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Korg M3 User Manual

Korg M3
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Table of Contents
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Using Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
An overview of the M3’s effects. . . . . . . . . . . 153
Effect types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Effect I/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Effects in each mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Routing effect settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Program Effects settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Using effects in Combinations and Songs . . . . . . . 157
Effect settings in Sampling mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Effect settings for the audio inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Dynamic modulation, MIDI/Tempo Sync, and
Common FX LFO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Dynamic modulation (Dmod). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Common FX LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Using KARMA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
What is KARMA? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
The structure of the KARMA function . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Performing with KARMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Performing with KARMA in Program mode. . . . . . 167
Performing with the KARMA function in
Combination mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
KARMA function settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
KARMA function settings in Program mode . . . . . 172
KARMA function settings in Combination mode
. . . 176
KARMA function settings in Sequencer mode . . . 180
Synchronizing the KARMA function. . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Drum Track function . . . . . . . . . .185
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
What is the Drum Track function?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Performing with the Drum Track function
. . . 185
Using the Drum Track function in
Program mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Using the Drum Track function in
Combination mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Drum Track function settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Drum Track function settings in
Program mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Drum Track function settings in
Combination mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Drum Track function settings in
Sequencer mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Using the KARMA and Drum Track functions
together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Synchronizing the Drum Track function. . . . . . . . . 193
Creating a Drum Track pattern . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Preparing a user pattern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Converting to a Drum Track pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Other functions common to all
modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Editing names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Setting the functions of SW1 and SW2 . . . . . . . . . . .198
Setting the functions of Realtime Controls
Slider 5–8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198
Using tap tempo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Resetting controller values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Restoring the factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Loading the preloaded data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Installing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Cautions when installing an option board . . . . . . .202
Available option boards for the M3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Verifying installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Installing the options and replacing the calendar
battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Audio input and output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Programs and Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
KARMA function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Drum Track function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
X–Y control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Drum Kits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
MIDI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Pads or damper pedal do not respond correctly
. . . .213
USB Media, and CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
WAVE files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Connections with a computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Included CD-ROM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Error messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Error and confirmation messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Media that can be used with the M3 . . . . . . 223
Types of media supported by the M3 . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Operations that the M3 can perform on media. . .223
Specifications and options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
MIDI Implementation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

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Korg M3 Specifications

General IconGeneral
Synthesis TypeEDS (Enhanced Definition Synthesis)
Sound EngineEDS (Enhanced Definition Synthesis)
MIDIIn, Out, Thru
Keyboard61-key, velocity-sensitive, aftertouch
Sequencer16-track MIDI sequencer
SamplingOpen Sampling System
DisplayTouchView graphical user interface with 320x240 color TFT LCD
Arpeggiator2 polyphonic arpeggiators
ControllersJoystick, Ribbon Controller
OutputsL/MONO, R, Individual 1-4, Headphones
USBYes, USB MIDI
StorageSD card slot
Combinations1, 792 user combinations
Polyphony120 voices (max)
Effects5 Insert effects, 2 Master effects, 1 Total effect

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