KORG Pa3X
Professional Arranger Workstation
Operating System v1.11 is now available. This update adds new features, enhances existing features, and improves the functionality of your Pa3X.
Better than ever.
The Korg Pa Series has a new flagship: the Pa3X, the most realistic, powerful, and easy-to-use arranger workstation ever produced. For years, Korg’s Pa Series has been the most respected, envied, and successful line of interactive arranger workstations on the planet. Once again, Korg has raised the standard of excellence by offering new, richer, and more realistic sounds; creating amazing new features, and offering a fresh – yet elegant – design. Meet the Pa3X. Listen and Believe.
Pa3X Highlights
- Enhanced RX (Real eXperience) sound engine offers improved realism and new vivid sound, including pianos borrowed from the acclaimed Korg SV-1 Stage Vintage Piano, plus Ambience Drums
- Massive internal ROM – plus up to 256 MB of user PCM data (equivalent to 512 MB*) –provides an extraordinarily powerful wave memory, delivering the best sound quality possible
- Three assignable switches, a four-way joystick, and our unique ribbon strip ensure total control for the many available levels of sound articulation (DNC)
- Choose either 61 keys or 76 semi–weighted keys; both with velocity and aftertouch
- Elegantly designed and reliable aluminum cabinet
- TouchView™ TFT display; 76-key model features a motorized tilting display
- Professional graphic interface with new Search facility for quickly locating musical resources
- PaAS High-fidelity, optional amplification/speaker bar with Korg’s own Easy Connect system (no support, cables, or additional power supply needed)
- Self-refreshing PCM Data memory backup – supported by our own Intelligent Re-Charge system – ensures fast startup
- Improved Style and Performance selection, Over 400 factory Styles; each with 4 variations and 4 Fill Ins + Break, plus 15 user banks for unlimited storage of your favorite customized or user created Styles and settings
- Enhanced Guitar Mode 2 for even more realistic guitar parts
- Chord Sequencer function records any chord progression on-the-fly
- Up to 8 Stereo Effects at once, including flexible Master and Insert routing for Styles and songs. New Vintage Effects from the acclaimed SV-1 Stage Vintage Piano
- New TC-Helicon ® Vocal Processor (VoiceLive2 derived) with dedicated professional effects
- Adaptive Mic Setting provides a virtual sound engineer to automatically set the best EQ/Compressor/Gate settings for your voice
- Professional Final Mastering tools from “Waves Audio” plugins “MaxxAudio ™ ” suite.
- New Double MP3/MIDI files player and recorder with Advanced Vocal Remover.
- Enhanced compatibility with Lyrics in graphical format (+G) for MIDI files and MP3 files.
- New Audio Chord Detection function that automatically extracts chords to send to the Vocal Processor from MP3 files.
- Enhanced sound compatibility for GM songs.
- Multi-language extended character set. Lyrics can be showed in their original languages (except the Oriental and the Arabic Languages**).
*when calculated as 16-bit linear data ** check for the available languages
Pa3X
Korg is responsible for the most successful and respected arranger keyboards ever. Used by tens of thousands of music professionals in every country around the world, Korg arrangers have thrilled audiences and delighted players everywhere with the magic combination of unbeatable sound quality and professional features. Korg’s RX (Real eXperience) Technology blends this great Korg history with powerful new technology and ideas from musicians around the world to deliver a new standard in professional arrangers. The result is a musical jewel that packages technological magic into a luxurious design: the Korg Pa3X.
