Korg m50-73 User Guide

Loading & saving data

“Append” will load the song into the song number
that follows the song(s) currently existing in internal
memory, without leaving a vacant number.

“Clear” will erase all songs from internal memory, and
load the songs into the numbers from which they were
saved.

6. Press the OK button. All data from the .PCG file

will be loaded into the M50.

Never remove the media while data is being
loaded.

Note:

You can load individual banks of programs or

combinations. For details, please see PG page 267–.

Loading individual data from a .PCG
file

The M50 lets you load Programs, Combinations, Drum
kits, user Drum Kit patterns, User Arpeggio patterns
individually or by individual banks. This is a
convenient way to rearrange Combinations in the
order in which you will use them during a live
performance.

Be aware that if you change the order of Programs,
the sounds played by Combinations may also be
affected.

As an example here, we will explain how a
combination saved in bank A can be loaded into D000.

1. Move to the “Bank A” directory, and select the

Combination that you want to load. (.PCG file/
Combinations/Bank A/)

The procedure is as follows:

• Perform steps 1–3 under “Loading all Programs,

Combinations, Drum Kits and Arpeggio patterns”
on page 93. Select the .PCG file containing the data
you want to load (it will be highlighted), and press
the Open button.

• Press “Combinations” to highlight it, and press the

Open button.

• Press “Bank A” to highlight it, and press the Open

button.

• Press the scroll bar to find the Combination you

want to load, and highlight it.

Alternatively, you could select any file, since the
desired file can be selected later from the dialog box.

Note:

When you press the keyboard of the M50, you

will hear the combination you have selected. However,
the internal programs will be used as the program of
each timbre.

2. Press the Load button. Alternatively, choose the

menu command “Load Selected.”

A dialog box will appear.

3. Use the “Combination” (upper line) to select the

load-source combination, and use “(To)
Combination” (lower line) to specify the
destination combination. For this example, select
D000.

You can press the popup button and select from a
menu, or use the BANK SELECT switches and numeric
keys to make a selection.

4. Press the OK button to execute loading; the loaded

combination will be assigned to D000.

Loading songs for use in Sequencer
mode (.SNG)

As an example here, we will explain how to load a
song. We’ll assume that this song uses edited
programs, multisamples you sampled and programs
that use drumkit and user arpeggio patterns etc. In
such cases, it is best to load “all data.”

1. Perform steps 1–3 under “Loading all Programs,

Combinations, Drum Kits and Arpeggio patterns”
on page 93. Select the .SNG file containing the
data you want to load (it will be highlighted).

2. Press the Load button. Alternatively, choose the

menu command Load Selected.

A dialog box will appear.

Note:

The contents and settings of the dialog box will

differ depending on the type of file that you are
loading.

3. Check the “Load ********.PCG too” check box.

When you execute loading, the .PCG file will be loaded
along with the .SNG file.

Use “Select .SNG Allocation” to specify the destination
to which the song data will be loaded.

“Append” will load the song into the song number
that follows the song(s) currently existing in internal
memory, without leaving a vacant number.

“Clear” will erase all songs from internal memory, and
load the songs into the numbers from which they were
saved.

4. Press the OK button to execute loading.