Copied Post – Korg M3m Problem

Originally Posted: SUNDAY, 1 JANUARY 2012

 

This is just a post for Korg M3 owners who have strange problems like I did. This is the solution:

This fix is really simple, but I couldn’t find it in the manuals:

WARNING!!!!!!  This will erase all programs and other data so back up EVERYTHING first!!!

– Turn M3 on while holding “Reset Controls & 1,2 buttons (the IFX1 and IFX2 buttons that are right beside the Reset Controls button).

This fixed 2 problems:

1. The pads didn’t work. They would record the notes I was playing (visible in the pad setup page) but when I hit them, no sound.

2. The sequencer didn’t work. VERY strange! I would record but nothing would play back. But oddly enough, if I muted the channel, the meter would start bouncing and show that there was data playing there!  So like the pads, it was recording, but not playing back.

The reset fixed both of those.

All programs were wiped but it only took a couple of minutes to reload them from the flash drive I had backed them up onto.

So all is well now.