Korg Pa5X 61 61-key Arranger Workstation

Inspiring New Sounds,
Refreshing New Workflow,
Entirely New ArrangerPa5X 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 color-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, multicolored 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.

at a glance • Colour-Driven UI, Large 8" Touchscreen
• 61-Key Fatar Semiweighted Keybed
• 2200 Sounds, 600 Styles, 500 Sets
• 2 Cross-Fading Players to Mix Everything
• 16 Pads, 9 Sliders, 9 Buttons, Joystick
• Mixer Section with FX Processing

free to all Pa5X usersThe new operating system 1.2.0 for Pa5X offers some of the most commonly requested features especially Pa4X SongBook import and onboard Style programming and editing. Apart from the onboard Style edit features such as Quantize, Delete, Copy, Transpose OS 1.2.0 also features new Groove-import functionality for Audio-slices. Furthermore, for countries with special locally developed sounds and styles OS 1.2.0 delivers localized data made especially for the Pa5X using a newly developed high-end microSD protection system.

In addition to all the additional new features, the overall system stability is optimized with many small refinements improving the system in general. This new operating system is free to all Pa5X users and is now available for download from:

Style-Record onboard editing • Style onboard editing (Quantize, Transpose, Velocity, Delete, Cut & Insert, Style-Copy, Pad-Copy)
• Independent Time-signatures for Style-Elements
• Cue-mode enhancements for Ending 3
• Implementing SYSEX controls for external Style-Element selection using an external DAW
• Optimizations for Style import/export (Meta-Event/Controller notes) and legacy SET-conversion referring to chord-detection system for Intro/Ending.

and so much more, for a full run down of all the new features included in Pa5X Update Version 1.2.0, please follow this link

onboard sampler to help build new Sounds, Drum Kits and Audio LoopsThe onboard sounds range from ultra-realistic acoustic instruments, to electric vintage keyboards, to synth classics, with the addition of fantasy sounds and special effects for game, media, video and cinema production. We have also included instruments from various ages and world cultures, while also leaving ample room for your own expansions.

The curated selection of acoustic and electric pianos, which includes sounds from our celebrated SV-2 Stage Vintage Piano, is particularly suitable for the hammer action 88 key version. We also included specially selected sounds from our flagship synth workstations: Kronos and Nautilus.

A new Drawbar Organ section proudly boasts a realistic control surface that can rely on the physical sliders and buttons on the main panel of Pa5X. New effects that are derived from the legendary KORG CX-3 Combo Organ are also included.

The new Drum Kits were recorded making use of a new technology, based on round robins to increase realism. No two drum hits are equal, resulting in authentic-sounding drum performances.

In addition to the huge amount of included sounds, the onboard sampler will help create new Sounds, Drum Kits and Audio Loops. Record your own sounds or import from standard file formats like AIFF, WAV and SF2. The detailed on-board sample editor allows you to fine tune your samples and even transform an audio loop into a percussive kit.

collaboration with shift audioA microphone and a guitar can be connected simultaneously to the separate audio inputs of Pa5X. KORG’s extensive experience in vocal harmonization technology and guitar effects processing is featured, with each of these inputs having dedicated on-board effects.

We are proud to have teamed with Shift Audio, a company with 30 years of experience in vocal processing technology. The founders of Shift Audio came from an industry leading company specializing in vocal processing products building on their experience to deliver. The latest generation of vocal processing algorithms optimized to run on the latest technology used in the Pa5X.

The result is incredible lifelike four-voice harmonies that give you the feeling of a real singing group surrounded by your own music. You will also enjoy the new Auto Pitch feature in the Pa5X delivering performance and sound found in a lot of modern music.

The separate guitar input is completely independent and even has its own gain control. Guitar effects include vintage pedal and amplifier simulators to enhance your guitar sound and performance. There are many predefined guitar-presets of up to 4 insert-effects provided, and it is also easy to create and save user effects presets. These new powerful guitar effects make the live performance of your guitarist much easier, as all the effects and effect-settings are handled by the Pa5X.

One vocal and one guitar-preset can be assigned to each SongBook entry which makes for an easy and fast musical performance.