Korg M3 User manual

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Conventions in the operation manuals
References to the M3
The M3 is available as several models: the 88-key M3-
88, the 73-key M3-73, the 61-key M3-61, and the sound
module by itself as the M3-M. References in these
manuals to “the M3” refer to all of these models
collectively.
Abbreviations for the manuals: OG, PG, VNL
In the documentation, references to the manuals are
abbreviated as follows.
OG: Operation Guide
PG: Parameter Guide
VNL:
Voice Name List (PDF)
Procedure steps 1. 2. 3. …
These indicate the steps of a procedure.
Symbols , , Note , Tips
These symbols respectively indicate a caution, a MIDI-
related explanation, a supplementary note, or a tip.
Example screen displays
The parameter values shown in the example screens of
this manual are only for explanatory purposes, and
may not necessary match the values that appear in the
Display of your instrument.
MIDI-related explanations
CC# is an abbreviation for Control Change Number.
In explanations of MIDI messages, numbers in square
brackets [ ] always indicate hexadecimal numbers.
* KARMA
®
(Kay Algorithmic Realtime Music Architec-
ture) Technology has been licensed from Stephen Kay,
and is protected by U.S. Patents 5,486,647, 5,521,327,
6,084,171, 6,087,578, 6,103,964, 6,121,532, 6,121,533,
6,326,538, 6,639,141 and 7,169,997. Other patents pend-
ing.
* KARMA
®
and the KARMA Logo are registered trade-
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Direct Index™, Manual Advance™, SmartScan™,
Freeze Randomize™, Random Capture™, Random FF/
REW™ and Scene Matrix™ are trademarks of Stephen
Kay, Karma Lab LLC. This manual copyright © 1994-
2004 by KORG Inc. and Stephen Kay. All rights
reserved.
* Screen shots from the KARMA software that appear
throughout this guide are © 1994-2004 by Stephen Kay,
Karma Lab LLC. Used by permission. All rights
reserved.
* KARMA Technology can be located on the internet at:
www.karma-lab.com.
* This product uses the T-Kernel source code in compli-
ance with the T-License of the T-Engine forum (www.t-
engine.org).
*Apple, Mac, FireWire and Audio Units are trademarks
of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the US. and other
countries.
*Windows XP is a registered trademark of Microsoft
Corporation in the U.S. and other counties.
* VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies
GmbH.
*RTAS is a registered trademark ofAvid Technology, Inc.,
or its subsidiaries or divisions.
* All other product and company names are trademarks
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Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Program mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
PROG Page Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
PROG P0: Play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
0–1: Main . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0–5: KARMA GE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
0–6: KARMA RTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
0–7: Sampling/Audio In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
0–8: Control Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
OSC Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Mixer Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
RT Control (Realtime Control). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
External. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Tone Adjust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
KARMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
PROG P1: Basic/DT/Ctrls (Basic/Drum Track/
Controllers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
1–1: Program Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
1–2: Key Zone/Scale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
1–3: DrumTrk Pattern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
1–4: DrumTrk Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
1–5: X–Y Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
1–6: Controllers Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
1–7: Pads 1–4 Setup, 1–8: Pads 5–8 Setup . . . . . . 36
PROG P2: OSC/Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
2–1: OSC1 Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
2–2: OSC1 Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
2–3: OSC2 Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
2–4: OSC2 Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
2–7: Velocity Zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
2–8: Pitch EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
PROG P3–1: Filter1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
3–1–1: Filter1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
3–1–2: Keyboard Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3–1–3: Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
3–1–4: LFO Mod. (Modulation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
3–1–5: EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
PROG P3–2: Filter2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
3–2–1: Filter2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
3–2–2: Keyboard Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
3–2–3: Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
3–2–4: LFO Mod. (Modulation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
3–2–5: EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
PROG P4: Amp/EQ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
4–1: Amp1/Driver1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
4–2: Amp1 Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
4–3: Amp1 EG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
4–5: Amp2/Driver2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
4–6: Amp2 Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
4–7: Amp2 EG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
4–8: EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
PROG P5: LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
5–1: OSC1 LFO1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
5–2: OSC1 LFO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
5–5: OSC2 LFO1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
5–6: OSC2 LFO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
5–8: Common LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
PROG P6: AMS/C.KTrk
(AMS Mixer/Common Keyboard Track). . . . . . . .70
6–1: OSC1 AMS Mix1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
6–2: OSC1 AMS Mix2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
6–4: OSC 2 AMS Mix1 , 6–5: OSC 2 AMS Mix2 . . 75
6–7: Common KeyTrk 1 (Common Keyboard
Track 1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
6–8: Common KeyTrk 2 (Common Keyboard
Track 2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
PROG P7: KARMA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
PROG P7–1: KARMA 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
7–1–1: GE Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
7–1–3: MIDI Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
7–1–4: CC Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
7–1–5: DrumTrack Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
7–1–6: Random Seeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
7–1–7: Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
7–1–8: Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
PROG P7–2: KARMA 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
7–2–1: GE RTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
7–2–2: Perf RTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
7–2–3: Dynamic MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
7–2–4: Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
7–2–8: Note Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
PROG P8: IFX (Insert Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
8–1: Routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
8–2: Insert FX Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
8–3: IFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
8–4: IFX2, 8–5: IFX3, 8–6: IFX4, 8–7: IFX5. . . . . . . 101
8–8: Common FX LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
PROG P9: MFX/TFX (Master/Total Effect) . . . . 103
9–1: Routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
9–2: MFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
9–3: MFX2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
9–4: TFX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Program: Menu Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

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Combination mode . . . . . . . . . . .119
COMBI Page Select. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
COMBI P0: Play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
0–1: Program T01–08, 0–2: Program T09–16. . .120
0–3: Mixer T01–08, 0–4: Mixer T09–16. . . . . . . . .123
0–5: KARMA GE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
0–6: KARMA RTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
0–7: Sampling/Audio In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
0–8: Control Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Mixer T1–8, Mixer T9–16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Mixer Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
RT Control (Realtime Control). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
External. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Tone Adjust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
KARMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
COMBI P1: DT/XY/Ctrls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
1–1: Drum Track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
1–2: X–Y Vol T01–08, 1–3: X–Y Vol T09–16. . . . .139
1–4: X–Y CC T01–08, 1–5: X–Y CC T09–16. . . . . .142
1–6: Controllers Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
1–7: Pad 1–4 Setup, 1–8: Pad 5–8 Setup . . . . . . .145
COMBI P2: EQ/Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
2–1: EQ Trim T01–08, 2–2: EQ Trim T09–16 . . . .147
2–3: EQ Gain T01–08, 2–4: EQ Gain T09–16 . . . .148
2–5: RADIAS T01–08, 2–6: RADIAS T09–16,
2–7: RADIAS Vocoder 1, 2–8: RADIAS
Vocoder 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
COMBI P3: Timbre Param . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
3–1: MIDI T01–08, 3–2: MIDI T09–16. . . . . . . . . . .149
3–3: OSC T01–08, 3–4: OSC T09–16. . . . . . . . . . . .150
3–5: Pitch T01–08, 3–6: Pitch T09–16 . . . . . . . . . .151
3–7: Other T01–08, 3–8: Other T09–16. . . . . . . . .152
COMBI P4: Zone/Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
4–1: Key Z T01–08, 4–2: Key Z T09–16 . . . . . . . . .153
4–3: Vel Z T01–08, 4–4: Vel Z T09–16 . . . . . . . . . .154
4–5: Delay T01–08, 4–6: Delay T09–16. . . . . . . . .155
COMBI P5: MIDI Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
COMBI P5–1: MIDI Filter 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
5–1–1: –1 T01–08, 5–1–2: –1 T09–16 . . . . . . . . . .157
5–1–3: –2 T01–08, 5–1–4: –2 T09–16 . . . . . . . . . .158
5–1–5: –3 T01–08, 5–1–6: –3 T09–16 . . . . . . . . . .158
5–1–7: –4 T01–08, 5–1–8: –4 T09–16 . . . . . . . . . .159
COMBI P5–2: MIDI Filter 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
5–2–1: –5 T01–08, 5–2–2: –5 T09–16 . . . . . . . . . .160
5–2–3: –6 T01–08, 5–2–4: –6 T09–16 . . . . . . . . . .160
COMBI P7: KARMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
COMBI P7–1: KARMA 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
7–1–1: GE Setup A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
7–1–2: GE Setup B, 7–1–3: GE Setup C,
7–1–4: GE Setup D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
7–1–5: MIDI Filter/CC Offset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
7–1–6: CC Offset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
7–1–7: Scene Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
7–1–8: Random Seeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
COMBI P7–2: KARMA 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
7–2–1: Control A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
7–2–2: Control B, 7–2–3: Control C,
7–2–4: Control D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
7–2–5: Trigger A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
7–2–6: Trigger B, 7–2–7: Trigger C,
7–2–8: Trigger D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
COMBI P7–3: KARMA 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
7–3–1: GE RTP M–A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
7–3–2: GE RTP M–B, 7–3–3: GE RTP M–C,
7–3–4: GE RTP M–D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
7–3–5: GE RTP A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
7–3–6: GE RTP B, 7–3–7: GE RTP C,
7–3–8: GE RTP D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
COMBI P7–4: KARMA 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
7–4–1: Perf RTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
7–4–2: Dynamic MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
7–4–3: Names Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
7–4–4: Name Map A, 7–4–5: Name Map B,
7–4–6: Name Map C, 7–4–7: Name Map D. . . . . 175
7–4–8: Note Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
COMBI P8: IFX (Insert Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
COMBI P8–1: IFX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
8–1–1: Routing1 T01–08, 8–1–2: Routing1
T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
8–1–3: Insert FX Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
8–1–4: IFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
8–1–5: IFX2, 8–1–6: IFX3, 8–1–7: IFX4,
8–1–8: IFX5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
COMBI P8–2: IFX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
8–2–1: Routing2 T01–08, 8–2–2: Routing2
T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
8–2–8: Common FX LFO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
COMBI P9: MFX/TFX (Master/Total Effect) . . . .183
9–1: Routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
9–2: MFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
9–3: MFX2, 9–4: TFX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Combination: Menu Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

