Playing songs, Playback – KORG M3 User Manual

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Creating songs (Sequencer mode)

Playing Songs

Playback

In order to play back song data in the sequencer, you
must first record song data, or load or dump it into the
M3.

Let’s start by loading and playing the demo song data.
For details, please see “Listening to the demo songs”
on page 5.

1. Press the MODE SEQ switch to enter Sequencer

mode.

The P0–1: Play/REC– Program T01–08 or T09–16 page
will appear. If this is not displayed, press the EXIT
switch three times.

2. Use “Song Select” to select the song you want to

play back.

You can press the Song Select popup button and
choose from a list.

3. Press the SEQUENCER START/STOP switch.

The song you selected in step 2 will begin playing.

The song will begin playing if you press the
SEQUENCER START/STOP switch in a page other
than P10: Pattern/RPPR. If you press this switch while
you’re in P10: Pattern/RPPR, the currently-selected
pattern will begin playing. (In P11: Cue List, the songs
of the cue list will be played.)

4. During playback, you can press the SEQUENCER

START/STOP switch to stop playback.

If you press the START/STOP switch once again,
playback will resume from where you stopped.

• Press the LOCATE switch to move to the assigned

location.

• Press the PAUSE switch to pause playback. Press

the PAUSE switch once again to resume playback.

• Press the <<REW or FF>> switches to rewind or

fast-forward. You can use this during playback or
while stopped.
You can use the FF/REW SPEED menu command
to specify the rewind and fast-forward speeds.

• To set the tempo, turn the TEMPO knob or press

the TAP TEMPO switch at the desired interval.

Muting just a specific track/
Monitoring just a specific track (Mute/
Solo functions)

The M3 provides a Mute function that lets you silence
specified MIDI tracks 1–16 or audio input channels (1,
2, S/P DIF L, R), and a Solo function that lets you hear
the specified track or channel by itself. These functions
can be used in various ways. For example you can
intentionally mute or solo specific tracks, or listen only
to the rhythm section of the previously-recorded tracks
while you record new tracks. Let’s try out the Mute
and Solo functions.

Tip: You can also control Play/Rec/Mute and Solo On/
Off from the Control Surface. For details, please see
“Adjusting the Volume, Mute, and Solo of each track”
on page 82.

1. Use “Song Select” to select the song that you want

to play back.

2. Press the SEQUENCER START/STOP switch.

3. Press track 1 Play/Rec/Mute.

The display will change from Play to Mute, and the
playback of track 1 will no longer be heard. In this way,
the “mute” function allows you to silence a specified
track until the track is un-muted.

Press track 2 Play/Rec/Mute. The display will change,
and the playback of track 2 will also be muted. To
cancel muting, press Play/Rec/Mute once again.

4. Press track 1 “Solo On/Off.”

“Solo” will be highlighted, and this time, only the
performance of track 1 will be heard. To play back only
a specified track by itself in this way is known as
“soloing” the track (turning Solo on).

If both Mute and Solo are used, the Solo function will
be given priority.

Press track 2 “Solo On/Off.”
The display will change, and you will hear the
playback of tracks 1 and 2.

Solo On applies to all MIDI tracks 1–16 and audio
input channels (1, 2, S/P DIF L, R).

If as in this example, you’ve turned Solo on for only
MIDI tracks 1 and 2, you will not hear MIDI tracks 3–
16, or the audio input channels (1, 2, S/P DIF L, R).

Popup

Track Select

Song Select

Meter

Tempo

Program Select,

& Popup