Korg M50-73 Owner's Manual page 34

Playing and editing Programs
• Turn the VALUE dial.
• Use numeric keys 0–9 to enter the program
number, and press the ENTER switch.
5. Press one of the PROG BANK A–GM switches to
select a bank.
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 B, press the PROG BANK B
switch. The B switch will light, and the name Bank B
will appear in the left of the display.
• Each time you press the GM switch, the bank will
alternate as shown below.
GM→g(1)→g(2)→g(3)→g(4)→g(5)→g(6)→g(7)→
g(8)→g(9)→g(d)→GM→g(1)→...
Auditioning the sound
Play the M50's keyboard to audition the program
you've selected. You can also audition the program by
pressing the chord trigger switches.
Overview: Program Banks
With the factory settings, the M50 contains 608
preloaded programs, plus 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 640
programs.
Programs are organized into six banks as shown in the
following table.
Program bank contents
Bank Prog. No.
000...127
A...E
E:000...095
E 096...127
GM 001...128
g(1)...g(9) 001...128
g(d) 001...128
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Explanation
With the factory
settings, these banks
contain a wide variety of
Factory
preloaded programs
Programs.
that use the internal
multisamples, effects,
and arpeggiator.
Initialized Use these to create a
Programs. program from scratch.
GM2 main These banks contain 256
programs. GM programs and nine
GM drum programs that
GM2
are compatible with the
variation
GM2 sound map. The
programs.
programs of these banks
are read-only.
Bank GM contains the
GM programs. GM lets
you select 128 programs
GM2 drum
numbered from 001–
programs.
128, and g(1)–g(d) lets
you select nine drum
programs.
You can't write (save)
data to these banks.
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 A is selected. The menu
displays the Programs contained in that bank.
2. Press the tabs in the left 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 pressing the chord trigger
switches 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 you would
by pressing the front panel GM switch.
5. When you are satisfied with the selected Program,
press the OK button to close the menu.
If instead 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.