Korg PA1000 User Manual

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Pa1000 | User Manual

Important safety instructions

1. Read these instructions.

2. Keep these instructions.

3. Heed all warnings.

4. Follow all instructions.

5. Do not use this apparatus near water.

6. Clean only with dry cloth.

7. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install

in accordance with the manufacturer’s in­structions.

8. Do not install near any heat sources such as

radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other ap­paratus (including amplifiers) that produce
heat.

9. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the po-

larized or grounding-type plug. A polarized
plug has two blades with one wider than the
other. A grounding type plug has two blades
and a third grounding prong. The wide blade
or the third prong are provided for your safe­ty. If the provided plug does not fit into your
outlet, consult an electrician for replacement
of the obsolete outlet.

10. Protect the power cord from being walked on

or pinched particularly at plugs, convenience
receptacles, and the point where they exit
from the apparatus.

11. Only use attachments/accessories specified

by the manufacturer.

12. Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket,

or table specified by the manufacturer, or
sold with the apparatus. When a cart is used,
use caution when moving the cart/apparatus
combination to avoid injury from tip-over.

▪ The ventilation should not be impeded by

covering the ventilation openings with items,
such as newspapers, table-cloths, curtains,
etc.

▪ No naked flame sources, such as lighted can-

dles, should be placed on the apparatus.

▪ Do not install this equipment in a confined

space such as a box for the conveyance or
similar unit.

▪ WARNING – This apparatus shall be connect-

ed to a mains socket outlet with a protective
earthing connection.

▪ Turning off the standby switch does not com-

pletely isolate this product from the power
line, so remove the plug from the socket if
not using it for extended periods of time,
or before cleaning. Please ensure that the
mains plug or appliance couple remains read­ily accessible.

▪ Mains powered apparatus shall not be ex-

posed to dripping or splashing and that no
objects filled with liquids, such as vases, shall
be placed on the apparatus.

▪ Install this product near the wall socket and

keep the power plug easily accessible.

▪ The marking plate is located at the bottom

of the instrument. The model number, serial
number, power requirements, etc., are locat­ed on this plate.

13. Unplug this apparatus during lightning

storms or when unused for long periods of
time.

14. Refer all servicing to qualified service per-

sonnel. Servicing is required when the appa­ratus has been damaged in any way, such as
power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid
has been spilled or objects have fallen into
the apparatus, the apparatus has been ex­posed to rain or moisture, does not operate
normally, or has been dropped.

Serial number

Please record the model number, serial num­ber, and date of purchase below. Keep this
manual, as use these information as a record
of your purchase.

Model ________________________________

Serial No. _____________________________

Purchase Date ________________________

WARNING – Do not ingest bat­tery, chemical burn hazard. This
product contains a coin/button
cell ba ttery.

If the coin/button cell battery is swallowed
it can cause severe internal burns in just 2
hours and can lead to death.

Keep new and used batteries away from chil­dren. If the battery compartment does not
close securely, stop using the product and
keep it away from children.

If you think the battery may have been swal­lowed or placed inside any part of the body
seek immediate medical attention.

▪ WARNING – Date/time Lithium button cell

battery inside. Danger of explosion if the
battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only
with the same or equivalent type. The inter­nal date/time Lithium button cell battery is
user replaceable.

▪ Do not expose batteries to excessive heat,

such as direct sunshine, fire or the like.

▪ Dispose of used batteries according to the

battery manufacturer’s instructions.

The lightning fl ash with arrowhead symbol
within an equilateral triangle , is inten ded
to alert the user to the presence of uni nsu­lated “da ngerous voltage” withi n the prod­uct’s e nclosure that may b e of suffi cient
magnitude to con stitute a r isk of ele ctric
shock to persons.

The excla mation p oint within an equilateral
triang le is intended to alert the user to the
presen ce of importan t operating and main­tenance (servicing) instructions in the lit­erature accompanying the product.

This sym bol is intended to identify Class II
equip ment with func tional ear thing (ground ­ing).

Other notices

Automatic power-off

To avoid wasting power, Pa1000 will by default
automatically enter standby mode after two
hours of non-active use (playing, pressing but­tons or using the touch-screen). Please save any
edited data (Keyboard Sets, Styles, Songs, and
so on) before taking a prolonged pause.

Data handling

Data in memory may sometimes be lost due to
incorrect user action. Be sure to save important
data to the internal drive or to an external USB
device. KORG will not be responsible for dam­ages caused by data loss.

Display handling

Be very careful not to apply too much pressure
on the display while carrying the instrument, or
it might break.

Cleaning

If the exterior becomes dirty, wipe it with a
clean, dry cloth. Do not use liquid cleaners such
as benzene or thinner, or cleaning compounds
or flammable polishes.

Use a soft cotton cloth to clean the display.
Some materials, such as paper towels, could
cause scratches and damage it. Computer wipes
are also suggested, provided they are specifi­cally designed for LCD screens.

Do not spray any liquid on the LCD screen direct­ly. Always apply the solution to your cloth first,
then clean the screen.

Example screens

Some pages of the manuals show snapshots of
the screen along with an explanation of func­tions and operations. All sound, style, song or
parameter names, as well as shown values, are
merely examples and may not always match the
actual display you are working on.

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Portions of this product’s software are copy­right ©2007 “The FreeType Project” (www.

freetype.org). All rights reserved.

Disclaimer

The information contained in this manual have
been carefully revised and checked through.
Due to our constant efforts to improve our prod­ucts, the specifications might differ to those
in the manual. KORG is not responsible for any
differences found between the specifications
and the contents of the instruction manual – all
specifications being subject to change without
prior notice.

Liability

KORG products are manufactured under strict
specifications and voltages required by each
country. These products are warranted by the
KORG distributor only in each country. Any
KORG product not sold with a warranty card or
carrying a serial number disqualifies the prod­uct sold from the manufacturer’s/distributor’s
warranty and liability. This requirement is for
your own protection and safety.

Service and user’s assistance

For service, please contact your nearest
Authorized KORG Service Center. For more in­formation on KORG products, and to find soft­ware and accessories for your keyboard, please
contact your local Authorized KORG distributor.
For up-to-date information, please point your
web browser to our web site.

Keep your keyboard up-to-date

Your instrument can be constantly updated as
new versions of the operating system are re­leased by KORG. You can download the operat­ing system from our web site. Please, read the
instructions supplied with the operating system.

Copyright © 2017 KORG Italy SpA

MS-DOS and Windows are

Contents

Part I 1 Let’s start!

3 Introduction

3 Welcome to Pa1000!

7 Before starting to play…

9 Overview of the instrument

15 Setting up the pedals, audio connections, music stand

15 Connecting the pedals

16 Turning the integrated speakers on and off

16 Connecting the headphones

16 Connecting the audio outputs

17 Installing the music stand

18 Powering up

18 Turning the instrument on

19 Calibrating the touch screen

20 Adjust the display brightness

20 Tilting the display

21 Listening to the Demo Songs

22 Interface basics

22 The main page

23 The user interface in detail

30 Navigating through the pages

33 Selecting the musical resources

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Part II 35 Playing and singing

