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Easy Mode

If you have never used an instrument so rich in features as this
before, we suggest you to use your Pa588 in Easy Mode. Easy
Mode allows you to play Styles and Songs with a simple user
interface, free from the many advanced parameters that you will
want to learn at a later date.

Easy Mode is turned on by default, when you first buy the
instrument. If it isn’t for some reason, or want to return there
after you have turned if off, please follow the steps below.

Turning the Easy Mode on

Touch the little rectangle on the top right corner of the display,
to open the 

page menu:

Touch the “Easy Mode” menu item, to make the checkmark
appear:

At this point, the Easy Mode has been activated, and the ele-
ments in the display appear less cluttered:

Turning the Easy Mode off

The instrument will stay in this mode even after having been
turned off. Repeat the above operation when you want to deacti-
vate the Easy Mode.

Switching between Styles and Songs

Depending on what you want to play, you must switch to Style
Play mode or Song Play mode.

•

Press the STYLE PLAY button to switch to the Style Play
mode and play Styles. This is the mode you are in when you
first turn the instrument on.

•

Press the SONG PLAY button to switch to the Song Play
mode and play Songs.

Easy Mode

The page menu

Summary of Contents for Pa588

Page 1: ...User s Manual ENGLISH OS Ver 1 0 1 E ...

Page 2: ...ot installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interfe...

Page 3: ... and checked through Due to our constant efforts to improve our products the specifications might differ to those in the manual KORG is not responsible for any eventual differ ences found between the specifications and the contents of the instruction manual the specifications being subject to change without prior notice Warranty KORG products are manufactured according to the strictest electrical ...

Page 4: ...om www korgpa com Please read the instructions supplied with the operating system The BALANCE slider When turning the instrument on please be assured the BALANCE slider is set to the cen ter This sets both Sequencer 1 and Sequencer 2 to their maximum level This will avoid you start a Song without hearing anything Pa588 100UM ENG book Page iv Monday May 26 2008 4 34 PM ...

Page 5: ...rd 37 Playing two or three Sounds at the same time 39 Playing different Sounds with your left and right hand 41 Changing the split point 42 Raising or lowering the Upper octave 42 Selecting and saving Performances 43 Selecting a Performance 44 Saving your settings to a Performance 45 Selecting and playing Styles 47 Selecting and playing a Style 48 Adjusting Tempo 49 Intro Fill Variation Ending 50 ...

Page 6: ...ort SMF 127 Export SMF 128 Page menu 128 Write Style dialog box 129 Copy Key Chord dialog box 129 Copy Sounds dialog box 130 Copy Expression dialog box 130 Copy Key Range dialog box 130 Copy Chord Table dialog box 130 Overdub Step Recording window 131 Pad Record mode 132 The Pad structure 132 Entering the Pad Record mode 132 Exit by saving or deleting changes 133 Listening to the Pad while in Reco...

Page 7: ...ontrols Basic 201 General Controls Transpose Control 202 General Controls Scale 202 General Controls Lock 203 General Controls Interface 205 Controllers Pedals Slider 206 MIDI MIDI Setup General Controls 207 MIDI MIDI In Control 208 MIDI MIDI In Channels 209 MIDI MIDI Out Channels 209 MIDI Filters 210 Audio Setup Metro Speakers 210 Audio Setup Master EQ 210 Touch Panel Calibration 211 Page menu 21...

Page 8: ...4 Table of Contents Pa588 100UM ENG book Page 4 Monday May 26 2008 4 34 PM ...

Page 9: ...Introduction Pa588 100UM ENG book Page 5 Monday May 26 2008 4 34 PM ...

Page 10: ... corner of the display to open the page menu Touch the Easy Mode menu item to make the checkmark appear At this point the Easy Mode has been activated and the ele ments in the display appear less cluttered Turning the Easy Mode off The instrument will stay in this mode even after having been turned off Repeat the above operation when you want to deacti vate the Easy Mode Switching between Styles a...

Page 11: ...cannot be heard If the icon does not appear the Sound is in play and can be heard page 39 Sounds assigned to the right hand UP1 to UP3 and to the left hand LOW Touch the Sound s name to open the Sound Select window and choose a different Sound page 76 Style name and info Touch the Style s name to open the Style Select window and choose a different Style page 77 Tempo Use the DIAL to change it Leng...

Page 12: ...te and cannot be heard If the icon does not appear the Sound is in play and can be heard page 39 Sounds assigned to the right hand UP1 to UP3 and to the left hand LOW Touch the Sound s name to open the Sound Select window and choose a different Sound page 76 Song assigned to Sequencer 1 Touch it to open the Song Select window and choose a different Song page 78 Tempo Use the DIAL to change it Song...

Page 13: ...Lyr ics of the Song assigned to Sequencer 1 Sequencer 2 or the Style page 153 Chord if included in the Song Lyrics are shown in this area Use this tab to set the display options page 154 STS Either touch them to select or use the SINGLE TOUCH SET TING buttons under the display page 13 Name of the Song in play Use these tabs to see Markers set for the Song assigned to Sequencer 1 or Sequencer 2 pag...

Page 14: ...10 Front panel Front panel 1 2 11 10 14 18 19 20 21 22 15 16 17 12 13 3 4 9 6 5 7 8 Pa588 100UM ENG book Page 10 Monday May 26 2008 4 34 PM ...

Page 15: ...11 Front panel Introduction 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 23 24 29 30 32 33 34 35 36 31 27 28 25 26 9 Pa588 100UM ENG book Page 11 Monday May 26 2008 4 34 PM ...

Page 16: ...olume of all Style tracks at the same time In Sequencer mode Keep SHIFT pressed and move the slider to proportionally change the volume of all Song tracks at the same time 5 PLAY PIANO Press this button to recall a single Grand Piano RX sound play ing over the full keyboard The sound is assigned to the Upper 1 track all other tracks are automatically muted You can jump to the Global General Contro...

Page 17: ...of the buttons of this section the Write STS window appears in the display with the current STS already selected and you can save the current keyboard track settings in a STS see Write Sin gle Touch Setting dialog box on page 103 D PAD 1 4 STOP Each Pad corresponds to a dedicated Pad track Use these but tons to trigger up to four sounds or sequences at the same time Press a single PAD button to tr...

Page 18: ... Press them twice LED blinking to let them play in loop and select any other Style element Fill Intro Variation to exit the loop Note Ending 1 plays a short sequence with different chords while Ending 2 plays on the latest recognized chord Ending 3 starts immediately and is just two measures long J VARIATION 1 4 buttons Each of these buttons selects one of the four variations of the current Style ...

Page 19: ... let you under stand the sonic power of the Pa588 To exit from this mode press any of the MODE buttons Q GLOBAL This button recalls the Global edit environment where you can adjust various global settings This edit environment overlaps any operating mode that still remains active in the background Press EXIT to go back to the underlying operating mode R MEDIA This button recalls the Media edit env...

Page 20: ...ing of measure 1 TEMPO LOCK This button turns the Tempo Lock and Link Mode functions on or off On When you select a different Style or Performance or select a different Song the tempo does not change You can still manually change it by using the DIAL The Link Mode is also turned on for the Song Play mode Tempo is the same for both Sequenc ers Off When you select a different Style or Performance or...

Page 21: ... be automatically turned on You can jump to the Style Play Key Velocity page by keeping SHIFT pressed and pressing the SPLIT button d TRANSPOSE These buttons transpose the whole instrument in semitone steps Master Transpose The transposition value is usually shown on the page header in the display Press both buttons together to reset the Master Transpose to zero Note The Master Transpose has no ef...

Page 22: ...to be connected to exter nal controllers another keyboard MIDI guitar wind controller MIDI accordion to a series of expanders or to a computer running a sequencer For more information on how to use the MIDI interface see the MIDI chapter IN This connector receives MIDI data from a com puter or a controller Connect it to an external controller s or computer s MIDI OUT OUT This connector sends MIDI ...

Page 23: ...output the signal in mono Set the output level with the MASTER VOLUME slider Note This MASTER VOLUME slider does not control the signal entering the audio inputs see below 9 IN L MONO R connectors Use these unbalanced connectors to input another keyboard synthesizer a CD or MP3 player or a mixer s non powered output The signal goes directly to the final mix 0 DC 12 V power adapter connector Plug t...

Page 24: ...load data while playing your instrument Operating System updates to load new features and enhancements Don t let your instrument get old Solid State Disk SSD for any system update a smart way to replace the usual ROM memory SD Secure Digital and MultiMedia MMC memory card drive to store your data on the most up to date and reli able support General MIDI Level 2 Sound compatible 882 Factory Sounds ...

Page 25: ...itional manuals About this manual This manual is divided in four sections An Introduction containing an overview of the instru ment and of basic operations A Quick Guide containing a series of practical guides A Reference Guide with each page and parameter described in detail An Appendix with a list of data and useful information for the advanced user Additional information can be found inside the...

Page 26: ...y page of the Media mode see OS Version Number on page 225 Warning Do not install an OS other than the official OS supplied by Korg for the Pa588 Trying to install an OS created for different models may cause data loss and permanent damage to the instru ment Korg is not responsible for any damage caused by improper installation of the OS Loading the Musical Resources Should you need the original M...

Page 27: ...nds Performances and Styles will be preserved Controlling the Volume Master Volume Use the MASTER VOLUME slider to control the overall volume of the instrument This slider con trols the volume of the Pa588 sound going to the internal speakers the main L MONO and R OUTPUTs and the PHONES connector It does not control the volume of sound entering the IN connectors Note Begin with a moderate level th...

Page 28: ... careful not to make it distort or clip Here is how to set the volume of the connected device if the sound heard on the Pa588 s outputs is too low you should increase the output level of the connected device if it sounds fine it s ok if it distorts you should lower the level a little until the sounds is fine again MIDI connections You can play the internal sounds of your Pa588 with an external con...

Page 29: ... Sound you choose may be assigned to any track in a Style Variation For each Style there are four Variations In general each Varia tion is a slightly different version of the others As you progress from Variation one to Variation four the arrangements will become more complex and more parts Tracks may be added This allows your performance to have a more dynamic arrange ment without losing the orig...

Page 30: ...er so you can capture and play back your performances The Pa588 sequencer can function in different modes In the Backing Sequence mode each Style ele ment and each Real Time Keyboard and Pads element can be recorded on a separate track in a single pass This can be a big help in getting a song recorded quickly The sequencer can also behave as a traditional 16 track linear sequencer where each track...

