Korg Pa3XLe User Manual

Pa3X

Le

| User’s Manual

ENGLISH | OS Version 1.0

2E

Important safety instructions

• Read these instructions.

• Keep these instructions.

• Heed all warnings.

• Follow all instructions.

• Do not use this apparatus near water.

• Clean only with dry cloth.

• Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manu­facturer’s instructions.

• Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or
other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.

• Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized 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.

• Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs,
convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the apparatus.

• Only use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer.

• 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.

• Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long peri­ods of time.

• Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. 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.

• WARNING – This apparatus shall be connected to a mains socket outlet with
a protective earthing connection.

• Turning off the standby switch does not completely 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 coupler remains readily accessible.

• Mains powered apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and no
objects filled with liquids, such as vases or cups, shall be placed on the appara­tus.

• Install this product near the wall socket and keep the power plug easily acces­sible.

• Do not install this equipment on the far position from wall outlet and/or con­venience receptacle.

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

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 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.

• Do not install this equipment in a confined space such as a box for the convey­ance or similar unit.

The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equi­lateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of
uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclo­sure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk
of electric shock to persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is
intended to alert the user to the presence of important oper­ating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the litera­ture accompanying the product.

CAUTION - The Pa3XLe for use only with KORG ST-SV1 BK stand. Use with
other stands is capable of resulting in instability causing possible injury.

ATTENTION – Le Pa3XLe est conçu pour être utilisé avec le support KORG ST­SV1 BK. L'utilisation avec d'autres supports peut causer une déstabilisation du
Pa3XLe et provoquer des blessures.

THE FCC REGULATION WARNING (USA)

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B
digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential
installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy
and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause
harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by
turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Unauthorized changes or modification to this system can void the user’s authority to
operate this equipment.

CE MARK FOR EUROPEAN HARMONIZED STANDARDS

CE mark which is attached to our company’s products of AC mains operated
apparatus until December 31, 1996 means it conforms to EMC Directive (89/336/
EEC) and CE mark Directive (93/68/EEC).

And, CE mark which is attached after January 1, 1997 means it conforms to EMC
Directive (89/336/EEC), CE mark Directive (93/68/EEC) and Low Voltage Directive
(73/23/EEC).

Also, CE mark which is attached to our company’s products of Battery operated
apparatus means it conforms to EMC Directive (89/336/EEC) and CE mark
Directive (93/68/EEC).

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS

This product has been manufactured according to strict specifications and voltage
requirements that are applicable in the country in which it is intended that this
product shoul d be used. If you have purchas ed this product via t he internet, through
mail order, and/or via a telephone sale, you must verify that this product is intended
to be used in the country in which you reside.

WARNING: Use of this product in any country other than that for which it is
intended could be dangerous and could invalidate the manufacturer's or distributor's
warranty.

Please also retain your receipt as proof of purchase otherwise your product may be
disqualified from the manufacturer's or distributor's warranty.

NOTICE REGARDING DISPOSAL (EU)

If this symbol is shown on the product, manual, battery, or package, you
must dispose of it in the correct manner to avoid harm to human health
or damage to the environment. Contact your local administrative body
for details on the correct disposal method. If the battery contains heavy
metals in excess of the regulated amount, a chemical symbol is displayed
below the symbol on the battery or battery package.

PERCHLORATE (CALIFORNIA, USA)

Perchlorate Material – special handling may apply.
See www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate.

Automatic Power-Off

To avoid wasting power, Pa3XLe will by default automatically turns to standby
after two hours of non-active use (playing, pressing buttons or using the touch­screen). Please save your data (Performances, 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 memory or to an external USB device. Korg
will not be responsible for damages caused by data loss.

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 liquids on the LCD screen directly. Always apply the solution to
your cloth first, then clean the screen.

Side panels

This instrument features side panels made from real wood, and is hand treated
and hand machined to the final high quality finish that you now see. Unlike the
synthetic and industrially shaped material you can find in many products, where
the grain appears unnaturally consistent, the wood used in the surface of these
parts may appear uneven and possibly disfigured. However, please note that this is
a consequence of wood being natural instead of a synthetic, industrially treated
material.

Also, grain and color of these parts may be uneven, due to the natural and
unequal absorbing of pigments. Real wood is a material that naturally changes
over time, making this instrument even more precious and unique as the years go
by.

Please clean the side panels only by wiping with clean, dry cloth. Do not use liquid
cleaners such as benzene or thinner, or cleaning compounds or flammable pol­ishes.

Example screens

Some pages of the manuals show LCD screens along with an explanation of func­tions and operations. All sound names, parameter names, and values are merely
examples and may not always match the actual display you are working on.

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 differ­ence found between the specifications and the contents of the instruction manual
– the specifications being subject to change without prior notice.

Trademarks

Mac is a registered trademark of Apple, Inc. MS-DOS and Windows are registered
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. TC-Helicon is a registered trademark of
TC-Helicon Vocal Technologies Ltd. All other trademarks or registered trade­marks are the property of their respective holders.

Open source notice

Portions of this product’s software are copyright ©2007 “The FreeType Project”
(www.freetype.org). All rights reserved.

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 www.korg.com.

Copyright © 2014 KORG Italy Spa. Printed in Italy.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1

Introduction

Welcome! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

What’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Making a safety copy of your data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Restoring the original factory data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Loading the Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Start up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Connecting the AC power cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Turning the instrument on (or off) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Controlling the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

The X-Fader slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Loudspeakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Audio Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

MIDI connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Damper pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Assignable pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

The music stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Glossary of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Keyboard tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

The LOGO decoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Interface basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Color TouchView graphical user interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Operative modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Selected, highlighted items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Non-available, grayed-out parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Easy Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

The Style Play page in detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

The Song Play page in detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Quick Guide

Turning the instrument on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Turning the instrument on and viewing the main screen . . . 34

Connecting and calibrating the Damper pedal . . . . . . . . 35

Programming the Damper pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Playing the Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Starting and stopping the Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Playing Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Selecting a Sound and playing it on the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . 39

Playing two or three Sounds at the same time . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Playing different Sounds with your left and right hand . . . . . 43

Changing the split point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Raising or lowering the Upper octave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Selecting and saving Performances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Selecting a Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Saving your settings to a Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Selecting and saving the “My Setting” Performance . . . 50

Selecting the startup parameters (the “My Setting”

Performance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Saving the startup parameters into the “My Setting”

Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Drawbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Choosing a Drawbars Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Editing the Drawbars Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Selecting and playing Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Selecting and playing a Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Intro, Variation, Fill, Break, Ending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Single Touch Settings (STS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

The Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Adjusting the balance between the Style and the keyboard . . 60

Adjusting the volume of the separate tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Turning the Style tracks on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Adding harmony notes to your right-hand melody with

the ENSEMBLE function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

The Chord Sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Song Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Selecting a Song to play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Playing back a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Changing the tracks’ volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Turning the Song tracks on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Soloing a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Removing the Melody track from a Standard MIDI File or

the Lead Vocal from an MP3 file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Mixing two Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

The SongBook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Selecting the desired Entry from the Main List . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Displaying Artist or Genre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Sorting Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Searching for Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Adding Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Editing the Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Creating a Custom List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Selecting and using a Custom List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Using the SongBook with external software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Singing with a microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Connecting a microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Setting up your voice tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Choosing a Voice Processor Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Applying harmony to your voice while playing with

the Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Applying harmony to your voice while playing with a Song . 90

Balancing the voice, effects and tracks level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Soloing your voice (Talk) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Recording a new Song (Standard MIDI File) . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Preparing the Style and Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Accessing the Backing Sequence (Quick Record) mode . . . . . 92

Setting the Record parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

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Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Second-take recording (Overdubbing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Saving a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Recording a new Song (MP3 file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Searching files and musical resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

How to use the Search function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Notes about searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Reference

Selecting elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Style Select window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Sound Select window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Performance Select window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

STS Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Pad Select window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Song Select window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Style Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Start-up settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

How Styles, Variations, Performances and STSs are

linked together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Styles and Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Master Volume and Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Factory, Favorite and User Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

STS Name panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Volume panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Pad panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Split panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Sub-Scale panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Mic panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Mixer/Tuning > Volume/Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Mixer/Tuning > FX Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Mixer/Tuning > EQ Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Mixer/Tuning > EQ Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Mixer/Tuning > Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Mixer/Tuning > Sub Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Effects > A/B FX Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Effects > Master 1, 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Track Controls > Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Track Controls > Drum Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Track Controls > Easy Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Keyboard/Ensemble > Key/Velocity Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Keyboard/Ensemble > Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Keyboard/Ensemble > Keyboard Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Pad/Switch > Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Pad/Switch > Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Style Controls > Drum/Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Style Controls > Keyboard Range On/Off / Wrap Around . . 130

Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Write Performance dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Write Single Touch Setting dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Write Current Style Settings dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

The Favorite banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Style/Pad Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Recording Styles and Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Style/Pad Import/Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Entering the Style/Pad Record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Exit by saving or deleting changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Listening to the Style while in Edit mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

List of recorded events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Main page > Record 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Main page > Record 2/Cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Main page > Guitar Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Style/Pad Record procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Event Edit > Event Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Event Edit > Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Style/Pad Edit > Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Style/Pad Edit > Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Style/Pad Edit > Velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Style/Pad Edit > Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Style/Pad Edit > Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Style/Pad Edit > Delete All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Style/Pad Edit > Copy from Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Style/Pad Edit > Copy from Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Style Element Track Controls > Sound/Expression . . . . . . . .157

Style Element Track Controls > Keyboard Range . . . . . . . . . .158

Style Element Track Controls > Noise/Guitar . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Pad Track Controls > Sound/Expression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Style Element/Pad Chord Table > Chord Table . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Style Track Controls > Type/Trigger/Tension . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Import > Import Groove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

Import > Import SMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

Export SMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164

Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

Write Style/Pad dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Copy Key/Chord dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Copy Sounds dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Copy Expression dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

Copy Key Range dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

Copy Chord Table dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

Overdub Step Recording window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

Song Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Transport controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

MIDI Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Tempo Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Master Volume, Balance, X-Fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Track parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Standard MIDI Files and Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Keyboard, Pad and Player tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Main page (Normal view) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

STS Name panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Volume panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Pad panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174

Split panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174

Sub-Scale panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174

Jukebox panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174

Mic panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

Mixer/Tuning > Volume/Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176

Mixer/Tuning > FX Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176

Mixer/Tuning > EQ Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176

Mixer/Tuning > EQ Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177

Mixer/Tuning > Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177

Effects > A/B FX Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177

Effects > Master 1, 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178

Track Controls > Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178

Track Controls > Drum Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178

Track Controls > Easy Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178

Keyboard/Ensemble > Key/Velocity Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178

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Keyboard/Ensemble > Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Keyboard/Ensemble > Keyboard Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Pad/Switch > Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Pad/Switch > Assignable Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Jukebox Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Transport controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Standard MIDI Files and MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Songs and Voice Processor Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Sequencer Play - Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Entering Record mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Record mode > Multitrack Sequencer page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Record mode > Step Record page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Record mode > Backing Sequence (Quick Record) page . . . 188

Record mode > Step Backing Sequence page . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Mixer/Tuning > Volume/Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Mixer/Tuning > FX Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Mixer/Tuning > EQ Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Mixer/Tuning > EQ Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Mixer/Tuning > Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Mixer/Tuning > Sub Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Effects > A/B FX Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Effects > Master 1, 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Track Controls > Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Track Controls > Drum Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Track Controls > Easy Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Event Edit > Event Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Event Edit > Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Song Edit > Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Song Edit > Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Song Edit > Velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Song Edit > Cut/Insert Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Song Edit > Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Song Edit > Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Song Edit > Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Song Edit > RX Convert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Song Select window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Save Song window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

The MIDI channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

How to select oscillators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Sounds, Drum Kits, Digital Drawbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Digital Drawbars page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Basic > Sound Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Basic > OSC Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Basic > Vel/Key Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Basic > Damper Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Basic > Damper Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Basic > EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

DrumKit > Sample Setup (Drum Kits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

DrumKit > EQ (Drum Kits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

DrumKit > Voice Mixer (Drum Kits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Pitch > Pitch Mod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Pitch > Pitch EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Filter > Filter Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Filter > Filter Mod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Filter > Filter LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Filter > Filter EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Amp > Amp Level/Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Amp > Amp Mod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Amp > Amp EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

LFO > LFO1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

LFO > LFO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Effects > “B” FX Config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Effects > Master 1 / Reverb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Effects > Master 2 / Chorus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Write Sound dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Copy Oscillator dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Copy Drum Kit dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

AMS (Alternate Modulation Source) list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Entering and exiting the Sampling mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

The Record (Sampling) procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Creating new Sounds from the Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Creating new Drum Kits from the Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Creating new Sounds from an Audio Groove . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Sample Edit > Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Sample Edit > Loop Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Sample Edit > Sampling Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Sample Edit > Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Time Slice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

The Time Slice procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

The Extend procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

MultiSample > Edit MS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

MultiSample > Key Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Write Sample dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Write MultiSample dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Write Slice dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Delete Sample dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Delete Multisample dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Export Sample page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Export Multisample page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Merging Samples from various sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Global . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Overview on the Global mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Edit page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

General Controls > Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

General Controls > Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

General Controls > Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

General Controls > Clock & Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Mode Preferences > Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Mode Preferences > Song & Sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Mode Preferences > Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Controllers > Hand Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Controllers > Foot Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Tuning > Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Tuning > Transpose Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Tuning > Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

MIDI > General Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

MIDI > MIDI In Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

MIDI > MIDI In Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

MIDI > MIDI Out Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

MIDI > Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Audio & Video > MP3 / Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

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Table of Contents

Audio & Video > Limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Audio & Video > Master EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Audio & Video > Video Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Audio & Video > Audio In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Mic > Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271

Mic > Harmony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Mic > Harmony Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Mic > Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274

Mic > Global Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275

Mic > Global Dynamics / EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275

Harmony and Tuning with the Voice Processor . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Touch Panel Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Write Quarter Tone SC Preset dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Write Midi Preset dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281

Write Limiter Preset dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Write Master EQ Preset dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Write Voice Processor Preset dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Storage devices and internal memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Supported device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Selecting and deselecting files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Searching files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

File types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Media structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Page structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Navigation tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286

Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295

Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Care of mass storage devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299

Loading User Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Merging Samples from various sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

SongBook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Custom List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

List Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Book Edit 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Book Edit 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

Book Edit 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Page menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

SongBook Entries and the MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Lyrics, Score, Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Selected Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Lyrics page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Score page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Markers page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

What is MIDI? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

What is MIDI Over USB? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315

Standard MIDI Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

The General MIDI standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

The Global channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

The Chord 1 and Chord 2 channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

The Control channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316

MIDI Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316

Connecting Pa3XLe to a Master keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317

Connecting Pa3XLe to a MIDI accordion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317

Connecting Pa3XLe to an external sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . .318

Playing another instrument with Pa3XLe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319

Appendix

Factory data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322

Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325

Drum Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338

DNC Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340

Multisamples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343

Drum Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350

Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361

Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .364

Dynamic Modulation sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366

Dynamics (Dynamic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367

EQ and Filters (EQ/Filter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370

Overdrive, Amp models, and Mic models (OD Amp Mic) . .377

Chorus, Flanger, and Phaser (Cho/Fln Phaser) . . . . . . . . . . . .382

Modulation and Pitch Shift (Mod./P.Shift) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .388

Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399

Reverb and Early Reflections (Reverb ER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409

Mono-Mono Serial (Mono-Mono) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411

Double Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .428

Assignable parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437

List of Pedal/Footswitch functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .437

List of Assignable Knob functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .438

List of Assignable Switches functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .439

Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .439

Recognized chords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440

MIDI Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

MIDI Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442

Style Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444

Style and Player controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444

Single Touch Settings (STS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444

MIDI Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445

Installing the Korg USB MIDI Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

Connecting Pa3XLe to a personal computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446

KORG USB-MIDI Driver

system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446

Please note before use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446

Windows: Installing the KORG USB-MIDI Driver . . . . . . . .446

Mac OS X: Installing the KORG USB-MIDI Driver . . . . . . . .446

Replacing the clock backup battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448

Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .448

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .448

Installing a microSD card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450

Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .450

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .450

Accessing the microSD card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451

Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451

Installing the Pa3XLe Amplification System (PaAS) . . . 452

Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .452

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .452

Table of Contents

Assembling the ST-SV1 BK stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458

Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

MIDI Implementation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .461

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463

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Introduction

6

Table of Contents

8

Welcome!

Welcome!

Welcome to the world of Korg Pa3XLe Professional Arranger!
Pa3XLe is one the most powerful arranger available today, both
for professional and home entertainment use.

Here are some of the features of your new instrument:

Physical Features and User Experience

• 76 semi-weighted keys with velocity and aftertouch.

• Aluminum cabinet with elegant design.

• Wide 7" TFT graphic touch screen display. Professional
TouchView™ graphic interface for direct access to the on­screen controls and to the musical resources.

• High quality optional PaAS – Amplification System with
Easy Connection systems (no support, no cables, no power
supply needed).

• RX (Real eXperience) Technology, the cutting edge engine
that drives every aspect of the Pa3XLe – from the synthesis
to the display and how it all works together.

• Three assignable switches, an assignable knob, a joystick
and an assignable pedal ensure total control for all the vari­ous levels of articulation of the sound.

Sounds and Effects

• Powerful sound generation system, for crystal-clear, realis­tic sounds.

• DNC (Defined Nuance Control) Sounds, more realistic and
vivid than ever.

• 128 voices of polyphony.

• General MIDI Level 2 Sound-compatible. Enhanced Sound
compatibility for GM Songs.