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Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
An overview of Sequencer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 191
SEQ Page Select. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
SEQ P0: Play/REC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
SEQ P0–1: Play/REC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
0–1–1: Program T01–08, 0–1–2: Program
T09–16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
0–1–3: Mixer T01–08, 0–1–4: Mixer T09–16 . . . .199
0–1–5: PlayLoop T01–08, 0–1–6: PlayLoop
T09–16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
0–1–7: Sampling/Audio In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
0–1–8: Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
SEQ P0–2: Play/REC Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
0–2–1: KARMA GE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
0–2–2: KARMA RTC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
0–2–8: Control Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Mixer T1–8, Mixer T9–16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Mixer Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
RT Control (Realtime Control). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
External. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Tone Adjust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
KARMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
SEQ P1: DT/XY/Ctrls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
1–1: Drum Track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
1–2: X–Y Vol T01–08, 1–3: X–Y Vol T09–16. . . . .216
1–4: X–Y CC T01–08, 1–5: X–Y CC T09–16. . . . . .219
1–6: Controllers Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221
1–7: Pad T01–08, 1–8: Pad T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . .222
SEQ P2: EQ/Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
2–1: Trim T01–08, 2–2: Trim T09–16. . . . . . . . . . .224
2–3: EQ T01–08, 2–4: EQ T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
2–5: RADIAS T01–08, 2–6: RADIAS T09–16,
2–7: RADIAS Vocoder 1, 2–8: RADIAS
Vocoder 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
SEQ P3: Track Param (Track Parameters). . . . . 226
3–1: MIDI ch T01–08, 3–2: MIDI ch T09–16. . . . .226
3–3: OSC T01–08, 3–4: OSC T09–16. . . . . . . . . . . .227
3–5: Pitch T01–08, 3–6: Pitch T09–16. . . . . . . . . .228
3–7: Other T01–08, 3–8: Other T09–16 . . . . . . . .229
SEQ P4: Zones/Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
4–1: Key Z T01–08, 4–2: Key Z T09–16 . . . . . . . . .231
4–3: Vel Z T01–08, 4–4: Vel Z T09–16 . . . . . . . . . .232
4–5: Delay T01–08, 4–6: Delay T09–16. . . . . . . . .233
SEQ P5: MIDI Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
SEQ P5–1: MIDI Filter 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
5–1–1: –1 T01–08, 5–1–2: –1 T09–16 . . . . . . . . . .235
5–1–3: –2 T01–08, 5–1–4: –2 T09–16 . . . . . . . . . .236
5–1–5: –3 T01–08, 5–1–6: –3 T09–16 . . . . . . . . . .237
5–1–7: –4 T01–08, 5–1–8: –4 T09–16 . . . . . . . . . .238
SEQ P5–2: MIDI Filter 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
5–2–1: –5 T01–08, 5–2–2: –5 T09–16 . . . . . . . . . .239
5–2–3: –6 T01–08, 5–2–4: –6 T09–16 . . . . . . . . . .240
SEQ P6: Track Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
6–1: Track Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241
6–2: Track Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242
SEQ P7: KARMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
SEQ P7–1: KARMA 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
7–1–1: GE Setup A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
7–1–2: GE Setup B, 7–1–3: GE Setup C,
7–1–4: GE Setup D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
7–1–5: MIDI Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
7–1–6: CC Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
7–1–7: Scene Matrix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
7–1–8: Random Seeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
SEQ P7–2: KARMA 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
7–2–1: Control A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
7–2–2: Control B, 7–2–3: Control C,
7–2–4: Control D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
7–2–5: Trigger A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
7–2–6: Trigger B, 7–2–7: Trigger C,
7–2–8: Trigger D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
SEQ P7–3: KARMA 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
7–3–1: GE RTP M–A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
7–3–2: GE RTP M–B, 7–3–3: GE RTP M–C,
7–3–4: GE RTP M–D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
7–3–5: GE RTP A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
7–3–6: GE RTP B, 7–3–7: GE RTP C,
7–3–8: GE RTP D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
SEQ P7–4: KARMA 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
7–4–1: Perf RTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
7–4–2: Dynamic MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
7–4–3: Names Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
7–4–4: Name Map A, 7–4–5: Name Map B,
7–4–6: Name Map C, 7–4–7: Name Map D. . . . . 256
7–4–8: Note Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
SEQ P8: IFX (Insert Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
SEQ P8–1: IFX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
8–1–1: Routing1 T01–08,
8–1–2: Routing1 T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
8–1–3: Insert FX Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
8–1–4: IFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
8–1–5: IFX2, 8–1–6: IFX3, 8–1–7: IFX4,
8–1–8: IFX5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
SEQ P8–2: IFX Route 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
8–2–1: Routing2 T01–08,
8–2–2: Routing2 T09–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
8–2–8: Common FX LFO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
SEQ P9: MFX/TFX (Master/Total Effect) . . . . . . 263
9–1: Routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
9–2: MFX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
9–3: MFX2, 9–4: TFX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
SEQ P10: Pattern/RPPR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
10–1: Pattern Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
10–2: Pattern Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
10–3: RPPR Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
SEQ P11: Cue List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
11–1: Cue List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Sequencer: Menu Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
SystemExclusiveeventssupportedinSequencer
mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

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Sampling mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297
Sampling Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Sampling Page Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Sampling P0: Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
0–1: Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301
0–2: Audio In/Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
0–3: Preference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307
0–4: Memory Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308
0–8: Control Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
Mixer Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
RT Control (Realtime Control). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
External. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
Sampling P1: Sample Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
1–1: Sample Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
Sampling P2: Loop Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
2–1: Loop Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315
Sampling P3: Multisample Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
3–1: Multisample Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317
3–2: Preference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318
Sampling P4: Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
4–1: Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319
4–7: Pads 1–4 Setup, 4–8: Pads 5–8 Setup . . . . .320
Sampling P5: Audio CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
5–1: Ripping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321
Sampling P8: IFX (Insert Effect). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
8–1: Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323
8–2: Insert FX Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324
8–3: IFX1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325
8–4: IFX2, 8–5: IFX3, 8–6: IFX4, 8–7: IFX5 . . . . . . .326
8–8: Common FX LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326
Sampling P9: MFX/TFX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
9–1: Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327
9–2: MFX1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328
9–3: MFX2, 9–4: TFX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328
Sampling: Menu Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Global mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Global Page Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .355
Global P0: Basic Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356
0–1: Basic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
0–2: System Preference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
0–3: Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Global P1: MIDI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363
1–1: MIDI Basic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
1–2: MIDI Routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
1–3: External Mode 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
1–4: External Mode 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Global P2: Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .371
2–1: Foot Controllers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
2–2: MIDI CC# Assign. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Global P3: Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
3–1: Scales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Global P4: Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .374
4–1: Program Main. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
4–2: Program Sub. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
4–3: Combination Main, 4–4: Combination Sub,
4–5: KARMA GE Main, 4–6: KARMA GE Sub . . . . 374
Global P5: Drum Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375
5–1: Sample Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
5–2: Sample Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
5–3: Driver/EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
5–4: Voice/Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
5–8: Velocity Split. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Global: Menu Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .382
Media mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Media: File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391
0–1: Load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
0–2: Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
0–3: Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
0–4: Make Audio CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
0–5: Play Audio CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
0–6: Edit WAVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
0–8: Media Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Media: Menu Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .398

