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Heres another question I had. I know the M3 has about a billion different things you can do with it, and I understand most of the basic functions and even SOME of the deeper ones. I was wondering if there is a good book or video series that teaches ALL the in's and outs of the M3.

I understand how the sliders work and how to apply FX's etc....but honestly most times i cant see an effect name and know 'oh ok that effect is going to do this that and the other'...if its not a reverb or a delay, im a little lol.

Would it be a second book that might give more insight on this aspect, or is there one that really teaches from the ground up AS WELL as the in's and outs of the M3?

I know there is a set of Dvd available.

http://www.sudosonic.com/servlet/the-42 ... ial/Detail

But I'm still wondering if those are explicit enough. I'm looking for that kind of video tutorials (with french subtitles if possible ) and I'd like to know if someone had any good idea.

Thanks in advance

Have you seen the videos that KORG USA regularly upload on youtube?

as for learning - nothing beats sitting down next to the keyboard with the Manual and Parameter Guide, read the whole thing whilst trying out the things you read about.

as for the effects, there are some initially confusing abbreviations, but they are nothing specific to the M3. Typically they are all music tech speak - ensemble is a kind of chorus, there is an analog (vinyl record) effect, various different kinds of parameters.

as with many things, nothing really beats a good combination of hands on experience and reading the manual(s).

Didn't noticed there were vidz on youtube. I'll have a look when I'm done with the manual as I did for the X50 (only had my M3 2 weeks ago).

I always read the whole thing but text and images are not as demonstrative as a well made step by step film.
The fact is that the non-English Korg manuals appear to be a kinf of quick start for every feature (books, pdf, ...).

Neko wrote:Didn't noticed there were vidz on youtube. I'll have a look when I'm done with the manual as I did for the X50 (only had my M3 2 weeks ago).

I always read the whole thing but text and images are not as demonstrative as a well made step by step film.
The fact is that the non-English Korg manuals appear to be a kinf of quick start for every feature (books, pdf, ...).

Trust me, its not just the NON english manuals lol. Mine is the same. I've been thru the whole thing as well as you suggested X-trade...it did help some, thats how i know what small bit i already know lol.

I've seen that DVD set but was a lil hesitant, I'd like to have it but I wouldnt mind talkin to someone whos actually seen them to get their take on it.

I'll have to check out youtube also.
Any suggestions on a book that would help with the muisc tech talk you spoke of. I'm not REALLY into that aspect of music but, i wouldnt mind knowing what the hell it all is lol!

got a link here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/KorgUSAVideos#g/u


also, be sure to check out the Parameter Guide in addition to the User Manual. I think the PG is only online/on disk, and not printed. Not sure cause I don't have an M3 (Yet)

Besides the M3 manuals, you all should use the Karma Lab Premium Content Area tutorials.

There is a small fee but the tutorials are great
http://www.karma-lab.com/forum/showthre ... adid=14940


There is no "learn how to do everything" tutorial for any keyboard workstation, given these perform so many functions.

X-Trade wrote:got a link here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/KorgUSAVideos#g/u


also, be sure to check out the Parameter Guide in addition to the User Manual. I think the PG is only online/on disk, and not printed. Not sure cause I don't have an M3 (Yet)

Yeah the PG is on disc (fun). The M3 is a lot of fun, im sure you'll love it, just has a lot of things to it. So many options you kinda have to learn them all especially if your going to record to sequencer, TONS of options. I'll check out that Youtube link you sent, thanks a lot for that. I'll check out the karma lab tutorials too @ Martin, i checked it out once before but a couple of the vids were buggin out, hopefully its fixed by now (or maybe it was my comptuer?). Still am curious about that dvd set thou

You'd do well also to check out the WIKI articles on the Karma Lab website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korg Very well written and useful, just wish they covered all aspects of the M3

Oops! I put the wrong web address. Here's the correct one: http://karma-lab.wikidot.com/korg-m3:start