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
    • Front panel
    • Rear panel/Bottom panel
    • Objects in the display
  • Basic Information
    • About the M3’s modes
    • Basic operations
• Setup
  • Turning the power on/off
    • Connecting the AC cable
    • Turning the power on
    • Turning the power off
  • Connections
    • Connecting audio equipment
    • Connecting a damper pedal, foot switch, or foot pedal
    • Connecting a computer
    • Connecting MIDI devices
    • Connecting a USB device (HDD, CD-R/RW, etc.)
    • Installing the software
• Playing and editing Programs
  • Playing Programs
    • Selecting Programs
    • Performing with KARMA and the Drum Track
    • Using Controllers
    • Controller settings for the program
  • Easy Program editing
    • Simple editing using the sliders and switches
    • Using COMPARE
    • Saving your edits
  • Detailed Editing with Programs
    • Overview of editing pages
    • Basic oscillator settings
    • Using LFOs and Envelopes (EGs)
    • Using Alternate Modulation (AMS) andtheAMSMixers
    • Controlling Pitch
    • Using Filters
    • Using the Amp section
    • X–Y control settings
    • KARMA settings
    • Drum Track settings
    • Effects
    • Automatically importing a Program intoSequencemode
• Playing and editing Combinations
  • Playing combinations
    • Selecting Combinations
    • Performing with KARMA and the Drum Track
    • Using controllers to modify the sound
  • Easy Combination editing
    • Changing the programs within the Combination
    • Adjusting the mix
    • Simple editing using the Sliders and Switches
    • Saving a Combination you’ve edited
  • Detailed Editing with Combinations
    • Overview of editing pages
    • A suggested approach for editing
    • Layers, Splits, and Velocity Switches
    • MIDI settings
    • Altering Programs to fit withinaCombination
    • Effects
    • Automatically importing a Combination intoSequencermode
• Creating songs (Sequencer mode)
  • Overview
    • About the M3's Sequencer
    • Sequencer mode structure
  • Playing Songs
    • Playback
    • Control using the sliders and switches
  • MIDI recording
    • Preparations for recording
    • Recording MIDI in real-time
    • Step recording
    • Recording variation
    • Recording patterns
  • Song editing
  • Using RPPR (Realtime Pattern Play/Record)
    • Creating RPPR data
    • RPPR playback
    • Recording an RPPR performance
  • 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
    • M3 sequencer file formats
    • The Compare function
    • Memory Protect
    • About MIDI
• Sampling (Open Sampling System)
  • Sampling Overview
    • About sampling
    • Compare
  • Sampling and editing in Sampling mode
    • Creating multisample indexes and sampling – P0:Recording
    • Basic sampling procedure
    • Loop Edit – P2: Loop Edit
    • Sample (waveform data) editing – P1: Sample Edit
    • Multisample editing – P3:Multisample Edit
    • Ripping – P5: Audio CD
    • Converting a multisample to a program
    • Using a sample in a drum kit
    • Saving multisamples and samples
  • Sampling in Program, Combination, and Sequencer modes
    • Resampling a phrase generated by the KARMA function
    • Sampling only an external guitar sound while listening to phrases generated by the KARMA function
    • Sampling a mix of the phrases generated by the KARMA function together with an external guitar sound
    • In-Track Sampling
    • Resampling a song to create a WAVE file
• Settings for the entire M3 (Globalmode)
  • How Global mode is structured
  • Global settings
    • Basic setup
    • System preference
    • Audio input settings
    • MIDI Basic/Routing
    • External control
    • Pedal and other controller settings
    • Assigning MIDI CC#s to KARMA, X–Y, and Pad controllers
    • Creating user scales
    • Setting Category Names
  • Using Drum Kits
    • Drum Kit Overview
    • Editing Drum Kits
    • Saving Drum Kits
• Loading & saving data, and creating CDs
  • Saving data
    • Types of data that can be saved
    • Writing to internal memory
    • Saving to media (Media–Save)
    • Using the M3 as a data filer
  • 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
    • Creating and playing audio CDs (Media– Make Audio CD, Play Audio CD)
    • Creating audio CDs
    • Viewing information about media – MediaInfo
• Using Effects
  • An overview of the M3’s effects
    • Effect types
    • Effect I/O
    • Effects in each mode
  • Routing effect settings
    • Program Effects settings
    • Using effects in Combinations and Songs
    • Effect settings in Sampling mode
    • Effect settings for the audio inputs
  • 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
    • KARMA function settings in Program mode
    • KARMA function settings in Combination mode
    • KARMA function settings in Sequencer mode
    • Synchronizing the KARMA function
• 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
    • Drum Track function settings in Program mode
    • Drum Track function settings in Combination mode
    • Drum Track function settings in Sequencer mode
    • Using the KARMA and Drum Track functions together
    • Synchronizing the Drum Track function
  • 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
    • Cautions when installing an option board
    • Available option boards for the M3
    • Verifying installation
    • Installing the options and replacing the calendar battery
  • Troubleshooting
    • Power supply
    • Display
    • Audio input and output
    • Programs and Combinations
    • Songs
    • Sampling
    • KARMA function
    • Drum Track function
    • X–Y control
    • Drum Kits
    • Effects
    • MIDI
    • Pads or damper pedal do not respond correctly
    • USB Media, and CD
    • WAVE files
    • Connections with a computer
    • Included CD-ROM
  • 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