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Effect Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Effects in each mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421
Dynamic modulation (Dmod) and Tempo
Synchronization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .422
Common FX LFOs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423
FX Control Buses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423
Effect I/O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .424
Insert Effects (IFX1…IFX5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
In/Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .426
Routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .427
Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .430
Controlling the Insert Effects via MIDI . . . . . . . . .431
Master Effects (MFX1, 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
In/Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432
Routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .433
Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .435
Controlling the Master Effects via MIDI. . . . . . . .435
Total Effect (TFX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
In/Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436
Routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436
Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436
Using MIDI to control the Total Effect . . . . . . . . .436
Outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Main Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .437
Individual Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .437
Effect/Mixer Block Diagrams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Dynamics (Dynamic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
000: No Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .441
001: Stereo Compressor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .441
002: Stereo Limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .441
003: Multiband Limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443
004: St.MasteringLimtr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443
005: Stereo Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444
EQ and Filters (EQ/Filter). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
006: St.Parametric4EQ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445
007: St. Graphic 7EQ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445
008: St.Exciter/Enhncr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446
009: Stereo Isolator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447
010: St. Wah/Auto Wah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447
011: St. Vintage Wah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .448
012: St. Random Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .449
013: Multi Mode Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .450
014: St. Sub Oscillator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .450
015: Talking Modulator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451
016: Stereo Decimator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .452
017: St. Analog Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .452
Overdrive, Amp models, and Mic models
(OD Amp Mic). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
018: OD/Hi.Gain Wah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .453
019: St. Guitar Cabinet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .454
020: St. Bass Cabinet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .454
021: Bass Amp Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .455
022: Bass Amp+Cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .455
023: Tube PreAmp Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .456
024: St. Tube PreAmp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457
025: Mic Model+PreAmp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457
Chorus, Flanger, and Phaser
(Cho/Fln Phaser) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
026: Stereo Chorus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
027: St.HarmonicChorus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
028: St. Biphase Mod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
029: Multitap Cho/Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
030: Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
031: Polysix Ensemble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
032: Stereo Flanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
033: St. Random Flanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
034: St. Env. Flanger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
035: Stereo Phaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
036: St. Random Phaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
037: St. Env. Phaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Modulation and Pitch Shift (Mod./P.Shift) . . . 465
038: Stereo Vibrato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
039: St. Auto Fade Mod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
040: 2Voice Resonator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
041: Doppler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
042: Scratch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
043: Grain Shifter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
044: Stereo Tremolo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
045: St. Env. Tremolo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
046: Stereo Auto Pan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
047: St. Phaser + Trml . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
048: St. Ring Modulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
049: Detune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
050: Pitch Shifter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
051: Pitch Shifter BPM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
052: Pitch Shift Mod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
053: Organ Vib/Chorus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
054: Rotary Speaker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
055: L/C/R Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
056: Stereo/CrossDelay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
057: St. Multitap Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
058: St. Mod Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
059: St. Dynamic Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
060: St. AutoPanningDly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
061: Tape Echo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
062: Auto Reverse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
063: Sequence BPM Dly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
064: L/C/R BPM Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
065: Stereo BPM Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
066: St.BPM Mtap Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
067: St.BPM Mod. Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
068: St.BPMAutoPanDly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
069: Tape Echo BPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
Reverb and Early Reflections (Reverb ER). . . . 486
070: Reverb Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
071: Reverb SmoothHall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
072: Reverb Wet Plate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
073: Reverb Dry Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
074: Reverb Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
075: Reverb BrightRoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
076: Early Reflections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
Mono-Mono Serial (Mono-Mono) . . . . . . . . . . . 488
077: P4EQ - Exciter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
078: P4EQ - Wah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
079: P4EQ - Cho/Flng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

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080: P4EQ - Phaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .489
081: P4EQ - Mt. Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .490
082: Comp - Wah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .490
083: Comp - Amp Sim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .491
084: Comp - OD/HiGain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .491
085: Comp - P4EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .492
086: Comp - Cho/Flng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .492
087: Comp - Phaser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .493
088: Comp - Mt. Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .493
089: Limiter - P4EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .494
090: Limiter - Cho/Flng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .495
091: Limiter - Phaser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .495
092: Limiter - Mt.Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .496
093: Exciter - Comp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .496
094: Exciter - Limiter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .497
095: Exciter - Cho/Flng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .497
096: Exciter - Phaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .498
097: Exciter - Mt.Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .498
098: OD/HG - Amp Sim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .499
099: OD/HG - Cho/Flng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .499
100: OD/HG - Phaser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500
101: OD/HG - Mt.Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500
102: Wah - Amp Sim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501
103: Decimator - Amp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501
104: Decimator - Comp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501
105: AmpSim - Tremolo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .502
106: Cho/Flng - Mt.Dly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .502
107: Phaser - Cho/Flng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .502
108: Reverb - Gate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .503
Mono/Mono Parallel (Mono//Mono) . . . . . . . . 504
109: P4EQ // P4EQ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506
110: P4EQ // Comp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506
111: P4EQ // Limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506
112: P4EQ // Exciter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506
113: P4EQ // OD/HG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506
114: P4EQ // Wah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506
115: P4EQ // Cho/Flng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507
116: P4EQ // Phaser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507
117: P4EQ // BPM Dly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507
118: Comp // Comp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507
119: Comp // Limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507
120: Comp // Exciter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507
121: Comp // OD/HG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508
122: Comp // Wah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508
123: Comp // Cho/Flng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508
124: Comp // Phaser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508
125: Comp // BPM Dly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508
126: Limiter // Limiter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508
127: Limiter // Exciter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509
128: Limiter // OD/HG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509
129: Limiter // Wah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509
130: Limiter // Cho/Fl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509
131: Limiter // Phaser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509
132: Limiter // BPM Dl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509
133: Exciter // Exciter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .510
134: Exciter // OD/HG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .510
135: Exciter // Wah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .510
136: Exciter // Cho/Fl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .510
137: Exciter // Phaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .510
138: Exciter // BPM Dl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .510
139: OD/HG // OD/HG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .511
140: OD/HG // Wah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
141: OD/HG // Cho/Fln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
142: OD/HG // Phaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
143: OD/HG // BPMDly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
144: Wah // Wah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
145: Wah // Cho/Flng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
146: Wah // Phaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
147: Wah // BPM Dly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
148: Cho/Fl // Cho/Fl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
149: Cho/Fl // Phaser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
150: Cho/Fl // BPMDly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
151: Phaser // Phaser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
152: Phaser // BPMDly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
153: BPM Dl // BPM Dl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
Double Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .514
154: St. Mltband Limiter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
155: PianoBody/Damper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
156: Vocoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
157: OD/HyperGain Wah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516
158: GuitarAmp + P4EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516
159: BassTubeAmp+Cab.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
160: St. Mic + PreAmp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
161: Multitap Cho/Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
162: St. Pitch Shifter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519
163: St. PitchShift BPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519
164: Rotary SpeakerOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
165: L/C/R Long Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
166: St/Cross Long Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
167: Hold Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
168: LCR BPM Long Dly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
169: St. BPM Long Dly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
170: Early Reflections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

