PA900 on Korg.Com

Thoraldus · Post by **Thoraldus** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 4:33 am

http://www.korg.com/Pa900

Korg debuts the newest high-performance Arranger in the acclaimed PA-Series; the Pa900. Featuring Defined Nuance Control technology for extra realism, Pa900 offers users a new palate of sounds to impress any audience, as well as an enormous range of styles covering music genres from around the world. Combine this with powerful functionality, an intuitive user interface and rich, powerful sound, and you have an Arranger for the most demanding performer.

The Pa900 sound engine uses double the PCM memory of the best-selling Pa600 and extends the amount of User PCM memory to 192MB. The number of user Style locations has also expanded to 1,200, which will cover almost every style imaginable, and the improved built-in speaker system delivers it all with clear, rich sound. Standard features such as the TC Helicon Vocal Harmonizer, an MP3 player & recorder, Dual Crossfade Sequencer and Video output for lyric display enhance your performance options. The Pa900 packs all this in a high‐quality instrument featuring aluminium side-panels and a silver body to provide a prestigious look on any stage!

With more power than ever before, the Pa900 sets a new standard for arranger workstations.

Pa900 Highlights
Enhanced RX (Real eXperience) sound engine offers improved realism and expressiveness

Massive internal ROM; can accommodate up to 192 MB of user PCM data; provides a powerful wave memory, delivering incredible sound quality

Three assignable switches and a four-way joystick ensure total control for the sound articulation levels (DNC – Defined Nuance Control)

61 key semi–weighted keyboard action with velocity and aftertouch

Slim and compact lightweight design

Large TouchView™ 7” TFT display

Easy layout and intuitive graphical interface with new Search function for quickly locating musical resources

2-way speaker system provides powerful, clear sound

Improved Style and Performance selection; over 400 factory Styles, each with 4 variations and 4 Fill Ins + Break, plus 15 user banks for nearly-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

4 Stereo Master Effects (125 FX Types) + 2 Global Effects (Limiter, EQ)

TC Helicon 3-voice Vocal Processor with 4 dedicated effects

Double MP3/MIDI file players with recording capability, X-Fader and Vocal Remover

Enhanced compatibility with lyrics in graphical format (+G) for MP3

Enhanced sound compatibility for GM and GS songs

Fully-programmable SongBook database based on Styles, SMF, Karaoke, MP3 with instant recall of any song setting. User-definable custom lists. Filtering and ordering options.

Multi-language extended character set. Lyrics can be showed in their original languages (except the Oriental and the Arabic Languages*).

New SoundFont import function

Mass Storage with Micro SD

Thoraldus · Post by **Thoraldus** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:11 am

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Beemer · Post by **Beemer** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 9:02 am

Is it only my imagination but are the PA900 keys smaller than the PA3x?

Ian

keithwjones · Post by **keithwjones** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:14 pm

Beemer wrote:Is it only my imagination but are the PA900 keys smaller than the PA3x?

Ian

I think it is the picture.

http://www.korg.com/pa900

Keith

Fransman · Post by **Fransman** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 1:05 pm

I like it a lot!
Awesome keyboard, compliments to Korg!

Even if it's only slightly better than PA800, thant it's a winner, that's for sure.
PA800 still is the best arranger I've ever played.

But, one thing I don't understand:
Assignable switches -> not near the joystick.
For DNC-playing that's not too handy I think.

Marcus2222 · Post by **Marcus2222** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 3:48 am

The only thing I'm excited about is....

"over 400 factory Styles, each with 4 variations and 4 Fill Ins + Breaks"

Eventually some good Samaritan will post them to the Internet, and I can add 400 more to the probably 10,000 I have already in my safe deposit box.

Seriously........I would consider buying it for a backup keyboard. The horror stories I hear occasionally about PA3x onstage crashes doesn't leave you much choice.

The remark about the keys reminded me of one of the main reasons why I bought the PA3x......the semi-weigted keys! It's hard to play on those keyboards with the cheap, plastic, unweighted entry level keys.......particularly when you do most of your practicing on a piano.

Marcus

Shahin · Post by **Shahin** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 6:31 pm

http://www.korg.co.jp/Product/Synthesizer/Pa900/

Guys ! you can listen to the demos (styles/solo instruments/ full songs) from soundcloud link on korg japan website. also the speakers of pa900 are 2 20 watts according to korg japan .

Thoraldus · Post by **Thoraldus** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:06 pm

Shahin wrote:http://www.korg.co.jp/Product/Synthesizer/Pa900/

Guys ! you can listen to the demos (styles/solo instruments/ full songs) from soundcloud link on korg japan website. also the speakers of pa900 are 2 20 watts according to korg japan .

Korg once again is playing fast and loose with the audio power output specs. According to the specs, the TOTAL input power to the keyboard is 20W ... to get 2x20W out you would need roughly (40 / .66) + ~10W = ~70W ... Thats 40W out divided by 66% efficiency (if that) plus some power for the display and leds and cpu etc. My guess they're closer to ~5W rms each.

So which is it Korg? Is the input power 20W or do you really have 2x20W speaker output. Can't have it both ways. (Unless you're using fantasy specs like PMPO etc)

Shahin · Post by **Shahin** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:33 pm

actually isnt it weird that korg didnt say anything about speaker power on korg.com? all the other specs are listed except speaker ! only korg japan official website mentions 2 20 watt speakers with tweeter and 2 way bass reflex box. so i guess thats it. but again, why speaker wattage is not mentioned on korg international webpage? A simple human error maybe?!

Thoraldus · Post by **Thoraldus** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:47 am

Shahin wrote:actually isnt it weird that korg didnt say anything about speaker power on korg.com? all the other specs are listed except speaker ! only korg japan official website mentions 2 20 watt speakers with tweeter and 2 way bass reflex box. so i guess thats it. but again, why speaker wattage is not mentioned on korg international webpage? A simple human error maybe?!

No I don't think so. Some countries have laws now about how audio output power is spec'd. Some time ago a number of Japanese mfgs embraced the "Peak Music Power Output" figure of merit for audio output power. PMPO has never been a defined standard therefore it's hard to know from mfg to mfg how they're measuring. A rough estimate for PMPO is you measure the peak output of one channel for a duration of 1 cycle at 1KHz then multiply that number by 2. Of course this is not how we use the equipment in real life.

Thoraldus · Post by **Thoraldus** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 1:02 am

For those of you in the USA, do a Google search on 'CFR 16 Part 432'

Shakil · Post by **Shakil** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 5:02 am

Nice!! The left plate under the speaker indicates that there will be an oriental version of this as well.

rrricky rrrecordo · Post by **rrricky rrrecordo** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 12:04 am

The soundcloud demo quality is pretty sketchy, but one can extrapolate that this is going to sound great. Guitars are the best I've heard from Korg (still some way to go to match Yamaha from 5 years ago), but I like EDS and I think the overall sound quality will be good - Microstation still blows me away with what it does with just 49? mb of samples. Typically great Korg demo programming... well done

Ksynth · Post by **Ksynth** » Thu Jul 04, 2013 4:02 pm

The OP did not mention the external video port. Nice touch but I still wonder why they did not do that for the Kronos.