Korg PA1X User Manual

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Sound operating mode
Edit menu
Reference
Edit menu
From any page, press the MENU button to open the Sound edit
menu. This menu gives access to the various Sound edit sections.
When in the menu, select an edit section, or press EXIT or
SOUND to exit the menu and return to the main page. To return
to the main page, you can also select the Main Page menu item.
When in an edit page, press EXIT or the SOUND button to
return to the main page of the Sound operating mode.
• When an ordinary Sound is selected:
• When a Drum Kit is selected, the “Basic” section is replaced
by the “DrumKit” section:
Each item in this menu corresponds to an edit section. Each edit
section groups various edit pages, that may be selected by press-
ing the corresponding tab on the lower part of the display.
Edit page structure
All edit pages share some basic elements.
Operating mode
This indicates that the instrument is in Sound mode.
Edit section
This identifies the current edit section, corresponding to one of
the items of the edit menu (see “Edit menu” on page 193).
Page menu icon
Press this icon to open the page menu (see “Page menu” on
page 211).
Selected oscillator
Use these buttons to select the oscillator to edit.
Parameters area
Each page contains various parameters. Use the tabs to select
one of the available pages. For detailed information on the vari-
ous types of parameters, see sections starting from page 193.
Tabs
Use tabs to select one of the edit pages of the current edit section.
Basic: Sound Basic
Here you can make basic settings for the Sound, such as basic
oscillator settings, the oscillator count, and the polyphonic
mode.
Oscillator Mode
Use these radio buttons to specify the basic Sound type; whether
it will use one or more oscillators (up to five).
The total amount of polyphony varies depending on the number
of oscillators used by the Sound (a maximum of 62 with only 1
oscillator, or a maximum of 12 with 5 oscillators).
Voice Assign Mode
This is the polyphonic mode of the Sound.
Poly The Sound will play polyphonically, allowing you
play chords.
Mono The Sound will play monophonically, producing
only one note at a time.
Single Trigger
This parameter is available when the selected mode is Poly.
Operating mode Edit section
Selected
oscillator
Page menu
icon
Parameters
area
Tabs

Korg PA1X Specifications

General

Polyphony	62 voices
Sound Engine	HI synthesis (Hyper Integrated)
Display	TouchView graphical touch screen
Sequencer	16-track sequencer
Storage	floppy disk drive
Connectivity	MIDI In/Out/Thru, USB
Outputs	Headphones
Inputs	Microphone Input