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KARMA GE guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525
About the KARMA GE guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .525
About KARMA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .527
Theory Of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .527
KARMA Architecture (Diagram) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .528
GE (Generated Effect) Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .529
GE Global Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .529
Note Series Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .531
Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .531
Phase Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .534
About Phase Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .534
General Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .534
Phase Specific Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .536
End Loop Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .537
Pattern Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .538
Rhythm Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .539
About Rhythm Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .539
Global Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .539
Pattern Grid & Associated Parameters. . . . . . . . .540
Random Weighting Parameters - Pools. . . . . . . .541
Random Weighting Parameters - Ties . . . . . . . . .541
Associated Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .542
Duration Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .543
About Duration Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .543
Pattern Grid & Associated Parameters. . . . . . . . .543
Associated Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .543
Random Weighting Parameters - Pools. . . . . . . .544
Random Weighting Parameters - Ties . . . . . . . . .545
Associated Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .545
Index Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .546
About Index Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .546
Pattern Grid & Associated Parameters. . . . . . . . .546
Associated Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .546
Random Weighting Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .547
Associated Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .547
Cluster Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .549
About Cluster Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .549
Pattern Grid & Associated Parameters. . . . . . . . .549
Random Weighting Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .549
Associated Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .550
Velocity Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .551
About Velocity Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .551
Global Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .551
Pattern Grid & Associated Parameters. . . . . . . . .552
Random Weighting Parameters - Pools. . . . . . . .552
Associated Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .552
CCs/Pitch Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554
About CC/Bend/Pitch Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554
Pattern Grid & Associated Parameters . . . . . . . . 554
Associated Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554
Random Weighting Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555
Global Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556
Associated Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556
WaveSeq Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557
About WaveSeq Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557
Global Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557
Pattern Grid & Associated Parameters . . . . . . . . 558
Random Weighting Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
Associated Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
Envelope Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
About Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
Level Combinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
Time Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
Repeat (Melodic Repeat) Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . 564
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564
General Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564
Range Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566
GE Mode = Real-Time Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . 567
Bend Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569
General Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569
GE Mode = Real-Time Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
Drum Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572
About Drum Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572
Pattern Editing Grid & Associated Parameters. 572
Associated Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573
Random Weighting Parameters - Pools . . . . . . . 574
Random Weighting Parameters - Rests . . . . . . . 574
Associated Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
Direct Index Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578
General Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578
Duration Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
Repeat Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580
Bend Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580
Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
Using Auto-Bend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
Random Weighting Curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584

x
Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .587
Alternate Modulation Sources (AMS). . . . . . . . 587
Alternate Modulation Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .587
AMS (Alternate Modulation Source) List. . . . . . .588
Alternate Modulation settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .590
Dynamic Modulation Sources (Dmod) . . . . . . 594
Dynamic Modulation Source List. . . . . . . . . . . . . .594
Controller Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596
X–Y CC Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .596
SW1/2 Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .597
Realtime Control Slider 5–8 Assignments. . . . . .598
Foot Switch Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .599
Foot Pedal Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .600
Dynamic MIDI Sources & Destinations . . . . . . 601
Dynamic MIDI Sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .601
Dynamic MIDI Destinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .603
MIDI transmission when the M3’s controllers are
operated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608
M3 and MIDI CCs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610
Responses to standard MIDI controllers . . . . . . .610
Parameters controlled by MIDI CCs #70-79 . . . .613
MIDI applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614
About MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .614
Settings when connected to a MIDI device or
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .614
Messages transmitted and received by the
M3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .615
MIDI Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625
Media mode information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629
AIFF and WAVE format details: importing . . . . .629
AIFF and WAVE format details: exporting. . . . . .629
About KORG format files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .630
About AKAI Program files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633
About SoundFont 2.0 files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633
CD-R/RW disks on the M3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634
UDF and packet-writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .634

1
Program mode
PROG Page Select
• Press the MODE PROG switch to select Program mode.
You can use the following ways to select the pages in
Program mode.
1. Press the PAGE SELECT switch to access “Page Select.”
“Page Select” shows an abbreviated name for each page.
The page in which you were prior to pressing the PAGE
SELECT switch is shown in light blue.
2. Select the desired page in the display.
Other ways to select pages
• Hold down the PAGE SELECT switch and press a
numeric keys 0–9 to specify a page number; you will
move to the corresponding page.
For example if you want to access the P4: Amp/EQ page,
hold down the PAGE SELECT switch and press numeric
key 4.
Note: For pages that consist of multiple subpages, such as
P3–1 and P3–2 or P7–1 and P7–2, the first of these pages
(P3–1 or P7–1) will be selected.
• You can press the EXIT switch to return to the P0: Play
page you selected most recently. Press the EXIT switch
once again to return to the Main page.
Page Main content
PLAY
P0:Play
Select and play programs.(☞p.2)
Simple KARMA editing.(☞p.4)
Audio input settings and resampling
settings.(☞p.8)
Editing from the control surface.(☞p.14)
EDIT
P1:Basic/DT/Ctrls
Basic program settings,such as voice assign
mode.(☞p.25)
Drum track settings.(☞p.28)
X–Y control settings.(☞p.31)
SW1,2,and slider function settings.(☞p.35)
Pad note and velocity settings.(☞p.36)
P2:OSC/Pitch Oscillator selection and pitch settings.
(☞p.37)
P3–1:Filter1 Filter 1 (tone) settings.(☞p.47)
P3–2:Filter2 Filter 2 (tone) settings.(☞p.57)
P4:Amp/EQ Amp 1,2 (volume) settings.(☞p.58) Amp 1,2 driver and pan settings.(☞p.64)
3-band parametric EQ settings.(☞p.65)
P5:LFO LFO settings.(☞p.66)
P6:AMS/Common
KeyTrack
AMS Mixer settings.(☞p.70)
Common keyboard tracking settings.
(☞p.76)
KARMA
P7–1: KARMA1
GE Setup/Module Overall settings for KARMA,and settings for each module.(☞p.77)
P7–2: KARMA2
GE RTP/Perf KARMA realtime parameter settings and performance parameter settings.(☞p.90)
EFFECT
P8:IFX
Oscillatoroutput busand mastereffectsend
level settings.(☞p.98)
Insert effect routing,selection,and settings.
(☞p.99)
P9:MFX/TFX Master effectrouting,selection,andsettings. (☞p.104)
Total effect selection and settings.(☞p.105)

Program mode
2
PROG P0:Play
This is the main Program mode page for EDS Programs.
Among other things, you can:
• Select Programs
• Make basic edits to KARMA
• Set up the audio inputs and resampling options
• Check the control surface content, and control it.
All MIDI data in Prog P0: Play is transmitted and
received on the global MIDI channel MIDI Channel
(Global 1–1a).
Tip: Auto Song Setup
The Auto Song Setup feature copies the current Program or
Combination into a Song, and then puts the M3 in record-
ready mode.
If inspiration for a phrase or song strikes you while you’re
playing, you can use this function to start recording
immediately. For more information, please see “Tip: Auto
Song Setup” on page 192.
0–1:Main
0–1a: Program Select
Bank (Bank Select)
[INT–A...F, GM, g(1)...g(9), g(d), USER–A...G]
This is the Bank containing the current Program.
The GM bank contains a full set of General MIDI 2
Programs, as well as variation sub-banks g(1)–g(9) (GM2
variation programs), and bank g(d) (drums).
Each time you press the BANK SELECT I–G switch, you’ll
step through these variation banks in the following order:
G→g(1)→g(2)…g(8)→g(9)→G…
• Rewritable banks INT–A–INT–E and USER–A–G each
contain 128 programs (a total of 1,536). Of the non-
rewritable banks, G contains GM2 capital programs,
g(1)–g(9) contain GM2 variation programs, and g(d)
contain GM2 drum programs.
• Bank INT–F can be selected if the optional EXB-RADIAS
is installed. If this is installed, 128 special programs for
the EXB-RADIAS will be available.
• Bank INT–E will be selected as the default destination
for writing resampled multisamples as programs when
you use the menu command Auto Sampling Setup.
• The GM basic sounds will be selected for banks for
which there is no variation sound. (An “*” is displayed
at the beginning of the program name.)
• If the optional EXB-RADIAS is installed, the bank type
of the USER-A–G banks can be switched between EDS
and RADIAS. You won’t be able to save programs in a
bank that is set to the wrong bank type. Use the Global
mode menu command Set Prog User-Bank Type to
make this setting. For more information, please see “Set
Prog User-Bank Type” on page 382.
For details on the factory Programs, please see the “Voice
Name List” (PDF).
Program Select [0...127 (INT–A...F, USER–A...G),
1...128 (G,g(1)...g(9),g(d))]
Here you can select a program.
To switch programs
• Select Program Select, use the numeric keys 0–9 to enter
a program number, and press the ENTER switch.
• Select Program Select, and turn the VALUE dial or use
the q/uswitches.
Note: In the P0: Play page (only), the VALUE slider oper-
ates as a program modulation source. You can’t use the
slider to select programs while in this page.
• From the Bank/Program Select menu, view and select
programs by bank.
• From the Category/Program Select menu, view and
select programs by category.
•Use a foot switch to switch programs. (see “Foot Switch
Assign” on page 371 and “List of Foot Switch
assignments” on page 599)
• Switch programs by transmitting a MIDI program
change from a connected external MIDI device.
0–1a
0–1b
0–1c
0–1
Menu
Bank
Program Select Popup Program Select
Category Popup Tempo
Bank Main contents
INT–A...D For preloaded programs (EDS)
INT–E
INT–F For EXB-RADIAS programs
G GM2 capital programs
g(1)–(9) GM2 variation programs*
g(d) GM2 drums programs
USER–A...D,
USER–E...G
For preloaded programs and user programs (EDS or
EXB-RADIAS), and for EXB-PCM series programs
For preloaded programs, and user programs such as
programs using multisamples created in Sampling

