Korg PA5XOR76 World Music Professional Arranger Keyboard

Elevate Your Music with Extraordinary Middle Eastern Sounds and Rhythms - Listen and Believe!

The Korg Pa5X World Music is the latest model in Korg's flagship range of Pa5X Professional Arranger keyboards. Completely redesigned with a state-of-the-art sound engine and a streamlined color-driven user interface, the all new Pa5X produces a stunningly rich and unique sonic experience that inspires you to create and perform. Now, the PA5X World Music brings all the power of the Pa5X into the music worlds of Tuerkiye and the Middle East. Whatever music you are going to play, from Western to World Music - Arabic, Persian, Turkish - the Pa5X World Music delivers.

Pa5X World Music comes packed with thousands of inspiring Sounds and hundreds of fresh Styles, all instantly accessible through an inviting workflow. A completely new and black painted 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 World Music 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 World Music comes with an extensive collection of sounds taken from the worlds of Arabic, Turkish and Persian music, created by top-class Arabic, Persian and Turkish musicians based in the Middle East.

World Music Proficiency [Excellence]
Pa5X World Music is read more a powerful addition to KORG's internationally acclaimed Pa Series. Providing you with the most up-to-date collection of quality integrated sounds and styles, Pa5X World Music is the ideal songwriting and performance partner.

In addition to all the functionality, sounds and styles of the standard Pa5X, the Pa5X World Music also contains musical data specific to Middle Eastern music genres. Stringed instruments, winds, various percussion instruments, and many more sounds are included along with dozens of extra Styles that are suitable for traditional and modern music.

Premium Quality and Elegant Design
The Pa5X World Music was designed with elegance and durability in mind, featuring a sturdy aluminum body and genuine wooden side-panels for a luxury appearance. All of the keybeds on Pa5X World Music 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 keybeds include aftertouch control for added expressivity.

Modern and Streamlined User Interface
At the center 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 colors in the display are carefully matched to the ones used in the LED programmable buttons on the control panel. This color driven interface allows you to easily navigate Pa5X World Music, adding color 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 World Music 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, taking sounds on Pa5X World Music 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 World Music.

Realtime Controllers
Pa5X World Music features a fully programmable control section with 9 buttons and 9 sliders. You can assign any function to it, from mixer volume to drawbar settings, from microphone mute to bass inversion, to lyrics scroll commands and more. The assigned function is shown by an auxiliary strip display so that you always know what you have under your fingertips - even if you are on a different page to the main display.

Numerous assignable controllers are available for expressive real time playing and Korg's DNC (Defined Nuance Control) which supplies so much of the detail in the sound of musical instruments. Faders, switches, real and virtual matrices of real time controls, the joystick, and the ribbon controller can be assigned to modulate any parameter of the sound. This provides precise control of the most subtle nuances and articulation of the instruments you are playing on the Pa5X.

A Complete Sound Library
The 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.

Particular care has been reserved to the Arabic, Turkish and Persian sounds, with melodic and percussive instruments performed by renowned musicians, on the best instruments, and programmed so that you can reproduce the same authentic performance with the onboard Pa5X controllers.

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.

Intuitive Mixer Section with Extensive Effects Processing
Sounds on Pa5X World Music are processed by an elaborate chain of professional studio quality effects, with up to 10 Insert FX, 3 Master FX and 1 Finalizer for each of the two Players. The Keyboard Sets can use up to 3 Insert and 3 Master FX.
Final mastering effects are applied as the last step on the audio outputs of Pa5X, resulting in a polished sound which is blended and produced. This is a result of KORG's long term cooperation with Waves MaxxAudio(R), the world reference in studio mastering effects.

Dedicated Microphone and Guitar Inputs with Effects Processing
A microphone and a guitar can be connected simultaneously to the separate audio inputs of Pa5X World Music. 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 World Music.

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 World Music 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 World Music.

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

MIDI, USB, HDMI, Audio In and Out, Pedal Connectors
Pa5X World Music offers a plethora of audio, control and storage connections. You can use MIDI and USB for controllers or storage devices, HDMI for an external display, the XLR, jack and minijack audio connectors for other keyboards, condenser and dynamic microphones, guitars and bass guitars, smartphones and tablets, or to connect your instrument to powered speakers or PA systems via the balanced outs. Four separate line outs are available to handle sounds separately.
Three pedal inputs allow for connecting your preferred damper pedal (with half-pedal support), footswitch, volume and expression pedals. You can use the ones you already own, or choose from our range of optional accessories.

