

So that musicians of all levels can make great music quickly, there are two interface modes: Easy and Expert. With our amazing TouchView display you can simply think, see and touch the panel for easy and intuitive control.

But we went even further, creating an instrument that provides an intuitive, musical, fast, foolproof experience. With all the technological power packed inside, it was vital that we also made the Pa500 easy to understand and easy to use. Advanced features such as Syncro Start/Stop, Fade In/Out, Assignable Pads, Tap Tempo and Manual Bass allow you to spontaneously add complex and professional touches to your performances. Additional parts or 'riffs' can be sequenced and triggered in real time using the assignable Pads. With up to eight parts, four variations, three intros/count-in, three fills/break and three endings, each Style is a complete musical environment. The result is over 320 preloaded Styles that provide unparalleled realism and detail, adding anything from tasteful guitar picking, a tight bass and drum groove, a powerhouse R & B rhythm section all the way up to a full orchestra! Styles follow your timing, voice leading and chord changes to create an amazingly defined musical performance in real-time. The Pa500 delivers a deluxe set of styles, programmed by some of the leading arrangers in the world each of whom worked according to their musical strengths.

No doubt: Korg's Style programming is world class. The User area has space for up to 128 user sounds and 64 drum kits.

Over 880 fully editable sounds are preloaded (including a full GM soundset and 56 drumkits), representing a full range of musical instruments from almost every genre - each exploding with depth, nuance, subtlety, accuracy and richness. Based on the EDS (Extended Definition Synthesis) engine found in the Korg M3, Pa800 and Pa2XPro, the Pa500 provides 80 voices of polyphony and a breathtaking quality of sound. With exclusive Korg features such as the XDS Dual Sequencer, intuitive TouchView interface, quarter-tone on-the-fly and a four way joystick for realistic articulation, the only thing really missing is a big price tag. Like its big brothers - the Pa800 and the Pa2XPro - the Pa500 uses our RX (Real eXperience) technology to deliver a sound unprecedented in an arranger keyboard. For the musician, composer, performer and entertainer, the interactive Pa500 is the perfect musical partner.
