Korg m50-73 User Guide

You can save the various types of data in the M50 by 
writing it to internal memory, by saving it to an SD 
card (commercially available), or by sending it as a 
MIDI data dump.

The following types of data can be written into the 
internal memory.

• Program

Programs 000–127 in banks A–E

• Combination

Combinations 000–127 in banks A–D

• Global settings

(Global P0: Basic Setup–P4: Category)

• User drum kits

00(INT)–47(USER)

• User arpeggio patterns

U0000(INT)–U1027(USER)

• User Drum Track patterns

U000–U999
(See page 79)

• User template songs U00–U15

Song settings such as the song name and tempo, 
track settings (see PG page 126), arpeggiator, and 
effect settings can be saved (written) to internal 
memory. However, the musical data for song tracks 
and patterns are not saved to internal memory. 
Furthermore, settings that govern how the musical 
data is played back such as Meter, Metronome, 
PLAY/MUTE

, Track Play Loop (including Start/

End measure), and RPPR settings will not be saved 
either. Use the Sequencer mode menu command 
Save Template Song

 to write this data; for details, 

please see “Save Template Song (Save as User 
Template Song)” on page 192 of the Parameter 
Guide.

• Effect presets

For each effect, you can write parameter settings 
into internal memory by using the menu command 
Write FX Preset

.

Data that you edit in Sequencer mode can only be 
saved to media; it cannot be saved in internal 
memory.

“Preloaded data” refers to the data that is loaded in the 
M50 when it is shipped from the factory. You are free to 
rewrite this data, and with the exception of the demo 
songs, the data will be written to the location as 
described in “Writing to internal memory.” This data is 
stored in the M50’s system area.

You can reload the factory preload data into internal 
memory by using the Global mode menu command 
Load Preload/Demo Data

.

Preset data, on the other hand, is data that cannot be 
overwritten by the Write operation. This includes the 
following data.

• GM program banks GM, g(1)–g(9), g(d)

• GM drum kits 144(GM)–152(GM)

• Preset template songs P00–P15

• Preset patterns P000–P671

The following data can be saved to various types of 
media.

• .PCG file:

Programs, Combinations, Drum kits, Global 
settings, user Drum Track patterns, and user 
arpeggio patterns (The data that was checked in the 
check boxes of the Save dialog box will be saved.)

• .SNG file:

Song and cue list.

• .EXL file:

System exclusive data from an external device that 
was saved on the M50 (This allows the M50 to be 
used as a data filer.)

• .MID file:

Saves a Sequencer mode song in Standard MIDI 
File (SMF) format.

The M50 can transmit the following types of data as a 
MIDI data dump; you can save this data on an external 
data filer or other device.

• Programs, combinations, drum kits, and global 

settings

• Song and cue list

• User drum kit patterns

• User arpeggio pattern

For details, please see “Dump:” on page 253 of the 
Parameter Guide.