| Instrument | KORG M1 |
| content: | 2x 100 programs |
| copyright: | Olaf Posdzech (sensual sounds)
public domain (marked as PD) KORG (M1 factory presets) NOTE: I can not guarantee the PD sounds being free of any copyright! |
| description | Two sound banks making available most standard General MIDI sounds
for KORG M1 (except some very special effects).
|
GM1 (100 programs)
GM2 (100 programs)
Key
| pianos and electric pianos | |||
| 00: | GrandKeith | ==> | Still the best dynamic M1 grandpiano I ever heard.
Watch the difference in sound and attack when changing from soft pp to hard ff. You wan't get such a warm, sensual and living sound with another synth! |
| 01: | Piano 8' | 41 | piano |
| 02: | El. Grand | ==>> | reminds to 80's Yamaha electric grand, warm and full electric sound |
| 03:* | MagicPiano | 21 | magic piano |
| 04: | E.Piano 1 | 11 up | analog e. piano (sounds like Fender Rhodes) |
| 05: | E.Piano 2 | 71 | FM e. piano (DX7 Rhodes), soft |
| 06: | Harpsicord | 31 up | harpsichord, 8' |
| 07: | Clav | 61 up | to Hohner D6 |
| chromatic Percussion (marimba, vibes and so on) | |||
| 08: | DigiBells | 75 down | |
| 09: | Bell Ring | 35 | ringing bell
Play it in chords, press pedal and let it do the rest for you. Try also joystick dawn. |
| 10: | Music Box | ==>> | more wooden xylophone sound |
| 11: | Vibes | 15 | jazz vibes with stereo slalom (tremolo) switched on |
| 12: | Kalimba | 25 | knock on wood |
| 13: | SynMallet | 28 | synthetic mallet
Use it as pad with after touch vibrato. Try also joystick dawn. |
| 14: | Tubular | 45 | tubular bell |
| 15: | Santur | ==> | a kind of acoustic toy piano |
| electric organs, church organs | |||
| 16: | Organ 2 | 17 up | 70's transistor organ with click |
| 17: | Organ 1 | 67 | soft Hammond with rotor switched on |
| 18: | MagicOrgan | 70 | magic organ |
| 19: | Pipe Organ | 47 | medium church organ 16' + 8' + 5 2/3' + 2' |
| 20:* | Positiv | ==> | only flute registers in a small church 16' + 4' |
| 21:* | Musette | ==> | French accordion |
| 22: | Harmonica | ==> | |
| 23:* | Accordion | ==> | accordion |
| acoustic and electric guitars | |||
| 24: | Guitar 1 | 04 | acoustic nylon guitar / acoustics |
| 25: | Guitar 2 | 54 | acoustic metal guitar / acoustics |
| 26: | JazzGuitar | ==> | soft electric guitar |
| 27: | Clean Gtr1 | ==> | Stratocaster |
| 28: | MuteGuitar | 94 up | muted electric guitar |
| 29:* | RockGuitar | 64 up | slightly distorted electric guitar |
| 30:* | DistGuitar | 14 | |
| 31:* | 12String | 24 up | acoustic 12-string / acoustics |
| acoustic, electric and synth basses | |||
| 32: | A.Bass | 26 up | picked acoustic contrabass |
| 33: | SynthBass3 | 66 up | clear bass guitar |
| 34: | Pick Bass | 16 up | muted bass guitar |
| 35: | Fretless | 06 up | fretless bass |
| 36: | SynthBass2 | 56 up | |
| 37: | Slap Bass | 46 up | slapped electric bass guitar |
| 38: | AnalogBass | 76 up | |
| 39: | SynthBass1 | 36 up | |
| solo acoustic strings | |||
| 40: | Violin | ==> | |
| 41: | Viola | ==> | play it in higher tunes |
| 42: | Cello | ==> | sounds naturally in tenor tunes |
| 43: | ContraBass | ==> | sounds naturally in bass tunes |
| 44: | TremoloStr | ==> | |
| 45:* | Pizzikato | ==> | full pizzikato (string orchestra) |
| 46:* | Harp | ==> | |
| 47:* | Timp&Bells | 37 | timpany / tubular bells |
| ensemble strings and voices | |||
| 48: | Strings | 27 | M1 strings
p: soft attack f: hard attack |
| 49: | SlowString | ==> | softer full strings |
| 50:* | Symphonic | 07 up | |
| 51:* | Overture | 42 up | warm synthetic pad (strings + warm horns) |
| 52: | Choir | 23 up | men + women + Mickey mouses |
| 53: | Voice Wave | 53 up | "Doo" - wave |
| 54:* | Angels | 43 up | synthetic voice pad |
| 55:* | Orch Hit | ==> | |
| solo brass and ensemble | |||
| 56: | Trumpet | 12 | trumpet |
| 57: | Trombone | ==> | |
| 58: | TubaFlugel | 52 | tuba/ flugelhorn |
| 59: | Mute Trp. | 82 | muted trumpet |
| 60:* | FrenchHorn | ==> | two french horns together, soft sound |
| 61: | Brass 2 | 72 up | small brass ensemble |
| 62:* | SynthBrass | 92 up | |
| 63: | Brass 1 | 02 | big brass ensemble |
| reed instruments | |||
| 64: | Solo Sax | 22 | |
| 65: | Alto Sax | ==> | a kind of toy sax |
| 66: | Tenor Sax | 62 up | THE M1 sax |
| 67: | Bari Sax | ==> | very tricky! You wouldn't believe that this sample was in your M1 before.
