Korg PA-700 61-Key Arranger Workstation with Touchscreen

Performance that takes you places

KORG debuts the newest High Performance Arranger in the acclaimed PA-Series of Professional Arrangers, the PA700. The PA700 has plenty of new 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.

Totally new is the addition of KAOSS FX, which give you creative control on your performance. From subtle morphing between Variations and Drum Kit types, fine mixing between accompaniment Sounds, live reshaping of ongoing rhythms, to the most radical note-crunching effects used by countless DJs, tape delay and arpeggios, you can add 'liquid mixing' to any Style or MIDI Song with the aid of easy-to-use computer-assisted composition features. Push the boundaries of your musicality!

With more power than ever before and numerous long-awaited new features, the PA700 sets a new standard for arranger workstations. A massive leap forward from the legendary and best selling PA600, KORG has raised the bar of excellence by offering newer, even more realistic sounds and powerful new features, delivered in a slim and professional looking design, at an even more affordable price.

The New PA700

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.

Slim, Powerful, Easy to Use

The PA700 is a concept that combines a slim profile with a professional visual motif. The 2x25 Watt amplifiers drive the 2 loudspeakers in a bass-reflex enclosure to generate a rich, full-bodied listening experience. The main panel has been optimized to ensure that all controls are ergonomically positioned and intuitively located to make every performance feel smooth and natural. Big, bright, and bold, the new capacitive TouchView display hosts a redesigned graphical interface that is easier than ever to read, even under the most demanding lighting environments.

Sound Quality at its Best

The PA700 relies on KORG's advanced EDS-X (Enhanced Definition Synthesis-eXpanded) sound engine, and comes complete with over 1,700 ready-to-play sounds. This realistic collection offers a vast gathering of classic and contemporary keyboards, band and orchestral instruments, plus electronic and acoustic instrumentsfrom techno to folk. Included are two new multi-layer stereo grand piano (with damper and body resonance), plus electric pianos from the acclaimed KORG SV-1 Stage Piano.

The digital drawbar organ includes key on/off noises, leakage, and Rotary Speaker emulation. In addition, the PA700 has been equipped with new wind instruments, strings, basseseven acoustic and electric guitars. Sounds have been painstakingly captured using state-of-the-art methods that allow the finest of details to be accurately reproduced.

Up to 256 MB (compressed PCM User memory) are available, so custom sounds can be added easily. The General MIDI (GM) sound bank has been improved for better compatibility with GM files. The PA700 can also load/import KORG, WAV, AIFF, SoundFont[trade] formats and export in WAV or AIFF. Sounds can be fully edited, and can now use up to 24 oscillators for each note!

Do it With Style

The PA700 delivers over 370 Styles, straight out of the box. Each one is a fully-realized musical environment dedicated to creating a particular musical style. With so many to choose from, the PA700 can provide instant access to a vast and robust range of musical genres. Each Style features 4 Fill Ins + Break patterns, one for each variation. Using the new Auto Fill function they can be automatically recalled as you move between the four variations. The PA700 has 1,152 locations for you to save your new Styles and settings.

In addition, each Style can be enhanced by using the four Pads. Each Pad can add a one-time or repeating riff, a percussion part, an accent sound, or even a sound effect.

Studio Quality Effects

KORG is known for studio-quality effects, and the PA700 includes the best of the KORG library. 2 Insert and 2 Master effects can be used for the accompaniment tracks, while 1 Insert and 2 Master effects can be used for the real-time keyboard tracks. 148 effect types are available, including reverbs, delays, vintage stomp box simulations, amp and cabinet simulators and more.

Player/Sequencer

The Player supports the MP3+G (also known as MP3+Graphics) format for MP3 files in addition to the most popular lyrics formats. This new feature allows backing sequences to play with enriched lyrics and graphics which can be displayed simultaneously on the on-board TFT display and on an external monitor.

And because the PA700 is very clever, it can record your entire performance! You can run a song, play the keyboard, sing along and everything will be recorded in MP3 format and stored on an external USB device or in the internal memory.

SongBook

Particularly useful for live use, the SongBook is a fully programmable and easily searchable Music Database.

The SongBook can use styles, MIDI files or MP3s and immediately recall settings such as song title, genre, artist, tempo, volumes, sounds, muted tracks, FX settings, easy edit, 4 Keyboard Sets, TC Helicon[reg] presets, master transpose and more. The SongBook includes also an updated Set List function, with a convenient panel-button association for fast recall, to make life easier during live gigs.

With the SongBook Editor you can easily view, create, and edit your KORG Pa-Series SongBook entries and Set Lists using a Windows based computer. It can also be synchronized with iOS and Android tablets to become your handy external digital music sheet reader (third-party software required; not included).

Specifications

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

* Factory: More than 1,700 Factory Sounds including a multilayer Stereo Piano with damper and body resonance, GM/XG sound sets and 106 Drum Kit

* 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[trade] formats

* Saves KORG, WAV and AIFF formats

* Full Edit, Time Slice

Styles

* Factory: More than 370 Factory Styles, freely reconfigurable sets

* 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 SMFKeyboard Set Library

* Memorize Keyboard Sound settings

MIDI:

* IN, OUT standard MIDI connectors

* USB to MIDI using the USB ports

* HOST: memory and controllers, DEVICE: personal computers

* Eight user definable MIDI Setups

USB:

* Type A (Host), Type B (Device)

* 2.0 Hgh-Speed connections (480 Mbit/s). Low-Speed (1.5 Mbit/s) and Full-Speed (12 Mbit/s) devices can only be connected through a High-Speed USB hub.

Storage:

* Internal memory: 960 MB

* USB external drives (drive not included)

* microSD card (not included); rear panel slot with plastic cover

Display: 7" Wide capacitive color TouchView[trade] TFT display

Video Out: HDMI connector

Clock: Internal System Clock

Power Consumption: 100-240 Volts, 50/60 Hz, 25 Watt normal / < 0.3 Watt in standby

Dimensions: 1030 x 378.3 x 132 mm / 40.55" x 14.89" x 5.2" (without music stand; height with music rest: 355.8 mm / 14")

Weight: 9.9 kg / 21.82 lbs

Included Items: AC Power Cable, Music Stand, Quick Guide manual