KORG M3 - Manual (Page 4)

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About this manual
The owner’s manuals and how to use
them
The manuals and how to use them
The M3 comes with the following operation manuals.
• M3 Operation Guide
• M3 Parameter Guide (PDF)
• M3 Voice Name List (PDF)
• Keyboard Assembly Operation Guide (included with
the M3-61/73/88)
Using the M3-M Brackets (included only with M3-M
sold by itself)
• M3 Editor/Plug-In Editor Operation Manual (PDF)
• EXB-RADIAS for M3 Operation Manual (PDF)
The above PDF files are located in the “MANUALS”
folder of the included CD-ROM. Driver operating
manuals such as for the KORG USB-MIDI driver are
located in the same folder as the drivers.
M3 Operation Guide
Please read this first. It explains the names and functions
of each part of the M3, how to make connections, basic
operation, an overview of each mode, how to edit
sounds, how to record on the sequencer, and how to
sample. This guide also explains the KARMA function,
effects, drum track, and drum kits.
This also explains items you should check before
suspecting a malfunction, error messages, specifications,
and installation of EXB options.
M3 Parameter Guide
This explains details of the M3’s parameters, organized
by mode and page. Refer to this guide when you want to
learn more about an unfamiliar parameter.
M3 Voice Name List
This lists the names of the multisamples, drum samples,
the factory-set combinations, programs, drum kits, and
KARMA settings. Refer to this list when you want to
learn about this preloaded content.
Keyboard Assembly Operation Manual
Using the M3-M Brackets
“Keyboard Assembly Manual” is included with the M3-
61/73/88. It explains how to tilt the M3-M (sound
generator module) upward from the keyboard assembly,
and how to remove or attach the M3-M.
“Using the M3-M Brackets” is included only with the
M3-M sold by itself. It explains how to attach the
brackets to the M3-M so that it can be placed on a table or
other surface at a comfortable angle.
M3 Editor/Plug-In Editor Manual
This explains setup and use of M3 Editor and M3 Plug-In
Editor.
EXB-RADIAS for M3 Manual
This explains details of the parameters available when
the optional EXB-RADIAS installed in the M3, organized
by mode and page.
Conventions in this manual
References to the M3
The M3 is available as several models: the 88-key M3-88,
the 73-key M3-73, the 61-key M3-61, and the sound
module by itself as the M3-M. References in these
manuals to “the M3” refer to all of these models
collectively.
Abbreviations for the manuals: OG, PG
In the documentation, references to the manuals are
abbreviated as follows.
OG: Operation Guide
PG: Parameter Guide
Procedure steps 1. 2. 3. …
These indicate the steps of a procedure.
Symbols , , Note , Tips
These symbols respectively indicate a caution, a MIDI-
related explanation, a supplementary note, or a tip.
Example screen displays
The parameter values shown in the example screens of
this manual are only for explanatory purposes, and may
not necessary match the values that appear in the
Display of your instrument.
MIDI-related explanations
CC# is an abbreviation for Control Change Number.
In explanations of MIDI messages, numbers in square
brackets [ ] always indicate hexadecimal numbers.
What is REMs * ?
( R esonant structure and E lectronic circuit
M odeling S ystem) is Korg’s proprietary technology for
digitally recreating the numerous factors that produce
and influence a sound, ranging from the sound-
production mechanisms of acoustic instruments and
electric/electronic musical instruments, to the
resonances of an instrument body or speaker cabinet, the
sound field in which the instrument is played, the
propagation route of the sound, the electrical and
acoustic response of mics and speakers, and the changes
produced by vacuum tubes and transistors.
Thank you for purchasing the Korg M3 Music Workstation/Sampler. To help you get the most out of your new
instrument, please read this manual carefully.