Play it in lower tunes. |
| 68: | DoubleReed | 32 up | double reed |
| 69: | Engl. Horn | ==> | |
| 70: | Bassoon | ==> | |
| 71: | Clarinet | ==> | |
| various flutes | |||
| 72: | Piccolo | ==> | |
| 73: | Flute | 18 | flute |
| 74:* | Recorder | ==> | recorder |
| 75: | Pan Flute | 08 | pan flute |
| 76: | Bottles | 33 | blown bottles
Use it as pad too. Try joystick down. |
| 77:* | Shakuhachi | ==> | very ethno! (aftertouch) |
| 78: | Whistle | ==> | |
| 79:* | Ocarina | ==> | |
| synth lead (classic solo synthesizers) | |||
| 80:* | SquareWave | ==> | |
| 81:* | Saw Wave | ==> | fat sawtooth!
After touch or velocity add more sharpness. Joystick down add a rising sawtooth filter envelope. |
| 82:* | SynCaliope | ==> | |
| 83:* | Syn Chiff | ==> | |
| 84:* | Charang | ==> | sorry, but it's General Midi. |
| 85:* | AirChorus | ==> | |
| 86:* | 4th Wave | ==> | Two saws in a quart. Sound for techno times. |
| 87:* | Bass&Lead | ==> | |
| more synthetic pads | |||
| 88:* | Cloud Nine | 60 | bell and warm pad |
| 89:* | Dream Pad | 20 | soft warm synth strings pad |
| 90: | Soft Horns | 87 up | synthetic french horns |
| 91:* | Magician | 40 | |
| 92:* | Far Away | ==> | |
| 93: | Wire | 48 up | it's boring, isn't it? |
| 94:* | Halo Pad | ==> | |
| 95: | Sweep | ==> | |
| FX pads | |||
| 96:* | Eyes Rain | ==> | it's raining something strange |
| 97:* | SoundTrack | ==> | gentle strings
Joystick down -> rhythmic pattern |
| 98:* | Crystal | ==> | |
| 99:* | Atmosphere | ==> |
| 00:* | Brightness | ==> | |
| 01:* | Goblin | ==> | |
| 02: | Echo Drop | ==> | |
| 03:* | Star Theme | ==> | |
| ethnic instruments | |||
| 04: | Sitar 2 | 84 | soft sitar (good bass strings) |
| 05: | Banjo | ==> | |
| 06:* | Shamisen | ==> | |
| 07: | Koto | ==> | |
| 08: | Karimba | ==> | |
| 09:* | Scotland | ==> | bag pipe |
| 10:* | Fiddle | ==> | |
| 11: | Shanai | ==> | |
| percussive instruments | |||
| 12:* | MetallBell | ==> | |
| 13:* | Antigogo | ==> | |
| 14:* | SteelDrums | ==> | Wandering where the sample comes from?
Play it with tremolo. |
| 15: | Block | ==> | |
| 16:* | Taiko | ==> | |
| 17:* | Bad Tom | ==> | |
| 18: | SynthTom | ==> | |
| 19: | Rev Cymbal | ==> | |
| sound effects | |||
| 20: | Fret Noise | ==> | |
| 21: | NoiseChiff | ==> | |
| 22: | Riverboat | ==> | |
| 23: | Birdy | ==> | |
| 24:* | Telephone | ==> | |
| 25:* | Helicopter | ==> | |
| 26:* | Stadion | ==> | |
| 27:* | Shot | ==> | |
| drumsets | |||
| 28: | GM Kit | Drumkit #3 | drum kit (first 29 drums of GM set) |
| 29: | Power Kit | Drumkit #3 | |
| 30: | Analog Kit | Drumkit #3 | |
| 31: | Gate Kit | Drumkit #3 | |
| 32: | Techno Kit | Drumkit #3 | |
| 33: | GM Kit 2 | Drumkit #4 | drum kit (16 more drums of GM set) |
| 34: | Drums #1 | ||
| 35: | Drums #2 | ||
| aditional sounds by Olaf Posdzech | |||
| 36:* | SuperOrg 1 | ==> | very dynamic! Whatch |
| 37:* | SuperOrg 2 | ==> | |
| 38:* | SuperOrg 3 | ==> | Sensual sound!
