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trumpet · Joined: 21 Sep 2009 Posts: 4 Location: India

Hi folks,

I have a PA 5X and I am trying to understand how to acess the internal sound bank using MSB/LSB commands. My DAW is Studio One, I am not sure how many of you use studio one.

Is there an Instrument Definition File for the PA5X, could anyone point me in the right direction?

John

trumpet · Joined: 21 Sep 2009 Posts: 4 Location: India

Hi folks,

Isn't there anyone who can help me on this? I haven't been able to use this on Studioone at all.

Can someone point me to a good link that shows how we can program full songs on the keyboard itself? I read through the manual, but it doesn't cover this area in detail. It just skims through. So, I have a keyboard that I can't fully use.

Please help. TIA

Thanks,
John

deminda · Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:00 am Post subject:

You can see the MSB/ LSB below the voice names; There is a setting to get this on the screen
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leland_iko_music · Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:20 am Post subject:

On a similar note, I was led to believe that the Assignable Switches are the only ones that can be "captured" to control MIDI functions -- I guess I misunderstood this? I had originally asked if the matrix pads could be reassigned to switch patches on Mainstage, but apparently this is not possible.
I was told that the only way really to do what I want to accomplish is to use another MIDI controller, such as a DJ Figher Twister or a Traktor.... I would dearly love to be able to select the Mainstage VSTs from the Korg itself though without having to invest in yet another device.

I have currently assigned the assignable switches as follows in Mainstage:

1. Previous patch
2. Next patch
3. Mute

1 and 2 "skip" about 5 patches so impossible to granularly select what patch I want from Mainstage without mouse-clicks. 3 works fine to switch between Mainstage patches and internal PA5X sounds.

Ideally, in the absence of being able to use the matrix to select, to create "dummy" entries in the USER section of the sound edit mode, to be able to select any of the patches by a name that I define (much like can be done with the Roland Fantom). However, when I look at what midi signal is passed from one of the user slots, of the 10 slots, they send the suffix 0 to 9 for each, but the exact same signal is sent for other "pages" of the user banks..

Does this mean that I can only assign for a maximum of 10 specific plugins ?

(please don't shoot me .. I just play the thing .. )

Leland
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leland_iko_music · Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:26 pm Post subject:

I guess I killed this thread Sad

korgpask · Senior Member Joined: 15 Aug 2013 Posts: 351

Yes, exactly as it is in the Pa5X manual or when the name of the sound is displayed there is also a number (for example 121.026.51) According to these numbers it is possible to turn on the exact sound.
Just look at the Pa5X screen and the numbers at the sound. Then write these on a midi track and you're done.

leland_iko_music · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 4:30 pm Post subject:

leland_iko_music · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:37 pm Post subject:

Just an update -- *PARTIAL* Success...

Mainstage is not receiving the 9 digit codes, but rather another code corresponding to the placement in the instrument menus, and irrespective of what instrumentation screen is being used, it's limited at 20 unique codes, and they're all the same for the same placements in every screen.

(The same codes are sent from those menu positions whether it be in Factory, Legacy, GM/XG, or User, and for any instrument group).

What I have managed to do is create in the Sound Edit section, I created a User bank which I've called "Mainstage" and copied just a piano into the various positiions as a placeholder which I simply just renamed to whatever patch was being triggered in Mainstage. Some of the placements don't send a code that Mainstage understands though so there are some gaps.

I use about 40 patches in Mainstage, but can only directly switch to a maximum of 20 with the PA5X. The Assignable swithes above the pitchbend/articulation send signals which I've mapped to previous, next, and mute, but the previous and next actually skip about 5 patches at a time in Mainstage, so for many of the patches I still need to use the mouse for now.

Short visual of where it's setup:

Selecting Mainstage Patches from PA5X via MIDI

It's a start for now though ...

Leland
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Keyboards: Korg PA5X-88, Kawai ES8 | Loopstation Boss RC505mk2 | Boss FS-6 | Nektar Pacer | Multitrack Recording: Tascam 2488 | Software: OBS Studio, Loopback, Logic Pro X, Mainstage3