37 Playing the Sounds

38 Choosing your preferred set of Sounds

39 Choosing the Keyboard Sets

45 Playing and controlling the Sounds

47 Tempo and Metronome

47 Tem po

49 Metronome

51 Playing the Styles

51 Choosing the Styles

56 Playing a manual accompaniment (Bass & Lower Backing)

57 Playing the automatic accompaniment

63 Adjusting the accompaniment volume

65 Manually playing the Bass line

66 Playing the Pads

66 Choosing the Pad sets

67 Playing the Pads

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68 Playing the Songs

68 Choosing the Songs

73 Playing a Song

75 Mixing two Songs

76 Playing along with the Song

79 Adjusting the volume levels

80 Playing all the Songs in a folder

82 Playing a Jukebox list

85 Lyrics, chords, markers and score

85 Choosing one of the Players

86 Reading the lyrics and chords contained in a Song

88 Reading the lyrics and chords loaded as a text file

90 Reading the lyrics and chords loaded as a CDG file

91 Moving through a Song with the markers

94 Reading the music score

97 Searching for files and other items

97 Using the Search function

Part III 103 SongBook

105 Using the SongBook

105 Choosing the SongBook Entries

115 Using the Set Lists

119 Editing the SongBook

119 Creating and editing the SongBook Entries

129 Creating and editing the Set Lists

133 Deleting all the SongBook Entries and Set Lists

134 Using the SongBook with a personal computer

Part IV 135 Customizing and editing the Sound sets

137 Customizing the Keyboard Sets

137 Playing different Sounds with the left and right hand

141 Playing two or three Sounds at the same time

142 Choosing different Sounds

144 Mixing the Keyboard Sounds

147 Transposing the Upper Sounds to a different octave

148 Using the Ensemble to add harmony

151 Advanced editing of the Sound sets

151 The editing procedure

154 Mixing the Sounds

156 Adding effects

167 Equalizing the Sounds

170 Octave transpose and fine tuning

171 Programming the sound routing and polyphony

174 Quick editing of Drum Kits

177 Quick editing of Sounds

179 Programming the key and velocity range

181 Editing the Digital Drawbars

185 Writing the Sound sets

185 Writing the Keyboard Sets to the library

187 Writing Keyboard Sets into a Style

189 Writing Keyboard Sets into a SongBook Entry

192 Writing Style Settings, Song Settings and MIDI Song Sounds

Part V 193 Customizing, recording and editing the Styles and Pads

195 Customizing the Styles

195 Setting the Chord Recognition

199 Automatically holding chords and Lower notes (Memory)

201 Recognizing the root note (Bass Inversion)

202 Setting how velocity controls the accompaniment

203 Mixing the grouped Accompaniment Sounds

205 Editing the Style Settings

205 Mixing the individual Accompaniment Sounds

209 Changing the Sounds of the accompaniment par ts

212 Setting the Style controls

215 Choosing and mixing the Pads

218 Writing the Style Settings

218 Writing the Style Settings

220 The Chord Sequencer

220 Recording Chord Sequences

223 Playing back Chord Sequences

224 Managing the Chord Sequences

227 Recording the Styles and Pads

227 How are Styles and Pads made?

233 Programming the Style Settings, then recording the musical sequences

234 Accessing the Style/Pad Record mode

236 Listening to the recorded Style

237 Setting the recording parameters

242 Assigning Sounds to the Style Element and Pads

245 Choosing the original key/chord and the note transposition table

248 Recording a Style or Pad in Realtime Record

251 Recording a Style or Pad in Step Record

256 Recording a Guitar track

266 Editing the Styles and Pads

266 Editing the track parameters

272 Editing the Chord Table

273 Checking the available Chord Variations

274 Editing the track type, trigger, tension

276 Editing the Style/Pad sequences

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288 Editing the MIDI events

292 Copying the Style track settings

293 Importing and exporting the Styles and Pads

293 Importing a Standard MIDI File to a Chord Variation

296 Importing a Standard MIDI File to a Style

299 Importing a MIDI Groove to a Style or Pad

300 Exporting a Chord Variation

302 Converting a MIDI Song to a Style

302 The Style Creator Bot

304 Writing the new/edited Style or Pad

304 Writing the Styles

306 Writing the Pads

Part VI 307 Customizing, recording and editing the Songs

309 Customizing the Songs

309 How to play a Song – Song Play vs. Sequencer mode

310 Special tracks (Melody, Drum & Bass), Fast Play

312 Mixing the Song Sounds

316 Changing the Sounds of the MIDI Song tracks

317 Writing the Song Play Settings

317 Writing the default Players’ settings

318 Listening the MIDI Songs in Sequencer mode

318 Loading and listening a MIDI Song

321 Recording MIDI Songs

321 Multitrack Song Recording

328 Step Recording a Song

333 Quick Recording a Backing Sequence Song

341 Step Recording a Backing Sequence Song

346 Editing the MIDI Songs

346 Editing the Song tracks

358 Editing the MIDI events

362 Saving MIDI Songs

362 Saving the MIDI Song

364 Recording MP3 Songs

364 Recording and saving an MP3 Song

368 Creating text files (lyrics)

368 Creating text files on a personal computer

Part VII 373 Customizing and editing the Sounds

375 Listening and customizing the Sounds

375 Accessing the Sound mode

376 Listening to individual Sounds

377 Customizing the Sound

380 Editing the Sounds

382 Setting the Sound’s basic parameters

388 Setting the oscillator’s basic parameters

395 Programming the Damper pedal

399 Equalizing the Sound

400 Setting the Drum Kit’s basic parameters

404 Equalizing the Drum Kit

406 Mixing the Drum Kit layers

407 Mixing and retriggering the drum samples

409 Modulating pitch

414 Programming the pitch envelope (Pitch EG)

418 Programming the filters

421 Modulating the filters

426 Programming the filter envelope (Filter EG)

430 Programming amplitude and pan

432 Modulating amplitude

435 Programming the amplitude envelope (Amp EG)

439 Programming the LFO

444 Adding effects to the Sound

447 Sound Edit utilities

449 AMS (Alternate Modulation Sources)

452 Writing the Sounds

452 Writing the edited Sound

454 Making new sounds with Sampling

456 Loading samples and multisamples

460 Recording samples or audio grooves

462 Editing the samples

466 Editing the loop

469 Getting information on the Sampling memory

471 Writing, exporting or deleting the samples

475 Creating multisamples

479 Writing, exporting or deleting the multisamples

482 Creating new Sounds from multisamples

483 Creating new Drum Kits from percussive samples

484 Assigning the new Sound or Drum Kit to a part/track

485 Creating Audio Groove Slices with Time Slicing

491 Writing the Audio Groove Slices

492 Using the Audio Groove Slices in a Style or Pad

494 Using the Audio Groove Slices in other Sounds

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Part VIII 495 Audio In/Out, Voice and Guitar Processor

497 Connecting the audio outputs and setting the final effects

497 Connecting the audio outputs

498 Programming the master effects

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503 Connecting the audio inputs

503 Connecting a line audio device, a microphone, a guitar

505 Setting the routing and mixing the effects

509 Shaping the sound of the lead voice

514 Talking with your audience

516 Using the effects and voice harmonization

516 Choosing a Voice/Guitar Preset

521 Harmonizing your voice

523 Doubling your voice

524 Using the effects

527 Controlling the Voice/Guitar Processor via MIDI

530 Editing the Voice/Guitar Presets

531 Choosing, enabling and mixing the effects

532 Editing the harmony voices

540 Editing the Double voice

542 Editing the Voice/Guitar Effects

543 Creating new presets by assembling FX blocks

546 Writing a Voice/Guitar Preset

Part IX 549 Effects for the Sounds, Voice, Guitar

551 The effects

551 Editing the effects

556 Adapting reverb to the room size

557 Effects list

559 Effect parameters

559 REV (Reverbs)

570 DEL (Delay)

606 MOD (Modulation)

653 DYN (Dynamics)

665 AMP (Amplifier)

705 FILT (EQ and Filters)

734 FREQ (Frequency)

747 MISC (Miscellaneous)

792 DMS (Dynamic Modulation Sources)

Part X 795 KAOSS Effects

797 Using the KAOSS effects

797 The KAOSS page

799 Choosing the KAOSS Presets

801 KAOSS Preset list

804 Using the KAOSS effects

Part XI 807 Controllers

809 Hand controllers

809 Programming the joystick

811 Programming the keyboard’s velocity and aftertouch

813 Programming the assignable knobs

815 Programming the assignable switches

818 Foot co ntro llers

818 Programming the damper pedal

819 Programming the assignable pedal/footswitch

826 Calibrating the pedal and setting its polarity

Part XII 827 Global settings and preferences

829 Customizing the user interface

829 Display and control panel preferences

831 Program Change and activity indicators

833 Automatic selection and locking

833 Automatically choosing Styles and Keyboard Sets

835 Locking parameters to prevent changes

839 System preferences

839 Setting the date and time for file saving

840 Automatic power off

841 Master Transpose and Tuning

841 Master Tuning

842 Master Transpose

847 Scale

847 Main Scale

849 Sub-Scale

853 Quarter Tone Sub-Scale (Scale Presets)

858 Retuning the Style while playing

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Part XIII 861 MIDI

863 Connecting MIDI devices

863 Introduction to MIDI

868 Connecting via the MIDI interface

869 Connecting via the USB DEVICE port

871 Quick settings using MIDI Presets

876 Synchronizing Tempo with other instruments

878 MIDI data routing, processing and transposing

884 Programming the MIDI channels

888 Connecting Pa1000 to a personal computer or tablet

889 Control Change messages

892 Controlling the Arranger and Players via MIDI

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Part XIV 895 File management

897 Managing files in the internal memory

897 Copying, renaming and deleting

900 The Direct data

904 Renaming the User/Direct banks

905 Managing files on disk

905 Overview on file management

910 Loading musical resources and settings

917 Saving musical resources and settings

921 Copying files and folders

924 Deleting files and folders

925 Selecting more items at once

927 Exporting playlists

930 Managing media

930 Formatting storage devices

932 Backing up and restoring musical resources

936 Connec ting the internal drive to a personal computer

938 Storage device organization

941 Changing the media display preferences

942 Protecting storage devices and files

944 Care of storage devices

Part XV 945 Appendix

947 Musical Resources

948 Styles

955 Keyboard Set Library

960 Sounds

987 DNC Sounds and controls

991 Drum Kits

993 Multisamples

1003 Drum Samples

1023 Pads

1028 Recognized chords

1030 Connecting an external display

1032 Installing the options

1032 Replacing the clock backup battery

1036 Installing a microSD card

1039 Shortcuts

1042 Troubleshooting

1044 Specs

PART I: LET’S

START!

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Introduction |3

01 Introduction

Welcome to Pa1000!

Many thanks, and congratulation on purchasing the KORG Pa1000
Professional Arranger! We’re sure it’ll give you countless hours of great
tones that will feel as good as they sound.

Slim, powerful and easy to use

With the elegant cabinet, Pa1000 provides a professional and stylish look,
that will be much appreciated on stage or at home. The main panel’s logical
layout ensures easy access to buttons, knobs and all controls.

Using your Pa1000 is easy, thanks to the touch screen and the clean, clearly
laid-out, modern user interface, based on icons reproducing real objects in
the real world. The tilting display will make access easy under any circum­stances.

The real solo and band experience

Pa1000 has been designed to assist you equally well during live performance
and songwriting. The detailed natural sounds and finely crafted styles have
been created by some of the finest musicians in the music industry. You will
feel you are playing in a real band – no matter what your musical tastes are.

The naturally responsive 61-note semi-weighted keyboard is designed for
musicians of all levels, from beginners to demanding keyboard players, and
gives you a completely authentic feel and full control of expression.

More than just recorded sounds

The huge, realistic collection of classic and contemporary keyboard, band
and orchestral sounds, includes new multi-layer stereo grand pianos (with
damper and body resonance) and electric pianos; wind instruments, basses
and stunning acoustic and electric guitars; plus digital drawbars with leak­age and key on/off noises.

Sounds have been recorded with the most up-to-date technologies, and
KORG’s own proprietary EDS-X (Enhanced Definition Synthesis-eXpanded)

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sound engine allows for fine detail to be accurately reproduced. The inte­grated sampler and sound editor allows to fill the vast user memory with
newly created or imported sounds.

All these authentic sounds become alive with KORG’s DNC (Defined Nuance
Control) system, allowing the performer to accurately and expressively in­troduce the most subtle nuances and sound articulation. For example, the
joystick and assignable switches can introduce the growl of a saxophone,
breath elements found in trumpet, clarinet and harmonica, and add authen­ticity to the pizzicato and bowed sounds of a string section. You will even
hear keys opening when saxophone notes are going up, and closing when
going down!

Listen the natural way

Each Pa1000 sound go through separate EQs and studio-quality effect pro­cessors, that further refine your sound before coming through high-quali­ty stereo audio outputs. Effects run from the standard reverbs and delays
through to the more unusual effects (like a Vocoder), realistic amp simu­lators and carefully recreated vintage effects. The final mastering effects
make the sound louder, clearer, fuller, and more polished.

The sound of the super high-fidelity integrated speakers is clear and detailed
even at the lowest volume level, for the pleasure of the late-night rehearsing
musician.

A band always ready to play with you

Ultra-realistic sounds in the Pa1000 are always ready to play along with you,
in the music style best fitting your music. The high number of included Styles
will satisfy any music genre, but can also be expanded by adding new Styles.
You may also create your Styles, customize the existing ones, or easily con­vert MIDI Songs to Styles.

There are eight accompaniment parts which will follow your chords. The
Auto Fill function will automatically choose a Fill for you. You can play in the
simplest way or with the rich harmonization of a competent jazz player. We
have programmed them to sound natural, and give you the feeling of a real
band, ready to play with you at any time.

The convenient Chord Sequencer function records your chord progressions
on-the-fly allowing the users to immediately play along with their own chord
sequence, which is useful not only for practice, but for freeing up a hand
while performing live. Chord Sequences can also be saved in Styles and
SongBook Entries for easy recall.

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Play and write songs

Play Songs in MID and MP3 formats with KORG’s patented XDS Crossfade
Dual Sequencer/Player. With both Songs and Styles, you can show lyrics for
your singer and chords for your fellow guitarist. Any MIDI Song track can be
converted into a readable score. Markers allow for jumping back to a passage
you wish to repeat, for example in a piece you are studying or rehearsing.

Use the video output to display lyrics or score on an external monitor, mak­ing it perfect for karaoke or band leading.

You can record a MIDI Song using a full-featured Sequencer, or by using the
Styles to record your live performance. Even easier, just record what you
sing and play (including MP3 Songs) as an MP3 file, and listen to it anywhere
you like.

Your music book

What is a huge collection of Styles and Songs, without an effective form of
organization? Pa1000 has the one most known to musicians: the SongBook,
a music database allowing for fast song retrieving based on name, artist,
genre or tempo. Styles and Songs are easily recalled by the SongBook.

