0-8: Control Surface - Korg M3 Parameter Manual

Program mode
0–8: Control Surface
The control surface refers to the eight sliders and eight
switches located on the panel at the left of the display. In
addition to normal mixer operation, you can use these in a
variety of ways such as editing sounds, operating KARMA,
or sending MIDI messages to external devices.
This page shows you the current values for each of the
sliders, and switches, along with information about what
they are controlling. For instance, you can:
• Control the volume, Play/Mute and Solo On/Off
settings for oscillators 1/2 and the drum track.
• Modulate sounds and effects using the sliders and
switches
• Control KARMA, and select KARMA scenes, using the
sliders and switches
• Edit sounds using Tone Adjust
• Assign sliders, and switches to different Tone Adjust
parameters
CONTROL ASSIGN switches and parameters
You can use Control Assign in the display or the CONTROL
ASSIGN switches of the front panel to switch the function of
control surface. Since the display and the front panel
switches are linked, changing one will change the other
correspondingly.
Control Assign switches
In Program mode, you can select one of five different
functions:
MIXER (OSC Mix): The control surface will control the
volume, Play/Mute and Solo On/Off status for oscillators 1
and 2 and the drum track. (In Combination mode and
Sequencer mode, you can use this switch to alternate
between timbres or tracks 1–8 and 9–16.
MIXER (Mixer Input): The control surface will control the
audio input volume, Play/Mute and Solo On/Off status of
the analog inputs, S/P DIF inputs, and FireWire inputs (if
the EXB-FW is installed).
REALTIME CONTROL (RT Control): Use the sliders to
control the sound or effects. Use the switches to turn effects
on/off.
EXTERNAL lets you send MIDI messages to external MIDI
devices. Use the Global P1: MIDI– External Mode 1/2 page
to specify the MIDI message that will be transmitted.
TONE ADJUST gives you hands-on access to sound
editing, using the sliders, and switches.
KARMA: Use the sliders and switches to control the
KARMA function.
You can freely change back and forth between the different
functions, without losing any of your edits.
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MIX PLAY/MUTE 1–8 switches and the MIX VOL-
UME sliders
For the function selected by CONTROL ASSIGN, you can
use the MIX PLAY/MUTE (SOLO) 1–8 switches and MIX
VOLUMES 1–8 sliders to control the corresponding
parameters, etc.
Reset controls
The front panel RESET CONTROLS switch lets you return
the desired sliders or switches of the control surface to the
saved values. You can also use this to reset the KARMA
module settings. For more information, please see
"Resetting controller values" on page 199 of the Operation
Guide.
Resetting a single control
To reset a single slider, or switch:
1. Hold down the RESET CONTROLS switch.
2. While holding down RESET CONTROLS, move a
slider or press one of the control surface switches.
The slider, or switch will be reset to the value stored in the
Program.
3. When you're done, release the RESET CONTROLS
switch.
Resetting a group of controls
1. Use the display's Control Assign or the front panel
CONTROL ASSIGN switches to access the controllers
you want to reset.
Note: As a safety precaution, you can only reset the
parameters currently displayed on the Control Surface.
2. Hold down the RESET CONTROLS switch.
3. While holding down RESET CONTROLS, press the
current CONTROL ASSIGN switch again.
All of the sliders, and switches shown on the Control
Surface will be reset to the values stored in the Program.
Resetting KARMA Module parameters
In addition to the above reset operations, you can also
perform the following reset operations for KARMA.
• To reset the sliders or switches of each KARMA module,
hold down the RESET CONTROLS switch and press the
KARMA MODULE CONTROL switch.
• To reset the KARMA scene, hold down the RESET
CONTROLS switch and press the SCENE 1/5–4/8
switch whose LED is blinking.
0–8a: Program Select & Tempo
Bank (Bank Select)
[INT–A...F, GM, g(1)...g(9), g(d), USER–A...G]
Program Select [0...127 (INT–A...F, USER–A...G),
1...128 (G, g(1)...g(9), g(d))]
(Tempo)
This area displays information about the program selected
for editing – the program bank/number/ name, and the
tempo used to control the KARMA function etc. For more
information, please see "0–1a: Program Select" on page 2.
[040.00...300.00, EXT]