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Welcome to the world of Korg Pa3X Professional Arranger!
Pa3X is the most powerful arranger available today, both for pro-
fessional and home entertainment use.
Here are some of the features of your new instrument:
• Two keyboard version, 61 and 76 semi–weighted keys with
velocity and aftertouch.
• New aluminum cabinet with elegant design.
• TFT graphic touch screen display. Motorized tilting for the
76 and fixed for the 61 keys.
• Professional TouchView™ graphic interface with a Search
facility for quickly find files and musical resources.
• High quality optional PaAS – Amplification System with
Easy Connection systems (no support, no cables, no power
supply needed).
• RX (Real eXperience) Technology, the cutting edge engine
that drives every aspect of the Pa3X – from the synthesis to
the display and how it all works together.
• Powerful EDS (Enhanced Definition Synthesis) Korg
sound generation system, as seen in our best professional
synthesizers.
• DNC (Dynamic Nuance Control) Sounds, more realistic
and vivid than ever including Ambience Drums and Pianos
from the acclaimed SV-1 Stage Vintage Piano.
• Up to 256 MB of User PCM Samples, equivalent to 512 MB
(with compression), together with the huge internal mem-
ory provides one of the most powerful sound engine avail-
able for the best sound quality possible.
• Self refresh memory backup battery for User PCM Sam-
ples, supported by an Intelligent re-charging system,
ensures fast startup operations.
• Onboard sampling to create and edit new sounds and audio
grooves.
• General MIDI Level 2 Sound-compatible. Enhanced Sound
compatibility for GM Songs.
• More than 1100 Sounds, plus 90 Drum Kits.
• 512 Performance locations, and more than preloaded Sin-
gle Touch Settings (STS), for fast setting of keyboard
sounds and effects.
• 120 voices of polyphony.
• OPOS (Objective Portable Operating System) multitasking
operating system, to let you load data while playing your
instrument.
• Operating System updates, to load new features and
enhancements from disk. Don’t let your instrument get old!
• Eight fully-programmable sliders, plus one MP3 Volume
slider, can be used as volume control or organ drawbars.
• Three assignable switches, joystick and ribbon strip ensure
total control for all the various levels of articulation of the
sound.
• Improved Style and Performance selection. Over 400 Fac-
tory Styles with 4 Variations and 4 Fill In + Break, plus 15
Favorite and User Style banks for unlimited 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.
• Double MP3/Standard MIDI File player and recorder with
Advanced Vocal Remover.
• Enhanced compatibility with Lyrics in graphical format
(+G) for Standard MIDI Files and MP3 files.
• New “Audio Chord Detection” function that automatically
extracts chords to send to the Vocal Processor from MP3
files.
• Double MP3 player and MP3 recorder as standard.
• XDS Double Player with X-Fader. Lyrics, Score and Marker
display.
• Full-featured 16-track sequencer.
• Fully editable music database, for fast song retrieving, sup-
plied by the SongBook.
• Up to 8 Stereo Effects including flexible Master and Insert
routing for styles and songs. New vintage effects from the
acclaimed SV-1 Stage Vintage Piano.
• Sophisticated TC-Helicon Voice Processor, with dedicated
professional effects, including pitch correction, doubling,
and a 4-voice harmonizer.
• High-quality microphone preamplifier, with a balanced
XLR/1/4” jack combo connector and +48V phantom power
on the XLR connector.
• “Adaptive Mic Setting” which provides a virtual sound
engineer who automatically sets the best EQ/Compressor/
Gate settings for your voice.
• Professional Final Mastering tools from Waves audio
plugins Maxx Suite.
• High-quality input (ADC) and output (DAC) audio con-
verters.
• Optional hardware expansions, to add a video out board,
more Sample RAM and a kit to install an internal hard disk
(61-key model only). Get more and more for the money!
• Standard hard disk (optional on the 61-note model), for the
widest space to your data. Standard flash-memory SSD
(Solid State Disk) in the 61-note model.
•2 x USB 2.0 High Speed Host ports, for connecting external
devices like hard disks, CD-ROM drives, USB memory
sticks, etc.
• USB 1.1 Full Speed Device port, to connect a personal
computer to your Pa3X. This port can be used for file trans-
fer, and for MIDI connection (without the need of a dedi-
cated MIDI interface for the personal computer).
Welcome!