Korg Pa700 Oriental Arranger Workstation Keyboard, 61-Key

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Explore quarter-tone scales and Middle Eastern instruments with the Korg Pa700 Oriental arranger keyboard -- a supercharged version of the popular Pa600QT.

Overview

KORG debuts aHigh Performance Arranger in the acclaimed Pa-Series of Professional Arrangers, the Pa700 Oriental. The Pa700 Oriental has plenty of sounds (featuring Defined Nuance Control for enhanced realism) which keep performances fresh and exciting, as well as an enormous expanded range of styles covering music genres from all over the world. Combine this with powerful performance functionality, an intuitive user interface, and rich, sculpted sound, and you have an Arranger for the most discerning and demanding player.

KORG is responsible for the most successful and respected arranger keyboards in the world. Used by countless professional musicians in every country around the world, KORG arrangers have thrilled audiences and delighted players everywhere with the magic combination of unbeatable sound quality and features. KORG Technology blends this great KORG history with powerful new capabilities and ideas from musicians around the world to deliver a new standard in arrangers. The result is a musical powerhouse that packages technological magic into a cool and user-friendly design: the KORG Pa700 Oriental.

Features:

- Two models: Standard and Oriental versions. Oriental version is preloaded with musical resources from Middle East countries
- Enhanced EDS-X (Enhanced Definition Synthesis-eXpanded) sound engine offers improved realism and vivid sound
- Massive internal ROM - plus up to 256 MB of user PCM compressed data - provides a powerful wave memory, delivering the… read more best sound quality possible
- Three assignable switches, two assignable knobs and a four-way joystick ensure total control for the sound articulations (DNC - Defined Nuance Control)
- 61 key keyboard with velocity
- Slim and compact lightweight cabinet
- Big TouchView 7" TFT display
- Easy layout and improved graphical interface with a new Search function for quickly locating musical resources
- Dual-cone speaker system ensures a powerful and clear sound
- Over 370 Factory Styles, each with 4 variations and 4 Fill Ins + Break, plus 24 User banks for unlimited storage of your favorite customized or user-created Styles and settings
- The Direct SongBook will extend your internal database on-the-fly
- User and Direct banks can now be renamed, to allow for a more personalized set of custom Styles, Pads and Keyboard Sets. Custom names appear in the Selection windows, and make finding items much faster
- The Chord Sequencer function records any chord progression on-the-fly. Sequences can be stored in any Style and SongBook entry
- The Style Creator Bot automatically creates a Style from a MIDI Song, while also creating a Chord Sequence from the Song's chords
- Multiple Effects processors:
- 2 Insert and 2 Master effects for the Accompaniment parts,
- 1 Insert and 2 Master effects for the Keyboard Sounds
- Final Limiter and Parametric EQ
- Vocal Processor with 5 dedicated effects
- Enhanced compatibility with lyrics in graphical format (+G) for MP3
- Enhanced sound compatibility for GM and GS songs
- The Detect Chord function scans the MIDI Song's tracks for chords, then saves them as Chords events to be read in the Lyrics or Score page
- Fully programmable SongBook database based on Styles, SMF, Karaoke, MP3 with instant recall of any song setting. User-definable Set Lists. Filtering and ordering options. Direct access
- Multi-language extended character set. Lyrics can be shown in their original languages (except the Oriental and Arabic Languages*)
- Style and SongBook editing procedures has been made easier and more intuitive
- KORG, WAV, AIFF and SoundFont sample formats import function
- 512 User Sound locations, 256 User Drum Kit locations
- MIDI connection can now also be done through the USB HOST port (in addition to the USB DEVICE and the MIDI ports). This allows for easy connection of controllers like digital pianos (for example, our HAVIAN 30), or the KORG nano and micro series, with no need of special adapters
- MicroSD card slot (card not included) allows for mass storage and data protection

