The Korg Nautilus is a professional music workstation with a vast palette of sounds, integrated editing, detailed 7" TouchView display with gesture support, 16-track sequencer, 16-track audio recorder, and extensive sampling capabilities. The Nautilus includes Essential and Future sound sets for a total of 2200 programs and combinations. The instrument features nine distinct sound engines, with each engine dedicated to authentically reproducing its respective instrument type, including detailed pianos, vintage keyboard sounds, tone-wheel organs, ethnic instruments, plucked instruments, analog synthesizers, and more.

The sequencer can access any combination of sound engines and imported samples, and the 16-track audio recorder can be used for recording vocals, other instruments, and more. The sound architecture offers a two-part split along with a single drum track in a single program, which when combined with the 16-part combination mode, makes for a massive sound and sequencing power house. The Dynamic Polyphony Allocation and Smooth Sound Transition provides uninterrupted playing and sound switching.

The Nautilus's sampling engine allows you to record your own samples from external sources including sampling through effects or loading samples from the media mode. Once your samples are recorded or imported, edit start and stop points, set loop points, truncate, time-slice, and more. Create and edit multi-samples, which consist of one or more samples spread out across the keyboard and quickly convert them into programs. Create massive sounds using the generous internal RAM with up to 6 hours of sample time, and save your work into user sample banks and virtual memory.

The Nautilus is equipped with over 197 different effects types and can use up to 16 simultaneous effects and 32 simultaneous EQs for massive production power. You'll have plenty of hands-on control thanks to the streamlined TouchView interface and control panel with customizable mode buttons. The Nautilus delivers professional sound quality and capabilities in an affordable, streamlined performance synthesizer.

88-Key, RH3 (Weighted Hammer Action)    9 Sound Engines + Updated SGX2 & HD1    TouchView Interface and Control Panel    Sampling and HD Audio Recording    Dynamic Polyphony Allocation    16 Simultaneous FX + 32 EQs    2200 Programs and Combinations    16 MIDI +16 Audio-Track Sequencer (SSD)    Customizable Set List Mode    Color TouchView Display with Touch-Drag

The Nautilus features nine completely different synthesis engines: 

• Three types of keyboard sound generators: SGX-2 (acoustic piano), EP-1 (electric piano), CX-3 (tonewheel organ) 
• Three types of virtual analog synthesizer sound generators: AL-1, MS-20EX, PolysixEX
• PCM synthesizer sound generator with advanced functionality: HD-1
• Physical modeling synthesizer for string hammering/plucking sounds: STR-1
• VPM/FM synthesizer sound generator with advanced functionality: MOD-7

Each synthesis engine has enough functionality to operate as a standalone synthesizer

Set Lists provide easy on-screen selection of Programs, Combinations, and Songs from a single screen. Smooth Sound Transitions (SST) provide overlapping effects and voices when you change sounds, with no special mode necessary

The Nautilus comes with 197 types of professional-grade effects that offer a stunning range of freedom, including chorus, delay, reverb, amp models, vocoders, and more

To support your playing and songwriting, there's an arpeggiator that can automatically generate rhythmical or broken chords (arpeggios), a drum track for quickly playing drum patterns in a variety of styles, and a step sequencer that lets you intuitively create and play back original drum patterns

Audio signals coming through the analog inputs can be sampled in stereo. You can also add the built-in effects when sampling, or even resample the programs or combinations. The Nautilus can also import sound files in various formats

The sequencer provides 16 MIDI tracks and 16 audio tracks (24-bit, 48 kHz) for composing and producing your own music. You can import and export SMF and WAVE files when working with other platforms

The Nautilus can connect to your computer with a single cable, as it features a USB Type-B port that supports USB 2.0 for transmitting and receiving MIDI and audio data. The Nautilus features a USB Type-A port for easy connection to an external storage device

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. It looks like you can split sounds on the keyboard. Can you also layer the sounds. i.e. layer piano & strings? I see a split control but no dual control.

A: The PA300, all Korg Professional Arrangers, give you three upper sounds and one lower sound, in addition to the backing accompaniment tracks. The three sounds are accessed from the touch screen, and there is a Mute/Play toggle for each. In addition to the Mute/Play toggle, you can also access the volume control for all tracks.

Q: 2. What's the different between the korg pa300 and the pa600

A: Some of the main differences for the Korg PA300 vs PA600 would be as follows: 5 vs 7 touch screen. No audio outputs/inputs, MIDI via USB only. 310 vs 360 factory styles, Limited sound/drum kit editing functionality, smaller built in amplifier 13 vs 15 watts.

Q: 3. Does it have a headphone jack?

A: Hi, yes this Korg Digital Piano does have a 1/4" headphone output jack. Thank you for shopping at B&H!

Q: 4. What connection does this include that would allow me to connect the digital piano to my computer to use Finale?

A: The Korg B2SPBK 88-Key Digital Piano has a USB Type-B connector to enable connection wit a computer.

Q: 5. How long is the cable(s)? What is the polarity of the tip/ring? What is the size of the barrel connector?

A: The cable is approximately 3' long. The barrel connector is 2.1 x 5.5mm with a positive tip and negative sleeve.

Q: 6. how to hook up ms 20 to sq1?

A: Well, you can1) Connect 5-pin MIDI out of SQ1 into 5-pin MIDI In on MS20. You cannot transpose with the MS20 kbd2) Set Gate Out polarity to negative on SQ1 - read the manual section on global parameter settings for this. Set Channel A to 8V (Hz/v), connect CV-A and Gate-A of SQ1 to VCO 1+2 CV IN and TRIG In on MS20 respectively. You cannot transpose with the MS20 kbd 3) Set Gate out as in 2 above, but set Channel A to 1, 2, or 5V. Connect Gate-A as in 2 above, connect CV-A to TOTAL input on MS20, and adjust the Freq Mod MG/T.EXT until you get correct scaling - eg if SQ1 is set to 1V output, then a pitch knob should change by exactly one octave from fully CCW to fully CW. The MG/T.EXT knob will be in the 7-8 range, but this is very sensitive - a pain to set!. The benefit is that you can now transpose the incoming sequence with the SM20 kbd.

Q: 7. Is there a pitch modulator on the Korg nautilus 61?

A: The specs for the Nautilus do list "phase and modulatable pitch per oscillator" for the 6 Variable Phase Modulation (VPM), Waveshaper and Ring Modulation Oscillators.

Q: 8. Is the included AC adapter universal voltage (110-240 V) ??

A: The Korg KA350 Power Adapter is 120V only.

Q: 9. Can the Korg SQ1 be used to sequence lights for a light show?

A: If your light board can accept the CV/GATE OUT, MIDI OUT or USB MIDI instructions from the KORG, then yes.

Q: 10. Can you make your own styles and save them for later use?

A: You can create and save your own scenes and tones whe using the Roland Fantom-06 61-Key Music Workstation Keyboard.