Arranger Station KORG PA5X-88

Main features of the professional arranger workstation Korg PA5X-88: Premium quality and elegant design. Modern optimized user interface. Powerful sound engine EDS-XP. Numerous controllers for real-time control. Enhanced chord recognition and chord sequence library. Smooth transition between sounds, styles, and songs. Dual Crossfading Players – two players capable of mixing everything: styles into MIDI files, MIDI files into MP3 files, or styles into styles (which is unique to Pa5X). Each player displays song lyrics and scores. Ability to create your own styles and songs. SongBook – a music library that is always with you. Large sound library. Built-in mixer with Insert, Master, Final, and Mastering effects. Separate inputs for microphone and guitar with special effects for each. MIDI, USB, HDMI, audio input and output, pedal connectors. Standard file formats.

Pa5X – the new flagship in the line of professional arrangers Korg. Completely reimagined, with a modern sound engine and optimized color user interface, Pa5X offers an incredibly rich and unique sound experience that will inspire you to create and perform music!

Korg Pa5X comes with thousands of inspiring sounds and hundreds of new styles that are instantly accessible thanks to the convenient working interface. The brand new front panel with a pad matrix section and mixer, multicolored LED buttons, and a huge tiltable touchscreen allows you to easily control the entire music creation process. Pa5X is perfect for live performances as well as studio creativity, allowing you to find the perfect sound no matter where your musical journey takes you.

Premium quality and elegant design
The new Pa5X is elegant but designed with durability in mind, featuring a sturdy aluminum chassis and natural wood side panels. The Pa5X 88-key model has weighted mechanics and is equipped with aftertouch for even greater expressiveness.

Modern optimized user interface
At the heart of Pa5X is a large 8-inch tiltable touchscreen that displays a completely redesigned GUI (graphical user interface). The display colors are carefully matched to the colors of the programmable LED buttons on the control panel. This colorful interface makes it easy to navigate through the Pa5X and adds color to your music!

Powerful sound engine EDS-XP
Professional arranger stations Korg have set the standard by using powerful sound engines that inspire musicians to create and perform. The Pa5X features the EDS-XP (Enhanced Definition Synthesis – Expanded) sound engine, based on technology used in the Pa4X, but with enhanced components and a new powerful operating system that takes the sounds of Pa5X to a new level. 24 stereo oscillators and 160 voices of polyphony provide thousands of high-quality sounds covering a wide range of musical instruments and genres. The EDS-XP sound engine also includes new features such as Round-Robin drum and percussion performances, Smooth Sound Transition, Sound-Controller 3 functionality, and much more. All of this provides an unprecedented level of realism and expression available only on Pa5X.

Numerous controllers for real-time control
Pa5X is equipped with a fully programmable control section with 9 buttons and 9 sliders. Any function can be assigned to them: from mixer volume or microphone mute to bass inversion, scrolling text commands, and much more. The assigned function is displayed on the auxiliary strip display, so you always know what you have at hand, even if you are on another menu page.

Enhanced chord recognition and chord sequence library
The chord recognition system of Pa5X is the most sophisticated of all existing, with an The built-in sounds range from ultra-realistic acoustic instruments to vintage electric pianos and classic synthesizers, with the addition of fantasy sounds and special effects for gaming, media, video, and film production. Pa5X also includes instruments from various eras and world cultures.

A carefully curated set of acoustic and electric piano sounds includes the sounds of the famous stage vintage piano SV-2. Korg has also added specially selected sounds from their flagship workstations: KRONOS and NAUTILUS. The new Drawbar Organ proudly features a realistic control panel based on physical sliders and buttons on the main panel of Pa5X. The model also includes new effects borrowed from the legendary Korg CX-3 combo organ.

New drum kits have been recorded using new technologies for greater realism. In fact, no two drum hits are the same, providing a more authentic sound.

Intuitive mixer section and a multitude of processing effects
The sounds on Pa5X can be processed through a complex chain of professional studio-quality effects, including up to 10 Insert FX, 3 Master FX, and 1 Finalizer for each of the two players. Mastering effects are applied at the end before the audio outputs of Pa5X.

Separate inputs for microphone and guitar with special effects for each
You can simultaneously connect a microphone and a guitar to the separate audio inputs of Pa5X. Each of these inputs has special built-in effects for the respective instrument.

Next-generation voice processing algorithms have been optimized to work with the latest technologies of Pa5X. As a result, incredibly realistic four-voice harmonies are produced, creating the feeling of a real group singing in the midst of your own music. You will also enjoy the new Auto Pitch feature of Pa5X, which provides a sound characteristic of many contemporary musical works.

The separate guitar input is completely independent and even has its own GAIN control. Guitar effects include emulators of vintage pedals and amplifiers.

MIDI, USB, HDMI, audio input and output, pedal connectors
Pa5X offers a multitude of connectors for audio, control, and data storage. You can use the MIDI and USB connectors to connect controllers or storage devices, HDMI for an external display, audio connectors XLR, jack, and minijack for other keyboard instruments, condenser and dynamic microphones, guitars and bass guitars, smartphones and tablets, or to connect your instrument to active acoustic systems via balanced outputs.