Particularly useful for live use, the SongBook can assign songs from any cus­tom Set List to dedicated buttons on the control panel. Your entire show will
be under your fingers, with immediate access to any Style, Song and Sounds
needed for your performance.

The SongBook can even be edited from a personal computer through our
free editor. It can also be synchronized with most modern tablets to become
your handy external digital music sheet reader (third-party software need­ed).

Sing naturally

Connect a dynamic microphone, and adjust parameters such as the EQ,
Compressor, Gate, Reverb, Delay and De-Esser to make the vocals sound
smooth and studio-produced. The Vocal Remover will even let you remove
the voice from MP3 Songs, and let you sing along with them.

For years, KORG has teamed with TC•Helicon®, the world leaders in vocal
harmonies, to create and constantly improve the included Voice Processor.
TC•Helicon’s Voice Processor ensures that your vocals have the highest pos­sible sound quality, and adds up to three realistic voices to your voice.

To ensure professional vocal performance, 2 knobs and 3 buttons controlling
the most important vocal functions have been added to the top panel within
easy reach.

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Refine your guitar’s pure sound

Guitar FXs let you add pedal and studio effects to a guitar connected to the
dedicated Guitar input on the back of the instrument. We selected some of
the best guitar effects from the KORG collection, to add the sound of all­tube amplifiers, realistic distortion, chorus or delay pedals, and the highest­quality studio reverbs.

Creative control with the KAOSS effects

KAOSS effects give you creative control on your performance. From subtle
morphing between Variations and Drum Kit types, fine mixing between ac­companiment Sounds, live reshaping of ongoing rhythms, to the most radi­cal note-crunching effects of DJ heritage, to tape delay and arpeggios, you
can add ‘liquid mixing’ to any Style or MIDI Song with the aid of easy-to-use
computer-assisted composition features. Break the boundaries of preset
music!

Open to the world, ready to the future

The use of standard file formats, like MID or MP3 for songs, or WAV and AIFF
for samples, opens a world of possibilities when exchanging files. The USB
ports allow for connecting Pa1000 to any external storage device or per­sonal computer, smartphone or tablet without the need for a dedicated MIDI
interface. However, you can connect Pa1000 to any existing MIDI musical
instrument, thanks to its complete set of programmable MIDI ports.

Even m ore!

There is more, much more, but to know more, you need to explore Pa1000
in depth. Pa1000 is the most evocative, powerful, easy-to-use complete
Arranger ever produced. Enjoy your musical life with the new Pa1000!

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Before starting to play…

What’s in the box

After you get your Pa1000, please check that all the following items are in­cluded in the package. If any of the following items is missing, please contact
your KORG dealer immediately.

▪ Pa1000

▪ Music stand

▪ AC power cable

▪ Quick Guide

What you can add

After having purchased Pa1000, you might want to add one of the sturdy
pedals and footswitches from the KORG catalogue.

Contacts

Your KORG dealers not only deliver this instrument, but also carry hardware
and software accessories, as well as useful information on how to use these
products. Ask them for any help you should eventually need.

Our international web site is www.korg.com. A list of all KORG Distributors
can be found in our dedicated web page (www.korg.com/us/corporate/dis-

tributors/).

Making a safety copy of your data

In case you like to customize your musical resources, we suggest you use the

Media > Utility > Full Resources Backup command to make frequent backup

copies into compact and easy-to-store archives.

Also, you can use the Media > Save All command to save individual files that
you can separately reload one by one.

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Restoring a safety copy

To restore a backup, use the Media > Utility > Resources Restore command.

If you saved your data with the Media > Save All command, use the Media >

Load operations to reload them.

Restoring the original factory data

In case you want to restore the original factory data, use the Media > Utility

> Factory Restore command.

Warning: This operation will overwrite all the Factory, Local and User data!

Loading the Operating System

Your Pa1000 can be constantly updated as new versions of the operating
system are released by KORG. You can download the most up-to-date oper­ating system from our web site. Please, read the instructions supplied with
the operating system on the site.

You can see which version of the operating systems is installed in your
Pa1000 by going to the Media > Utility page.

Warning: Do not install an OS other than the official OS supplied by KORG for the

Pa1000. Trying to install an OS created for different models or downloaded from
unofficial web sites may cause data loss and permanent damage to the instrument.
KORG is not responsible for any damage caused by improper installation of the OS.

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Overview of the instrument

The following pages show the functional areas of the front and real panels.

Front panel

The front panel is where you can find the instrument’s controls and the loud­speakers.

Left speaker Right speaker

Headphones

Speakers

Control the output volume of the integrated speakers with the MASTER

VOLUME knob.

The speakers are automatically deactivated when connecting the head­phones. You can also manually deactivate them by deselecting the Speakers
checkbox in the Global > Audio & Video > MP3/Speakers page.

Headphones connector

Connect a pair of headphones to this output. You can use headphones with
an impedance of 16-200 Ohms (50 Ohms suggested).

Keyboard

Use the keyboard to play notes and chords. Depending on the status of the

SPLIT indicator, the keyboard may be joint or split between different sounds.

Keyboard

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Control panel

The control panel is the part of the front panel where you can find the instru­ment’s controls.

Styles area

DisplayKnobs

Players area

Metronome and Tempo area

Navigation area

Sounds/Set List area

Display

Use this touchscreen display to interact with the instrument. The display can
be tilted for optimal visualization. There are controls around the display, to
help you select the various elements.

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Navigation area

Use these controls to go through the menus, pages and parameters, and
search for the various musical resources (see page 22).

Sounds (and Set Lists) area

Sounds are what you can play on the keyboard (see page 3). Here you
can choose Sound sets saved as Keyboard Sets in a dedicated library. Or you
can choose Set Lists from the SongBook, that are collections of Sound sets
with an associated Style or Song.

Styles (and Pads) area

Styles supply the automatic accompaniment with a virtual band (see page

51). You can play Sounds (selected via the Keyboard Sets) and Pads along
with the automatic accompaniment.

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Players area

Songs can be played back by the two onboard Players (see page 68). You
can play Sounds (selected via the Keyboard Sets) and Pads along with the
Songs.

Metronome and Tempo area

Use these controls to practice with the metronome and control the Tempo of
the metronome, the Styles and the Songs (see page 47).

Audio input controls

Here you will control the audio inputs, the voice and guitar effects, and the
voice harmonization and doubling.

USB connector

Use this connector to connect an USB memory device, like an USB pendrive
(HOST-F ), or other musical instruments to be used as controllers. You can
also use it to attach a small USB lamp and illuminate the control panel or the
music stand.

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Rear panel

The rear panel is where you can find the various connections (see page

15).

Holes for the music stand

Connectors Power connector

Battery and

microSD slot

Video
out

ports

PedalsUSB

MIDI

ports

Audio

outputs

Audio
inputs

Music stand

A music stand is included with your Pa1000. Insert its legs into the two dedi­cated holes on the rear panel.

Power connector

Use this socket to plug in the supplied IEC power cable.

Battery and microSD slot

This opening contains the clock battery and the microSD card slot.

Video out

Connect Pa1000 to a TV or video monitor, to read lyrics and chords on a
bigger display.

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USB ports

Use these connectors to connect your Pa1000 to a personal computer or a
tablet (DEVICE) or to connect an USB memory device, like an USB pendrive,
or another musical instrument to be used as a controller (HOST-R).

Pedal connectors

Use the DAMPER connector to connect a damper pedal, and the ASSIGNABLE
connector to connect either a continuous pedal or footswitch.

MIDI ports

Use these ports to connect Pa1000 to external controllers (master keyboard,
MIDI guitar, wind controller, MIDI accordion, MIDI pedalboard…), to a series of
expanders, or to a computer with a MIDI interface.

Audio outputs

Use these connectors to send the audio signal (sound) to a mixer, a PA sys­tem, a set of powered monitors, or your hi-fi system.

Audio inputs

Use these connectors to connect a microphone, a guitar or another musi­cal instrument. You can also connect the audio output of a media player, a
smartphone or a tablet.

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02 Setting up the pedals,

audio connections, music
stand

Connecting the pedals

Connecting the damper pedal

Use the PEDAL > DAMPER connector to connect a damper pedal, like the
(optional) KORG PS1, PS3 or DS1H. The DS1H pedal supports all the nuances
of half-pedaling on some acoustic piano sounds. You can experiment how it
works by gradually pressing it down, and gradually releasing it, while playing
the Concert Grand Sound.

If you need to change the pedal’s polarity and calibrate it, go to the Global >

Controllers > Foot page.

Connecting a pedal or footswitch

Use the PEDAL > ASSIGNABLE connector to connect a footswitch pedal like
the (optional) KORG PS1, PS3 or DS1H, or a continuous pedal like the (op­tional) KORG XVP-10 Volume pedal or EXP-2 Expression pedal.

By default, this connector will work as an Expression pedal. If you want to
change the assigned function, or you need to change the pedal’s polarity
and calibrate it, go to the Global > Controllers > Foot page.

What if the pedals do not behave correctly?

If needed, you might want to recalibrate the pedals. Or you might need to
reverse the pedal’s polarity. See how to do in Calibrating the pedal and set-

ting its polarity on page 799.

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Turning the integrated speakers on and off

The integrated speakers are automatically deactivated when inserting a jack
into the PHONES connector. They can also be deactivated from the display.

Turn the speakers off (or back on)

1 Go to the Global > Audio & Video > MP3/Speakers page.

2 Use the Speakers On/Off checkbox to turn the integrated speakers on or off.

3 Press the EXIT button to return to the previous page.

Connecting the headphones

Connect a pair of headphones to the PHONES connector. You can use head­phones with an impedance of 16-200 Ohms (50 Ohms suggested). When con­necting the headphones, the integrated speakers are automatically deacti­vated.

Adjust the output level with the MASTER VOLUME knob.

Connecting the audio outputs

Use the AUDIO OUT connectors to send the audio output to a mixer, a set of
powered monitors, or an audio amplification system. These are unbalanced
(TS) 6.35 mm, or 1/4”, jack connectors.

When using a home audio amplifier, connect the other end of the cable to the
CD, LINE IN or TAPE/AUX input of your audio system. Don’t use the PHONO
inputs of your audio system!

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Use either the LEFT or RIGHT connector to output a mono signal.

Adjust the output level with the MASTER VOLUME knob.

If they are not deactivated, the integrated speakers will work in parallel with
the main audio outputs.

Installing the music stand

A music stand comes with your Pa1000. Insert its legs into the two dedicated
holes on the rear panel, as shown in the following illustration. Please note
that the latest 0,5 cm (0.2”) require more strength to fit. Push harder, until
you feel a ‘click’ and the legs are completely inserted.

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03 Powering up

Turning the instrument on

Connecting the power cable

Plug the supplied power cable into the AC IN socket on the back of the in­strument, and the cable plug into a wall power socket.

When the cable is connected, the instrument is in standby.

Warning: When the instrument is in standby, it is still connected to the power line.

Accessing the inside of the instrument can be dangerous. To completely disconnect
the instrument from the power, unplug the power plug from the power socket on the
wall.

