Professional Arranger Workstation Better than ever. The Korg Pa Series has a new flagship: the Pa3X, the most realistic, powerful, and easy-to-use arranger workstation ever produced. For years, Korgʼs Pa Series has been the most respected, envied, and successful line of interactive arranger workstations on the planet. Once again, Korg has raised the standard of […]
Better than ever. The Korg Pa Series has a new flagship: the Pa3X, the most realistic, powerful, and easy-to-use arranger workstation ever produced. For years, Korgʼs Pa Series has been the most respected, envied, and successful line of interactive arranger workstations on the planet. Once again, Korg has raised the standard of excellence by offering new, richer, and more realistic sounds; creating amazing new features, and offering a fresh – yet elegant – design. Meet the Pa3X. Listen and Believe.
Pa3X Highlights
Enhanced RX (Real eXperience) sound engine offers improved realism and new vivid sound, including pianos borrowed from the acclaimed Korg SV-1 Stage Vintage Piano, plus Ambience Drums
Massive internal ROM – plus up to 256 MB of user PCM data (equivalent to 512 MB*) –provides an extraordinarily powerful wave memory, delivering the best sound quality possible
Three assignable switches, a four-way joystick, and our unique ribbon strip ensure total control for the many available levels of sound articulation (DNC)
Choose either 61 keys or 76 semi–weighted keys; both with velocity and aftertouch
Elegantly designed and reliable aluminum cabinet
TouchView™ TFT display; 76-key model features a motorized tilting display
Professional graphic interface with new Search facility for quickly locating musical resources
PaAS High-fidelity, optional amplification/speaker bar with Korgʼs own Easy Connect system (no support, cables, or additional power supply needed)
Self-refreshing PCM Data memory backup – supported by our own Intelligent Re-Charge system – ensures fast startup
Improved Style and Performance selection, Over 400 factory Styles; each with 4 variations and 4 Fill Ins + Break, plus 15 user banks for unlimited storage of your favorite customized or user created Styles and settings
Enhanced Guitar Mode 2 for even more realistic guitar parts
Chord Sequencer function records any chord progression on-the-fly
Up to 8 Stereo Effects at once, including flexible Master and Insert routing for Styles and songs. New Vintage Effects from the acclaimed SV-1 Stage Vintage Piano
New TC-Helicon ® Vocal Processor (VoiceLive2 derived) with dedicated professional effects
Adaptive Mic Setting provides a virtual sound engineer to automatically set the best EQ/Compressor/Gate settings for your voice
Professional Final Mastering tools from “Waves Audio” plugins “MaxxAudio ™ ” suite.
New Double MP3/MIDI files player and recorder with Advanced Vocal Remover.
Enhanced compatibility with Lyrics in graphical format (+G) for MIDI files and MP3 files.
New Audio Chord Detection function that automatically extracts chords to send to the Vocal Processor from MP3 files.
Enhanced sound compatibility for GM songs.
Multi-language extended character set. Lyrics can be showed in their original languages (except the Oriental and the Arabic Languages**).
*when calculated as 16-bit linear data ** check for the available languages
KORG Pa3X Professional Arranger Workstation Specifications
Keyboard: 61-semi-weighted keys with velocity and aftertouch 76 semi-weighted keys with velocity and aftertouch
System OPOS (Objective Portable Operating System) RX (Real eXperience) DNC (Defined Nuance Control) Natural Ambience Drums Sound Technology Multitasking, Load while play feature Upgradable Operating System Self-Refresh Battery for PCM data
Tone Generator KORG EDS (Enhanced Definition Synthesis) sound generator: 120 Voices, 120 Oscillators Filters with Resonance Three band EQ for each track
Effects Up to 8 Stereo Digital Multi-Effects block system 140 Effects types including VOCODER Final Mastering Effects by WAVES (MaxxEQ™, MaxxBass™, MaxxTreble™, MaxxStereo™, MaxxVolume™)
New Voice Processor Technology by TC-Helicon® with 7 Effects: Four-part Harmonizer, Double, µMod, Reverb, Delay, Filter, HardTune, Pitch Correction plus Compressor, EQ, Gate (Adaptive Mic Setting on the Mic input)
Sounds / Drumkits More than 1100, including Stereo Piano and GM Level 1 & 2 compatible sounds; more than 90 Drum Kits
User area: 512 Sounds, 128 Drum Kits Defined Nuance Control (DNC) Technology
Real Drum Ambience
Digital Drawbars: 9 Footages
Realtime controls: Assignable Sliders Full editing of Sounds and Drum Kits
Sampling: Record, Edit, Time Slice, Compression Tool, Load/Import of Korg, Wav, AIFF and Akai files; Export of Wav and AIFF files
PCM RAM Memory: 128 MB standard (equivalent to 256 MB linear data), expandable up to 256 MB (equivalent to 512MB linear data) with the optional EXB-M256 memory expansion board
Styles More than 400 preloaded Styles, freely reconfigurable 1200 available Style locations including the Favorite banks Eight Style tracks, 4 Single Touch Settings, 4 Pads and one Style Performance per Style Guitar Track 2 mode, Parallel and Fixed NTT Compatible with old “i-Series” and Pa series Style format Style Record with Step Record, Track and Event Edit functions Style controls: 3 Intros, 4 Variations, 4 Fills, Break, 3 Endings, Synchro Start/Stop, Tap Tempo/Reset, Fade In/Out, Bass Inversion, Auto Fill, Manual Bass, Tempo Lock, Memory, Accompaniment/Real Time Track Balance Volume, Accompaniment Mute, Drum Mapping, Snare & Kick Designation, Single Touch
