Pa1X Operating System version 3.01 adds a new function and fixes some
bugs.
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Additions |
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Global > General
Controls > Page menu |
The Delete Help Language command has been added. |
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Bug fixes |
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Master Transpose |
When transposing one semitone up (+1), the Manual Bass track was not
affected. |
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Quarter Tone SysEx
messages |
Quarter Tone SysEx messages were not recognized when received via |
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Write Performance |
Percussion Off in Drawbar Organ Sounds was not preserved when writing
a Performance to memory. |
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Style Play |
When choosing a different Variation, the measure count always
restarted from 1. Now it continues
from the current measure count. |
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Song Play > Harmony
Track |
Harmony Track settings were not recalled when accessing the Song Play
mode. |
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Song Play > Pad Volume |
The Acc/Seq slider did not control the Pads Volume. |
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Sequencer |
There was a random problem with the Locate Measure parameter during
song edit operations. |
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Sound Edit |
Sometimes, User Sounds saved with OS versions from 2.0 to 3.0 were not
associated to the right User Multisample. This could result in Sounds playing
the wrong Samples. This problem existed when single Sounds of banks or Sounds
were loaded; it did not exist when loading full .SET folders. |
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Sampling |
After recording a sample, sometimes audio stopped working when exiting
from Sampling mode. |
Pa1X Operating System version 3.0 adds new features and improves some
functions.
Note: After installing this new Operating System, please also load the new
Musical Resources (3.0). This is mandatory with this OS version. If the
User area contains custom data, please save them to disk (by using a Save >
All operation) before loading the new resources.
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Additions |
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Control Panel |
Variation/STS Link controlled by the Single Touch button |
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Various Modes |
Volume Link function, to proportionally change the volume of all
Upper, Style o Song tracks at once |
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Lower track held when changing Performance or STS |
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In SongBook and Disk mode, touching a label selects a different list
order |
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Start/Stop, Play/Stop Seq 1, and Play/Stop Seq 2 commands simulated by
Program Change messages received on the Midi In Control channel |
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Copy FX between Styles, Performances, STSs and Songs |
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In the Event Edit pages (Style Record, Pad Record and Sequencer
modes), events can be scrolled by means of the Shift + Dial combination |
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Select button turns green when pressed in the Drum Volume and Easy
Edit pages (Style Play, Song Play and Sequencer modes) |
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Style Play Mode |
Expert chord recognition
mode |
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Song Play Mode |
Play All Midifiles/MP3 files in a folder, to quickly create a Jukebox
list |
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Lyrics loaded as ".Txt" files can be scrolled with the Dial |
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Song Markers, for a quick jump to a given position in the Song |
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Lyrics/Marker Balance Link |
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Best GM Sound Select function, to let the sequencer replace
GM-compliant sounds with the best Pa1X sounds |
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Fast Play, for a quicker Song start by beginning playback from the
first note |
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SongBook Mode |
All four STSs of the current Style copied to a Song Book entry in a
single pass |
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Harmony Track memorized with each SongBook entry |
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Selected Custom List item remains in the middle of the list during
play |
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Shortcut: Shift + SongBook recalls the Custom List page |
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Sound Mode |
Factory Sounds overwriting, to create custom Sound banks |
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Global Mode |
Aftertouch On/Off |
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Lower Lock, to keep the Lower track unchanged when choosing a
different Style, Performance or STS |
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Keyboard Mode and Chord Scanning Lock, to keep the keyboard mode and
chord scanning unchanged when choosing a different Style, Performance or STS |
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Style Track Volume Lock, to keep the volume of the Style tracks
unchanged when choosing a different Style or Performance |
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Style/RT Track Balance (Style Play mode) and Song/RT Track Balance (in
Song Play mode) controlled via the Acc/Seq Volume slider |
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Volume of all four Pads assigned to the sliders or pedals |
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Auto Select settings saved into the Global |
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Disk Mode |
Factory Sound Protect parameter added |
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Improvements |
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General |
Lower track held when selecting a different Performance or STS. |
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Global |
Lock page reorganized. |
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Disk Mode |
File overwrite procedure
enhanced. |
Pa1X Operating System version 2.54 enhances CD-RW operations.
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Improvements |
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Disk > CD |
CD-RW operations have been optimized. |
Pa1X Operating System version 2.53 fixes some bugs and improves one
function.
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Bug fixes |
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Sampling > Load Sample |
Sometimes, converted Akai™ samples did not play correctly. |
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Improvements |
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Disk > Save > New
SET |
After having created a new .SET folder, you no longer need to press
Save to complete the save procedure. The New SET command creates the new
folder and saves the data. |
Pa1X Operating System version 2.52 fixes some bugs and improves one
function.
