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[adras]

Hi!
I bought a PA5X two days ago, and despite reading the manual cover to cover, I'm seriously stuck on several things.

1) How do I call up the Rec/Edit menu? The manual suggests I should just press the button and then I can edit sounds, create styles, etc... But pressing that button only closes the current screen if I'm not already in Home (so the button works). It never shows any Edit menu or similar.

2) When I switch off "Split", I do not hear the "Lower" voice anymore even if it is active. I would expect the lower voice to sound below the split point, and the Upper 1-3 across the whole range, so on top of the lower below the split point. I that an OS bug?

3) This forum suggests that I can octave-shift the Lower voice with Shift-Octave. That doesn't work, it still only shifts the upper voices. I have the 76 key version, and usually the Lower voices are much too high even playing the lowest keys. How can I shift the Lower an octave?

4) I get how to stack 3 Upper voices. But how can I split the Upper into multiple parts? So for example Upper 1 has a Piano in most of the range and Bells in the top octave; Upper 2 has a trumpet in most of the range and a piano in the top octave, etc...

5) Same with lower. I know I can not layer multiple sounds in Lower, but how can I split the lower range into multiple instruments?

6) I come from the classical (pipe) organ, and routinely need 30 or more registrations per piece. It seems I can only store 4 registrations per "song" in the songbook?!? Even my old Technics KN6000 can do 12...

6a) Switching songs to get more registrations seems not possible without interrupting playback/restarting the rhythm. At best it switches on the next full measure, but I sometimes might need to switch every beat for quick registration changes.

7) This one is the "worst" headscratcher: Let's say I have a piece that requires 30 registration changes. Like different (self-made) styles, splits, pads, etc... How would I sequence through all these settings (that would be "registrations" on a normal organ) in the right order via a single button ("next") or a MIDI note from a connected controller?

Thanks so much in advance for any help!!!

[QuiRobinez]

[adras]

Thanks so much, that helps a lot!

1) Yes, i press the Rec/Edit button to the left of the screen, directly below User.
It doesn't do anything anywhere, just leaves whatever screen is open.

2) Yes, I know when I disable the split the Upper fills the whole range. But if I switch on Lower, I would expect it to still sound in the Lower range (below the split point), but with the 3 Uppers on top (because Split is disabled).

4 and 5. Yeah, seems those are the menus I can't get to because the Rec/Edit button doesn't do anything.

[AntonySharmman]

[adras]

When I press Exit until I am in the Home screen, pressing Rec/Edit doesn't do anything.
I suspected a hardware issue, too. But the button clearly works - it does the same as Exit anywhere. So the keyboard "knows" I press it, it just does the wrong thing.

[AntonySharmman]

Go to Pa5X latest OS 1.2 manual on page 38.
While in Style Play interface , pressing Rec/Edit tab you will definitely see REC/EDIT MENU page of the picture there ,
else your button is either damaged nor malfunctioning !
In this case you have to visit urgently official Korg service !
There is a rare case of less than 1‰ , reloading OS v1.21 that button might work in case of GUI corrupted code !


Hope this helps
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[adras]

Seems my Pa5X is indeed broken, I can't get that button to work.
I will contact the seller and hope they agree to take it back