My Korg PA3X froze?

Cahit96 · Post by **Cahit96** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 3:37 pm

I was in the middle of playing a song with my Korg PA3X and it just completely froze? The note I was playing was sustained and I could not change chords or anything.

This is the first time this has happened should I be Worried?

After I turned it off for around 5-10 minutes, I started up and Started playing without no freezing.

Post by **Sharp** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 3:50 pm

A one off is nothing to be worried about.
For all you know it might not have been the fault of the Pa3X at all. Maybe at that moment the power level dipped in your area.

These things happen.

Regards
Sharp.

Giner · Post by **Giner** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 5:42 pm

Did you try the 'panic button' - Shift and Start/Stop buttons pressed simultaneously? The known cure for a stuck note, as we all know it lovingly.

Cahit96 · Post by **Cahit96** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:04 pm

what does the "Panic Button" do exactly?

Dmkeys · Post by **Dmkeys** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 2:41 am

This happened to me at a gig too. Thankfully it was 20 minutes before the end and all the dancing had been finished already, so I was able to iPad DJ the last bit.

In my case, it booted back up at home, but quickly degenerated, first repeating this behavior, then giving weird error messages and hanging on boot up.

I needed to replace the motherboard. Korg technical support was absolutely non-responsive on this, and so I was out $450+ and the board was at the shop for months waiting on the part.

I would be very wary of taking the board out on a gig with out thoroughly stress-testing it first.

Sam CA · Post by **Sam CA** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 4:13 am

Cahit96 wrote:what does the "Panic Button" do exactly?

It sends a Note Off message. So it would cut off all sustained/stuck notes that are currently playing.

Giner · Post by **Giner** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 5:34 am

Thanks, Sam. Hope that the OP's problem is nothing more than that.

Cahit96 · Post by **Cahit96** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:54 pm

Hopefully it's a one off since it has not happened since, but any tips for if it happens on stage?

Dmkeys · Post by **Dmkeys** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 1:20 pm

If it happens onstage, panic button 1st, then if that didn't work, reboot.

eli125 · Post by **eli125** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 12:56 am

Giner wrote:Did you try the 'panic button' - Shift and Start/Stop buttons pressed simultaneously? The known cure for a stuck note, as we all know it lovingly.

thank you so much I had some major problems with 1.63 this helps me a lot thank you

eli125 · Post by **eli125** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 6:13 am

Giner wrote:Thanks, Sam. Hope that the OP's problem is nothing more than that.

some times when I record than I put a new name when I hit save its getting frozen. I can still play but it's sill flashing the record on top screen I lost some important recordings in middle of playing on live gigs will the panic Halp me if the recording is frozen or I have to reboot rhe system