PROG P0: Play 0–1: Main
3
Bank/Program Select menu:
1. Press the popup button at the left of Program Select to
open the Bank/Program Select menu.
2. Press one of the tabs on the left or right to select a spe-
cific bank.
The Variation button is active if Bank GM is selected.
Each time you press the Variation button, the bank will
switch in the order of G→g(1)→g(2)→... →g(8)→g(9)→G.
3. Select a program from the list. You can touch a Pro-
gram’s name directly, or use the Inc qand Dec u
switches.
Use the scroll bar to view information not currently shown.
4. Press the OK button to confirm your choice, or press the
Cancel button to exit without changing the Program.
Bank/ProgramSelectmenu
Category [00...17/00...07]
Here you can select the program category.
All programs are classified using eighteen main categories
and eight sub-categories. You can select a category, and then
select a program within that category. When you press the
popup button, the Category/Program Select menu will
appear.
Category/Program Select menu:
Here you can select programs by main category and sub-
category. All programs are classified into up to eighteen
main categories, and each category is classified into eight
sub-categories. You can use these main categories and sub-
categories to select programs.
1. Press the Category popup button (above the Program
Select parameter) to open the Category/Program Select
menu.
2. Press one of the tabs on the left or right to select the
desired category.
Note: If no Programs are assigned to a particular category or
sub-category, you won’t be able to select its tab.
3. Select a program from the list.
You can touch a Program’s name directly, or use the Inc q
and Dec uswitches.
If there are more Programs than can be shown on the screen
at one time, use the scroll bar to browse through the entire
Category.
Category/ProgramSelectmenu
4. To select from a sub-category, press the Jump to Sub
button to access SubCategory/Program Select.
Press one of the left tabs to select a sub-category.
Note: Sub-categories not assigned to any programs cannot be
selected from the tabs.
Press the OK button to confirm your selection, or press the
Cancel button to cancel it. You will return to the main
categories.
5. Press the OK button to confirm your choice, or press the
Cancel button to exit without changing the Program.
Note: You can assign a category to a Program in the Write
Program dialog.
(Tempo) [40.00... 300.00, EXT]
This is the tempo for the current Program, which applies to
tempo-synced LFOs, KARMA, and tempo-synced effects.
040.00...300.00 allow you to set a specific tempo in BPM,
with 1/100 BPM accuracy. In addition to using the standard
data entry controls, you can also just turn the TEMPO knob,
or by playing a few quarter-notes on the TAP TEMPO
switch.
EXT shown if MIDI Clock (Global 1–1a) is set to External
MIDI or External USB. This is also shown if “MIDI Clock”
is Auto and MIDI clock data is being received from an
external device. If tempo is EXT, KARMA etc. will
synchronize to MIDI clock data from an external MIDI
device.
Tab
Scroll bar
Category
tab
Scroll bar
Sub-category
tab
Scroll bar

Program mode
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0–1b:Program Information
The following information for the selected program is
shown.
SW1,SW2
These are the functions controlled by the SW1, SW2 switches
of the KYBD-61/73/88.
Note: This setting is valid only if the KYBD-61/73/88 is
connected to the M3-M via its To Module connector.
C.S.
This indicates the currently selected control assignment.
Control via the control surface is available in any page.
FILTER 1,2
This indicates the filter type setting for filter 1 and 2.
AMP EG 1,2
This indicates the EG settings for amp 1 and 2.
EQ (Low,Mid[Hz],Mid,High)
This indicates the 3-band EQ settings. You can edit the
values.
0–1c: DrumTrack
The drum track provides an easy way for you to play back a
rhythm section using the M3’s high-quality drum programs
and rich variety of drum track patterns.
You can try out program phrases or edit programs while
listening to the drum track.
When you come up with a phrase you like, you can use the
Auto Song Setup function to easily record it into the
sequencer.
Pattern Bank [Preset, User]
Pattern No. [P000...522, U000...999]
Select the pattern you want to use in the drum track. You can
create user patterns in Seq P10: Pattern/RPPR– Pattern Edit.
DrumTrack Program [I–A000...U–G127]
Select the program that will play the drum track pattern.
Note: You can also edit these parameters in Prog P1: Basic/
DT/Ctrls.
The MIDI channel of the drum track is specified by the
Global P1: MIDI– MIDI Basic page DrumTrack Prog
MIDI Ch. MIDI message transmission for a pattern is
specified by Prog MIDI Out. Program changes are not
transmitted or received.
▼0–1:Menu Command
• 0: Write Program ☞p.106
• 1: Panel–SW Solo Mode On ☞p.106
• 2: Exclusive Solo ☞p.107
• 3: Copy X–Y Motion ☞p.107
For more information, please see “Program: Menu
Command” on page 106.
0–5:KARMA GE
This page lets you make basic adjustments to KARMA.
In Program mode you can use one KARMAmodule
(Module [A]).
Here you can select the GE (Generated Effect) used by the
KARMA module, specify the time signature of the
generated pattern, and view the content assigned to the
KARMA controllers.
Other settings are made in Prog P7 (see page 77–).
To enable or disable KARMA for the selected Program, use
the KARMA ON/OFF switch.
The states of the KARMA ON/OFF and LATCH switches,
the selected KARMA SCENES 1/5–4/8, and KARMA
Switches 1–8 and Sliders 1–8 are saved independently for
each Program.
0–5a: 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))]
This shows the bank, number, and name of the currently
selected program. Here you can also select a program. For
more information, please see “0–1a: Program Select” on
page 2.
(Tempo) [040.00...300.00, EXT]
For more information, please see “(Tempo)” on page 3.
0–5b:Load GE Options,KARMAT.Sig
Load GE Options
These options let you specify whether the values and
assignments for the KARMA Sliders 1–8 and Switches 1–8
will be set automatically, be initialized, or be preserved
when you select a GE.
These options relate to the concept of RTC Models; for more
information, see “RTC Model” on page 194 of the Operation
Guide.
1. Press the Load GE Options button to open the Load GE
Options dialog box.
0–5a
0–5b
0–5c
0–5
Menu

