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You are playing your M3 and Ableton Live is fired up and ready to record things when inspiration strikes. How do you best capture your ideas in Ableton without breaking the flow of...
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On an OSX system (Apple Mac computers), you want to configure Ableton Live to record both audio and MIDI from your M3, and to playback MIDI from Live to the M3. You want the audio...
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You want to understand how user drum patterns are saved, stored, and rearranged, perhaps because you've lost some patterns that you've created and don't understand why they disappeared....
This article lists the most-current OS version and other useful downloadable files (from Korg) for the Korg M3.
Current OS version (includes 512 new Programs)
System Version 1.2.0 Upgrade
No...
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You've defined a nice chord progression on the pads in another place and you want to "import" those pads into the program, combi, or song that you're currently working...
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On your Windows PC, you have installed the latest Korg USB driver and the M3 Editor software. The M3 was detected by the Korg USB configuration software, and Windows responds when the USB...
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You're finding that audio coming from your M3 through the EXB-FW interface in your computer has too much latency to allow the M3 to play in sync with the other VST softsynths in your DAW...
The table below lists the time signature in each of the two Phases of a GE. If a number has brackets around it (like [4]/4), it means that a GE RTP is available to change the bracketed parameter,...
Complete list of system default data
The following list assumes that you have System Version 1.2.0):
Programs
General programs are in Program Banks I-A through I-D and U-A through U-D
Vocoder...
Sampling data comprises samples and multisamples that live in the M3's volatile system RAM. System default (multi)samples also live in the M3's non-volatile system ROM (and are the basis for all...
Scenarios
You just haven't wrapped your head around how to save and load data and the official product manual drives you nuts, so you're looking for a little help.
You want to load new...
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Unlike the generally simple community-shared combis and programs that you have might have downloaded from sites like www.karma-lab.com, 3rd-party sound sets for the Korg M3 can contain...
Sequencing data comprises songs and cue lists that live in the M3's volatile system RAM.
Understanding songs
An M3 song is a single recorded MIDI sequence. This sequence might be an entire complex...
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You've moved an entire bank of programs from one bank to a different bank, and now some combis won't work correctly because they think the programs are still in the old bank.
Note: This...
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You want to created separate sequences for a verse, a chorus, a bridge, etc. and then arrange these song sections into a single song.
You want something more freeform that doesn't rely...
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You've found a free SoundFont on the internet and you want to create your own M3 program based on this SoundFont but you have no idea how to do this. This guide will show you the steps of...
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You want to change one or more of the drum sounds that are assigned to specific notes/keys of a drum program to some other sound in the Factory ROM.
Procedure
Editing the sounds on a...
This article is still under development as I experiment with the process
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You have a sample loop that would make for a great "drum track" to use in a Program or Combi, and you'd like to...
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You want to use a programmable MIDI foot controller, or your sequencer, to turn the Drum Track on and off.
Procedure
Unfortunately, there is not an easy-to-use continuous controller (CC#)...
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You want to control the pads with MIDI from an external device or Sequencer/DAW.
Procedure
Go to Global Mode Page 2.2 Controllers > CC Assign. Here you can set each Pad to respond to a...
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You want to create your own Combi but you have no idea how to start and are overwhelmed by all the possibilities available within the KARMA Engine. This guide will show you the first...
All pages that relate specifically to working with Korg M3 workstations are listed here.
Be sure to also look through the KARMA 2 (for OASYS and M3) articles, because most KARMA-specific tasks...
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You want to use pads 1-8 in a combi to play only specific samples, independently of KARMA or anything else being played on the keyboard.
Procedure
Create a multisample program that...
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You've upgraded to a new OS version and now some of the pads don't seem to work correctly any more. Symptoms might include some pads seeming louder than others, or a pad producing no...
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You are trying to figure out which MIDI notes are generated by the Drum Pattern and Perc. Pattern GEs in your M3, for any of the following reasons:
You are trying to set up external drum...
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You want to use a foot controller to perform KARMA scene changes, turn KARMA on/off, turn LATCH on/off, play Pads 1-8, etc., so that your hands can focus on playing music.
Procedure for...
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You are playing around with the KARMA sliders for the drum module of a combi and find a really cool KARMA-generated drum groove. You want to capture this groove in the internal sequencer...