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Bug fixes |
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Global > General
Controls > Lock |
With the Pad lock turned on, the value of Control Change messages
(like Volume, Pan, C Send and D Send) did change when switching to a
different operating mode. Now they
are correctly locked. |
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With the Fill Mode lock turned on, assignment to the Style Controls
> Drum/Fill > Fill Mode parameters was not read from Performance 1-1 at
startup. Now they are correctly read. |
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Improvements |
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Style Play > Preferences > Style Setup > Style Change On By
Default |
Now you can choose the status of the STYLE CHANGE button at startup. The
“Style Change On By Default” checkbox has been added to the Style Play
> Preferences > Style Setup page. After checking or unchecking the box,
choose “Write Global-Style Setup” from the page menu to save the settings. |
Pa1X Operating System version 2.51 fixes some bugs and improves a
function.
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Bug fixes |
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Damaged Samples and
Drawbars |
Sometimes, User Samples and Drawbars could get damaged, resulting in
audible noise. |
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Style Play > Preferences > Bass&Lower Backing |
With the Bass&Lower Backing function turned on, and the Style
stopped, switching to a different STS with the Lower track set to mute, then
starting the Style, could result in the Lower track always remaining on. |
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Style Play > Style
Select |
When choosing Direct HD or Direct FD Styles, the Style Up/Down
commands assigned to an Assignable Switch, Assignable Pedal or EC5 switch
didn't work. |
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Song Play |
When trying to save a Song, the system didn't warn when the original
file was protected. You could have been mistakenly sure the file had been
saved, while it had not. Now a message appears warning you the original file
is protected. |
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Sequencer |
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Sequencer > Quick
Record |
The Fill Mode lock did't work. |
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SongBook |
STS of SongBook entry #256 (and multiples) appeared empty. |
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Global > Master
Transpose Lock |
With the Master Transpose Lock closed (and saved to the Global), and a
transpose value different than zero saved into Performance 1-1, Pa1X did boot
with the correct transpose value shown, but no actual transposition in
effect. |
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Improvements |
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Song Play |
The space in memory for loading Songs has been increased. A message
shows when the file is too big to be loaded. |
Pa1X Operating System version 2.50 adds new features and improves some
functions.
Note: After installing this new Operating System, please also load the new
Musical Resources (2.50). This is mandatory with this OS version. If the
User area contains custom data, please save them to disk (by using a Save >
All operation) before loading the new resources.
Pa1X Isletim Systemi v2.50 yeni fonksyonlar
eklenmistir ve bazi fonksyonlar düzeltilmistir.
Yeni Isletim systemini yükledikten sonra yeni Musical Resources (2.50)
yükle. User Setini önce Save yap (Disk > Save > All).
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Additions - EKLEMELER |
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Control Panel |
Variation/STS Link controlled by the Single Touch button |
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Various Modes |
Volume Link function, to proportionally change the volume of all
Upper, Style o Song tracks at once |
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Lower track held when changing Performance or STS |
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In SongBook and Disk mode, touching a label selects a different list
order |
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Start/Stop, Play/Stop Seq 1, and Play/Stop Seq 2 commands simulated by
Program Change messages received on the Midi In Control channel |
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Copy FX between Styles,
Performances, STSs and Songs |
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In the Event Edit pages (Style Record, Pad Record and Sequencer
modes), events can be scrolled by means of the Shift + Dial combination |
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Select button turns green when pressed in the Drum Volume and Easy
Edit pages (Style Play, Song Play and Sequencer modes) |
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Style Play Mode |
“Expert” chord recognition mode |
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Song Play Mode |
Play All Midifiles/MP3 files in a folder, to quickly create a Jukebox
list |
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Lyrics loaded as ".Txt" files can be scrolled with the Dial |
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Song Markers, for a quick jump to a given position in the Song |
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Lyrics/Marker Balance Link |
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Best GM Sound Select function, to let the sequencer replace
GM-compliant sounds with the best Pa1X sounds |
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Fast Play, for a quicker Song start by beginning playback from the
first note |
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SongBook Mode |
All four STSs of the current Style copied to a Song Book entry in a
single pass |
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Harmony Track memorized with each SongBook entry |
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Selected Custom List item remains in the middle of the list during
play |
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Shortcut: Shift + SongBook recalls the Custom List page |
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Sound Mode |
Factory Sounds overwriting, to create custom Sound banks |
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Global Mode |
Aftertouch On/Off |
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Lower Lock, to keep the Lower track unchanged when choosing a
different Style, Performance or STS |
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Keyboard Mode and Chord Scanning Lock, to keep the keyboard mode and
chord scanning unchanged when choosing a different Style, Performance or STS |
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Style Track Volume Lock, to keep the volume of the Style tracks
unchanged when choosing a different Style or Performance |
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Style/RT Track Balance (Style Play mode) and Song/RT Track Balance (in
Song Play mode) controlled via the Acc/Seq Volume slider |
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Volume of all four Pads assigned to the sliders or pedals |
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Auto Select settings saved into the Global |
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Disk Mode |
Factory Sound Protect parameter added |
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Korg'un buraya yazmaya unuttugu yeni bir
fonksyon: |
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Improvements - Düzeltmeler |
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General |
Lower track held when selecting a different Performance or STS. |
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Global |
Lock page reorganized. |
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Disk Mode |
File overwrite procedure enhanced. |
Pa1X Operating System version 2.02 fixes some bugs.
