KORG M3 - Manual (Page 150)

Loading & saving data, and creating CDs
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Using a menu command to write
1. To write global settings (the various settings in
Global P0–P4), press the menu command “Write
Global Setting” in Global P0–P4.
Note: Alternatively, you can access the same dialog box
by holding down the ENTER switch and pressing the 0
switch. (See “Shortcuts” on page 200)
The Write Global Setting dialog box will appear.
To write the Drum Kits (the settings of Global P0–P4),
choose the menu command Write Drum Kits in Global
P5.
The Write Drum Kits dialog box will appear.
2. To write the data, press the OK button. If you
decide not to write, press the Cancel button.
When you press the OK button, the display will ask
“Are you sure?” Press the OK button once again to
write the data.
Using the (SEQUENCER) REC/WRITE switch to
write
1. In the following pages of Global mode, press the
SEQUENCER REC/WRITE switch.
One of the following dialog boxes will appear
according to the page.
P0–P4: Update Global Setting
P5: Update Drum Kits
2. To write the data, press the OK button. If you
decide not to write, press the Cancel button.
Memory in Global mode
When the power is turned on, the Global mode data is
called from internal memory into the Global mode
memory area. Then when you modify the parameters
in Global mode, the data in the memory area will be
modified. If you wish to save this modified data in
internal memory, you must Write it.
When you write this data, the data in the memory area
is written into the global settings.
If you turn off the power without writing, the modified
data in the memory area will be lost.
Memory protect
To prevent Programs, Combinations, Songs, Drum
Kits, and KARMA GE from being overwritten
accidentally, the M3 provides a Memory Protect setting
that prohibits writing to memory.
Before you save edited data or load data from media,
use the following procedure to turn the memory
protect off (uncheck the appropriate check box).
You must also turn memory protect off before loading
the above data from media or via a MIDI data dump,
or before recording in Sequencer mode.
1. Press the MODE GLOBAL switch to enter Global
mode.
2. Access the Global P0: Basic Setup– Basic page.
3. Press the “Memory Protect” check box for the type
of data you wish to write to internal memory, so
that the box is unchecked.
Saving to media (Media–Save)
For details on the data that can be saved on storage
media. (See “Types of data that can be saved” on
page 139)
Song data in the M3’s Sequencer mode, as well as
multisamples and samples cannot be written into
internal memory. This data will disappear when
the power is turned off. In order to keep this data,
you must write it to the USB storage device
(commercially available hard disk, removable
disk). When you’ve come up with settings you
like, it’s a good idea to save them, so that even if
you subsequently edit those settings, you’ll always
be able to reload the previous settings if desired.
Types of media you can use
USB storage device
• Hard disks
• Removable disks
Hard disks and removable disks in MS-DOS format
FAT16 or FAT32 are supported.
Capacity recognized:
FAT32: up to 2 terabytes = 2,000 Gigabytes (GB)
FAT16: up to 4 GB
• CD-R/RW
UDF format is supported. UDF format CD-R/RW
discs can be written and read. (See “CD-R/RW
Memory Area
Write Power On
Internal Memory
Edit
Global Setting
P0...P4
Drum Kits
P5
Editing will affect the data that has
been called into the memory area.
When you Write, the
various Global mode
settings will be saved in
internal memory. When the power is
turned on, the settings
are called into the
memory area.