Specifications
Pa3X Specifications Chart
Keyboard:
- 61-semi-weighted keys with velocity and aftertouch
- 76 semi-weighted keys with velocity and aftertouch
System
- OPOS (Objective Portable Operating System)
- RX (Real eXperience)
- DNC (Defined Nuance Control)
- Natural Ambience Drums Sound Technology
- Multitasking, Load while play feature
- Upgradable Operating System
- Self-Refresh Battery for PCM data
Tone Generator
- KORG EDS (Enhanced Definition Synthesis) sound generator:
- 120 Voices, 120 Oscillators
- Filters with Resonance
- Three band EQ for each track
Effects
- Up to 8 Stereo Digital Multi-Effects block system
- 140 Effects types including VOCODER
- Final Mastering Effects by WAVES
- (MaxxEQ™, MaxxBass™, MaxxTreble™, MaxxStereo™, MaxxVolume™)
- New Voice Processor Technology by TC-Helicon® with 7 Effects:
- Four-part Harmonizer, Double, µMod, Reverb, Delay, Filter, HardTune, Pitch Correction plus Compressor, EQ, Gate (Adaptive Mic Setting on the Mic input)
Sounds / Drumkits
- More than 1100, including Stereo Piano and GM Level 1 & 2 compatible sounds; more than 90 Drum Kits
- User area: 512 Sounds, 128 Drum Kits
- Defined Nuance Control (DNC) Technology
- Real Drum Ambience
- Digital Drawbars: 9 Footages
- Realtime controls: Assignable Sliders
- Full editing of Sounds and Drum Kits
- Sampling: Record, Edit, Time Slice, Compression Tool, Load/Import of Korg, Wav, AIFF and Akai files; Export of Wav and AIFF files
- PCM RAM Memory: 128 MB standard (equivalent to 256 MB linear data), expandable up to 256 MB (equivalent to 512MB linear data) with the optional EXB-M256 memory expansion board
Styles
- More than 400 preloaded Styles, freely reconfigurable
- 1200 available Style locations including the Favorite banks
- Eight Style tracks, 4 Single Touch Settings, 4 Pads and one Style Performance per Style Guitar Track 2 mode, Parallel and Fixed NTT
- Compatible with old "i-Series" and Pa series Style format
- Style Record with Step Record, Track and Event Edit functions
- Style controls: 3 Intros, 4 Variations, 4 Fills, Break, 3 Endings, Synchro Start/Stop, Tap Tempo/Reset, Fade In/Out, Bass Inversion, Auto Fill, Manual Bass, Tempo Lock, Memory, Accompaniment/Real Time Track Balance Volume, Accompaniment Mute, Drum Mapping, Snare & Kick Designation, Single Touch
Chord Sequencer
Realtime Style Chord Sequencer Recorder
Performance / STS
512 Realtime Performance locations
STS: Memorize Realtime tracks and Voice Processor settings, up to 4 x 1200 Styles, up to 4 x SongBook entries
Realtime tracks
Four Keyboard tracks (Upper 1, 2, 3, Lower) with dedicated on/off and sound select buttons
Song Play
Patented XDS Crossfade Dual Sequencer Player (Supported formats: MID, MID+G, KAR, MP3 + lyrics, MP3+G)
2 Players with separate Select, Start/Stop, Home, Rewind and Fast Forward controls X-Fader Balance control
Lyrics, Score, and Chord data can be displayed on screen, or on external video monitor (with VIF4 option installed)
Markers
Jukebox function
Mp3 Player / Recorder
Double Mp3 Player and Mp3 Recorder
Two Mp3 files can be played simultaneously in Song Play Mode
Real Time Transpose (+6/-5 semitones)
Tempo change (±30%)
Advanced Vocal Remover Record MP3 files including Styles, SMF, Real Time Tracks, Pads, Microphone and Effects
Audio Chord detection for Vocal Harmony
Sequencer
Quick Record (Backing Sequence)
Multitrack and Step Record functions - Full-featured sequencer
16 tracks; Up to 200,000 events
SMF native format
SongBook
Fully programmable music database, based on Styles, SMF, Karaoke, MP3 with automatic selection of Style Play and Song Play modes
User-definable custom lists
