KORG M3 - Manual (Page 46)

Playing and editing Programs
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When you select a different Bank, the switch’s LED
will light, and the selected bank will appear on the left
side of the display.
For example, to select bank INT-B, press the BANK
SELECT I-B switch. The I-B switch will light, and the
name Bank INT-B will appear in the left of the display.
• Each time you press the I-G switch, the bank will
alternate as shown below.
G →g(1)→g(2)→g(3)→g(4)→g(5)→g(6)→g(7)→g(8)
→g(9)→g(d)→G→g(1)→…
Auditioning the sound
To hear the program you selected, play the KYBD-61/
73/88 or a MIDI-connected keyboard. Alternatively,
you can strike the M3-M’s pads to hear the program.
Overview: Program Banks
With the factory settings, the M3 contains 512
preloaded programs, and 256 programs and 9 drum
programs that are GM2 compatible. In addition to
these you can store sounds that you create, as well as
optional sound libraries, giving you a total of 1,536
programs.
Programs are organized into fourteen banks as shown
in the following table.
Program bank contents
For details on the factory-set programs, refer to the
“Voice Name List” on the included CD-ROM.
Selecting by Bank/Program Select
menu
You can select Programs from a menu organized by
Program bank.
1. Press the Program Select popup button.
The Bank/Program Select menu appears.
Bank/Program Select menu
In this illustration, bank Bank GM is selected. The
menu the Programs contained in that bank.
2. Press the tabs in the left and right of the display to
select banks.
3. Press one of the program names in the center area
to select a program.
The selected program will be highlighted, and the
program will change.
Alternatively, you can use the q/u switches to switch
programs.
Play the keyboard or strike the pads to hear the
program you selected.
4. If you selected Bank GM, the Variation button is
shown.
By repeatedly pressing this Variation button you can
cycle through the banks in the same way as by pressing
the front panel INT G switch.
5. When you are satisfied with the selected Program,
press the OK button to close the menu.
If you press the Cancel button, the selection you made
here will be discarded, and you will return to the
program that had been selected before you opened the
menu.
Bank Prog. No. Explanation
INT-A…D 000…127
Factory
Programs.
With the factory
settings, these banks
contain a wide variety of
preloaded programs
that use the internal
PCM ROM multisamples,
effects, and KARMA.
INT-E 000…127
Initialized
Programs. Recommended bank for
user sampling
INT-F 000…127
EXB-RADIAS
Programs.
This can be selected if
the optional EXB-
RADIAS is installed.
GM (INT-G) 001…128
GM2 main
programs. These banks contain 256
GM programs and nine
GM drum programs that
are compatible with the
GM2 sound map. The
programs of these banks
are read-only.
Bank G contains the GM
programs. G lets you
select 128 programs
numbered from 001–
128, and g(1)–g(d) lets
you select nine drum
programs.
You can’t write (save)
data to these banks.
g(1)…g(9) 001…128
GM2
variation
programs.
g(d) 001…128
GM2 drum
programs.
USER–
A…G
000…127
Initialized
Programs.
For these banks you can
switch the bank type
between EDS and EXB-
RADIAS. Programs
cannot be saved in a
bank of a differing type.
Specify the bank type
using the Global mode
menu command “Set
Prog User-Bank Type”
(See PG page 382).