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Bug fix |
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MP3 Record |
Under some circumstances, it was impossible to exit from record. |
Pa1X Operating System version 2.01 fixes some bugs.
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Bug fixes |
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Synchro Start/Stop |
Sometimes, when the Synchro Start and Synchro Stop buttons were both activated,
hitting the keys hard made the Intro 1 or Ending 1 stop playing. |
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Style Play |
Notes held in the Upper tracks were cut when switching to Intro 1 or
Ending 1. |
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Song Play |
CC#65 did enable the Portamento, but didn't disable it. This resulted
in the Portamento not being reset, therefore in a wrong tuning. |
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GS SysEx commands, related to Scale programming, were not read
correctly. |
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Global > General Controls > Transpose Control > Transpose
applies to Midi In notes |
Notes received on the Chord channel are not transposed, even if the
"Transpose applies to Midi In notes" parameter is checked. |
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Global > Basic > Interface > Auto Select > Auto
Sound/Performance Select |
Sometimes, the Auto Performance Select option caused the Performance
Select window to behave fuzzily, until you pressed the EXIT button on the
control panel. |
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Global > Basic > Interface > Auto Select > Auto Style
Select |
Sometimes, with the Auto Style Select option engaged, selecting a
Direct FD Style could cause the instrument to malfunction. |
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Global > Voice Processor Setup > Talk > AutoTalk |
When the AutoTalk function was turned on, in Sequencer mode, the Talk
function no longer disengaged when pressing PLAY. |
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Disk > Load |
Loading a “.SET” file containing PCM data while playing could damage
the samples. |
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Improvements |
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Boot |
The boot time is now shorter (assuming the “PCM Autoload” function is
not turned on). |
Pa1X Operating System version 2.0 adds new features, improves some
functions, and fixes some bugs.
Note: After installing this new Operating System, please also load the new
Musical Resources (2.0). This is mandatory with this OS version. If the
User area contains custom data, please save them to disk (by using a Save >
All operation) before loading the new resources.
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Additions |
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Musical Resources |
New Hit and Sequence Pads. |
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General |
Beat counter in Song Play and Sequencer mode. |
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Quarter Tone and Track Scale Assign are transmitted/received via MIDI
as SysEx messages. |
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Style Record / Pad Record / Sequencer > Event Edit |
Notes play when selected in Event Edit. |
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Style Record / Pad Record / Sequencer > Velocity |
Edit of Velocity values by means of curves and envelopes. |
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Style Play |
Shift + Single Touch shortcut added to enable/disable the
“Variation/STS Link” parameter. |
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Style Play > Pref > Global Setup > Velocity Control |
Bass Inversion and Memory functions controlled by means of Velocity. |
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Style Play > Pref > Global Setup |
Variation/STS Link
parameter. |
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Style Record > Page
menu > Write Style |
Direct writing of Styles into Direct HD banks. |
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Song Play > Pref > General Controls |
Lyrics/Balance Link
parameter. |
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Song Play > Lyrics >
Options |
Text Follow parameter. |
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SongBook |
Second Book Edit pages. |
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Synchro Start/Stop and Memory status saved with the entries. |
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SongBook > Book Edit 2 > Linked .TXT |
Lyrics as text files associated to a SongBook entry. |
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SongBook > Book Edit 2 > Song Selection Number |
Numeric selection of SongBook entries from the touch screen. |
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Selection of SongBook entries via MIDI. |
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Sequencer > Song Edit |
Move page. |
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Sampling > Main >
Loop Edit |
Crossfade Loop function. |
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Loop Lock function. |