Filtering and Ordering options
Compatibility
"i-Series" models: Styles
Pa series: Style, Performance, Program/Sound, Song, SongBook, Pad
Multi Pad
4 Assignable Pads + Stop Button - Pad Record function
Help System
Hypertextual, Contextual, Multilingual
General Controls
Master Volume, Real Time-Acc/Seq Balance Volume, Ensemble, Octave Transpose, Master Transpose, Style Change, Quarter Tone and Arabic Scale memorized inside Performance/STS - Realtime controllers: Joystick (pitch + modulation), Ribbon Control, 8 Assignable Sliders, MP3 Volume, Mic Volume, Mic Harmony/Double Vol., Mic Reverb/Delay Vol., 3 Assignable Switches, Tempo +/-, Dial, Up/+, Down/- - Search Function
Control Inputs
Damper Pedal (support half-pedaling with optional DS-1H pedal), Assignable Pedal/Switch, EC-5 (Programmable Multi-Switches)
Analog Outputs
Unbalanced/Balanced Jack Left/Mono, Right/Mono, Out 1, Out 2, Headphones (in the front panel)
Digital Outputs
S/P DIF (48 kHz – coaxial), mirroring the Main Stereo Outputs
Line Inputs
2 Unbalanced/Balanced Jack Left/Mono, Right/Mono
Microphone Input
Combo XLR balanced with Gain control (15 to 50 dB) and switchable Phantom Power
MIDI
- In, Out, Thru; standard Midi connectors
- USB to Midi using the USB Device port
- Individual track assignment
- 8 user definable MIDI Setups
USB
2 USB Host Front/Rear (2.0 Hi Speed) and 1 USB Device Rear (1.1 Full Speed) connections
Hard Disk / Mass Storage
- Standard 4 GB memory USB
- Optional 2.5" SATA Hard Disk Driver (61-key)
- Standard internal 2.5" SATA Hard Disk Drive (76-key)
DVD-CD Player / Floppy Disk
Optional using standard USB DVD/CD/FD Drives connected via USB Host ports
Display
Pa3X 61: Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels - TFT Color TouchView Graphic Touch Screen;
Pa3X 76: Motorized Tilt Display - Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels - TFT Color TouchView Graphic Touch Screen
Clock
Internal System Clock
Consumption
35 Watt - 50 Watt when connected with Amplification Bar (PaAS)
Dimensions (W x D x H)
980 x 366 x 145 mm / 38.58 x 14.41 x 5.71 inch without music stand (61);
1192 x 366 x 145 mm / 46.93 x 14.41 x 5.71 inch without music stand and with the display fully lowered (76)
Weight
14.7 kg / 32.4 lbs (61); 17.5 kg / 38.58lbs (76)
Accessories
Manual, AC Power Cable, Music Stand, Accessory Disk
Options
- PaAS Amplification System
- EXB-M256 - 256 MB RAM Expansion Board
- VIF4 - Video Interface Board
- EXP-2 - Expression/Volume Pedal
- XVP-10 - Professional Expression/Volume Pedal
- EC5 - Assignable Multi-Switch Controller
- DS-1H - Damper Pedal
- PS-1 - Switch Pedal
- HDIK-2 Hard Disk Kit Installation Kit (61 only)
* Helicon is a registered trademark of TC-Helicon Vocal Technologies Ltd.
* MaxxAudio, MaxxEQ, MaxxBass, MaxxTreble, MaxxStereo, MaxxVolume are trademarks of Waves Audio Ltd.
* Specifications and appearance are subject to change without notice for improvement.
Pa AS - Pa Amplification System for Pa3X (76 and 61 keys)
System
3 Channel Amplification System
Power
2x20 Watt (Middle/High Frequency) + 1x40 Watt (Sub Woofer)
Speakers
5 Speakers: 2 Middle range (80 mm) + 2 Tweeters + Dual Coil Subwoofer (130 mm).
Cabinet
Aluminum case with Bass Reflex System
Connectivity
Extremely Simple Connection. Power and the audio signal from the Pa3X are via a special connector that is automatically attached to the keyboard. No Cable, No Power supply needs to be attached to the Pa3X
Dimensions (W x D x H)
992 x 173 x 137 mm / 39.06 x 6.81x 5.39 inch
Weight
5.7 kg / 12.57 lbs
* Specifications and appearance are subject to change without notice for improvement.