• More than 1,100 Sounds, including a Stereo Piano and
more than 90 Drum Kits.

• 320 Performance locations, plus 4 Single Touch Settings
(STS) for each Style and SongBook Entry, for fast setting of
keyboard sounds and effects.

• Four Stereo Master FX, with 125 effect types, including a
selection of fine guitar effects created using Korg’s REMS™
(Resonant structure and Electronic circuit Modeling Sys­tem) technology, to deliver truly great sounding effects.

• Mastering Limiter and Final 4-band Parametric EQ

• Onboard sampling to create and edit new sounds and audio
grooves. 192 MB of Sample memory for User PCM Sam­ples.

Styles and Songs

• Over 400 Factory Styles with 4 Variations and 4 Fill In +
Break, plus 12 Favorite and 3 User Style banks for unlim­ited storage of your custom Styles and settings.

• Style and Pad Record, including the enhanced “Guitar
Mode 2” for even more realistic guitar parts.

• “Chord Sequencer” function to record on-the-fly any chord
progression.

• XDS Double Player with X-Fader. Plays Standard MIDI
Files and MP3 files.

• Full-featured 16-track sequencer. Quick Record function to
record playing with the Styles.

• Lyrics, Score and Marker display. Multi-lingual extended
character set. Enhanced compatibility with Lyrics in graph­ical format (+G) for Standard MIDI Files and MP3 files.

• MP3 recorder. MP3 player with Vocal Remover.

• Fully editable SongBook music database, for fast song
retrieving.

Microphone and Vocal Effects

• High-quality microphone preamplifier, to connect a
dynamic microphone.

• Sophisticated TC-Helicon Voice Processor, with dedicated
professional effects, including a 3-voice harmonizer.

Other Features

• Search function, for instant retrieving of any musical
resource or file.

• Operating System updates, to load new features and
enhancements. Don’t let your instrument get old!

• Generous internal memory, to store the greatest amount of
data, including a slot for an (optional) microSD card.

• USB 2.0 High Speed Host port, for connecting external
devices like hard disks, CD-ROM drives, USB memory
sticks, etc.

• USB 2.0 High Speed Device port, to connect a personal
computer to your Pa3XLe. This port can be used for file
transfer or for MIDI connection (without the need of a
dedicated MIDI interface for the personal computer).

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Welcome!

What’s in the box

What’s in the box

After you buy your Pa3XLe, 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.

•Pa3XLe

•Music stand

•Power cable

•Quick Guide

• Accessory Disc (containing the Video manuals, additional
manuals, an USB driver)

About this manual

This manual contains all the informations divided in four sec­tions:

•An Introduction, containing an overview of the instru-
ment and of basic operations.

•A Quick Guide, containing a series of practical guides.

•A Reference Guide, with each page and parameter
described in detail.

•An Appendix, with a list of data and useful information for
the advanced user.

In addition, in the DVD that comes with the instrument (as well
as in our web site) you will find a multilingual Video Manual,
showing how to use your Pa3XLe in easy steps.

Contacts

Your preferred Korg dealer not only delivers this keyboard, but
also a whole bunch of hardware and software accessories, as well
as service information. You should ask them for any help should
you eventually need.

Our international web site is www.korg.com. Korg distributors
around the world may have their own web page on the internet.
A list of all Korg Distributors can be found in our dedicated web
site (www.korg.co.jp/English/Distributors/).

Making a safety copy of your data

Making a safety copy

In case you like to customize your Musical Resources (Sounds,
Performances and Styles), we suggest you use the Media > Utility
> Backup Resources command to make frequent backup copies
into compact archives.

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

Restoring a safety copy

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

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.

Wa r n in g : This operation will overwrite all the Factory, Local,
Favorite and User data!

Loading the Operating System

Your Pa3XLe 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 on the site.

You can see which version of the operating systems is installed in
your Pa3XLe by going to the Media > Utility page.

Wa r n in g : Do not install an OS other than the official OS supplied
by Korg for the Pa3XLe. 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.

Introduction

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Overview

Front Panel

Overview

Phones

Front Panel

Display and Brightness Controls

COLOR TOUCHVIEW™ GRAPHICAL DISPLAY

Use this display to interact with the instrument. To adjust the
display brightness, keep the MENU button pressed, and turn the
VALUE DIAL counter-clockwise to make the display darker, or
clockwise to make it brighter.

Data Entry and Navigation

The VALUE DIAL can be used
to assign a different value to
the parameter selected in the
display, or to scroll a list of files
in the Song Select, SongBook,
Search and Media pages.

VALUE DIAL

Turn the dial clockwise to
increase the value of the selected parameter. Turn it counter­clockwise to decrease its value.

When used while pressing the MENU button, this con-

trol always acts as a Display Brightness control.

EXIT

Use this button to perform various actions, leaving from the cur­rent status:

• Exit the Edit menu page, without selecting any item.

• Make the page menu disappear, without selecting any
item.

• Return to the main page of the current operating mode.

• Exit the Global or Media edit environment, and return
to the current page of the current operating mode.

• Exit from the SongBook mode.

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Overview

Front Panel

Introduction

• Exit from the Lyrics, Score and Marker pages.

• Exit from a Style, Pad, Performance or Sound Select
window.

MENU

This button opens the edit menu page for the current operating
mode. After opening an edit menu, you can jump to one of the
edit sections by touching the corresponding button in the dis­play.

Otherwise, press EXIT to return to the main page of the current
operating mode, or the current page of the underlying operating
mode.

Headphones and controllers

The left side of the front panel contains the manual physical con­trollers and the headphones connector.

ASSIGNABLE SWITCH

Freely assignable switches, that
can be programmed in the Pad/
Assignable Switch > Switch page
of the Style Play or Song Play
mode.

JOYSTICK

This joystick triggers different functions,
depending on the direction it is moved towards.

X (+/–)Move the joystick towards the left (–) to
lower the pitch, or towards the right (+) to raise
it. This effect is called the Pitch Bend.

Y+ Move the joystick forward to trigger Modulation

Y– Move the joystick backward, to trigger the func-

tion assigned in Sound mode.

PHONES

Connect a pair of headphones to this output. You can use head­phones with an impedance of 16-200 Ohms (50 Ohms sug­gested). Use a headphone splitter to connect more than one pair
of headphones.

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Overview

Front Panel

Volume Controls

Use these knobs to control the
master volume, and to balance
between the Keyboard and the
Style or the Song.

MASTER VOLUME

This knob controls the overall volume of the instrument, both of the
integrated speakers, the AUDIO OUT and the PHONES outputs. It
also controls the volume of the AUDIO IN inputs in the final mix.

BALANCE

While in Style Play and Song Play mode, this knob usually bal­ances the volume of the Keyboard (KBD) tracks against the Style
(ACC, Accompaniment), Song and Pad tracks. This is a relative
control, whose effective maximum value is determined by the
MASTER VOLUME knob position.

When moved, a magnified version of a virtual slider appears in
the display, for more accurate adjustment.

It can be programmed to work as the volume control for the
Accompaniment/Song tracks only, leaving the Keyboard tracks
unchanged (in the Controllers > Hand Controllers page of the
Global mode).

Note: This does not work in the Sequencer and Sound modes.

Assignable Knob

ASSIGNABLE KNOB

Freely assignable knob, that can be programmed in
the Global > Controllers > Hand Controllers page.

Mode Selection

Each of these buttons recalls one of the instrument’s operating
modes. When selected, each mode excludes all the others.

Pads along with the Song(s). In the main page, Keyboard tracks
are shown in the right half of the display.

You can recall the main page of this mode by pressing EXIT
from any of the Song Play edit pages. If you are in a different
operating mode, press SONG PLAY to recall the Song Play
mode. Use the TRACK SELECT button to cycle between the
Keyboard and Song tracks.

SEQUENCER

Sequencer mode, where you can play, record or edit Songs (in Stan­dard MIDI File format). The Backing Sequence (Quick Record)
mode lets you record a new Song based on the Keyboard and Style
tracks, and save it as a Standard MIDI File.

Note: While in this mode, you cannot play MP3 files.

SOUND

Sound mode, to play single Sounds on the keyboard, or edit
them.

User Sounds may be based on User PCM Samples that are
loaded into the dedicated Sample RAM memory.

Note: Pa3XLe cannot load compressed User PCM Samples from
other Pa-Series models.

While in any other operating mode, keep the SHIFT
button pressed and press this button, to send the Sound assigned
to the selected track to the Sound mode.

DEMO

Press the STYLE PLAY and SONG PLAY buttons together to
select the Demo mode. This mode lets you listen to some Demo
Songs, to let you experience the sonic power of the Pa3XLe. To
exit from this mode, press any of the MODE buttons.

Special Mode Buttons

These buttons are used to recall global settings and manage files.

STYLE PLAY

Style Play mode, where you can play Styles (eight tracks of auto­matic accompaniments) and play up to four Keyboard tracks
and four Pad tracks. In the main page, Keyboard tracks are
shown on the right half of the display.

You can recall the main page by pressing EXIT from any of the
Style Play edit pages. If you are in a different operating mode,
press STYLE PLAY to recall the Style Play mode. If Keyboard
tracks are not shown in the display, press the TRACK SELECT
button to see them.

This operating mode is automatically selected when turning the
instrument on. The “My Setting” Performance will be automati­cally selected.

SONG PLAY

Song Play mode, where you can play back Songs in Standard
MIDI File (MID or KAR) or MP3 format. In addition to the
Song tracks, you can play up to four Keyboard tracks and four

GLOBAL

This button recalls the Global mode, where you can adjust vari­ous global settings. Most Global settings are automatically mem­orized as soon as you edit them. This mode overlaps any
operating mode, that will still remain active in the background.
Press EXIT to go back to the underlying operating mode.

MEDIA

This button recalls the Media mode, where you can perform var­ious operations on files and storage devices (Load, Save, Format,
etc…). This mode overlaps any operating mode, that still
remains active in the background. Press EXIT to go back to the
underlying operating mode.

The internal memory contains an area where to save data
(“DISK [KORG DISK]”).

You can install an (optional) microSD card in the dedicated slot
on the back of the instrument, and gain access to the SD unit
(“SD [KORG SD]”). See for information on how to install a
microSD card.

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Style Section

Here you can select a Style, and activate the automatic selection
of the STSs.

STYLE buttons

Use these buttons to open the Style Select window and choose a
Style. See “Style Select window” on page 104.

The FAVORITE/USER button gives access to twelve Favorite
Style banks and three User Style banks. You can use User loca­tions to temporarily load new Styles from an external device, or
save newly created or edited Styles.

Favorite locations, too, can be used to load new Styles from an
external device, or to save newly created or edited Styles, but in
addition you can edit the names of these Style banks, so that you
can create a custom set of Styles. See “The Favorite banks” on
page 133.

Each button (Style banks) contains five pages, each with up to
eight Styles. Repeatedly press a STYLE button to cycle between
the available pages.

By keeping one of these buttons pressed for about one sec-

ond, the “Write Current Style Settings” dialog box will appear.

STS MODE

This button lets you cycle between the following functions.

On When a Style is selected, STS 1 is also automati-

cally selected. The Keyboard’s sounds and effects
will change, along with the Style’s sounds and
effects.

Flashing Variation/STS Link function activated. This func-

tion makes each Variation recall the correspond­ing STS when selected. For example, select
Variation 2, and STS 2 will be automatically
recalled; select Variation 3, and STS 3 will be
automatically recalled.

Off When you select a Style, the Style’s sounds and

effects will change. The Keyboard’s sounds and
effects will not change.

MEMORY

This button allows you to choose whether the Lower notes and/
or chord triggering the accompaniment will remain in memory
after raising your hand from the keyboard.

On Depending on the setting of the “Memory Mode”

parameter (in the Global > Mode Preferences >
Style), the sound on the left of the split point
(Lower), and/or the chords for the automatic
accompaniment can kept in memory even when
you raise your hand from the keyboard.

Off Both the sound and chord are released as soon as

you raise your hand from the keyboard.

Note: This function can be automatically activated by playing the
keyboard harder, by setting the “Velocity Control” parameter (in
the Global > Mode Preferences > Style page).

You can jump to the Global > Mode Preferences > Style
page by keeping SHIFT pressed and pressing the MEMORY but­ton.

BASS INV. (Bass Inversion)

This button turns the Bass Inversion function on or off.

On The lowest note of a chord played in inverted

form will always be detected as the root note of
the chord. Thus, you can specify to the arranger
composite chords such as “Am7/G” or “F/C”.

Off The lowest note is scanned together with the

other chord notes, and is not always considered
as the root note.

Note: This function can be automatically activated by playing the
keyboard harder. See “Velocity Control” on page 258.

M. BASS (Manual Bass)

This button turns the Manual Bass function on or off.

On The automatic accompaniment stops playing

(except for the Drum and Percussion tracks), and
you can manually play the Bass track on the
Lower part of the keyboard. You can start the
automatic accompaniment again after pressing
this button to turn off the Manual Bass function.

Off The bass track is automatically played by the Style.

Note: When you press the MANUAL BASS button, the Bass track
volume is automatically set to its maximum value. The volume is
automatically set back to the original value when the MANUAL
BASS button is deactivated.

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Memory, Bass Inversion, Manual Bass, Chord Sequencer

These buttons let you decide what should remain in memory,
and how to play the bass. In addition, they have the Chord
Sequencer as a second function.

CHORD SEQUENCER

While a Style is in play, you can use this section as a Chord
Sequencer and record a looping sequence of chords. The chords
will drive the arranger, leaving your hands free for solo playing.

RECORD (BASS INV. + M. BASS): Press these buttons together
to start recording the Chord Sequence. Recording will start from
the next measure. Press these buttons again to stop recording.

PLAY/STOP (MEMORY + BASS INV.): Press these buttons
together to let the Chord Sequence play in loop, and automati­cally drive the arranger. The Chord Sequence will start on the
next measure. Press these buttons again to stop the sequence.

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The Chord Sequence will remain in memory up until you record
a new Chord Sequence, or you turn the Pa3XLe off.

Style Elements

This section contains the separate elements of a Style (Intro,
Vari a ti on, et c. ).

INTRO 1-3 buttons

These buttons turn the corresponding Intro on. Intro 1 plays a
sequence including a chord progression, while Intro 2 plays a
fixed chord. Intro 3 is usually a one-bar Count In.

After pressing one of these buttons, start the Style, and it will
begin with the selected intro. The INTRO LED will automati­cally go off at the end of the intro.

At the end of the Intro, the Variation whose LED was blinking
will be selected.

Press one of the INTRO buttons twice (LED blinking) to let the
corresponding Intro play in loop, and select any other Style ele­ment (Intro, Variation, Ending) to exit the loop.

VARIATION 1-4 buttons

Each of these buttons selects one of the four Variations of the
current Style. The higher the Variation number, the denser the
arrangement.

You can jump to the Style Play > Drum Map page by
keeping SHIFT pressed and pressing one of the VARIATION
buttons.

ENDING 1-3 buttons

These buttons trigger the corresponding Ending. Ending 1 plays
a sequence including a chord progression, while Ending 2 plays a
fixed chord. Ending 3 starts immediately, and is just two mea­sures long.

While the Style is running, these three buttons trigger an End­ing, and stop the Style. Press one of them, and the Style will stop
running with an Ending.

Press them twice (LED blinking) to let them play in loop, and
select any other Style element (Intro, Variation...) to exit the
loop.

Style Controls

Use these buttons to start/stop the accompaniment.

FADE IN/OUT

When a Style or Song is not playing, press this button to start it
with the volume “fading in” (the volume goes from zero to maxi­mum).

When a Style or Song is playing back, press this button to stop it
with the volume “fading out” (the volume gradually decreases).

You don’t need to press START/STOP or PLAY/STOP to start or
stop the Style or Song.

Note: This does not work in Sequencer mode.

You can jump to the Global > General Controls page by

keeping SHIFT pressed and pressing the FADE IN/OUT button.

AUTO FILL

This button allows to turn the Auto Fill function on or off.

On When selecting a different Variation, the Fill hav-

ing the same number of the previous Variation is
automatically selected. For example, if going from
Variation 2 to Variation 3, Fill 2 is automatically
selected.

Off When choosing a Variation, no fill is selected.

FILL 1-4 buttons

These buttons trigger a fill-in. Press them twice (LED blinking)
to let them play in loop, and select any other Style element (Fill,
Intro, Variation…) to exit the loop (or press the same button
again).

Note: This function can be automatically activated by playing the
keyboard harder. See “Velocity Control” on page 258.

Note: If the Auto Fill function is activated, a Fill will be automati­cally selected when choosing the corresponding Variation.

You can jump to the Style Play > Drum/Fill page by
keeping SHIFT pressed, and pressing one of the FILL buttons.

BREAK

This button triggers a break. Press it twice (LED blinking) to let
it play in loop. Press it again or select any other Style Element
(Intro, Variation, Ending) to exit from the loop.

TAP TEMPO/RESET

This is a double-function button, acting in a different way
depending on whether the Style is running or not.

Note: This button only works while in Style Play mode.

Tap Temp o : When the Style is not playing, you can “beat” the
tempo on this button. Tap as many times as the Time Signature’s
numerator (for example, four times with a 4/4 Time Signature, or
three times with a 3/4 one). At the end, the accompaniment
starts playing, using the “tapped in” tempo.

Reset: If you press this button while the Style is playing back, the
Style pattern goes immediately back to the beginning of measure

1.

START/STOP

Starts or stops the Style.

