Korg m50-73 User Guide

Loading & saving data

Writing to internal memory

Writing a Program or Combination

The Program and Combination settings you’ve made
in the various editing pages can be saved to internal
memory. This action is referred to as “writing a
program” or “writing a Combination.” If you want
your edited data to be preserved after the power is
turned off, you must perform a Write operation.

There are two ways to write a Program or
Combination.

Before you can write data into memory, you must
turn off the memory protect setting in Global
mode.
For details, please see “Memory protect” on
page 90.

A combination does not contain the actual
program data for each timbre, but simply
references the number of the program used by
each timbre. If you edit a program that is used by a
combination, or exchange it with a different
program number, the sound of the combination
will also change, reflecting the altered program.

Using the Write menu command

1. Verify that the program or combination you want

to save is selected.

2. Select the menu command “Write Program” or

“Write Combination.”

The Write Program or Write Combination dialog box
will appear.

Note:

You can also access the same dialog box by

holding down the ENTER switch and pressing the 0
switch. For details, please see “Shortcuts” on page 405
of the Parameter Guide.

This screenshot is for Program mode

3. Check the program/combination name displayed

in the upper line (the writing source).

4. If you wish to change the name of the program/

combination, press the text edit button.

The text dialog box will appear. Enter the name of the
program/combination. For details, please see “Editing
names” on page 91.

After you have entered the name, press the OK button
to return to the Write Program/Write Combination
dialog box.

5. In “Category,” specify the category of the Program/

Combination.

6. Select a “Sub Category” as well.

For combinations, the category and sub-category you
specify here can be selected in the following pages.

Prog P0: Play
“Category”

Combi P0: Play– Program T01–08, 09–16
“Category”

Seq P0–1: Play/REC– Program T01–08, 09–16
“Category”

For Programs, the category/sub-category you specify
here can be selected in the following pages.

Combi P0: Play– Program T01–08, 09–16
“Category”

7. Use “To” to specify the bank and number of the

writing destination program/combination.

Use the VALUE controllers or the BANK switches to
make your selection.

8. To execute the Write operation, press the OK

button. To cancel without executing press the
Cancel button.

When you press the OK button, the display will ask
“Are you sure?” When you press the OK button once
again, the data will be written.

You can also use the ENTER switch instead of the OK
button to confirm the Write operation, or use the EXIT
switch to Cancel the Write operation.

Using the (SEQUENCER) REC/WRITE switch to
write

This method can only be used to write the selected
program/combination number.

1. Press the SEQUENCER REC/WRITE switch.

The following Update Program/Update Combination
dialog box will appear.

This screenshot is for Program mode

2. To write the data, press the OK button. To cancel

without writing, press the Cancel button.

You can also use the ENTER switch instead of the OK
button to confirm the Write operation, or use the EXIT
switch to Cancel the Write operation.

About the Tone Adjust settings that are
saved

There are three types of Tone Adjust parameters, as
listed below. The way in which settings are written will
depend on the type.

• Absolute: This type of Tone Adjust parameter

controls a single program parameter. The Program
parameter and the Tone Adjust parameter reflect
each other exactly. If you edit one, the other
parameter will reflect the identical change. This
type of Tone Adjust parameter “absolutely”
controls the program parameter itself.