Bank M Program Structure

Filter section

This section modifies the waveform by attenuating or emphasizing specific portions of the frequency spectrum. It contains two multi-mode filters. Each filter can be set to one of the following types: low pass filter, high pass filter, band pass filter, band reject filter, or dual band pass filter. This lets you modify the brightness of the sound. You can also select the way in which the two filters will be connected with the mixer section and amp section.

These settings are made by the “3-2: Filter 1,” “3-3: Filter 1 SUB,” “3-4: Filter 2,” and “3-5: Filter 2 SUB” parameters.

Amp section

This section modifies the volume of the output from the filter section. It contains two independent amplifiers. The signal which is input to each amplifier will depend on how the two filters are connected. The amp section also contains an amplitude envelope generator (Amp EG) which controls the amp.

These settings are made by the “4-1: Amp” and “4-2: Amp EG” parameters.

Effect section

This section applies effects to the signal which is output from the amp section. It has the same parameter structure as the programs of other banks.

These settings are made by the “Program Edit P7” and “Program Edit P8” parameters.

EG section

This section provides four general-purpose envelope generator (EG) units. The four EG’s for which settings are made in the EG section can be used as modulation sources for the parameters of each section, in order to apply time-variant change to the sound.

These settings are made by the “Program Edit P5” parameters.

LFO section

This section provides four general-purpose LFO units. The four LFO’s for which settings are made in the LFO section can be used as modulation sources for the parameters of each section, in order to apply cyclic change to the sound.

These settings are made by the “Program Edit P6” parameters.

Program basic section

Settings are made here for the program name, category, scale, key assign, keyboard, and the control nctions (joystick, ribbon controller, etc.).

These settings are made by the “1-1: Prog Basic” parameters.

Editing

Bank M programs are similar to bank A and bank B programs, in the respect that they can be edited in Program Play mode or by using the Performance Editor. One method to try is to use an existing program which resembles the desired sound, and use Program Edit mode to edit the parametes.

The filter, amp, effect, EG and LFO sections will function in the same way as for banks they doinand B,butthe display page structure and the parameters are different (☞ “3. Parameters” in this manual).

Program Structure

The operation and parameters of the oscillator and mixer sections are unique to bank M programs.

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Korg Synthesizer manual Editing, Filter section
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Synthesizer specifications

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