Korg m50-73 User Guide

received via MIDI, then neither the TEMPO knob nor 
the TAP TEMPO switch will have any effect.

You can set the tempo of the Arpeggiator or Drum 
Track function in Program, Combination, and 
Sequencer modes by lightly pressing or tapping the 
TAP TEMPO switch several on the beat. In Sequencer 
mode, you can control the song tempo in this way.

To enter the tempo, use your finger to gently tap the 
TAP TEMPO switch. The tempo will be entered when 
you press the switch twice, but you should tap several 
times in order to increase the precision. The average of 
the last sixteen taps will be specified as the tempo.

During playback, lightly press the TAP TEMPO switch 
several times at the desired tempo. The tempo will 
follow your tapping in realtime. This is a convenient 
way to match the tempo in realtime to the beat of a 
different source.

You can use tap tempo control whenever the 
TEMPO knob can be operated. For example in 
Sequencer mode, tap tempo control will not be 
available if you are playing a song whose Tempo 
Mode

 setting is set to Auto. (See PG page 130)

You can also use a foot switch connected to the 

ASSIGNABLE FOOT SWITCH jack to control the tap 
tempo function (see page 84, PG page 228, and 
page 384).

The damper pedal is also sometimes called the sustain 
pedal. It acts like the similarly-named pedal on an 
acoustic piano; when you hold down the pedal, notes 
will continue to sustain even when you lift your hands 
off of the keyboard.

In Combination and Sequence mode, you can also 
make settings so that the damper will affect some 
sounds but not other sounds.

This lets you use a simple footswitch, such as the Korg 
PS-1, as an assignable controller. The footswitch can 
perform a wide variety of functions, such as:

• An assignable source for modulating sounds and 

effects

• Portamento on/off

• Program select up or down

• Sequencer start/stop or punch in/out

• Tap Tempo

• Arpeggiator on/off

• Switch the Drum Track on/off

• Operate various M50 controls (VALUE slider, 

chord trigger switches, realtime control knobs, 
joystick, SW1/SW2, etc.)

This lets you use a continuous controller pedal, such as 
the Korg EXP-2 foot controller or Korg XVP-10 EXP/
VOL pedal, as an assignable controller.

Like the Assignable Foot Switch, described above, the 
Foot Pedal can be used for many different functions, 
including:

• Master Volume

• Channel Volume, Pan, or Expression

• Assignable sound modulation, as several different 

AMS or Dmod sources

• Effects Send level control

• Operate various M50 controls (VALUE slider, 

chord trigger switches, realtime control knobs, 
Joystick, SW1/SW2, etc.)