Korg M1R User Manual

CONTENTS
Precautions ............................................................................................................. ... .................................... .1
Front/Rear Panels .......................................................................................................................................... 4
BASIC OPERATION .............................................................................................................................................. 6
Structure of the MIR
AI Synthesis ......................... .. ............................................................................. .. ............... .. .... .. .......... ... ..... 6
Keys
& controls ........................................................................................................................ .. .. .......... .. . .. . 9
Setting
Up ................................................................................................................................................... 11
How to Play Combinations ........................................................... ... .... .. ......... .. .......................................... 11
How to Play Programs . ...... ................. ... .................................................................................................... 12
How to Operate the Sequencer .................................................................................................................. 14
How to Record with the Sequencer ...........................................................................................................
14
Sound Making Process .............................................................................................................................. 15
Internal Memory Allocation ...................................................................................................................... .16
Memory Card Format ................................................................................................................................ 16
MODES & FUNCTIONS ...................................................................................................................................... 17
How to Read the Display Page Chart
1
-PROGRAM MODE .............................................................................................................................. 18
Editing in the Program Mode ............................................................................................................... 18
2 - EDIT
PROGRAM MODE .................................................................................................................... 20
Structure of the M 1 R's Program Parameters ...................................................................................... 20
Functions in the Edit Program Mode ................................................................................................... 21
Editing in the Edit Program Mode .. .................................... ... ..................... .. . .. .................................... 22
3 - EFFECT
PARAMETERS ............................. .... ... ............ .. ... .... ..... ... ................................................... 36
Effect
Placement. .................................................................................................................................. .36
Names of the Effect Types and an Outline of their Parameters ......................................................... .40
Reverb .... .. ................. .. ................................................. .. ............. .. .................................................... 40
Early Reflection .............................................................................................................................. 41
Delay ................................................................................................................................................ 42
Chorus .............................................................................................................................................. 43
Flanger ...............................
.. ............. .. .................... .. ... ...................................... .. ............................ 44
Phase Shift. ...................................................................................................................................... 45
Tremolo ..........
.. ....................... ... .. .............................................................. ... .. .... .. .......... .. .. .. ...... .... 46
Equalizer .....
.. ............. .. .. ... .............................................................................................................. 47
Overdrive ......................................................................................................................................... 48
Exciter
.. ... ......... .. ........................................... .. .. . .. ....... ...... ................ ... .. .... .. ...................... .. ......... .. 49
Ensemble ......................................................................................................................................... 49
Rotary Speaker .........
... ...................... ... ................................ ... .. .. .......... .. ........................................ 50
Combination Type Effects ......................................... .. ... ................................................................ 50
Effect Parameters Default Values Chart ...................................... .. . .. ............................. ... .. ................ 56
4 - COMBINATION MODE .. .. .. .. ............ ... ......... .. .............................. .. ................................................ .... 58
Editing in the Combination Mode ........................................................................................................ 58
5 - EDIT
COMBINATION MODE
Combination Types
61
Common Functions of Each Combination Type ................................................................................. 62
Single Type Functions ........................
.... . .. .......................... ... ........ .. . .. ................. .. .... .. ... . ... .. .......... .. .. 65
Layer Type Functions ................................................................. .. .... .. ..................... .... .......... ... ....... ... . 66
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Korg M1R Specifications

General

Type	Synthesizer Module
Polyphony	16 voices
Sequencer	No
MIDI	Yes
Multitimbral	8 parts
ROM	4MB
Keyboard	No
Year Released	1988
Waveforms	PCM
Outputs	4 Individual Outputs
Memory	100
Filters	Digital
Number of Effects	33