Note: This function can be automatically activated by playing the
keyboard harder, by setting the “Velocity Control” parameter (in
the Global > Mode Preferences > Style page).

You can reset all ‘frozen’ notes and controllers on the

Pa3XLe and any instrument connected to its MIDI OUT or the
USB Device port, by using the “Panic” (SHIFT + START/STOP)
“Velocity Control” on page 258key combination. Just press SHIFT
+ START/STOP to stop all notes and reset all controllers.

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SYNCHRO START / STOP button

These buttons turn the Synchro Start and Synchro Stop func­tions on or off. With this feature, you can choose to press the
START/STOP button to start and/or stop a Style, or just play the
keyboard in the Chord Scan area.

Note: This button only works while in Style Play mode.

Start On, Stop Off

In this situation, just play a chord in the chord
recognition area to automatically start the Style. If
you like, turn one of the INTROs on before start­ing the Style.

Start On, Stop On

When both LEDs are lit, raising your hands from
the keyboard will momentarily stop the Style. If
you play a chord again, the Style will start again.

Start Off, Stop On

In this case, raising your hands from the keyboard
will stop the Style.

Start Off, Stop Off

All Synchro functions are turned off.

You can jump to the Global > MIDI > General Control by
keeping the SHIFT button pressed and pressing the SYNCHRO
START/STOP button.

Pads

Here you can play (and stop) the Pads, i.e. single sounds or loop­ing sequences.

PAD 1 -4
STOP

Each Pad button corresponds to a dedicated Pad track. Use these
buttons to trigger up to four sounds or sequences at the same
time.

• Press a single PAD button to trigger a single sound or

sequence.

• Press more PAD buttons to trigger several sounds or

sequences.

Sequences will play up to the end. Then, they will stop or con­tinue repeating, depending on their “One Shot/Loop” status (see
the “Pad Type” parameter in the Pad Record mode).

You can stop all sounds or sequences at the same time, or just
some of them:

• Press STOP (in the PAD section) to stop all sequences at

once.

• Press a single PAD button to stop the corresponding

sequence.

About Pad synchronization. In Style Play mode, Pads are syn­chronized to the Style’s Tempo. In Song Play mode, they are syn­chronized to the latest Player you set to play. For example,
assume you pressed PLAYER 2-PLAY; when pressing one of the
PAD buttons, it will play in sync with Player 2.

Note: There is no synchronization with MP3 files. Pads can only
be synchronized to the Tempo of the latest selected Standard MIDI
Files. Therefore, when an MP3 file is assigned to the latest select
Player, Pads will synchronize to the Tempo of the latest Standard
MIDI File that has been played back.

About the Play command of Players and the Pads. When you
press one of the PLAY buttons to start the corresponding Player,
all Pads will stop playing.

You can jump to the Style Play > Pad/Assignable Switch
page by keeping SHIFT pressed, and pressing one of the PAD
buttons.

Record, Track Select

Use the RECORD and TRACK SELECT buttons to create or edit
Styles, Songs or Sounds, or select track groups.

RECORD

This button sets the instrument to the Record mode (which one
depends on the current operating mode).

TRACK SELECT

Depending on the operating mode, this button switches between
the various track views.

STYLE PLAY MODE

Toggles between Keyboard and Style tracks.

SONG PLAY MODE

Toggles between Keyboard tracks, Song tracks 1­8, and Song tracks 9-16.

SEQUENCER MODE

Toggles between Song tracks 1-8 and Song tracks
9-16.

STS Section

Use the STS (Single Touch Settings) buttons to assign Sounds to
the keyboard.

STS 1-4 buttons

These buttons allow to select up to four Single Touch Settings
(abbreviated as STS). Each of the Styles and SongBook Entries
includes four Single Touch Settings (STS), to automatically con­figure Keyboard tracks and effects at the touch of a finger.

By keeping one of these buttons pressed for about one sec-

ond, the “Write Single Touch Setting” dialog box will appear.

Note: STS contained inside Factory Styles are usually write-pro­tected (unless you uncheck the “Factory Style and Pad Protect”
option in the Global > Mode Preferences > Media page)

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Search, Shift

Use the SEARCH and SHIFT buttons to search the memory’s
content or activate a button’s seconds function.

SEARCH

Press this button to open the Search window, and look for a
specified file or musical resource. The Search window appears
slightly different depending on the context.

SHIFT

With this button held down, pressing certain other buttons gives
access to a second function. The list of shortcuts is in the Appen­dix.

Players and Sequencer Controls

Pa3XLe is equipped with two players (Player 1 and Player 2),
each with its own set of transport controls. The Player 1 group is
also used for the Sequencer mode.

SELECT

Press this button to open the Song Select window and choose a
Song. This is the same as touching the Song name in the display.

<< and >>

Rewind and Fast Forward commands. If you use them while the
Song is in play, they make it scroll back or forward.

When pressed once, these buttons move the Song to the previous
or following measure (with a Standard MIDI File) or to the previ­ous or next second (with an MP3 file). When kept pressed, they
make the Song scroll continuously, until you release them.

In Sequencer mode, if you set a “Start from” measure other than
1, when pressing the << button the Song rewinds up to that mea­sure instead of the first one (see “Start from” on page 182).

In Jukebox mode (Player 1), keep the SHIFT button
pressed, and press these buttons to scroll to the previous or next
Song in the Jukebox list (see “Jukebox Editor” on page 179).

(HOME)

Sends the Song Position back to the beginning of the Song.

In Sequencer mode, if you set a “Start from” measure other than
1, the Song Position goes back to that measure (see “Start from”
on page 182).

(PLAY/STOP)

Starts or stops the Song from the current Song Position.

In Song Play mode, pressed while keeping SHIFT

pressed, starts both players at the same time.

X-FADER

In Song Play mode, this slider bal­ances the volume of the two on­board Players. When fully on the left,
only Player 1 can be heard. When
fully on the right, only Player 2 can be heard. When in the mid­dle, both Players play at full volume.

This slider also selects the Lyrics, Score and Markers from one of
the Players.

Note: This slider does not work in Style Play, Sequencer or Sound
mode.

PLAYER 2 TRANSPORT CONTROLS

Transport controls for Player 2. See instructions for Player 1
above.

SongBook

The SongBook is a database of song titles, that can automatically
choose the more appropriate Style, Standard MIDI File or MP3
file for you.

SONGBOOK

While you are in Style Play or Song Play mode,
press this button to open the SongBook. While the
SongBook is shown on the display, you can browse
through the music database.

By keeping this button pressed for about one second, a new
SongBook Entry with the current settings is added to the data­base. You will be able to give it a name and save.

You can jump to the SongBook > Custom List page by

keeping SHIFT pressed and pressing the SONGBOOK button.

Ensemble

The Ensemble function automatically harmonizes the melody
you play with your right hand.

ENSEMBLE

This button turns the Ensemble function on or off.
When on, the right-hand melody is harmonized
with the left-hand chords.

Note: The Ensemble function only works when the
keyboard is in SPLIT mode.

You can jump to the Style Play > Keyboard/Ensemble
page by keeping SHIFT pressed and pressing the ENSEMBLE
button.

Tempo Section

The TEMPO and METRO buttons can be used to control the
Tempo and the Metronome.

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TEMPO +/– buttons

TEMPO– decreases the speed of the Style or Song. TEMPO+
increases it.

Press both buttons together to reset the Tempo to the value
memorized in the Style or Standard MIDI File. With MP3 files,
the original speed of the file is recalled (value reset to “0”).

TEMPO LOCK ( )

This button turns the Tempo Lock function on or off.

On When you select a different Style or Performance,

or select a different Song, the Tempo will not
change. You can still manually change it, by using
the TEMPO +/– buttons, or select the Tempo
value and change it by using the VALUE DIAL.

Off When you select a different Style or Performance,

or select a different Song, the memorized Tempo
will be automatically selected.

Note: This button does not work with MP3 files.

You can jump to the Global > General Controls > Lock

page by keeping SHIFT pressed and pressing this button.

METRO

Use this button to turn the Metronome on or off.

You can jump to the Global > General Controls > Basic

page by keeping SHIFT pressed, and pressing this button.

Lyrics, Score, Marker

Use these buttons to access the Lyrics, Score or Marker pages.
Use the X-Fader to select either Player 1 or Player 2.

LY RI C S

This button recalls the Lyrics page for the Song or the Style.

SCORE

Press this button to open the Score page (in Song Play mode).

MARKER

Press together the LYRICS and SCORE buttons to open the
Marker page (in Song Play mode).

Sound Select

SOUND SELECT

Use this button to open the Sound Select window and select a
Sound to be assigned to the selected track. This is the same as
touching a Sound name in the display. Repeatedly press it to
cycle between the Sound bank pages.

For each type of Sounds there are several Sound banks, that can
be selected by touching the side tabs. Each Sound bank contains
various pages, each with up to eight Sounds, that can be selected
by touching the lower tabs.

Sounds of the Factory type are usually write-protected (unless
you uncheck the “Factory Sound Protect” option in the Global >
Mode Preferences > Media page). Sounds of the Legacy type are
standard Factory Sounds allowing greater compatibility with
older Pa-Series instruments. Factory Sounds of the GM type
allow for compatibility with General MIDI sounds. Sounds of
the User type are locations where you can load new Sounds from
an external device, or save new or edited Sounds. The User DK
type is where you can load new Drum Kits, or save new or edited
Drum Kits.

Chord Scan and Keyboard Split

Use these buttons to choose chord recognition and keyboard
splitting.

CHORD SCAN section

In Style Play, Song Play and Sequencer-Backing Sequence mode,
use these buttons to define the way chords are recognized.

LOWER Chords are detected below the split point. The

number of notes you should play to form a chord
is defined by the Chord Scan Mode parameter
(see “Chord Recognition” on page 258).

UPPER Chords are detected above the split point. You

must always play three or more notes to let the
arranger recognize a chord.

FULL (both LEDs On)

Chords are detected on the full keyboard range.
You must always play three or more notes to let
the arranger recognize a chord. (You can use this
mode even when the Split keyboard mode is
selected). The “Fingered” Chord Recognition
Mode is automatically selected (see “Chord Rec­ognition” on page 258).

OFF No chords detected. After pressing START/STOP,

only the Drum and Percussion accompaniment
tracks will play.

SPLIT

In Style Play, Song Play and Sequencer-Backing Sequence mode,
use this button to choose how the four Keyboard tracks are posi­tioned on the keyboard, and how chords are recognized by the
arranger.

Note: One of the Chord Scan options must be selected for the
accompaniment to play.

On The Lower track plays below the split point, while

the Upper 1, Upper 2 and Upper 3 tracks play
above it. This is called the Split keyboard mode.

By default, turning on the Split mode automati­cally selects the Lower chord scanning mode (see
above). In this mode, chords are detected below
the split point. The number of notes you should
play to form a chord is defined by the “Chord
Recognition” parameter (see page 258).

Off The Upper 1, Upper 2 and/or Upper 3 tracks play

over the whole keyboard range. The Lower track

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does not play. This is also called the Full key­board mode.

By default, turning off the Split mode automati­cally selects the Full chord scanning mode (see
above). In this mode, chords are detected over the
full keyboard range. You must always play three
or more notes to let the arranger recognize a
chord (see “Chord Recognition” on page 258).

By keeping this button pressed for about one second, the
Split Point window appears. When there, play the new split point
on the keyboard.

Transpose Section

Use these buttons to transpose the Sounds.

UPPER OCTAVE

Use these buttons to transpose the Upper tracks in steps of one
whole octave (12 semitones; max ±3 octaves). The octave trans­position value is always shown (in octaves) next to the Sound’s
name.

Press both buttons together, to reset the Octave Transpose to the
saved value.

– Lowers the selected track by one octave.

+ Raises the selected track by one octave.

You can jump to the Style Play > Mixer/Tuning > Tuning
page by keeping SHIFT pressed and pressing one of the UPPER
OCTAVE buttons. Hint: Go to the Tuning page to separately

transpose each track.

TRANSPOSE

These buttons transpose the whole instrument in steps of one
semitone (Master Transpose). The transpose value is usually
shown in the page header.

You can jump to the Global > Tuning > Transpose Con­trol page by keeping SHIFT pressed, and pressing one of the
TRANSPOSE buttons.

Performance Select Section

Use these buttons to select a Performance. Performances memo­rize all Sounds assigned to the keyboard, most control panel set­tings, and an associated Style.

MY SETTING

This is a special direct-access Performance, that is automatically
selected when the instrument is turned on. When pressing this
button, the Performance is immediately selected.

Keep this button pressed for about one second to save the

current settings into the My Setting Performance.

PERFORMANCE buttons

Use these buttons to open the Performance Select window, and
select a Performance.

Each Performance bank contains five pages, each with up to
eight Performances. Repeatedly press a PERFORMANCE button
to cycle between the available pages.

All Performances can be freely customized, by accessing the edit
pages of the Style Play and Song Play modes by pressing the
MENU button.

By keeping one of these buttons pressed for about one sec-

ond, the “Write Performance” dialog box will appear.

STYLE CHANGE

This button turns the Style Change function on or off.

On When you select a Performance, the Style might

change according to which Style is memorized
onto the Performance.

Off When you select a Performance, the Style will

remain the same. Only Keyboard tracks (Sounds,
Effects…) will be changed.

Press both buttons together, to reset the Master Transpose to zero.

Note: You can also transpose MP3 files. Keep in mind, however,
that transposition always remains inside the range -5…+6 semi­tones. This range is enough to cover all keys, but allows to avoid
excessive audio degradation. Any further transposing will be
reversed to fit the range. So, you might see a +7 transpose value
(Just Fifth Up) shown in the display, but the MP3 will actually play
5 semitones lower (Just Fourth Down).

♭ Lowers the Master Transpose in steps of one

semitone.

♯ Raises the Master Transpose in steps of one semi-

tone.

Mic Setting Section

Use these buttons to check the audio input level, set the volume
of the microphone input and effects, and turn the microphone
and harmony voices on or off.

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AUDIO IN LED

This LED shows the level of the audio signal entering the
AUDIO IN connectors (either mic or line). Three different col­ors (green, orange, red) show the level. Try to keep the level so
that this LED remains on green most of the time, with orange
appearing at signal peaks. Never go to red.

Off: No signal entering.

Green: Low- to mid-level signal entering. If the LED

turns off too often, the input gain is too low.
When a microphone is connected to the LEFT
connector, use the MIC GAIN control to increase
the input level. When a line-level device is con­nected, use the source device’s own volume con­trol.

Orange: Slight overload in the signal path. This is fine if it

turns on only on signal peaks.

Red: Clipping is occurring in the signal path. Use the

MIC GAIN control and/or the source device’s
volume control to lower the input level.

See “AUDIO IN Section” on page 20 for more
information on the AUDIO IN connectors.

MIC VOLUME

Use this knob to set the overall volume of the microphone signal
(including the Voice Processor effects). This is equivalent to the
MIC/IN track you can see in the Volume pane of the main dis­play.

Standby On/Off

STANDBY ( )

Use this button to let the instrument exit (LED
off) or enter (LED on) standby.

Press it briefly to let the instrument exit standby. In case there
are User Sounds based on User PCM Samples, loading may take
some time.

Keep it pressed for about one second to let it enter standby.

Wa r n in g : When the instrument is on standby mode, 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.

Note: To avoid wasting power, Pa3XLe will by default automati­cally enter standby mode after two hours of non-active use (play­ing, pressing buttons or using the touch-screen). Please save your
data (Performances, Styles, Songs, and so on) before taking a pro­longed pause. You can change the auto power-off timer in Global >
General Controls > Clock & Power.

USB Host connector

Use this connector to connect USB mass storage devices.

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FX LEVEL

Use this knob to set the volume of the Delay and Reverb sections
of the Voice Processor.

MIC

Press this button to turn the microphone input on or off. The
LED shows the status of the microphone section.

If you keep the SHIFT button pressed, and press this but­tons, the Global > Mic > Global Setup page will appear (see
“Mic: Global Setup” on page 454).

HARMONY

Turns the Voice Harmony effect on or off. This adds harmoniza­tion voices to the lead voice.

If you keep the SHIFT button pressed, and press this but­ton, the Global > Mic > Harmony page will appear (see “Mic:
Harmony” on page 450).

PRESET

Use this button to open the Voice Processor Preset Select win­dow and select a Preset to be assigned to the microphone signal
entering the LEFT input. This is the same as touching a Preset
name in the display.

For each type of Preset there are several Preset banks, that can be
selected by touching the side tabs. Each Preset bank may contain
up to eight Presets.

USB HOST(F) CONNECTOR

This is a USB Type A (Master/Host) connector, USB 2.0 compli­ant (High Speed). Use it to connect to the Pa3XLe an USB Flash
Memory stick, an external CD-ROM drive, an USB hard disk. To
access the connected device, go to the Media edit mode (see
“Media” on page 283).

By keeping this button pressed for about one second, the

“Write Voice Processor Preset” dialog box will appear.

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Overview

Rear Panel

(a)

(b)

Rear Panel

Music stand and speakers

Music stand / Amplification bar support

This guide can be used to connect either the supplied music
stand or the optional PaAS amplification system.

A music stand comes standard with your Pa3XLe. For instruc­tions on how to install it, see on page 24.

The (optional) PaAS – Amplification System can be installed,
adding a three-way amplification system, a pair of integrated
speakers and a bass-reflex box. For instructions on how to install
it, see “Installing the Pa3XLe Amplification System (PaAS)” on
page 452.

