Korg Pa1000 Set with MUSIKANT Expansion Software

The New Pa1000

KORG is associated with developing some of the world’s most successful and respected keyboards. KORG keyboards are used internationally by top professional musicians and captivate audiences and players alike with a combination of unmatched sound quality and features. KORG’s technology combines this great tradition with powerful technical innovations and the wealth of ideas from experienced musicians to create a new standard for entertainer workstations. The result is a technological masterpiece embedded in a cool, user-friendly design: the KORG Pa1000.

Slim, Powerful, and Easy to Use

The combination of a slim format and professional look makes the Pa1000 a fascinating eye-catcher. Even more impressive is the mighty sound of the high-quality, powerful amplifier system. The 2 x 33 watt amplifiers with 4 speakers in a bass reflex enclosure deliver a nuanced, voluminous listening experience. Ergonomically and intuitively arranged controls on the optimized panel support a naturally flowing performance. The newly developed graphical interface of the large, bright TouchView display remains very readable even in low light. The entire screen can be tilted forward or backward and adjusted to an optimal viewing angle! The versatile search function quickly finds recently used songs, styles, or files and much more! Styles, keyboard sets, and SongBook entries can be read directly from the USB medium—no need to load data into internal memory.

Top-Quality Sound

The Pa1000 operates with KORG’s complex EDS-X (Enhanced Definition Synthesis-eXpanded) sound engine and comes factory-equipped with more than 1,750 ready-to-play, highly realistic sounds. This collection offers a vast selection of classic and modern keyboards, band and orchestral instruments, as well as electronic and acoustic instruments—from techno to folk. Newly added are two multilayer stereo grand pianos (with damper and body resonances) and electric pianos from the popular KORG SV-1 stage piano. The digital drawbar organ features key on/off noises, leakage effects, and a rotary speaker emulation. Additionally, the Pa1000 offers new wind instruments, strings, basses, and even acoustic and electric guitars. All sounds were meticulously recorded using state-of-the-art methods, preserving even the finest details.

With three assignable buttons and a 4-way joystick, KORG’s unique DNC (Defined Nuance Control) reproduces the subtle nuances and articulations of acoustic instruments, enabling ultra-realistic, expressive performances—all in real time and on demand. Bring solos or melodies to life with the growl effect of a passionately played saxophone, the various attack techniques of a trumpet, the breath noises of a clarinet or harmonica, and fine characteristics that add even more authenticity to pizzicato and arco sounds in a string section.

Always Well Styled

Each of the Pa1000’s more than 430 styles creates its own musical context and reproduces a specific music style. The selection is huge and offers direct access to a wide range of musical genres. Each style offers 4 fill-ins + break patterns—one per variation. With the new auto fill function, these can be triggered automatically while moving between the four variations. KORG’s international sound team has created a variety of new styles and enhanced many popular and well-known styles with new sounds and mixes. The Pa1000 provides a total of 1,152 memory slots for new styles and settings. Guitar Mode 2 has been upgraded with new complex parameters, giving guitar tracks in all styles unprecedented authenticity. The four pads allow each style to be further embellished. Each pad can contribute unique or repeating riffs, percussion parts, accent sounds, or even sound effects. The handy chord sequencer function lets you spontaneously record and loop chord progressions in style play mode to practice harmonies or free your left hand during live performance. These chord sequences can now also be saved as styles and SongBook entries and recalled immediately.

The Latest Styles—Quickly Created!

Thanks to the completely new integrated 'Standard MIDI File to Style' converter, you can quickly and comfortably use styles from the latest songs! Simply get a new standard MIDI file, load it into the Pa1000, and convert it into a complete KORG style while simultaneously creating a chord sequence from the song.

Studio-Quality Effects

The Pa1000 is equipped with the best studio-grade effects from the popular KORG library. You can apply 2 insert and 2 master effects to accompaniment tracks and 1 insert and 2 master effects to real-time tracks. There are 148 effect types available, including reverbs, delays, vintage pedal effect emulations, amplifier and cabinet simulations, and much more. Additionally, each track can be processed with low, mid, and high EQ controls, and a special track EQ can be saved in song play mode—ensuring the song sounds perfect in any environment. Global effects allow you to tailor the overall sound to personal taste or challenging live settings.

TC Helicon Voice Processor

KORG continues its long-standing collaboration with TC Helicon, the world’s leading provider of vocal processors, with the Pa1000. New functions and algorithms of the TC Helicon voice processor ensure vocals are output in optimal quality. You can create up to 3 realistic additional voices and control them via the keyboard or MIDI events. Additionally, 5 effect blocks with EQ, compressor, gate, and two effects are available. Two rotary knobs and three buttons for controlling key vocal functions are conveniently integrated on the control panel.

Enhance Guitar Sound

Simply connect the guitar to the special input on the back and process it with the pedal and studio effects of Guitar FX. Choose from some of the best KORG guitar effects such as tube amplifier sounds, realistic distortion, chorus or delay, and high-quality studio reverbs.

Player/Sequencer

The famous KORG XDS Crossfade Dual Sequencer Player supports not only common text formats but also the MP3+G (aka MP3+Graphics) format for MP3 files. This feature lets you play backing sequences with extended lyrics and graphics, displaying them simultaneously on the integrated TFT display and an external monitor. There is also a convenient marker function that allows jumping directly to a selected song position. Two different MP3 or MIDI files can be played simultaneously and even transposed, sped up, or slowed down. A vocal remover mutes the center music channel to remove vocals from MP3 files. The 16-track sequencer offers complex sequencing methods and a backing sequence function for easy song creation and editing. Complete performances can also be recorded directly on the Pa1000! Play a song, accompany it on the keyboard, sing along, and record everything in MP3 format. Then save the recording on an external USB medium or in internal memory.

SongBook

The SongBook is a freely programmable and easy-to-search music database that contains all the settings needed to play a song—the ideal tool for live performances. Whether you want to play with styles, MIDI files, or MP3s, the SongBook holds all important information for a song such as title, genres, artist, tempo, volumes, sound assignments, muted tracks, effect and easy edit settings, 4 keyboard tracks, TC Helicon presets, master transpose, and much more. The updated set list function allows assigning panel buttons for lightning-fast access to settings during live gigs.

Improved Connectivity

MIDI connections are now also possible via the USB HOST port (in addition to the USB DEVICE and MIDI ports). This allows easy connection of controllers such as digital pianos (e.g., HAVIAN 30) or the KORG nano and micro series without special adapters.