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KORG Pa50 Plus

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The Pa50 Plus

I’ve built the very first unique Ribbon implemented KORG Pa50 Plus with a couple of upgrades. This was the very first version of the Ribbon Controller that I’ve built with almost no knowledge.

The KORG Pa50 Plus

Opening it up

The Pa50 Plus opened up The Pa50 Plus opened up

The floppy drive

Old floppy disks, a fresh format and the first styles saved back to disk.

Formatting and saving to floppy disk on the Pa50 Formatting and saving to floppy disk on the Pa50 Formatting and saving to floppy disk on the Pa50

Wiring and testing

Probes, wires and a laptop next to the keyboard to test the electronics.

Wiring and testing the Pa50 electronics Wiring and testing the Pa50 electronics Wiring and testing the Pa50 electronics Wiring and testing the Pa50 electronics

MIDI and code

Watching the MIDI traffic and writing the code.

MIDI monitoring and code MIDI monitoring and code

More about what I do with KORG instruments can be found on the Pimp my KORG page.