Korg PS60 Parameter Guide

Basic About Relative (Rel) and Absolute parameters
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Enable Half-Damper [On, Off]
On:Half‐Damperpedals,normalsustainpedals,andMIDI
CC#64willallmodulatetheAmpEG,asdescribedbelow.
Off:thepedalsandMIDICC#64willstillholdnotesas
usual,butwillnotmodulatetheAmpEG.
Half-Damper Pedal and Release Time
TheamountofmodulationdependsonwhethertheAmp
EGSustainLevelissetto0(asisthecasewithmostacoustic
pianosounds),orsetto1ormore.Themodulationiscontin‐
uous,from1x(nochange)to55timeslonger;thetable
belowshowsaselectionofrepresentativepoints.
Half-Damper modulation of Amp EG Release Time
Key Zone
Youcancreatekeyboardsplitsbysettingtopandbottom
keylimitsforOscillators1and2.Also,youcancontrolthe
keyboardrangeoverwhichthe“Hold”parametertakes
effect.
OSC1
Bottom Key [C–1...G9]
ThissetsthelowestkeywhereOscillator1willplay.
Top Key [C–1...G9]
ThissetsthehighestkeywhereOscillator1willplay.
OSC2
Bottom Key [C–1...G9]
ThissetsthelowestkeywhereOscillator2willplay.
Top Key [C–1...G9]
ThissetsthehighestkeywhereOscillator2willplay.
Hold [On, Off]
Holdislikepermanentlypressingdownonthesustain
pedal.Inotherwords,notescontinuetosoundasifyou
wereholdingdownthekey‐evenafteryouliftyourfingers
fromthekeyboard.
UnlesstheSustainLevelissetto0inAmpEG1(andAmp
EG2inaDo
ubleProgram),thesoundwillplayforthe
entirelengthofthemultisample(s).
On:TheHoldfunctionisenabledfortherangesetbythe
HoldBottomandHoldTopparameters,below.
Off:Noteswillplaynormally.Thisisthedefaultsetting.
Hold Bottom Key [C–1...G9]
ThissetsthelowestkeyaffectedbytheHoldfunction.
Hold Top Key [C–1...G9]
ThissetsthehighestkeyaffectedbytheHoldfunction.
Using Hold with Acoustic Pianos
Holdisalsousefulforsimulatingthetopoctavesofan
acousticpiano,inwhichnotesalwayssustainuntiltheyfade
outnaturally,regardlessofhowlongyouholdthekey.
The“HoldBottomKey”and“HoldTopKey”parameters
aredesignedforexactlythispurpose.Theyletyoulimitthe
ef
fectoftheHoldparametertoaspecificrangeofthekey‐
board.
CC#64
Value
Multiply Amp EG Release Time by…
If Sustain = 0 If Sustain = 1 or more
01x 1x
32 2.1x 2.1x
64 3.2x
3.2x
80 5.9x
96 22.3x
127 55x

Korg PS60 Specifications

General

Type	Performance Synthesizer
Synthesis Type	Sample-based synthesis
Velocity Sensitivity	Yes
Aftertouch	No
Arpeggiator	Yes
Sequencer	No
MIDI	In, Out, Thru
Power Supply	DC 9V
Keyboard	61 keys
Sound Engine	EDS-i
Effects	2 Master effects
Controllers	Pitch bend, modulation wheel
Outputs	2 x 1/4" (L/R)
USB	Type B x 1
Sound Generator	EDS-i
Preset Programs	440 programs
Polyphony	120 voices (120 Oscillators)
Inputs	1 x 1/4" (damper)