Speakers connector and pin hole

The connector (a) and pin hole (b) are used when the (optional)
PaAS – Amplification System is installed.

MIC GAIN

Use this controls to adjust the input sensitivity of the RIGHT
connector (from 0 to +40dB) when it is set to the microphone
input sensitivity (see above). You can check the input level by
watching at the AUDIO IN LED on the control panel (see “Mic
Setting Section” on page 18).

LEFT, RIGHT

Use these connectors to connect a line-level input source, such
as a CD player or a synthesizer, or a dynamic microphone. The
signal routing, and the correct impedence for these inputs, can
be selected with the “Input Routing” parameter in the Global >
Audio & Video > Audio In page (see page 270).

• When the “Input Routing” parameter is set to “Right In to
Voice Processor”, you can connect a dynamic microphone to the
RIGHT audio input, and a mono line-level source to the LEFT
audio input. Use the MIC GAIN knob to adjust the input gain.
Set the volume level of the microphone signal in the mix by
using the MIC VOLUME knob, while watching at the AUDIO
IN LED on the control panel (see “Mic Setting Section” on
page 18).

• When the “Input Routing” parameter is set to “Audio In to
Direct Out”, you can connect a line-level input source to the
LEFT and RIGHT audio inputs. Use the source’s output volume
control to adjust the input level, while watching at the AUDIO
IN LED on the control panel.

Note: Since Pa3XLe must recognize the new option, the integrated
speakers will start operating only a few seconds after the speaker
box has been installed.

The output volume of the integrated loudspeakers can be con­trolled via the MASTER VOLUME slider.

Note: Speakers are automatically deactivated when connecting the
headphones. You can manually deactivate them by using the
“Speakers On/Off ” parameter of the “Audio Setup” section of the
Global mode (see “Speakers On/Off ” on page 268).

AUDIO IN Section

Use these connectors to connect a
dynamic microphone, another key­board/synthesizer, or a CD player.

AUDIO OUT Section

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.

LEFT, RIGHT

Use these line-level outputs to send the final stereo mix to an
external device. Connect either of them to output the signal in
mono. Adjust the output level with the MASTER VOLUME
knob.

Connect two mono cables to these outputs. Connect the other
end of the cables to a stereo channel of your mixer, two mono
channels, two powered monitors, or 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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Overview

Rear Panel

Connecting a jack to these outputs will not deactivates the inte­grated speakers. This way, you can continue to monitor your
playing, while the signal is sent to the main mixer.

MIDI Interface

The MIDI interface allows your Pa3XLe
to be connected to external controllers
(master keyboard, MIDI guitar, wind
controller, MIDI accordion…), to a
series of expanders, or to a computer
running a sequencer.

IN

This connector receives MIDI data from a computer or a con­troller. Connect it to an external controller’s or computer’s MIDI
OUT.

OUT

This connector sends MIDI data generated by Pa3XLe’s key­board, controllers, and/or the internal player. Connect it to an
expander’s or computer’s MIDI IN.

Pedals

Video

VIDEO OUT

You can connect Pa3XLe to a TV or video monitor.

Pa3XLe is compatible with the NTSC, PAL and
SECAM TV standard. When connecting a SECAM­compliant TV set, select the PAL standard. However,
in this latter case, the image will be shown in black and white.

1. Connect the instrument’s video output to the video input of
the television set. Depending on the type of television set, you
can use a cable of the type “RCA-to-RCA” (if the television set is
equipped with a Video Composite input), or “RCA-to-SCART”
(if the television set is equipped with a SCART connector). You
can buy the needed cables at a store that sells television equip­ment.

2. Turn the instrument on, and press the GLOBAL button to gain
access to the Global mode. Go to the Audio & Video > Video
Out page, and select the video standard (PAL or NTSC).

3. Turn the television set on, and tune it on the correct AV input.

4. In the same page of the Global, use the Colors parameter to
choose the preferred set of colors for the lyrics and the back­ground.

Introduction

Use these connectors to connect various types
of pedals.

ASSIGNABLE

Use this port to connect a continuous- or
footswitch-type pedal, like the (optional) Korg EXP-2, XVP10,
PS-1 or PS-3. To program and calibrate it, go to the Controllers >
Foot Controllers page of the Global mode.

DAMPER

Use this to connect a Damper pedal, like the (optional) Korg
PS1, PS3 or DS1H. To change its polarity and calibrate it, go to
the Controllers > Foot Controllers page of the Global mode.

Note: Half-pedalling on Piano Sounds is available when connect­ing a DS1H Damper pedal.

USB Device Connector

Use this connector to connect Pa3XLe to a personal
computer.

DEVICE

This is a USB Type B (Slave/Device) connector, USB

2.0 (High Speed). Use it to connect the Pa3XLe to a personal
computer, and transfer data to/from its internal memory (Disk).
You can enable USB connection in the “USB” page of the Media
mode.

MIDI over USB is supported, so you can use this connector
instead of the MIDI ports. The drivers for PC and Mac, needed
to make full use of this type of connection, are supplied in the
Accessory Disc that comes with the instrument, or can be down­loaded from our web site.

Expansion slot

This opening gives access to the
clock battery and microSD slot.

Clock battery

Pa3XLe contains a backup battery
for the internal clock. You can replace the clock backup battery
by following the relevant instructions on page 448.

microSD slot

To expand the available onboard memory, you can install an
(optional) microSD card inside Pa3XLe, by following the rele­vant instructions on page 450.

Power

This is where you connect Pa3XLe to the power line.

ACV cable connector

Plug the supplied AC cable into this connector. When the cable
is connected, the instrument is on standby mode. To let it enter
or exit standby, use the STANDBY switch located on the front

panel.

Wa r n in g : When the instrument is on standby mode, 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.

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Start up

Connecting the AC power cord

Player 2Player 1

Start up

Connecting the AC power cord

Keyboard, Style Accompaniment and Song Volume

Connect the supplied power cord to the dedi­cated socket on the rear of the instrument.
Then, plug it into a wall socket. You don’t need
to worry about the local voltage, since the
Pa3XLe uses a universal power adapter.

When the cable is connected to the power, the

instrument automatically enters standby mode.

Turning the instrument on (or off)

Press the STANDBY button on the front panel to
let the instrument exit standby. The display will
light up, showing the boot procedure.

Note: When the instrument exits standby, User
PCM Samples used by some User Sounds may be automatically
loaded. Loading them may take some time.

Keep the STANDBY button pressed for about one second to let
the instrument enter standby.

Wa r ni n g : When putting the instrument on standby, all data con­tained in RAM (Song recorded or edited in Sequencer mode, the
Chord Sequence, Samples in edit and not yet saved) will be lost.
MIDI Grooves generated by the Time Slice function will be lost,
too.

On the contrary, data contained in the internal memory (Factory
data, User Sounds, Performances, Styles and Multisamples) will be
preserved. Saved Samples will be preserved as well.

By default, the BALANCE knob balances
the volume of the Keyboard (KBD) tracks,
against the Style’s Accompaniment (ACC),
Song and Pad tracks.

•When in Style Play mode, this knob
balances between the Keyboard tracks, and the Style and
Pad tracks.

• When in Song Play mode, this knob balances between the
Keyboard tracks, and the Player and Pad tracks.

This is a relative control, whose effective maximum level is
determined by the MASTER VOLUME knob position.

When moved, a magnified version of the virtual slider appears in
the display, for more accurate positioning.

As an alternative, the knob can be used to control the Style/Song
Volume without affecting the Keyboard tracks (choose the
desired behavior by editing the “Balance Control” parameter in
the Global > Controllers > Hand Control page).

Note: This knob only works in Style Play and Song Play mode; it
does not work in Sequencer mode.

The X-Fader slider

The X-FADER slider sets the relative volume of the two onboard
players (Player 1 and Player 2).

Controlling the Volume

Master Volume

Use the MASTER VOLUME knob to control the
overall volume of the instrument. This knob con­trols the volume of the sound going to the inte­grated speakers (assuming the optional PaAS –
Amplification System is installed), the AUDIO
OUT and PHONES connectors.

Note: Begin at a moderate level, then raise the MASTER VOL­UME up. Don’t keep the volume at an uncomfortable level for too
long.

• Move it fully to the left to set Player 1 to the maximum level
and Player 2 to zero.

• Move it fully to the right to set Player 1 to zero and Player 2
to the maximum level.

• Move it to the center to set both Players at the same level.

This slider also selects the Harmony source, as well as the Lyrics,
Score and Markers of one of the two players.

Headphones

Connect a pair of headphones to the PHONES output, on the left side
of the keyboard (under the joystick). You can use headphones with an
impedance of 16-200 Ohms (50 Ohms suggested). Use a headphone
splitter to connect more than one pair of headphones.

Note: When connecting the headphones, the speakers are automat­ically deactivated.

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Start up

Loudspeakers

Loudspeakers

Connect the optional PaAS – Amplification System to make it
the integrated loudspeakers of the Pa3XLe, adding a three-way
amplification system, a pair of dual-coil integrated speakers and
a bass-reflex box.

To install the amplification system, see “Installing the Pa3XLe
Amplification System (PaAS)” on page 452.

After installation, the overall volume can be controlled via the
MASTER VOLUME knob.

Speakers can be deactivated with the “Speakers On/Off ” param­eter, that you can find in the Global > Audio & Video: MP3/
Speakers page.

Note: When connecting the headphones, the speakers are automat­ically deactivated.

Audio Outputs

Audio outputs allow for connecting Pa3XLe to an external
amplification system. The overall volume can be controlled via
the MASTER VOLUME knob.

Damper pedal

Connect a Damper (Sustain) pedal to the DAMPER connector
on the back panel. Use an (optional) Korg PS1, PS3 or DS1H
footswitch pedal, or a compatible one. With the Korg DS1H,
half-pedalling can be used on some Grand Piano sounds. To cal­ibrate and switch the Damper polarity, go to the Controllers >
Foot Controller page of the Global mode.

Assignable pedal

Connect either a footswitch or an expression pedal to the
ASSIGNABLE connector on the back panel. Use an (optional)
Korg PS1 or PS3 footswitch pedal, a Korg EXP-2 expression
pedal, a Korg XVP-10 volume pedal, or a compatible one. To cal­ibrate the pedal, go to the Controllers > Foot Controller page of
the Global mode.

Introduction

MIDI connections

You can play the internal sounds of your Pa3XLe with an exter­nal controller, i.e. a master keyboard, a MIDI guitar, a wind con­troller, a MIDI accordion, or a digital piano.

You can also control other MIDI devices with Pa3XLe, or con­nect it to a computer for use with an external sequencer.

As an alternative to the MIDI connectors, you can use the USB
Device port for direct connection to a personal computer.

See the “MIDI” chapter on page 315 for more information on
MIDI connections.

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Start up

The music stand

The music stand

A music stand comes standard with your Pa3XLe.

• If the (optional) PaAS – Amplification System is not installed,
insert the music stand into this dedicated guide on the back of
the Pa3XLe, as shown in the illustration:

• If the (optional) PaAS – Amplification System is installed,

make it rest over the nylon supports in front of the PaAS, as
shown in the illustration.

The music stand can be freely adjusted, by sliding it to the left or
the right of the standard central position.

Glossary of Terms

Sound

Glossary of Terms

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Before you begin, take a few moments to familiarize yourself
with the names and terms we will be using to talk about the vari­ous elements of the Pa3XLe.

In this section, you will find a brief description of various key
elements of the Pa3XLe. A professional arranger (Pa) keyboard
uses different terminology than a traditional synthesizer or
workstation. By familiarizing yourself with the names and func­tions in this section, you will get a better understanding of how
all the different parts of the Pa3XLe work together to create a
realistic musical performance. This will also help you to get the
most out of the rest of the manual.

Sound

A Sound is the most basic unit of an Arranger Keyboard perfor­mance. A Sound is basically a playable instrument timbre (piano,
bass, sax, guitar…) that can be edited, saved, recalled and
assigned to any track. An individual Sound can be played on the
keyboard in the Sound mode. In the Style Play, Song Play or
Sequencer mode, Sounds may be freely assigned to Sequencer
tracks, Style tracks, or Keyboard tracks.

Style

Variation

For each Style, there are four Variations, to be used for the Verse,
Bridge and Chorus of a song. In general, each Variation is a
slightly different version of the others. As you progress from
Variation one to Variation four, the arrangements will become
more complex, and more parts (Tracks) may be added. This
allows your performance to have a more dynamic arrangement,
without losing the original “feel” of the Style.

Fill-in & Break

During a performance, a drummer may often perform a “fill” ­such as when transitioning from a verse to a chorus – adding
extra dynamics and keeping the beat from getting too repetitive.
The Pa3XLe offers four Fill-ins specifically programmed for
each Style, that may be automatically recalled when choosing the
corresponding Variation (Auto Fill). A Fill-in may be drums
alone or drums with instrumentation. Then, there is even a
silent “break”.

Intro & Ending

Each Style also allows you to complete your performance with a
set of musical introductions and endings. A long and short ver­sion of the Intro and Ending are usually provided, with the for­mer more harmonically elaborated, and the latter with a fixed
chord. A “count-in” Style Intro is also provided, as well as the
quick Ending 3.

Introduction

The Style is the heart of a professional arranger keyboard. At its
basic level, a Style will consist of up to eight parts, or “Tracks”.

Drums

The Drum track will provide a repeating rhythmic phrase,
played by the standard instruments of a Drum Kit.

Percussion

An additional rhythmic phrase played by various percussion
instruments (conga, shaker, cowbell, etc.) is provided by the Per­cussion track.

Bass & Accompaniment

The Bass track and the (up to) five additional Accompaniment
tracks will each play musical phrases that are musically related to
and in sync with the Drum and Percussion tracks. However, the
notes being played by these tracks will change to follow the
chord progression that you play on the keyboard.

Again, any Sound you choose may be assigned to any track in a
Style.

Pad

Pads are single sounds or single-track patterns, that can be trig­gered by using the dedicated PAD buttons. They can be used to
play in realtime single sounds, as well as short, cycling sequences
that play in time with the Style or Standard MIDI File, and are
transposed according to the recognized chords.

Keyboard tracks

In addition to the Style and Pad tracks, up to four additional
parts can be played on the keyboard in real-time. Each of these
Keyboard tracks can be limited to a particular range of keys or
velocities, but in general up to three can be assigned to play
above the split point (Upper), and one below (Lower). This
allows the Upper Sounds to be layered together. The split point
can be set to any note on the keyboard. In addition to perform­ing along with a Style, these same Keyboard tracks will allow you
to play along with the Players.

STS (Single Touch Settings)

Single Touch Settings allow you to instantly change the sounds
assigned to each of the Keyboard tracks with a single button
press, allowing for wide variation in sounds during a perfor-

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Glossary of Terms

Performance

mance. Four STS (Single Touch Settings) can be saved with each
Style or SongBook Entry.

The LOGO decoder

Ensemble

By turning the Ensemble feature on, a single note played on one
of the Keyboard tracks will be embellished by additional notes to
create a complete chord voicing. The Ensemble knows which
notes to add by looking at the chord that you are playing. In
addition, the Ensemble parameters allow you to select the type of
voicing that will be added – from a simple one-note harmony to
a full “Brass” section – even a marimba-style trill!

Performance

The Performance is the most encompassing setting on the
Pa3XLe – a single setting that can remember a Style (with all the
appropriate sounds), the Keyboard tracks (with all the appropri­ate sounds) and all their Tempo, transposition, effects, etc… A
Performance can be stored in one of the Performance bank loca­tions, or it can be saved in a “database” format using the Song­Book function.

Sequencer

The Sequencer acts as a recorder, so you can capture and play­back your performances. The Pa3XLe sequencer can function in
different modes. In the Backing Sequence mode, each Style ele­ment and each Keyboard and Pads element can be recorded on a
separate track in a single pass. This can be a big help in getting a
song recorded quickly. The sequencer can also behave as a tradi­tional 16-track linear sequencer, where each track is recorded
individually one at a time.

On the front panel of your Pa3XLe you have probably noticed a
series of logos, and may have even wondered what they stand for.
Well, here is a quick explanation of each one.

General MIDI (GM) is a standard that ensures
the compatibility of sounds and messages
between GM compatible instruments available

from different manufacturers. For example,
sequenced songs created on any GM equipped product and
saved in the GM format will playback correctly on the Pa3XLe.

General MIDI 2 extends the basic features of the General MIDI,
allowing for 256 Sounds and 9 Drum Kits (instead of 128 and 1).

RX Technology is the cutting edge engine that
drives every aspect of the Pa3XLe – from the
synthesis to the display and how it all works
together.

DNC (Defined Nuance Control) is the way of
fine-controlling Korg’s powerful sound engine.
Every nuance and every detail of the sound can be
assigned to a different control, be it the keyboard

velocity or a physical controller.

TouchView is the sophisticate technology
allowing for touching the objects in the

display, instead of pointing to them
through an external device (a mouse, a series of buttons). Go
straight to the musical elements, instead of catching keys some­where on the control panel.

Player

The two Players let you playback your performances or any
Standard MIDI File or MP3 file. Like a DJ console, you can mix
two songs with the X-Fader slider.

TC-Helicon is the world’s leading com­pany in vocal processing. Korg part-

nered with them for the outstading
Voice Processor tecnologies included in our Pa-Series instru­ments.

Interface basics

Color TouchView graphical user interface

Interface basics

Color TouchView graphical user interface

Pa3XLe 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. Here
are the basic elements of the user interface.