STS: Memorize Realtime tracks and Voice Processor settings, up to 4 x 1200 Styles, up to 4 x SongBook entries
Realtime tracks Four Keyboard tracks (Upper 1, 2, 3, Lower) with dedicated on/off and sound select buttons
Song Play Patented XDS Crossfade Dual Sequencer Player (Supported formats: MID, MID+G, KAR, MP3 + lyrics, MP3+G) 2 Players with separate Select, Start/Stop, Home, Rewind and Fast Forward controls X-Fader Balance control Lyrics, Score, and Chord data can be displayed on screen, or on external video monitor (with VIF4 option installed) Markers Jukebox function
Mp3 Player / Recorder Double Mp3 Player and Mp3 Recorder Two Mp3 files can be played simultaneously in Song Play Mode Real Time Transpose (+6/-5 semitones) Tempo change (±30%) Advanced Vocal Remover Record MP3 files including Styles, SMF, Real Time Tracks, Pads, Microphone and Effects Audio Chord detection for Vocal Harmony
Sequencer Quick Record (Backing Sequence) Multitrack and Step Record functions – Full-featured sequencer 16 tracks; Up to 200,000 events SMF native format
SongBook Fully programmable music database, based on Styles, SMF, Karaoke, MP3 with automatic selection of Style Play and Song Play modes User-definable custom lists Filtering and Ordering options
Compatibility
“i-Series” models: Styles
Pa series: Style, Performance, Program/Sound, Song, SongBook, Pad
Multi Pad 4 Assignable Pads + Stop Button – Pad Record function
Help System Hypertextual, Contextual, Multilingual
General Controls Master Volume, Real Time-Acc/Seq Balance Volume, Ensemble, Octave Transpose, Master Transpose, Style Change, Quarter Tone and Arabic Scale memorized inside Performance/STS – Realtime controllers: Joystick (pitch + modulation), Ribbon Control, 8 Assignable Sliders, MP3 Volume, Mic Volume, Mic Harmony/Double Vol., Mic Reverb/Delay Vol., 3 Assignable Switches, Tempo +/-, Dial, Up/+, Down/- – Search Function
Control Inputs Damper Pedal (support half-pedaling with optional DS-1H pedal), Assignable Pedal/Switch, EC-5 (Programmable Multi-Switches)
Analog Outputs Unbalanced/Balanced Jack Left/Mono, Right/Mono, Out 1, Out 2, Headphones (in the front panel)
Digital Outputs S/P DIF (48 kHz – coaxial), mirroring the Main Stereo Outputs
Line Inputs 2 Unbalanced/Balanced Jack Left/Mono, Right/Mono
Microphone Input Combo XLR balanced with Gain control (15 to 50 dB) and switchable Phantom Power
MIDI In, Out, Thru; standard Midi connectors USB to Midi using the USB Device port Individual track assignment 8 user definable MIDI Setups
USB 2 USB Host Front/Rear (2.0 Hi Speed) and 1 USB Device Rear (1.1 Full Speed) connections
Hard Disk / Mass Storage Standard 4 GB memory USB Optional 2.5″ SATA Hard Disk Driver (61-key) Standard internal 2.5″ SATA Hard Disk Drive (76-key)
DVD-CD Player / Floppy Disk Optional using standard USB DVD/CD/FD Drives connected via USB Host ports
Display Pa3X 61: Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels – TFT Color TouchView Graphic Touch Screen; Pa3X 76: Motorized Tilt Display – Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels – TFT Color TouchView Graphic Touch Screen
Clock Internal System Clock
Consumption 35 Watt – 50 Watt when connected with Amplification Bar (PaAS)
Dimensions (W x D x H) 980 x 366 x 145 mm / 38.58 x 14.41 x 5.71 inch without music stand (61); 1192 x 366 x 145 mm / 49.93 x 14.41 x 5.71 inch without music stand and with the display fully lowered (76)
Weight 14.7 kg / 32.4 lbs (61); 17.5 kg / 38.58lbs (76)
Accessories Manual, AC Power Cable, Music Stand, Accessory Disk
Options PaAS Amplification System EXB-M256 – 256 MB RAM Expansion Board VIF4 – Video Interface Board EXP-2 – Expression/Volume Pedal XVP-10 – Professional Expression/Volume Pedal EC5 – Assignable Multi-Switch Controller DS-1H – Damper Pedal PS-1 – Switch Pedal HDIK-2 Hard Disk Kit Installation Kit (61 only)
* Helicon is a registered trademark of TC-Helicon Vocal Technologies Ltd. * MaxxAudio, MaxxEQ, MaxxBass, MaxxTreble, MaxxStereo, MaxxVolume are trademarks of Waves Audio Ltd. * Specifications and appearance are subject to change without notice for improvement.
Pa AS – Pa Amplification System for Pa3X (76 and 61 keys)
System 3 Channel Amplification System
Power 2×20 Watt (Middle/High Frequency) + 1×40 Watt (Sub Woofer)
Connectivity Extremely Simple Connection. Power and the audio signal from the Pa3X are via a special connector that is automatically attached to the keyboard. No Cable, No Power supply needs to be attached to the Pa3X
Dimensions (W x D x H) 992 x 173 x 137 mm / 39.06 x 6.81x 5.39 inch
Weight 5.7 kg / 12.57 lbs
Weight
2.00 kg
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Better than ever. The Korg Pa Series has a new flagship: the Pa3X, the most realistic, powerful, and easy-to-use arranger workstation ever produced. For years, Korgʼs Pa Series has been the most respected, envied, and successful line of interactive arranger workstations on the planet. Once again, Korg has raised the standard of excellence by offering new, richer, and more realistic sounds; creating amazing new features, and offering a fresh – yet elegant – design. Meet the Pa3X. Listen and Believe.