Page 31: ...Select window appear Overlapping windows When you press a Sound Style STS Pad or Song name a select ing window overlaps the current page After you select an item in the window or press the EXIT button the window closes and the underlying page is shown again Dialog boxes Similar to selecting windows dialog boxes overlap the underlay ing page Press one of the button on the display to give Pa588 an a...

Page 32: ...and edit the name Lists and scrollbars Files on storage media as well as other kinds of data are shown as lists Use the scrollbar to scroll the list content Keep the SHIFT button pressed while touching one of the arrows to scroll to the next or previous alpha numeric section Sliders To change a slider s position select it then use the TEMPO VALUE dial to change its position As an alternative touch...

Page 33: ...n on parameters data or list entries is executed on highlighted items First select the parameter or item then execute the operation Non available grayed out parameters When a parameter or command is not currently available it is shown in grey on the display This means it cannot be selected but may become available when a different option is selected or you switch to a different page Shortcuts Some...

Page 34: ...30 Interface basics Shortcuts Pa588 100UM ENG book Page 30 Monday May 26 2008 4 34 PM ...

Page 35: ...Quick Guide Pa588 100UM ENG book Page 31 Monday May 26 2008 4 34 PM ...

Page 36: ...Standby power switch Display Demo buttons Mixer button Touch here to open the Mixer and set the vol ume and pan for each track Recognized chord Style name Style bank Style meter Tempo Selected Performance or STS Split Point indicator Upper Keyboard tracks Sounds assigned to the Upper Keyboard tracks Page menu Lower Keyboard track Sound assigned to the Lower Keyboard track Single Touch Settings STS...

Page 37: ...ing the demos A variety of demo songs have been included to demonstrate the sonic power of the Pa588 1 To open the Demo page press the STYLE PLAY and SONG PLAY buttons at the same time 2 Follow the instructions in the display That s it Pa588 100UM ENG book Page 33 Monday May 26 2008 4 34 PM ...

Page 38: ...the forearm and hand are in their natural shape You elbows should rest slightly in front of the center line when your hands are in a neu tral position on the keyboard with your hands in front of the elbows Sit on the front of the piano bench far back enough to feel stable enough not to need to hold in place Adjust the bench s height so that it is not too low and your elbows are not too low either ...

Page 39: ... and turn the TEMPO VALUE DIAL to adjust the display contrast Changing the keyboard s touch response Before starting to play check the keyboard response and see if you prefer to set it in a different way Here is how to adjust the touch response 1 Keep the SHIFT button pressed and press the PLAY PIANO button to open the page containing the Keyboard Settings 2 Use the TEMPO VALUE DIAL to choose a cu...

Page 40: ...e the settings to memory 5 Press the EXIT button to return to the main screen Touch the triangle in the upper right corner of the display to open the page menu then choose the Write Global Global Setup command from the menu When the Write Global Global Setup dialog box appears press OK to confirm saving to memory Pa588 100UM ENG book Page 36 Monday May 26 2008 4 34 PM ...

Page 41: ...ion just select any other Sound press the SPLIT button and mute unmute any track Selecting a Sound and playing it on the keyboard 1 Be sure the Upper 1 track is selected and set to play Note Be sure tracks Upper 2 and Upper 3 are muted and are not play ing If you hear more than one sound see also page 39 for how to mute tracks Playing Sounds Sound Select section Split button i A selected track is ...

Page 42: ...dow Full Upper i The selected Sound is high lighted Press a Sound s name to select it Press one of the side tabs to select a different Sound bank Press one of the lower tabs to select a different Sound page A Previous and Next Page pair of button may appear in this area when more than five pages are available The currently selected Sound also appears on the page header Target track for the selecte...

Page 43: ...set the Upper 2 track to play 2 Play the keyboard 3 Press the icon in the Upper 3 status box to set the Upper 3 track to play i Please note how the icon appears in the Upper 2 and Upper 3 status boxes These tracks will not be heard After pressing in this area the icon disap pears The Upper 2 track will be set to play and will be heard Note how the Dark Pad sound assigned to the Upper 2 track has b...

Page 44: ...te how the StringEns2 sound assigned to the Upper 3 track has been added to the Dark Pad assigned to the Upper 2 track and the Grand Piano assigned to the Upper 1 track Note how the StringEns2 sound assigned to the Upper 3 track has been muted again Only tracks Upper 1 and Upper 2 can be heard at this time Note how the Dark Pad sound assigned to the Upper 2 track has been muted again Only track Up...

Page 45: ... right hand parts 2 Be sure the Lower track is set to play 3 Play the keyboard Hint You can select a different Sound for the Lower part by follow ing the same procedure used for the Upper 1 track See page 37 4 Return to the full keyboard playing mode by pressing the SPLIT button on the control panel to turn its LED off Lower Upper If the Lower track is muted press its icon to make it disap pear fr...

Page 46: ... automatically turned on The LED on the SPLIT button turns on Raising or lowering the Upper octave If all Upper tracks sound too high or too low you can quickly change which octave they are playing in 1 Use the UPPER OCTAVE buttons on the control panel to transpose all Upper tracks at the same time Note The Octave Transpose value for each of the keyboard track is shown under the Sound s name 2 Pre...

Page 47: ... then save them in their customized form Similar to Performances you can also save your settings to a Single Touch Setting STS which will store all the settings for the Keyboard tracks Four STSs are supplied with each Style and SongBook entry and can be selected with the four dedicated buttons under the display As far as Style tracks are concerned you can save settings in a third object called the...

Page 48: ...er ent Style and its settings Sounds and effects set tings for the Style tracks i The selected Performance is highlighted Press a Perfor mance name to select it Press one of the side tabs to select a different Performance bank Press one of the lower tabs to select a different Performance page Set of banks 1 8 corresponds to the top row of Performances on the control panel 9 16 to the lower row The...

Page 49: ...the Write Performance command to open the Write Performance dialog box 3 If you like you may assign a new name to the Performance i Page menu icon Page menu After choosing the Write Performance menu item the Write Performance dia log box appears Press the T symbol to open the Text Edit dialog box Use alphabetical characters to enter text Use the and buttons to move the cursor Use the SHIFT but ton...

Page 50: ...st Make a backup of all your important data To select the target Bank and Performance location select the Bank and Performance parameters and use the TEMPO VALUE dial A B The selected Perfor mance location is highlighted Press a Performance s name to select it Press one of the side tabs to select a different Performance bank Press one of the lower tabs to select a different Performance page or Not...

Page 51: ... song By selecting Style Elements you can make your playing more varied and musical When selecting a Style a Style Performance with settings for the Style tracks is also selected If the SINGLE TOUCH LED is turned on the first of the four Single Touch Settings STS associated with the Style is selected too and Keyboard tracks pads effects and some other useful parameters are automatically configured...

Page 52: ...In this case press the EXIT button to exit from a window 2 Select a Style from the Style Select window 3 Be sure the ACCOMP LED is turned on i The selected Style is highlighted Press a Style s name to select it Press one of the side tabs to select a different Style bank Press one of the lower tabs to select a different Style page Set of banks 1 8 corresponds to the top row of Styles on the control...

Page 53: ...t As an alterna tive to using the TEMPO VALUE dial hold the Tempo value in the dis play then move your fin ger up down or left right While the Tempo parameter is selected use the TEMPO VALUE dial to change its value When the Tempo parameter is not selected or you are in any other page keep the SHIFT button pressed and use the DIAL to change the Tempo The selected tempo will be shown in a small win...

Page 54: ...ard 4 While playing press one of the FILL buttons to select a Fill Note You do not need to select a Fill before selecting a differ ent Variation but select ing a Fill makes the transition smoother and more musical 5 Before the Fill ends press one of the VARIATION buttons to select a dif ferent variation of the basic pattern Note You do not need to select a Varia tion during a Fill since a Variatio...

Page 55: ... to Song Play mode from Style play mode to let you select a dif ferent configuration of Keyboard tracks while listening to the Songs Note STSs are very similar to Performances but they are fine tuned to the Style they are associated to 1 Press one of the four STS buttons under the display 2 Play the keyboard 3 Try all the other STSs and see how settings change with each of them You can see the nam...

Page 56: ...ll stop that sound Pads containing patterns or arpeggios play in sync with the Tempo 3 Select a different Style and see how the sounds or patterns assigned to the PADS change You can even press more Pads at once and play two or more sounds or patterns at the same time Pressing STOP stops them all at the same time Keeping STOP pressed and pressing one of the PAD buttons only stops that sound or pat...

Page 57: ...s with the left hand and single notes in the right hand 4 To select a different harmonization style keep the SHIFT button pressed and press the ENSEMBLE button to open the Ensemble page This is a fast shortcut to recall this page The longer would have been entering the Edit mode by pressing the MENU button then going to the Ensemble page Notice how the right hand is automatically harmonized accord...

Page 58: ...ization type has been selected press the EXIT but ton to go back to the main page 6 Press the ENSEMBLE button again to turn its LED off The automatic har monization will be turned off While in an edit page press EXIT to go back to the main page of the current operating mode Pa588 100UM ENG book Page 54 Monday May 26 2008 4 34 PM ...

Page 59: ...sired Time Signature Metronome Styles can be found in the fourth page of the bank World 2 2 Use the TEMPO VALUE DIAL to set the Tempo 3 Press the START STOP button to start the metronome 4 Use the VARIATION buttons to select one of the metronome accents 5 Use the BALANCE slider to set the metronome s volume 6 Press the START STOP button again to stop the metronome The Metronome Var 1 No accent Var...

Page 60: ...can be seen in the display Selecting a Song to play 1 Press the SONG PLAY button to switch to the Song Play mode Hint In Style Play mode with Easy Mode turned off you can pre select the Songs to be assigned to both sequencers This way you will be ready to start them as soon as you switch to Song Play mode Song Play Sequencers controls The SONG PLAY button i The Songs area of the Style Play main pa...

Page 61: ... Select window i Press a Song s name to highlight it Use the scroll bar to see all Songs in the list Keep SHIFT pressed and touch the Up Down arrow to scroll to the next previous alphabetic section As an alter native you can use the DIAL Use the Open and Close buttons to browse through the folders Use the Device pop up menu to re select the card and deselect everything Press the Select button to a...

Page 62: ...y stop when the end of the Song is reached After pressing the PLAY STOP button the button s LED turns on and the measure counter begins to show the current measure number Press the REWIND button once to go to the beginning of the current measure Keep it pressed to go back several measures Press the FAST FORWARD button once to go to the beginning of the next measure Keep it pressed to go forward se...

