PRESS RELEASE
New OS Released for Korg's Pa1X, Pa1X Pro
May 18, 2005
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Operating System Version 2.5 for the Pa1X and Pa1X Pro, Korg's flagship arranger keyboards, has been released. As usual, the new OS is a free download from Korg Italy's web site, and can be easily installed by the user.
Here is a list of the major new features that you can find in the new OS:
- Song Markers, for a quick jump to a given position in the Song
- "Expert" chord recognition mode, adding Rootless chords to the basic set
- Style/RT Track Balance (Style Play mode) and Song/RTTrack Balance (in Song Play mode) controlled via theAcc/Seq Volume slider
- Fast Play, for a quicker Song start by beginning playback from the first note
- Lower Lock, to keep the Lower track unchanged when choosing a different Style, Performance or STS
- Style Track Volume Lock, to keep the volume of the Style tracks unchanged when choosing a different Styleor Performance
- Keyboard Mode and Chord Scanning Lock, to keep the keyboard mode and chord scanning unchanged when choosing a different Style, Performance or STS
- Volume Link function, to proportionally change the volume of all Upper, Style o Song tracks at once
- Factory Sounds overwriting, to create custom Sound banks
- Auto Select settings saved into the Global
- Multiple file selection in the Disk (Erase and Copy) pages
- Play All Midifiles/MP3 files in a folder, to quickly createa Jukebox list (Song Play mode)
- Copy FX between Styles, Performances, STSs and Songs
- STS/Variation Link controlled by the Single Touch button
- All four STSs of the current Style copied to a Song Book entry in a single pass
- Harmony Track memorized with each SongBook entry
- The volume of all four Pads can be assigned to the sliders or pedals
And you'll also find:
- File overwrite procedure enhanced (Disk mode)
- In SongBook and Disk mode, touching a label selects a different list order
- Start/Stop, Play/Stop Seq 1, and Play/Stop Seq 2 commands simulated by Control Change messages received on the Midi In Control channel
- In the Event Edit pages (Style Record, Pad Record and Sequencer modes), events can be scrolled by means of the Shift + Dial combination
- Select button turns green when pressed in the Drum Volume and Easy Edit pages (Style Play and Song Play modes)
- Lyrics loaded as ".Txt" files can be scrolled with the Dial
- Aftertouch On/Off
- Lock page splitted in more panes
Version 2.5 of the OS can be downloaded now from www.korgpa.com.
For more information, visit their web site at
http://www.korg.com/.
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