Menus and sections

Pages are grouped in 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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Overlapping windows

Several windows, like the Style Select or Pad 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 Sound Select window).

Introduction

Pages

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

Dialog boxes

Similar to selecting windows, dialog boxes overlap the underlay­ing page. Touch one of the button on the display to give Pa3XLe
an answer, and the dialog box will close.

Page menus

Touch the icon on the upper right corner of each page, and a
menu with suitable commands for the current page will appear.
Touch one of the available commands to select it. (Or, touch any­where else on the screen to make it disappear, with no command
selected).

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Interface basics

Color TouchView graphical user interface

= On

= Off

List

Scrollbar

Pop-up menus

When an arrow appears next to a parameter name, touch it to
open a pop-up menu. Select any of the available options (or any­where else on the screen to make the menu disappear).

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 Text Edit 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.

Lists and scrollbars

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.

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.

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 DIAL to scroll.

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

Virtual sliders

To change a virtual slider’s position, select it, then use the
VALUE DIAL to change its position. As an alternative, touch a
slider with your fingers and keep it held; then move it up or
down to change its position.

This also includes the Tempo numeric field in the main page of
the Style Play, Song Play, and Sequencer modes.

Interface basics

Operative modes

Virtual knobs

To change a virtual knob’s position, select it, then use the VALUE
DIAL to change its position. As an alternative, touch a knob with
your finger and keep it held; then move your fingers up (or
right) to rotate it clockwise, or move it down (or left) to rotate
the knob counter-clockwise.

Virtual drawbars

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Operative modes

The pages of Pa3XLe 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 at first sight where you are.

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 and
Sequencer modes, and allows for creating new Styles or Songs. It
can also be accessed from the Sound mode, where allows you to
edit Samples.

Introduction

To change a virtual drawbar’s position, touch it with your fingers
and keep it held. Then move it up or down to change its position.

As an alternative, select it, then use the VALUE DIAL to change
its position.

Icons

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

Folder

File of Style bank

Selected, highlighted items

Any operation on parameters, data or list entries, is executed on
highlighted items. First select the parameter or item, then exe­cute the operation.

Non-available, grayed-out parameters

When a parameter or command is not currently available, it is
shown in grey on the display. This means it cannot be selected,
but may become available when a different option is selected, or
you switch to a different page.

Shortcuts

Standard MIDI File

Some commands or pages can be recalled by keeping the SHIFT
button pressed, and pressing other buttons or elements in the
display. See the “Shortcuts” chapter on page “Shortcuts” on
page 457 for a list of available shortcuts.

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Easy Mode

The page menu

Easy Mode

If you have never used an arranger before, we suggest you to
switch to the Easy Mode. Easy Mode allows you to play Styles
and Songs with a simple user interface, free from the many
advanced parameters that you will want to learn later.

Turning the Easy Mode on

Touch the little rectangle on the top right corner of the display,
to open the page menu:

Touch the “Easy Mode” menu item, to make the checkmark
appear:

At this point, the Easy Mode has been activated, and the ele­ments in the display appear less crowded:

Turning the Easy Mode off

Reverse the above operation when you want to deactivate the
Easy Mode.

Easy Mode

The Style Play page in detail

The Style Play page in detail

Sound icon and status. If the

icon appears, the Sound
is in mute and cannot be heard. If
the icon does not appear, the
Sound is in play and can be
heard. See page 41

Sounds assigned to the right hand (UP1 to UP3) and to
the left hand (LOW). Touch the Sound’s name to open
the Sound Select window and choose a different Sound.

Style name and info. Touch the Style’s name to

open the Style Select window and choose a dif-

ferent Style.

Tempo. Use the

TEMPO buttons to

change it.

Length of the accompaniment pat-

tern, and current beat.

Performance or STS. Touch it to open

the Performance Select window and

choose a different Performance.

Sounds on the keyboard will change.

Single Touch Settings (STS). Touch one of them to choose it, or use the dedicated buttons on

the control panel. Sounds on the keyboard will change.

Split Point. Touch here and play a
note to set the new split point.

See page 45

Mic Talk. Touch here to lower the
background music and talk to
your audience.

Voice Processor Preset. Touch here to

choose a different Preset.

To see this page, press the STYLE PLAY button.

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Introduction

Notes:

• There are three Sounds for the right hand (Upper 1, Upper 2,
Upper 3), and a single Sound for the left hand (Lower). Their
names are abbreviated as UP1, UP2, UP3, LOW, and are shown
on the right side of the display.

• Right hand (Upper) and left hand (Lower) Sounds are sepa­rated by the Split Point.

• Performances and STSs are collections of Sounds. Just choose
one of them to change all the keyboard’s Sounds.

• Choose a Style to change the musical style of the accompani­ment patterns.

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Easy Mode

The Song Play page in detail

Sound icon and status. If the

icon appears, the Sound
is in mute and cannot be heard. If
the icon does not appear, the
Sound is in play and can be
heard. See page 41

Sounds assigned to the right hand (UP1 to UP3) and to
the left hand (LOW). Touch the Sound’s name to open
the Sound Select window and choose a different Sound.

Song assigned to Player 1. Touch it to open the

Song Select window and choose a different Song.

Tempo. Use the

TEMPO buttons to

change it.

Meter (or Time Signature) and cur-

rent beat.

Performance or STS. Touch it to open

the Performance Select window and

choose a different Performance.

Sounds on the keyboard will change.

Single Touch Settings (STS). Touch one of them to choose it, or use the dedicated buttons on

the control panel. Sounds on the keyboard will change.

Split Point. Touch here and play a
note to set the new split point.

See page 45

Mic Talk. Touch here to lower the
background music and talk to
your audience.

Voice Processor Preset. Touch here to

choose a different Preset.

Song assigned to Player 2. Touch it to

open the Song Select window and

choose a different Song.

The Song Play page in detail

To see this page, press the SONG PLAY button.

Notes:

• As in Style Play mode, there are three Sounds for the right hand
(Upper 1, Upper 2, Upper 3), and one Sound for the left hand
(Lower). Their names are abbreviated as UP1, UP2, UP3, LOW,
and are shown in the right side of the display.

• Right hand (Upper) and left hand (Lower) Sounds are sepa­rated by the Split Point.

• Performances and STSs are collections of Sounds. Just choose
one of them to change all the keyboard’s Sounds.

• Available STSs depend on the Style or SongBook Entry you last
selected.

• Since there are two onboard Players, you can play two Songs at
the same time. Mix them using the X-Fader on the control panel.

• Touching a Song name in the display is the same as to press one
of the SELECT buttons on the control panel. Each Player has its
own SELECT and transport buttons.

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Turning the instrument on

Turning the instrument on and viewing the main screen

Standby (On/Off ) buttonDisplay

Turning the instrument on

First of all, turn the instrument on and familiarize with the main screen. You can also listen to the
demos.

Turning the instrument on and viewing the main screen

1 Turn Pa3XLe on (that is, make it exit from standby) by pressing the STANDBY button

located in the control panel.

After you turn the instrument on, a welcome screen is shown for some seconds, then the main
display appears.

2 When you want to put Pa3XLe to standby, keep the STANDBY button pressed for about

one second, and release it when the screen appears dimmed.

After having pressed the STANDBY button, the display brightness will be dimmed. At this point,
the shutdown procedure will begin and will last for a few seconds. Please do not disconnect the
power cable during this procedure.

Connecting and calibrating the Damper pedal

Programming the Damper pedal

Connecting and calibrating the Damper pedal

Damper and Assignable pedal connectors

Menu of the Global mode

If you want to play Piano, you will want to connect a Damper pedal to sustain notes while playing.
You can connect a Korg PS1, PS3 or DS1H to the DAMPER connector on the back of the instrument.

The difference between the PS1/PS3 footswitch, and a dedicated Damper pedal like the DS1H, is that
this latter also supports all the nuances of half-pedalling; you can experiment how it works by gradu­ally pressing it down, and gradually depressing it up while playing the Grand Piano RX Sound.

Programming the Damper pedal

Calibrating the Damper pedal will let you use the full run of the pedal, without “dead spots”. Also, this
might be the only way to connect a third-party Damper pedal that seems to work in reverse, sustain­ing the notes when they are not pressed!

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1 Connect the Damper pedal to the DAMPER connector on the back of the instrument.

2 Press the GLOBAL button to access the Global mode.

Global mode is where you can set some global parameters, like this one, the Master Tuning or
the Date & Time. These settings are not tied to any specific operative mode, so they are pro­grammed in these separate pages.

3 Touch the Controllers button to access the Controllers section of the Global mode.

If you have not yet chosen a different page, the “Hand Controller” page will appear (being the
first one in the Controllers section).

Quick Guide

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Connecting and calibrating the Damper pedal

Programming the Damper pedal

4 Touch the Foot Contr. tab to select the “Foot Controllers” page.

This is the page where you can program the Assignable Pedal/Footswitch and the Damper ped­als.

5 Touch the “Calibration” button in the Damper section, to make the “Damper & Pedal/

Footswitch Calibration” dialog box appear.

6 Fully press the Damper pedal down, and while continuing to press touch the “Push”

button to confirm the maximum value.

7 When the following dialog box appears, release the pedal.

8 Touch the “Push” button in the display to confirm the minimum value.

Check if the pedal is working properly. In case it isn’t, repeat the procedure.

9 Press the EXIT button to return to the previous operative mode.

Playing the Demo

Starting and stopping the Demo

Playing the Demo

Demo buttons

Listen to the built-in Demo Songs to appreciate the power of Pa3XLe. There are several Demo Songs
to choose from.

Starting and stopping the Demo

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Here is how to start, choose and stop the Demo Songs.

1 Press the STYLE PLAY and SONG PLAY buttons together.

The LED of the two buttons will start blinking. Pa3XLe will be set in Demo mode.

At this point, if no other button is pressed, all the Demo Songs will be played back.

2 In case you want to listen to a specified Demo Song, select one of the available options

on the display (Full Songs, Solo Instruments, Styles).

Quick Guide

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Playing the Demo

Starting and stopping the Demo

3 Choose one of the Demo. To stop it, touch the STOP button on the display.

4 Exit from the Demo mode by pressing any one of the MODE buttons.

Playing Sounds

Selecting a Sound and playing it on the keyboard

Playing Sounds

Performance section

Split button

A selected track is shown with a white back­ground. In this example, the Upper 1 track is
selected. If it is not selected, touch it once to

select it.

The fact that there isn’t a
icon over the bank icon means
that the Upper 1 track is set to
play. If it is muted, touch the

bank icon to set it to play.

You can play up to three sounds at the same time on the keyboard. You can also split the keyboard in
two parts, to play up to three sounds with your right hand (Upper) and one with your left hand
(Lower).

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Selecting a Sound and playing it on the keyboard

1 Be sure the Upper 1 track is selected and set to play.

2 If you want to play the Sound on the whole keyboard, be sure the keyboard is in Full

Upper mode (i.e., the SPLIT LED is turned off). If it is split in two parts, press the SPLIT
button to turn its LED off.

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Note: Be sure tracks
Upper 2 and Upper 3 are
muted and are not playing. If
you hear more than one
sound, see also page 41 for
how to mute tracks.

Quick Guide

(Full) Upper

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Playing Sounds

Selecting a Sound and playing it on the keyboard

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The selected Sound is highlighted.

Touch a Sound’s name to select it.

Touch one of the side tabs to select a

different Sound bank.

Touch one of the lower tabs to select

a different Sound page.

A Previous and Next Page pair of button may appear
in this area, when more than six pages are available.
As an alternative, repeatedly press the SOUND button
to cycle between the pages.

The currently
selected Sound
appears in the page
header.

Target track for the
selected Sound

Sound bank icon

Sound’s name

Type of Sounds.

The Sound Select win-

dow closes, and the

main screen appears

again, with the selected

Sound assigned to the

Upper 1 track.

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3 Touch the Upper 1 track’s area in the display to open the Sound Select window.

Note: You can also open
the Sound Select window by
first touching the track to
which you want to assign the
new Sound, then pressing the
SOUND SELECT button.

4 Select a Sound from the Sound Select window, then press the EXIT button to close the

window.

5 Play the Sound on the keyboard.

Note: Selection windows
may automatically close
after a selection. To do this,
uncheck the “Display Hold”
box in the Global > General
Controls > Interface page. In
this case, press the EXIT but­ton only if you don’t make
any selection but want to
close the window.

Playing Sounds

Playing two or three Sounds at the same time

Playing two or three Sounds at the same time

Please note how the
icon appears in the Upper 2
and Upper 3 status boxes.
These tracks will not be heard.

After touching in this
area, the icon
disappears. The
Upper 2 track will be
set to play and will be
heard.

Note how the ‘Dark Pad’ Sound (assigned to the Upper 2 track) has been layered
with the ‘Grand Piano RX’ (assigned to the Upper 1 track).

As above, after touch­ing in this area, the

icon disap­pears. The Upper 3
track will be set to play
and will be heard.

Note how the ‘Strings Ens.2 GM’ Sound (assigned to the Upper 3 track) has been
added to the ‘Dark Pad’ (assigned to the Upper 2 track) and the ‘Grand Piano RX’
(assigned to the Upper 1 track).

You can layer all three Upper tracks and play them on the keyboard.

1 Touch th e icon in the Upper 2 status box, to set the Upper 2 track to play.

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2 Play the keyboard.

3 Touch the icon in the Upper 3 status box, to set the Upper 3 track to play.

4 Play the keyboard.

Quick Guide

5 Touch the bank icon in the Upper 3 status box, to mute the Upper 3 track again.

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Playing Sounds

Playing two or three Sounds at the same time

Note how the ‘Strings Ens.2 GM’ Sound (assigned to the Upper 3 track) has been
muted again. Only tracks Upper 1 and Upper 2 can be heard at this time.

Note how the ‘Dark Pad’ Sound (assigned to the Upper 2 track) has been muted
again. Only track Upper 1 can be heard at this time.

6 Play the keyboard.

7 Touch the bank icon in the Upper 2 status box, to mute the Upper 2 track again.

8 Play the keyboard.

Playing Sounds

Playing different Sounds with your left and right hand

Playing different Sounds with your left and right hand

Lower

Upper

If the Lower track is muted, touch its
icon to make it disappear from this area.

If the Bass & Lower Backing function is turned on,
and the Style is not running, the Lower track will
always play.

Note how the keyboard is split in two parts, each playing different
sounds.

Lower Upper

You can play a single Sound with your left hand, in addition to playing up to three Sounds with your
right hand.

1 Press the SPLIT button to turn its LED on, and split the keyboard in the Lower (left

hand) and Upper (right hand) parts.

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2 Be sure the Lower track is set to play.

3 Play the keyboard.

Quick Guide

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Playing Sounds

Playing different Sounds with your left and right hand

(Full) Upper

Note how the keyboard once again plays the Upper tracks over the entire
length of the keyboard.

Upper

4 Return to the full keyboard playing mode by pressing the SPLIT button to turn its LED

off.

5 Play the keyboard.

Playing Sounds

Changing the split point

Changing the split point

If you are not comfortable with the selected split point, you may set the split point to a different key.

1 Touch the Split tab to see the Split Point panel.

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2 Touch the keyboard in the display, then play the lowest note of the Upper section on

the keyboard.

Upper

Lower

3 As an alternative, touch the Split Point parameter to select it, and use the VALUE DIAL

to select the new split point.

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Hint: As an alternative,
keep the SPLIT button
pressed to open the Split
Point dialog.

Quick Guide

When you change the split point, the “Global” parameter is automatically unchecked. This is
because you are setting a “local” or “temporary” split point, and not the “global” one, used across
the whole instrument.

To change the “global” split point, go to the Global > Mode Preferences > Style page, and set the
“Split Point” parameter.

You can save the “local” split point into a Performance, as described in the following pages (see
“Saving your settings to a Performance” on page 48).

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Playing Sounds

Raising or lowering the Upper octave

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Each time you press this button, the
pitch will be lowered by one octave.

Each time you press this button, the
pitch will be raised by one octave.

Raising or lowering the Upper octave

If all Upper tracks sound too high or too low, you can quickly change which octave they are playing
in.

1 Use the UPPER OCTAVE buttons on the control panel, to transpose all Upper tracks at

the same time.

2 Press both UPPER OCTAVE buttons together to reset the octave to the value saved in

the current Performance.

Note: The Octave Trans­pose value for each of the
keyboard track is shown
under the Sound’s name.

Selecting and saving Performances

Selecting a Performance

Selecting and saving Performances

Performance sectionSingle Touch Settings (STS) section

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The selected Performance is high-

lighted. Touch a Performance name

to select it.

Touch one of the side tabs to select a

different Performance bank.

Touch one of the lower tabs to select a
different Performance page.

Performances are the musical heart of Pa3XLe. Unlike selecting single Sounds, selecting a Perfor­mance will recall several Sounds at the same time, the needed effects and transpositions, plus many
more parameters useful for playing in a musical situation (like the Assignable Switches). Performance
can be considered a snapshot of the current situation.

You can save these settings to a Performance memory location. While many Performances are already
supplied with the instrument, you can customize each of them to your own taste, and then save them
in their customized version.

Similar to a Performance, but optimized for the Style or SongBook Entry it is associated to, you can
also save your settings to a Single Touch Setting (STS), which will store all the settings for the Key­board tracks. Four STSs are supplied with each Style and SongBook Entry, and can be selected with
the four dedicated buttons under the display.