Turning the power on or off

Turn the instrument on

▪ Press the POWER (

standby’). After you turn the instrument on, wait for the welcome screen to
disappear, then the main page of the Style Play mode will be shown in the
display.

Turn the instrument off (standby)

▪ Keep the POWER (

it when the screen appears dimmed. The shutdown procedure will begin and
last for a few seconds. Please do not disconnect the power cable during this
procedure.

) button to turn the instrument on (that is, ‘exit from

) button pressed for about one second, then release

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Calibrating the touch screen

Calibrating the display

It may happen (for example, after loading a new operating system) that the
Color TouchView™ display has to be recalibrated, to make pointing more ac­curate.

Warning: Do not use sharp objects, or you will damage your screen!

1 Keep the GLOBAL button pressed, until the Touch Panel Calibration page

appears.

2 First touch exactly inside the set of arrows in the upper left corner of the

display.

3 The arrows will subsequently move to the other corners of the display. Touch

exactly inside them.

4 Finally, touch Save to confirm the new calibration.

▪ In case you want to exit and cancel the calibration, press the EXIT button

before completing the procedure.

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Adjust the display brightness

Brightness can be adjusted to match the ambient’s light.

▪ Keep the MENU button pressed, and use the VALUE control to adjust the

display brightness.

Tilting the display

For optimal visibility under any seating position, the display’s tilt angle can
be adjusted.

Lifting the display

1 Slide the UNLOCK slider toward the left to unlatch the display.

2 When the display is unlatched, adjust the tilt angle by letting it click it at one

of the stepped positions.

Closing the display

1 Lift the display up to the last step, until it is released and is free to tilt fully

down.

2 Gently press the top-left corner of the display to lower the display, and move

it to the flat position.

When the display is flat over the control panel, the UNLOCK slider will slide
in the locked position.

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Listening to the Demo Songs

Access the Demo mode

▪ Press the DEMO buttons together.

Listen to all the Demo Songs

▪ After accessing the Demo mode, do not press any button. All the Demo

Songs will be played back.

Choose a single Demo Song

▪ Touch one of the options on the display (Songs, Sounds, Styles), then choose

one of the Demo Songs.

Exit from the Demo mode

▪ Press any of the MODE buttons.

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Upper Sounds

04 Interface basics

The main page

The Main page of the Style Play mode appears when turning the instrument
on. You can return to this page by pressing the EXIT button while in Style
Play mode, or the S T YLE PLAY button when in a different mode.

Title bar Page menu

Selected Style

Right-hand/

Selected

Songs

Selected

Keyboard Set

Left-hand/
Lower Sound

Tabs recalling

other panes

Keyboard Set pane

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The user interface in detail

Display and user interface elements

Color TouchView graphical user interface

Pa1000 features our exclusive easy-to-use TouchView™ graphic interface,
based on a touch panel LCD screen. By touching items on the LCD screen,
you can select pages, tabs, and parameters, and set parameter values via
on‐screen menus and buttons.

Operative modes

The pages of Pa1000 are grouped in various operating modes. Each mode is
accessed by pressing the corresponding button in the MODE section on the
control panel.

Each operating mode is marked with a different color code, that helps you
understand where you are at first sight.

Two special modes (Global and Media) overlap the current operating mode,
that remains active in the background.

The Record mode can be accessed from the Style Play, Sequencer and Sound
modes, and allows for creating new Styles, Pads, Songs or Samples.

Edit menus and sections

Pages are grouped into sections, to be selected by touching the correspond­ing buttons in the edit menu that opens up when you press the MENU button.

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Pages and tabs

Parameters are grouped into separate pages, to be selected by touching the
corresponding tabs on the lower area of the display.

Overlapping windows

Several windows, like the Style Select or Sound Select, the Global, the Media,
or the Lyrics, overlap the current window. After you select an item in the win­dow, or press the EXIT button, the window closes, and the underlying page
is shown again. (The following example is the Keyboard Set Select window).

Dialogs

Similar to selecting windows, dialogs overlap the underlaying page. Touch
one of the button on the display to give Pa1000 an answer, and the dialog
will close.

Page menus

Touch the down-pointing arrow icon in the upper right corner of each page,
and a menu with commands relevant to the current page will appear.

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Touch one of the available commands to select it. (Or, touch anywhere else
on the screen to make it disappear, with no command selected).

Pop-up menus

When a down-pointing arrow appears next to a parameter name, touch the
arrow to open the pop-up menu and choose an option from there (by touch­ing the option, or scrolling the list with the VALU E control). As an alternative,
touch the parameter name and use the VALUE control to scroll the list of
options.

If you want to make the menu disappear without selecting anything, touch
anywhere else on the display.

Lists and scrollbars

Files on storage media, as well as other kinds of data, are shown as lists. Use
the scrollbar to scroll the list content. Also, you can use the VALUE control
to scroll.

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Scrollbar

When the Name label is selected on top of a list, keep the SHIFT button
pressed while touching one of the arrows on the scrollbar, to jump to the
next or previous alphabetic section.

Selected

label

Selected

item

List

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On Off

Parameters

Checkboxes

This kind of parameters are on/off switches. Touch them to change their
status.

Editable names

When the Text Edit (

) button appears next to a name, touch it to open the

Tex t E d i t window and edit the name.

The virtual keyboard works exactly as a personal computer’s keyboard.
Some of the symbols are context-sensitive, and only appear when they can
actually be used.

Numeric fields

When a numeric value can be edited, touch it a second time to open the

Numeric Keypad.

The virtual numeric keypad works exactly as the numeric keypad of a per­sonal computer.

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As an alternative, touch a numeric field and keep it held. Then move your
fingers up (or right) to increase the value, or move it down (or left) to de­crease it.

This also includes the Tempo numeric field in various pages.

Icons

Various icons help identifying the type of a file, a folder, a Song. For example:

Icon Meaning

Folder

File of Style bank

MID file

Selected, highlighted items

Any operation on parameters, data or list entries, is executed on highlighted
items. First touch the parameter or item to select it, then execute the opera­tion. Most parameters can be edited with the VALUE control.

Non-available, dimmed parameters

When a parameter or command is not currently available, it is shown dimmed
on the display. This means it cannot be selected, but may become available
when a different option is selected.

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Virtual controllers

Virtual sliders

To change a virtual slider’s position, touch it and keep it held, then slide up or
down to change its position. As an alternative, touch it, then use the VALUE
control to change its position.

Virtual knobs

To change a virtual knob’s position, touch it and keep it held, then slide your
finger up (or right) to rotate it clockwise, or slide it down (or left) to rotate
the knob counter-clockwise. As an alternative, touch it, then use the VALU E
control to change its position.

Virtual drawbars

To change a virtual drawbar’s position, touch it and keep it held, then slide
it up or down to change its position. As an alternative, touch it, then use the

VALUE control to change its position.

Shortcuts

Some commands or pages can be recalled by keeping the SHIFT but­ton pressed, and pressing other buttons or elements in the display. See

Shortcuts on page 1039 for a list of the available shortcuts.

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Navigating through the pages

Going to a page

Through this manual, page addresses are shown as in the following example:

Style Play > Mixer/Tuning > EQ Gain

Mode Edit section Page

Here is how the above works:

1 Press the STYLE P L AY button to go to the Style Play mode. When the in-

strument turns on, it is already in this mode (this the Main page of the Style
Play mode).

2 Press the MENU button on the control panel to see the edit menu of the

Style Play mode.

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3 Touch the Mixer/Tuning button in the edit menu to choose the Mixer/Tuning

section.

The selected edit section is always shown in the title bar:

Mode Edit section

4 If the page is not yet shown in the display, touch the EQ Gain tab to choose

the EQ Gain page.

5 Edit the parameters.

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6 Try a different page in the same edit section. Touch the Volume/Pan tab to

go to the Volume/Pan page, and edit the parameters.

7 Press the EXIT button to return to the main page of the Style Play mode.

If you were in Song Play mode, pressing EXIT would have returned to the

main page of the Song Play mode.

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Groups

Groups

Selecting the musical resources

Opening a Select window

When you press one of the STYLE or KEYBOARD SET LIBRARY buttons,
or touch the name of a Keyboard Set, Style, Sound, Pad or Voice/Guitar

Preset in the display, the corresponding Select window appears. For exam-

ple, this is the Sound Select window:

Type

Sounds

Pages Previous/Next

Pages

You can always exit from this window by pressing the EXIT button.

In Pa1000, Select windows stay always open until you press the EXIT but­ton. If you prefer they automatically close after a few seconds, or after you
select something, turn the Display Hold parameter off (see Display Hold on
page 44).

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PLAYING AND SINGING

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Playing the Sounds |37

05 Playing the Sounds

Sounds and Keyboard Sets

Sounds are the basic element of what you hear from your instrument.
Pa1000 contains Sounds from any instrumental family (pianos, strings,
synthesizers…). A set of Sounds playing together on the keyboard can be
memorized as a Keyboard Set.

To automatically recall Sounds and settings, you usually select a Keyboard
Set. A Keyboard Set is a single memory location that can remember the
Keyboard Sounds and all their transposition, effects, etc…

Keyboard Sets are individually contained in the Keyboard Set Library
(KEYBOARD SET LIBRARY buttons). They are also associated to a Style
or SongBook Entry; a group of four Keyboard Sets is recalled each time
you select a Style or SongBook Entry (KEYBOARD SET buttons under the
display).

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Choosing your preferred set of Sounds

Choosing the ‘My Setting’ Keyboard Set

▪ Press the MY SETTING button to choose your preferred Sounds.

This is a special Keyboard Set, that is automatically selected when the instru­ment is turned on.

The My Setting Keyboard Set

My Setting is a special Keyboard Set, where you can save your preferred

settings for things like Keyboard Sounds, Effects, Assignable Switches, a
Style to be selected on startup. This Keyboard Set is automatically chosen
when the instrument is turned on, and will automatically configure the in­strument for you.

Writing the My Setting Keyboard Set

Keep the MY SETTING button pressed for about one second, until the Write
dialog appears, then touch the OK button to confirm saving to memory.

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Choosing the Keyboard Sets

Choosing a Keyboard Set from the library

Keyboard Sets are contained in a dedicated library, that you can access from
the control panel or from the display.

Open the Keyboard Set Select window from the control panel

1 Be sure the SET LIST indicator is turned off.

2 Press one of the buttons of the KEYBOARD SET LIBRARY section. You will

notice that each of them has an instrument family name printed over it.

Open the Keyboard Set Select window from the display

▪ While in the Main page, touch the name of the selected Keyboard Set.

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As soon as you press the button or touch the display, the Keyboard Set

Select window appears.

Select a Keyboard Set

1 To choose one of the available types of Keyboard Sets, touch the buttons

at the top of the window.

Type of Kbd Set Meaning

Facto r y Keyboard Sets included at the factory, that cannot be modified.

Local Some models could include Local-type Keyboard Sets, that are Factory

User Locations where you can load new Keyboard Sets from an external de-

Direct User Keyboard Sets accessed directly from a storage device, without

data customized for a particular country.

vice, or save new or edited Keyboard Sets.

first having to load them.

The type of Keyboard Set will appear under its name.

