Korg Pa5X-88 88-Key Professional Arranger Workstation

Intelligently designed for live and studio performance, the Korg Pa5X-88 Professional Arranger Keyboard expands on the success of its predecessor with a reengineered cutting-edge EDS-XP sound engine, cross-fading dual players that can play two Styles, MIDI files, or MP3 files at the same time, and a streamlined color-driven user interfaceoffering a powerful and creative platform customized for solo keyboard performers, entertainers, songwriters, and producers.With its premium black aluminum body and elegant wooden side panels, the Pa5X-88 features 88 keys with weighted Fatar hammer action for pianolike touch plus aftertouch for added expressivity. The keyboard comes packed with over 2200 inspiring sounds and more than 600 fresh, auto-accompaniment Styles, all instantly accessible through an inviting modern workflow. A completely new front panel, featuring an assignable 16-pad matrix, a mixer section, 9 sliders, 9 multicolored LED buttons, a joystick, and a huge, tiltable 8" touchscreen, puts you in control of your music-making experience at all times.
Powerful EDS-XP Sound Engine for Rich and Inspiring Sounds
Pa5X introduces the EDS-XP (Enhanced Definition SynthesisExpanded) sound engine, which builds upon the technology used in Pa4X with advanced hardware and a powerful new operating system. The 24 stereo oscillators and 160 voices of polyphony power thousands of high-quality sounds, covering a wide range of musical instruments and genres.
The EDS-XP sound engine introduces new cutting-edge features such as round-robin drum and percussion performance, smooth sound transition, sound-controller 3 functionality, and much more.
A Complete Sound Library
The onboard sounds range from ultrarealistic acoustic instruments, to electric vintage keyboards, to synth classics, with the addition of fantasy sounds and special effects for game, media, video, and cinema production. Also included are instruments from Korg's flagship synth workstations: Kronos and Nautilus, plus various ages and world cultures, while also leaving ample room for your own expansions.
The curated selection of acoustic and electric pianos, which includes sounds from Korg's celebrated SV-2 Stage Vintage Piano is particularly suitable for the keybed's hammer-action.
A new Drawbar Organ section proudly boasts a realistic control surface that can rely on the physical sliders and buttons on the main panel of Pa5X. New effects derived from the legendary Korg CX-3 Combo Organ are also included.
New Drum Kits have been recorded making use of technology based on round-robins to increase realism. No two drum hits are equal, resulting in authentic-sounding drum performances.
Modern and Streamlined User Interface
At the center of Pa5X is a large 8" tiltable touchscreen that displays a completely redesigned GUI (graphical user interface). This makes all the sounds and features of Pa5X easily accessible to home and studio musicians as well as live performers.
The colors in the display are carefully matched to the ones used in the LED programmable buttons on the control panel to provide instant interactive feedback when changing settings on the fly.
Lyrics, Chords, Score, and Marker can be clearly shown on the large display of Pa5X or even on an external display when connected via the built-in HDMI port.
Realtime Controllers for Maximum Expression
Pa5X features a fully programmable control section with a matrix of 16 rubber pads, 9 buttons, 9 sliders, a joystick, and a ribbon controller. You can assign any function to thesefrom mixer volume to drawbar settings, from microphone mute to bass inversions, to lyrics scroll commands, and more.
The assigned function is shown by an auxiliary strip display, so that you always know what you have under your fingertipseven if you are on a different page from the main display.
Cutting-Edge Crossfading Players
Pa5X can play two Styles, MIDI