Korg m50-73 User Guide

To use the M50 to control external MIDI devices, press 
the control surface EXTERNAL switch. You can then 
use knobs 1–4 and the chord trigger switches to 
transmit MIDI control changes to external MIDI 
devices. You can create, save and recall a total of 128 
such external setups.

Various preloaded external setups are provided as 
factory settings. For instance, some external setups let 
you control software synthesizers such as those in the 
Korg Legacy Collection. Other external setups let you 
control level and pan settings of your DAW software in 
real time.

You’ll use the Global P1: MIDI– External Mode page to 
create external setups. For details on use and some 
examples, please see “1–3: External Mode 1” on 
page 224 of the Parameter Guide.

See the “M50 External Setups” (PDF) for details 

on the control change (CC#) settings assigned to the 
preloaded external control templates and their 
corresponding application settings.

A drum kit is a collection of drumsamples (samples 
comprising a kit element) assigned to each key. Drum 
kits have the following features.

• A different sound will play for each note.

• A drumsample (one drum instrument) is assigned 

to each key.

• You can assign up to four drum samples to each 

note, and use velocity crossfading to switch 
between them.

• Each note has individual settings for the most 

important sound parameters, including volume, 
filter cutoff and resonance, attack and decay, pitch, 
drive and low boost, and gain for each band of the 
Program EQ.

For instance, you could combine high drive and low 
cutoff frequency to create a lo-fi effect on a few 
sounds, while the rest of the sounds remained clear 
and pristine.

• Each note can be independently routed to a 

different Insert Effect, or have separate FX Send 
amounts. For instance, you can send a snare sound 
through a dedicated compressor. 

You can use Drum Kits only in Programs whose 
Oscillator Mode

 is set to Drums.

For details, please see “Creating a Drum Kit” on 
page 240 of the Parameter Guide.