Using Drum Kits; Drum Kit Overview - Korg m3 Operation Manual

Using Drum Kits

Drum Kit Overview

What's a Drum Kit?
A drum kit is a collection of drumsamples assigned to
each key. Drum kits have the following features.
• A different sound will play for each note.
• A drumsample (one drum instrument) is assigned
to each key. Drum samples are stored in the Rom
bank, Ram bank, or in an EX * bank.
• Samples you recorded on the M3 or loaded in
Media mode can be selected from the RAM bank.
• On each note, you can use up to four
Drumsamples, with velocity crossfades
• Each note has separate settings for the most
important sound parameters, including volume,
filter cutoff and resonance, envelope attack and
decay, pitch, drive and low boost, and gain for each
band of the Program EQ.
For instance, you could combine high drive and
low cutoff frequency to create a lo-fi effect on only a
few sounds, while the rest of the sounds remained
clear and pristine.
• Each note can be routed to different Insert Effects,
or have separate FX Send amounts. For instance,
you can send a snare sound through a dedicated
compressor.
You can use Drum Kits only in Programs whose
Oscillator Mode is set to Drums.
Note: The EX * banks can be used if you've loaded
optional EXB-USB-PCM series drumsamples.
Drum Kit memory structure
The M3 has 153 Drum Kits, divided into Internal, User,
and GM (General MIDI) groups as shown below. You
can edit or write into any of the locations except for the
GM bank, which cannot be erased.
Drum Kit banks
No. (Bank)
000(INT)...031(INT) M3 preloaded drum kits
032(U-A)...047(U-A)
048(U-B)...63(U-B)
064(U-C)...79(U-C)
080(U-D)...95(U-D) User drum kits
096(U-E)...111(U-E)
112(U-F)...127(U-F)
128(U-G)...143(U-G)
144(GM)...152(GM) GM bank
The 9 Drum Kits in the GM bank are compatible with
the GM2 sound map. The other Drum Kits may use
different mappings, where appropriate.
Drum Kit Programs and Oscillator
Mode
The Program's Oscillator Mode setting, on the Prog
P1: Basic/DT/Ctrls– Program Basic page, sets whether
the Program is used to play Drum Kits or to play
normal Multisamples (such as pianos, strings, etc.).
You'll see the results of this setting on the Prog P2:
OSC/Pitch– OSC1 Basic page. If the Oscillator Mode
is set to Single or Double, you can select up to four
Multisamples for each Oscillator, with velocity
switches or crossfades.
If the Oscillator Mode is set to Drums, you'll be able to
select a single Drum Kit. There are still four levels of
velocity switches and layers - but these are within the
Drum Kit itself, and not stored or edited in the
Program.
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