"Are YOU Looking For A Music Workstation That Gives You EXCELLENT Sounds & GREAT Control? Check Out The KORG Pa50 Professional Keyboard-Arranger!" |
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KORG Pa50 Professional Keyboard-Arranger Review
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Price: $749.00 (currently priced/price may change) Return Policy: The KORG Pa50 has a 30-day FULL money back guarantee. The product also comes with a warranty on the following: Parts and Labor - 1 year (plus extra 1 year warranty if product registered within 90 days of purchase) Brand: Korg Model #: Pa50 Recommended Merchant: www.amazon.com About The Product: Whether you're using the Pa50 as a songwriting station or to back up your performances, you can be assured of an outstanding presentation. The Pa50 keyboard arranger combines superior sequencing functions with powerful performance features and comprehensive composition tools to give you quality sound output. The Triton-based synth engine includes 660 editable sound programs, 4 studio-quality effect processors and 89 effect types for excellent synthesizing and sound mixing. Easy touch controls come in the form of 4 assignable pads, an assignable footswitch, the joystick, sync start, fade in/out and more. You can create a wide array of natural sounding performances with 8 parts, 4 variations, 2 fills, intros and endings to choose from. The Pa50 also stores up to 160 user defined performance settings. Dual cone speakers with 15-watt amplifiers on each end provide rich stereo sound and you can be assured each songwriting or performance session will be quite an enriching musical experience. |
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The Good Stuff:
 Relies on the same HI synth engine found in Korg's TRITON and Karma professional workstations
660 sound programs with a new set of very expressive solo instruments sampled with natural vibrato
56 editable Styles onboard plus 48 user Styles
4 assignable function pads and assignable footswitch plus added control features - joystick, synchronized start/stop, fade in and out, tap tempo, accompaniment reset and more
Extensive sequencing feature in the unique Backing Sequencer which captures up to 8 tracks of style accompaniment in a single pass
Provides a huge collection of music Styles created by top musicians from around the world
Rich stereo sound from dual cone speakers with 15-watt amplifiers
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The Bad Stuff:
 Built-in storage is 3.5" floppy drive which is quite out-dated (Note: This has been replaced with an SD card slot in the new Pa50-SD model)
Shell plastic can be quite flimsy, unit not portable
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Product Specifications:
The KORG PA50 Synth includes the following standard specifications:
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Product Features:
Listed below are some of the features that come with this Synthesizer. Take a quick look below...  61-note velocity-sensing keyboard 2-voice TRITON-based sound engine
More than 660 factory programs and over 300 styles
Four stereo digital multi-effect processors providing a total of 89 effect types
XDS Dual Sequencer featuring two 16-track sequencers
Real-time or Step recording with full track and event editing
SMF/Karaoke and DJ style crossfader
2 dual cone speakers with 15-watt amplifiers each
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Our Verdict:
The original KORG Pa50 has been recently replaced with the KORG Pa50-SD. The older model came with a built in floppy disk storage drive which seemed quite outdated at this day and age. Good thing Korg updated the model and replaced it with an SD Card slot. Now it delivers the most important elements a casual performer or a budget minded musician is looking for. Since it features the Korg's powerful Triton-based synthesis, this is a definite plus since it offers such a wide range of acoustic and electric sounds. Another strong point in the Pa50 is the XDS Dual Song player which allows a song to play while another one loads up. Players can then use the built-in crossfader to provide seamless segues. If you're looking for a reasonably priced synthesizer arranger which you don't need to carry around, and you're favoring sound quality over all other bells and whistles, the Pa50 could be one of the better options. |
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Customer Feedback-
"The quality should be little better, it is made out of cheap plastic, but what a heck it has a great sounds and I am very happy to have this keyboard. My Yamaha had a hard plastic but the sounds were nowhere near my new KORG PA 50." - Actual User Review - Zzounds.com "Overall it's a decent board, but the 64 notes of polyphony can stall out sometimes leaving you wishing you would have purchased something with 96 or better polyphony..." - Actual User Review - Retrevo.com "Sound is beautiful, almost as good as the Pa800 or Pa1x. Preloaded instruments are nice, comes with a brief selection of oriental sounds and styles. One of the features it has that I love is the option to let you put your own (custom) sounds, styles, and songs inside." - Actual User Review - Sweetwater.com "Deathly sexy unit! Sound: Amazing in every way. Ease of Use: Didn't even look at the manual..." - Actual User Review - Samedaymusic.com |
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