Korg PA588 Digital Piano

PA588 Digital Piano description:

The Korg PA588 88 Note Professional Arranger Workstation Keyboard / Digital Piano. Serious piano sound and pro-quality arranger.

The Korg PA588 is an 88-key, piano action instrument that's packed with enjoyment. Perform using the rich piano sound, while enjoying the accompaniment of a professional backup band. Enhance your piano performance with a fully-realized and musical arrangement. For the musician, composer, performer and entertainer, the interactive Pa588 is the perfect musical partner. Korg's RX (Real eXperience) technology delivers a sound unprecedented in a digital piano.

The main features of the Korg PA588 include:

• Serious piano sound and pro-quality arranger features in a stylish body
• World-class multilayer stereo acoustic piano accurately sampled from a Concert Grand (including String Resonance and Damper pedal noise), 880 other built-in sounds and 56 Drumkits
• TouchView display lets you operate the Pa588 simply by touching the screen. Switch from “Expert” to Easy” mode for a simplified display and larger, easier to select icons.
• "Play Piano" feature brings you back to the joy of playing piano at the touch of a button
• 88-note Real Weighted Hammer Action 3 (RH3) keyboard provides grand piano-like playing feel
• More than 320 sophisticated "styles" created by top-level arrangers from around the world
• Backing Sequencer captures each Style instrument to a separate track in a single pass, so it's easy to record your piano performance backed by a lavish arrangement
• Crossfade between songs during playback using the XDS double sequencer, just like a DJ
• "Guitar Mode" assigns the pitches of the guitar strings to the keyboard, allowing you to produce realistic picking and strumming patterns
• High quality bass-reflex speakers produce sound with superb presence and clarity. The Pa588 is ready to deliver stunning performances as soon as you switch it on.
• A keyboard stand, moutable damper pedal, and a music rack are included
• Keyboard: 88-note Real Weighted Hammer Action 3 (RH3) keyboard
• Sound generating system: Stereo multisampling - RX (Real eXperience) technology
• Polyphony: 80 voices, 80 oscillators
• Effects: 4 master effects, 124 algorithms, final semi-parametric 3-band EQ
• Sounds-Drum kits: 882 preset sounds (including 256 sounds compatible with the GM2 sound map) + 56 drum kits (including 9 drum kits compatible with the GM2 sound map), 128 user sounds + 64 drum kits
• Real-Time tracks: 4 keyboard tracks (Upper1/2/3, Lower), 4 pad tracks, 256 realtime performances
• Styles: More than 320 preloaded (maximum 512), up to 64 user. Each style can contain up to 8 tracks, 4 single-touch settings, 4 pad settings and 1 style performance.
• Song Play: Up to 40 tracks of playback (including Real Time tracks), XDS crossfade dual sequencer player, lyrics (supported most common formats), marker handling, jukebox function, SMF direct play (formats 0 and 1)
• Sequencer: 16 multi-timbre tracks, maximum 55,000 note capacity, standard MIDI file format (0 or 1), full editing feature, backing sequencer (quick record) function, step backing sequencer function, step edit function
• Song Book function: store, recall, and search both Styles and standard MIDI file plus all performance settings
• Control inputs: Damper pedal, Assignable Pedal/Footswitch
• Outputs: L/MONO, R, Headphones
• Inputs: L/MONO, R
• MIDI: IN, OUT
• USB: 1 Device connection (1.1 Full Speed)
• Data storage: SD card and MultiMedia card (MMC) support
• Display: 320 x 240 pixel, TouchView graphical touch screen (monochrome)
• Amplifier: 2 x 15 W
• Speakers: 10 cm x 2 double-cone speakers in bass reflex system
• Power supply - Power consumption: DC12V, 15W
• Dimensions: 1,437 (W) x 431 (D) x 161 (H) mm, 56.6 (W) x 17 (D) x 6.3 (H) inches (instrument only; without music rest)
• Weight: 25kg, 51.5lbs (to be confirmed)
• Included items: AC cable, music stand, keyboard stand, damper pedal
(supporting half-pedaling), Accessory CD-ROM
• Pa588 Options: EXP2: Expression-Volume Pedal, XVP10: Professional Expression-Volume Pedal, PS-1: Footswitch