Page 63: ... button pressed and press any of the two PLAY STOP buttons to start both Sequencers at the same time Hint You don t need to start both sequencers at the same time You can start the first Song then start the second one when the first one is near to the end This way you can use the BALANCE slider to gently crossfade between the end of one Song and the beginning of the follow ing one 4 During playbac...

Page 64: ...ate up to four Pads and up to four STSs to each Standard MIDI File This way it is easy to recall a complete setup for Keyboard tracks and effects for realtime playing over a Standard MIDI File Also you can link a text file to a Standard MIDI File or to a Style to read the Lyrics in the display even if there are no Lyrics events in the midifile or if you prefer to play the song live with the help o...

Page 65: ...er selecting an entry the corresponding Style SMF or KAR file will be recalled together with the relevant operating mode Style Play or Song Play Up to four STSs will also be recalled Any TXT file associated with the entry can be seen in the Lyrics STS page The selected Style SMF or KAR file is shown in the higher part of the screen Press this check box to turn the view filter on Press this button ...

Page 66: ...ll be shown 3 Open the page menu again and choose the Show Genre now Artist item The Genre column will be shown again Sorting entries You can change the order entries are shown in the display 1 Press the page menu icon to open the page menu 2 Select one of the available sorting options The order of entries in the display changes reflecting the selected sorting option i Choose one of the sorting op...

Page 67: ... huge You can however look for say specific artists or song titles using the filtering functions 1 Press the Filter button in the display to open the Filter dialog box 2 Press the Text Edit button next to the search criteria even more than one you want to enter Touch the Name label to alphabetically order the names in the list Each time you touch the label the order changes between Ascending and D...

Page 68: ...log box The entered text is now the search criteria 4 Press OK to close the Filter dialog box and return to the SongBook page Once the Filter dialog box has been closed by pressing OK the Filtered check box is automati cally checked and the filter is activated Only entries matching the entered criterion are seen in the Main List 5 To see the whole SongBook database again press the Filtered check b...

Page 69: ... for the SMF or KAR file are saved with the entry If unchecked original Style track settings are saved with the entry This parameter is mandatory when creat ing a new entry by pressing the New Song button When checked current Keyboard track settings are saved to one of the four STSs available for each entry You can also exit the SongBook edit Keyboard tracks then return to the SongBook and save th...

Page 70: ...comprehensive as you can press the Write button in the display to open the Write dialog box 9 Press the Text Edit button to assign a name to the new entry then press OK to save the entry to the SongBook database Entry s name By default it is the same name of the associated Standard MIDI File of MP3 file or the associated Style The name can be up to 16 characters long Select Rename Overwrite to ove...

Page 71: ... open the List Edit page and press the New List button to create a new blank list 3 Press the Book tab to open the Book page and see the full database Use the various sorting searching and filtering options seen above to find the entries you are looking for Press the Add to List button when the desired entry has been selected After you check the Enable List Edit item the List Edit page becomes ava...

Page 72: ...tom List Press Del List to delete the current Custom List Warning Del List will delete the cur rent Custom List Press Write to save the current Custom List Select an entry on the list to edit List name Scrollbar Press the T symbol to open the Text Edit dialog box Use alphabetic characters to enter text Use the and buttons to move the cursor Use the SHIFT but ton to switch between capitals and smal...

Page 73: ...ter if it is based on a Style or a Standard MIDI File 1 Press the Lyrics STS tab to open the Lyrics STS page and see the four STSs associated to the current SongBook entry 2 Select the desired STS by pressing the corresponding SINGLE TOUCH SET TING button on the control panel As an alternative touch its name in the display The STS is selected Keyboard tracks settings may change Use the List pop up...

Page 74: ... Backing Sequence Quick Record mode 1 Press the SEQUENCER button to switch to the Sequencer mode 2 Press the RECORD button to open the Song Record Mode Select dialog box Recording a new Song The SEQUENCER button Sequencer 1 controls Style Select section Style Elements Style Controls After pressing the SEQUENCER button the main page of the Sequencer mode appears Press the RECORD button to open the ...

Page 75: ... or one the STYLE buttons to open the Style Select window and select a different Style as seen on page 48 Track s status Rec means they are ready to record Play means they are recorded and you can hear them Mute means they cannot be heard Measure counter Neg ative numbers 2 1 are the precount after which you can start recording Style s Tempo Change it if you like Grouped tracks During Quick Record...

Page 76: ...uence Record mode you cannot use the SYNCHRO TAP TEMPO RESET ACC SEQ VOLUME controls 4 When finished recording your Song press the PLAY STOP button in the SEQUENCER 1 section to exit recording and return to the main page of the Sequencer mode 5 While in the main page of the Sequencer mode press the PLAY STOP button in the SEQUENCER 1 section to listen to the recorded Song The Backing Sequence Song...

Page 77: ...s set the track to be preserved to the Play mode 3 Repeat the recording process and press the PLAY STOP button in the SEQUENCER 1 section to stop recording and to return to the main page of the Sequencer mode 4 While in the main page of the Sequencer mode press the PLAY STOP button in the SEQUENCER 1 section to listen to the recorded Song Again the Backing Sequence Song has been converted to an or...

Page 78: ...If no Song is selected a new Song file will be created on the target device To deselect a selected Song press anywhere else in the Song list Device menu Use the scroll bar to see all Songs in the list Keep SHIFT pressed and touch the Up Down arrow to scroll to the next previous alphabetic sec tion As an alternative you can use the DIAL Use the Open and Close buttons to browse through the folders P...

Page 79: ...Reference Pa588 100UM ENG book Page 75 Monday May 26 2008 4 34 PM ...

Page 80: ...ailable but cannot be seen in the display Sounds Press one of these buttons in the display to select a Sound Unless the Display Hold option is turned on see Display Hold On on page 206 the window automatically closes short after you select a Sound Program Change Program Change number Shown only when the Show Program Change number parameter is turned on in Global mode See page 205 Performance Selec...

Page 81: ...el the next page in the same bank is selected This way you do not need to press one of the corresponding tabs in the display in order to select a different page Styles Press one of these buttons in the display to select a Style Unless the Display Hold option is turned on see Display Hold On on page 206 the window automatically closes short after you select a Style After selecting a Style from this...

Page 82: ...s for faster accesses to the card thus a quicker response of the Pa588 to your Media commands Directory This is the list of the selected device s content Use the scrollbar to scroll the list items As an alternative you can use the TEMPO VALUE dial to scroll Keep the SHIFT button pressed and press one of the arrows to jump to the previous or next alphabetical section You can touch one of the labels...

Page 83: ... the SONG SELECT but ton to open the keypad and enter the number corresponding to the Song to be selected While in any page of the Song Play mode press the SONG SELECT button twice to open the keypad Note If no Song corresponds to the dialed number the Song not available message will appear Warning While the directory may contain more than 9999 files you can t select Songs outside the 0001 9999 ra...

Page 84: ... Edit button you can open the Text Edit window Enter the name then press OK to confirm and close the Text Edit window Rename Available only when an item is selected in a list Use this function to change the name of an existing file or folder You cannot change the 3 character extension of files and SET folders since they are used to identify the type of file or folder Press the Text Edit button to ...

Page 85: ...s automat ically selected Performance settings are overridden When the STYLE CHANGE LED is on selecting a Performance also selects a Style the one whose number is memorized with the Performance Current track settings can be saved either in a Performance an STS or a Style Performance depending on the page menu com mand you select Main page Normal view This is the page you can see after you turn the...

Page 86: ...ons at the same time Note Tempo may change while a Style Element is playing Each Style Element may contain Tempo Change data Sequencer 1 2 area This is where Songs assigned to the two onboard sequencers are shown Song name Name of Songs assigned to Sequencer 1 S1 and Sequencer 2 S2 You can select Songs while playing Styles to have them ready when switching to Song Play mode The icon shows the type...

Page 87: ...ividual Style tracks are shown in the lower half of the display while the upper half of the main page changes to show parameters for the Style tracks Press TRACK SELECT again to return to the Normal view Key board tracks grouped Style tracks Original Style Sounds This parameter lets you assign different Sounds to the Style tracks overriding the Sounds recorded into each Style Element pattern These...

Page 88: ... the grouped Style tracks Dr Perc Accomp Bass is a global offset When you choose a different Style this offset does not change and the average volume of the Style tracks remains the same Changes are not memorized to a Performance or Style Perfor mance They can be memorized to the Global Style Play Setup i e the preferences of the Style Play mode see Write Global Style Setup on page 101 The Style T...

Page 89: ... select this panel This panel replicates the Mixer Tuning Sub Scale edit page see page 90 Pad panel Press the Pad tab to select this panel This is where you can assign a different Hit or Sequence Pad to each of the four pads and see at a glance how pads are programmed For more options go to the Pad Pad page see page 99 Pad assignment Name of the Hit or Sequence assigned to each Pad Press the box t...

Page 90: ...ways play at least three notes to let a chord be recognized For more information on the various options see Chord Rec ognition Mode on page 99 Note This parameter is the same you can find in the Preferences Style Preferences page see page 99 Bass Inversion This parameter allows you to turn the Bass Inversion function on or off Note This function can be automatically activated by playing the keyboa...

Page 91: ...ters area Each page contains various parameters Use the tabs to select one of the available pages For detailed information on the vari ous types of parameters see sections starting from page 87 Tabs Use tabs to select one of the edit pages of the current edit section Mixer Tuning Volume Pan This page lets you set the volume and pan for each of the Key board or Style tracks Volume settings are the ...

Page 92: ... Tuning FX Send This page lets you set the level of the track s direct uneffected signal going to the Internal FX processors The effect processors included in Pa588 are connected in parallel so you can decide which percentage of the direct signal can be effected In case you want to send all of a track s signal to the effect as when using insert effects like Rotary Distortion EQ just set the Dry pa...

Page 93: ...his page lets you reset or bypass track equalization pro grammed in the previous page Use the TRACK SELECT button to switch from the Keyboard to the Style tracks and vice versa Track Reset buttons Use these buttons to reset i e flatten equalization for the corresponding track Reset All Tracks button Press this button to reset i e flatten equalization for all tracks Bypass Check any of these checkb...

Page 94: ...er Conversely selection of Quarter Tone settings can be sent by the Pa588 to an external MIDI recorder as System Exclusive data Scale Selected scale See Scales on page 39 of the Data Lists manual in the Accessory CD for a list of the available scales When selecting the User scale the keyboard diagram on the right becomes active see How to fine tune each note of the User scale below Key This parame...