PROG P0: Play 0–5: KARMA GE
5
2. Specify how you want the KARMA controllers and
scene settings to change (or be preserved) when you
select a different GE.
Auto RTC Setup: When you select a GE, the settings for the
KARMA Sliders 1–8 and Switches 1–8 will be made
automatically. This means that when you select a GE, you
will be able to use the sliders and switches to control the
phrases or effect variations without having to reassign the
settings yourself.
Clear RTC Setup: When you select a GE, all KARMA
controller and scene settings will be cleared (initialized). The
Control Surface Sliders and Switches will have no effect on
the GE.
Keep RTC Setup: Even if you select a GE, the current
KARMAcontroller and scene settings will be preserved. Use
this setting if you want to preserve the current KARMA
controller and scene settings because you are selecting a GE
whose assigned GE parameters are exactly the same (using
the same RTC Model), or if you want to keep the current
KARMA controller settings and edit them yourself as
necessary.
3. If you choose the Auto RTC Setup setting, check or
uncheck the Use RTC Model option box to specify how
the automatic settings will be made.
On (checked): The current KARMAcontroller assignments
and values will be cleared, and new settings will be made
according to the RTC Model specified for each GE. However
if you select a GE whose RTC Model is Custom, all KARMA
controller and scene settings will be initialized (the same as
if you’ve selected Clear RTC Setup On). Normally you will
leave this on.
Off (unchecked): The current KARMA controller
assignments and values will be preserved as much as
possible. For example, you might select a drum pattern GE
with this setting turned On (checked), edit some of the
KARMA Scene settings appropriately for that GE, and then
turn this Off (unchecked) when trying out a different drum
pattern GE, thereby applying the settings you made to the
new GE.
Note: If you turn on Auto RTC Setup and turn off Use RTC
Model, the current KARMAcontroller settings will be
preserved as much as possible, relative to the state of the GE
Real-Time Parameters. However if (for example) the newly
selected GE does not have the same realtime parameters,
some of the KARMA controller settings will be cleared.
Normally you will use this setting if you want to keep the
KARMA controller settings.
4. If you turned on Use RTC Model (checked), use Reset
Scenes to specify whether scene settings will be reset or
preserved when you select a GE.
On (checked): When you select a GE, the current settings of
scenes 1–8 will be reset to the stored GE settings.
Off (unchecked): The current settings of Scenes 1–8 will be
preserved. Choose this if you intend to select a different GE
that has the same RTC Model and want to continue using
the same scene settings.
Even if this is Off (unchecked), the settings will be reset
if you select a GE for which a different RTC Model is
specified.
If Use RTC Model is Off (unchecked), the Reset Scene
option is unavailable.
5. Click the OK button to apply the settings of the dialog
box, or click the Cancel button to return to the settings
before you opened the dialog box.
Note: The RTC Model associated with a GE can be viewed on
the Control Surface page when it is set to KARMA, and in
the VNL.
KARMAT.Sig (KARMA Time Signature)
[GE/TS, 1/4...16/4, 1/8...16/8, 1/16...16/16]
This specifies the time signature of the phrases or patterns
generated by the KARMA Modules.
The internal time signature of the phrase or pattern is
determined by the GE, but you can set this parameter to
change the time signature.
GE/TS: The initial time signature specified by each KARMA
Module will be used.
1/4…16/16: Specify the desired time signature. In
Combination and Sequencer modes, this will change the
time signature for all four KARMAModules.
0–5c: GE Select
The phrases and patterns produced by a KARMAModule
are generated by a GE (Generated Effect).
Based on input note data from the keyboard, the GE creates
phrases and patterns using numerous internal parameter
settings to control the development of the note data, the
rhythm, the chord structure, the velocity etc.
MIDI control changes and pitch bend etc. can also be
generated in synchronization with the phrase or pattern. In
this way you can produce phrases and patterns in which the
GE freely varies the tone or pitch. The GE can be selected
independently for each KARMA Module.
In Program mode you can use one KARMAModule
(Module [A]).
ModuleA:
GE Select [0000:Arp Model 01 Up/Dn...2092:
Tempo Env Repeats]
This selects the Module’s GE, from among the 2093 presets.
GE Category Select [Arpeggio...Real-Time]
This lets you select a GE by category, from Arpeggio
through Real-Time.
RTC Model
This shows the RTC Model of the GE selected by GE select.
RTC stands for “Real Time Control.” RTC models provide a
level of standardization for controlling the over 200 internal
parameters of a GE.
Load GE
Options
Module
GE Category Select
GE Select
RTC
Model
KARMA T.Sig
RTC Model

Program mode
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Link to DrumTrk [Off, On]
This links KARMA with the pattern playback of the drum
track.
On (checked): The KARMA performance will be linked
with the starting and stopping of the drum track. If this is
On, the front panel LINKED LED (located between the
DRUM TRACK ON/OFF and KARMA ON/OFF switches)
will light.
If you turn on the KARMA ON/OFF switch and play the
keys of the KYBD-61/73/88 (or receive a note-on message),
KARMAwill not be triggered. When you turn on the DRUM
TRACK ON/OFF switch, KARMAwill start the moment the
drum track starts.
When you turn the DRUM TRACK ON/OFF switch on
(when Trigger Mode is Start Immediately), KARMA will be
triggered and will begin operating. When KARMA
“LATCH” is on, and “Trigger Mode” is Wait KBD Trig, it
will begin operating when you play a key (or receive a note-
on message).
If you turn the DRUM TRACK ON/OFF switch off while
KARMA is operating, KARMAwill also stop if KARMA
“LATCH” is Off.
Off (unchecked): KARMAwill not synchronize with the
drum track.
▼0–5:Menu Command
• 0: Write Program ☞p.106
• 1: Panel–SW Solo Mode On ☞p.106
• 2: Exclusive Solo ☞p.107
• 3: Copy X–Y Motion ☞p.107
• 4: Copy KARMA Module ☞p.114
• 5: Initialize KARMA Module ☞p.115
• 6: Copy Scene ☞p.115
• 7: Swap Scene ☞p.115
• 8: Capture Random Seed ☞p.116
For more information, please see “Program: Menu
Command” on page 106.
0–6:KARMA RTC
Using the control surface for KARMA settings
You can use the control surface to control the KARMA
function’s KARMA Switches and KARMASliders. You can
make these settings using the front panel mixer section, or in
the P0: Play– Control Surface page display. The following
explanation describes how to make settings from the front
panel.
KARMA Switches
1. Press the CONTROL ASSIGN KARMA switch.
2. Press the MIX PLAY/MUTE 1–8 switches to turn the
KARMA Switches On/Off.
KARMA Sliders
1. Press the CONTROL ASSIGN KARMA switch.
2. Move the MIX VOLUMES 1–8 sliders.
MODULE CONTROL and scene switching
In Program mode, only KARMAModule Acan be used.
In Combination and Sequencer modes, the four modules A,
B, C, and D can be used. Use the MODULE CONTROL
switch to switch between them.
There are eight KARMA scenes, and you can use the
SCENES 1/5–4/8 switches to switch between them. Each
scene memorizes the settings of the KARMA Switches 1–8
and KARMA Sliders 1–8. By switching scenes, you can
instantly switch between these settings to add even more
variety to the sound generated by KARMA.
When you press the CONTROLASSIGN KARMA switch,
the 1–4 or 5–8 LED will blink as the next choice. When you
press one of the 1/5–4/8 switches, the corresponding
KARMA scene will be selected.
0–6a: 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))]
This shows the bank, number, and name of the currently
selected program. Here you can also select a program. For
more information, please see “0–1a: Program Select” on
page 2.
(Tempo) [040.00...300.00, EXT]
For more information, please see “(Tempo)” on page 3.
0–6a
0–6b
0–6c
0–6
Menu