Please note that settings saved in the "My Setting" Performance are automatically selected when
the instrument is turned on (exit from standby). This means you can save your preferred startup
settings to this Performance (see below for more information).

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Note: Style tracks are saved
to a third object called the
Style Settings.

Selecting a Performance

1 Touch the Performance area in the display, to open the Performance Select window.

Quick Guide

Hint: You can also open
the Performance Select win­dow by pressing one of the
buttons in the PERFOR­MANCE section. This will let
you jump directly to the
desired Performance bank.

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Selecting and saving Performances

Saving your settings to a Performance

After pressing the EXIT button, the Performance Select window closes, and the

main screen appears again. Sounds, Effects, and other settings, change accord-

ing to the setting memorized in the selected Performance.

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Settings memorized in the selected Performance have been
selected. Sounds, effects and other settings have been recalled.

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2 Select one of the Performances in the Performance Select window, then press the EXIT

button to close the window.

Note that Selection windows may automatically close after a selection. To do this, uncheck the
“Display Hold” box in the Global > General Controls > Interface page. In this case, press the
EXIT button only if you don’t make any selection but want to close the window.

3 Play the keyboard.

Saving your settings to a Performance

The Sounds and Effects assigned to the Keyboard tracks, together with the parameters you can access
by pressing the MENU button while in Style Play and Song Play mode, can be saved into a single Per­formance, to be quickly recalled at a later time.

1 Keep one of the PERFORMANCE buttons pressed for about one second to open the

Write Performance dialog box.

Note: If the
LED of the
STYLE CHANGE
button is
turned on, selecting a Perfor­mance may automatically
select a different Style and its
settings (Sounds, Effects for
the Style tracks…)

Hint: To open the Write
Performance dialog box, you
can also choose the ‘Write
Performance’ command
from the page menu.

Selecting and saving Performances

Saving your settings to a Performance

2 If you like, you may assign a new name to the Performance.

Touch the (Text Edit) symbol to open the

Text Edit dialog box.

Use the alphabetic
characters to enter
text.

Use the ‘<–’ and ‘–>’

buttons or the DIAL to

move the cursor.

Touch the Shift key to

switch between capitals

and small characters.

Touch the ‘Backspace’ symbol to delete
just a single character, ‘Clear’ to delete
the whole string.

When done, touch OK to confirm the
new name, or Cancel to abandon all
changes.

The selected Perfor­mance location is high­lighted. Touch a
Performance’s name to
select it.

Touch one of the side tabs to select a
different Performance bank.

Touch one of the lower tabs to select
a different Performance page.

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3 Select a bank and Performance location in memory, where you would like to save the

Performance.

4 When you have edited the name to the Performance, and selected the target location,

touch OK to save the Performance to memory (or Cancel to stop the operation).

Quick Guide

Warn in g: Saving a Per­formance to an already used
location overwrites any exist­ing data at that location. The
old data are lost. Make a
backup of all your important
data.

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Selecting and saving the “My Setting” Performance

Selecting the startup parameters (the “My Setting” Performance)

‘My Setting’ Performance

Selecting and saving the “My Setting” Performance

There is a special Performance, where you can save your preferred settings for things like Keyboard
Sounds, Effects, Transposition, Assignable Switches, a preferred Style. This Performance is automati-
cally selected when the instrument is turned on (exit from standby). It is called the “My Setting”
Performance.

Selecting the startup parameters (the “My Setting” Performance)

After having done some changes to the Sounds, transposition, or other parameters, you can return to
the startup situation by pressing the MY SETTING button in the control panel.

• Press the MY SETTING button to recall the “startup” settings.

Saving the startup parameters into the “My Setting” Performance

You can save the startup settings (Sounds and other settings, including most of the settings on the
control panel and the selected Style) into this special Performance.

• Keep the MY SETTING button pressed for about one second, until the “Write Startup

Settings” dialog box appears, then touch the OK button to confirm saving to memory.

Drawbars

Choosing a Drawbars Preset

Drawbars

Organ Performance bank

A special type of Sounds in the Pa3XLe is the Drawbars. This Sound emulates the classic tonewheel
organs of the past. You can drag the virtual drawbars on the display to adjust their position, and then
save these settings to a Performance, that can be considered the equivalent of an organ’s “preset”.

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Choosing a Drawbars Preset

Here is how to select and use the Drawbars.

1 Press the ORGAN button in the PERFORMANCE section to open the Performance Select

window, and choose the “DWB Organ Y+” Performance.

While you could assign the DRAWBARS Sound to an Upper track, choosing a Performance will
also give you all the preset settings for the drawbars.

Quick Guide

2 Play the keyboard to hear a realistic electro-magnetic organ sound.

Different drawbar settings may be stored with each Performance. So, selecting a different Perfor­mance will select different settings for the Drawbars Organ.

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Drawbars

Editing the Drawbars Preset

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Check this checkbox

to turn Percussion

on. Percussion will

make the sound

more aggressive

Experiment with the
Percussion’s settings

Turn the Rotary effect on or off, and
listen to how much more lively it
makes the sound

Experiment with the
Rotary speed

Editing the Drawbars Preset

You can edit the Drawbars settings memorized in the selected Performance, and save it to the same or
a new Performance.

1 While in the main screen, touch the DRAWBARS Sound to open the Sound Select win-

dow, then touch the selected DRAWBARS Sound to open the Drawbars Setting page.

2 Drag the virtual sliders to change the various drawbar settings. Select different param-

eters in this page, and change their settings to see how each setting affects the sound.

Hint: As an alternative to
dragging the virtual sliders to
change drawbar values, you
can touch a drawbar in the
display and use the VALUE
DIAL to change it.

Drawbars

Editing the Drawbars Preset

3 Touch the “Tone/Noise” tab, and try the sound parameters of the second page.

Leakage from adja-

cent tonewheels, mak-

ing the sound richer

Timbre

Volume of the noise
generated when
pressing or releasing
the keys

4 When you have found some settings that you like, keep one of the Performance but-

tons pressed to open the Write Performance window, and save your settings to a Per­formance.

5 Press the EXIT button to go back to the main page.

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Quick Guide

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Selecting and playing Styles

Selecting and playing a Style

Style Select Section

Style Controls

Style Elements

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The selected Style is highlighted.

Touch a Style’s name to select it.

Touch one of the side tabs to select a

different Style bank.

Touch one of the lower tabs to select

a different Style page.

Type of Style.

Selecting and playing Styles

Pa3XLe is an arranger, i.e. a musical instrument providing automatic accompaniments, or arrange­ments. Each arrangement style is called, as a consequence, a Style.

A Style is made of several Style Elements (Intro, Variation, Fill, Break, Ending), corresponding to the
various sections of a song. By selecting Style Elements, you can make your playing more varied and
musical.

When selecting a Style, Sounds, Effects and various configuration parameters for the Style tracks are
also selected. These are called the Style Settings. Four STSs are assigned to the STS buttons. Selecting
a Style also selects the four Pads it contains. Pads are single sounds or single-track patterns, that can
be triggered with the dedicated PAD buttons.

If the STS MODE LED is turned on, the first of the four Single Touch Settings (STS) associated to the
Style is also selected, and Keyboard tracks, Effects and some other useful parameters are automatically
configured.

Use the Style controls to start or stop the Style.

Selecting and playing a Style

1 Touch the Style area in the display. The Style Select window appears.

Hint: You can also open
the Style Select window by
pressing one of the buttons of
the STYLE section. This will let
you jump directly to the
desired Style bank.

Selecting and playing Styles

Selecting and playing a Style

2 Select a Style from the Style Select window.

After pressing the EXIT button, the Style Select window

closes, and the main screen appears again, with the selected

Style ready to go.

For chord scanning to work, either of both LEDs must be turned on. Lower: chords
are recognized on the left of the split point; Upper: chords are recognized on the
right of the split point; Full (both LEDs on): chords are recognized on the whole key­board. Off: only the Drum track can be heard.

START LED

STOP LED

When the Syncho-Start function is turned on, the Style starts
playing as soon as you play a note or chord in the chord scan area.
Play chords with your left hand, and the melody with your right
hand. The arranger will follow your playing.

3 Be sure one of the Chord Scan modes is selected.

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4 Press the SYNCHRO-START/STOP button to turn the START LED on.

This will turn the Synchro-Start function on, and let the accompaniment start as soon as you
play a chord on the keyboard.

5 Play the keyboard.

6 Press START/STOP to stop the Style.

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Note: You could simply
press START/STOP to start the
Style, but the Synchro-Start
function allows you to make
the Style start in sync with
your playing on the key­board. Therefore, it may be
considered a “more musical”
way of starting a Style.

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Note: The chord scan
area depends on the status of
the SPLIT LED and the Chord
Recognition parameter (see
Global > Mode Preferences >
Style).

Quick Guide

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Selecting and playing Styles

Tempo

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Tem po

While a Tempo setting is saved with each Style or Performance, you can change it to be whatever you
like. You can use either of the following two methods.

• Use the TEMPO + or – buttons to change the Tempo value.

• Press the TEMPO – and + buttons together to recall the saved Tempo value.

Hint: As an alternative to
using the TEMPO buttons,
hold the Tempo value in the
display, then move your fin­ger up/down or left/right (or
change the value with the
VALUE D IAL) .

• As an alternative, keep the SHIFT button pressed, and use the VALUE DIAL to change

the Tempo. The selected tempo will be shown in a small window.

• If you like to keep the currently selected Tempo value unchanged, turn on the LED of

the TEMPO (LOCK) button.

When the Tempo Lock function is turned on, the Tempo will not change when selecting a differ­ent Style (or a different Song in Song Play mode).

Selecting and playing Styles

Intro, Variation, Fill, Break, Ending

Intro, Variation, Fill, Break, Ending

The Style starts with the selected Intro. When the Intro is com­pleted, the basic pattern (selected Variation) starts to play.

When the Fill ends, the selected Variation
will start playing.

When playing Styles, you can select various “Style Elements” to cover the various sections of a song. A
Style is made of three Intros (or two Intros and a Count-In), up to four basic patterns (Variations),
four Fills, a Break, and three Endings.

1 Make sure the SYNCHRO-START LED is turned on (otherwise, press the button to turn it on).

Activating the Synchro Start function is not mandatory, but it might be handy to automatically
start the accompaniment when beginning to play.

2 Press one of the INTRO buttons to set the corresponding Intro to play.

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3 Play the keyboard.

4 While playing, press one of the FILL buttons to select a Fill.

5 Before the Fill ends, press one of the VARIATION buttons, to select a different variation

of the basic pattern.

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Note: You do not need to
select a Variation during a
Fill, since a Variation may
already be automatically
recalled at the end of the Fill. .

Quick Guide

The Variation will be selected, and will continue playing.

Now, let’s see an alternative way of selecting a Variation.

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Selecting and playing Styles

Single Touch Settings (STS)

When the Fill ends, the selected Variation
will start playing.

When the Ending is fin­ished, the Style automati­cally stops.

6 Be sure the LED of the AUTO FILL button is turned on.

When the Auto Fill function is turned on, a Fill is automatically performed before switching to a
different variation.

7 While playing, press one of the VARIATION buttons, to select a different variation of

the basic pattern.

If you turned the Auto Fill function on in the previous step, a Fill will be performed before the
Variation begins.

8 When you like to stop playing, press one of the ENDING buttons to stop the Style with

an Ending.

Single Touch Settings (STS)

Each Style may come with up to four Keyboard track settings, called the STS (short for “Single Touch
Settings”). STSs are very similar to Performances, but they are fine-tuned to the Style they are associ­ated to.

If the STS MODE LED is turned on, STS #1 is automatically selected when choosing a Style. STS #1 is
also recalled each time a SongBook Entry is selected.

1 In case it is not shown, touch the STS Name tab to see the STS Name panel.

Note: You can also find four
STSs with each of the Song­Book Entries. This allows for
linking STSs to Songs.

2 Press one of the four STS buttons under the display, or touch the name of an STS in the

STS panel in the display.

Selecting and playing Styles

The Pads

3 Play the keyboard.

Settings memorized in the selected STS have been selected.
Sounds, effects and other settings have been recalled.

4 Try all the other STSs, and see how settings change with each of them.

5 You can also link the STSs to the Variations. First of all press the STS MODE button, to

make its LED flash.

6 Then press the various VARIATION buttons, and see how an STS is automatically

selected when the corresponding Variation is selected.

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7 Press the STS MODE again to turn its LED on (or off ).

The Pads

Each Style or SongBook Entry can assign different sounds or patterns to the four PADS. These sounds
or patterns can be played along with the Keyboard and Style tracks.

1 If you want to see which sounds or patterns are associated to the four Pads for the cur-

rent Style, touch the Pad tab to see the Pad panel.

Quick Guide

2 Press one of the four PADS to play the corresponding Pad.

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Hint: You can o pen t h e
Pad Select window to assign
a different sound or pattern
to the Pads, by pressing SHIFT
+ one of the PADs.

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Selecting and playing Styles

Adjusting the balance between the Style and the keyboard

3 If the selected PAD triggers an endless pattern (for example, a guitar arpeggio), press

the same PAD button again to stop it.

4 Select a different Style, and see how the sounds or patterns assigned to the PADS

change.

5 Press more PAD buttons at once, to play two or more sounds or patterns at the same

time.

6 Press STOP to stop all the Pads at the same time.

Adjusting the balance between the Style and the keyboard

Balancing between the Keyboard and Style tracks may be useful, to gently fade them and adjust their
respective volume.

• While the Style is playing, use the BALANCE knob to balance between the Keyboard

(KBD) and Style’s Accompaniment (ACC) volume.

This knob also balances between the Keyboard and the Pad tracks. Also, it balances between the
Keyboard and the Song tracks (in Song Play mode).

Adjusting the volume of the separate tracks

You can adjust the volume of each of the Style and Keyboard tracks, for example to soften the bass a
little, or to make the keyboard solo louder.

1 Touch the Volume tab to see the Volume panel.

Selecting and playing Styles

Turning the Style tracks on/off

2 Hold & drag the Virtual Sliders in the display to adjust each Keyboard track’s volume.

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In Style view, all separate

Style tracks are shown, and

their volume can be

adjusted by dragging the

corresponding sliders.

3 To separately adjust each Style track, press the TRACK SELECT button to change the

track’s view.

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Hint: As an alternative,
you can change each track’s
volume, by touching a track’s
area to select it, then using
the VALUE DIAL to change
the volume.

Quick Guide

4 To return to the Keyboard Tracks view, press the TRACK SELECT button again.

Turning the Style tracks on/off

You may easily turn on or off any Style track while you are playing. For example, try muting all
accompaniment tracks, while drums and bass continue to play.

1 Be sure the Volume panel is shown, or touch the Volume tab to show it.

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Note: While in the Nor­mal view of the Style Play
mode, you can see Style
tracks grouped in just three
“grouped” tracks. To see each
Style track as separate, indi­vidual tracks, just press the
TRACK SELECT button.

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Selecting and playing Styles

Turning the Style tracks on/off

Mute the ACCOMP track. All accompaniment tracks will

go silent (apart from Drum, Percussion and Bass).

Set the ACCOMP track to Play. All accompaniment

tracks will return to their original volumes.

2 While the Style is playing, touch the Play button to set the track to Mute.

3 To set the tracks back to the Play status, touch the Mute icon on the muted track.

4 To mute/unmute each single Style track, first press TRACK SELECT to switch to the Style

Tracks view, then repeat the above procedure.

5 Press the TRACK SELECT button again to go back to the Normal view.

Selecting and playing Styles

Adding harmony notes to your right-hand melody with the ENSEMBLE function

Adding harmony notes to your right-hand melody with the

Notice how the right hand is automatically harmonized, accord­ing to the chords composed with your left hand.

While the Ensemble parameter is
selected, use the VALUE DIAL to
select one of the available harmo­nization types.

ENSEMBLE function

Chords played with your left hand may be applied to the right-hand melody.

1 Press the SPLIT button to turn its LED on and split the keyboard.

The Ensemble function only works in Split mode.

2 Press the ENSEMBLE button to turn its LED on.

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3 Play chords with the left hand and single notes in the right hand.

4 To select a different harmonization style, keep the SHIFT button pressed, and press the

ENSEMBLE button to open the Ensemble page.

This is a fast ‘shortcut’ to recall this page. The longer procedure would have consisted in access­ing the Edit mode by pressing the MENU button, touching the Keyboard/Ensemble section, and
then going to the Ensemble page.

Quick Guide

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Selecting and playing Styles

Adding harmony notes to your right-hand melody with the ENSEMBLE function

While in an Edit page,
press EXIT to go back to
the Main page of the cur­rent operating mode.

5 When the right harmonization type has been selected, press the EXIT button to go

back to the main page.

6 Press the ENSEMBLE button again to turn its LED off. The automatic harmonization will

be turned off.

Selecting and playing Styles

The Chord Sequencer

The Chord Sequencer

In case you need both hands free for playing a solo while a Style is playing, you can record a Chord
Sequence and let Pa3XLe play the chords for you.

1 Press the START/STOP button to set the Style to play.

2 Press the BASS INV. and M. BASS (RECORD) buttons together to start recording.

3 Start recording your Chord Sequence at the beginning of the next measure.

While recording, you will see a red flashing icon in the display.

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4 Play the chords in the chord scan area.

The chord scan area is under the Split Point if the SPLIT LED is turned on. Usually, it is over the
whole keyboard if the SPLIT LED is turned off. The chord scan area also depends on the status
of the Chord Recognition parameter (Global > Mode Preferences > Style).