Page 95: ...ial to adjust the selected note tuning in cents Note These settings can be saved to a Performance or STS How to program a scale in realtime using an SC Scale Preset When the Quarter Tone function is activated you can choose one of the four SC Scale Presets by using the soft button that appear in the display How to program a scale in realtime using a footswitch The Quarter Tone function allows you ...

Page 96: ...ssage generated by an inter nal physical controller Effects FX A D These pages contain the editing parameters for the four effect processors Here is an example of the FX A page with the Reverb Smooth Hall effect assigned Selected effect Select one of the available effects from this pop up menu This is equivalent to the FX A D parameters found in the Effects FX Select page see above Note Effects ca...

Page 97: ...ge 0 Bank Select MSB CC 32 is the Con trol Change 32 Bank Select LSB PC is the Pro gram Change When touching the Sound area the numeric key pad appears instead of the Sound Select window You can enter the Control Change Program Change bundle shown above separating the three parts with a dot Both The track plays both the internal sounds and an external instrument connected to the MIDI OUT Type Drum...

Page 98: ...to reset all changes to percussive instrument volumes in the selected track Reset All Tracks Press this button to reset all changes to percussive instrument volumes in all tracks Play Mute icon Track s play mute status Play status The track can be heard Mute status The track cannot be heard How to adjust volume for a single Drum Family Here is a quick example of the use of the Drum Volume func tio...

Page 99: ...sound darker and mellower 4 Press the Reset Track button in the display to recall the original Cutoff value Keyboard Ensemble Keyboard Control This page lets you enable disable the Damper and Expression pedals plus the Joystick for each of the Keyboard tracks Damper On When you press the Damper pedal and release the keys the track s sound is kept sustained Off The Damper pedal is not active on any...

Page 100: ...track cannot be heard Keyboard Ensemble Ensemble This page lets you program the Ensemble function This func tion harmonizes the right hand melody played in realtime using the recognized chords of the left hand Note The Ensemble function only works in Style Play mode with the Split keyboard mode Ensemble Harmonization type Duet Adds a single note to the melody Close Adds a closed position chord to ...

Page 101: ...s to separately set Upper tracks for the Ensemble function Off There is no harmonization on this track Normal This track is included in the harmonization Mute This track only plays the Ensemble notes but not the original note Play Mute icon Track s play mute status Play status The track can be heard Mute status The track cannot be heard Style Controls Drum Fill In this page you can select various ...

Page 102: ...The track cannot be heard Style Controls Keyboard Range On Off Wrap Around In this page you can program the Wrap Around point and turn on off the Keyboard Range included in each Style tracks Keyboard Range On Off This parameter is an on off switch for the Key Range parameter memorized into each Style Element track On The Keyboard Range is considered provided it has been programmed see Style Elemen...

Page 103: ... LED is turned off the Fingered 3 mode is always selected and you must always play at least three notes to let a chord be recognized Note This parameter is the same you can find in the main page see Split panel on page 86 Fingered 1 Play one or more notes A full Major chord will be recognized even if only a single note is played Fingered 2 You must always play two or more notes for a chord to be r...

Page 104: ...t sus tained when raising the hand from the keyboard The chord is always kept in memory Lock icon All parameters in this page may be protected from selecting a different Performance or STS This lock is reset when turning the instrument off unless you write Global settings to memory see Write Global Global Setup dialog box on page 212 For more information on parameter locks see General Con trols Lo...

Page 105: ...s not playing and the Lower track is muted no sound can be heard when you play with your left hand If the Lower track is set to play you can hear the sound assigned to the Lower track Page menu Press the page menu icon to open the menu Press a command to select it Press anywhere in the display to close the menu without selecting a command Write Performance Select this command to open the Write Per...

Page 106: ...elect the source Performance Style or STS then go to the Effects FX Select page to copy all four effects 2 Choose the Copy FX command from the page menu 3 Select the target Performance Style or STS then go to the page of the Effects FX Select page 4 Choose the Paste FX command from the page menu Easy Mode Easy Mode allows you to use the Style Play and Song Play modes with an easier to use user int...

Page 107: ...own Use the TEMPO VALUE dial to select a different location Write Style Performance dialog box Open this window by selecting the Write Style Performance item from the page menu Here you can save Style track settings to the Style Performance of the current Style Parameters saved in the Style Performance are marked with the symbol through the user s manual Keep the SHIFT button pressed and press one...

Page 108: ...d chord Which Chord Variation corre sponds to each scanned chord is a setting of the Style the Chord Variation Table Each Style Element contains a Chord Variation Table whose prototype is the following After deciding what CV to play the arranger triggers the right sequence for each track Since each sequence is written in a par ticular key for example CMajor GMajor or Emin the arranger transposes i...

Page 109: ...e menu of the Style Play mode see Write Style Performance dialog box on page 103 Sounds There are two ways of assigning Sounds to the Style tracks While in Style Record mode you can assign different Sounds to each Style Element see Sounds area on page 110 While in Style Play mode you can assign a single Sound to the Style Performance together with the other track parameters that remains the same f...

Page 110: ...heck how it works Press START STOP again to stop the playback When you are in the Sounds Expression Keyboard Range Chord Table Trigger Tension Delete All Copy Style Ele ment Controls or Style Control pages you can listen to the whole Style Press START STOP and play some chords to do your tests Select any Style Element using the control panel buttons VARIATION 1 4 INTRO 1 3 FILL 1 3 ENDING 1 3 Pres...

Page 111: ...CV1 CV6 it is already recorded If Style Element is Var1 Var2 Var 3 or Var4 you can select one of 6 Chord Variations to edit If Style Element is Intro1 Intro2 Intro3 Fill1 Fill2 Fill3 Ending1 Ending2 or Ending3 you can select one of 2 Chord Variations to edit Resolution Use this parameter to set the quantization during record ing Quantization is a way of correcting timing errors notes played too so...

Page 112: ...arameters are selected by keeping the SHIFT button pressed and rotating the DIAL Note When recording tempo old data is always replaced by the new data Note The actual tempo of the Style will be the one shown when saving the Style Performance in Style Play mode see Current tempo on page 82 Meter This is the meter time signature of the Style Element You can edit this parameter only when the Style El...

Page 113: ...oot The root note in CMaj C is transposed to the missing notes Parallel Fifth The 5th note in CMaj G is transposed to the missing notes Parallel i Series All original patterns must be programmed on the Maj7 or min7 chords When loading old Korg i Series Styles this option is automatically selected Parallel No Transpose The chord is not modified and is moved to the new key unchanged The pattern play...

Page 114: ...Under the sliders a label for each track is shown Drum Acc5 Shown Style tracks Main page Record 2 Cue While in the main page press the Record 2 Cue tab to see this page Most parameters in this page are the same as in Main page Record 1 In addition here you can see and select Sounds for each Style track and the Cue mode for the Style Element Sounds area This area lets you see Sounds and octave tran...

Page 115: ...e sure the Guitar tracks is associated to the right channel Go to the Global MIDI MIDI IN Channels page and assign the corresponding Style track usually Acc1 Acc5 to the same channel of the Guitar track on the external sequencer Then go to the Style Record Style Track Controls Type Ten sion Trigger page and set the track as a track of type Gtr see Track Type on page 126 Guitar Mode allows to easil...

Page 116: ...only considered during playback of the Intro 1 and Ending 1 Style Elements With Intro 1 and Ending 1 both Chord Variation 1 and 2 you can also enter a chord progression This is done with the lowest MIDI octave C 1 B 1 Chord types are inserted by using velocity as shown in the following table Playing back the pattern When in Stye Play mode the recorded Guitar pattern is trans posed according to the...

Page 117: ...ords in each track This is very useful when transcribing an existing score or needing a higher grade of detail and is particularly suitable to create drum and percussion tracks In addition you can program a Style on a personal computer and then import it via the Import function see Import Import SMF on page 127 Preparing to record 1 If you like to edit an existing Style select that Style 2 Press t...

Page 118: ...yle Record mode select the Overdub Step Recording command from the page menu to enter the Overdub Step Record mode 2 The Pos parameter shows the current position If you do not want to insert a note or chord at the current position insert a rest instead as shown in step 4 To jump to the next measure filling the remaining beats with rests press the Next M button in the display 3 To change the step v...

Page 119: ...an the remaining ones to let the most important stand out from the chord Here is how to insert a three note chord 1 Edit the first note s Velocity value 2 Press the first note and keep it pressed 3 Edit the second note s Velocity value 4 Press the second note and keep it pressed 5 Edit the third note s Velocity value 6 Press the third note then release all notes Entering a second voice You can ins...

Page 120: ...sic elements Other pages have a slightly different structure Operating mode This indicates that the instrument is in Style Record mode Edit section This identifies the current edit section corresponding to one of the items of the edit menu see Edit menu on page 116 Selected Style Element In Style Record mode edits always happen on the selected Style Element Page menu icon Press this icon to open t...

Page 121: ...he numeric key pad will appear Enter the new position by dialing in the three parts of the number separated by a dot Zeroes at the beginning can be omitted as well as the least important parts of the number For example to enter position 002 02 193 dial 2 2 193 to enter position 002 04 000 dial 2 4 to enter position 002 01 000 simply dial 2 Type Value 1 Value 2 Type and values of the event shown in...

Page 122: ...ted by touching it in the display This is usually a note that you can edit For more information on the event types and their val ues see Event Edit Event Edit on page 117 11 Edit the event Select the M parameter Use the TEMPO VALUE dial to change the event s position Select the Type parameter You may use the TEMPO VALUE dial to change the event type as well as its Value 1 and Value 2 If a Note eve...

Page 123: ...ization after recording For exam ple when you select 1 8 all notes are moved to the nearest 1 8 division When you select 1 4 all notes are moved to the nearest 1 4 division 1 32 1 4 Grid resolution in musical values A b f char acter added after the value means swing quanti zation A 3 means triplet Start End Tick Use these parameters to set the starting and ending points of the range to quantize If...

Page 124: ... be transposed If you select the same note as the Bottom and Top parameters you can select a single percussive instru ment in a Drum or Percussion track Since in a Drum Kit each instrument is assigned to a different note of the scale transpos ing a percussive instrument means assigning the part to a differ ent instrument Execute Press this button to execute the operation set in this page Track sta...

Page 125: ...d ending ticks of the selected range 0 100 Velocity change in percentage Execute Press this button to execute the operation set in this page Track status icon Status of tracks Press this icon to change the status Play status The track can be heard Mute status The track cannot be heard Track names Under the buttons a label for each track is shown Style Edit Cut This function lets you quickly delete...

