Performance that takes you places

KORG debuts the newest High Performance Arranger in the acclaimed Pa-Series of Professional Arrangers, the Pa1000. The Pa1000 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. 

The Pa1000 sound engine uses four times the PCM memory of the best-selling Pa900 and extends the amount of User PCM memory to 600MB using compression. The number of User Style locations has also expanded to a maximum of 1,152 which will cover almost every style imaginable. The improved built-in speaker system produces a strong, full-bodied sound that’s enhanced by standard features such as the TC Helicon Vocal Harmonizer, a Dual MP3 player & recorder, and the Dual Crossfade Sequencer. Video output is standardized, so your audience can sing along to the onscreen lyrics. The Pa1000 packs all this in a high‐quality case with aluminium inserts in the side-panels of an elegant chassis to provide a prestigious look on any stage! 

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 Pa1000 sets a new standard for arranger workstations. A massive leap forward from the legendary and best selling Pa900, 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 Pa1000

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 technology 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 Pa1000. /p>

Feel the keyboard

The 61-key keyboard offers a semi-weighted action, feels just right, features naturally responsive key-on/key-off velocity sensitivity and aftertouch, and is designed for musicians of all levels.

Slim, powerful and easy to use

The Pa1000 has been designed with the concept of combining a slim profile with a professional motif. The 2x33 Watt amplifiers drive the 4 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 Pa1000 relies on KORG’s advanced EDS-X (Enhanced Definition Synthesis-eXpanded) sound engine, and comes complete with over 1,750 ready-to-play sounds. This realistic collection offers a vast gathering of classic and contemporary keyboards, band and orchestral instruments, plus electronic and acoustic instruments—from 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 Pa1000 has been equipped with new wind instruments, strings, basses—even 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 600 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 Pa1000 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!

Do it with Style

The Pa1000 delivers over 430 Styles, straight out of the box. Each one is a fully-realized musical environment dedicated to creating a particular musical style. With so many to choose from, the Pa1000 can provide instant access to a vast and robust range of musical genres. Each Style features 4 Fill Ins + Break patterns, one for each variation. Using the new Auto Fill function they can be automatically recalled as you move between the four variations. 

The Pa1000 has 1,152 user locations for you to save your new Styles and settings. In addition, each Style can be enhanced by using the four Pads. Each Pad can add a one-time or repeating riff, a percussion part, an accent sound, or even a sound effect.

The latest Styles – today!

Thanks to an all new built in Standard MIDI File to Style converter you can quickly and easily have on board styles of the latest songs! Just obtain a new Standard MIDI File, load it into the Pa1000 and the inbuilt converter will easily and quickly turn it into a full KORG style while also creating a Chord Sequence from the Song’s chords.

Studio-Quality Effects

The Pa1000 includes the best of the KORG library. 2 Insert and 2 Master effects can be used for the accompaniment tracks, while 1 Insert and 2 Master effects can be used for the real-time keyboard tracks. 148 effect types are available, including reverbs, delays, vintage stomp box simulations, amp and cabinet simulators and more.

TC Helicon® Voice Processor

KORG’s long term cooperation with the world leader in vocal harmonies, TC-Helicon®, continues in the Pa1000. With new features and algorithms, the TC-Helicon Voice Processor ensures your vocals have the highest possible sound quality. Up to 3 realistic voices are available and can be controlled by the keyboard, or by MIDI events. Other 5 effect blocks are available, including EQ, Compressor, Gate, and two FX.

Refine your guitar’s pure sound

Guitar FXs let you add pedal and studio effects to a guitar connected to the dedicated Guitar input on the back of the instrument. We selected some of the best guitar effects from the KORG collection, to add the sound of all-tube amplifiers, realistic distortion, chorus or delay pedals, and the highest quality studio reverbs.

Player/Sequencer

The famous KORG XDS Crossfade Dual Sequencer Player supports the MP3+G (also known as MP3+Graphics) format for MP3 files in addition to the most popular lyrics formats. This new feature allows backing sequences to play with enriched lyrics and graphics which can be displayed simultaneously on the on-board TFT display and on an external monitor. There is also a Marker Function, allowing direct jumps to a given position in the song. 

And because the Pa1000 is very clever, it can record your entire performance! You can run a song, play the keyboard, sing along and everything will be recorded in MP3 format and stored on an external USB device or in the internal memory.

The SongBook

Particularly useful for live use, the SongBook is a fully programmable and easily searchable Music Database. Each entry contains all the settings required to play a particular song. The SongBook can use styles, MIDI files or MP3s and immediately recall settings such as song title, genre, artist, tempo, volumes, sounds, muted tracks, FX settings, easy edit, 4 Keyboard Sets, TC-Helicon® presets, master transpose and more. The SongBook includes also a renewed Set List function, with a convenient panel-button association for fast recall, to make life easier during live gigs. 

With the SongBook Editor you can easily view, create, and edit your KORG Pa-Series SongBook entries and Set Lists using a Windows based computer. It can also be synchronized with iOS and Android tablets to become your handy external digital music sheet reader (third-party software required). Everything you need to play your song back perfectly is in the SongBook, a useful musical feature that is unique to KORG.