5 When the Chord Sequence is done, press the BASS INV. and MAN. BASS (RECORD) but-

tons together again to stop recording.

6 Press the MEMORY and BASS INV. (PLAY/STOP) buttons to start playback.

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Hint: You can avoid stop­ping the Chord Sequencer
after recording, and immedi­ately set the Sequence to
play, as explained in the fol­lowing step.

Quick Guide

The LED of the two buttons will start flashing. The Chord Sequence will be played back in loop
starting from the next measure. Recorded chords will be sent to the arranger, and the Style will
play with the recorded chords.

7 Play your solo part, while the Chord Sequencer plays the chords for you.

During Chord Sequence looping, you can freely select any Fill or Variation, as if you where play­ing chords with your hands.

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Selecting and playing Styles

The Chord Sequencer

8 Press the MEMORY and BASS INV. (PLAY/STOP) buttons together again to stop play-

back of the recorded Chord Sequence.

The last chord played by the Chord Sequence remains in memory. The Chord Sequence will
remain in memory up until you record a new Chord Sequence, or you set Pa3XLe to standby.

Song Play

Selecting a Song to play

Song Play

Player controls

The SONG PLAY button

The Song area of the

Style Play main page.

After pressing the SONG PLAY but-

ton, the main page of the Song

Play mode appears.

Pa3XLe is equipped with two onboard Players that can be run at the same time to mix different Songs.
The Players can read Songs in Standard MIDI File (MID), Karaoke™ (KAR) and MP3 format.

It may be of great interest to singers and guitar players to know that if a Standard MIDI File or an MP3
file contains lyrics and chords, they can be seen in the display. Lyrics can also be seen on an external
video monitor. Lyrics in the graphical “+G” format are also supported.

In addition to lyrics and chords, with Standard MIDI Files and Karaoke files you can also see the score
in traditional notation, as well as the markers, to quickly jump to any section of a Song.

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Selecting a Song to play

1 Press the SONG PLAY button to switch to the Song Play mode.

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Hint: In Style Play mode,
you can pre-select the Song
to be assigned to the Player.
This way, you will be ready to
start it, as soon as you switch
to Song Play mode.

Quick Guide

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Song Play

Selecting a Song to play

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The selected Song is high-

lighted. Touch a Song’s

name to select it.

Use the scroll bar or the VALUE DIAL
to see all the Songs in the list. Keep
SHIFT pressed and touch the Up/
Down arrow to jump to the next/
previous alphabetic section.

Use the Open and Close buttons to
browse through the folders.

Use the Device pop-up menu to select

one of the available mass-storage devices.

Use the Locate button to ‘locate’ and go to
the folder of the selected Song.

Touch the Select button to select the high­lighted Song, and assign it to the Player.

After touching the Select button in the display, the main page of
the Song Play mode will appear again.

Selected Song

2 Touch the Player 1 area to open the Song Select window.

This window is very similar to the one you can see when pressing the MEDIA button on the con­trol panel, and touching the Load tab to see the Load page. This page is, however, “filtered” to
only show Song files.

3 Scroll through the list and select the Song to play.

Hint: As an alternative,
you can open the Song Select
window by pressing the
SELECT button in the PLAYER
1 section on the control
panel.

4 When the Song is selected, touch the Select button to confirm your selection; this will

automatically close the Song Select window.

Song Play

Playing back a Song

Playing back a Song

After pressing the (PLAY/STOP) button, the but­ton’s LED turns on, and the measure counter begins to
show the current measure number.

Press the REWIND button once to go

back. Keep it pressed to go back more.

Press the FAST FORWARD button once to go forward.

Keep it pressed to go forward more.

Press the PLAY/STOP button to stop the Song at the
current position. Press it again to resume playback.

Press the HOME button to move to
the beginning of the Song.

Press the SELECT button to

open the Song Select window.

When the Song is stopped,
the LED on the PLAY/STOP
button turns off.

Once a Song has been selected, it may be played back by the Player.

1 Be sure the X-Fader is completely moved to the left (toward Player 1).

2 Press the (PLAY/STOP) button in the PLAYER 1 section to start playback.

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3 Use the PLAYER 1 control section to control the Song’s playback.

4 When you want to stop the song and go back to the beginning, press the (HOME)

button.

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Note: In any case, the
Player will automatically stop
when the end of the Song is
reached.

Quick Guide

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Song Play

Changing the tracks’ volume

Use the TRACK

SELECT button to

cycle between differ-

ent groups of tracks

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Keyboard tracks

Changing the tracks’ volume

While playing back a Standard MIDI File, you may wish to change each track’s volume, to create a mix
“on the f l y ”.

1 Be sure the Volume panel is shown, or touch the Volume tab to show it.

2 As seen for the Styles, you can hold & drag the Virtual Sliders on the display to adjust

each track’s volume. Use the TRACK SELECT button to cycle between track groups.

3 In Normal view, you can adjust each Keyboard track’s volume.

Hint: As an alternative,
you can change each track’s
volume, by touching a track’s
area to select it, then using
the VALUE DIAL to change
the volume.

Song Play

Changing the tracks’ volume

4 Press the TRACK SELECT button once to see tracks 1-8 (Track 1-8 view).

In Track 1-8 view, the first 8 tracks

of the selected Song are shown.

In Track 9-16 view, the second

group of 8 tracks of the selected

Song are shown.

Keyboard tracks

5 Press TRACK SELECT once again to see tracks 9-16 (Track 9-16 view).

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Note: Changes to Song
tracks will not be saved, and
are reset each time you press

the (Home) button, or you
select a different Marker. To
save changes, you must edit
the Song in Sequencer mode.

6 Press TRACK SELECT again, to return to the Normal view (Keyboard tracks).

7 Press the (PLAY/STOP) button to start the Song.

Quick Guide

8 While listening to the Song, switch from Normal view to Track 1-8 and Track 9-16 view,

to see which tracks are playing.

To see if a track is playing, look at the label with its name, and see if it is changing color.

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Song Play

Turning the Song tracks on/off

Selected track Assigned Sound. Touch it to

open the Sound Select window.

Sound bank Program Change

Octave Transpose

Sound bank icons. Touch to open the
Sound Select window.

• Touch each track’s channel strip, to see each track’s detail in the Track Info line.

• Also, you can see which type of Sound is assigned to each track in the Sound area of the

Track 1-8 and Track 9-16 views.

Turning the Song tracks on/off

While playing back a Standard MIDI File, you may wish to mute one or more tracks, for example to
sing along with the Song, or play an instrumental part live on the keyboard.

To mute/unmute Song tracks you simply touch the Play/Mute icon in the Volume panel.

Song Play

Soloing a track

Soloing a track

Opposite to the above, you may want to make a single track of a Standard MIDI File play alone. This
is called the Solo function.

1 While the Song is playing, keep the SHIFT button pressed and touch the track you want

to listen to in Solo mode.

2 To set all tracks back to the Play status, keep the SHIFT button pressed again, and

touch the track that is currently in Solo mode.

Please remember that you can also use the Solo function in Style Play and Sequencer mode. The
Solo command can also be selected from the page menu.

Removing the Melody track from a Standard MIDI File or the Lead Vocal from an MP3 file

If you want to sing along with a Song (in Standard MIDI File or MP3 format), you can remove the
Melody track or the Lead Vocal from the Song. Please note that removing the Lead Vocal from an
MP3 file may be more or less effective, depending on the Song.

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Quick Guide

Programming the Assignable Switches

1 Program the Assignable Switches as the Song-Melody and Vocal Remover switches.

Press the MENU button, and choose the “Pad/Assignable Switch” section. Then touch the
Switch tab to open the “Switch” page. While in this page, assign the Song-Melody function to the
ASSIGNABLE SWITCH 1, and the Vocal Remover function to the ASSIGNABLE SWITCH 2:

2 Press the EXIT button to return to the main page of the Song Play mode.

Using the Assignable Switches with a Song

1 Assign a Song (either in Standard MIDI File or MP3 format) to Player 1.

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Hint: You ca n o pen this
page by keeping the SHIFT
button pressed and pressing
one of the ASSIGNABLE
SWITCHES.

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Note: The Assignable
Switches’ assignment can be
saved into each Performance
or STS.

2 Start Player 1.

3 Press the ASSIGNABLE SWITCH 1 to mute the Melody track, or the ASSIGNABLE

SWITCH 2 to activate the Vocal Remover, and remove the Melody track or the original
lead singer’s voice.

Listen how the Melody track disappears. If it is the wrong track, continue to the instructions
below to select a different track.

Or, listen to how the original lead singer’s voice is reduced or totally removed.

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Song Play

Removing the Melody track from a Standard MIDI File or the Lead Vocal from an MP3 file

4 When done, you can press the ASSIGNABLE SWITCH 1 to unmute the Song’s Melody

track and let the original MIDI instrument play the Melody line again, or press the
ASSIGNABLE SWITCH 2 to deactivate the Vocal Remover and let the original lead
singer’s voice appear again.

5 Stop the Player.

Choosing a different Melody track

You can choose a different Melody track, in case the Standard MIDI Files does not use a standard con­figuration of tracks.

1 Keep the SHIFT button pressed and press the SONG PLAY button to open the Global >

Mode Preferences > Song Play & Sequencer page.

2 Choose a different Melody track.

3 When done, press EXIT to return to the main page.

Song Play

Mixing two Songs

Mixing two Songs

You can select two Songs at the same time, and mix them by using the X-FADER slider.

1 Touch the Player 1 area to open the Song Select window and select the Song to be

played by Player 1. Touch Select to confirm.

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2 Once a Song is assigned to Player 1, touch the Player 2 area once to select it, and a sec-

ond time to open the Song Select window. Select a Song to be assigned to Player 2, and
touch Select to confirm.

3 Keep the SHIFT button pressed, and press any of the two (PLAY/STOP) buttons, to

start both Players at the same time.

4 During playback, move the X-Fader, to mix between the two Songs.

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Hint: You don’t need to
start both players at the
same time. You can start the
first Song – then start the sec­ond one when the first one is
near to the end. This way, you
can use the X-FADER slider to
gently crossfade between the
end of one Song and the
beginning of the following
one.

Quick Guide

5 During playback, you may control each Player separately, by using the dedicated

Player controls.

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

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The SongBook

Selecting the desired Entry from the Main List

The SONGBOOK button

Tou ch t his c heck box

to turn the view filter

on.

Touch this button to

edit the view filter.

Adds the selected Entry to
the Custom List (if acti­vated – see page 83).

Touch this button to
select the current Entry to
play.

Use the scroll bar or the
VALUE DIAL to see all the
Songs in the list. Keep SHIFT
pressed and touch the Up/
Down arrow to jump to the
next/previous alphabetic
section.

SongBook Main List

Style, Standard MIDI File(s) or MP3 file(s) currently

assigned to the arranger or player(s)

The SongBook

One of the most powerful features of Pa3XLe is the onboard music database, that allows you to orga­nize your Styles and Songs for easy retrieving. Each Entry of this database may include the artist, title,
genre, number, key, tempo, and meter (time signature) of a specified song. When selecting one of the
Entries, the associated Style, Standard MIDI File or MP3 file – as well as the Style Play or Song Play
mode – is automatically recalled. A Voice Processor Preset is also recalled.

In addition to helping you organize your shows, the SongBook allows you to assign up to four Pads,
and up to four STSs to each Entry. Also, you can link a text file to any Entry, to be used as the Lyrics of
a song, even if there are no Lyrics events in the associated Standard MIDI File or MP3 file, or if you
prefer to play the song live with the backing of the Styles.

You can add your own Entries to the SongBook, as well as edit the existing ones. Korg already supplies
some hundred Entries as standard. Furthermore, the SongBook allows you to create various custom
lists, that may suit your different types of show.

Selecting the desired Entry from the Main List

A large database is already included with the instrument, and you can later customize it. You may
browse through this database in a variety of ways.

1 While you are in Style Play or Song Play mode, press the SONGBOOK button to open

the SongBook window.

The SongBook

Displaying Artist or Genre

2 Browse through the Entries.

Icons in the Type column will help you identify the type of the Entry. The Genre column is
shown by default, but you can switch to the Artist column (see “Displaying Artist or Genre”
below).

3 When the Entry you are looking for becomes visible in the display, select it and touch

the Select button in the display.

After selecting an Entry, the corresponding Style, MID, KAR or MP3 file will be recalled,
together with the relevant operating mode (Style Play or Song Play). Up to four STSs and four
Pads will also be recalled. Any TXT file associated with the Entry can be seen in the Lyrics page.
A Voice Processor Preset is also recalled.

The selected Style, MID, KAR or MP3 file will be shown in the top area of the screen.

Displaying Artist or Genre

For space matters, either the Genre or Artist column can be seen in the display. You cannot see both at
the same time.

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1 Touch the page menu icon to open the page menu.

2 Choose Show Artist (now Genre) to switch from Genre to Artist in the List view. The Art-

ist column will be shown.

3 Open the page menu again, and choose the Show Genre (now Artist) item. The Genre

column will be shown again.

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Note: The Artist and Key
fields of all supplied Entries
have been intentionally left
empty.

Quick Guide

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The SongBook

Sorting Entries

Touch the Name label…

…to alphabetically reorder

the names in the list.

Available search
criteria. “Genre”
and “Artist” are
both consid­ered, even
though only one
of them may be
shown in the List

Sorting Entries

You can change the order of the Entries shown in the display.

1 You can change the sorting order by touching one of the labels in a list of names.

You can do the same by touching the Type, Name, Genre, Artist, Key, Number, Tempo or Meter
label.

2 Each time you touch the same label again, the order changes between ascending and

descending.

Searching for Entries

The SongBook database may be really huge. You can, however, look for (say) specific artists or song
titles, using the filtering functions.

1 Touch the Filter button in the display, to open the Filter dialog box.

2 Touch the (Text Edit) button next to the search criteria (even more than one) you

want to enter.

The SongBook

Searching for Entries

For example, you may want to find all songs containing the word “love” in the title (in any posi­tion in the string). If so, select the ‘Name’ criterion, and enter the word ‘love’. Capitals are not rel­evant for the search.

3 Touch OK in the display, and close the Text Edit dialog box. The entered text is now the

search criteria.

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4 Touch OK to close the Filter dialog box and return to the SongBook page.

Once the Filter dialog box has been closed by touching OK, the Filtered check box is automati­cally checked, and the filter is activated. Only Entries matching the entered criterion are seen in
the Main List.

Quick Guide

5 To see the whole SongBook database again, touch the Filtered check box again, to

make the check mark disappear.

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The SongBook

Adding Entries

Adding Entries

You can add your own Entries to the SongBook database.

1 Go to the Style Play or Song Play mode, depending on the type of Entry you want to

add to the SongBook database.

2 Select the Style, Standard MIDI File or MP3 file to be added to the SongBook.

Assign the Song to Player 1 (only Songs assigned to Player 1 will be saved to the SongBook
Entry.

3 Edit the Keyboard and Style tracks the way you prefer, by selecting different Sounds

and Effects, or editing any other relevant parameter.

Please note that changes to Standard MIDI File tracks will not be saved as SongBook data. Only
the data included in the Standard MIDI File will be used.

4 Choose a Voice Processor Preset.

5 When ready, keep the SONGBOOK button pressed for about one second to create a

new SongBook Entry with the current settings.

6 Touch the (Text Edit) button to assign a name to the Entry, then touch OK to save

the Entry to the SongBook database.

The SongBook

Editing the Entries

Editing the Entries

Name of the Entry

Name of the Style or Song file linked to the Entry.

If checked, the current Style track settings, or the path of the

Song file (shown on the right), are saved with the Entry. If

unchecked, current settings are left unchanged.

This parameter is automatically checked when touching the

New Song button to create a new Entry.

If checked, you can either save all the current STSs into the

Entry, or choose a single STS where to save the current Key-

board track settings.

If checked, you can save the current Voice Pro-

cessor Preset into the Entry. If left unchecked,

current settings are left unchanged.

Song Selection num­ber (ID number for
numeric selection)

(This is just an indi­cator). When it
appears checked,
the VP Preset you
are saving corre­sponds to the Global
Voice Processor Pre­set.

Database Entry’s
parameters

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You can edit any SongBook Entry and customize it according to your taste. When done, you can over­write the current Entry or save it as a new Entry.

1 Press the SONGBOOK button to access the SongBook pages.

2 Touch the Book Edit 1 tab to see the Book Edit 1 page and see the linked Musical

Resources.

While in the Book Edit 1 page, you will be able to see the name of the selected Style or Song, and
choose whether to replace them or not.

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3 When done with this page, touch the Book Edit 2 tab to see the Book Edit 2 page and

edit the SongBook database details.

4 Touch the (Text Edit) button next to the field(s) you want to edit. Set all the other

parameters.

You can write the Genre and Artist name. Select the Meter (Time Signature) and Key of the
Song. You can specify a Tempo value matching the Song’s Tempo by using the TEMPO controls,
and a Master Transpose value by using the TRANSPOSE controls on the control panel.

Note: The Master Trans­pose might not change, if a
Lock is preventing it. See
Global > General Controls >
Lock s.

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The SongBook

Editing the Entries

Text file linked to the Entry.
This text will be seen in the
same way of ordinary Lyrics
in the display (or in the
external monitor).