Label Meaning

Keyboard Set’s container

Kbd Set Library Keyboard Set from the Library (Factory/Local/User/Direct)

Style Kbd1…4 Keyboard Set from the selected Style

SBook [song name] Kbd1…4 Keyboard Set from the selected SongBook Entry

Bank type

Fty Facto r y

Usr Internal User

Dir Direct User

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2 In case you want to choose a different group of Keyboard Sets, either press

a different button in the KEYBOARD SET LIBRARY section, or touch one of
the tabs on the sides of the Keyboard Set Library Select window.

3 To choose one of the available pages in the selected Keyboard Set group, ei-

ther touch one of the P1…P6 tabs at the bottom of the window, or repeatedly
press the button of the selected group of Keyboard Sets in the KEYBOARD

SET LIBRARY section of the control panel.

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4 Touch the name of the Keyboard Set you want to choose.

5 If you want to close the Keyboard Set Library Select window (and it does

not close by itself), press the EXIT button.

In the end, you will see the name of the selected Keyboard Set in the dedi­cated area of the Main page. The Sounds assigned to the keyboard (shown in
the right half of the display) will change.

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Choosing a Keyboard Set from a Style or a SongBook Entry

There are four matched Keyboard Sets in each Style or SongBook Entry,
fine-tuned for the containing Style or SongBook Entry. You can choose them
from the control panel or from the display.

Choose a Keyboard Set from the control panel

▪ Press one of the buttons in the KEYBOARD SET section under the display.

Select a Keyboard Set from the display

1 While in the Main page, be sure the Kbd Set pane is selected. If it isn’t, touch

the Kbd Set tab to select it.

2 Touch one of the Keyboard Set names in the display to select it.

You will see the name of the selected Keyboard Set highlighted in the dedi­cated area of the Main page. The Sounds assigned to the keyboard (shown in
the right half of the display) will change.

Digital Drawbars

You will notice that some Keyboard Sets in the Organ group of the library
contain the ‘DWB’ abbreviation in their name. These Keyboard Sets con­tain Digital Drawbars Sounds, that are simulations of electro-mechanical
organs of the past.

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Display Hold

You may prefer to leave a Select window open after you have chosen a
Sound, Keyboard Set or Style, to continue trying other elements in that
window. Or, you may prefer it automatically closes after you have com­pleted your choice. This is determined by the Display Hold parameter.

Turn the Display Hold parameter on or off

1 Go to the Global > General Controls > Interface page.

2 Turn the Display Hold parameter on or off:

▪ Select the Display Hold On checkbox to turn it on. Sound, Keyboard

Set, Style, Pad or Voice/Guitar Preset Select windows will remain open
on the display, until you press the EXIT button.

▪ Deselect the Display Hold On checkbox to turn it off. Sound, Keyboard

Set, Style, Pad or Voice/Guitar Preset Select windows will automati­cally close after you choose an element.

3 Press the EXIT button to return to the previous page.

Factory, User, Direct

Across the pages, you will find words like Factory, User, Direct. These
terms refer to the type of protection from writing, or how much you can
customize them.

▪ Fac t o r y (Keyboard Sets, Sounds, Styles, Pads, Voice and Guitar

Presets) are elements that you cannot normally overwrite or modi­fy. They are meant to warrant that musical resources (like SongBook
Entries) will always find linked musical resources (like Styles).

▪ User (Keyboard Sets, Sounds, Styles, Pads, Voice and Guitar Presets)

are elements that you can write, modify or overwrite. User Style banks
(the side tabs) can be freely renamed to create your own categories.

▪ Direct (Keyboard Sets, Styles, Pads, SongBook Entries, Voice and

Guitar Presets) are User elements that you can directly access from
a storage device.

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Playing and controlling the Sounds

Playing the keyboard

The instrument’s keyboard is like a piano keyboard. Just play it!

With some Sounds, you can press the keys while they are down, and the
sound might vary (for example, you might hear more vibrato).

Using the pedals

Pedals do different things depending on how they are programmed. The
Damper pedal is just that – a damper pedal, sustaining notes until you re­lease the pedal. The Assignable pedal (or footswitch) may change depending
on how it is programmed in the Global > Controllers > Foot page.

Using the assignable knobs

The assignable knobs can control different things, like volume levels of the
different Sounds, the organ drawbars or some assignable functions. They
can be programmed in the Global > Controllers > Knobs page.

Using the assignable switches

Depending on the chosen Keyboard Set and the assigned DNC functions,
these controllers can do different things. The switches can either ‘book’
a function, that will be triggered while playing, or enable (or disable) it by
pressing the button to ‘toggle’ it.

Indicator status Meaning

Off No DNC function assigned.

Red steady Booking DNC function available.

Red blinking Booking DNC function waiting to be executed. Then, it will return

Green steady Toggle DNC function available.

Green blinking Toggle activated. Press it again to disable it.

steady.

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Using the joystick

Moving the joystick left of right usually changes the Sound’s pitch. Moving
it forward usually trigger modulation, but this depends on the selected
Sounds. With the electro-mechanical organs, pushing the joystick forward
changes the rotary speaker’s speed. What it does when pulled back depends
on the selected Sounds. Just experiment!

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06 Tempo and Metronome

Tem p o

Setting the Tempo value

While an optimal Tempo value is saved with each Style or Song, you can
freely adjust it at your will. This will also set the Tempo for the Metronome.

Adjust the Tempo value from the control panel

▪ Use the TEMPO controls to adjust the Tempo value (or the speed of the MP3

Song).

As an alternative, for bigger Tempo changes, keep the SHIFT button pressed
and use the VALU E control.

Adjust the Tempo value from the display

1 If it is not highlighted, touch the Te m p o value in the display.

2 Use the VALU E control to adjust the Tempo value.

As an alternative, touch the Tempo field again to open the numeric keypad,
and enter the Tempo value as a number.

Reset the Tempo value

▪ Press both TEMPO buttons at the same time.

The Tempo value memorized in the Style or the MIDI Song will be recalled.
With MP3 Songs, the original speed of the Song will be restored.

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Visual Tempo count while the Style is not playing

While the accompaniment is not playing, the current Tempo is still beaten by
the indicator of the START/STOP button.

Tapping the Tempo value

In Style Play mode, you can ‘tap’ (beat) the Tempo value.

▪ While the accompaniment is not playing, beat the Tempo on the TAP TEMPO

button. Beat as many times as indicated by the Meter numerator (for ex­ample, three times in 3/4).

At the end, the accompaniment will start playing with the ‘tapped’ Tempo.

Locking the Tempo value

You can prevent the Tempo value from automatically changing when choos­ing a different Style or MIDI Song. MP3 Songs are not affected by this ‘lock’,
and will always play at the recorded Tempo.

You are free to continue setting the Tempo manually, including beating the
Style’s Tempo with the Tap Tempo function. Please note that there is a sepa­rate Tempo for the Style Play and Song Play modes.

Prevent the Tempo value from changing

▪ Press the TEMPO > LOCK (

value will not change when choosing a different Style or Song. You can still
manually change the Tempo value (as seen above).

Let the Style or Song change the Tempo value

▪ Press the TEMPO > LOCK (

choosing a different Style or Song, the memorized Tempo value will be re­called.

Tempo Change events found in the Style pattern or the MIDI Song may still
change the Tempo.

) button to light up its indicator. The Tempo

) button again to turn its indicator off. When

Metronome

Turning the metronome on and off

Turn the metronome on

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▪ Press the METRONOME (

window will open, and the metronome will start playing, beating the current
Tempo.

Turn the metronome off

▪ Press the METRONOME (

will stop.

) button to turn its indicator on. The Metronome

) button to turn its indicator off. The metronome

Setting the meter, accent and volume

You can mark the beginning of the measure, by setting the meter and accent.

Open the Metronome window

▪ Press the METRONOME (

Set the meter (time signature)

) button.

▪ Choose the meter (time signature) by using the Meter parameter.

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Turn the accent on or off

▪ Choose the accent by using the Accent parameter.

Accent Meaning

Off No accent.

On The first beat of each measure is accented.

Bell A bell sound is heard at the first beat of each measure.

Adjust the metronome volume

▪ Adjust the metronome volume by using the Volume parameter.

Exit the Metronome window

▪ Press the METRONOME (

) button to exit the window and stop the metro-

nome.

▪ Press the EXIT button to exit the window without stopping the metronome.

Then, press the METRONOME (

) button to stop the metronome.

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07 Playing the Styles

Choosing the Styles

Choosing a Style

You can choose a Style from the control panel or from the display.

Go to the Style Play mode

▪ When turning the instrument on, you are already in Style Play mode. If you

are not, press the ST Y LE PLAY button in the control panel.

▪ If you are not in the Main page of the Style Play mode, press the EXIT button

to return there.

Open the Style Select window from the control panel

▪ Press one of the buttons in the STYLE section.

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Open the Style Select window from the display

▪ Touch the name of the Style in the display.

Choose a Style

1 Browse through the Styles in the Style Select window.

▪ To choose one of the available types of Styles, touch the buttons at the top

of the window.

Type of Styles Meaning

Facto r y Styles included at the factory, that cannot be modified.

Local Some models could include Local-type Styles, that are Factory data

User Locations where you can load new Styles from an external device, or

Direct Styles accessed directly from a storage device, without first having to

customized for a particular country.

save new or edited Styles. The name of these banks can be edited in
order to create custom banks.

load them.

The type of Style will appear under its name.

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Label Meaning

Fty Facto r y

Usr Internal User

Dir Direct User

▪ To choose a different group of Styles, touch one of the tabs on the sides of

the window.

▪ To choose one of the available pages in the selected Style group, touch one

of the P1…P6 tabs at the bottom of the window.

As an alternative, press again the same STYLE button.

2 Touch the name of the Style you want to choose.

3 If you want to close the Style Select window (and it does not close by itself),

press the EXIT button.

In the end, you will see the name of the selected Style in the dedicated area
of the main screen.

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Intro

Ending 3

What is a Style?

Styles are collections of musical patterns in a particular music genre – or
‘musical style’ – offering an eight-parts automatic accompaniment, sim­ilar to an eight-member band playing with you. Chords you play on the
keyboard will be recognized and will adapt the patterns to suit the music.
Different sections can be selected to let you create a complete song in
realtime.

Accompaniment parts

Accompaniment parts are like the members of a band. With Pa1000 you
get five pitched instrument players (for example: guitar, piano, strings,
synthesizers), a bass player, a percussion player, and a drum player.

Chords and patterns

Accompaniment patterns are repeating musical sequences (like a bass
groove, a guitar riff or a piano chord progression) that are dynamically
adapted to match the recognized chords. They may vary depending on the
type of chord (like C Major, C minor, or 7th).

Sections

Songs are made of different sections (Intro, Verse 1, Bridge, Chorus 1 and
so on). There are different patterns for each song section, and they are
collected under the Style Element buttons (INTRO, VARIATION, AUTO FILL,
BREAK, ENDING). While the name of the Intro, Fill, Break and Ending are
the same as the name of the corresponding song section, Variations can
be used either for Verse, Bridge, Chorus or Special sections. The arrange­ment becomes denser the higher the element numbers go.

