Using Controllers To Modify The Sound - Korg m3 Operation Manual

The Category/Program Select menu will appear,
showing a list of the programs for each category. Press
the tabs located at the left and right to select the
desired category.
Then press a program in the menu to select it.
You can press the q switch or u switch to select the
program of the next or previous number.
When you've chosen the program you want to play,
press the OK button or the ENTER switch.
Categories also have sub-categories, and you can press
the Jump to Sub button of the Category/Program
Select menu to choose programs from a sub-category
list.
Selecting combinations
1. Press the MODE COMBI switch (the LED will
light) to enter Combination mode.
2. The upper left of the display shows the name of
the current page, Combi P0: Play. This is the page
in which you will normally play combinations.
Play the keyboard or strike the pads to hear the sound.
Note: If you moved to another page etc. by pressing the
display, pressing the EXIT switch a maximum of three
times will take you back to the combination name
selection.
Control surface
REALTIME
CONTROL switch
SW1 and SW2
Joystick
Ribbon controller
COMBI P : Play
Bank
number
Combination Select popup button
3. The large characters in the upper part of the
display will be highlighted.
These are the combination number and combination
name ("Combination Select").
In this state, you can press the q switch or u switch to
select the next or previously numbered combination.
You can turn the VALUE dial to rapidly scroll through
the programs.
4. Use the BANK SELECT I-A–I-G and U-A–U-G
switches to select combinations of other banks.
With the factory settings, numbers 0–127 of INT-A–
INT-C contain preloaded programs. Select and play
these combinations to hear their sounds.
5. As in Program mode, you can select combinations
from the menu by bank or by category.
As described in steps 5 and 6 of "Selecting Programs"
on page 2, go ahead and select and play combinations
in the same way as you did for programs.

Using controllers to modify the sound

The M3 has numerous controllers.
1. The keyboard section of the M3-61/73/88 (the
KYBD-61/73/88 keyboard assembly) provides a
joystick, ribbon controller, and SW1/SW2 switches
in addition to the keyboard, and you can use these
to modify the sound.
The result will differ for each Program and
Combination, so try them out to hear what happens.
For details on these controllers, please see "Using
Controllers" on page 41.
2. At the left side of the M3-M (the M3's sound
module), there is a group of sliders and switches
that looks somewhat like a mixer.
This is called the "control surface," and lets you
perform various types of control such as editing
X–Y control X–Y MODE switch
MOTION switch
Keyboard assembly (KYBD-61/73/88)
Playing Programs and Combinations
Category Select popup button
Combination Select
M3-M
Pads 1–8
* The diagram shown is for M3-61
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