Korg Pa500 61-Key Professional Arranger
The Pa500 61-Key Professional Arranger from Korg is ideal for the musician, composer, performer and entertainer alike with its stellar features and a price tag that won't break the bank. RX (Real eXperience) technology is used to achieve stunning sounds just like its big brothers Pa800 or Pa2XPro. Programming is simple with the TouchView interface, while realistic articulation can be controlled with the 4-way joystick.
Four stereo processors provide up to 128 effects with a 3-band parametric EQ available on each track. The Pa500 has over 320 styles programmed by some of the leading arrangers in the world each with up to 8 parts, 4 variations, and 3 intros/count-ins/fills/breaks/endings. Performance can be custom tailored to your specifications with the Tap Tempo, Fade In/Out and Manual Bass features.
Create accurate guitar parts with picking, strum, chokes, slides, hammer-ons and guitar-specific artifacts while enhancing guitar tracks of standard MIDI-files.
Expand your musical database for live performance with the SongBook feature with pre-programmed settings such as Sounds, Style, Performance, Volumes, Muted Tracks, FX settings, Easy Edit, STS settings, and Master Transpose for every song you need to play. Back up your data to SD or MMC cards and uses USB or MIDI for connection with your computer.
- Intuitive Layout
- Everything from the 61-key velocity sensitive keyboard to the touch screen LCD is designed for an easy working experience.
- Effects
- Four stereo master effect processors provide hundreds of effects, including reverb, delay, chorus, and much more for added richness and depth.
- Styles
- Hundreds of styles in a wide variety of genres are included to give you the full power of a backup band without the hassles.
- Giving you two 16-track sequencers to work with, the XDS Double Sequencer lets you play one sequence while loading another, perform DJ-style cross fades, or play two sequences simultaneously.
- SongBook
- The SongBook function is a programmable musical database that lets you instantly access all the necessary settings for a needed song - great for taking requests.
- Full Controls
- Everything from a pitch/modulation joystick to assignable sliders, switches, and pads give you full, precise control over the system. A damper pedal input, assignable pedal input, are provided for hands-off control.
- MIDI and USB plus SD/MMC
- The Pa500 has both MIDI and USB connectivity with an SD/MMC card slot for data backup.
| Keyboard Zones | 61 Keys with Velocity and Aftertouch |
| Polyphony | 80 |
| Multitimbral | Not specified by the manufacturer |
| Synthesis Method | EDS (Extended Definition Synthesis) 80 Voices, 80 Oscillators - Filters with Resonance - Three band EQ for each track |
| Presets |
880 sounds 56 drumsets |
| User Memory |
128 user sounds 64 user drum kits 320 styles 256 performance locations |
| Effects | 128 effects with 3 band paramwtric EQ on each track |
| Sequencer | Quick Record (Backing Sequence), Multitrack and Step Record functions - Full-featured sequencer - 16 tracks - Up to 200,000 events - SMF native format |
| Controllers | Master Volume, Real Time-Acc/Seq Balance Volume, Ensemble, Octave Transpose, Master Transpose, Style Change, Split, Quarter Tone Arabic Scale , User Scale memorized inside Performance/STS - Realtime controllers: Joystick (pitch + modulation), 1 Assignable Slider, 1 Assignable Switch, Dial, Up/+, Down/- |
| Expansion Slots | SD (Secure Digital) Card and MultiMedia Card (MMC) Memory Devices |
| Sample RAM | None |
| Outputs | Unbalanced Jack Left/Mono, Right |
| Inputs | 2 Unbalanced Line In Jacks |
| Headphone Output | Yes |
| SCSI | No |
| Internal Storage | 880 Sounds, including a Stereo Piano and GM Level 2 compatible Sounds, 56 Drum Kits - User area: 128 Sounds, 64 Drum Kits - Realtime control: Assignable Slider, Switch - Full editing of Sounds and Drum Kits |
| External Storage | via SD/MMC or USB |
| Display | 320 x 240 pixels, Monochrome TouchView Graphic Touch Screen |
| Dimensions (WxDxH) | 42.2 x 15.9 x 7.5" (1074 x 404 x 183mm) |
| Weight | 21.8 lbs (9.9kg) |
| Specialties | More than 320 preloaded Styles, SSD-resident, freely reconfigurable - Up to 448 available Style locations- 64 User Styles - Eight Style tracks, 4 Single Touch Settings and one Style Performance per Style - Guitar Track, Parallel and Fixed NTT - Compatible with old "i-Series" and Pa series Style format - Style Record with Step Record, Track and Event Edit functions - Style controls: 4 Variations, 3 Fills, 3 Intros, 3 Endings, Synchro Start/Stop, Tap Tempo/Reset, Fade In/Out, Bass Inversion, Manual Bass, Tempo Lock, Memory, Accompaniment/Real Time Track Balance Volume, Accompaniment Mute, Drum Mapping, Snare & Kick Designation, Single Touch |
REVIEW SNAPSHOT®
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Ratings Distribution
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of respondents would recommend this to a friend.
Pros
- Good audio (3)
- Lightweight (3)
Cons
Best Uses
- Home studio (3)
- Outdoor events / games (3)
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Pros
- Attractive
- Clear Sound
- Fun
- Good price value
- High quality
- Lightweight
- Professional Functions
Cons
Best Uses
- Events
- Home Studio
- Live performance
- Performances
- Professional Recording
- Weddings
Comments about Korg Pa500 61-Key Professional Arranger:
start play on the pa 500 and u will play and play for long long time without knowing how many time went by it a super powerfull keybord a have tried a lot of keybords nothing beat this one
Pros
- Clear Sound
- Lightweight
Cons
Best Uses
- Events
- Home Studio
- Performances
- Professional Recording
Comments about Korg Pa500 61-Key Professional Arranger:
i own a yamaha psr 1500 and i got the korg pa 500 and i try the s900 the korg 1500 sounds more like the real think much more richer sound from yamaha more professional bass playing u dreams state of the art professional music
Pros
- Clear Sound
- Compact
- Easy To Use
- Lightweight
- Versatile
Cons
Best Uses
- Amateur Recording
- Events
- Home Studio
Comments about Korg Pa500 61-Key Professional Arranger:
Simle easy to play great sound and styles. I have had mony arraners , Love this one
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Accessory Packages
- Price: $101.95
- CAD 104.30
Cables
- Price: $4.99
- CAD 5.11
Stands & Support
- Price: $30.80
- CAD 31.51
Benches
- Price: $29.95
- CAD 30.64
Pedals
- Price: $47.52
- CAD 48.62
Headphones
- Price: $48.37
- CAD 49.49
What's in the Box
- Manual
- CD-ROM
- AC Adapter
- Music Stand
- 1 Year Parts and Labor Warranty
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