Verse Fill Chorus Break / Verse Fill Chorus Ending

Intro 1 Fill 1 Fill 2

Variation 1 Variation 2 Variation 3 Variation 4

Auto Fill

Pa1000 can automatically play a matching fill before each Variation. When
the AUTO FILL indicator is on, when going from a Variation to a different
one a Fill is automatically selected.

Break

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Letting Styles choose the Keyboard Sounds

Choosing a Style might automatically choose Keyboard Sounds. This de­pends on the STYLE TO KBD SET indicator (KBD SET = Keyboard Set).

STYLE TO KBD
SET indicator

Off Styles do not select a Keyboard Set.

On When choosing a Style, Keyboard Set 1 is automatically selected.

Blinking Choosing a Variation automatically recalls the corresponding Keyboard

Meaning

Set (1 – 4) inside the Style. For example, choose Variation 2, and Keyboard
Set 2 will be automatically recalled; choose Variation 3, and Keyboard
Set 3 will be automatically recalled.

Programming the Style to Keyboard Set function

You can program how the STYLE TO KBD SET button works.

1 Go to the Global > Mode Preferences > Style 1 page.

As an alternative, keep the SHIFT button pressed and press the STYLE P L AY
button to open the Style 1 page.

2 Use the Style to Kbd Set Mode menu to choose how the button works.

Style to Kbd Set
Mode

Next Measure When you choose a Style, the new Keyboard Set will not be automati-

Immediate When you choose a Style, the new Keyboard Set will be immediately

Meaning

cally selected until the first beat of the next measure is reached.

selected.

3 Press the EXIT button to return to the previous page.

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Playing a manual accompaniment (Bass & Lower Backing)

You can play a simple manual accompaniment, where the chord you play
with your left hand is split between the Bass (chord root) and Lower (the
remaining notes) Sounds.

Playing the manual accompaniment

1 Be sure the Bass & Lower Backing function is active. When it is, the Backing

icon appears in the Lower Sound’s area.

If the icon does not appear, see below how to activate it.

2 Be sure the SPLIT indicator is turned on, and the automatic accompaniment

is not running.

3 Play a chord sequence with your left hand.

Notice how the chord root is played by the Bass Sound, while the remaining
chord notes are played by the Lower Sound (even if it is muted).

Turning the Bass & Lower Backing function on or off

1 Go to the Global > Mode Preferences > Style 2 page.

2 Select or deselect the Bass & Lower Backing checkbox to activate or deac-

tivate the function.

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Recognized chord

Beat indicator

Playing the automatic accompaniment

Starting and stopping the accompaniment

You can manually start and stop the accompaniment.

Start the accompaniment

1 Press the START/STOP button.

2 Play some chords with your left hand, while playing a melody with your right

hand.

On the START/STOP button, a red indicator will mark the first beat, while a
green indicator will mark the other beats of the measure.

While the accompaniment is playing, please note the various indicators in
the display.

Pattern length in measures (‘L’)

or remaining measures (‘M’)

Tempo value

Stop the accompaniment

▪ Press again the START/STOP button.

Automatic start and stop

You can let the accompaniment automatically start or stop by just playing on
the keyboard, without having to press the START/STOP button. This leaves
your hands free for playing.

Make the accompaniment start automatically (Synchro Start)

1 Press the SYNCHRO > START button to light up its indicator.

2 Play a chord, and see how the accompaniment will start automatically.

3 Stop the accompaniment by pressing the START/STOP button.

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Make the accompaniment start and stop automatically (Synchro Start and
Stop)

1 Be sure the SYNCHRO > START indicator is turned on.

2 Press the SYNCHRO > STOP button, to light up both the START and STOP

indicators.

3 Play a chord to start the accompaniment, and keep the keys pressed.

4 Lift your hands from the keyboard, and see how the accompaniment will

automatically stop.

Make the accompaniment stop automatically (Synchro Stop)

1 Press the SYNCHRO > START button again to turn it off, and leave only the

SYNCHRO > STOP indicator lightened.

2 Press the START/STOP button to start the accompaniment, then play a

chord and keep the keys pressed.

3 Lift your hands from the keyboard, and see how the accompaniment will

automatically stop.

Deactivate the Synchro Start/Stop functions

▪ Press the SYNCHRO > START and/or SYNCHRO > STOP buttons to turn both

indicators off.

Choosing an Intro

An Intro is the introduction of the song. To choose the right Intro for your
song, please note that Intro 1 plays a short sequence with a prerecorded
chord sequence and melody, while Intro 2 plays on the chord recognized on
the keyboard. Intro 3 is usually a one-bar Count In.

Style Element Suggested use

Intro 1 Intro with prerecorded chord sequence and melody.

Intro 2 Intro with chord recognized on the keyboard.

Intro 3/Count In One-measure Count In.

1 Press one of the VARIATION buttons on the control panel to choose the

Variation you want to use for the first verse. The button’s indicator will be
on, meaning the Variation is waiting to start.

2 Press one of the INTRO buttons on the control panel to ‘book’ one of the

Intro sections. The button’s indicator will be on, meaning the Intro is waiting

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to start. The button’s indicator on the selected VAR I ATI O N button will be
flashing, meaning it is booked after the Intro.

3 Start the accompaniment.

Choosing a Variation to play a Verse or Chorus

Variations can be used for verses, choruses, bridges or specials. To choose
the right Variation for your verse, please note that Variations are of growing
‘density’ and ‘loudness’. This means that Variation 1 will be the ‘sparsest’
and the ‘quietest’ of the arrangements, while Variation 4 will be the ‘dens­est’ and ‘loudest’ of them. Usually, you will use Variation 1 for the first verse,
Variation 4 for the last chorus.

Style Element Suggested use

Variation 1 Verse, Bridge, Chorus or Special (lowest density)

Variation 2 Verse, Bridge, Chorus or Special (medium-low density)

Variation 3 Verse, Bridge, Chorus or Special (medium-high density)

Variation 4 Verse, Bridge, Chorus or Special (highest density)

▪ Wait for the Intro to end playing, and then the selected Variation will start

playing. The selected VARIATIO N indicator will stay lit.

▪ As an alternative, you can start the Variation before the end of the Intro.

While the Intro is playing, press one of the VARIATION buttons. The Variation
will start at the next measure.

Playing a Fill

Fills are phrases that can be used for smoothly bridging between different
sections of a song. If you like, you can let Pa1000 automatically choose a Fill
when you choose a Variation.

Turn the Auto Fill function on

▪ Press the AUTO FILL button to light up its indicator.

Automatically play a Fill, then a Variation

▪ Press one of the VARIATI ON buttons. A Fill will be automatically selected.

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Turn the Auto Fill function off

▪ When you no longer need this function, press the AUTO FILL button again

to turn the indicator off.

Programming the Auto Fill

You can program how the Auto Fill works.

1 Go to the Global > Mode Preferences > Style 1 page.

As an alternative, keep the SHIFT button pressed and press the STYLE P L AY
button to open the Style 1 page.

2 Use the Auto Fill menu to choose the Auto Fill mode.

Auto Fill Mode Meaning

Current Variation The Fill with the same number of the previous Variation will be auto-

Target Variation The Fill with the same number of the target Variation will be auto-

Smart Auto Fill tries to make the transition smoother. For example, if you

matically selected. For example, if you are going from Variation 2 to
Variation 3, Fill 2 will be automatically selected.

matically selected. For example, if you are going from Variation 2 to
Variation 3, Fill 3 will be automatically selected.

are going from Variation 1 to Variation 4, Fill 3 will be automatically
selected.

3 Press the EXIT button to return to the previous page.

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Choosing a Break

A break introduces a short pause in your song, creating a suspension and a
sense of surprise.

Style Element Suggested use

Break One-measure break

▪ When the Variation is nearing its end, press the BREAK button to play a

short musical break.

Choosing an Ending

To choose the right Ending for your song, please note that Ending 1 plays a
sequence with a prerecorded chord sequence and melody, while Ending 2
plays on the chord recognized on the keyboard.

Style Element Suggested use

Ending 1 Ending with prerecorded chord sequence and melody. If selected near the

Ending 2 Ending with the chord recognized on the keyboard. If selected near the

Ending 3 Two-measure Ending, starting immediately, without waiting for the mea-

end of the measure, it will only start at its end.

end of the measure, it will only start at its end.

sure to end.

▪ When it is time to end the song, press one of the ENDING buttons on the

control panel to ‘book’ one of the Ending sections.

After the Ending, the Style will automatically stop.

Looping sections

If you feel that an Intro, a Break or an Ending should last longer than the
recorded pattern, you can put it in a cycling loop.

Set a Style Element to loop

▪ Press twice the button of the Intro, Break or Ending to put in loop.

The indicator on the button will start flashing, and the pattern will start re­peating.

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Exit from the loop

Do one of the following:

▪ Press the same Style Element button again, or

▪ Select a different Style Element.

Keep a Style Element looping while its button is pressed

▪ Keep an Intro, Break or Ending button pressed to loop it. Release it when you

want the Style Element to exit from the loop.

▪ If the Auto Fill function is turned on, keep a Variation button pressed to loop

the corresponding Fill. Release it when you want the Fill to exit from the loop,
and the Variation to start playing.

Fade In/Out

You can start and/or stop your playing with a smooth fade-in or fade-out.

Fade in

▪ While the accompaniment is not playing, press the FADE IN/OUT button to

light up its indicator and start the accompaniment with a smooth fade-in.

The accompaniment will start. When the maximum volume is reached, the
indicator will turn off.

Fade out

▪ When the song is approaching its end, press the FADE IN/OUT button to stop

the accompaniment with a smooth fade-out.

Setting the Fade time

▪ Go to Global > General Controls > Basic to set the Fade In and Fade Out time.

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Adjusting the accompaniment volume

Balancing the accompaniment against the keyboard

While playing, you may want to balance the Keyboard Sounds against the
Accompaniment Sounds, to make the soloist stand out of the background or
go back in the mix.

Balance the Accompaniment against the Keyboard Sounds

▪ While the accompaniment is playing, use the BALANCE knob to balance be-

tween the Accompaniment (Style) and the Keyboard (Keyboard Set) Sounds.

Adjusting the volume level of the Accompaniment Sounds only

If you wish, you can change how the BALANCE knob works, and transform it
into a volume control for the Accompaniment Sounds only.

Program the BALANCE knob

1 Go to the Global > Controllers > Hand page.

2 In the Balance Control section, touch the Accompaniment/Song Volume

option to choose it. Now, the BALANCE knob will work as the Style (and
Song) volume only.

To go back to the default way of working, choose the Accompaniment/Song

– Keyboard Balance option.

3 Press the EXIT button to close the Global page and return to the main screen.

Adjust the volume level of the Accompaniment Sounds

▪ While the accompaniment is playing, use the BALANCE knob to adjust the

level of the Accompaniment Sounds.

The volume of the Keyboard Sounds will not change.

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Making the accompaniment sparser

You can easily turn off any of the accompaniment groups by using the Play/
Mute buttons in the Main > Volume pane. For example, you may want to mute
the ACCOMP (Accompaniment) group to play with the backing of the drums
and bass alone.