Features:

- The World Music version adds Sounds, Drum and Percussion Kits, Keyboard Sets, Pads and music styles covering the rich musical traditions of Tuerkiye and Persia, with particular focus on Arabic countries courtesy of the incredible sound and performance libraries developed in Lebanon.
- Over 2,600 sounds (240 World Music Sounds and 70 World Music Drumkits) including GM and XG sets
- 844 Factory Styles (630 Pa5X standard + 264 World Music Styles)
- 768 user Sound and 384 user Drum Kit locations with full editing features
- Premium Quality and Elegant Design
- Modern and Streamlined User Interface
- Stunningly rich sound-engine: EDS-XP
- Real-time controllers
- Advanced chord recognition, and a library full of chord sequences
- Smooth transition between Sounds, Styles and Songs
- Two cross-fading Players able to mix everything: Styles to Midi-files, or Midi-files to MP3-files, or Styles to Styles (unique to the Pa5X)
- Each player displays lyrics and score
- Create your own Styles and Songs
- SongBook, a music library always with you
- A complete sound library
- Onboard mixer with insert, master, final and mastering effects
- Dedicated Microphone and Guitar inputs with dedicated effects for each
- MIDI, USB, HDMI, Audio In and Out, Pedal connectors
- Standard File Formats
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- Keyboard: Pa5X 76: 76 keys (E1 - G7) Semi-weighted keys with Aftertouch
- Case: Aluminum case with wooden side panels
- Operating System: Upgradable Operating System
- Sound Generator:
- EDS-XP (Enhanced Definition Synthesis-Expanded)
- Multimode filters with resonance, 3-band EQ for each track
- Polyphony: 160 Voices, 160 Oscillators
- Effects:
- Keyboard Tracks: 3 Insert Effect; 3 Master Effects
- Style/Song: 10 Insert Effects; 3 Master Effects
- Master EQ and Finalizer for Songs and Styles
- Final Mastering Effects: Waves MaxxAudio(R)
- Mic Processor Technology by Shift Audio:
- Mic Setup: Compressor, EQ, Gate
- Four-part Harmonizer, Doubler, Filter, Modulation, Delay, Reverb, AutoPitch
- Guitar Processor: Guitar rack (4 effect-slots) with stompbox and amp simulation
- Sounds / Drum Kits:
- Factory: More than 2,600 Factory Sounds in total
- Five multilayer Stereo Acoustic Pianos with Damper/Body Resonance, GM/XG Sound Sets, close to 200 Drum Kits including Ambient Drums and Round Robin-based Drum Kits
- User Area: 768 Sounds, 384 Drum Kits
- Digital Drawbars: 9 Footages, Percussion, Key On/Off, Leakage, Vibrato/Chorus, Rotary Speaker with Amp Simulator
- Natural Ambience Drum Sounds, Round Robin features
- Defined Nuance Control (DNC) Technology
- Quick and Full Sound Editing, Drum Family and Full Drum Kit Editing
- Sampling:
- User PCM Sample memory: 4 GB of data, equivalent to 8 GB linear when compressed
- Loads KORG, WAV, AIFF and SoundFont(TM) formats
- Saves KORG, WAV and AIFF formats
- Full Edit, Time Slice, Sampling features
- Keyboard Sets:
- Factory: More than 650 Factory Keyboard Sets, freely programmable
- Combines four Keyboard Sounds, plus Effects and settings
- Library accessible from front-panel buttons
- "My Setting" special Keyboard Set
- Players:
- Patented XDS Crossfade Dual Player with X-Fader Balance control
- Crossfading between Songs and/or Styles
- Styles:
- Factory: More than 940 Factory Styles, freely programmable
- Eight Style Tracks, 4 Keyboard Sets and 4 Pads per Style; Programmable Sounds, Effects and Style parameters
- Guitar Mode 2, Parallel and Fixed NTT (Note Transposition Table)
- Style Record and Event Edit
