KORG M3 Tips - Manual (Page 2)

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ZAP! A Secret Sound Weapon revealed in TONE ADJUST mode!
Another secret sound weapon in the M3 can be found in the CONTROL ASSIGN section. Among the parameters that can be
assigned in TONE ADJUST mode is “MS/DK” (MultiSample or DrumKit). When the associated switch is ON, a hidden sample can
be dropped into the current sound. Try it:
1. Select Program I‐A‐016, Real Suit E. Piano.
2. Touch the Control Surface tab in the lower right of the display. On this sound, the Control Surface defaults to “RT Control”, but that
can be readily changed to Tone Adjust by either touching the Control Assign popup in the display, or by pressing the Tone Adjust
Look at Switch 5’s assignment, “1:MS/DK” (The “1” means that any change here will affect OSC 1).
3. Touch the default value, “PROG” (i.e. play what the Program told you to play) > Using the numeric keypad, T\type in “26” and press
the ENTER switch, or turn the VALUE DIAL until you get to “26”, and then touch Switch 5 to turn it ON (or press the hardware
SWITCH 5). You just added one EP sample from a famous 80’s synth to your “Rooooooads’‐like EP sound! It’s very handy to be able
to modify a sound this drastically and this easily during a performance.
I want my own Combi, and I want it NOW!
Here’s a tip to save time if you like to build Combis from scratch:
Create and save a Combi template, with the MIDI status of a bunch of Timbres (up to 16 now!) already set to INT (Internal), and
the MIDI channel for these same Timbres set to Gch (Global Channel). Now you can use this Combi template as the starting
point for every new Combi you create.
Drums is drums in the Drum Track? – is that all there is?
The Drum Track is a cool new feature of the M3, but the Drum track doesn’t have to be drums at all: any track you record into
the sequencer can be converted to a Drum Track. It could be a bass line, a series of Karma‐strummed chords, etc., up to 32
measures long! Try it, you’ll like it!
1. Record a couple measures of a bass riff on a track in the M3’s mighty Sequencer.
2. Press the PAGE SELECT switch and select “P10 Pattern/RPPR” > Touch the upper right dropdown arrow, and then select Pattern
Parameter > Change Length to the number of measures you’ve just recorded, and then touch OK.
3. Touch the cool Get From Track command > Verify that the numeric fields are pointing to what you just recorded, and then touch OK
> Now touch the Convert to Drum Trk Pattern, leaving “Note only” selected > The M3 defaults to selecting the very last empty user
pattern slot; touch OK.
4. To use this Pattern in Program Mode, re‐save the Program into the Drum Category.
5. To use this Pattern in Combi Mode, press PAGE SELECT, select P1 DT/XY/Ctrls, touch the Drum Track tab, and in the Drum Pattern
fields for Pattern, point towards User and the saved pattern number > Just make sure you have a bass sound assigned to the same
MIDI channel you used when creating the pattern. That’s it!
Gimme mo’ tracks!
Speaking of the sequencer, don’t slight it as merely a sixteen‐track sequencer: How many tracks would you like? Because the
M3 can re‐sample itself, an entire MIDI sequence can be re‐sampled as one stereo note event, freeing up fifteen tracks, eight
DSP effects, and 118 voices of polyphony!
Again in the sequencer, as you know, touching the Track field lets you change the current track to be recorded. You can make
this selection with the VALUE DIAL, the VALUE slider, touching the popup arrow, or typing in the desired track number on the
keypad.
The M3 sequencer is 16 tracks plus a Master Track, the ‘recording secretary’ if you will: it remembers any tempo and time
signature changes throughout a song. If the M3’s numeric keypad is part of your work flow, typing in the number ‘17’ will jump
you right to the M3’s Master Track.
For more information, see the M3 Parameter Guide, and make sure to visit www.korg.com/m3, http://www.karma‐lab.com and www.korgforums.com for
support, tips and tricks!