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Sampling > Page menu
> Export |
Export of AIFF/WAV files. |
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Song Play / Sequencer > Pause control |
Pause command assignable to the Pedal/Switches. |
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Global > Lock |
Style Tracks Play/Mute Lock added. |
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Style Performance Master
Transpose Lock. |
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Global > Gen.Ctrls >
Interface |
Track Activity display. |
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Auto Style Select and Auto Performance/Sound Select parameters. |
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Global > Voice
Processor |
Voice Processor momentary switch controls. |
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Global > VP Setup >
Talk |
Auto Talk function. |
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Global > VP Preset > Harm.Note Input Source |
Separate Chord Recognition for the Voice Processor. |
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Disk > Pref |
Factory Style Protect changed to Factory Style/Pad Protect. |
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Disk |
Data CD Writing. |
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Pads |
Modified Pad panel and page. |
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Pad Select window. |
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Modified Pad buttons’
behavior. |
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Style Play > REC > Select Record Mode |
Pad Record mode. |
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Improvements |
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General |
Improved GM messages
compatibility. |
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Improved STS Name panel. |
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Sequencer |
Pressing Stop no longer resets modified parameters. |
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Sampling > page menu
> Delete > Delete Sample dialog box |
Delete Unassigned Samples no longer deletes samples assigned to Drum
Kits. |
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Event Edit |
The Dial now works faster. |
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Bug fixes |
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Song Play |
Some Standard Midi Files created for Technics keyboards, contain messages
interfering with the Tune sound parameter on the Pa1X. This has been fixed,
and no longer interfere with Pa1X's sound generation. |
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SongBook |
When reading a song with Sequencer 2, the STS was not selected. |
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SongBook > Book Edit 2 > Linked *.TXT |
If a Song with a ".TXT" file was playing on a sequencer (for
example, Sequencer 1), and you pressed the SELECT button of the other
sequencer (in the example, Sequencer 2) to select a Song with a linked
".TXT" file, the Text Up/Down function no longer worked on the
first sequencer (Sequencer 1). |
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Global > Midi > Midi
In Control > Midi In Mute/Unmute |
When the Lower track and the Chord 1/2 special channel were assigned
to the same MIDI channel, and the "Midi In Mute/Unmute" parameter
was checked, if you muted the Lower track, Chord tracks no longer received
notes. |
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Global > Midi > Midi In Control > Chord 1/2 Midi Channel |
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Pa1X Operating System version 1.61 fixes some bugs.
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Bug fixes |
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Style Play > Mixer/Tuning > Volume/Pan > |
The bug caused the Pa1X to freeze when one of the Upper tracks' volume
was set to zero, and the Upper Volume Link parameter was checked. |
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Song Play > Play |
The bug that caused some midifiles to randomly stop for a fraction of
a second has been fixed. |
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The bug that caused the Text Up/Down function to work erroneously when
pressing a sequencer's Select button has been fixed. |
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SongBook > Write/Del
Song |
The problem appearing when saving or deleting a SongBook entry under
certain circumstances ("Write Edit Song Failed" message) has been
fixed. Note: SongBook files that appeared to cause this problem are
NOT damaged. The problem is due to reading, not writing the files. Therefore, you can continue using them. |
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Disk > Format > |
Formatting a new, blank hard disk on the Pa1X is now possible (this
bug was available in v. 1.60 only). |
Pa1X Operating System version 1.60 adds new features, improves some
functions, and fixes some bugs.
Note: After installing this new Operating System, please also load the new
Musical Resources (1.60). This is mandatory with this OS version. If the
User area contains custom data, please save them to disk (by using a Save >
All operation) before loading the new resources.