Specs

- Keyboard: 61 keys (C2 - C7) with velocity
- System: Upgradable operating system, Multitasking, Load while play
- Sound Generator:
- EDS-X (Enhanced Definition Synthesis - eXpanded)
- Filters with resonance, 3-band EQ on each Sound
- Polyphony: 128 voices, 128 oscillators
- Effects:
- Accompaniment/Song: 2 insert effects; 2 master effects (148 types)
- Keyboard Sounds: 1 insert effect; 2 master effects (148 types)
- Final mastering effects: Limiter, Master EQ
- Voice Processor: 5 FX, 28 Factory, 64 User Presets
- Guitar Processor: 3 FX, 45 Factory, 64 User Presets
- Sounds / Drum Kits:
- Pa700 ORIENTAL: See the User Manual (TBD)
- User: 512 Sounds, 256 Drum Kits
- Digital Drawbars: 9 footages, percussion, key on/off, leakage, rotary speaker effect
- DNC (Defined Nuance Control) Technology, Natural Ambience Drums
- Full Sounds/Drum Kits editing
- Sampling:
- 128 MB compressed (equivalent to 256 MB linear data);
- Loads KORG, WAV, AIFF and SoundFont(TM) formats
- Saves KORG, WAV and AIFF formats
- Full Edit, Time Slice
- Styles:
- Factory: Pa700 ORIENTAL: See the User Manual (TBD)
- User: 1,152 locations, including User and Direct banks
- Eight Accompaniment tracks, 4 Keyboard Sets, 4 Pads per Style;
- Style Settings (Sounds and Arranger parameters) on each Style
- Guitar Mode 2, Parallel and Fixed NTT (Note Transposition Table)
- Style/Pad Record with Step Record, Track and Event Edit
- Style Creator Bot (MIDI Song to Style Converter)
- Style controls: 3 Intros, 4 Variations, 4 Fills, Break, 3 Endings, Synchro Start, Synchro Stop, Tap Tempo/Reset, Bass Inversion, Auto Fill, Manual Bass, Memory, Accompaniment Mute, Drum Mapping, Snare & Kick Designation, Style to Keyboard Set Mode
- Chord Sequencer:
- Chord Sequence recorder and player in Style Play mode
- Chord Sequences can be saved to Style and SongBook Entries
- Edit functions: Delete, Copy from Style/SongBook, Import/Export from/to SMF
- Keyboard Set Library:
- Memorize Keyboard Sound settings
- Factory: Pa700 ORIENTAL: See the User Manual (TBD)
- User: 864 locations, including User and Direct banks
- 'My Setting' special Keyboard Set
- KAOSS FX:
- Automatic MIDI FX generator
- More than 65 Factory Presets
- Song Play:
- Supported formats: MID, KAR, MP3+Lyrics, MP3+G
- Select, Start/Stop, Home, Rewind and Fast Forward controls
- Lyrics, Score, and Chord data can be displayed on screen, or on an external video monitor
- Markers with Add, Delete, Edit and Loop functions
- Jukebox function
- MP3 Player / Recorder:
- MP3 Player and Recorder
- Transpose (+6/-5 semitones), Tempo change (+/-30%)
- Vocal Remover
- Records MP3 files, including Styles, MIDI Songs, MP3 Songs, Keyboard Sounds, Pads, Microphone, Guitar and Effects
- Sequencer:
- Quick Record (Backing Sequence), Multitrack and Step Record functions
- Full-featured sequencer, 16 tracks, Up to 200,000 events, SMF (MID) native format
- SongBook:
- Fully programmable music database, based on Styles, MIDI Songs (MID and KAR files), MP3 Songs, with automatic selection of Style Play and Song Play modes
- User definable Set Lists, with Entries selectable from the control panel
- Filtering and sorting options
- Compatibility: Pa-Series models: Styles, Performances, Programs/Sounds, Songs, SongBook Entries, Pads 'i-Series' models: Styles
- Pads:
- Four Assignable Pads + Stop buttons
- Pad Record function
- General Controls:
- Master Volume, Fade In/Out, Keyboard-Acc/Song Balance, Ensemble, Octave Transpose, Master Transpose, Joystick, 2 Assignable Knobs, 3 Assignable Switches, Tempo +/-, Tempo Lock; Metronome On/Off, Dial, Search, Shift