Page 126: ...Pedal CC00 32 CC127 Single Control Change events Double Control Change numbers like 00 32 are MSB LSB bun dles Note Some CC data are automatically removed during recording See the table on page 106 for more information on the allowed data Start End Tick Use these parameters to set the starting and ending points of the range to delete If a Chord Variation is four measures long and you want to selec...

Page 127: ...ement Chord Variation Use these parameters to select the source and target Style Ele ments or Chord Variations Note You can t copy from a Variation to a different Style Element or vice versa because of their different structure All All Style Elements i e the whole Style You can t change the target that is automatically set to All Var1 End2 Single Style Element V1 CV1 E2 CV2 Single Chord Variation ...

Page 128: ...hord Variation Execute Press this button to execute the operation set in this page Style Element Track Controls Sound Expression In this page you can assign a different Sound to each track of the selected Style Element Each Style Element can have different Sound after saving the new Style please don t forget to check the Original Style Sounds parameter in the Style Play mode see page 83 to let the...

Page 129: ...sound for each accompaniment instrument For example the lower limit for a guitar is E2 If you play a chord under the E2 the transposed pattern could exceed this limit and sound unnatural A Bottom limit set to E2 for the guitar track will solve the problem Different Keyboard Range values can be set for each Style Ele ment Note The Keyboard Range is ignored while recording The selected track can pla...

Page 130: ...s used for Drum Kit made of Percussion sounds It is NOT affected by the Drum Mapping Bass Bass track This type of track always plays the root when changing chord Acc Accompaniment track This type of track can be used freely for melodic or harmonic accompani ment patterns Gtr Guitar track This type of track uses Guitar Mode to create guitar strumming see Main page Guitar Mode on page 111 When this ...

Page 131: ...ually programmed in the relevant Style Record pages The starting Tempo and each track s Volume must be pro grammed as Style Performance data and then saved in the Style Performance Meter Change is not allowed therefore not recognized The Chord Variation length is the same as the imported SMF You can change length by changing the value of the CV Length parameter on the main page of the Style Record...

Page 132: ... the previous situation Selected a second time it restores recorded data again Redo function Copy Key Ch Copy Key Chord button Select this command to open the Copy Key Chord dialog box and copy Key Chord settings of the currently selected track to all other tracks of the same Chord Variation or to the whole Style See Copy Key Chord dialog box on page 129 for more infor mation Copy Sound Only avail...

Page 133: ...eters saved in the Style are marked with the symbol through the user s manual Name Name of the Style to be saved Press the Text Edit button next to the name to open the Text Edit window Style Bank Target bank of Styles Each bank corresponds to one of the STYLE SELECT buttons Use the TEMPO VALUE dial to select a different bank Style Target Style location in the selected bank Use the TEMPO VALUE dia...

Page 134: ...Style Element of the Style in edit Var1 CountIn Single Style Element where to copy settings to Copy Key Range dialog box Open this window by choosing the Copy Keyboard Range item from the page menu Here you can copy all Keyboard Range val ues for the current Style Element tracks to a different Style Ele ment From Style Element Non editable Currently selected Style Element To Style Element Target S...

Page 135: ...Record mode before actually starting recording see step 6 on page 113 for more information Free Memory Remaining memory for recording Duration Relative duration of the inserted note The percentage is always referred to the step value 25 Staccatissimo 50 Staccato 85 Ordinary articulation 100 Legato Velocity Set this parameter before entering a note or chord This will be the playing strength i e vel...

Page 136: ...eters like Volume Pan FX settings have to be edited in Style Play mode After creating or editing music patterns in Pad Record mode save them by selecting the Write Pad command from the page menu of the Pad Record mode see Write Pad dialog box on page 145 After editing Pad Track parameters in Style Play mode save them to the Style Performance by selecting the Write Cur rent Style Performance comman...

Page 137: ...gered 3 Chord Recogni tion mode is automatically selected Main page Record 1 The Main page of the Pad Record mode looks like a simplified version of the Main page of the Style Record mode with just a single track to be recorded and no Style Elements to be chosen The only addition is the Pad Sync parameter Please look at the User s Manual for more information on the various parameters Only general ...

Page 138: ... used for test ing the pattern at various speeds while editing or recording Hint You can always change the Tempo when other parameters are selected by keeping the SHIFT button pressed and rotating the DIAL Meter This is the meter time signature of the sequence You can edit this parameter only when the sequence is empty i e before you begin recording anything Pad Track info area This line lets you ...

Page 139: ...spose The chord is not modified and is moved to the new key unchanged The pattern plays exactly the recorded notes and is moved to the new key as is This is the standard setting of Intro 1 and Ending 1 in Korg s original Styles where a chord pro gression is usually recorded and should remain unchanged in any key Fixed Chord This table moves as few notes as possible making legato lines and chord ch...

Page 140: ...cording a Guitar track is unlike the other tracks where you play the exact notes of a melody line With Guitar tracks you play the keys corresponding to the strumming modes or play an arpeggio by using the keys corresponding to the six strings and the special keys corresponding to the root and fifth notes The following sections describe the various control keys Recording strumming types The second ...

Page 141: ...ariation contained in an Intro or Ending Style Element or a different Chord Variation With most Chord Variations this chord will be used only for listening during recording During playback in Style Play mode the chord will follow chord recognition With Intro and Ending Chord Variations 1 and 2 this chord will be used as the reference key for the chord pro gression Capo 0 I X A capo from the Italia...

Page 142: ... of the edit menu see Edit menu on page 138 Page menu icon Press this icon to open the page menu see Page menu on page 145 Parameters area Each page contains various parameters Use the tabs to select one of the available pages For detailed information on the vari ous types of parameters see sections starting from page 138 Tabs Use tabs to select one of the edit pages of the current edit section Ev...

Page 143: ...ization after recording Start End Tick Use these parameters to set the starting and ending points of the range to quantize Bottom Top Note Use these parameters to set the bottom and top of the keyboard range to quantize Execute Press this button to execute the operation set in this page Pad Edit Transpose In this page you can transpose the selected track s Note After transposing please don t forge...

Page 144: ...lected range Start End Tick Use these parameters to set the starting and ending points of the range to be modified Bottom Top Note Use these parameters to set the bottom and top of the keyboard range to be modified Advanced When this checkbox is checked the Intensity Curve Start Velocity Value and End Velocity Value parameters can be edited Execute Press this button to execute the operation set in...

Page 145: ...ngle Control Change events Double Control Change numbers like 00 32 are MSB LSB bun dles Note Some CC data are automatically removed during recording See the table on page 106 for more information on the allowed data Start End Tick Use these parameters to set the starting and ending points of the range to delete Bottom Top Note Use these parameters to set the bottom and top of the keyboard range t...

Page 146: ...ta is not copied to leave the original Sounds unchanged for that Chord Variation From Pad Choose this option to select the source Pad to copy the Chord Variation from Press the Select button to open the Pad Select window and select the source Pad From CV Chord Variation Use this parameter to select the source Chord Variation All All Chord Variations i e the whole Pad You can t change the target th...

Page 147: ...ent track This type of track can be used freely for melodic or harmonic accompani ment patterns Gtr Guitar track This type of track uses Guitar Mode to create guitar strumming see Main page Guitar Mode on page 136 When this type is selected the Tension parameter can no longer be edited Tension Tension adds notes a 9th 11th and or 13th that have actually been played even if they haven t been writte...

Page 148: ...ting the first Chord Variation of the Pad and uncheck it when importing the following Chord Variations To CV Use this parameter to select a target Chord Variation Execute After setting all parameters in this page press this button to import the Standard MIDI File into the target Chord Variation Export SMF The Export SMF function allows you to export a Chord Varia tion as a Standard MIDI File SMF a...

Page 149: ...rd mode Select this command to open the Overdub Step recording window see the Style Record chapter in the User s Manual for more informa tion Exit from Record Select this command to exit from Record without saving changes to the Pad Write Pad dialog box Open this window by selecting the Write Pad item from the page menu Here you can save the recorded or edited Pad to memory Parameters saved in the...

Page 150: ...e Link Mode on page 163 This makes both Sequenc ers use the same Tempo Master Volume Balance Sequencer Balance While the MASTER VOLUME slider controls the general volume of the instrument you can use the BALANCE slider next to the MASTER VOLUME slider to balance the Song tracks against the Keyboard and Pad tracks Use the SEQUENCER BALANCE slider to mix between Sequencer 1 and Sequencer 2 Move it t...

Page 151: ...y mode you can still select Performances or STSs from the latest selected Style To select a different set of STSs you must first select a different Style In addition to Keyboard tracks selecting a different Style or SongBook entry may change sounds assigned to the PADs When you enter Song Play mode from the Style Play mode Key board and Pad tracks are the same as in Style Play mode NRPN CC 99 MSB ...

Page 152: ...isplays the recognized chord when you play a chord on the keyboard If no chord abbreviation is shown it means the ACCOMP LED is turned off see page 12 Page menu icon Press the page menu icon to open the menu See Page menu on page 164 for more information Songs area This is where Song names are shown together with parameters depending on the selected type of Song This is how a Song s area appears w...

Page 153: ...ed sequencer Hint While in the main page you can have the Tempo parameter of Sequencer 2 on focus while Sequencer 1 is selected In this situ ation you can use the DIAL to change Tempo for Sequencer 2 and SHIFT DIAL to change Tempo for Sequencer 1 Style area Currently selected Style You can select a Style while playing Songs to have it ready when switching to Style Play mode Also this lets you chan...

Page 154: ...tions starting from page 151 Song Tracks 1 8 and 9 16 pages Repeatedly press the TRACK SELECT button to cycle between the Normal Song Tracks 1 8 and Song Tracks 9 16 view In Song Track views the upper half of the main page changes to show parameters for the Song tracks Press TRACK SELECT again to return to Normal view Key board tracks See Main page on page 148 Songs area Despite a different layout...

Page 155: ... shows individual Song tracks 9 16 Virtual sliders track volume Virtual sliders are a graphical display of each track s volume Touch the track s area to select a track and use the TEMPO VALUE dial to change the value or touch and drag it in the dis play The volume of Keyboard tracks may be saved to a Performance while the Song track volume is not memorized Track status icons Play mute status of th...

Page 156: ...D in the SEQUENCER 1 section of the con trol panel then press PLAY STOP in the SEQUENCER 1 section again Song list Use this list to browse through the Songs in the Jukebox list Use the scrollbar to scroll the list Selected Song Name of the Song currently in play You can select a different Song from the list and press the Select button in the display to select it for playback Select button Press th...

