User manual · v1.4.1
Everything about PA SET Explorer
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Basics
Getting started
What PA SET Explorer is, what it can do for you, which keyboards and files it understands, and a guided tour of the main window.
8 min read · 6 sections
Open a SET & Resources
The two buttons at the top that start everything: Open SET/KST to load a KORG SET or PA5X KST, and Resources — your personal library of SETs, KSTs, AKX sets, styles and Community downloads.
6 min read · 5 sections
Explore your SET
Sound Library
The list of every sound and drum kit in your SET: what each column means, how to listen, how to inspect a sound key by key, and how to export or delete it.
6 min read · 6 sections
PCM Banks
Every sample stored in the RAM banks of your SET: filter, search, listen, see the waveform, export WAV, compress to save memory and remove duplicate samples.
5 min read · 6 sections
Oscillators
How the selected sound is built: its oscillators (layers), their key and velocity ranges, octave, transpose and tune, and which multisample each one plays.
1 min read · 2 sections
Samples
The samples used by the sound you selected: one row per sample with its root note, bank, format and rate — play them one by one and export them as WAV.
1 min read · 1 sections
Convert & play
Converter
Convert one style between KORG Pa (.STY), KORG PA5X (.stg), Yamaha, Medeli AKX, Ketron and MIDI — with section mapping, previews, warnings, a fidelity check and per-track settings. Plus a look at the Sampler Converter that is coming soon.
7 min read · 7 sections
Style Players
Listen to styles with their real sounds. The KORG Style Player plays KORG styles with their samplers (and on your KORG keyboard over MIDI); the universal Style Player plays KORG, PA5X, Yamaha, Medeli and Ketron styles and lets you change samplers, volumes, octaves, chord rules and notes.
5 min read · 7 sections
SetManager
SetManager
The heart of PA SET Explorer: your SET laid out bank by bank and page by page like on the keyboard, a second SET next to it, and every tool to build, convert and clean SETs — Import/Merge, Create New Set, Convert, Medeli AKX, Copy Options and Check Unused.
12 min read · 10 sections
Combining SETs
Drag & drop between two SETs: single styles, groups, whole pages and banks, sounds and drum kits, pads — between KORG SETs, PA5X KSTs and Medeli AKX sets — and what is copied along.
7 min read · 7 sections
Importing styles, samples & drum kits
Bring files from anywhere into your SET: styles from KORG, PA5X, Yamaha, Medeli and Ketron (converted automatically), and samplers or drum kits from SoundFont, Medeli, Yamaha and KORG Triton/Kronos files — into KORG SETs and Medeli AKX sets.
4 min read · 4 sections
Style Properties
Open any KORG style and see — and change — how it is built: the sound of every track, expression, keyboard ranges, the STS, the pads, plus Export Style, Generate Report and the Event Editor.
4 min read · 6 sections
Saving & Undo
How PA SET Explorer protects your SET: every change goes to a working copy and into a list. Undo and redo any step, review everything in the Save window, and write it to your SET only when you are happy.
4 min read · 5 sections
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FAQ
Most asked questions
What exactly does PA SET Explorer do?
Which keyboards are supported?
What is the difference between Basic and Premium?
Can the program damage my SET?
How do I open my SET?
What do RAM, Factory ROM and Mixed mean?
How do I free memory by removing duplicate samples?
How do I copy styles from one SET to another?
I copied a style but it plays with the wrong sounds.
Can I copy PA5X styles into my PA4X / PA3X SET?
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