If you only want to listen to Drums and Percussions, press the CHORD SCAN
buttons on the control panel to turn their indicators off. Press them again to
reactivate all the accompaniment sounds.

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Manually playing the Bass line

You can play the Bass Sound with your left hand, freeing it from the auto­matic accompaniment.

Turn the Manual Bass function on

▪ Press the MANUAL BASS button to turn its indicator on.

The automatic accompaniment will stop playing (except for the Drum and
Percussion Sounds), and you can manually play the Bass line on the Lower
part of the keyboard.

When in Manual Bass mode, the volume level of the Bass Sound will be auto­matically increased.

Turn the Manual Bass function off

▪ Press the MANUAL BASS button to turn its indicator off.

When turning the Manual Bass mode off, the volume level of the Bass Sound
will be automatically set back to the original value.

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08 Playing the Pads

Choosing the Pad sets

Choose the Pads by selecting a Style

▪ Choose a Style. The four Pads it contains will be selected.

Choose the Pads by selecting a SongBook Entry

▪ Choose a SongBook Entry. The four Pads it contains will be selected.

What is a Pad?

Pads are single-track hits or sequences, that you can instantly play with
the dedicated PADS buttons. They can either play single sounds or short,
cycling sequences that play in time with the Style or the MIDI Song. In Style
Play mode, sequences are transposed according to the recognized chords.

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Playing the Pads

Starting and stopping the Pads

You can play up to four Pads at the same time, by using the dedicated PADS
buttons on the control panel.

Play the Pads

▪ Press one or more PADS buttons to trigger the Pads.

▪ Play some chords, and transpose any Pad of the Sequence type.

Stop a single Pad

▪ Press a PADS button to stop the corresponding Pad.

Stop all Pads at the same time

▪ Press the PADS > STOP button to stop all the Pads.

Stop all the Pads and the Style at the same time

▪ Press the START/STOP button, or one of the ENDING buttons.

Stop all the Pads and start a Song

▪ Press the PL AY/S T O P button to start a Song. All the Pads will stop playing.

Pads of the One Shot type automatically stop at the end of the sequence.
Pads of the Loop type continue cycling until you don’t press the PADS >

STOP button.

Changing Tempo

In Style Play mode, Pads are synchronized to the Style’s Tempo. Change the

Style’s Tempo, and the Pads’ Tempo will change accordingly.

In Song Play mode, Pads are synchronized to the latest MIDI Song’s Tempo.
Since Pads cannot be synchronized with MP3 Songs, the Tempo of the latest
MIDI Song will be considered when playing MP3 Songs.

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Upper Sounds

09 Playing the Songs

Choosing the Songs

Choosing a Song

Switch to the Song Play mode

Press the SONG PLAY button.

Title bar Page menu

Selected Song

(Player 1)

Selected Song

(Player 2)

Selected Style

Selected

Keyboard Set

Right-hand/

Left-hand/
Lower Sound

Tabs recalling

other panes

Keyboard Set

pane

Open the Song Select window from the control panel

▪ Press the SELECT button in the PL AY E R 1 or PLAYER 2 section.

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Open the Song Select window from the display

▪ Touch the name of the Song on the display. You can choose either Player 1

(PLY 1) or Player 2 (PLY2) to play the Song.

Browse through the Songs

While in the Song Select window, browse through the files to find the Song
you are looking for.

Current path

Device

▪ Choose a storage device by using the Device menu.

If the Song is contained in an external USB device, connect the device to one
of the USB HOST port.

Device Typ e

DISK Internal drive

SD Optional internal microSD

USB-F Optional device connected to the front (F) USB HOST port

USB-R Optional device connected to the rear (R) USB HOST port

The actual name (label) of the device will appear between square brackets.

▪ Scroll the list by using the scrollbar. As an alternative, use the VALUE con-

trol (if the focus is on the Device selector, touch any item in the list before
using the dial).

▪ Open the selected folder/directory by touching the Open button.

▪ Go to the upper folder/directory by touching the Close button.

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Current measure

Tempo variation

▪ Jump to the folder/directory, containing the Song currently assigned to the

Player, by touching the Locate button.

Jump to a different alphabetical section

1 If it is not selected, touch the Name label on top of the list.

2 Keep the SHIFT button pressed and touch one of the arrows of the scrollbar

to jump to the previous or next alphabetical section.

Change the list sorting

▪ Reorder the items according to a different criterion (Type, Name, Size, Date)

by touching the corresponding label on top of the list.

▪ By touching the label again, the order of the files will switch between as-

cending and descending.

Select the Song

1 Touch the name of the Song you want to choose to highlight it.

2 Touch the Select button. If a Song is already playing, it will stop, and the new

Song will be ready to play. You will return to the Main page of the Song Play
mode.

When a Song has been selected, it will appear in the Song area.

▪ MIDI Song selected:

(Time Signature)

Meter

Tempo

▪ MP3 Song selected:

Total time

Elapsed time

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KAR file

MP3 file

on disk

Song

What is a MIDI Song

MIDI Songs’ jargon name is Standard MIDI File, often abbreviated as SMF.
The filename extension is .mid. The Standard MIDI File is the industry stan­dard format for songs, and is used by Pa1000 as the native file format
when playing and recording MIDI Songs.

The MIDI Karaoke File (.kar) is an extension of the SMF format, and is also
supported. It always contains lyrics.

MIDI

Song

MID file

on disk

on disk

What is an MP3 Song

MP3 Songs’ real name is even funnier: MPEG Layer-3, usually abbreviated
as MP3. The filename extension is .mp3. This is a compressed audio file,
used to store recorded songs in the smallest amount of space, without
losing too much audio quality. At the highest quality, MP3 files are usually
impossible to distinguish from a non-compressed audio file. Pa1000 can
play and record MP3 files.

MP3

Choosing a Song by ID number

Each Song in a folder on a device has a progressive ID number assigned (up
to 9,999). When the ID numbers are shown in the Song Select window, you
can enter this number to select the corresponding Song.

To help you find a Song by ID number, you can export a song list using the

Export Song List command in the Song Select window, and print it.

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Showing the ID number

1 Open the Song Select window.

2 Touch the page menu icon to open the menu, then touch the Show Song

Number item to show (or hide) the ID numbers.

The Song’s ID number will appear before each Song’s name in the Song

Select window.

Choosing a Song by number

1 Open the numeric keypad.

▪ While in the Song Select window, press the SELECT button.

▪ While in any page of the Song Play (or Style Play) mode, press the SELECT

button twice.

2 Enter the ID number (included in the 0001~9999 range) corresponding to

the Song to be selected, then touch the OK button to confirm. The Song will
be selected.

If no Song corresponds to the number entered, a message will warn that the
Song is not available.

Viewing the Song’s filename extension

While you can recognize the type of files from the self-explanatory icons
next to their names, you may prefer to also see the filename extension.

Make the filename extension appear

1 Open the Song Select window.

2 Touch the page menu icon, then touch the Show Song Extension menu item

to make the checkmark appear next to it.

The filename extension will appear at the end of each file.

Make the filename extension disappear

▪ Deselect the Show Song Extension menu item.

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Playing a Song

Starting, stopping and controlling the Player

Pa1000 features two sets of Player controls, one for PLAYER 1 and the other
for PLAY E R 2 . Use the one or the other depending on the Player the Song
is assigned to.

Set the right mix

▪ Move the X-FADER fully toward the Player you want to listen to.

Move it fully to the left for Player 1, to the right for Player 2.

Start the Player

▪ Press the PLAY/STOP (

While the Song is playing, the indicators in the display will show the current
position.

Fast Forward the Song

▪ Press the FAST FORWARD (

(MIDI Song) or to the next second (MP3 Song).

▪ Keep the FAST FORWARD (

ously. Release it when you have reached the desired location.

Rewind the Song

▪ Press the REWIND (

Song) or to the previous second (MP3 Song).

▪ Keep the REWIND (

Release it when you have reached the desired location.

Pause and resume playback

▪ Press the PLAY/STOP (

The button’s indicator will turn off.

) button.

) button once to jump to the next measure

) button pressed to scroll the Song continu-

) button once to jump to the previous measure (MIDI

) button pressed to scroll the Song continuously.

) button to stop the Song at the current position.

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▪ Press the PLAY/STOP ( ) button again to resume playback. The indica-

tor will turn on again.

Stop the Player and return to the beginning of the Song

▪ Press the HOME (

the Song. The button’s indicator will turn off.

) button to stop the Player and move to the beginning of

Fade In/Out

You can start and/or stop a Song with a smooth fade-in or fade-out.

Fade in

▪ While the Song is not playing, press the FADE IN/OUT button to light up its

indicator and start with a smooth fade-in.

The Song will start. When the maximum volume is reached, the indicator will
turn off.

Fade out

▪ When the Song is approaching its end, press the FADE IN/OUT button to end

it with a smooth fade-out.

Setting the Fade time

▪ Go to Global > General Controls > Basic to set the Fade In and Fade Out time.

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Mixing two Songs

Assign a Song to each of the Players

▪ Either use the SELECT buttons in the P L AYER 1 or PLAY E R 2 sections, or

touch the name of the Song in the display.

The full procedure is described above.

Start both Players at the same time

▪ Keep the SHIFT button pressed, and press any of the two PLAY/STOP (

buttons to start both Players at the same time.

Mix the two Players

▪ During playback, move the X- FADER slider to mix the two Songs.

▪ Move the X-FADER slider fully to the left to only listen to Player 1, fully to

the right to only listen to Player 2. Move it to the center to balance the two
Players.

Separately control each Player

▪ During playback, control each Player by using the dedicated PL AY E R con-

trols on the control panel.

Stop the Players

▪

Press the relevant PLAY/STOP ( ) button to stop the corresponding Player.

Fade between songs

Instead of starting both Songs together, you can start them one after the
other, and fade between them.

1 Assign a first Song to Player 1, a second Song to Player 2.

2 Move the X- FA D E R slider fully to the left, to only listen to Player 1.

)

3 Start Player 1.

4 When the Song is nearing the end, start Player 2.

5 Gently move the X-FADER slider toward the right, to fade out the first Song

and fade in the second Song.

6 While Player 2 is playing, assign a third Song to Player 1, and repeat the

above procedure (by reversing the X- FAD ER direction) to fade out Player 2
and fade in Player 1.

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Playing along with the Song

Playing the keyboard

Play along with the Song

▪ While the Song is playing, play on the keyboard.

Choose different Sounds from the Keyboard Set Library

▪ Choose a different Keyboard Set from the KEYBOARD SET LIBRARY sec-

tion of the control panel, or by touching the KBD area in the Main page.

Choose different Sounds from the Style or SongBook Entry

▪ The latest Style or SongBook Entry you selected contain up to four Keyboard

Set. Choose a different Keyboard Set from the KEYBOARD SET section un­der the display, or from the Kbd Set pane of the Main page.

Muting the melody

Mute the melody if you are going to play or sing live. This will avoid overlap­ping between your playing or singing and the internal Sounds.

