KORG Pa5X - 61

The Pa5X is the new flagship of the KORG Professional Arranger series, redefining the arranger keyboard instrument. Completely redesigned with a state-of-the-art sound generator and simplified color user interface, the Pa5X delivers a rich and unique sound experience that inspires you to create and play live!

Pa5X features thousands of inspiring sounds and hundreds of new styles, instantly accessible in a comfortable working environment. An all-new front panel with assignable PadMatrix and Mixer sections, multi-coloured LED buttons and a large, tiltable touchscreen display puts you in control of your music making at all times. The Pa5X excels as both a live playing instrument and a powerful creative tool in the studio, allowing you to find your ideal sound no matter where your music is headed. Pa5X sounds range from extremely realistic acoustic instruments, to vintage electric keyboards, to synth classics, complete with fantasy sounds and special effects for media and film production. Plus, you can create your own styles or record MIDI and MP3 songs to save to the Songbook database.

The Pa5X - 61 features a semi-weighted keyboard with aftertouch for added expressiveness and an 8" flip-up touchscreen display with a very hilarious graphical user interface (GUI). At the heart of the instrument is the high-performance EDS-XP sound processor, which offers 24 stereo oscillators and 160-voice polyphony, and also brings new high-end features such as Round-Robin for drums and percussion, Smooth Sound Transition, Sound-Controller 3 and many more. The Pa5X features a fully programmable controller section with 9 buttons and 9 sliders. You can assign any function to it, from mixer volume to stick settings, to mic mute and inverse bass, to text scroll commands and more. There is a range of controllers for real-time expressive playing, and Korg's DNC (Defined Nuance Control) technology is the source of much of the detail in the sound of musical instruments. Faders, switches, real and virtual real-time control matrices, joystick and ribbon controllers can be assigned to modulate any sound parameter.

A microphone and guitar can be connected simultaneously to the Pa5X's separate audio inputs. In addition, KORG has extensive experience in vocal harmonization technology and guitar effects processing, and each of these inputs is equipped with special effects. The completely independent guitar input even has its own input signal control. Guitar effects include vintage pedals and instrument simulators, further enhancing the sound and performance of the guitar. There are many predefined guitar presets, up to 4 insert effects, and you can also easily create and save your own effect presets. Pa5X offers a multitude of audio, control and storage connections. You can use MIDI and USB for controllers or external drives, HDMI for external display, XLR and mini audio jacks for additional keyboards, condenser and dynamic microphones, guitars and basses, mobile phones and tablets, or connect your instrument to active speakers or PA systems via balanced outputs. Four independent line outputs are available for separate sound control. Three pedal inputs allow connection of your preferred damper pedal (with half-pedal support), footswitch, volume and expression pedal. A power cord and music stand are included.