Korg PA80

 Retail Price:£1499

Professional Arranger with 61 Keys and Built in Speakers

Korg has been an innovator in the area of music workstations since their inception, with both traditional instruments like the Trinity and Triton, and unique performance/production systems like the i30 and the iS series. Now Korg blends the benefits of each approach into a single great-sounding system, the PA-80 Professional Arranger. With a stunning sound inherited from our award-winning Triton, a large variety of highly-musical Styles made by the best musicians in the world, a multi-tasking operating system and a revolutionary sequencer design, this new keyboard will bring the benefits of Korg’s revolutionary songwriting and music production and performance to a whole new generation of musicians.

Proven sound quality

What better place to start than Triton’s acclaimed HI sound generation and effect processing? So you know it delivers stunning sound quality and features a broad selection of great natural and synthetic sounds to inspire you. We added a new class of ultra-realistic solo instruments which include sampled natural vibrato, including Sax, Trumpet, Harmonica, Violin, Flute, and more. Finally, we added a set of Drawbar sounds for a true simulation of the classic organ sound.

All Programs can be edited on-the-fly, using the Easy Program Edit functions, by changing Attack, Decay, Release, LFO, Filter Cutoff and Resonance parameters. Any change will be stored into a Performance, for fast recall of the new Programs.

The PA-80 includes four powerful Master Effect processors, including all of Triton’s studio-level Master Effects for a total of 90 different effects. You can use them for a Song, or split them in two sections, to assign two of them to the realtime tracks, and the remaining two to the Style tracks. You can even route two different external audio sources into the internal Effect Processors to mix them into your Song or live performance. Since each audio input has a different Gain control, you can connect a microphone and a guitar at the same time, each with its own set of effects.

Options to Expand Your Potential

FLASH-ROM (PCMCIA) CARD
If you want yet more choice, you can add an optional Flash-ROM (PCMCIA) card to your PA80 to access even more Programs and PCM samples. The cartridge will be directly connected to the Tone Generator so sample reading will be in real-time - no need to load the sample into RAM first.

Hardware options include a vocal/guitar board that gives you two totally separate effect processors. In Guitar mode you have a complete set of multi-effects, e.g. modulation, noise reduction, distortion and compression, plus equalisation and you can use up to five effects simultaneously. The vocal processor includes a harmoniser that turns a single vocal into a four-part harmony, plus offers you effects and equalisation.

A video interface board (both NTSC and PAL compatible) is ideal for karaoke, putting the lyrics direct onto any TV screen. All options (including the Hard Disk) are user-installable.

Keyboard:
61 notes with velocity and after touch

System:
OPOS – Objective Portable Operating System: Multitasking System, load while playing feature.
Upgradable Operating System.
SSD Solid State Disk.

Tone Generator:
HI synthesis (Hyper integrated synthesis system)
62 voices, 62 oscillators,
Filters with resonance

Waveform Memory:
32 Mbyte PCM ROM (Stereo Piano Sound).

Effects:
4 stereo digital Multi-Effect systems
(89 effects each)

Programs:
More than 660 programs (including GM level 2 programs).
32 drum kits.
128 user programs + 64 user drum kits.
Digital Organ drawbars

Styles:
Up to 304 Styles in Solid State Disk.
All reconfigurable; 8 accompaniment tracks.
48 user styles.
All Style Performances are programmable (included 4 Single Touch Settings for each style).
Direct Floppy Disk/ Hard Disk access.
Compatible with old i-series styles

Styles Controls:
4 Variations,
2 Fills,
2 Intros,
2 Endings,
Count In/Break,
Synchro Start/Stop,
Tap
Tempo/Reset,
Fade In/Out,
Bass Inversion,
Manual Bass,
Tempo Lock,
Memory,
Accompaniment Volume,
Accompaniment Mute,
Drum Mapping,
Snare & Kick Designation,
Single Touch

General Controls:
Master Volume,
Ensemble,
Octave Transpose,
Master Transpose,
Split Point,
Style Change,
Tracks Volume,
Quarter Ttone Pedal Function,
Programmable Slider,
Joystick,
Dial

Multi PAD:
4 assignable pads + Stop button

Performance:
80 real-time Performances + up to 304 Styles Performances

Song Play:
XDS Crossfade Dual Sequencer player:
2 Sequencers with separate Start/Stop, Pause,
Rewind and Fast Forward controls.
Balance control.
Lyrics are displayed on-screen.
Jukebox Function.
SMF Direct Player (format 0 and 1)

Song /Backing Sequence:
Easy record – 16 tracks – SMF format

Control Inputs:
Damper Pedal, Assignable pedal/switch, EC5

Audio Outputs:
Left/mono, Right, Out 1 and Out 2

Audio Inputs:
Left/mono, and Right.
Separate Gain controls (Mic, Guitar, Line)

MIDI:
In, Out, Thru, PC to Host

Floppy Disk:
3.5 inch 2DD/2HD (MS-DOS compatible).

Hard Disk:
Optional user-installable Hard Disk (ATA interface).
Maximum formatted area: 2 Gbyte

Display:
Backlit custom LCD

Main Amplifier:
2x22 Watt

Speakers:
4 speakers in Bass Reflex Box with Auto Loudness control

Power Consumption:
35 Watt

Dimensions:
W = 43.7", D= 15.3", H = 6.45"
W = 1110mm, D = 388mm, H = 164mm

Weight:
30.6 lbs.
13.9 kg

Accessories:
EC5 Multi-switches controller,
EXP-2 Foot Controller,
XVP-10 Exp/Volume Pedal,
PS-1 Footswitch,
DS-1H Damper Pedal

Option:
Flash Card (PCMCIA) for new PCM data,
VHG1 Vocal/Guitar processor board,
VIF3 Video Interface board

Specifications subject to change without notice