System information

M3 EasyStart
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Now, touch the “Mixer 1-8” tab, and you’ll see that the level/panning for each track has already been set for you. The
insert/master/total effects have also been loaded and routed, and so all that’s left is for you to choose a track and start
recording! Of course, you can change all the elements of the template while you’re working… and you can even edit preset
Template Song tracks and save them as User Templates, or create your own Template Songs from scratch, so that the M3 is
always ready to help you create your music, your way. Note: It just doesn’t get any better than this!
In every tab of Sequence mode, you can always change the track you’re working on. Just touch the name of the track, right below
the title of the song, and change it using the various navigation controls!
Saving Using USB Media
What better storage method could we have chosen than inexpensive, readily-available USB drives? You can use a USB flash
drive, a USB 2.0 hard drive, or even a USB CD burner! Here’s how to get your devices recognized:
1. Plug your USB device into one of the USB 2.0 ports in the back of the M3.
 USB 1 devices will work as well
2. Press the MEDIA button.
3. Touch the “Media Info” tab.
4. Touch the drop-down menu in the upper-right corner of the display, and select “Scan USB Device.”
5. The device should appear in the lower-left corner of the display.
 “RDD” stands for “Removable Disk Drive”
Now to save your work:
1. Touch the “Save” tab.
2. Touch the drop-down menu in the upper-right corner of the display, and select “Save SEQ”.
3. Touch the “T” to type in a name, then touch “OK” twice, and you’re done!
You can also use this “Save” tab to save changes you’ve made to Programs, Combis, and samples. Sound changes will be saved when
you turn the M3 off, but samples and sequences will not!
Using the Open Sampling System
The great thing about the M3’s sampler is that it’s ALWAYS ON! You’re never more than a few buttons away from sampling from
either the audio inputs, or the output of the M3 itself. You can process samples with the internal effects, create multisampled
keyboard voices, record audio directly into the sequencer, and save your completed songs as 2-channel WAV files, ready to be
burned to CD!
Let’s start by sampling some incoming audio.
1. Turn the input level on the back of the M3 all the way down, and then plug in a microphone or any other line/mic-level
sound source into the analog inputs.
2. Press the SAMPLING switch, and touch the “Audio In/Setup” tab.
3. Set the Source Bus to “Analog Input 1/2”.
4. Press the SAMPLING REC switch.
5. Turn up the input level on the back of the M3 and test the input until you get a good recording level.
6. Press the SAMPLING START/STOP switch to record, and then press it again to stop.
 Alternately, you can set the Trigger to “Threshold,” and the recording will only begin when the input level
crosses that adjustable threshold
7. Press the first pad to hear your sample!