KORG debuts the newest High Performance Arranger in the acclaimed Pa-Series of Professional Arrangers, the Pa700. The Pa700 has plenty of new sounds (featuring Defined Nuance Control for enhanced realism) which keep performances fresh and exciting, as well as an enormous expanded range of styles covering music genres from all over the world. Combine this with powerful performance functionality, an intuitive user interface, and rich, sculpted sound, and you have an Arranger for the most discerning and demanding player.

Totally new is the addition of KAOSS FX, which give you creative control on your performance. From subtle morphing between Variations and Drum Kit types, fine mixing between accompaniment Sounds, live reshaping of ongoing rhythms, to the most radical note-crunching effects used by countless DJs, tape delay and arpeggios, you can add ‘liquid mixing’ to any Style or MIDI Song with the aid of easy-to-use computer-assisted composition features. Push the boundaries of your musicality!

With more power than ever before and numerous long-awaited new features, the Pa700 sets a new standard for arranger workstations. A massive leap forward from the legendary and best selling Pa600, KORG has raised the bar of excellence by offering newer, even more realistic sounds and powerful new features, delivered in a slim and professional looking design, at an even more affordable price.

Specifications

• Keyboard:

  • 61 keys (C2 – C7) with velocity

• System:

  • Upgradable operating system, Multitasking, Load while play

• Sound Generator:

  • EDS-X (Enhanced Definition Synthesis – eXpanded)
  • Filters with resonance, 3-band EQ on each Sound

• Polyphony:

  • 128 voices, 128 oscillators

• Effects:

  • Accompaniment/Song: 2 insert effects; 2 master effects (148 types)
  • Keyboard Sounds: 1 insert effect; 2 master effects (148 types)
  • Final mastering effects: Limiter, Master EQ
  • Voice Processor: 5 FX, 28 Factory, 64 User Presets
  • Guitar Processor: 3 FX, 45 Factory, 64 User Presets

• Sounds / Drum Kits:

  • Factory: More than 1,700 Factory Sounds including a multilayer Stereo Piano with damper and body resonance, GM/XG sound sets and 106 Drum Kit
  • User: 512 Sounds, 256 Drum Kits
  • Digital Drawbars: 9 footages, percussion, key on/off, leakage, rotary speaker effect
  • DNC (Defined Nuance Control) Technology, Natural Ambience Drums
  • Full Sounds/Drum Kits editing

• Sampling:

  • 128 MB compressed (equivalent to 256 MB linear data)
  • Loads KORG, WAV, AIFF and SoundFont™ formats
  • Saves KORG, WAV and AIFF formats
  • Full Edit, Time Slice

• Styles:

  • Factory: More than 370 Factory Styles, freely reconfigurable sets
  • User: 1,152 locations, including User and Direct banks
  • Eight Accompaniment tracks, 4 Keyboard Sets, 4 Pads per Style;
  • Style Settings (Sounds and Arranger parameters) on each Style
  • Guitar Mode 2, Parallel and Fixed NTT (Note Transposition Table)
  • Style/Pad Record with Step Record, Track and Event Edit
  • Style Creator Bot (MIDI Song to Style Converter)
  • Style controls: 3 Intros, 4 Variations, 4 Fills, Break, 3 Endings, Synchro Start, Synchro Stop, Tap Tempo/Reset, Bass Inversion, Auto Fill, Manual Bass, Memory, Accompaniment Mute, Drum Mapping, Snare & Kick Designation, Style to Keyboard Set Mode

• Chord Sequencer:

  • Chord Sequence recorder and player in Style Play mode
  • Chord Sequences can be saved to Style and SongBook Entries
  • Edit functions: Delete, Copy from Style/SongBook, Import/Export from/to SMF

• Keyboard Set Library:

  • Memorize Keyboard Sound settings
  • Factory: More than 290 Factory Keyboard Sets, freely reconfigurable
  • User: 864 locations, including User and Direct banks
  • ‘My Setting’ special Keyboard Set

• KAOSS FX:

  • Automatic MIDI FX generator
  • More than 65 Factory Presets

• Song Play:

  • Supported formats: MID, KAR, MP3+Lyrics, MP3+G
  • Select, Start/Stop, Home, Rewind and Fast Forward controls
  • Lyrics, Score, and Chord data can be displayed on screen, or on an external video monitor
  • Markers with Add, Delete, Edit and Loop functions
  • Jukebox function

• MP3 Player / Recorder:

  • MP3 Player and Recorder
  • Transpose (+6/-5 semitones), Tempo change (±30%)
  • Vocal Remover
  • Records MP3 files, including Styles, MIDI Songs, MP3 Songs, Keyboard Sounds, Pads, Microphone, Guitar, Effects, and KAOSS Effects

• Sequencer:

  • Quick Record (Backing Sequence), Multitrack and Step Record functions
  • Full-featured sequencer, 16 tracks, Up to 200,000 events, SMF (MID) native format

• SongBook:

  • Fully programmable music database, based on Styles, MIDI Songs (MID and KAR files), MP3 Songs, with automatic selection of Style Play and Song Play modes
  • User definable Set Lists, with Entries selectable from the control panel
  • Filtering and sorting options

• Compatibility:

  • Pa-Series models: Styles, Performances, Programs/Sounds, Songs, SongBook Entries, Pads
  • ‘i-Series’ models: Styles

• Pads:

  • Four Assignable Pads + Stop buttons
  • Pad Record function

• General Controls:

  • Master Volume, Fade In/Out, Keyboard-Acc/Song Balance, Ensemble, Octave Transpose, Master Transpose, Joystick, 2 Assignable Knobs, 3 Assignable Switches, Tempo +/-, Tempo Lock; Metronome On/Off, Dial, Search, Shift Split, Record

• Scale Controls:

  • Virtual Quarter Tone SubScale Keypad, 4 x Scale Presets

• Control Inputs:

  • Damper pedal (supports half-pedaling with the optional DS-1H pedal)