Pa3X Highlights
Enhanced RX (Real eXperience) sound engine offers improved realism and new vivid sound, including pianos borrowed from the acclaimed Korg SV-1 Stage Vintage Piano, plus Ambience Drums
Massive internal ROM – plus up to 256 MB of user PCM data (equivalent to 512 MB*) –provides an extraordinarily powerful wave memory, delivering the best sound quality possible
Three assignable switches, a four-way joystick, and our unique ribbon strip ensure total control for the many available levels of sound articulation (DNC)
Choose either 61 keys or 76 semi–weighted keys; both with velocity and aftertouch
Elegantly designed and reliable aluminum cabinet
TouchView™ TFT display; 76-key model features a motorized tilting display
Professional graphic interface with new Search facility for quickly locating musical resources
PaAS High-fidelity, optional amplification/speaker bar with Korgʼs own Easy Connect system (no support, cables, or additional power supply needed)
Self-refreshing PCM Data memory backup – supported by our own Intelligent Re-Charge system – ensures fast startup
Improved Style and Performance selection, Over 400 factory Styles; each with 4 variations and 4 Fill Ins + Break, plus 15 user banks for unlimited storage of your favorite customized or user created Styles and settings
Enhanced Guitar Mode 2 for even more realistic guitar parts
Chord Sequencer function records any chord progression on-the-fly
Up to 8 Stereo Effects at once, including flexible Master and Insert routing for Styles and songs. New Vintage Effects from the acclaimed SV-1 Stage Vintage Piano
New TC-Helicon ® Vocal Processor (VoiceLive2 derived) with dedicated professional effects
Adaptive Mic Setting provides a virtual sound engineer to automatically set the best EQ/Compressor/Gate settings for your voice
Professional Final Mastering tools from "Waves Audio” plugins "MaxxAudio ™ ” suite.
New Double MP3/MIDI files player and recorder with Advanced Vocal Remover.
Enhanced compatibility with Lyrics in graphical format (+G) for MIDI files and MP3 files.
New Audio Chord Detection function that automatically extracts chords to send to the Vocal Processor from MP3 files.
Enhanced sound compatibility for GM songs.
Multi-language extended character set. Lyrics can be showed in their original languages (except the Oriental and the Arabic Languages**).
*when calculated as 16-bit linear data ** check for the available languages
KORG Pa3X Professional Arranger Workstation Specifications
Keyboard: 61-semi-weighted keys with velocity and aftertouch 76 semi-weighted keys with velocity and aftertouch
System OPOS (Objective Portable Operating System) RX (Real eXperience) DNC (Defined Nuance Control) Natural Ambience Drums Sound Technology Multitasking, Load while play feature Upgradable Operating System Self-Refresh Battery for PCM data
Tone Generator KORG EDS (Enhanced Definition Synthesis) sound generator: 120 Voices, 120 Oscillators Filters with Resonance Three band EQ for each track
Effects Up to 8 Stereo Digital Multi-Effects block system 140 Effects types including VOCODER Final Mastering Effects by WAVES (MaxxEQ™, MaxxBass™, MaxxTreble™, MaxxStereo™, MaxxVolume™)
New Voice Processor Technology by TC-Helicon® with 7 Effects: Four-part Harmonizer, Double, µMod, Reverb, Delay, Filter, HardTune, Pitch Correction plus Compressor, EQ, Gate (Adaptive Mic Setting on the Mic input)
Sounds / Drumkits More than 1100, including Stereo Piano and GM Level 1 & 2 compatible sounds; more than 90 Drum Kits
User area: 512 Sounds, 128 Drum Kits Defined Nuance Control (DNC) Technology
Real Drum Ambience
Digital Drawbars: 9 Footages
Realtime controls: Assignable Sliders Full editing of Sounds and Drum Kits
Sampling: Record, Edit, Time Slice, Compression Tool, Load/Import of Korg, Wav, AIFF and Akai files; Export of Wav and AIFF files
PCM RAM Memory: 128 MB standard (equivalent to 256 MB linear data), expandable up to 256 MB (equivalent to 512MB linear data) with the optional EXB-M256 memory expansion board
Styles More than 400 preloaded Styles, freely reconfigurable 1200 available Style locations including the Favorite banks Eight Style tracks, 4 Single Touch Settings, 4 Pads and one Style Performance per Style Guitar Track 2 mode, Parallel and Fixed NTT Compatible with old "i-Series" and Pa series Style format Style Record with Step Record, Track and Event Edit functions Style controls: 3 Intros, 4 Variations, 4 Fills, Break, 3 Endings, Synchro Start/Stop, Tap Tempo/Reset, Fade In/Out, Bass Inversion, Auto Fill, Manual Bass, Tempo Lock, Memory, Accompaniment/Real Time Track Balance Volume, Accompaniment Mute, Drum Mapping, Snare & Kick Designation, Single Touch
STS: Memorize Realtime tracks and Voice Processor settings, up to 4 x 1200 Styles, up to 4 x SongBook entries
Realtime tracks Four Keyboard tracks (Upper 1, 2, 3, Lower) with dedicated on/off and sound select buttons
Song Play Patented XDS Crossfade Dual Sequencer Player (Supported formats: MID, MID+G, KAR, MP3 + lyrics, MP3+G) 2 Players with separate Select, Start/Stop, Home, Rewind and Fast Forward controls X-Fader Balance control Lyrics, Score, and Chord data can be displayed on screen, or on external video monitor (with VIF4 option installed) Markers Jukebox function