- Style Elements: 3 Intros, 4 Variations, 4 Fills, 1 Break, 3 Endings
- Style Controls: Play/Stop, Synchro Start, Synchro Stop, Tap Tempo/Reset, Auto Fill, Memory, Bass Inversion, Manual Bass, Bass & Lower Backing, Drum & Bass, Individual Style Tracks Mute, Style to Keyboard Set
- Chord Sequencer:
- Factory: More than 200 Chord Sequences
- Chord Sequence Recorder/Player
- Chord Sequences can be saved to Style and SongBook Entries
- Songs:
- Patented XDS Crossfade Dual Player with X-Fader Balance control
- Supported formats: MID, KAR, MP3 + Lyrics, MP3+G
- Lyrics, Score, and Chord data can be displayed on screen, or on external video monitor
- Markers with Add, Delete, Edit, Loop and AutoScroll functions
- Jukebox function
- Full-featured, 16-track Sequencer, Song Edit
- MP3 Player / Recorder:
- Double MP3 Player and MP3 Recorder
- Records MP3 files, including Styles, MIDI Songs, MP3 Songs, Keyboard Sounds, Pads, Matrix, Microphone, Guitar, Effects
- Transpose (+6/-5 semitones), Tempo Change (+/-30%)
- Vocal Remover
- SongBook:
- Fully programmable music database based on Styles, MIDI Songs (MID and KAR files), MP3 Songs with Artist and Genre tags
- Filtering and sorting options
- User definable Set Lists
- Compatibility: Legacy Pa-Series models: Styles, Keyboard Sets (Performances), Sounds (Programs), Songs, Pads
- Pads:
- Factory: More than 970 Pads
- Four Assignable Pads + Stop Buttons
- Pad Record function
- Control Section: 9 Assignable Sliders, 9 Assignable Buttons, Strip Display; 4 Preset + 1 User settings
- Matrix Section: 16 Matrix Pads, 4 Preset buttons
- Style/Song Controls: Play/Stop, Go To Start, Style Select, Song Select, Xfader, Tempo +/-, Tempo Lock, Tap Tempo/Reset, Synchro Start, Synchro Stop, Fade In/Out
- 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
- Control Inputs: Damper Pedal; supports half-pedaling with the optional KORG DS-1H pedal 2 Assignable Pedal/Footswitch
- Audio Inputs:
- Mic: Mono with Gain control and Phantom Power (Combo XLR, balanced)
- Guitar: Mono with Gain control (1/4" jack, unbalanced)
- Line 1: Left/Right (1/4" jacks, balanced)
- Line 2: Stereo (1/8" mini-jack, unbalanced)
- Audio Outputs:
- Line: Main Left/Right, Separate Outs 1/2/3/4 (1/4" jacks, balanced)
- Headphones (1/4" jack)
- Video Output: HDMI connector
- MIDI:
- IN, OUT, THRU standard MIDI connectors
- USB to MIDI, through the USB Device port
- 16 User-definable MIDI Presets
- USB:
- Type A (Host 3.0, for storage devices and controllers): 1 front, 2 rear
- Type B (Device 2.0, for personal computers and tablets): 1 rear
- Storage:
- Internal Drive: 1 GB
- Micro SD Card (not included): Rear-panel slot with plastic cover
- USB Flash Drive (not included): Can be connected to the USB Host ports
- Display: 8" Wide capacitive color TouchView(TM) TFT display, 800 x 480 resolution
- Clock: Internal System Clock
- Power Consumption:
- 100-240 Volts, 50/60 Hz
- < 0.2 Watt in standby / 20 Watt normal / 45 Watt with PaAS installed
- Dimensions (W x D x H) (without music stand, display fully lowered): Pa5X-76: 1,233.1 x 374.3 x 126.8 mm / 48.54" x 14.73" x 4.99"
- Weight: Pa5X-76: 17.4 kg / 38.36 lbs
- Accessories: AC Power Cable, Music Stand, Quick Guide manual
Dimensions and Weight in Packaging
Base Item
Shipping Weight: 50.71 lbs
Shipping Dimensions: 53 x 20 x 11 in
Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): PA5XOR76

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 631-390-6800
Web: https://www.korgusa.com/support

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