Korg Pa700 Oriental 61-Key Professional Arranger Workstation

Performance that takes you places

KORG debuts the newest High Performance Arranger in the acclaimed Pa-Series of Professional Arrangers, the Pa700 ORIENTAL. The Pa700 ORIENTAL has plenty of new sounds (featuring Defined Nuance Control for enhanced realism) which keep performances fresh and exciting, as well as an enormous expanded range of styles covering music genres from all over the world. Combine this with powerful performance functionality, an intuitive user interface, and rich, sculpted sound, and you have an Arranger for the most discerning and demanding player.

Totally new is the addition of KAOSS FX, which give you creative control on your performance. From subtle morphing between Variations and Drum Kit types, fine mixing between accompaniment Sounds, live reshaping of ongoing rhythms, to the most radical note-crunching effects used by countless DJs, tape delay and arpeggios, you can add 'liquid mixing' to any Style or MIDI Song with the aid of easy-to-use computer-assisted composition features. Push the boundaries of your musicality!

With more power than ever before and numerous long-awaited new features, the Pa700 ORIENTAL sets a new standard for arranger workstations. A massive leap forward from the legendary and best selling Pa600, KORG has raised the bar of excellence by offering newer, even more realistic sounds and powerful new features, delivered in a slim and professional looking design, at an even more affordable price.

The New Pa700 ORIENTAL

KORG is responsible for the most successful and respected arranger keyboards in the world. Used by countless professional musicians in every country around the world, KORG arrangers have thrilled audiences and delighted players everywhere with the magic combination of unbeatable sound quality and features. KORG Technology blends this great KORG history with powerful new capabilities and ideas from musicians around the world to deliver a new standard in arrangers. The result is a musical powerhouse that packages technological magic into a cool and user-friendly design: the KORG Pa700 ORIENTAL.

Slim, powerful and easy to use

The Pa700 ORIENTAL is a concept that combines a slim profile with a professional visual motif. The 2x25 Watt amplifiers drive the 2 loudspeakers in a bass-reflex enclosure to generate a rich, full-bodied listening experience. The main panel has been optimized to ensure that all controls are ergonomically positioned and intuitively located to make every performance feel smooth and natural. Big, bright, and bold, the new capacitive TouchView display hosts a redesigned graphical interface that is easier than ever to read, even under the most demanding lighting environments.

Sound quality at its best

The Pa700 ORIENTAL relies on KORG's advanced EDS-X (Enhanced Definition Synthesis-eXpanded) sound engine, and comes complete with over 1,700 ready-to-play sounds. This realistic collection offers a vast gathering of classic and contemporary keyboards, band and orchestral instruments, plus electronic and acoustic instrumentsfrom techno to folk. Included are two new multi-layer stereo grand piano (with damper and body resonance), plus electric pianos from the acclaimed KORG SV-1 Stage Piano.

The digital drawbar organ includes key on/off noises, leakage, and Rotary Speaker emulation. In addition, the Pa700 ORIENTAL has been equipped with new wind instruments, strings, basseseven acoustic and electric guitars. Sounds have been painstakingly captured using state-of-the-art methods that allow the finest of details to be accurately reproduced.

Up to 256 MB (compressed PCM User memory) are available, so custom sounds can be added easily. The General MIDI (GM) sound bank has been improved for better compatibility with GM files. The Pa700 ORIENTAL can also load/import KORG, WAV, AIFF, SoundFont formats and export in WAV or AIFF. Sounds can be fully edited, and can now use up to 24 oscillators for each note!

The Pa700 ORIENTAL contains all the functionality of the Pa700, and adds a mini-keyboard on the left side, which can be used to customize quarter tone scales and quickly access scale presets. In addition to the standard content, Pa700 ORIENTAL also contains Sounds and Styles that are specific to Middle Eastern music genres. Ouds, bouzuks, kanouns, various percussion instruments, and many more sounds are joined by dozens of extra Styles that are suitable for traditional and modern music.

Improved connectivity

MIDI connection can now also be done through the USB HOST ports (in addition to the USB DEVICE and the MIDI ports). This allows for easy connection of controllers like digital pianos (for example, our HAVIAN 30), or the KORG nano and micro series, with no need of special adapters

Included Items

* AC Power Cable

* Music Stand

* Quick Guide manual

Specifications

Keyboard: 61 keys (C2 - C7) with velocity

System: Upgradable operating system, Multitasking, Load while play

Sound Generator: EDS-X (Enhanced Definition Synthesis - eXpanded)

Filters with resonance, 3-band EQ on each Sound

Polyphony: 128 voices, 128 oscillators

Effects:

Accompaniment/Song: 2 insert effects; 2 master effects (148 types)

Keyboard Sounds: 1 insert effect; 2 master effects (148 types)

Final mastering effects: Limiter, Master EQ

Voice Processor: 5 FX, 28 Factory, 64 User Presets

Guitar Processor: 3 FX, 45 Factory, 64 User Presets

Sounds / Drum Kits:

Factory: More than 1,700 Factory Sounds including a multilayer Stereo Piano with damper and body resonance, GM/XG sound sets and 106 Drum Kits

User: 512 Sounds, 256 Drum Kits

Digital Drawbars: 9 footages, percussion, key on/off, leakage, rotary speaker effect

DNC (Defined Nuance Control) Technology, Natural Ambience Drums

Full Sounds/Drum Kits editing

Sampling:

128 MB compressed (equivalent to 256 MB linear data);

Loads KORG, WAV, AIFF and SoundFont formats

Saves KORG, WAV and AIFF formats

Full Edit, Time Slice

Control Inputs:

Damper pedal (supports half-pedaling with the optional DS-1H pedal)

Assignable pedal/switch

Audio Inputs:

Line (Left/Right): 1/4" jacks, +20dBm, 12k Ohm

Mic/Guitar (Left): 1/4" jack, with Gain control (0+40dB)

12k ohm (Mic) / 500k ohm (Guitar)

Audio Outputs:

Left/Right, 1/4" jack, +21dBm, 0.003% THD+N@+18dBm

Headphone output (1/4" jack), 16-200 Ohms (50 Ohms suggested)

Speaker System:

Amplification: 2 x 25W Speakers: 2 x Dual Cone

Speakers in Bass Reflex Box

MIDI:

IN, OUT standard MIDI connectors

USB to MIDI using the USB ports

HOST: memory and controllers, DEVICE: personal computers

Eight user definable MIDI Setups

USB:

Type A (Host), Type B (Device)

2.0 Hgh-Speed connections (480 Mbit/s). Low-Speed (1.5 Mbit/s) and Full-Speed (12 Mbit/s) devices can only be connected through a High-Speed USB hub.

Storage: Internal memory: 960 MB

USB external drives (drive not included)

microSD card (not included); rear panel slot with plastic cover

Power Consumption: 100-240 Volts, 50/60 Hz, 25 Watt normal / < 0.3 Watt in standby

Dimensions (W x D x H): 1030 x 378.3 x 132 mm/40.55" x 14.89" x 5.2"

Weight: 9.95 kg/21.93 lbs