Using Effects; An Overview Of The M3'S Effects; Effect Types; Effect I/O - Korg m3 Operation Manual

An overview of the M3's effects

For effects processing, the M3 provides five insert
effects, two master effects, and one total effect, together
with a mixer section that controls the routing of these
effects. All of these are stereo in/out.
Specific parameters of these effects can also be
controlled in real time from the M3's controllers or via
MIDI messages using Dynamic Modulation (Dmod),
by MIDI/Tempo Sync, or by using a common LFO to
apply synchronized change to differing modulation
effects.

Effect types

You can choose from 170 different full-digital effects.
The effects are categorized as follows.
Classification of 170 effects
Effect type
Dynamics: Effects which control volume, such as
000...005 compressors, limiter, and gates
EQ/Filter: Effects which control frequency content, such
006...017 as EQ, multi-mode filter, exciter, and wah
Overdrive/
Overdrive and amp modeling effects such as
Amp/Mic:
guitar/bass amps and mics
018...025
Chorus/
Flanger/ Pitch and phase modulation effects such as
Phaser: chorus and flanger
026...039
Modulation/
Other modulation effects such as tremolo and
Pitch Shift:
rotary speaker, and pitch shifters
040...054
Delay:
Delays
055...069
Reverb/ER:
Reverb and early reflections
070...076
Mono-Mono
Mono & Mono chain effects that internally
Serial:
connect two mono effects in series
077...108
Mono//Mono Mono & Mono parallel effects that allow two
Parallel: mono effects to be applied to L and R
109...153 independently
Double Size:
Double size effects
154...170

Using Effects

Contents

Effect I/O

Insert effects
Insert Effects (IFX 1–5) are stereo-in/stereo-out. If you
select Dry (unprocessed) for the Wet/Dry parameter,
the stereo input signal will be output in stereo without
being processed by the effect. If you select Wet (effect
applied), the processed signal will be output in one of
the following ways:
Mono In - Mono Out
Wet Mono In - Stereo Out
Stereo In - Stereo Out
Master Effects
The I/Os of Master Effects MFX1 and MFX2 are stereo-
in/stereo-out. Send1 and Send2 determine the send
level to the Master Effects.
Master effects will not output the Dry (unprocessed)
signal specified in Wet/Dry. Only the Wet (processed)
signal will be output. The output signals from the
Master Effects are routed to the L/R bus with the
output level specified by Return1 and Return2. These
output signals are mixed with the output signals from
the bus specified by Bus Select (P8– Routing page in
each mode) L/R, or with the output signals from the
bus specified by Bus Select (P8– Insert FX Setup page
in each mode) L/R, then routed to the total effect.
Selecting "000: No Effect" will mute the output. The
processed signal will be output in one of the following
ways, according to the type of effects.
Mono In - Mono Out
Wet Mono In - Stereo Out
Stereo In - Stereo Out
Total Effect
The total effect TFX is stereo-in/stereo-out. The Dry
(unprocessed) side of the Wet/Dry parameter sends the
stereo input sound directly to the stereo output. The
way in which the Wet (processed) side is output
depends on the type of effect, as follows.
Mono In - Mono Out
Wet Mono In - Stereo Out
Stereo In - Stereo Out
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