PROG P0: Play 0–6: KARMA RTC
7
0–6b:CCs/Notes Graphic
KARMAModuleInfo:
Module
This indicates module A.
CCs/Notes,Scan Zone
This is a real-time display of the notes or CC# message
generated by the KARMA Module (Module [A]).
The Key Zone settings of the KARMAModule are displayed
as a solid blue line under the notes display. For more
information, please see “Zone:” on page 77.
KARMAValue
When you operate the KARMA Sliders 1–8 or KARMA
Switches 1–8, the number and value of the GE Real-Time
Parameters or Perf Real-Time Parameters you are
controlling will be displayed. This lets you see which
parameters are being controlled by the slider or switch, and
how.
Displayexample
Module & GE Name
This shows the KARMA module and GE.
Scene
This shows the currently selected scene.
Chord Name
This shows the chord name detected by the KARMA
module.
Note: Chord detection is affected by the following
parameters.
• Prog 7–7–1: Program Select, Load GE Options, KARMA
T.Sig, Tempo, Key Zone
•Transpose (Prog 7–1–7: Module Parameter-Control)
•Destination (Prog 7–2–3: Dynamic MIDI) Chord Scan
and Smart Scan
Selected Switch/Slider [SW1...8, SL1...8]
This shows the KARMA Sliders 1–8 or KARMASwitches 1–
8 you are currently operating or that was last selected.
Realtime Control Name
This shows the full name of the realtime control you are
currently operating or that was last selected. Parameter
assignments are made in the P7–1: KARMA2– Names page.
Module ID [A, P]
This shows which parameters you are controlling from the
KARMA Sliders 1–8 or KARMASwitches 1–8.
A: Shows that KARMAModule Ais being controlled. In this
case, you are controlling a GE Real-Time Parameter. (Note
that in Program mode, only Module Ais available.) The
following number identifies the specific parameter within
the module. For instance, A22 is parameter 22 of Module A.
P: Shows that the slider or switch is controlling a
Performance Real-Time Parameter.
Parameter No. [01...32]
When Module ID is A(KARMAModule A), this area shows
the GE Real-Time Parameter number 01–32 that you are
controlling (7–2: KARMA2– GE RTP). If Module ID is P, this
area shows the Performance Real-Time Parameter number
01–08 (7–2: KARMA2– Perf RTP) that you are controlling.
A slider or switch can have many parameters assigned to it.
A maximum of four assigned parameters can be displayed
here in the available space.
To change the parameter assignments, use the KARMA GE
RTP and Perf RTP pages. For more information, please see
7–2: KARMA– GE RTP page, and Perf RTP page.
ParameterValue
This shows the value of the GE or Performance Real-Time
Parameters assigned to the selected Slider or Switch. The
range can vary, depending on the individual parameters.
The range of the displayed value will depend on the
parameter. The display and value will change when you
operate the slider or switch.
Note: The number and value of the GE realtime parameters
and performance realtime parameters are shown as far as
can be displayed.
0–6c: RealTime Controls
This displays the names and stored settings of KARMA
Switches 1–8 and KARMA Sliders 1–8.
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8:
This shows the current settings of KARMASwitches 1–8
and the KARMA Sliders. The explanation below will
mention only Switch 1 and Slider 1. Switches 2–8 and Sliders
2–8 are the same as 1.
KARMA Switch1
This shows the current KARMASwitch 1 setting.
If Control Assign is KARMA, you can use the control
surface switches and sliders to control KARMASwitches 1–
8 and KARMA Sliders 1–8. You can also operate them by
directly pressing the switch shown in the display.
KARMA Switch1 StoredValue
This shows the setting of KARMA Switch 1 that is written
into the program.
KARMA Switch1 Name
This shows the name of KARMA Switch 1 (abbreviated
name).
You can assign this name in Prog 7–2: KRMA2 – Names.
KARMA Slider1
This shows the current setting of KARMASlider 1.
If Control Assign is KARMA, this is linked with operations
of control surface slider 1. In addition, you can directly press
the slider shown in the display and then use the VALUE
slider, q/uswitches, or VALUE dial to adjust the value.
KARMA Slider1 StoredValue
This shows the setting of KARMA Slider 1 that is written
into the program.
KARMA Slider1 Name
This shows the name of KARMA Slider 1 (abbreviated
name).
Module CCs Scan ZoneNotes
Module ID
Selected Switch/Slider
Parameter No. ParameterValue
Realtime Control nameModule & GE Name
Scene Chord Name

Program mode
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You can assign this name in Prog 7–2: KRMA2 – Names.
▼0–6:Menu Command
• 0: Write Program ☞p.106
• 1: Panel–SW Solo Mode On ☞p.106
• 2: Exclusive Solo ☞p.107
• 3: Copy X–Y Motion ☞p.107
• 4: Copy KARMA Module ☞p.114
• 5: Initialize KARMA Module ☞p.115
• 6: Copy Scene ☞p.115
• 7: Swap Scene ☞p.115
• 8: Capture Random Seed ☞p.116
• 9: Auto Assign RTC Name ☞p.117
For more information, please see “Program: Menu
Command” on page 106.
0–7:Sampling/Audio In
This page lets you adjust the volume, pan, effects sends, and
bussing for the audio inputs, including analog inputs 1–2
and the S/P DIF L/R digital inputs. It also controls the
sampling-related settings for Program mode.
The M3 can sample external audio from the analog or S/P
DIF inputs, at 48 kHz 16-bit resolution, in mono or stereo.
You can record samples into RAM, or sample directly to
media.
You can also digitally resample the complete sound of a
Program, played polyphonically, live or sequenced,
including any effects and KARMA-generated events.
Finally, you can also use the M3 as a 4-in, 6-out effects
processor.
You can combine any and all of these features at once. For
instance, you can sample a live guitar riff from the audio
inputs, processed through M3 effects, while listening to and
either recording or not recording a KARMA-generated
phrase.
Note: If the EXB-FW option is installed, FireWire audio
input/output will be added. This gives you a total of 6-in
and 6-out.
Usingthecontrolsurfacetomakeaudioinputset-
tings
You can use the control surface to make Play/Mute, Solo
On/Off, and Volume settings for the audio input. These
settings can be made from the front panel mixer section, or
in the display of the P0: Play– Control Surface page. Here we
will explain how to use the front panel.
If Use/Edit Global Setting is on, the control surface will
control the Global mode settings.
PLAY/MUTE
1. Press the CONTROL ASSIGN MIXER switch to make
INPUTS light.
2. Press a MIX PLAY/MUTE 1–4 switch to change the
PLAY/MUTE status of each input.
SOLO On/Off
1. Press the CONTROL ASSIGN MIXER switch to make
INPUTS light.
2. Choose the menu command “Panel-Switch Solo Mode
On.” (A check mark will appear when you select this.)
3. Press a MIX PLAY/MUTE 1–4 switch to change the solo
on/off status of each input.
Audio Volume
1. Press the CONTROL ASSIGN MIXER switch to make
INPUTS light.
2. Use the MIX VOLUMES 1–4 slider to control the vol-
ume.
0–7a
0–7b
0–7
Menu
0–7c

PROG P0: Play 0–7: Sampling/Audio In
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Note: If the EXB-FW option is installed, you can use the 5, 6
switches and 5, 6 sliders to control the above PLAY/MUTE,
SOLO On/Off, and Audio Volume settings of the FireWire
inputs.
0–7a: Audio Input
Use Global Setting [Off, On]
Programs can use the single, Global audio input mixer
setup, or can instead have their own custom settings. The
Global settings are described under “0–3: Audio,” on
page 360.
When Use Global Settings is On, the Program uses the
Global settings. This is the default, and lets you change
freely between different Programs and Combinations
without affecting the audio inputs.
Note: FireWire 1 and 2 are enabled if the EXB-FW option is
installed.
Also, any edits made on this page will affect the Global
setting, along with any other Programs, Combinations, or
Songs which use the Global setting.
On the other hand, it may sometimes be convenient to save
a particular mixer setup with an individual Program, to set
up special sub-mixer settings or effects processing for
particular inputs. For example, you can set up a Program to
use a mic input with a vocoder, as described under
“Example: Vocoder (Program)” on page 424, and page 515.
In this case, set Use/Edit Global Setup to Off, and the audio
inputs will use the Program’s custom settings.
Input [Analog,S/P DIF,(FireWire)]
Analog: The INPUT 1 and 2 jacks will input mic level or line
level signals.
S/P DIF: A digital audio from the S/P DIF IN jack will be
input. Connect the digital output of your instrument or DAT
etc. to the S/P DIF IN jack. Input1 shown below specifies the
input to the L side of S/P DIF, and Input2 specifies the input
to the R side. The S/P DIF input/output supports 48 kHz
sample rates.
If you want to use S/P DIF, set System Clock to S/P
DIF. For more information, please see “System Clock”
on page 359.
FireWire: If the EXB-FW option is installed, input a digital
audio signal from the FireWire connector. The sample rate of
the FireWire input/output is 48 kHz.
Note: For details on FireWire input, please see “M3 Editor/
Plug-In Editor Manual” (PDF).
Note: You can make settings independently for analog and
S/P DIF. Make this Input setting first, and then specify the
Input1 and Input2 parameters. You can also input from
multiple external audio sources at the same time.
Input1,Input2:
PLAY/MUTE [PLAY, MUTE]
This shows whether the external audio signal being input is
in PLAY or MUTE status.
You can use the MIX PLAY/MUTE 1–4 switches to change
this.
Mute: The input sound will be muted (silent).
Play: The input sound will be heard.
Tip: You can use the control surface to control this parameter.
For more information, please see “Using the control surface
to make audio input settings” on page 8.
SOLO On/Off [Off, On]
This indicates the SOLO status of each external audio signal
input.
If the menu command Panel-Switch Solo Mode is checked,
you can use the MIX PLAY/MUTE 1–4 switches to change
this setting.
Tip: You can switch the Panel-Switch Solo Mode on/off by
holding down the ENTER switch and pressing numeric key
1.
Sound will be output only from channels for which SOLO is
On. Other channels will be muted.
The Solo function includes the oscillators in Program mode,
the timbres in Combination mode, and MIDI tracks and
audio tracks in Sequencer mode.
The way in which the Solo function operates will depend on
the setting of the Exclusive Solo menu command in each
mode.
Exclusive Solo Off: You can solo multiple audio inputs. The
solo status will change each time you press Solo On/Off.
Exclusive Solo On: Pressing a SOLO button will solo only
that audio input.
The SOLO setting is not memorized when you Write a
Program.
Tip: You can hold down the ENTER switch and press
numeric key 2 to switch Exclusive Solo On/Off.
Tip: You can use the control surface to control this parameter.
For more information, please see “Using the control surface
to make audio input settings” on page 8.
Level [000...127]
This controls the level of the external audio signal. The
default is 127.
The analog audio signals from AUDIO INPUTS 1, 2 are
converted into digital form by an A/D converter. This
parameter sets the level of the signal immediately after this
conversion.
AUDIO INPUT 1,2ADC
Analog to
Digital
Converter
LEVEL
(MIC/LINE)
(MIN...MAX)
ADC OVERLOAD !!
L-Mono
R-Mono Stereo
REC Sample Setup
"Mode" (0–7b)
"Level"
[127=0dB]
"Pan"
Insert
Effects CLIP !!
"Recording Level" (0–7c)
[–inf ... 0.0dB ... +18.0dB]
"Audio Input" (0–7a)
L/MONO
"Source Bus" (0–7b)
= L/R
R
AUDIO
OUTPUT
Bus(IFX/Indiv.)
= L/R or IFX1-5
Total
Effects
Master
Effects
S/P DIF IN (L, R)
"Level"
[127=0dB]
"Pan"
Insert
Effects
FIREWIRE IN (L, R)
OPTION:
"Level"
[127=0dB]
"Pan"
Insert
Effects
Sampling
Audioinput/output

