Korg m50-73 User Guide

You can create original sounds by editing a preloaded 
program or by editing an initialized program. The 
programs you create can be saved in banks A–E. 
For details, please see “Saving your edits” on page 33.

In the Prog P0: Play page you can select and play 
programs. Here, you can also use the control surface’s 
knobs and the tone adjust function to perform quick 
editing, or edit the settings of the arpeggiator or drum 
track. In the other pages described here, you can edit 
the sound in greater detail.

For details on each mode and how to access each page, 
please see “Basic operations” on page 16.

Here, You can specify the type of program (whether to 
use one oscillator, two oscillators, or a drum kit). Use 
the Prog P1: Basic/Ctrls– Program Basic Oscillator 
Mode

 to specify the program type.

 Programs have one oscillator, and Double 

Programs have two oscillators. Each oscillator is a 
multisample that is switched by a crossfade velocity 

switch. You can use dual filters, EG, and LFO to create 
the sound.

 mode is a special variation of Single mode, and 

uses a Drum Kit (as created in Global mode) instead of 
Multisamples.

Polyphony is the number of notes that can be played 
simultaneously, such as in a chord. The polyphony 
depends on the program type.

• Double Programs use twice as many voices as 

Single Programs.

• Stereo Multisamples use twice as many voices as 

Mono Multisamples.

• If using velocity crossfade switching, the 

multisample will use twice as many voices as usual.

The Voice Assign Mode selects whether the Program 
will play polyphonically (Poly) or monophonically 
(Mono). 

When this is set to Poly, you can play both chords and 
melody lines. When this is set to Mono, only one note 
will sound even if you play a chord.

Normally you’ll set this to Poly, but Mono is useful 
when playing sounds such as synth basses, synth 
leads, and other solo instruments.

Try switching between Poly and Mono, and listen to 
the results.

A sample is a digital recording of a particular 
instrument or waveform (or other natural or artificially 

Single

80

Double

40

Drums

80

OSC1 Basic: P2–1

Amp1/Driver1: P4–1

Pitch EG : P2–8

Filter1 EG: P3–1–5

Amp1 EG: P4–3

OSC1 LFO1: P5–1

OSC 1

OSC 2

Filter1 Mod: P3–1–3

Filter Key Track: P3–1–2

Filter1 LFO Mod: P3–1–4

OSC1 Pitch: P2–2

OSC1 LFO2: P5–2

Amp1 Mod: P4–2

Program Basic: P1–1

AUDIO OUTPUT
L/MONO, R

Master 
Effect
1, 2: P9

Total 
Effect
: P9

Insert 
Effect
1…5: P8

Oscillator / Pitch

Filter

Amplifier

Effects

3Band EQ
: P4–8       

Filter1(A/B): P3–1–1

OSC1 AMS Mix: P6–1/2

Common KeyTrack: P6–7/8

OSC1, 2

Insert Effects
Master Effects

FX Control Bus

Routing: P8–1

EQ

Common LFO: P5–8

Chord Trigger Switches: P1–8

Arpeggio: P7–1, 2

DrumTrk Prog: P7–4, 5

Tone Adjust: P0–7

Controllers: P1–7

P1–1, P2–2, etc. indicate the on-screen pages and tabs used when editing on the M50.