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T able of C ont ents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Main features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Please note before use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

1 Intr oduc tion Thank you for purchasing the M3. T o help you get the most out of your new instrument, please read this manual car efully . Main fea tures M3 Editor and M3 Plug-In Editor are applications for Macintosh or W indows that allow you to edit the M3’s EDS programs, RADIAS pr ograms (if the EXB-RADIAS is installed), combi- nations, song[...]

2 Installation Installation in Windo ws XP To install the M3 Editor and M3 Plug-In Editor into W indows XP , use the following pr oce- dure. Y ou must install the KORG USB-MIDI Driver (included) if you want to connect the M3 to your computer via USB and use the M3 Editor or M3 Plug-In Editor . (For details on installing the KORG USB-MIDI Driver , r[...]

3 5 The M3 Editor screen will appear . Click [Next>]. 6 The “W elcome to the M3 Editor setup wizard” scr een will appear . Click [Next>]. 7 “M3 Editor information” will appear . Read the displayed content, and click [Next>]. 8 The “License agreement” will appear . Carefully r ead the contents, and if you agree, check “I accep[...]

4 Installation in Mac OS X To install the M3 Editor and M3 Plug-In Editor into Mac OS X, use the following procedure. Y ou must install the KORG USB-MIDI Driver (included) if you want to connect the M3 to your computer via USB and use the M3 Editor or M3 Plug-In Editor . (For details on installing the KORG USB-MIDI Driver , refer to the Operation G[...]

5 6 A scr een where you can choose the “Installation destination” will appear . Choose the installation destination and click [Continue]. 7 The “Easy Installation” dialog box will appear . Click [Install]. 8 Depending on the version of your Mac’s operating system, a confirmation dialog box may appear at this point. If so, enter your pass[...]

6 Setup S etting up the M3 Editor If you want to use the M3 Editor with the M3 connected to your computer via USB, you must make sure that you have finished installing and setting-up the KORG USB-MIDI Driver before you start up the M3 Editor . 1 Use a USB cable to connect the M3’s USB B connector to the USB port of your computer . 2 In the M3’[...]

7 S etting up the M3 Plug-In Editor If you want to use the M3 Plug-In Editor with the M3 connected to your computer via USB, you must make sure that you have finished installing and setting-up the KORG USB-MIDI Driver before you start up the M3 Editor . This section explains how to set up the M3 Plug-In Editor in your host application and make set[...]

8 U sing an e x ternal mix er to contr ol the M3’ s audio signal If you want to mix the M3’s audio signals with the audio signals sent from your host applica- tion via your audio interface, or with audio signals from another sound module, make con- nections as shown below . Note: If you’re using only the module portion of the M3 as a sound mo[...]

9 Apple - Logic P ro 7 1 Start up Logic Pro 7. 2 Create an audio instr ument track, and start up “M3 Plug-In Editor .” 3 To r oute the M3’s audio signal into Logic Pro 7, cr eate an audio track or an audio AUX track. As the I/O source for that track, select the audio interface input to which you’ve connected the M3’s audio signal. 4 If yo[...]

10 Steinberg - C ubase SX4 1 Start up Cubase SX4 and create a pr oject. 2 In the VST Instruments window , start up “M3 Plug-In Editor .” 3 Create a MIDI track. As the output of that MIDI track, choose “M3 Plug-In Editor” which you started up in the VST Instruments window . 4 To r oute the M3’s audio signal to Cubase SX4, cr eate an audio [...]

11 Ableton - Liv e 6 1 Start up Live 6, and choose “V iew”->“Session V iew .” 2 From the plug-in device br owser , drag and drop “M3 Plug-In Editor” onto the session view . This will create a MIDI track with “M3 Plug-In Editor” started up. V erify that “M3 Plug-In Editor” is running in the MIDI track view . 3 Press the arm bu[...]

12 MO TU - Digital P er former 5 1 Start up Digital Performer 5 2 Create an instr ument track. Start up “M3 Plug-In Editor .” 3 Create a MIDI track. Choose “M3 Plug-In Editor” as the output of that MIDI track. 4 To r oute the M3’s audio signal to Digital Performer 5, create an audio track or an AUX track. As the input of that track, selec[...]

13 Digidesign - Pr o T ools LE 7 1 Start up Pro T ools LE 7, and open a session. 2 Create an audio track, and start up “M3 Plug-In Editor .” 3 Create a MIDI track. Choose “M3 Plug-In Editor” as the output of that MIDI track. 4 To r oute the M3’s audio signal to Pr o T ools LE 7, create an audio track or an AUX input track. As the input, s[...]