Mp3 Player / Recorder Double Mp3 Player and Mp3 Recorder Two Mp3 files can be played simultaneously in Song Play Mode Real Time Transpose (+6/-5 semitones) Tempo change (±30%) Advanced Vocal Remover Record MP3 files including Styles, SMF, Real Time Tracks, Pads, Microphone and Effects Audio Chord detection for Vocal Harmony
Sequencer Quick Record (Backing Sequence) Multitrack and Step Record functions - Full-featured sequencer 16 tracks; Up to 200,000 events SMF native format
SongBook Fully programmable music database, based on Styles, SMF, Karaoke, MP3 with automatic selection of Style Play and Song Play modes User-definable custom lists Filtering and Ordering options
Compatibility
“i-Series" models: Styles
Pa series: Style, Performance, Program/Sound, Song, SongBook, Pad
Multi Pad 4 Assignable Pads + Stop Button - Pad Record function
Help System Hypertextual, Contextual, Multilingual
General Controls Master Volume, Real Time-Acc/Seq Balance Volume, Ensemble, Octave Transpose, Master Transpose, Style Change, Quarter Tone and Arabic Scale memorized inside Performance/STS - Realtime controllers: Joystick (pitch + modulation), Ribbon Control, 8 Assignable Sliders, MP3 Volume, Mic Volume, Mic Harmony/Double Vol., Mic Reverb/Delay Vol., 3 Assignable Switches, Tempo +/-, Dial, Up/+, Down/- - Search Function
Control Inputs Damper Pedal (support half-pedaling with optional DS-1H pedal), Assignable Pedal/Switch, EC-5 (Programmable Multi-Switches)
Analog Outputs Unbalanced/Balanced Jack Left/Mono, Right/Mono, Out 1, Out 2, Headphones (in the front panel)
Digital Outputs S/P DIF (48 kHz – coaxial), mirroring the Main Stereo Outputs
Line Inputs 2 Unbalanced/Balanced Jack Left/Mono, Right/Mono
Microphone Input Combo XLR balanced with Gain control (15 to 50 dB) and switchable Phantom Power
MIDI In, Out, Thru; standard Midi connectors USB to Midi using the USB Device port Individual track assignment 8 user definable MIDI Setups
USB 2 USB Host Front/Rear (2.0 Hi Speed) and 1 USB Device Rear (1.1 Full Speed) connections
Hard Disk / Mass Storage Standard 4 GB memory USB Optional 2.5" SATA Hard Disk Driver (61-key) Standard internal 2.5" SATA Hard Disk Drive (76-key)
DVD-CD Player / Floppy Disk Optional using standard USB DVD/CD/FD Drives connected via USB Host ports
Display Pa3X 61: Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels - TFT Color TouchView Graphic Touch Screen; Pa3X 76: Motorized Tilt Display - Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels - TFT Color TouchView Graphic Touch Screen
Clock Internal System Clock
Consumption 35 Watt - 50 Watt when connected with Amplification Bar (PaAS)
Dimensions (W x D x H) 980 x 366 x 145 mm / 38.58 x 14.41 x 5.71 inch without music stand (61); 1192 x 366 x 145 mm / 49.93 x 14.41 x 5.71 inch without music stand and with the display fully lowered (76)
Weight 14.7 kg / 32.4 lbs (61); 17.5 kg / 38.58lbs (76)
Accessories Manual, AC Power Cable, Music Stand, Accessory Disk
Options PaAS Amplification System EXB-M256 - 256 MB RAM Expansion Board VIF4 - Video Interface Board EXP-2 - Expression/Volume Pedal XVP-10 - Professional Expression/Volume Pedal EC5 - Assignable Multi-Switch Controller DS-1H - Damper Pedal PS-1 - Switch Pedal HDIK-2 Hard Disk Kit Installation Kit (61 only)
* Helicon is a registered trademark of TC-Helicon Vocal Technologies Ltd. * MaxxAudio, MaxxEQ, MaxxBass, MaxxTreble, MaxxStereo, MaxxVolume are trademarks of Waves Audio Ltd. * Specifications and appearance are subject to change without notice for improvement.
Pa AS - Pa Amplification System for Pa3X (76 and 61 keys)
System 3 Channel Amplification System
Power 2x20 Watt (Middle/High Frequency) + 1x40 Watt (Sub Woofer)
Connectivity Extremely Simple Connection. Power and the audio signal from the Pa3X are via a special connector that is automatically attached to the keyboard. No Cable, No Power supply needs to be attached to the Pa3X
Dimensions (W x D x H) 992 x 173 x 137 mm / 39.06 x 6.81x 5.39 inch
Weight 5.7 kg / 12.57 lbs
The first Yamaha synthesizer was released in 1974, at a time when synthesizers were only just beginning to be accepted into the musical mainstream. Yamaha has been at the forefront ever since, with instruments that have defined musical styles and propelled countless artists to stardom. 40 years on, Yamaha synthesizers and music workstations are still the instruments of choice for acclaimed professionals and discerning amateurs worldwide. 40 years is a milestone worth commemorating. To mark this auspicious occasion and reaffirm our commitment to empowering artists everywhere with the finest tools available, we have created the limited edition 40th Anniversary MOTIF XF Music Production Synthesizer. The commemorative MOTIF XF is pure white, symbolizing both our dedication for the past 40 years and a new beginning from which an even brighter future for musical creativity and expression will arise.
