Korg M3 User Manual

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Creating songs
(Sequencer mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
About the M3’s Sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Sequencer mode structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Playing Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Control using the sliders and switches . . . . . . . . . . . .82
MIDI recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Preparations for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Recording MIDI in real-time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Step recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Recording variation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Recording patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Song editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Using RPPR (Realtime Pattern Play/Record) . . . 97
Creating RPPR data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
RPPR playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Recording an RPPR performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Sampling in Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Creating and playing a Cue List . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Creating a cue list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Converting a cue list into a song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Saving your song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Cautions and other functions in Sequencer
mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
M3 sequencer file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
The Compare function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Memory Protect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
About MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Sampling (Open Sampling
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Sampling Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
About sampling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Compare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Sampling and editing in Sampling mode . . 110
Creating multisample indexes and sampling –
P0: Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Basic sampling procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Loop Edit – P2: Loop Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Sample (waveform data) editing –
P1: Sample Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Multisample editing – P3: Multisample Edit . . . . . 119
Ripping – P5: Audio CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Converting a multisample to a program . . . . . . . . 120
Using a sample in a drum kit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Saving multisamples and samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Sampling in Program, Combination, and
Sequencer modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Resampling a phrase generated by the KARMA
function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Sampling only an external guitar sound while
listening to phrases generated by the KARMA
function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Sampling a mix of the phrases generated by the
KARMA function together with an external guitar
sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
In-Track Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Resampling a song to create a WAVE file. . . . . . . . .127
Settings for the entire M3
(Global mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
How Global mode is structured . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Global settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Basic setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
System preference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Audio input settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
MIDI Basic/Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
External control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Pedal and other controller settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Assigning MIDI CC#s to KARMA, X–Y, and Pad
controllers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Creating user scales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Setting Category Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Using Drum Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Drum Kit Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Editing Drum Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Saving Drum Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Loading & saving data, and
creating CDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Saving data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Types of data that can be saved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Writing to internal memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Saving to media (Media–Save) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Using the M3 as a data filer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Loading data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Data that can be loaded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Loading data from media
(Media–Load). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Media utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
File copying, deleting, and formatting
(Media– Utility) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Creating audio CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Creating and playing audio CDs
(Media– Make Audio CD, Play Audio CD). . . . . . . . .150
Creating audio CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Viewing information about media – Media Info . . .152

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