Korg Pa1000

The Pa 1000 is a professional arranger that extends the capabilities of the popular Pa 900. It offers a multitude of new sounds and accompaniment styles covering almost all musical genres, a greatly expanded memory, a vocal harmoniser from TC Helicon, a dual mp3 player and recorder, a dual sequencer or a built-in KAOSS FX effects unit.

A semi-weighted keyboard with aftertouch is used for control, which will be appreciated by both beginners and technically advanced players. There's also a range of controls and a touchscreen display right on the front panel, so you're in immediate control of all parameters.

The EDS-X (Enhanced Definition Synthesis-eXpanded) sound engine contains 1750 sounds, covering everything from electric pianos, orchestral and acoustic instruments to registers suitable for electronic music production. Of course, there's a precision-amplified concert grand piano with stereo sound and emulation of string resonance. There are also organs (including the sound of the valves), winds, strings, guitars, in short, everything you can think of. Whether you want to play techno or folk, the Pa 1000 won't let you down.

Not enough factory sounds for you? You can easily add your own sound banks to the arranger in GM, Korg, Wav, Aiff or SoundFont formats.

Listeners will get the full experience from your performance with 430 built-in styles, covering just about every musical genre. Each style can be further enhanced with 4 fills and breaks, or you can store your own samples, riffs, percussion parts or sound effects in the corresponding pads. The manufacturers haven't forgotten to support the Standard MIDI format, so you can immediately load the backing tracks of the latest hits into the arranger.

To make matters worse, the arranger is equipped with over a hundred studio-quality effects, a vocal processor from TC Helicon to handle backing vocals, harmonies, and other special effects, and if you're playing with a guitarist, you can plug their instrument directly into the arranger and further process it independently with several guitar effects. Of course, there's a sophisticated sequencer, easy organization of backing tracks with the SongBook database, and extended connectivity with USB and MIDI.

Forget about splitting royalties and awkward friction with your bandmates. With the Korg Pa 1000, you can easily handle the entire performance completely on your own.