2.0 High Speed Host port, for connecting external
devices like hard disks, CD-ROM drives, USB memory
sticks, etc.
• USB 2.0 High Speed Device port, to connect a personal
computer to your Pa600. This port can be used for file
transfer, and for MIDI connection (without the need of a
dedicated MIDI interface for the personal computer).

Live Performing

Pa600 has been carefully designed to be used live. The "realtime"
word gets its full meaning in this instrument. Performances
allow the instant selection of all the tracks on the keyboard and a
suitable Style; STSs allow an instant selection of the keyboard
tracks; Styles are the realtime backing companions for your real-
time playing; Pads are looping sequences or single hit sounds;
Songs are the backing over which you can play or sing; the
SongBook is the quick way to select a song from a large music
database; the Search function allows for instant localization of
all the files and musical resources of the instrument.

Easy Mode

If you are the kind of musician that prefers to play, rather than
deal with technical matters, you can use the Pa600 in Easy Mode.
Forget all the most sophisticate (and less commonly used) fea-
tures, and be free to play without thinking to anything else.
Welcome!
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Live Performing