Page 157: ...tained in a midifile can be read with the Pa588 to quickly jump to a given position in the Song Addi tionally you can set your own marker points on the fly Press one of these side tabs to access the Marker panel corre sponding to one of the two sequencers Note Markers do not work when the Groove Quantize is activated Note It is not advisable to program them with a Jukebox file assigned to Sequence...

Page 158: ...re shown above lyrics in the display provided the midifile contains them Text files loaded with Standard MIDI Files When a TXT file exists in the same directory as a Standard MIDI File and shares exactly the same name it will be loaded with the MID file and can be seen in the Lyrics page As an example if the file MYSONG TXT exists in the same directory as the MYSONG MID file it is loaded together ...

Page 159: ...es share some basic elements Operating mode This indicates that the instrument is in Song Play mode Selected sequencer Before entering edit select one of the two sequencers by using the Song area of the main page see Switching between sequencers during editing below Edit section This identifies the current edit section corresponding to one of the items of the edit menu see Edit menu on page 155 Pa...

Page 160: ...lay mode see page 101 On When changing volume to one of the Upper tracks volume for the other Upper tracks changes in proportion Off When changing volume to one of the Upper tracks only that track s volume is changed Other Upper tracks are left unchanged Dry Use this checkbox to turn the dry direct track signal on or off On When checked the direct dry signal is sent to the output mixed with the FX...

Page 161: ...essor for Keyboard tracks FX D Modulating FX processor for Keyboard tracks Depending on the status of the Seq 2 FX Mode parameter Sequencer 2 might use the C D effect pair see page 164 Furthermore in Sequencer mode you can create Songs using all four effects see Effects FX Select on page 189 Use the TRACK SELECT button to switch from Keyboard to Song tracks and vice versa Note When you stop then s...

Page 162: ...s is a shelving curve filter Values are shown in decibels dB Mid Middle Gain This parameter lets you adjust the middle frequencies equaliza tion on each individual track This is a bell curve filter Values are shown in decibels dB Low Gain This parameter lets you adjust the low frequencies equalization on each individual track This is a shelving curve filter Values are shown in decibels dB Play Mut...

Page 163: ... A and C are reverbs while B and D are modulating effects cho rus flanger delay For a list of the available effects see the Advanced Edit addendum in the Accessory CD FX Amount Volume of the effect that is added to the dry uneffected signal B to A D to C Amount of the B effect going back to the input of the A effect or of the D effect going back to the input of the C effect Mod Track Modulating Tr...

Page 164: ...ers Note These parameters can be saved to the Global Song Play Setup by selecting the Write Global Song Play Setup command from the page menu Track Controls Drum Volume These parameters let you adjust the volume for each percussive instrument family See Track Controls Drum Volume on page 160 Parameters Note Song track values edited in this page are not saved and are only intended for realtime use ...

Page 165: ...nt Instead of a single Song you can select a Jukebox file and insert its whole content to the current Jukebox list Delete This command lets you delete the selected Song from the list Del All Select this command to delete the whole Jukebox list Save Press this button to save the Jukebox file to a card The Save Juke box File dialog box appears allowing you to edit the name and save your file to a ca...

Page 166: ...r the following odd numbered axis Window Area of quantize intervention bordering the grid axis 0 The quantize window corresponds to the axis No quantization happens 100 The quantize window extends to the nearest win dow all events are quantized Preferences Track Setting In this page you can set various general parameters referred to Song tracks Note These settings are stored in the Song Play Setup...

Page 167: ...quencer 2 or selecting a Per formance Lyrics Markers Balance Link This parameter allows you to use the SEQUENCER BALANCE slider to select the Sequencer whose lyrics or markers will be shown in the built in display Off When moving the SEQUENCER BALANCE cross fader only the volume balance between Songs will be selected The shown lyrics or mark ers will remain unchanged On When moving the SEQUENCER B...

Page 168: ... this function off when Pa588 is hooked to other instruments Page menu Press the page menu icon to open the menu Press a command to select it Press anywhere in the display to close the menu without selecting a command Write Performance Select this command to open the Write Performance dialog box and save most of the current control panel settings to a Perfor mance See Write Performance dialog box ...

Page 169: ...fects between Styles Perfor mances STSs and Songs To do this choose the Copy FX and Paste FX commands from the page menu of the Style Play Song Play or Sequencer modes To copy a single effect 1 Select the source Song Performance Style or STS then go to the page of the single effect you want to copy FX A FX B FX C or FX D or go to the Effects FX Select page to copy all four effects This may be usef...

Page 170: ...the associated Style or Standard MIDI File is automati cally recalled Also STSs and Pads may be recalled if present List Header The List Header may change depending on the type of data associated with the selected entry When a Style is associated to the entry the currently selected entry s name is shown on the left N and the associated Style is shown on the right Style When a Standard MIDI File is...

Page 171: ...will appear allowing you to enter the number corresponding to the desired entry Selecting SongBook entries via MIDI SongBook entries can be selected via MIDI through the special Control channel by using the NRPN dedicated Control Change messages 99 MSB with value 2 and 98 LSB with value 64 See Selecting SongBook entries via MIDI on next page Setting the special Control MIDI channel First of all go...

Page 172: ...ing string to select SongBook entry 100 Send the following string to select SongBook entry 2563 Book Edit 1 The Book Edit 1 page is where you to add or modify SongBook entries Hint Use the Filter in the Book page to quickly find an entry to be edited The Book Edit 1 page with a Style based entry The Book Edit 1 page with a Song based entry Header Name Name of the selected song entry The name is as...

Page 173: ...File It may differ from the name of the resource already saved in the entry shown on top of the page see Resource above You can select a different resource by just using the STYLE SELECT section or the SEQ1 SONG SELECT button on the control panel to select a different Style or Standard MIDI File As an alternative you can exit to the Style Play or Song Play mode and select resources from there Then...

Page 174: ...lbar appears in the Lyrics STS page of the SongBook mode Touch it to scroll through the text during the performance See Lyrics STS on page 172 Scrolling is also possible by means of the Text Page Down Up command that can be assigned to the Assignable Foot switch This section of the Book Edit 2 page contains two buttons Reset Press this buttons to unlink the text file from the entry Browse Press th...

Page 175: ... list and select an entry different than the following one in the list List Edit This page is only available after checking the Enable List Edit command in the page menu see page 173 Use this page to edit the available Custom Lists A Custom List is a set of SongBook entries created by selecting items from the Main List To add entries to a Custom List first create or select the list to be edited in...

Page 176: ...cs tab in the Song Play mode In Song Play mode you can see lyrics contained in a TXT file with the same name of the Song file contained in the same folder as the Song To see this kind of lyrics you must press the Lyrics tab in the Song Play mode In SongBook mode you can see lyrics contained in a Stan dard MIDI File as Lyrics events To see this kind of lyrics you must press the Lyrics STS tab in th...

Page 177: ...gle between the Artist and Genre col umn on the SongBook list appearing in the Book and Custom List page Ascending Descending Select this command to toggle between the ascending and descending view order of the SongBook list The sorting order is selected with one of the following commands Sort by Type Name Genre Artist Key Tempo Meter Select one of these command to select the sorting order The sel...

Page 178: ...e is automatically removed Sequencer Play Main page Press SEQUENCER to access this page from another operating mode In this page you can load a Song and play it back using the transport controls for SEQUENCER 1 see Transport con trols above Note When switching from Style Play to Sequencer mode the Sequencer Setup is automatically selected and various track parameters may change To return to this p...

Page 179: ... Metro Check this box to turn the metronome on during playback Tempo Tempo mode Use this menu to select the Tempo change mode Manual In this mode you can change the Tempo using the TEMPO VALUE dial The Song will be played back using the manually selected tempo Auto The Tempo recorded to the Song will be used Selected track info area This line lets you see the Sound assigned to the selected track N...

Page 180: ... the Song Play status The track can be heard Mute status The track cannot be heard Track names Under the sliders a label for each track is shown Use the TRACK SELECT button to switch between tracks 1 8 and 9 16 T01 T16 Song tracks Entering Record mode To enter Record mode press the RECORD button while you are in Sequencer mode The following dialog box will appear Select one of the three available ...

Page 181: ...n an empty Song At least one track must already be recorded Locate measure When checked the measure shown by this parameter is a tem porary start point of the song instead of measure 1 When you press the PLAY STOP button to stop recording or use the REWIND button to go back to the beginning the Song returns to this point Resolution Use this parameter to set the quantization during recording Quanti...

Page 182: ...ng procedure Here is the general procedure to follow for the Multitrack Recording 1 Press SEQUENCER to enter Sequence mode 2 Press the RECORD button and select the Multitrack Sequencer option to enter the Multitrack Record mode Now you can prepare your recording parameters For more details see Record mode Multitrack Sequencer page on page 177 3 Be sure the Overdub or Overwrite recording options is...

Page 183: ...with a different Meter see Song Edit Cut Insert Measures on page 194 Free Memory Available memory for recording Duration Relative duration of the inserted note The percentage is always referred to the step value 50 Staccato 85 Ordinary articulation 100 Legato Velocity Set this parameter before entering a note or chord This will be the playing strength i e velocity value of the event to be inserted...

Page 184: ... tie the note to be inserted to the previous one press the Tie button in the display A note will be inserted tied to the previous one with exactly the same pitch You don t need to play it on the keyboard again To insert a chord or a second voice see Chords and sec ond voices in Step Record mode on page 115 of the Style Record mode chapter 6 After inserting a new event you may go back by pressing t...

Page 185: ...laying perfectly in time High No quantization applied 1 32 1 8 Grid resolution in musical values For example when you select 1 8 all notes are moved to the nearest 1 8 division When you select 1 4 all notes are moved to the nearest 1 4 division Chord Acc Kbd Pad These parameters let you define grouped track status during recording This status is reflected by the big status indicator above the trac...

Page 186: ...rack volume Graphical display of each track s volume See Virtual slider track volume on page 176 for more information Individual track status icons While you can change the status of all Keyboard tracks at once by using the Kbd Pad Backing Sequence track you can also change the status of each single track Press this icon to change the status of the corresponding individual track Play status The tr...

Page 187: ...gain If you wish to preserve it save the Song to a card Record mode Step Backing Sequence page The Step Backing Sequence mode allows you to enter single chords to create or edit the Style Chord Acc part of a Song This mode lets you enter chords even if you are not a keyboard player or fix any error made playing chords or selecting Style controls during a Backing Sequence Quick Record recording In ...

Page 188: ... at the current position apart for the Drum and Percussion tracks To select the option select the Name part of the Chord parameter then use the TEMPO VALUE dial to select the very last value C B Off Note If you replace a chord with a different one please remember that the Lower track if recorded will not be automatically changed and may cause a dissonance against the accompaniment Style Element Th...

