KORG M3 User Manual

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4015-2 Yanokuchi, Inagi-city, Tokyo 206-0812 Japan

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS

This product has been manufactured according to strict specifications and voltage requirements that
are applicable in the country in which it is intended that this product should be used. If you have
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WARNING: Use of this product in any country other than that for which it is intended could be
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 2007 KORG INC.

1902 CBH

Printed in Japan

Table of contents

Document Outline

Table of Contents
Handling of this product
Regarding the display
Data handling
COPYRIGHT WARNING
About this manual
Quick Start
- Setup
- Playing Programs and Combinations
- Listening to the demo songs
Introduction to the M3
- Main Features
- Front and rear panels
- Basic Information
  - About the M3’s modes
  - Basic operations
Setup
- Turning the power on/off
- Connections
Playing and editing Programs
- Playing Programs
- Easy Program editing
- Detailed Editing with Programs
Playing and editing Combinations
- Playing combinations
- Easy Combination editing
- Detailed Editing with Combinations
Creating songs (Sequencer mode)
- Overview
  - About the M3's Sequencer
  - Sequencer mode structure
- Playing Songs
  - Playback
  - Control using the sliders and switches
- MIDI recording
- Song editing
- Using RPPR (Realtime Pattern Play/Record)
- Sampling in Sequencer mode
- Creating and playing a Cue List
  - Creating a cue list
  - Converting a cue list into a song
- Saving your song
- Cautions and other functions in Sequencer mode
Sampling (Open Sampling System)
- Sampling Overview
  - About sampling
  - Compare
- Sampling and editing in Sampling mode
- Sampling in Program, Combination, and Sequencer modes
Settings for the entire M3 (Globalmode)
- How Global mode is structured
- Global settings
- Using Drum Kits
Loading & saving data, and creating CDs
- Saving data
- Loading data
  - Data that can be loaded
  - Loading data from media (Media–Load)
- Media utility
  - File copying, deleting, and formatting (Media– Utility)
- Creating audio CDs
Using Effects
- An overview of the M3’s effects
- Routing effect settings
- Dynamic modulation, MIDI/Tempo Sync, and CommonFXLFO
  - Dynamic modulation (Dmod)
  - Common FX LFO
Using KARMA
- Overview
  - What is KARMA?
  - The structure of the KARMA function
- Performing with KARMA
  - Performing with KARMA in Program mode
  - Performing with the KARMA function in Combination mode
- KARMA function settings
Drum Track function
- Overview
  - What is the Drum Track function?
- Performing with the Drum Track function
  - Using the Drum Track function in Program mode
  - Using the Drum Track function in Combination mode
- Drum Track function settings
- Creating a Drum Track pattern
  - Preparing a user pattern
  - Converting to a Drum Track pattern
Other functions common to all modes
- Editing names
- Setting the functions of SW1 and SW2
- Setting the functions of Realtime Controls Slider 5–8
- Using tap tempo
- Resetting controller values
- Shortcuts
Appendices
- Restoring the factory settings
  - Loading the preloaded data
- Installing options
- Troubleshooting
- Error messages
  - Error and confirmation messages
- Media that can be used with the M3
  - Types of media supported by the M3
  - Operations that the M3 can perform on media
- Specifications and options
  - Specifications
  - Options
- MIDI Implementation Chart