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Kiddo



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 7:18 pm    Post subject: Sound of silence Reply with quote

First of all, thank you if you decide to spend even 5 secs on this case with me !

Here's the thing : I bought an arranger for the first time, a Pa 500 from someone here in Tunis a few months ago. I had issues from the start as I can't seem to choose and play the sounds on the keyboard when I want. I know it's possible, cause the former owner showed me. I can sometime make the keys work but most of the time, the keys just don't make any sounds and they don"t get recognized as midi info in my Daw neither. The pitch knob works fine though. WHEN it works, it works from the moment I turn on the arranger.


I did read the manual and started in easy mode...ALSO, the former owner took away the on / off button on the keyboard, so you have to unplug it. You do with what you find in this country Smile


Does anyone has a step by step process please ? Or could give me a clue ?

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kottan



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 03, 2019 5:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd strongly recommend to reinstall latest software and reset the machine to initial status.
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Kiddo



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 03, 2019 11:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks, but does that mean that all the new sounds will be erased ? They are part of the reasons i bought it.

Also, do I need to buy the software or can I just find it on Korg website ?


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karmathanever
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 1:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey Kiddo

Everything you need is here - &free:- http://i.korg.com/SupportPage.aspx?productid=294

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Pete Very Happy
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Kiddo



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 10:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Awesome man, I'll use just that if nobody has another solution. Also, would like to know if I'm going to loose news sounds please
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 2:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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would like to know if I'm going to loose news sounds please

I don't have your keyboard but you could work this out by comparing the default factory sounds in the manual to those currently in the keyboard.

Would certainly be sensible to bak up the current USER data first.

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Kiddo



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 7:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey there !

So I bought an 4gb SD card (could not find 2Gb) in order to save data and restart the system. But the machine does not recognize it...

Any help here ?
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 12:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You will need to format it
See page 224 in the manual - easy to do..

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks but it still says Card with a "?" and I can't even open it. It goes "Device not known or unrecognized format". When I press format, I get this :


The card is this model (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Team-Group-SDHC-Class-Memory/dp/B004B4DD2I).
Please, this is really annoying as I can't even use the thing as a midi keyboard dammit Mad
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 16, 2019 12:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can you format it on your PC? (I think it has to be FAT32)
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 8:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Pete,

I just did using this http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm. It still doesn't work...
But I realized I bought and SDHC and not SD which is nowhere to be found here, could that be the reason ?
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 11:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 12:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Try a different card - it could genuinely be corrupted - check it out on PC first

BUT maybe the PA500 does not accept SDHC... I don't have the manuals any more.....

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 4:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:30 pm    Post subject: SD for Pa500 Reply with quote

Kiddo wrote:
.. bought .. SDHC and not SD which is nowhere to be found here, could that be the reason ?


With Pa500 you only can use SD Memory cards of earlier generation, that was developed before SDHC. SD are an improvement / derived over MultiMediaCards (MMC), that has become the industry standard for the time used in Pa500.

So do not try to use high-capacity SDHC but try to get SD between 8MB or maximal 1GB (SD 1.0) or 2GB (SD 1.1) and format with FAT (FAT16); good experience you will get with 512MB-cards (also with MMC-Cards).
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