Celebrate with us, and the pure-white 40th Anniversary MOTIF XF.
Not only on the outside did he gain weight, also his inner qualities have seen a remarkable step-up: besides the virtual-analog synthesis and the classic wavetables it now sports a whopping 60 megabytes of sample memory.
Just imagine to add a vocal-like noise spectrum to a typical Wavetable pad, spice-up a virtual-analog solo sound with a strong attack sample or just process any other sample with the countless oscillator and filter modulations.
Play your sound creations on the high-quality keyboard with velocity and aftertouch. Pitchbend and modulation wheel are at your disposal and, as a matter of course, you can connect a sustain pedal.
All this is packaged in a sleek metal enclosure with a big graphic display, endless stainless steel rotaries and an internal power supply.
And although it comes for an unbeatable price tag, we add something very special. It comes:
From Waldorf with Love!
Features:
60 Megabyte sample memory
Class compliant USB MIDI for PC,Mac and Linux
16 part multimode
maximum 25 voices polyphony
highest quality standard keybed with 49 weighted keys and aftertouch
Internal power supply
Pitchbend and modulation wheel
Virtual analog, wavetable, and sample based oscillators
MIDI in/out
Sturdy metal case
Stainless steel rotary encoders
Backlit 128x64 pixel LCD
Over 1000 sounds
3 oscillators, 2 filters per voice
Selectable drive curves
Frequency modulation for oscillators and filters
Three LFO, four envelopes per voice
Extensive modulation capabilities
Complex arpeggiator
Powerful effects section
weight: apprx 8,-- kgs
weight in carton: apprx 9,5 kgs
The Korg PaAS Optional Speaker System for Pa3X is an optional speaker system for the Pa3X series keyboards. The speaker mounts on top of the keyboard, and uses Korg's proprietary Easy Connect System for a cable-free connection. Use the PaAS speaker system to deliver hi-fidelity audio at home or for monitoring applications on stage.
Waldorf is back in the game. With the Blofeld. This synthesizer offers all the unique qualities that made Waldorf a truly legendary brand.
The engine inside the heavy duty, full metal chassis of the Blofeld delivers the same fat and rich sound that so many Waldorf users worldwide love when they play their Pulse, Q, Q+, Micro Q, Microwave, Microwave II/XT, or even the flagship Wave.
Yes, you've heard it right. The Blofeld is not only capable of producing these warm, organic analog sounds known from the Q synthesizer line, it also sports a wavetable engine like its predecessors with "Wave" in their names.
This unique synthesis system is based upon the revolutionary PPG Wave synthesizers of the early 80s. So when you listen to the Blofeld for the first time, you will instantly recognize those edgy, hard-hitting and bell-like timbres that have been an integral part of so many world hits from the PPG era on, and become increasingly popular once more.
In fact it is amazing to realize that nowadays this complex technology fits into such a slim and elegant device. And for a price no-one would have imagined a couple of years ago.
Oscillators
Each of the three oscillators offers authentic circuit-models of analog waveforms: Pulse with variable pulse-width, sawtooth, triangle and, as found in relatively few analog synthesizers these days, sine wave.
Furthermore, oscillators 1 and 2 feature the two wavetables that were introduced by the Waldorf Q and appeared shortly thereafter in the Micro Q series.
Not only that, the Blofeld includes all ROM Wavetables from the mighty flagship Waldorf Wave as well as Microwave II/XT. Plus, lo and behold, the desperately requested "Upper Wavetable" from the good old PPG Wave! But, for the first time in the history of Waldorf and PPG, each of these two oscillators can have its own wavetable.
What's more, you have control over the brilliance of these wavetables, which is especially important for waves with lots of harmonics in the bass end. You decide if you prefer pure and perfect harmonics or the same edgy timbre you know and love from the earlier Waldorf and PPG synthesizers.
Brilliance also affects the sawtooth and pulse oscillator models. From warm and soft (for those typical L.A. string pads) to the hard shapes you need for punchy and biting bass sounds. But note, Brilliance is not a simple filter applied after the oscillators, the model itself is modified.
Each of the three oscillators can be frequency-modulated by any of the other oscillators, the noise generator or one of the LFOs. With low FM amounts, you can add a little dirt to the oscillator sound, with higher amounts you get typical FM effects.
On top of all that, oscillator 2 can be hard-synced to oscillator 3.
Ring Modulation and Noise Generator
Oscillators 1 and 2 can be ring-modulated to create bell-like or metallic sounds, eerie sound effects as well as pumping basses and leads.
The noise generator delivers white noise that can be filtered low or high pass, depending on the Noise Colour setting.
The three oscillators, the ring modulator and the noise generator can be freely mixed into filter 1 and filter 2. This allows fine control over the harmonic content of each of the tone generators.
Filters
The Blofeld has two multimode filters per voice that can be routed in series or in parallel. Each Filter has its own Pan parameter for easy creation of stereo sounds.
The selection of filter types includes low pass, band pass, high pass and notch (band reject), each with 12dB/oct or 24dB/oct slope. The filter models are based on several famous Waldorf filter algorithms found in all our products. They offer resonance up to self-oscillation as well as frequency modulation (filter FM).
Furthermore, the Blofeld features the same comb filter types (with positive and negative feedback) that we first introduced in the Waldorf Q. These can be used to thicken bass and pad sounds or to create percussive, string or flute sounds reminiscent of physical modelling.