1 Go to the Song Play > Volume pane.

2 Use the TRACK SELECT button to see the Sound you want to mute.

3 Touch the Play (

you want to mute. The Mute ( ) icon will appear.

Saving the Play/Mute status

To make the Play/Mute status of the Song Sounds permanent for all the sub­sequent MIDI Songs, write it to memory.

▪ Go to the Global > Mode Preferences > Song & Sequencer page, and choose

the Write Song Play Track & FX command from the page menu.

) icon in the mixer channel corresponding to the Sound

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Muting a Song’s Sound with an assignable switch or footswitch

You can mute the melody of a Song by assigning the Song Melody Mute
function to an assignable switch or footswitch. This function mutes a track
defined as the melody track. If the Song has the melody part assigned to the
same track number, you can mute or unmute it by using the assigned switch
or footswitch.

▪ To choose a Song Melody track, go to Global > Mode Preferences > Song &

Sequencer page.

▪ To program the assignable switch, go to the Style Play or Song Play > Pads/

Switches > Switches page.

▪ To program the footswitch, go to the Global > Controllers > Foot page.

Please note that programming an assignable switch will tie the page scroll
command to a particular Keyboard Set or SongBook Entry. On the contrary,
programming the footswitch will offer a global option, that will not change
when choosing a different Keyboard Set or SongBook Entry.

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Transpose the Songs to play in an easier key

You may want to play on the keyboard in an easier key, and transpose a Song
in the same key, without transposing the keyboard.

Activate transposition on the Players only

1 Go to the Global > Tuning > Transpose Control page.

2 Activate Transpose on the Player, and deactivate it on the Style and Keyboard

tracks.

Transpose the Songs

▪ Use the TRANSPOSE buttons on the control panel.

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Adjusting the volume levels

Balancing the Songs against the keyboard

While playing, you may want to balance the Keyboard Sounds against the
Songs, to make the soloist stand out of the background or go back in the mix.

Balance the Songs against the keyboard

▪ While the Songs are playing, use the BALANCE knob to balance between the

Songs and the Keyboard (Keyboard Set) Sounds.

Controlling the volume of the MP3 Songs

With the default settings, use the ASSIGNABLE KNOB 1 to adjust the volume
of the MP3 Song.

Setting the general volume of the MP3 Songs

You can balance the volume of MP3 Songs against that of MIDI Songs and
Styles.

1 Go to the Global > Audio & Video > MP3/Speakers page.

2 Use the MP3 Player > Volume parameter to set the maximum volume of the

MP3 Player.

MP3 Volume Meaning

0 … 100 Max volume in percentage

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Playing all the Songs in a folder

When playing all the Songs in a folder, use the PLAYER 1 controls.

Open the Song Select window from the control panel

▪ Press the SELECT button.

Open the Song Select window from the display

▪ Touch the name of the Song in the display.

Select the folder containing the Songs to play

1 Browse through the files, until you find the folder containing the Songs to

play, and open it.

2 Touch the Play All button to pre-select all the Songs in the folder.

A Jukebox file will be automatically generated and assigned to Player 1. The
order in which the Songs will be played back will depend on how they appear
in the Song Select window.

Play the list of Songs

3 Start and stop the Songs by pressing the PLAY/STOP (

4 Use the standard P L AY ER 1 controls to play, pause, stop, fast forward and

rewind the Songs.

) button.

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Move through the Songs

▪ Jump to the next Song in the list by keeping the SHIFT button pressed and

pressing the FAST FORWARD (

) button.

▪ Jump to the previous Song by keeping the SHIFT button pressed and press-

ing the REWIND (

) button.

▪ Press the HOME (

) button to go back to the beginning of the current Song.

Save the list as a Jukebox file

▪ If you want to save the list, go to the Song Play > Jukebox Editor edit page

and save it as a JBX file. (See below for more information).

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Playing a Jukebox list

Creating and editing a Jukebox list

Create a Jukebox list

1 Go to the Song Play > Jukebox Editor page.

2 If a list of Songs already exists (because you selected an existing Jukebox

file, or used the Song Select > Play All function), touch the Del All button to
delete all from the list.

3 Touch the Add or Insert button to open the Song Select window.

▪ Add will append a Song at the end of the list.

▪ Insert will insert a Song between the selected item and the previous one.

4 While in the Song Select window, browse the MID, KAR and MP3 files in the

folder, and select the Songs to be added.

If you like, you can choose another Jukebox (JBX) file, and add all its Songs
to the Jukebox list you are editing.

5 Confirm by touching the OK button.

6 Continue adding Songs to the list.

Please note that you can only add Songs from the same folder, and that a
Jukebox list can only include up to 127 Songs.

Edit the Jukebox list

▪ Use the Move > Down (

move the selected Song to a different position in the list.

▪ Touch the Delete button to delete the selected Song from the list.

) and Move > Up ( ) buttons on the display to

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▪ Touch the Del All button to delete all Songs from the list.

Save the Jukebox list

1 Touch the Save button to open the Save Jukebox File dialog.

Please note that you can only save the JBX file in the same folder containing
the Song files included in the list. The Jukebox file and Songs will have to be
in the same folder.

2 While in the Save Jukebox File dialog, touch the Text Edit (

you want to assign the Jukebox file a new name.

If you are saving a new list, the NEWNAME.JBX name is automatically as­signed, and you can edit it.

Otherwise, the existing name is proposed. If the existing name is not edited,
the old Jukebox file will be overwritten.

3 When done, touch the OK button to confirm.

) button if

Playing a Jukebox list

Instead of single Songs, you can assign a Jukebox file to Player 1.

Open the Song Select window from the control panel

▪ Press the SELECT button in the PL AY E R 1 section.

Open the Song Select window from the display

▪ Touch the name of the Song in the display.

Select the Jukebox file

▪ Browse through the files, until you find the Jukebox (.jbx) file, and open it.

You can quickly locate Jukebox files by their icon (

The selected Jukebox list contains pointers to Songs residing in the same
folder as the Jukebox file. Please do not move nor delete the Songs, nor dis­connect any connected USB storage device containing the Songs.

).

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Play the Jukebox list

1 While in the Main page of the Song Play mode, touch the Jukebox tab to

show the Jukebox pane and see the list of Songs contained inside the se­lected Jukebox list.

2 Touch the name of the Song you want to start from, then touch the Select

button to assign it to the Player.

3 Start and stop the Songs by pressing the PLAY/STOP (

) button.

All the Songs in the list will continue playing one after the other, until you
don’t stop them.

4 Use the standard P L AY ER 1 controls to play, pause, stop, fast forward and

rewind the Songs.

Move through the Songs

▪ Touch a different Song in the list, then touch the Select button to jump to

that Song.

▪ Jump to the next Song in the list by keeping the SHIFT button pressed and

pressing the FAST FORWARD (

) button.

▪ Jump to the previous Song by keeping the SHIFT button pressed and press-

ing the REWIND (

▪ Press the HOME (

) button.

) button to go back to the beginning of the current Song.

What if a Song in the list is missing?

If a Song in the list is missing, the Player will stop and a warning message
will appear in the display. Go to the Song Play > Jukebox pane, and select a
different Song.

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10 Lyrics, chords, markers

and score

Choosing one of the Players

▪ While in the Lyrics, Score or Markers page, you can touch either the Player 1

or Player 2 button in the title bar to select the corresponding Player.

▪ As an alternative, move the X-FADER slider fully to the left to only listen to

and see the lyrics, chords, score or markers of Player 1. Move it fully to the
right to only listen to and see the lyrics, chords, score or markers of Player 2.

Where are lyrics and chords contained?

▪ Inside the MIDI Songs. Lyrics and chords may be contained inside MIDI

Songs as MIDI events.

▪ Inside the MP3 Songs. Lyrics may be contained into MP3 Songs as

ID3/Lyrics3 and ID3/Frames tags.

▪ In TXT files associated to MIDI or MP3 Songs. Lyrics and chords may

be contained in a TXT file having the same name of a MIDI Song or an
MP3 Song, and residing in the same folder. You can even load a text file
while playing a Song or a Style.

▪ In CDG files associated to MP3 Songs. Lyrics and chords may be con-

tained in a CDG file having the same name of an MP3 Song, and resid­ing in the same folder.

▪ In TXT files linked to a SongBook Entry. A TXT file can be linked to a

SongBook Entry.

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Reading the lyrics and chords contained in a Song

Reading lyrics and chords

Open the Lyrics page

▪ Press the LYRIC S button on the control panel. The Lyrics page will appear,

and you will see the lyrics assigned to the selected Player.

Read the lyrics

▪ While the Song is playing, lyrics contained in a MIDI or MP3 Song will auto-

matically scroll in the display, in time with the music. Lyrics at the current
position will be highlighted.

Exit from the Lyrics page

▪ When done with the lyrics, press either the LYR I CS or the EXIT button.

Changing the text size

You can choose between two text sizes.

▪ Use the

aA button in the Lyrics page to change the font size.

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Showing chords

You can show or hide the chord symbols that might be included as Lyrics
events in the MIDI Songs.

▪ Be sure the Chord button appears pressed in the Lyrics page to see the

chord symbols. Chord symbols (if any) will appear above the lyrics, in time
with the music.

▪ Be sure the Chord button doesn’t appear pressed in the Lyrics page to hide

the chord symbols.

Chord transposition

When transposing the Song, chord symbols will usually be automatically
transposed. However, be sure Transpose is activated on the Player.

Activate chord transposition on the Player

1 Go to the Global > Tuning > Transpose Control page.

2 Activate Transpose on the Player.

You might want to transpose the chords data in a MIDI Song, by using the

Transpose edit function in Sequencer mode.

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Reading the lyrics and chords loaded as a
text file

If the text has been linked or loaded as a text (TXT) file, it will not scroll au­tomatically while the Song is playing back. You can manually scroll it in one
of the following ways.

Scroll the text on the display

▪ Scroll the text by using the VALUE control or the vertical scrollbar.

Scroll the text with a footswitch

1 Go to the Global > Controllers > Foot page, and assign the Text Page Next

commands to the footswitch.

2 Return to the Lyrics page, and scroll the text by using the programmed foot-

switch.

Scroll the text with a switch

1 Go to the Style Play or Song Play > Pads/Switches > Switch page, and assign

the Text Page Next commands to one of the assignable switches.

2 Write the changes to a Keyboard Set.

3 Return to the Lyrics page, and scroll the text by using the programmed as-

signable switch.

Please note that programming an assignable switch will tie the page scroll
command to a particular Keyboard Set or SongBook Entry, dedicated to a
particular Song based on an external text file. On the contrary, programming
the footswitch will offer a global option, that will not change when choosing
a different Keyboard Set or SongBook Entry.

Loading a text file with the same name of the Song

Lyrics and chords may be contained in a TXT file having the same name of
a MIDI Song or an MP3 Song. For example, if a ‘MySong.txt’ file exists in the
same folder as the ‘MySong.mid’ file or ‘MySong.mp3’ file, loading this latter
will load the TXT Lyrics file as well.

See Creating text files (lyrics) on page 359 for more information on how
to create correctly formatted text files.