Synchro (for Style) and Memory (for Style

and Songs) On/Off status

Entry’s name. By default it is the same name of the associated Style, Stan-

dard MIDI File of MP3 file. The name can be up to 16 characters long.

Select Rename/Overwrite to replace an

existing Entry. This option is automati-

cally selected when editing an existing

Entry; it cannot be selected when saving

a new Entry. Warning: the older Entry

will be deleted!

Select New Song to add a new Entry to

the SongBook database. This option is

automatically selected when a new Entry

has been created (by touching the New

Song button).

5 When done with this page, touch the Book Edit 3 tab to go to the Book Edit 3 page,

where you can and set the Synchro and Memory parameters, and link a text file to the
Entry.

6 After having filled up all the desired fields (be as comprehensive as you can), touch the

Write button in the display to open the Write dialog box.

7 Touch the (Text Edit) button to assign a name to the Entry, then touch OK to save

the Entry to the SongBook database.

The SongBook

Creating a Custom List

Creating a Custom List

After you check the

‘Enable List Edit’ item,

the List Edit page

becomes available.

Touch this checkbox

to turn the view filter

on (if any).

Touch this button to edit the

view filter.

Use the scroll bar or
the VALUE DIAL to see
all the Songs in the
list. Keep SHIFT
pressed and touch the
Up/Down arrow to
jump to the next/pre­vious alphabetic sec­tion.

SongBook list

Adds the highlighted Entry to the
Custom List.

You can create several Custom Lists in the SongBook, to make a set of Entries suitable for your vari­ous shows. Before starting a new Custom List, be sure you have added all needed Entries to the Song­Book main database (see “Adding Entries” above).

1 While in SongBook mode, open the page menu and check the ‘Enable List Edit’ item.

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2 Select a Custom List to be edited.

To edit an existing list, touch the Custom List tab to open the Custom List page, and select one of
the available Custom Lists. To create a new list, touch the List Edit tab to open the List Edit page,
and touch the New List button to create a new, blank list.

3 Touch the Book tab to open the Book page and see the full database. Use the various

sorting, searching and filtering options (seen above) to find the Entries you are looking
for. Touch the Add to List button when the desired Entry has been selected.

Quick Guide

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The SongBook

Creating a Custom List

Use the vertical arrows

to move the selected

Entry up or down in the

list.

Touch Del Song to delete

the selected Entry.

Touch New List to create a new Custom List. Touch
Del List to delete the current Custom List. Warning:
Del List will delete the current Custom List.

Touch Write to save the current
Custom List.

Select an Entry to be edited
from the list

List name

Scrollbar

Touch the (Text Edit) symbol to open the

Text Edit dialog box.

Use alphabetic char­acters to enter text.

Use thearrows or the VALUE DIAL

to move the cursor.

Touch the Shift key to switch

between capitals and small

characters.

Touch Delete to delete just a
single character, Clear to
delete the whole string.

When done, touch OK to confirm the

new name, or Cancel to abandon all

changes.

4 When finished adding Entries to the Custom List, touch the List Edit tab to go to the List

Edit page, and use the various commands to edit the list.

5 When the Custom List is ready, touch the Write button in the display to save it to mem-

ory. Assign a new name to the Custom List.

6 When finished editing the Custom List, open the page menu and uncheck the ‘Enable

List Edit’ item.

The SongBook

Selecting and using a Custom List

Selecting and using a Custom List

Use the List pop-up menu to select

one of the available Custom Lists.

Touch Next to select the next Entry in the list.
(This command can also be assigned to an
Assignable Switch).

Touch Select to set the
highlighted Entry to play (if
different than the one auto­matically selected).

Entry in play. To select a dif­ferent one, highlight it and
touch the Select button in
the display.

After having created one or more Custom Lists, you can select one and use it for your show.

1 Touch the Custom List tab to select the Custom List page.

2 Use the List pop-up menu to select one of the available Custom Lists.

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3 Select one of the Entries in the list (it turns blue), then touch the Select button in the

display to confirm selection (the selected Entry turns green). Press the PLAY button to
start playing back the selected Song.

Using the SongBook with external software

Additional software has been created to work with the SongBook. You can use Korg’s own SongBook

Editor to edit single entries, the SongBook database and the Custom Lists on a Windows PC. You can

also use BauM Software’s SongBook+ for iPad, or Zubersoft’s MobileSheets for Android, to synchro-
nize the SongBook entries with a tablet, and read lyrics and sheet music on the wider tablet display.

Other software is under development. Please check our web site regularly, for news about their
release.

Quick Guide

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Singing with a microphone

Connecting a microphone

Right Audio (Microphone) input

Microphone controls

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Singing with a microphone

Pa3XLe features a high-quality microphone input for a dynamic microphone. It also features a power­ful digital voice processor, based on technologies developed by TC Helicon, including dedicated
effects and three-part harmonization.

Connecting a microphone

To sing along with the Pa3XLe, you must first connect a dynamic microphone to the RIGHT audio
input (the one that goes into the Voice Processor).

1 Press the GLOBAL button, touch the “Audio & Video” button in the display, then touch

the Audio In tab to reach the “Audio In” page.

Be sure the “Input Routing” is set to “Right In to Voice Processor”.

2 Press the EXIT button to return to the main screen.

3 Turn the Microphone input off by using the dedicated MIC on/off switch on the control

panel, and lower the MIC VOLUME knob all way down.

Note: Keeping the micro­phone level low helps avoid­ing feedback. Feedback is
caused by audio generated
by the Pa3XLe, returning to
the audio circuitry via the
microphone.

4 Connect a microphone.

Singing with a microphone

Setting up your voice tone

5 Turn the MIC switch on, and slightly increase the MIC VOLUME level. Sing into the

Adjust the input level by using the MIC GAIN knob next to the RIGHT audio input. Sing into the

microphone, and watch at the AUDIO IN LED on the control panel – it ought to stay green. If it

goes orange too often (or even red), turn down the input gain; if it turns off too often, increase

the input gain. No hint of distortion should be heard in the audio system when you sing.

While you adjust the gain,

gradually increase the

Microphone volume, by

using the MIC VOLUME

knob.

microphone, and adjust the MIC GAIN until you achieve the correct settings.

6 When the AUDIO IN LED shows the correct input level, use the MIC VOLUME knob to set

the microphone volume in the mix.

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Setting up your voice tone

You can add equalization, compression and gate to the microphone signal, to make your voice tonally
pleasant and dynamically even. While these effects cannot be considered a replacement for some
good training, they can fix a few common problems in a live context.

1 In case your voice is “boomy”, go to the Global > Mic > Global Setup page, by pressing

the GLOBAL button, then touching the Mic button in the display, and then (if it is not
selected) the Global Setup tab.

The Global Setup page appears in the display.

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Hint: You can keep the
SHIFT button pressed, and
press the MIC button, to jump
to the Global Mic Setup page.

Quick Guide

2 To filter out the “boominess”, use the “Low Cut Freq.” parameter and remove some bass

frequencies.

Start with the lowest frequency, and then try to up in case it does not solve the problem. In some
cases, boominess can be solved by singing a bit farther from the microphone.

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Singing with a microphone

Setting up your voice tone

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3 Then, touch the Global Dyn./EQ tab and adjust the level and tone of your voice.

The Global Dynamics/EQ page appears.

4 Adjust the Compression and Gate settings for your voice.

Adjust the Compressor’s Threshold and Ratio parameters, so that your voice sounds full and
even. Use the Gate control to reduce the risk of feedback and the amount of environmental noise
(from other musicians on stage, from the audience…).

5 Then adjust the Equalization settings.

Use the EQ controls to adjust your tone. Increasing the High band gain adds an airy brightness,
or “sizzle” to your voice; it can also increase sibilance. Increasing the Low band gain gives more
“body” to your voice, but it can also increase “mud” due to the proximity effect from singing
closely into a cardioid microphone. Increasing the Mid band gain increase the presence of your
voice in the mix, but it can also make it sound a bit nasal.

6 Press the EXIT button to return to the main page.

7 Since dynamics and EQ can alter the volume level, adjust the volume levels again with

the MIC VOLUME knob.

Hint: You can also access
the EQ from the Mic panel of
the main screen.

Singing with a microphone

Choosing a Voice Processor Preset

Choosing a Voice Processor Preset

Press the PRESET button or touch the
VP Preset name to select a VP Preset

When the Global option is checked, the Global VP Pre­set is used instead of the “local” one.

You can add several effects to your voice, and you can set them up quickly through the Voice Proces­sor Presets. These are memories containing all the settings for the Voice Processor effects. You can
customize these memories at will.

1 Press the PRESET button in the MIC SETTING sections, and choose one of the Presets

from the VP Preset Select window.

Voice Processor Presets (VP Presets) are settings for the various Voice Processor effects. By
selecting a Preset, all processing parameters may change.

While a Global VP Preset is assigned globally, a “local” VP Preset can be assigned to each Perfor­mance, Style or SongBook Entry. When selecting one of these elements, the VP Preset may
change, changing the type of processing applied to your voice. You can choose a VP Preset in the
Mic tab of the main screen.

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2 Sing into the microphone to listen to the effects.

3 Adjust the level of the Reverb or Delay effect, by using the FX LEVEL knob in the MIC

SETTING section of the control panel.

4 Choose a different Preset, and listen to how the effects have changed.

Quick Guide

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Applying harmony to your voice while playing with the Styles

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Applying harmony to your voice while playing with the Styles

You can let Pa3XLe add automatically-generated harmonies to your lead voice, with up to three back­ing voices. Each VP Preset may contain a different harmonization style (for example, changing the
number of voices, or the way notes are reveiced from the keyboard, a Style or a Song).

Here, we will use a VP Preset set to sing over a Style.

1 Press the STYLE PLAY button to go to the Style Play mode, and choose the desired

Style.

2 Select the VP Preset “Chord 3 Voices”.

This VP Preset expects you play chords, and receives notes from the Chord Scan area of the key­board (the Harmony Mode is “Chord”).

3 Play some chords, to let the Voice Processor create new voices based on them, and sing

along with the chords you play on the keyboard.

Harmonizing will add chord notes to the note you are singing.

Note: You ca n a lso use
this VP Preset in Song Play
mode, and play harmony
notes in the Chord Scan of
the keyboard.

4 Stop the Style.

5 Press the HARMONY button again, to turn its LED off.

Applying harmony to your voice while playing with a Song

Harmony notes can be received from a Song’s track. Here is how to use a VP Preset set to sing over a
Song.

1 Press the SONG PLAY button to go to the Song Play mode, and choose the desired

Song.

2 Select the VP Preset “Notes 3 Voices”.

This VP Preset expects notes from Track #5 of the Standard MIDI File (the Harmony Mode is
“Notes”). To choose a different track keep the SHIFT button pressed and press the HARMONY
button to see the Harmony page. Use the “Song Control” parameter to choose a different track.

3 Sing along with the Song, and let the Voice Processor create new voices based on the

Harmony track of the Song.

4 Stop the Song.

Note: You ca n a lso use
this VP Preset in Style Play
mode, and play harmony
notes over the full keyboard.

5 Press the HARMONY button again, to turn its LED off.

Singing with a microphone

Balancing the voice, effects and tracks level

Balancing the voice, effects and tracks level

When all effects have been set, you can balance your voice against the effects, the Styles and the Songs.

1 If you like, start a Style or Song.

2 Adjust the microphone’s final volume by using the MIC VOLUME knob.

The position of the MIC VOLUME knob is not saved to memory, so it remains consistent when
selecting different Styles, Performances, Songs or Voice Processor settings.

3 If you are using the Harmony function, adjust the level of the harmony voices by using

the “Harmony Level” parameter in the Mic panel of the main page.

By default, this control is also assigned to the ASSIGNABLE KNOB.

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4 Set the voice effects’ level by using the dedicated FX LEVEL knob.

Soloing your voice (Talk)

Sometimes, during a live show, you might like to talk to your audience. Use the Talk function to atten­uate the music, and let your voice pass through clean and clear.

1 While in the main page of the Style Play or Song Play mode, touch the Mic tab to see

Voice Processor’s settings.

2 During playback, turn the Talk function On.

3 Sing or talk into the microphone.

You’ll hear that then background music has been made softer, while your voice will be heard
loud and proud.

Quick Guide

4 When done, turn the Talk function Off.

The background music returns to the original volume.

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Recording a new Song (Standard MIDI File)

Preparing the Style and Sounds

Style Controls

Style Elements

Player controls

SEQUENCER button

After pressing the

SEQUENCER button, the main

page of the Sequencer mode

appears.

Recording a new Song (Standard MIDI File)

There are several ways to create a Song with Pa3XLe. The easiest and fastest is to use the Styles to
record what you are playing on the keyboard, while the arranger gives you the accompaniment tracks.

Preparing the Style and Sounds

Before accessing the Record mode, we suggest you prepare the Style and Sounds with which to record
your Song.

1 Select a Style with which you want to record.

2 Select the Sounds by choosing a Performance or STS.

That’s all! You are ready to access Record mode.

Accessing the Backing Sequence (Quick Record) mode

1 Press the SEQUENCER button to switch to the Sequencer mode.

Recording a new Song (Standard MIDI File)

Accessing the Backing Sequence (Quick Record) mode

2 Press the RECORD button to open the Song Record Mode Select dialog box.

Press the RECORD button, to

open the Song Record Mode

Select dialog box

After having chosen the Backing Sequence

(Quick Record) option, the Backing

Sequence Record page appears.

3 Select the Backing Sequence (Quick Record) option and touch OK to enter the Backing

Sequence Record mode.

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Quick Guide

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Recording a new Song (Standard MIDI File)

Setting the Record parameters

Touch the Style parame-

ter (or a STYLE button) to

open the Style Select

window, and select a dif-

ferent Style.

Track(s) status. ‘Rec’ means they are ready to

record. ‘Play’ means they are recorded and you

can hear them. ‘Mute’ means they cannot be

heard.

Measure counter. The
negative number ( -1) is
the precount, after which
you can start recording.

Style’s Tempo. Change it,
if you like.

Grouped tracks. During Quick Record, you cannot access each separate Song

track. For ease of use, just two ‘master’ tracks are provided: Kbd/Pad (Key-

board/Pads) and Ch/Acc (Chord/Accompaniment).

Style’s Meter (or Time
Signature). It’s just an
indicator, you cannot
change it.

Touch the Perf/STS
parameter to open the
Performance Select win­dow, and select a differ­ent Performance (as seen
on page 47). As an alter­native, you use the PER­FORMANCE or STS
buttons.

Select any of the Variations before starting to record.
Select one of the Intros to start with an introduction.

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Setting the Record parameters

When you enter Backing Sequence Record, the latest selected Style and Sounds are already selected,
and all tracks are ready to record. You could simply start recording as if you were playing with the
Styles. However, there are some further settings that you may want to do.

• If you like, adjust any editable parameter in the display.

Recording

1 Select the Style Element you wish to use before starting to play.

2 Start recording, by pressing the START/STOP button.

3 Play as if you were performing live with the Styles.

During recording, select any Style Element (Intro, Variation, Fill, Break, Ending…) you like. You
can also press START/STOP to stop the Style, and press it again to start the Style again!

Please remember that, while recording in Backing Sequence Record mode, you cannot use the
SYNCHRO, TAP TEMPO/RESET, BALANCE controls.

Note: If you do not wish
to start the Song with the
Style already playing, you
can simply start recording by

pressing the PLAY/
STOP button in the PLAYER 1
section, then start the Style
only at a later time. The Style
will start at the beginning of
the following measure.

Recording a new Song (Standard MIDI File)

Recording

4 When finished recording your Song, press the (PLAY/STOP) button in the PLAYER

After pressing the PLAY/STOP button, the main

page of the Sequencer mode will appear again.

1 section to exit recording, and return to the main page of the Sequencer mode.

5 While in the main page of the Sequencer mode, press the (PLAY/STOP) button in

the PLAYER 1 section to listen to the recorded Song.

The Backing Sequence Song has been converted to an ordinary Song (in Standard MIDI File, or
“MID”, format). If you like it, you can save it. You can then read it in Song Play mode, or transfer
it to any external sequencer.

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6 If you want to edit the Song, press MENU to access Edit mode.

Quick Guide

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Recording a new Song (Standard MIDI File)

Second-take recording (Overdubbing)

Second-take recording (Overdubbing)

You may want to record an additional “grouped” track, or replace a previously recorded track. A good
idea may be to record all chords and Style Element changes during the first take, then record Key­board tracks and Pads during the second take.

1 Press the RECORD button to enter Record mode again. When the Song Record Mode

Select dialog box appears, select Backing Sequence (Quick Record) again.

2 If you are recording just one of the “grouped” tracks, set to Play the track to be pre-

served.

For example, if you only want to record the Keyboard tracks again, set the Kbd/Pad track to Rec,
and the Ch/Acc track to Play.

3 Press the START/STOP button to start recording the selected track.

With the above example, chords will play as recorded; you can record what you play on the key­board (and the Pads).

4 Repeat the recording procedure, and press the (PLAY/STOP) button in the PLAYER

1 section to stop recording and return to the main page of the Sequencer mode.

5 While in the main page of the Sequencer mode, press the (PLAY/STOP) button in

the PLAYER 1 section to listen to the recorded Song.

Again, the Backing Sequence Song has been converted to an ordinary Song.

Saving a Song

After having recorded a Song that you like, it is a good idea to save it, to avoid losing it when the
instrument is turned off (or put on standby).

1 While in the main page of the Sequencer mode, touch the page menu icon to open the

page menu.