Editor / Plug-In Editor Manual E 2
Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Main features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Please note before use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 M3 Editor and M3 Plug-In Editor operating requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Introduction Thank you for purchasing the M3. To help you get the most out of your new instrument, please read this manual carefully. Main features M3 Editor and M3 Plug-In Editor are applications for Macintosh or Windows that allow you to edit the M3’s EDS programs, RADIAS programs (if the EXB-RADIAS is installed), combinations, songs, KARMA settings, effects, and global settings. The M3 Editor is a stand-alone editor.
Installation Installation in Windows XP To install the M3 Editor and M3 Plug-In Editor into Windows XP, use the following procedure. You 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 Guide.) 1 Insert the included CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. Normally the “M3 Application Installer” will start up automatically.
6 7 8 The M3 Editor screen will appear. Click [Next>]. 9 The “Select installation folder” screen will appear. Choose the location and user(s) for which you want to install the software, and click [Next>]. 10 “Verify installation” will appear. To proceed with installation, click [Next>]. Installation will begin. 11 If installation is successful, click [Close]. “M3 Editor/Plug-In Editor Installer” will appear. 12 Next you will install the plug-in version(s) that you want to use.
Installation in Mac OS X To install the M3 Editor and M3 Plug-In Editor into Mac OS X, use the following procedure. You 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 Guide.) 1 2 Insert the included CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
6 A screen where you can choose the “Installation destination” will appear. Choose the installation destination and click [Continue]. 7 8 The “Easy Installation” dialog box will appear. Click [Install]. Depending on the version of your Mac’s operating system, a confirmation dialog box may appear at this point. If so, enter your password and click [OK]. 9 When the installation has been successfully completed, click [Restart] to exit the installer.
Setup Setting 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’s Global mode, make sure that MIDI Filter “Enable Exclusive” is on (the check box should be checked). (The factory setting is on.
Setting 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 settings so that it will operate correctly. Make settings as appropriate for your system and setup.
Using an external mixer to control the M3’s audio signal If you want to mix the M3’s audio signals with the audio signals sent from your host application via your audio interface, or with audio signals from another sound module, make connections as shown below.
Apple - Logic Pro 7 1 2 Start up Logic Pro 7. 3 To route the M3’s audio signal into Logic Pro 7, create 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 you’re routing 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 routing the M3’s audio signal to an audio AUX track, this setting is not necessary.
Steinberg - Cubase SX4 1 2 Start up Cubase SX4 and create a project. 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 route the M3’s audio signal to Cubase SX4, create an audio track. As the input of the track, select the audio interface input to which you’ve connected the M3’s audio signal. 5 Turn the Monitor button on so that you can hear the audio signal.
Ableton - Live 6 1 2 Start up Live 6, and choose “View”->“Session View.” 3 Press the arm button so that the MIDI input from the external source will be sent to “M3 Plug-In Editor.” 4 To route the M3’s audio signal to Live 6, create an audio track. As the input of the audio input/output section, select the audio interface input to which you’ve connected the M3’s audio signal. 5 Set the Monitor setting to “In” so that you can hear the audio signal of the M3.
MOTU - Digital Performer 5 1 2 Start up Digital Performer 5 3 Create a MIDI track. Choose “M3 Plug-In Editor” as the output of that MIDI track. 4 To route the M3’s audio signal to Digital Performer 5, create an audio track or an AUX track. As the input of that track, select the audio interface input to which you’ve connected the M3’s audio signal. 5 If you’re routing the M3’s audio signal to an audio track, turn the REC button on so that you can hear the audio signal.
Digidesign - Pro Tools LE 7 1 2 Start up Pro Tools LE 7, and open a session. 3 Create a MIDI track. Choose “M3 Plug-In Editor” as the output of that MIDI track. 4 To route the M3’s audio signal to Pro Tools LE 7, create an audio track or an AUX input track. As the input, select the audio interface input to which you’ve connected the M3’s audio signal. Create an audio track, and start up “M3 Plug-In Editor.