Overdrive, Saturation, Distortion, Shaping
You name it. The Blofeld offers a freely controllable "Drive" behind each filter with more than a dozen curves. These include such standards as the drive from the Q and Micro Q, low/medium/hard saturation, tube saturation, two types of electric pickups, a rectifier, digital overflow as well as esoteric stuff such as "binary distortion“, a sinusoidal waveshaper and even a distortion controlled by oscillator 1. And because the Blofeld has two filters that can be routed in series, you can control the timbre of the drive output of Filter 1 by dampening or emphasizing certain frequencies with filter 2.
Effects
The Blofeld has two effect slots with various types. In Multimode, the first effect slot is available per Part, while the second one is used for all 16 Parts (i.e. global) with controllable mix levels. Part 1 determines the settings of the second effect.
The first effect slot offers such modulation effects as chorus, flanger as well as a combined type called "Triple FX“. The latter gives you several effects at once, but with a reduced parameter set.
The second effect slot offers all the same types as the first, but with the addition of delay, clocked delay and reverb.
Envelopes
Four envelopes with different types and trigger modes affect any sound parameters you choose.
Each envelope can be either polyphonic or single trigger. This is especially interesting with the monophonic voice allocation, as the filter envelope can be set to be triggered only by the first note(s) while the Amp Envelope is triggered anew (i.e. on each note). Think "organ percussion register“, for instance.
The Envelope types include the standard ADSR as well as an enhanced ADSR-variant (with controllable attack level and two decay and sustain stages), two different loop envelopes and a "one shot" Envelope.
The Loop types can be used to act as additional LFOs, while the One Shot is perfectly suited for percussion sounds (which typically ignore the note release).
LFOs
Each of the three LFOs offers sine, triangle, square and sawtooth waveforms, plus sample & hold and random.
LFOs can be synchronized to MIDI clock, they can be polyphonic or monophonic, reset on key trigger to a freely definable phase, and the speed can be scaled by MIDI note (key follow). There are separate delay and fade in/out parameters for e.g. delayed vibrato (positive Fade values) or a burst of vibrato at the start of each note (negative Fade values).
One important feature of the Blofeld LFOs is that higher rates reach well into the audio frequency range, thus making them useful extra FM sources. There are two basic modes: either linear FM as seen in classic digital synths, or logarithmic FM, which is primarily the domain of analog modular systems.
Modulation Matrix
Here's where the real Waldorf power lies. Each and every instrument designed and built by Waldorf lets you connect dozens of modulation sources to all the important sound generation parameters.
Individual or multiple oscillator pitches, their pulsewidths and waveforms, their levels and filter-balances, FM modulation amounts, individual filter cutoff and resonance, filter FM amounts and stereo panning, or just the good old sound output level – everything can be controlled from internal modulation sources or from a variety of MIDI messages such as velocity, keytrack, continuous controllers (including wheels, breath and foot controllers) etc.
You can of course "modulate the modulators" i.e. control LFO speeds and individual envelope rates and levels. But in Blofeld you can even specify that these sources modulate themselves – recursive modulation! For instance, modulating an envelope rate by the same envelope (or another one) can alter the shape of the slope dramatically from the standard exponential curve to linear to inverse exponential.
And how many slots do you get in the mod matrix? Two? Three? Four? No, we're talking big here. You get 16 freely definable slots plus all the pre-routed modulation destinations such as pitch, Osc 1, 2 and 3 frequency and PWM (pulse width modulation), filter 1 and 2 cutoff, panorama and amp level modulation. And let's not forget that the filter envelope is already routed to filter 1 and 2 cutoff, and the amp envelope is routed to the amp level. Makes a total of 33 simultaneous connections if we counted correctly.
Modifiers
What if you want something really really crazy, like controlling a pitch vibrato done by LFO 3 with the modulation wheel. Although there are a few such composite modulation sources such as "LFO1*MW" (LFO 1 controlled by Modulation Wheel) and "LFO2*Press" (LFO 2 controlled by monophonic Aftertouch), there's nobody doing the "LFO3*MW" thing for you.
But, don't worry, that's where the Modifiers come into play. In seconds you can set up a new modifier, with the two sources set to LFO 3 and modulation wheel, and the "operation" set to "*" (multiply). You can use such custom-made modulation sources in any of the modulation slots described above.
Okay, maybe you are more the regular musician who simply wants to perform a binary OR between two modulation sources? Okay, go for it! This operation is just one of several at your service.
Arpeggiator
Okay, Blofeld's arpeggiator could very well become the biggest chapter of this page but let's try to keep it short...
It features variable clock divisions from 1/64 triplets to more than 1000 bars, with variable swing/shuffle, a range of up to 10 octaves. Up, down and alternate figures, selectable play order from low to high note, low to high velocity, as played or reversed, variable note length, different velocity modes. And Hold or One-Shot, if you like.
But more importantly, it has the most powerful Pattern Editor we have ever seen.
You can set each Step to either play the note it would do so anyway, to pause, to play the previous note again, play the first or the last note, play those together, play a chord consisting of all held notes or a randomly selected note.
Then you can adjust the Accent of each step (including silence), activate or deactivate Glide for each step, set the timing to play a step ahead or behind its nominal time, and finely adjust the note length between short staccato and full legato.
No wonder this arpeggiator had great reviews when it first appeared in the Waldorf Q. It will take you straight to arpeggiator-heaven, as has already happened to thousands of Waldorf customers. Dig it!
