M50 Connections, Getting Around on the M50

M50 EasyStart

M50 Connections

1.Connect the AC power cable, and make sure that the VOLUME knob is turned down first > connect audio cables from the AUDIO OUTPUT L/R jacks on the back of the M50 to your mixer, amplifier, or powered monitors (or connect headphones to the PHONES jack).

2.Press the POWER ON button on the rear panel. Note that the current Operating System information will be displayed on power-up. Visit www.korg.com/m50 for the most-current OS and additional support!

Getting Around on the M50

Navigating through the M50 is quick and easy… You’re never more than a touch or two away from where you want to be. You’ve provided with several different ways to enter data, meaning that you can work the way that you want to.

1.The M50 has three musical modes, which can be selected using the buttons to the right of the display:

PROG (Program) mode: Use this to play the individual sounds of the M50

COMBI (Combination) mode: Up to 16 programs can be layered, split or velocity-switched across the keys, each with its own 3-band EQ

SEQ (Sequence) mode: A high-resolution 16 track sequencer with easy editing and audio recording

2.There are two additional modes:

GLOBAL mode: Adjust settings that affect all modes, such as MIDI, connection, and tuning settings

MEDIA mode: Interact with the SD card, saving and loading songs, sounds, and settings

3.Use the TouchView display to select sounds and functions. When selecting sounds, use the scroll bar at the bottom of the display to move right or left, and you’ll see more sounds in each center menu – touch to audition sounds, and touch the “OK” button in the display to go to the play mode page of the selected sound.

4.When you touch a parameter with a value that can be changed, you can modify it using these controls surrounding the display:

Turn the DIAL to the right of the display

Use the INC/DEC buttons to the left of the display

Use the numeric keypad to the right of the display to enter values

Loading Factory Settings/Demo Songs

1.Press the GLOBAL button, touch the drop-down menu in the upper-right corner of the display, and select “Load Preload/Demo Data”.

2.Choose what you’d like to load (“All Data” is selected by default) and then touch “OK”.

If you select a type of sound to load (Programs/Combis), you can load individual banks instead of the entire preload data. You can even load individual sounds if desired.

3.Press the SEQ button, and then press START/STOP to listen to the demo songs…

To select additional demo songs: Touch the title of the song, and use the INC/DEC buttons, the DIAL, or the numeric keypad and then press the START/STOP button. Press START/STOP again to stop playback of the song.