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[Dawnbell]

Hello forum,

Can anyone suggest a couple of good midi file resources? Free or paid. Thank you!

With very limited knowledge of PA700, I feel like working with midi will be a pretty big deal in unleashing the potential of the keyboard.
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[Biggles]

I have bought a couple from midiworld but there are dozens of site.

Do be advised that your 700 will make a best guess at what instruments to use and you will probably have to undertake actions on the file.

A MIDI can be imported as a Style via the inbuilt creator bot.

Do take time to work at gaining a thorough understanding of your 700 it will be worth the effort.

Start by working through the official Korg Video Manual series which is on Youtube, if you have not already done so.
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[Dawnbell]

Thanks, Biggles, for your input! I appreciate it!

I was indeed inspired to work with midi after I watched the tutorials on YouTube channel "Tutorials For KORG Arranger Keyboards". I am sure many of us here are familiar with that channel already
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[Biggles]

Can I suggest you revisit the video tutorials but this time only view the ones actually made by Korg.

This is the first for the 700.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y93U9xG85ao
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[Reuben]

One of the best free midi sites is vanBasco's
http://www.vanbasco.com/midisearch.html
In most cases the larger the midi file (a 30kb file is usually better than a 5kb one) is the better choice.
Next step is to open it in the sequencer and swap some of the general midi instruments for better ones on the Korg (particularly drums, and guitars).
Next I usually either mute the instrument I want to play (eg piano or guitar) though sometimes you can swap say a piano to a low volume EP to give you a timing cue (if the beat drops out).
Re-mix the volumes. Normally this is a simple matter of adjusting the faders on the front page, but sometimes the midi will have volume events within the track. In this case you need to find them using Edit (and using the filter option helps you find them) and change them or delete them. A few will have Program Change events so your front page instrument choices will be overwritten - so again you might need to edit these out.
Karaoke style midis enable you to see the lyrics on screen and there are some free or cheap programs that allow you to add chord prompts to the lyrics.
Personally I prefer to work with midis rather than styles. They are less repetitive and there is a lot less button pushing during a performance.
One more thing - get organised by having a folder to store your midis in (say "myMidis") and definitely use the Songbook so each midi has its STS settings ready to go.
Also remember that backups do not save your midis. You need to occasionally COPY the folder to a USB drive to have a backup.
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[Biggles]

Thanks for the link Reuben, much appreciated

EDIT

I have downloaded and tried a dozen MIDI and six KAR files and they all work pretty good on my 700.
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