Sound
Now, how does all that sound? You probably know that Waldorf synthesizers are well loved for their sound character, and the Blofeld is certainly no exception. But who are we to tell you? Better listen to the Waldorf Blofeld demos or just believe us: it sounds great. Now go and get one!
Technical InfoMost important features
Unbeatable price tag
Sturdy Metal Enclosure
7 endless stainless steel Dials
Graphic Display 128 x 64 pixels, b/w, white background LED
More than 1000 Sounds
3 Oscillators per voice
Frequency Modulation between the Oscillators
All Q Oscillator Models
All Microwave II/XT/XTk Wavetables
2 independent Multi Mode Filters per voice
Filter FM
2 Drive stages per voice with selectable Drive Curves
3 fast LFOs per voice
4 fast Envelopes per voice
Powerful Arpeggiator
Freely programmable Arpeggiator Pattern with up to 16 Steps per Sound
General Features
Up to 25 Voices
16 part multi timbral
More than 1000 Sounds
Sturdy Metal Enclosure
7 endless stainless steel Dials
5 Buttons
Graphic Display 128 x 64 pixels, b/w, white background LED
MIDI LED
Volume Control
Power Switch
Stereo Output
Headphone Output
MIDI In
USB Connector for MIDI In / Out:
- uses standard USB MIDI Driver provided by host computer OS
- Windows ME minimum, Windows XP or newer recommended
- Mac OS X 10.2 minimum, Mac OS X 10.3 or newer recommended
External Power Supply
Per Voice
3 Oscillators
Virtual Analog Models:
- Pulse with Pulse Width Modulation and adjustable Brilliance
- Sawtooth with adjustable Brilliance
- Triangle
- Sine
Wavetables:
- Q Alt 1 and Alt 2 Wavetable with adjustable Brilliance
- All Wavetables from Microwave II/XT/XTk Series with adjustable Brilliance
- Separate Wavetable selectable for Oscillator 1 and 2
Frequency Modulation between the Oscillators
Oscillator Synchronization
Ring Modulator for Osc 1 / 2
Noise Generator with Noise Colour
2 independent Multi Mode Filters:
- Filter FM
- Resonance up to Self-Oscillation
- Low Pass 24 dB / 12 dB
- Band Pass 24 dB / 12 dB
- High Pass 24 dB / 12 dB
- Notch 24 dB / 12 dB
- Comb Filter with positive / negative Feedback
- PPG Low Pass Filter
2 Drive stages per voice with adjustable Drive Gain and selectable Curves:
- Clip
- Hard
- Medium
- Soft
- Sine Shaper
- etc.
Modulation Matrix with 16 Slots, freely programmable:
- Modulation Speed far into Audio Range
- Modulation Sources include all internal Modulation Sources plus various MIDI messages
- Modulation Destinations for almost all continuous sound parameters
Various pre-routed Modulation Destinations with selectable Sources:
- Pitch Modulation
- Oscillator 1 / 2 / 3 Frequency Modulation
- Oscillator 1 / 2 / 3 Pulse Width Modulation
- Filter 1 / 2 Cutoff Modulation
- Filter 1 / 2 Frequency Modulation
- Pan 1 / 2 Modulation
- Amp Modulation
4 Modifiers for transforming Modulation Sources with various Algorithms
3 fast LFOs:
- Syncable to MIDI Clock
- Note Retrigger with adjustable Start Phase
- Monophonic LFO
- Keytrack
4 fast Envelopes with selectable types:
- Single Trigger / Retrigger per Envelope
- ADSR
- ADS1DS2R (2 Decay/Sustain stages plus adjustable Attack Level)
- One Shot
- Loop S1S2 (Loop between Sustain 1 and 2)
- Loop All (Loop over all stages)
Poly, Mono, Dual or Unisono Mode with selectable Voice Count
Per Part
Powerful Arpeggiator:
- Hold and One Shot modes
- Syncable to MIDI Clock
- Direction Up, Down, Alternate
- Range up to 10 Octaves
- Various methods to modify Note Sort Order
Freely programmable Arpeggiator Pattern with up to 16 Steps per Sound.
programmable per Step:
- Accent
- Timing
- Length
- Glide on/off
- Pause
- Chord
- Previous note
- Random not from Note List
- first and/or last note from Note List
1 Effect slot per part
1 Effect slot globally for all parts
Effect types:
- Chorus
- Flanger
- Phaser
- Overdrive
- Triple FX (S&H, Ring Modulation, Chorus)
- Delay (only available on global Effect slot)
- Clocked Delay (only available on global Effect slot)
- Reverb (only available on global Effect slot)
Pa600QT Professional Arranger
The Pa600QT is an affordable, compact, and powerful addition to Korg's internationally acclaimed PA series. Providing you with the most up-to-date collection of quality sound and styles combined, the PA600QT is a perfect songwriting and performance partner. It even has the option to include custom sound and performance sets (sold separately) from around the world - a true first!
This Pa600QT (Quarter Tone) version contains all the functionality of the standard Pa600, and adds a mini-keyboard on the left side, which can be used to customize quarter tone scales and quickly access scale presets. Along with all the Sounds and Styles that are found on the standard Pa600, The Pa600QT also contains additional Sound and Style data that is specific to Middle Eastern music genres. Ouds, bouzuks, kanouns, various percussion instruments, and many more sounds are joined by dozens of extra Styles that are suitable for traditional and modern music.
Listen and Believe.
Pa600QT Features:
Enhanced RX (Real eXperience) and DNC (Defined Nuance Control) sound engine offers improved realism and vivid sound.
