Korg m50-73 User Guide

Is the USB cable connected correctly?

Is the CD-ROM inserted in your CD drive?

• Make sure that the CD-ROM is inserted correctly.

Is the lens of your CD drive dirty?

• Use a commercially-available lens cleaner to clean 

the lens.

Are you able to use USB?

• If you are using Windows XP, go to [Control Panel] 

→ [System], and select the [Hardware] tab. In 
[Device Manager], check the settings for Universal 
Serial Bus Controller and USB Root Hub.

Has the M50 been detected as an unknown device?

• If you are using Windows XP, go to [Control Panel] 

→ [System], select the [Hardware] tab, and check 
[Device Manager]. If the M50 has not been detected 
correctly, it will be displayed in “Other devices” or 
“Unknown devices.” Reconnect the USB cable; if 
the M50 is again displayed as an “Unknown 
device,” the computer has failed to detect it 
correctly. Delete the “Unknown device” entry, and 
reinstall the driver.

Is the USB cable connected correctly?

Did you install the driver?

Has your computer detected the connected M50?

• If you are using Windows XP, go to Control Panel 

→ “Sounds and Audio Devices Properties” and 
click the Hardware tab.

If you are using Mac OS X, go to Macintosh HD 

→ 

Application folder 

→ Utility folder → “Audio MIDI 

Settings,” select the “MIDI Devices” tab, and check 
that the M50 has been detected.

Some computer hardware configurations may not 
recognize the M50.

Check the M50’s assignments and USB-MIDI port 
settings.

The connected device or software may not support the 
messages you are transmitting. Refer to the manual of 
the connected device or software to verify that it 
responds to the messages you are transmitting.

If you want to transmit and receive system exclusive 
data, the MIDI Filter Enable Exclusive dialog box must 
be selected (Global P1: MIDI– MIDI Routing page). 
This setting must be selected if you’ve connected the 
M50 to your computer and want to edit the M50 from 
your computer (or to edit bi-directionally). Select this if 
you’re using the M50 Editor/Plug-In Editor. The MIDI 
Filter Exclusive setting is selected by default.

The multisample and preset pattern list have 

been updated in version 1.0.1 of M50 Editor/Plug-In 
Editor. In order to maintain compatibility of the 
display in the edit window, please download and use 
the most recent version of the editor.

You can download the most recent versions of the 
editor, plug-in editor, and Korg USB-MIDI driver from 
the following website.

Korg website: “http://www.korg.com/”

If operation of the M50 should become unstable, you 
can initialize it.

Turn off the power, and then, while holding down the 
RESET CONTROLS switch and REALTIME 
CONTROL switch, turn the power on.

The M50 will be initialized. While the data is being 
loaded, the display will indicate “Now writing into 
internal memory.”

When initialization is completed, you’ll need to load 
the preload data. Go to Global mode, and execute the 
menu command Load Preload/Demo Data to load the 
data. (See PG p.251)