Multiple church organ with living harmonics and nice different sounds when playing with different velocities. p: soft registers 16' + 5 2/3' f: sharp 16' + 8' + 5 2/3' + 2' |
| 39:* | Org Voice | ==> | |
| 40:* | Echo Organ | ==> | |
| 41:* | Synth+Org | ==> | |
| 42: | Rhodes PF | ==> | |
| 43: | Mello | ==> | They better should by a new one! Don't touch too long, the tapes will loose pitch! |
| 44:* | WS 1 | ==> | a kind of wave sweep |
| 45:* | WS 2 | ==> | |
| 46:* | WS 3 | ==> | |
| best of PD (my selection) | |||
| 47: * | Aftertouch | warm strings pad
After touch turns it into rhythmic patterns. |
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| 48: * | Rhythmic | ||
| 49: * | Flying 1 | ||
| 50: * | Pad Ana | Great analog synth pad!
Try after touch! Try joystick down. |
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| 51: * | Classical | ||
| 52: * | GrandHps 3 | ||
| 53: * | StringPno1 | ||
| 54: | Lead Sqr | great 70's Lead square voice (mono)
Try after touch! |
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| 55: * | MOOG Ping | more moog than number 80 (poly)
Try after touch. Be careful with joystick down (wide range of FX). |
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| 56: | S & H ish | mini moog with S&H sequencing and echo | |
| 57: * | Soft Pipe | ||
| 58: * | Grand Bras | ||
| 59: * | Feedback 2 | Great!
Heavily distorted electric guitar with realistic feedback (wait a while) |
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| rest of original M1 factory presets | |||
| 60: | Mono Synth | 96 | flat 70's solo synth |
| 61: | Solo Synth | 38 | |
| 62:* | Universe | 00 | |
| 63:* | Zephyr | 90 | etheric strings |
| 64:* | Stratos | 83 up | choir pad with soft e. piano |
| 65:* | StringRise | 57 | |
| 66: | Pan Wave | 58 | |
| 67: | Drop | 89 | water drop in a big cavern |
| 68: | Pop | 39 | |
| 69: | Pole | 19 | |
| 70: | Pluck | 79 | |
| 71: | Hammer | 59 | |
| 72: | Metal Hit | 55 | |
| 73: | Vibe Hit | 78 | |
| 74: | FingerSnap | 69 | |
| 75:* | HellsBells | 88 | woouuiii...pling |
| 76:* | PanMallet | 10 up | |
| 77:* | BottleBell | 05 up | |
| 78:* | Pick Guitar | 74 up | |
| 79: | Sitar 1 | 44 | |
| 80: | E.Piano 3 | 91 | |
| 81: | E.Piano 4 | 51 up | |
| 82: | Digital 2 | 81 up | |
| 83: | Digital 4 | 86 up | |
| 84: | FV Wave | 73 up | |
| 85: | Ping Wave | 77 up | lead synth wave with flat sound |
| 86: | Voices | 63 up | |
| 87:* | Ooh/Ahh | 03 up | |
| 88:* | Digital 5 | 93 up | synth glass sound (OBX?) |
| 89:* | Good & Bad | 80 | |
| 90: | Lore | 30 | M1 FX in caverns |
| 91: | Flexatone | 85 | |
| 92: | Bambu Trem | 50 up | |
| 93: | Koto Trem | 34 down | koto, slow tremolo |
| 94:* | Nimbus | 13 | pad with some tremolo strings |
| 95: | Rhythm | 95 | |
| 96: | WindBells | 65 | no M1 without this |
| 97:* | Hold...... | 97 | magic pad |
| 98:* | Wait...... | 98 | choir + koto tremolo |
| 99:* | Surprise!! | 99 |
| 00
03* |
sound number in M1 display
double (some pads and effect sounds) NOTE: KORG M1 is displaying MIDI sound numbers one number below. So GM sound #01 (grand piano) will be displayed as "00", GM sound 100 (Atmosphere) will be displayed as "99". |
| piano | name of sound |
| 41
11 up ==> PD |
M1 factory preset
M1 factory preset, transposed one octave up to match General MIDI standard tune sensual sounds programmed by Olaf Posdzech, Germany public domain, found somewhere in the web |
| great sound! | some notes about sound, how to play, ... |