Massive internal Factory PCM provides an extraordinarily powerful wave memory, delivering amazingly high quality sounds.
Two assignable switches and a four-way joystick ensure total control for the many available levels of sound articulation (DNC).
Quarter tone variation buttons providing instant access to quarter tone notes.
Elegantly designed and compact cabinet, including a pristine amplification system.
Large, bright, backlit TouchView™ color TFT display (800x480).
Easy layout and intuitive graphical interface with new Search function for easy retrieval of any musical resource or file.
New resource selection feature with copy/paste, rename and delete.
Over 360 factory Styles, each including three Intros/Endings, four variations and four Fill In + Break, plus ten Favorite and three User banks for storage of your favorite customized or user created Styles. The Pa600QT also contains additional Sound and Style data that is specific to Middle Eastern music genres.
Enhanced Guitar Mode 2 for even more realistic guitar parts, plus synchronized pads.
Chord Sequencer function that can record any chord progression on-the-fly.
Improved General Midi set for Standard Midi Files, compatibility with popular lyric formats including graphical (+G), plus Text Viewer, Marker and Score.
MP3 player with Transpose and Tempo Change.
4 Stereo Master Effects (125 FX algorithms).
Fully programmable SongBook database based on Styles, SMF, karaoke, and MP3, with instant recall of any song setting and user-definable custom lists.
Mass storage with USB
Localized data (sold separately) provides Sounds and Styles relevant to specific countries and regions.
The Pa600QT is a brilliant Professional Arranger that distills the sonic essence and functionality of the Pa series into a compact and affordable new instrument. Like its big brothers - the Pa800 and the Pa3X - the Pa600QT uses our RX (Real eXperience) and DNC (Defined Nuance Control) technology to deliver sound quality that's unprecedented in an arranger keyboard. With its new compact cabinet, large TFT color TouchView display, enormous factory and user PCM memory, huge style database and excellent amplification system, Korg has raised the standard of excellence in the entry-level price range. Listen and Believe.
Keyboard
61 keys with Velocity- Quarter tone buttons
Sounds
Factory: More than 950 (including Stereo Piano and GM 2 Sounds), 64 Drum Kits
User: 256 Sounds, 128 Drum Kits
Dynamic Nuance Control (DNC) Technology with Articulations
Full editing of Sounds and Drum Kits
Realtime sound control using assignable Switches
Tone Generator
128 voices - Filters with Resonance
PCM User Memory
96 MB
Effects & EQ
4 Stereo Master FX / 125 Effects types
Three band EQ for each track
Limiter - Master 4 band Parametric EQ
Controllers
Joystick – 2 Assignable Switches
Styles
Factory: More than 360 preloaded Styles, freely reconfigurable
User: Up to 1,200 available Style locations including the Favorite/User banks
Structure
Eight Style tracks, 4 Single Touch Settings and one Style Performance per Style
Guitar Mode 2, Parallel and Fixed NTT, Style Record with Step Record, Track and Event Edit functions
Performance/STS
320 Realtime Performance locations
STS: Memorize Realtime tracks
Up to 4 x Styles, up to 4 x SongBook entries
My Setting special Performance
Realtime Tracks
Four Keyboard tracks (Upper 1, 2, 3, Lower)
Pads
4 Pad tracks + Stop button – Pad Record
Song Play
Single Player with Select, Start/Stop, Home, Rewind and Fast Forward controls
Jukebox function - Compatible with SMF (formats 0 and 1) and MP3 with Vocal Remover -
Lyrics (compatible with CDG), Score, Marker
Display
7” 800 x 480 TFT Graphical Color TouchView
Sequencer
Quick Record (Backing Sequence), Multitrack and Step Record functions
Full featured sequencer - 16 tracks - Up to 100.000 events - SMF format
Song Book
Fully programmable music database, based on Styles, SMF, Karaoke, MP3 with automatic selection of Style Play and Song Play modes - User-definable custom lists - Filtering options
Search
Style, Song, Performance, SongBook, Sound and Lyrics TXT
Compatibility
"i-Series“: Style
"Pa series”: Style, Performance, Sound, PCM, Song, SongBook and Pad
General Controls
Master Volume, Real Time-Acc/Seq Balance Volume, Ensemble, Octave Transpose, Master Transpose, Fade In/Out, Tempo Lock, Style Change, Quarter Tone Arabic Scale (with dedicated buttons in Quarter Tone version), User Scale memorized inside Performance/STS, Search, Lyrics, Score, Marker, Dial, Tempo, Metronome, Split
Connections
Control Inputs: Damper Pedal, Assignable Pedal/Footswitch
Line Out: 2 Unbalanced Jack Left/Mono and Right, Headphones
Line In: 2 Unbalanced Line In Jacks
MIDI: In, Out Midi connectors - USB to Midi using the USB Device port - 8 user definable MIDI Preset
USB
USB-MIDI Interface
To Device: 1 (Rear)
To Host: 1 (Rear)
2.0 Hi Speed connections
Mass storage/Disk
USB
Speaker System
Amplification: 15W x 2
Speakers: 100 mm x 2 Double Cone Speakers in Bass Reflex Box
Power
Power Supply: AC 100-240 V
Power Consumption: 20 Watt
Dimensions
1,030 x 378 x 127 (W x D x H) mm without music rest
Weight
10 kg
Accessories
Ownerʼs Manual, Music Stand, Accessory DVD (including Video Manual), AC Cable
Options
See the Option page
Please note: Cosmetic and Technical specifications are subject to change without notice.
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