Program mode
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If the sound is distorted even though this level setting is
very low, see “Tips for eliminating distortion when using the
analog inputs,” below.
Tip: You can use the control surface to control this parameter.
For more information, please see “Using the control surface
to make audio input settings” on page 8.
Avoiding extraneous noise
If audio cables are connected to AUDIO INPUTS 1, 2,
any noise carried by the cables will enter into the M3
mixer structure. Similarly, the S/P DIF (or option EXB-
FW) input may carry noise from external devices. This
may include hiss, hum, and other audio noise.
To avoid noise from unused audio inputs, either:
• Set the input’s Level to 0
or
• Set all of the bus assignments to Off, including Bus
Select (IFX/Indiv. Out Assign), AUX Bus, and FX
Control Bus
If no audio cables are connected to AUDIO INPUTS 1, 2,
the input signals are forced to zero, preventing any addi-
tional noise.
Pan [L000...C064...R127]
This specifies the panning of the external audio input signal.
When using two inputs for a stereo audio source, you’ll
normally set the inputs to L000 and R127 respectively.
Bus Select [L/R, IFX1...5, 1...4, 1/2, 3/4, Off]
This specifies the bus for the external audio input signal.
L/R: The external audio input signal will be sent to the L/R
bus.
IFX1, 2, 3, 4, 5: The external audio input signal will be sent to
the IFX1–5 bus. Choose one of these settings if you want to
apply an insert effect while sampling.
1, 2, 3, 4: The external audio input signal will be sent, in
mono, to INDIVIDUAL outputs 1, 2, 3, and 4. Pan does not
apply in this case.
1/2, 3/4: The external audio input signal will be sent to the
individual outputs in stereo pairs.
Off: The external audio signal will not be input.
FX Bus (FX Control Bus) [Off, 1, 2]
This sends the external audio input signal to the FX Control
busses (two mono channels; 1, 2). For more information,
please see “FX Control Buses” on page 423.
AUX Bus [Off, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1/2, 3/4]
This sends the external audio input signal to theAUX busses
(four mono channels; 1, 2, 3, 4).
The AUX buses are used when sampling in each mode.
You can sample these signals by setting the sampling Source
Bus (Prog 0–7b) to AUX bus.
Normally, you will set Source Bus to L/R, and sample the
signal from the L/R bus. However, you can use the AUX
buses in situations such as when you want to apply an effect
to an audio signal and sample it while listening to the
keyboard performance being sent to L and R outputs or to
the playback of an external audio CD. You can mix multiple
audio inputs to AUX buses, or mix the direct signal of the
audio input with the post-insert-effect sound, and then
sample the result. For more information, please see the
diagram “Source Bus = AUX 1/2” on page 12
Off: The sound will not be output to the AUX buses.
Normally you will leave this off.
1, 2, 3, 4: The external audio input signal will be sent to the
specified AUX bus. The Pan setting is ignored, and the
signal is sent in monaural.
1/2, 3/4: The external audio input signal will be sent in stereo
to the specified pair of AUX busses. The Pan setting sends
the signal in stereo to busses 1 and 2 or busses 3 and 4.
Note: If the EXB-RADIAS is installed, you can use the AUX
buses to route the signal from the mixer or effect section to
the RADIAS’ oscillator or vocoder.
Send1 [000...127]
Send2 [000...127]
These adjust the levels at which the external audio input
signal is sent to the master effects.
Send1: Send the signal to master effect 1.
Send2: Send the signal to master effect 2.
If Bus Select is set to IFX1–5, the send levels to the master
effects are set by the post-IFX1–5 Send1 and Send2 (Prog 8–
2a). For more information, please see “Audio Input, S/P DIF
IN, FireWire” on page 429.
ADC OVERLOAD !
If the signal level from AUDIO INPUT 1, 2 jacks is too high,
the “ADC OVERLOAD!” indication will appear. You’ll need
to adjust the MIC/LINE gain select switches and/or LEVEL
knobs, or the output level of your external audio source.
0–7b:Sampling Setup
SourceBus [AnalogInput1/2,S/P DIF IN L/R,
(FireWire IN L/R),L/R,AUX1/2,AUX3/4,Indiv.1/2,
Indiv.3/4]
You can sample in stereo from any pair of audio inputs,
from the two stereo AUX busses, or from the signal at any of
the 7 outputs (Analog Input and Indiv. 1/2–3/4).
When you sample from an output pair or AUX bus, you’ll
record all audio sent to the output or bus, including internal
Programs or Combinations, effects, and audio inputs.
When sampling in stereo, the odd-numbered channel (such
as 1, or 3) corresponds to the left channel, and the even-
numbered channel (such as 2, or 4) corresponds to the right.
Analog Input 1/2: Choose these settings to sample directly
from the analog audio inputs, without any other processing
by M3. The settings on the Audio Inputs mixer, including
volume, pan, busses, sends, mute, and solo, will have no
effect on the recorded audio.
For more information, please see the diagram “Source Bus =
Audio Input 1/2” on page 11.
S/P DIF IN L/R: Choose this setting to sample the S/P DIF
input directly, without any other processing by M3. The
settings on the Audio Inputs mixer, including volume, pan,
busses, sends, mute, and solo, will have no effect on the
recorded audio.
For more information, please see the diagram “Source Bus =
S/P DIF IN L/R” on page 11.
FireWire IN L/R: Choose this setting if you want to sample
the input from the FireWire connector of the EXB-FW
option. This lets you directly sample the inputs of the
FireWire connector without routing the signal through the
L/R bus, AUX buses, or Individual buses. The FireWire L/R
inputs will be connected directly, regardless of the Audio
Input (Prog 0–7a) Bus Select, Pan, and Level settings.
For more information, please see the diagram “Source Bus =
FireWire IN L/R (Option)” on page 11.
L/R: This lets you sample the signal heard at the main L/R
outputs, including any processing by TFX. This is the