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Additions |
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Musical Resources |
Two new Snare Drum samples have been added to the Musical Resources. New Samples are SD Rock (#390) and SD Normal
(#391). |
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Four new Drum Kits have been added to the Musical Resources. New Drum
Kits are Pop Std. Kit 1 (PC#120-000-089), Pop Std. Kit 2 (PC#120-000-090),
Elektro Kit 1 (PC#120-000-096), Elektro Kit 2 (120-000-097). |
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Four new Styles have been added to the World 1 bank. |
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Style Record > Page
menu |
Copy Chord Table command added to the page menu. (Can be accessed only
when in the Style Element Chord Table page.) |
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Style Record > Record 1 > Copy Key/Chord button |
You can now copy the Key/Chord of the current Chord Variation to all
Style tracks (in all Chord Variations, i.e., the whole Style). This is an
added option to the previous one, that only allowed to copy inside the
current Chord Variation. The Copy Key/Chord dialog box has been modified to
include the new option. |
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Improvements |
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Generic |
Sound/Style/Performance Select windows now open faster. |
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Help |
French and Spanish Help pages have been revised. |
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MP3 |
Improved MP3 transport
commands. |
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Style Play |
When the arranger is not running, selecting a new Style deletes the
memorized chord. |
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Style Play > Style Element Lock |
The way the Style Element Lock behaves was changed. Now, if you select
a different Style after pressing one of the FILL buttons, the fill is played
only once, then the new Style enters. (This
only works when the arranger is running.) |
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Sampling |
Akai Sample and Program Import have been improved. |
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Improvements in WAV and AIFF file import. |
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Larger sampling buffer (maximum sampling time = 21.8s) |
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Disk > USB |
Improved USB connection (formerly, the connection was not always
activated at the first attempt). |
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Bug fixes |
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Aftertouch |
Aftertouch on Upper tracks could sometimes not completely be reset, if
releasing the Upper notes after applying pressure on the Lower track. This has been fixed. |
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Ensemble |
While in Song Play mode, the Ensemble now works correctly (the
ENSEMBLE LED correctly turns on). |
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Style Play >
Internal/External |
The Internal/External track status is now correctly updated when selecting
a different Performance. |
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Style Play > Bass & Lower Backing |
When using the Bass & Lower Backing function, while the Memory
function was set to "Chord + Lower", the Bass note was not
sustained. This has been fixed. |
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Style Record |
Entering in Style Record with the STS Name panel displayed, no longer
hangs the instrument when exiting from Record, after selecting the Write
Style command from the page menu. |
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Song Play |
In Song Play it was not possible to select a Style using the dedicated
"Control" MIDI channel. This
has been fixed. |
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SongBook > FX |
The selected Modulation Track for the C/D FX Group, as programmed in
Song Play mode, are now saved to SongBook STSs. |
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Sound Edit > Pitch > Pitch Mod. |
The "Fingered" Portamento mode did not work correctly. This has been fixed. |
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Sampling > Load Sample
> Akai |
Sometimes, the loop of Akai samples could click, due to erroneous
reading of the loop points. This has
been fixed. |
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Sampling > Load Sample
> Wave |
Sometimes, an error could happen when loading certain types of WAV
files. This has been fixed. |
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Sampling > Multisample |
Selecting a single-note range (i.e., from C2 to C2) used to cause a
problem in note assignment. This has
been fixed. |
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Disk > Full Resource Restore |
Restoring a Backup file from CD used to fail at the fist attempt (the
second was just fine). This has been
fixed. |
Pa1X Operating System version 1.52 improves the internal memory management.
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Improvements |
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Flash-ROM |
Internal memory (Flash-ROM) drivers have been optimized. |
Pa1X Operating System version 1.51 adds the Spanish Help, improves some
functions, and fixes some bugs.
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Additions |
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Help |
Spanish Help added. |
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Improvements |
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MP3 Playback/Record |
MP3 Playback/Recording has been optimised. |
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CD Audio Playback |
CD Audio Playback has been optimised. |
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SongBook |
Master Transpose saved with the SongBook entry overrides any Master
Transpose setting contained in the Song. |
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Sampling > Time Slicing |
Time Slicing has been improved. |
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Sampling > Page menu > Export MultiSample |
MultiSample export has been improved. |
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Bug fixes |
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Microphone input's level |
When the microphone level was set to zero, and you selected a
Performance or STS, the microphone's level was abruptly set to the default
value (110). |
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Song Play > Master
Transpose |
Master Transpose saved with a Song was only recognized when reading
the Song with Sequencer 1. It was not recognized when the Song was read with
Sequencer 2. |
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SongBook > BookEdit > Saving a Style entry |
When saving an entry based on a Style, effects assigned to the A/B FX groups
were not saved correctly. |
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SongBook > Book/Custom List > Select |
When selecting an entry and trying to press the Select button too
quickly, the entry correctly turned green (selected), but the Select button
turned grey and could not be pressed. |
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Sequencer > Master
Transpose |
Song's Master Transpose was only saved the first time, and could no
longer be modified. |
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Backing Sequence Record |
Drawbar movements were not correctly recorded in a Backing Sequence. |
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Global > Audio Outputs |
Audio output assignments were not saved correctly in the Global. |
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Disk > Load > Loading a ".SBD" (SongBook) file. |
Loading a SongBook file only loaded the first 256 entries in the
SongBook database. This limit has
been removed. |
For a list of functions introduced with version 1.50, please download
the "Pa1X-160U.pdf" addendum manual from the Manuals section of the www.korgpa.com web site.
© 2004 Korg Italy SpA