Korg Pa800 Professional Arranger Keyboard (61-Key)

Korg’s Pa800 is a dream machine for musicians. The Korg’s Pa800 delivers intuitive, powerful, and interactive with the most stunning sound ever produced by an arranger keyboard. For professional musician, Korg Pa800 is the complete Arranger keyboard.

The Pa800 Keyboard includes as standard the world acclaimed TC Helicon Voice Processor. This features EQ and professional quality effects (reverb, echo, etc.), designed and shaped specifically for vocals. These effects, combined with the built in 3 voice harmonizer and dedicated high quality mic preamp, ensure your vocals have the highest possible sound quality. The Pa800 delivers sound that makes it seem like you have the coolest band available on stage – all working under your control. There are more than 950 ROM sounds, including a new amazing multilayer stereo acoustic piano accurately sampled from a Concert Grand (and including String and damper pedal Resonance!) , plus an extra 64 drum kits. In addition, the RAM area contains up to 256 user sounds and 64 drum kits and of course, there is full on board sound editing.

Korg Pa800 Keyboard

The Pa800 also features professional editing facilities such as loop, cut, normalize and cropping of samples. Korg Pa800 Keyboard has all the connectivity you need including 4 separate audio outputs, 2 mic/line inputs with separate gain, 2 USB Host connections and 1 USB connection. The optional VIF4 graphic video interface can display on an external TV monitor either just the lyrics or if you want it to clone the on board display.

RX – Real experience Technology is the guiding philosophy behind the Pa800. RX Technology guided all our design and sound decisions. Korg Pa80 introduced the world’s first Arranger keyboard with two separate MIDI file players in the legendary Pa80 and our Pa800 showcases these double sequencer features working at an all new power level. In addition, the Pa800 supports the main musical formats such as SMF (Standard Midi File), Karaoke files and GM (General MIDI) and of course is able to display lyrics in most popular karaoke formats.

Pa800 has many useful expansion options: VIF4 Graphic Video Interface: to display lyrics or the on board Touch View display on an external monitor or TV (PAL or NTSC formats). Hard disk installation kit for standard 2.5″ ATA hard disk drive (not included) with a capacity of up to 2 terabytes.

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Korg M50 61-Key Keyboard

The M50 delivers latest sounds and functionality that Korg has developed in its many years of producing synthesizers and music workstations. The M50 fulfills every need of a musician, as an inspirational composition tool or as a live performance instrument. The M50 uses Korg’s latest “EDS” (Enhanced Definition Synthesis) sound generation system, the technology used on the M3, delivering exactly the same stunning sounds and effects. The EDS sound engine gushes with thick synth tones, complex articulated acoustic instruments like strings and brass, and some of the most realistic and playable piano tones in any keyboard in any price range. Each voice contains a powerful oscillator section that can use up to eight stereo multisamples per voice (two oscillators, each with 4-stage velocity switching/crossfading/layering), as well as up to four filters, 2 amps, 5 LFOs, and 5 EGs. 

KORG M50 61-key Workstation Keyboard Video

Korg M50 Provides Korg’s new semi-weighted Natural Touch keys for fast and satisfying synth-action. The M50 contains 608 programs, 384 combinations each consisting of up to sixteen programs, and 32 drum kits used as oscillators for drum programs. There are 4 “chord-assign” buttons which can be used to auto-trigger complex voicing with a single finger, leaving a free hand for melodic playing and turning you into your own accompanist. Korg M50 61 keys delivers the wide range of great sounds you expect from a Korg keyboard from real acoustic instrument to vintages synths and imaginative textures. The M50 is like controlling a whole orchestra with your hands, Up to 16 layers of instrumentation can be combined and triggered simultaneously, and voices can be split by note-range or velocity. 16-track sequencer makes brilliant use of the touch-sensitive screen, which insures you’ll never second guess how to access a function or make changes to a mix. The sequencer provides 16 MIDI tracks, up to 128 songs, and lets you record 210,000 notes. With a high resolution of 1/480, it can capture every detail of your expressive performance. The M50 features the same TouchView display that’s found on Korg’s high-end music workstations. The TouchView screen is intuitive and interactive, allowing the uniquely angled front panel to remain refined and uncluttered. M50 includes AMS (Alternate Modulation Source) function, which gives you 50 modulation sources, you can be sure to find what you need, or use the AMS mixer to apply multiple modulation sources to a single parameter, or even process the modulation source itself to obtain precise control over your sound design. Korg M50 keyboard includes 256 Mb of ROM, provides a total of 1,077 multisamples recorded in exacting studio conditions; the acoustic instruments are delivered with authenticity and realism, providing rich, natural articulation; synth sounds can be bombastic and aggressive, lush and enveloping, or pure and delicate. The drum track provides an always-ready partner to jam along with. You can easily choose from over 670 patterns that are built into the M50 as well as your own user-created patterns.

Korg M50 61-Key Synth Workstation Features

• Keyboard: 61-key, 73-key versions use a new semi-weighted Natural Touch keyboard

• An enormous 256 MB of PCM data (when calculated as 16-bit linear data), provides 608 programs and 384 combinations featuring Korg’s acclaimed voicing expertise.

• The 61-key M50-61 and 73-key M50-73 use a new semi-weighted Natural Touch keyboard, while the 88 key M50-88 features the top-of-the-line Real Weighted Hammer Action 3 (RH3) graded action keyboard.

• The large TouchView graphical user interface makes it easy to select sounds, adjust parameters and create your music easily.

• The Polyphonic Arpeggiator delivers from simple phrases up to complex rhythmic gestures, and lets you use two patterns simultaneously in Combination mode or Sequencer mode to create complete ensemble backing.

• Rich and vivid sound using the same “EDS” tone generator found on the upper-end M3

• Included M50 Editor and M50 Plug-In Editor software lets you edit the sounds using your computer, and allows you to use the M50 as a plug-in instrument in your favorite DAW software (VST, Audio Units, and RTAS are supported).

• The Drum Track gives you 671 patterns to stimulate and support your realtime performance and song production.

• The highly intuitive sequencer provides 16 MIDI + 1 master tracks with all the tools needed to capture and easily shape your musical ideas into polished productions.

• An SD card slot provides easy and affordable management of your sounds and songs. Read more »