Pa5X is the new flagship in the KORG Professional Arranger lineup, redefining an arranger keyboard. Completely redesigned with a state-of-the-art sound engine and a streamlined colour-driven user interface, Pa5X produces a stunningly rich and unique sonic experience that inspires you to create and perform!
Pa5X comes packed with thousands of inspiring Sounds and hundreds of fresh Styles, all instantly accessible through an inviting workflow. A completely new front panel featuring an assignable Pad Matrix and Mixer section, multicoloured LED buttons, and a huge tilt-able touchscreen puts you in control of your music-making experience at all times. Pa5X excels both as a live performance instrument and as a powerful creative tool in the studio, allowing you to find your ideal sound no matter where your music takes you.
The Pa5X was designed with elegance and durability in mind, featuring a sturdy aluminium body and genuine wooden side panels for a luxury appearance. All of the key beds on Pa5X provide an authentic feel and full control of expression for any playing situation. The 88-key weighted action has a realistic piano-like touch while the 76- and 61-key versions feature lighter touch semi-weighted keys. All the key beds include aftertouch control for added expressivity.
Modern and Streamlined User Interface
At the centre of Pa5X is a large 8” tiltable touch screen that displays a completely redesigned GUI (graphical user interface). This makes all the sounds and features of Pa5X easily accessible to home and studio musicians as well as live performers. The colours in the display are carefully matched to the ones used in the LED programmable buttons on the control panel. This colour-driven interface allows you to easily navigate Pa5X, adding colour to your music!
Powerful EDS-XP Sound Engine for Rich and Inspiring Sounds
KORG Professional Arrangers have set the industry standard for powerful musical expression, featuring sound engines that inspire musicians to create and perform. Pa5X introduces the EDS-XP (Enhanced Definition Synthesis – Expanded) sound engine, which builds upon the technology used in Pa4X with advanced hardware and a powerful new operating system, making sounds on Pa5X to a new level. The 24 stereo Oscillators and 160 voices of polyphony power thousands of high-quality sounds, covering a wide range of musical instruments and genres. The EDS-XP sound engine also introduces new cutting-edge features such as Round-Robin drum and percussion performance, Smooth Sound Transition, Sound-Controller 3 functionality and much more. This provides an unprecedented level of sonic realism and expression that is only available on Pa5X.
Key Features:
- 61-key (C2–C7) semi-weighted keybed with aftertouch
- Powerful EDS-XP (Enhanced Definition Synthesis-Expanded) sound engine
- Streamlined, modern user interface
- 8-inch wide capacitive color TouchView TFT display, 800 x 600 pixel resolution
- Color-coded LED real-time controllers
- 9 assignable sliders, 9 assignable buttons, strip display
- Instant recall buttons: 4 Preset + 1 User settings
- Matrix Section: 16 Matrix Pads, 4 Preset buttons
- General Controls: Master Volume, Octave Transpose, Master Transpose, Dial, Up/+, Down/-, Joystick (Pitch + Modulation), Ribbon, 3 assignable Switches, Search, Shift, Keyboard Sounds On/Off, Split, Ensemble, Rec/Edit, Menu, Exit
- Scale Controls: On-screen Quarter Tone and Arabic Scale, memorized in the Keyboard Sets; Presets assignable to any button or footswitch
- Over 400 factory Pads, 4 Assignable Pads + Stop buttons; Pad Record function
- Advanced chord recognition; full chord-sequence library
- Over 200 factory Chord Sequences; Chord Sequence Recorder/Player; Chord Sequences may be saved to Style and SongBook entries
- Smooth transitions between Sounds, Styles, and Songs
- Patented XDS Crossfade Dual Player with X-Fader balance control
- XDS crossfades anything: Styles to MIDI files, MIDI files to MP3-files, and Styles to Styles
- Each player displays lyrics and score
- Create your own Styles and Songs
- SongBook, your on-the-go music library
- Complete sound library
- Over 500 Factory Keyboard Sets, freely programmable
- Onboard mixer with insert, master, final, and mastering effects
- Supports standard file formats
- User PCM Sample memory: 4GB of data (= 8GB linear compressed)
- Loads Korg, WAV, AIFF, and SoundFont formats; Saves Korg, WAV, and AIFF formats
- Full Edit, Time Slice, and Sampling features
- Double MP3 Player/Recorder (records MP3 files, including Styles, MIDI Songs, MP3 Songs, Keyboard Sounds, Pads, Matrix, Microphone, Guitar, and Effects); Transpose (+6/-5 semitones), Tempo Change (±30%); Vocal Remover
- Sleek, sturdy aluminum case with wooden side panels
- Internal system clock
- Upgradable operating system
- Included AC Power Cable, Music Stand, and Quick Guide manual
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