14 5 If you’re r outing the M3’s audio signal to an audio track, turn the REC button on so that you can hear the audio signal. If you are r outing the M3’s audio signal to an AUX input track, this setting is not necessary . O ther host applications 1 Start up your host application. 2 Start up “M3 Plug-In Editor” as a plug-in instrument. 3[...]

15 Basic func tions and opera tion Star t-up M3 Editor •F ro m the “KORG”-“M3” folder , start up “M3 Editor .” Note: When you start up the editor , the M3 programs and other settings can be loaded auto- matically . (See p.27 “Preferences”) Don’t touch the keyboard or the mouse of your computer while data is being sent or receive[...]

16 It ems in the scr een A scr een like the following will appear when you start up the editor . (This illustration here shows the Combination mode screen.) Mode (C OMBI, PROG, SEQ, GL OBAL)/Browser (BROW SE)/Utility (UTILIT Y ): Here you can select pr ogram, combination, sequencer , or global mode. The browser will dis- play the names of the progr[...]

17 Keyb oard: This section consists of an 88-note keyboard, a pitch bend wheel, and a modulation wheel. Y ou can click the keyboard to play notes, and even play a glissando by dragging over the key- board to the left or right. Operate the pitch bend wheel and modulation wheel by dragging them upward or downwar d.[...]

18 Opera ting proc edure S elec ting a mode • Click the button to select the corresponding mode. COMBI: Select, play , and edit combinations. PROG: Select, play , and edit programs. SEQ: Select, play , and edit sequencer songs. GLOBAL: Edit the software setup, global settings, MIDI settings, contr oller CC assignments, scale, category names, drum[...]

19 Simple progr am editing 1 In the Edit Pages area, click the [Play] button to view the Play page. 2 In the upper line of the screen, choose [T ONE ADJUST] in the selector located at the left of the control surface. 3 In the set of tabs located in the center of the screen, choose [T one Adjust]. 4 Use the eight sliders and switches of the control [...]

20 Selec ting pages and tabs When you want to perform detailed editing, you can switch to other pages and tabs to access the desired parameters. Global mode is divided into separate pages where you can edit dr um kits, arpeggio patterns, and scales (temperaments). Select the desired page (or tab), and edit the settings. •T o select a page, click [...]

21 Wr iting (saving) If you want to keep any of the edits you have made, you must write (save) them. This W rite operation will save the edited settings on the M3. If you select another program or close the application befor e you execute the W rite operation, the content you had been editing will be lost. The same applies to combinations or songs.[...]

22 3 Specify the program name, category , and save destination, and click the [OK] button. If you execute a menu command (such as Swap Oscillator) on the M3 itself, the data in the Editor and the data in the M3 may lose synchronization. In this case, execute a UTILITY menu command (such as Receive Curr ent Combi) in the Editor to receive a data dum[...]

23 Special func tions pro vided on the M3 1 T one Adjust This function provides an easy way to edit the sound of pr ograms, the programs used within a combination, or the programs used by song tracks. 2 KARMA In the M3 Editor window , you can perform essentially all editing operations that can be performed on the M3 itself, including turning the KA[...]

24 4 RADIAS (when the EXB-RADIAS is installed) If the EXB-RADIAS option is installed in the M3, you’ll be able to edit RADIAS programs using M3 Editor . Bank INT -F is dedicated to RADIAS programs. Y ou can also assign desired user banks to be dedicated to storing RADIAS pr ograms. In Combination mode and Sequencer mode, you will also be able to [...]

25 In Global mode, you can edit formant motion data for the RADIAS vocoder and save it in the M3’s internal memory . (This cannot be done using the M3 itself.)[...]

26 F unc tions specific to the editor These are functions that ar e not found on the M3, and are available only fr om the editor (M3 Editor , M3 Plug-In Editor). Utility commands Load Loads editor data that was previously saved on the computer . S ave Saves data from the editor to your computer as a file. Note: These functions load or save the da[...]

27 Tr ansmit C urrent C ombi/Curr ent Pr og/1 SEQ T ransmit the respective data fr om the editor to the M3. This operation does not write the data into the M3's internal memory . Y ou'll need to write (save) it if necessary . Note: These Receive and T ransmit commands use KORG SysEx MIDI Dump to send or receive data, or to synchr onize th[...]

28 data dump requir es a certain amount of time, you may wish to shorten the startup time by using the Load Data File Automatically function instead of this function, or by using the UTILITY command Load to load a pr eviously-saved data file into M3 Editor . Note : The T otal Recall & Data Sync Setting function is available only with M3 Plug-I[...]

29 C aution regar ding USB c onnec tion If you lose data synchr onization with the M3 when starting-up the editor , please check the following poin ts. • If you’re using a USB hub, try connecting the M3 dir ectly to a USB port on the computer itself to see whether it will work. Y ou can also try removing all other connected USB devices except f[...]

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