KORG Pa3XPro Arranger Workstation
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 Effectsfrom 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**).
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.
Pa3X Specifications Chart
Keyboard:
- 61-semi-weighted keys with velocity and aftertouch 76 semi-weighted keys with velocity and aftertouch
- 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
- KORG EDS (Enhanced Definition Synthesis) sound generator: 120 Voices, 120 Oscillators Filters with Resonance Three band EQ for each track
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- Realtime Style Chord Sequencer Recorder
- 512 Realtime Performance locations STS: Memorize Realtime tracks and Voice Processor settings, up to 4 x 1200 Styles, up to 4 x SongBook entries
- Four Keyboard tracks (Upper 1, 2, 3, Lower) with dedicated on/off and sound select buttons
- 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
- 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
- Quick Record (Backing Sequence) Multitrack and Step Record functions - Full-featured sequencer 16 tracks; Up to 200,000 events SMF native format
- 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
- "i-Series" models: Styles Pa series: Style, Performance, Program/Sound, Song, SongBook, Pad
- 4 Assignable Pads + Stop Button - Pad Record function
- Hypertextual, Contextual, Multilingual
- 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
- Damper Pedal (support half-pedaling with optional DS-1H pedal), Assignable Pedal/Switch, EC-5 (Programmable Multi-Switches)
- Unbalanced/Balanced Jack Left/Mono, Right/Mono, Out 1, Out 2, Headphones (in the front panel)
- S/P DIF (48 kHz – coaxial), mirroring the Main Stereo Outputs
- 2 Unbalanced/Balanced Jack Left/Mono, Right/Mono
- Combo XLR balanced with Gain control (15 to 50 dB) and switchable Phantom Power
- In, Out, Thru; standard Midi connectors USB to Midi using the USB Device port Individual track assignment 8 user definable MIDI Setups
- 2 USB Host Front/Rear (2.0 Hi Speed) and 1 USB Device Rear (1.1 Full Speed) connections
- Standard 4 GB memory USB Optional 2.5" SATA Hard Disk Driver (61-key) Standard internal 2.5" SATA Hard Disk Drive (76-key)
- Optional using standard USB DVD/CD/FD Drives connected via USB Host ports
- 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
- Internal System Clock
- 35 Watt - 50 Watt when connected with Amplification Bar (PaAS)
- 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 / 49.93 x 14.41 x 5.71 inch without music stand and with the display fully lowered (76)
- 14.7 kg / 32.4 lbs (61); 17.5 kg / 38.58lbs (76)
- Manual, AC Power Cable, Music Stand, Accessory Disk
- 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)
* 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
- 2x20 Watt (Middle/High Frequency) + 1x40 Watt (Sub Woofer)
- 5 Speakers: 2 Middle range (80 mm) + 2 Tweeters + Dual Coil Subwoofer (130 mm).
- Aluminum case with Bass Reflex System
- 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
- 992 x 173 x 137 mm / 39.06 x 6.81x 5.39 inch
- 5.7 kg / 12.57 lbs
