Korg PA800 61-Key Interactive Workstation
Korg PA800 61-Key Interactive Workstation
Over twenty-five years ago, Korg introduced the first interactive keyboard – the SAS 20. In the years that followed, the i-Series, iS-Series and the Pa Series have defined the interactive workstation category and set the standard for excellence. Tens of thousands of musicians worldwide have chosen to make one of Korg’s Pa keyboards their musical partner. The combination of breath-taking sound quality, professional features and musical versatility – teamed with their powerful Style engine – provides the perfect instrument to satisfy all of your musical ambitions.
In Performance
Alone or in a combo setting, the Pa800 offers unprecedented expression and sonic excellence. The Style engine can add anything from a simple backbeat, an extra guitar strumming along, on up to a rollickin’ R & B rhythm section to augment and enhance your performance – in real time! And their XDS Crossfade Dual Songplayer guarantees the music never stops.
The Songwriting Station
Transform a handful of musical ideas into complete backing tracks in minutes. The key is their dynamic sequencer. Freely switch between Style-driven “Quick Record”; traditional “Track at a time” workstation and “Step Entry/Edit” Modes without losing your data. This flexibility allows you to use all of the Pa composition tools to sculpt your song.
Production Powerhouse
The Pa800 is your interactive production music library – without any needle-drop charges or royalty clearance. Need to create fourteen seconds of flamenco dance? Need to fill a twelve second musical cue in a country/western bar? Need a thirty second donut of Brazilian dance music? With hundreds of musical Styles instantly available, your production chores just got easier.
Worship Solutions
Nothing puts an instrument to the test like a modern worship service. TC HELICON vocal effects and 3-part harmonies can transform your voice into a mini-choir to lead the congregation with confidence. A full array of sounds are available: grand piano, bells, strings, harps and trumpets along with plenty of solid keyboard sounds – including electric pianos, harpsichord, and that all important drawbar organ! The Style engine can fill in for any missing member of your worship team. Add the Video Output option and project MIDI or text lyrics as you perform.
The Real eXperience of Sound
Powered by Korg’s Real eXperience (RX) technology, the Pa800 actually incorporates a number of sophisticated sound technologies. The EDS sound engine is borrowed from Korg’s top of the line M3 and M50 workstations to provide an even richer, more detailed, sophisticated natural sound than ever before, with musical instruments from almost every genre exploding with depth, nuance, subtlety, accuracy and richness. We even used several sounds from OASYS (the most powerful synthesizer ever made) helping the Pa800 set a new standard for arranger keyboards. Plus, they even tossed in a modeled organ with on-screen drawbar control!
The Pa800 offers two assignable switches and a four-way joystick providing versatile real-time control. In addition to the damper pedal, assignable pedal and assignable footswitch inputs, there is also connection for the optional EC-5, which offers five individually assignable footswitches on a single pedalboard so you can keep your hands on the keyboard.
Creative Sequencing Scenarios
In addition to traditional “track at a time” workstation sequencing, the Backing Sequencer allows you to create songs quickly and easily by capturing multiple Style driven parts at once. You don’t need to be a master programmer – even beginners can write their own song in minutes. In fact, you don’t even need to play at all! Using the Step Edit/Entry feature, you can simply type in the chord changes, fills and style changes in step-time – a big boost for arrangers and non-keyboardists. Once it’s done