Page 189: ...f the same type from the whole Song go back to the M001 01 000 position and select one of these commands Note All events on the very first tick M001 01 000 like Perf Style Tempo Chord Style Element selection cannot be deleted Step Backing Sequence procedure Here is the general Step Backing Sequencer recording procedure Hint Before entering Step Backing Sequence mode to edit an exist ing Song selec...

Page 190: ...Page menu on page 196 Parameters area Each page contains various parameters Use the tabs to select one of the pages For detailed information on the various types of parameters see sections starting from page 186 Tabs Use tabs to select one of the edit pages of the current edit section Mixer Tuning Volume Pan This page lets you set the volume and pan for each Song track Use the TRACK SELECT button ...

Page 191: ...nsert effects like Rotary Distortion EQ just set the Dry parameter to Off see Dry above There are four Internal FX processors in Sequencer mode grouped in two pairs AB and CD Usually you will create Songs with only a pair preferably AB but you can create Songs using both FX pairs We suggest to use A and C as reverb processors and B and D as modulating effect processors Use the TRACK SELECT button ...

Page 192: ... This page lets you reset or bypass track equalization pro grammed in the previous page Use the TRACK SELECT button to switch between Song tracks 1 8 and 9 16 and vice versa Track Reset buttons Use these buttons to reset i e flatten equalization for the corresponding track Reset All Tracks button Press this button to reset i e flatten equalization for all tracks Bypass Check any of these checkboxe...

Page 193: ...ettings is deleted Press MENU and go to the Mixer Tuning Sub Scale page Check the Quarter Tone parameter to make the SC Preset but tons and Quarter Tone Scale appear Then check each track you want to apply the sub scale to by using the Track Assign checkboxes Start recording Immediately after having started the sequencer choose one of the SC Presets The selection is recorded to the Song If you are...

Page 194: ...cc is the tick each quarter beat 384 ticks You can edit this parameter to move the event to a different posi tion You can edit a position in either of the following ways a select the parameter and use the TEMPO VALUE dial to change the value or b select the parameter then touch it again the numeric key pad will appear Enter the new position by dialing in the three parts of the number separated by ...

Page 195: ... event selected in the display Note The End of Track event cannot be deleted Event Edit procedure Here is the general event editing procedure 1 While in the Event Edit page press PLAY STOP in the SEQUENCER 1 section to listen to the Song Press it again to stop the Song 2 Select the Filter page and turn Off the filter for the event types you wish to see in the display see Event Edit Filter on page ...

Page 196: ...nges Master Track only After Touch Mono Channel Aftertouch events Poly After Touch Poly Aftertouch events Pitch Bend Pitch Bend events Pa Controls Controls exclusive of the Pa588 like the FX and Scale settings These controls are recorded to the Master Track and saved as System Exclusive data Song Edit Quantize The quantize function corrects any rhythm error after recording After setting the variou...

Page 197: ...he starting and ending points of the range to edit If you wish to select a four measure sequence starting at the beginning of the Song the Start will be positioned at 1 01 000 and the End at 5 01 000 Bottom Top Note Use these parameters to set the bottom and top of the keyboard range to edit If you select the same note as the Bottom and Top parameters you can select a single percussive instrument ...

Page 198: ...tered on the same tick the one with the lowest velocity is deleted After Touch After Touch events Pitch Bend Pitch Bend events Prog Change Program Change events excluding the bundled Control Change 00 Bank Select MSB and 32 Bank Select LSB Ctl Change All Control Change events for example Bank Select Modulation Damper Soft Pedal CC00 32 CC127 Single Control Change events Double Control Change numbe...

Page 199: ...ck Start End Tick These parameters set the starting and ending point of the range to move To Tick This parameter allows you to set the target starting point of the moved track Song Edit RX Convert You can use the RX Convert page to convert notes of the midifile into RX Noises and vice versa This will help programming Songs on an external sequencer After having chosen a track to convert press Execu...

Page 200: ...e the menu without selecting a command Write Global Seq Setup Select this command to open the Write Global Seq Setup dialog box and save global settings that are unique to the Sequencer mode See Write Global Sequencer Setup dialog box on page 197 Load Song Select this command to open the Song Select window and load a Song to the sequencer See Song Select window on page 197 Save Song Select this co...

Page 201: ...nd from the page menu 3 Select the target Performance Style or STS then go to the page of the single effect you want to paste FX A FX B FX C or FX D 4 Choose the Paste FX command from the page menu To copy all four effects 1 Select the source Performance Style or STS then go to the Effects FX Select page to copy all four effects 2 Choose the Copy FX command from the page menu 3 Select the target P...

Page 202: ... Sequencer This is useful to quickly return to it after you have browsed through long directories and dug into different folders Save Press this button to open the Save Song dialog box and save the Song to the current directory If no file has been selected in the display prior to pressing Save the NewSong default name will be automatically assigned to the Song Note If a file is selected just touch...

Page 203: ... need to transpose Keyboard tracks together with the Song You should use the Edit mode Transpose function see Song Edit Transpose on page 193 when only the Song has to be transposed Note The Master Transpose value is always shown on the page header Save Song procedure 1 If you are in Record mode stop the sequencer and exit from the Record mode Then go back to the main page of the Sequencer Play mo...

Page 204: ...ance STS or Style Song Play Setup containing global parameters for the Song Play mode not linked to the single Song Sequencer Setup containing global parameters for the Sequencer mode not linked to the single Song Media Preferences containing preferences for the Media mode MIDI Setup containing the available MIDI Setups i e set tings for MIDI communication Main page There is no main page in the Gl...

Page 205: ...berant room positive values if the room is too dry By using this global control you are not obliged to change the reverb time in each single Performance STS Style Performance or Song 50 Less reverb 0 Standard reverb 50 More reverb Fade In Out Time These parameters allows you to set the speed for the Fade In Out function Fade In Time Time for a full fade in from zero to maximum volume after you pre...

Page 206: ...ts you turn the Master Transpose on or off for the two onboard Sequencers Transpose applies to Midi In notes This flag lets you turn the Master Transpose on or off for Note messages received from MIDI IN Position Scale and Transpose position The Scale and Transpose Position allows you to define the rela tion between the Scale and the Master Transpose Post KB Pre Scale When this option is selected ...

Page 207: ... page split in four panes that can be selected by means of the corresponding side tabs contains all the available locks sometimes grouped under just a single lock Locks prevent parameter values to be changed when loading data from a card or selecting a different Performance Style or STS Locks All the available locks Lock them to prevent changes due to loading or selecting different elements These ...

Page 208: ...STS is selected This is useful if for example you prefer to always play in Full Keyboard Mode with chords recog nized on the whole keyboard range Note The Keyboard Mode and Chord Scanning settings are reset when switching to a different oper ating mode Hint If you want the same Keyboard Mode and Chord Scanning settings to be used during all your shows save your preferred settings to Performance 1 ...

Page 209: ...is lock is closed the volume of the Style tracks remains unchanged when a different Style or Performance is selected This is useful if you create your own Styles and like to dynamically adjust the volume by using the sliders as a mixer It is not recommended with Factory Styles each one already mixed at its best right at the factory General Controls Interface This page contains parameters related t...

Page 210: ... instrument off and then on again Hint You can save your preferred Performances into the first loca tion of each bank This way by turning on this parameter you will select your preferred Performance at the touch of a single button Also note that by turning the Factory Style and Pad Protect and Factory Sound Protect parameters off you can do the same with the Styles and Sounds Controllers Pedals Sl...

Page 211: ...them lets you assign the best values to vari ous MIDI parameters to allow an easier connection with a par ticular MIDI controller See MIDI on page 230 for more information on using MIDI Setups A different MIDI Setup may be automatically selected when entering the Style Play Song Play or Sequencer modes To select a MIDI Setup for these modes see Midi Setup on page 100 for the Style Play mode Midi S...

Page 212: ...are assigned to a MIDI OUT channel data is also sent to the MIDI OUT or USB port Off The keyboard is connected to the MIDI OUT but cannot play the internal sound generator This is very useful when working with an external sequencer to send notes and various MIDI mes sages from the integrated keyboard and control lers to the external sequencer and then let the sequencer send them back to the sound ...

Page 213: ...es coming on this channel are seen as if they were generated by Pa588 s integrated controllers Control On this special channel the Pa588 receives MIDI messages to remotely select Styles Performances STS Style Elements and SongBook entries See tables on page 40 of the Data Lists manual in the Accessory CD and following for more informa tion on the received data MIDI MIDI Out Channels In this page y...

Page 214: ...rd Style The metronome is always activated when playing a Style Song The metronome is always activated when playing a Song Style Song The metronome is always activated when playing a Style or Song Volume Use this parameter to set the volume of the metronome Speakers Speakers On Off Use this checkbox to turn speakers on or off This option is use ful when the instrument is connected to an external a...

Page 215: ...lect it Press anywhere in the display to close the menu without selecting a command Write Global Global Setup Select this command to open the Write Global Global Setup dia log box and save global settings that are not tied to a single operative mode These settings are programmed in the Global edit mode See Write Global Global Setup dialog box on page 212 for information on the dialog box Write Glo...

Page 216: ...cations where to save cur rent MIDI settings Write SC Preset dialog box Open this dialog box by selecting the Write SC Preset item from the page menu Here you can save the current Quarter Tone SubScale settings to one of the four SC Scale Presets Name Name of the SC Presets are fixed and cannot be changed SC Preset One of the four available SC Preset locations where to save cur rent scale settings...

Page 217: ... area in the file list if available Press the Device pop up icon and select the current device again File types The following tables describe all the file and folder types the Pa588 can manage Here are the files you can read or write with the Pa588 Pa588 can also read but not write the following type of data Media edit mode Abbreviation Media type CARD Secure Digital SD or MultiMedia MMC mem ory c...

Page 218: ...eading labels above the list to change the order in which files are shown For example by touching the Name label the list is alphabetically re ordered according to the file names The selected label turns white showing the cur rently selected ordering If you touch the white label again the alphabetic order changes from ascending to descending or vice versa The small arrow next to the label name sho...

Page 219: ...om a card to the internal memory SSD Note While in this page only data allowed for loading are shown All other files are hidden Loading all the User data You can load all the User data with a single operation 1 Insert a card into the card drive Its content will appear in the display 2 If the folder you are looking for is inside another folder select this latter and press the Open button to open it...

