KORG M3 User Manual

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Sampling (Open Sampling System)

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Mode

: Stereo

The sound of the internal L/R channels will be
sampled in stereo.

8. Select the menu command Select Directory, and

specify the destination to which the WAVE file
will be written.

Use Media Select and the Open and Up buttons to
select the directory in which the WAVE file will be
saved.

Press the text edit button to access the text edit dialog
box, and input a filename (up to six characters).

Leave Take No. checked. The number at the right of
Take No.

will be input as the last two characters of the

filename.

This number will increment each time you sample,
ensuring that the filename will not be the same even if
you sample repeatedly.

After you have made the settings, press the Done
button to close the dialog box.

9. Set Sample Time to the length that you want to

sample.

Set this to a length slightly greater than the length of
the song.

10.Set the recording level.

• Press the SAMPLING REC switch.

Note: It will take between several seconds to nearly a
minute from the moment you press the SAMPLING
REC switch until the M3 enters standby mode (i.e.,
until the SAMPLING REC switch changes from
blinking to lit). This time is required in order to allocate
sufficient space on the media. You must never remove
the media while in this state. Doing so may damage the
media.

• Press the SEQUENCER START/STOP switch to

play back the song, and adjust the sampling
volume while you watch the level meters. The
default setting is 0.0 dB. If the level is too low, use
the VALUE controller to raise the level as high as
possible without causing the “CLIP !” indicator to
appear.

• When you finish making adjustments, press the

SAMPLING REC switch.

• Press the SEQUENCER START/STOP switch to

stop the song playback. Then press the LOCATE
switch.

11.Start sampling.

• Press the SAMPLING REC switch and then the

SAMPLING START/STOP switch to enter
recording-standby mode.

• Press the SEQUENCER START/STOP switch to

play back the song. Sampling will begin at the same
time.

12.When the song finishes playing back, press the

SAMPLING START/STOP switch to stop
sampling.

13.Use the menu command Select Directory to verify

that the WAVE file was created. Select the file and
press the SAMPLING START/STOP switch to
listen to the sound that was sampled.

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