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

Keyboard

61 semi-weighted keys (C2 – C7) with velocity and aftertouch

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 EQ, Compressor, Gate, 3-voice Harmonizer (or Double), 2 x FX. Harmonizer, Double: Technology by TC•Helicon® 
  
• Presets More than 30 Factory, 64 User 
  
• Guitar Processor 3 x FX. Presets: 45 Factory, 64 User
  

Sounds / Drum Kits

Factory More than 1,750 Factory Sounds, including two multilayer Stereo Pianos with damper and body resonance, GM/XG sound sets and 107 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

User PCM Sample memory : 300 MB compressed (equivalent to 600 MB linear data) Loads KORG, WAV, AIFF and SoundFont™ formats 

Saves KORG, WAV and AIFF formats 

Full Edit, Time Slice, Sampling

Styles

• Factory More than 430 Factory Styles, freely reconfigurable sets 
• User 1,152 locations, including User and Direct banks Eight Accompaniment tracks, 4 Keyboard Sets, 4 Pads per Style; Style Settings (Sounds and Arranger parameters) on each Style 
  

Guitar Mode 2, Parallel and Fixed NTT (Note Transposition Table) 

Style/Pad Record with Step Record, Track and Event Edit 

Style Creator Bot (MIDI Song to Style Converter) 

Style controls - 3 Intros, 4 Variations, 4 Fills, Break, 3 Endings, Synchro Start, Synchro Stop, Tap Tempo/Reset, Bass Inversion, Auto Fill, Manual Bass, Memory, Accompaniment Mute, Drum Mapping, Snare & Kick Designation, Style to Keyboard Set Mode

Chord Sequencer   

Chord Sequence recorder and player in Style Play mode 

Chord Sequences can be saved to Style and SongBook Entries 

Edit functions Delete, Copy from Style/SongBook, Import/Export from/to SMF

Keyboard Set Library

Memorize Keyboard Sound settings 

Factory More than 300 Keyboard Sets, freely reconfigurable 

User 864 locations, including User and Direct banks ‘My Setting’ special Keyboard Set

KAOSS FX

Automatic MIDI FX generator 

More than 65 Factory Presets

Song Play

Supported formats 

Patented XDS Crossfade Dual Sequencer Player with X-Fader control 

MID, KAR, MP3+Lyrics, MP3+G 

Two Players with separate Select, Start/Stop, Home, Rewind and Fast Forward controls Lyrics, Score, and Chord data can be displayed on screen, or on an external　video monitor Markers with Add, Delete, Edit and Loop functions Jukebox function

MP3 Player / Recorder

Double MP3 Player and MP3 Recorder 

Transpose (+6/-5 semitones), Tempo change (±30%) 

Vocal Remover 

Records MP3 files, including Styles, MIDI Songs, MP3 Songs, Keyboard Sounds, Pads, Microphone, Guitar, Effects, KAOSS Effects

Sequencer

Quick Record (Backing Sequence), Multitrack and Step Record functions 

Full-featured sequencer, 16 tracks, Up to 200,000 events, SMF (MID) native format

SongBook

Fully programmable music database, based on Styles, MIDI Songs (MID and KAR files), MP3 Songs, with automatic selection of Style Play and Song Play modes 

User definable Set Lists, with Entries selectable from the control panel 

Filtering and sorting options

Compatibility

Pa-Series models Styles, Performances/Keyboard Sets, Programs/Sounds, Songs, SongBook Entries, 

Pads ‘i-Series’ models Styles

Pads

Four Assignable Pads + Stop buttons 

Pad Record function

Controls

Master Volume, Fade In/Out, Keyboard-Acc/Song Balance, Ensemble, Octave Transpose, Master Transpose, Quarter Tone and Arabic Scale memorized inside Keyboard Sets, Joystick, Audio In Volume, Mic FX Level, Harmony/Double On/Off, Mic/Guitar Preset, Audio In Mute ,2 Assignable Knobs, 3 Assignable Switches, Tempo +/-, Tempo Lock, Metronome On/Off, Dial, Search, Shift, Chord Scan (Lower, Upper), Split, Track Select, Record 

Virtual Quarter Tone SubScale Keypad, 4 x Scale Presets

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 33 W Speakers 

2 x 100 mm woofers in bass reflex box, 2 x 25 mm dome tweeters

MIDI

IN, OUT Standard MIDI connectors USB to MIDI using the USB ports 

Eight user definable MIDI Setups

USB

Type A 

HOST, for memory and controllers x 2 (front/rear) 

Type B DEVICE, for personal computers and tablets x 1 (rear) 

2.0 Hgh-Speed connections (480 Mbit/s).

2.0 Hgh-Speed connections (480 Mbit/s).

Storage

Internal memory 

960 MB USB external drives (drive not included) 

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

Display

7” Wide capacitive color TouchView™ TFT display – Manual tilt system

Video Out

RCA connector 

Clock

Internal System Clock

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 133 mm / 40.55" x 14.89" x 5.36" (without music stand; height with music rest: 355.8 mm / 14”)

Weight

10.75 kg / 23.7 lbs

Included Items

AC Power Cable, Music Stand, Quick Guide manual

Accessories

EXP-2 Foot Controller, XVP-10 Expression/Volume Pedal 

DS-1H Damper Pedal (supports half-pedaling) 

PS-1, PS-3 Pedal Switch 

VOX V860 volume pedal.

Warranty period 2 years.