Korg M3 User Manual

Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Handling of this product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Regarding the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Data handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
COPYRIGHT WARNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Playing Programs and Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Listening to the demo songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Introduction to the M3 . . . . . . . . . . 7
Main Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Front and rear panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rear panel/Bottom panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Objects in the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Basic Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
About the M3’s modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Basic operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Turning the power on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Connecting the AC cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Turning the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Turning the power off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Connecting audio equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Connecting a damper pedal, foot switch, or foot
pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Connecting a computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Connecting MIDI devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Connecting a USB device (HDD, CD-R/RW, etc.). . . .33
Installing the software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Playing and editing Programs. . .37
Playing Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Selecting Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Performing with KARMA and the Drum Track . . . . . 40
Using Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Controller settings for the program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Easy Program editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Simple editing using the sliders and switches . . . . . 47
Using COMPARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Saving your edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Detailed Editing with Programs . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Overview of editing pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Basic oscillator settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Using LFOs and Envelopes (EGs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Using Alternate Modulation (AMS)
and the AMS Mixers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Controlling Pitch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Using Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Using the Amp section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
X–Y control settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
KARMA settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Drum Track settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Automatically importing a Program
into Sequence mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Playing and editing
Combinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Playing combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Selecting Combinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Performing with KARMA and the Drum Track . . . . . 67
Using controllers to modify the sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Easy Combination editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Changing the programs within the Combination . . . . 68
Adjusting the mix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Simple editing using the Sliders and Switches . . . .69
Saving a Combination you’ve edited . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Detailed Editing with Combinations . . . . . . . .70
Overview of editing pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
A suggested approach for editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Layers, Splits, and Velocity Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
MIDI settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Altering Programs to fit within a Combination . . . . 74
Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Automatically importing a Combination
into Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Korg M3 Specifications

General

Synthesis Type	EDS (Enhanced Definition Synthesis)
Sound Engine	EDS (Enhanced Definition Synthesis)
MIDI	In, Out, Thru
Keyboard	61-key, velocity-sensitive, aftertouch
Sequencer	16-track MIDI sequencer
Sampling	Open Sampling System
Display	TouchView graphical user interface with 320x240 color TFT LCD
Arpeggiator	2 polyphonic arpeggiators
Controllers	Joystick, Ribbon Controller
Outputs	L/MONO, R, Individual 1-4, Headphones
USB	Yes, USB MIDI
Storage	SD card slot
Combinations	1, 792 user combinations
Polyphony	120 voices (max)
Effects	5 Insert effects, 2 Master effects, 1 Total effect