Page 220: ...ppear in the display 2 If the folder you are looking for is inside another folder select this latter and press the Open button to open it Press the Close button to go back to the parent folder 3 Select the SET folder containing the data you wish to load and press Open to open the SET folder A list of User data appears Global Performance SongBook Sounds Style 4 Select the folder containing the type...

Page 221: ... the item you are overwriting in memory will be deleted Loading Pa2X Pa800 data You can load Pa2X Pa800 data exactly as if they were Pa588 data Only keep in mind Pa588 cannot load User PCM Sample data does not include a Voice Processor section and includes some different Factory Sounds Drum Kit and PCM data At the same time most Pa588 data can be read by any Pa2X Pa800 However keep in mind that du...

Page 222: ...ess OK to confirm or Cancel to abort Note Loading a whole SET folder from an i30 file may take very long You are advised to load a single bank or a single Style a time 7 Go to the Style Play mode and select one of the loaded Style Adjust the Tempo then select the Write Current Style Performance to write changes to the Style Perfor mance Press OK twice to confirm 8 Due to the difference in Sounds y...

Page 223: ...r confirming all data of the selected type in the target folder is deleted Saving all data of a specified type In addition to the above you can save all data of a specified type by selecting the corresponding folder 1 Insert a card into the card drive 2 The full content All of the internal memory is already shown Select it and press Open to open it A list of User data types appear each type is a s...

Page 224: ... SET folder on page 221 or Select an existing SET folder and press Save to confirm 6 A dialog box appears asking you to select one of the avail able User locations inside the folder In the above dialog box the previously selected bank of Styles will be saved to the bank User 01 corresponding to the USER1 button inside the selected folder Two User banks are available 7 Press OK to confirm or Cancel...

Page 225: ...he selected folder 8 Press OK to confirm or Cancel to abort Warning After confirming the same item in the target folder is deleted Creating a new SET folder Pa588 proprietary data must be saved in special folders with the SET extension These special folders can be saved inside ordi nary folders When saving you can save onto existing SET folders or you can create a new folder of this type Here is h...

Page 226: ...single files or folders from inside a SET folder 1 Insert a card into the card drive 2 Select the folder containing the file or folder you wish to copy If it is contained in another folder press the Open button to open it Press Close to go back to the previous hierarchic level 3 Press Open to open the folder containing the file or folder to be copied 4 Select the file or folder to be copied then p...

Page 227: ...o All The file or folder is overwritten Any following duplicate file or folders will be overwritten as well without this dialog box appearing again The procedure will continue with the other files and folders Erase The Erase function lets you erase files and folders from the card CARD or internal memory SSD With the Erase function you will be able to select the internal system memory SSD device an...

Page 228: ...ckup This command allows you to make a backup of the Factory and User Musical Resources excluding the Operating System on a card A BKP file will be created Note Should you not do a backup and your internal data becomes damaged you can download the original data from www korgpa com Note You will not be able to load data from this file using the nor mal Media Load operations This file is used for ar...

Page 229: ...age 215 this parameter if On prevents Global parameters from being reprogrammed when loading all data All Global parameters are therefore left unchanged When loading a single GLB file this parameter is ignored and the Global is overwritten by the loaded data Note This parameter is saved to memory but not to a target device Factory Style and Pad Protect When On this parameter protects the Factory S...

Page 230: ... Pa588 When finished this may take some time depending on the card size the icon of the card will appear among the other storage devices con nected to the computer Caveat Do not modify SET folders or you will no longer be able to use them on the Pa588 Only use the USB connection for backup purpose or to modify ordinary folders Note After starting the USB connection accessing Pa588 data from the co...

Page 231: ...confirm and close the Text Edit window Object s info Select this command to see the size of any selected file or folder Also the number of files and directories folders it contains are shown Note The single file size is always shown to the right of the file name in any file list Device Info Select this command to see various info on the selected device To select a different device use the Device p...

Page 232: ...ce it may not work correctly with the Pa588 Note To exchange data between the Pa588 and your computer you might need an USB to SD card adapter to read the card on the computer Note The SD MMC card is not included It must be purchased separately Note The Pa588 supports SD cards with a power supply voltage of 2 7 3 6V and capacities of 16 MB 2 GB and SD card with ID SD and MMC card handling Do not r...

Page 233: ...lease it and the card will pop out Note Before you can use an SD card you must format it on the Pa588 The card may not work if it was formatted on another device Organizing your data into separate folders We suggest to organize your data into separate folders instead of saving many files into the root i e the main level of the card This allows for faster accesses to the card thus a quicker respons...

Page 234: ...erated by pressing on the key board after the note has been struck It usually activates vibrato or other sound parameters Pitch Bend PB You can generate this message acting on the joystick X direction The pitch is translated up or down Program Change PC When you select a Sound a Program Change message is generated on the channel Use this message together with Control Change 00 and 32 to remotely s...

Page 235: ...he notes that arrive to a Global channel are used for the chord recognition of the automatic accompaniment If the SPLIT LED is turned on only the notes below the split point will be used These notes will be combined with the ones of the special Chord 1 and Chord 2 channels The Chord 1 and Chord 2 channels You can set two special Chord channels see page 209 to send to the Pa588 notes for the chord ...

Page 236: ...tion see Global Protect on page 225 5 To save the assigned MIDI Setup for the selected operative mode into the Global select the Write Global Style Setup the Write Global Song Play Setup the Write Global Seq Setup or the Write Global Global Setup command from the page menu 6 If needed press one of the buttons in the MODE section to go to the desired operative mode Connecting the Pa588 to a MIDI ac...

Page 237: ...played by its sequencer are sent through the MIDI OUT of the MIDI interface to the MIDI IN connector of the Pa588 or go from the USB port of the computer to the USB port of the Pa588 The Local Off When the Pa588 is connected to an external sequencer we rec ommend you to set the Pa588 in Local Off mode see Local Control On on page 208 to avoid that the notes are simulta neously played by the keyboa...

Page 238: ... MIDI OUT To hear only the expander s sounds you can lower the MASTER VOLUME control on the Pa588 or set the Keyboard tracks to the External status see Track Controls Mode on page 190 The Sequencer Any Sequencer s track can drive a channel on an external instru ment To set each track s MIDI output channel see MIDI MIDI Out Channels on page 209 To hear only the expander s sounds you can lower the M...

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Page 240: ...re you install this soft ware Your installation of this software will be taken to indicate your acceptance of this agreement Windows Installing the KORG USB MIDI Driver Please connect the Pa588 to the computer via an USB cable only after having installed the KORG USB MIDI Driver Tools Note You must install a separate driver for each USB port you will use 1 Insert the included CD into your CD ROM d...

Page 241: ...g to the instructions appearing on screen Driver s ports After installation the following ports will be shown in you MIDI application e g sequencer among the other MIDI devices PA588 KEYBOARD This allows for reception of MIDI messages from the Pa588 keyboard and controller s data to the MIDI application running on the Mac PA588 SOUND This allows for transmission of MIDI messages from the MIDI appl...

Page 242: ...fall down Assembling procedure 1 Open the packing carton and take out the contents Check that all of the following items are available NB You will need a cross point Phillips 2 screwdriver for assembly Assembling the stand List of parts A Piano stand includes parts A and A please refer to the next page 1 B Pedal beam includes parts e see page 239 1 C Pedal 1 D Instrument main body 1 E Power supply...

Page 243: ...B and the legs A together with the curved part pointing toward the back of the stand as shown in the illustration Fix them by using the two long screws a 6 Lay the pedal C on the pedal bar B 7 Lift the instrument D with two or more people and fix it to the stand A so that the carved molded guides on the bottom of the instrument perfectly match the top of the stand Also be sure the rubber feet exac...

Page 244: ...loor to avoid any shak ing Note Be careful not to pinch the power cable under the instrument feet 12 Tighten and check all the screws Check after assembly Are any parts left over If any parts are left over check the diagrams to see where they should be used Make sure that all screws are tight Caution Caution when transporting the instrument Remove the instrument from its stand and transport them s...

Page 245: ...ding Style Element in the Drum Fill page Style Controls section Fade In Out Selects the Fade In Out parameter in the Basic page Preferences section of the Global mode Accomp Selects the Chord Recognition parameter in the Split panel Main Page Split Selects the Key Velocity page Keyboard Ensemble section Ensemble Selects the Ensemble Type parameter in the Ensemble page Keyboard Ensemble section Pad...

Page 246: ... appropriate data Styles or Perfor mances 215 Sound does not stop Make sure that the damper pedal polarity parameter is set correctly 207 The selected Style or Song cannot start Make sure that the Clock parameter is set to Internal If you are using the MIDI Clock of another device you must set the MIDI Clock parameter to MIDI or USB depending on the port the Pa588 is hooked to the other device thr...

Page 247: ...ord Real Time Record Step Record Edit Lyrics Chords On Screen compatible with most popular formats OTHER FEATURES SongBook and SongBook List Fully Programmable Arabic Scale Programmable Pads 4 Stop button Compatibility i Series Styles Pa series Style Perf Sound Song Song Book Operating System OPOS Multitasking System Load while playing Upgradable Internal SSD Flash memory 16 MB for Operating Syste...

Page 248: ...tch Pedal Korg PS 1 PHYSICAL DATA Consumption 15 Watt Dimensions W D H 55 7 17 2 7 3 inches 1416 437 187 mm without stand and music rest 55 7 20 9 37 3 inches 1416 533 949 mm with stand and music rest Weight 63 9 lbs 29 kg Features KORG Pa588 Specs fm Page 244 Tuesday June 10 2008 4 21 PM ...

Page 249: ...etup 197 Song Play Setup 165 Style Play Setup 103 Global channel 231 Groove Quantize 161 I Inputs 19 24 Intro 14 J Jukebox 152 161 L Local Off 208 233 Lower Lock 204 Lyrics 153 172 M Markers 153 Master Transpose 17 202 Master Tune 201 Master Volume 12 23 Media 213 229 Format 224 Menu 15 MIDI Clock 146 208 General MIDI 231 Global channel 231 IN channels 209 Interface 18 233 OUT channels 209 Setup 1...

Page 250: ... 206 Split 16 Split Point 86 231 Standard MIDI File 146 174 231 STS See Single Touch Setting Style Ending 14 Fill 14 Intro 14 Recording 104 131 Selecting 13 77 Selecting Auto 206 Style Performance 81 Variation 14 Style Performance Selecting see Style Writing 103 Style Play mode 81 103 Style Record mode 104 131 Synchro Start Stop 16 T Tap Tempo 16 Tempo Value section 14 Touch Panel Calibration 211 ...

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