5 If you’re routing 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 routing the M3’s audio signal to an AUX input track, this setting is not necessary. Other host applications 1 2 3 4 Start up your host application. 5 So that you can hear the M3’s audio signal that is being routed to the audio track, turn the monitor button on for that audio track. Start up “M3 Plug-In Editor” as a plug-in instrument. Create a MIDI track.
Basic functions and operation Start-up M3 Editor • From the “KORG”-“M3” folder, start up “M3 Editor.” Note: When you start up the editor, the M3 programs and other settings can be loaded automatically. (See p.27 “Preferences”) Don’t touch the keyboard or the mouse of your computer while data is being sent or received. Windows XP Access the “KORG” folder from the taskbar via [Start]-[All Programs]. Mac OS X The “KORG” folder is located in the “Applications” folder.
Items in the screen A screen like the following will appear when you start up the editor. (This illustration here shows the Combination mode screen.) Program (Combination/Song) Number, Name Control Assign Control Surface Mode/Browser/Utility KARMA/ Drum Track Edit Pages Tabs Keyboard Mode (COMBI, PROG, SEQ, GLOBAL)/Browser (BROWSE)/Utility (UTILITY): Here you can select program, combination, sequencer, or global mode.
Keyboard: This section consists of an 88-note keyboard, a pitch bend wheel, and a modulation wheel. You can click the keyboard to play notes, and even play a glissando by dragging over the keyboard to the left or right. Operate the pitch bend wheel and modulation wheel by dragging them upward or downward.
Operating procedure Selecting 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, controller CC assignments, scale, category names, drum kits, and RADIAS formant motions.
Simple program editing 1 2 In the Edit Pages area, click the [Play] button to view the Play page. 3 In the set of tabs located in the center of the screen, choose [Tone Adjust]. 4 Use the eight sliders and switches of the control surface to modify the sound. The parameters are shown in the Tone Adjust tab in the lower half of the screen. For an explanation of these parameters, refer to the M3 parameter guide (PDF).
Selecting 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 drum kits, arpeggio patterns, and scales (temperaments). Select the desired page (or tab), and edit the settings. • To select a page, click the tab for the desired edit page. • To move between tabs within a page, select one of the tabs located in the center of the window.
Writing (saving) If you want to keep any of the edits you have made, you must write (save) them. This Write operation will save the edited settings on the M3. If you select another program or close the application before you execute the Write operation, the content you had been editing will be lost. The same applies to combinations or songs. Global mode settings are maintained until you close the application, but your changes will be lost when you close the application.
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 Current Combi) in the Editor to receive a data dump for the current data.
Special functions provided on the M3 1 Tone Adjust This function provides an easy way to edit the sound of programs, 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 KARMA function on/off, scene changes, editing the realtime parameters, and editing the GE parameters.
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. You can also assign desired user banks to be dedicated to storing RADIAS programs. In Combination mode and Sequencer mode, you will also be able to use a special screen to edit the vocoder section separately from the sound generator.
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.
Functions specific to the editor These are functions that are not found on the M3, and are available only from the editor (M3 Editor, M3 Plug-In Editor). Utility commands Load Loads editor data that was previously saved on the computer. Save Saves data from the editor to your computer as a file. Note: These functions load or save the data as dedicated files for the editor application. Receive All Receives all data from the M3 data into the editor.
Transmit Current Combi/Current Prog/1 SEQ Transmit the respective data from the editor to the M3. This operation does not write the data into the M3's internal memory. You'll need to write (save) it if necessary. Note: These Receive and Transmit commands use KORG SysEx MIDI Dump to send or receive data, or to synchronize the data between the M3 and the software. Don’t touch the keyboard or the mouse of your computer while data is being sent or received.
data dump requires 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 previously-saved data file into M3 Editor. Note: The Total Recall & Data Sync Setting function is available only with M3 Plug-In Editor. Load data file automatically When M3 Editor starts up, the data file you specify here will automatically be loaded into the editor.
Caution regarding USB connection If you lose data synchronization with the M3 when starting-up the editor, please check the following points. • If you’re using a USB hub, try connecting the M3 directly to a USB port on the computer itself to see whether it will work. You can also try removing all other connected USB devices except for the M3 itself.
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