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Sensual sounds: GMmix

Patches List of free soundbank GMmix for Korg M1

Instrument KORG M1
content: 100 programs + 100 combinations 
copyright: Olaf Posdzech (sensual sounds
public domain (marked as PD) 
KORG (some M1 factory presets)
description A best of selection from the soundsets GM1 + GM2, fitting most significant General MIDI sound numbers in the range from 01 ... 100. 
In the combination set you find the best factory combinations adapted to the new program bank and a lot of impressive new combinations. Easy orientation - combinations are sorted the same way (General MIDI)!

Contents

GMmix (100 programs)
GM_Combi (100 Combinations for GMmix)
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GMmix (100 programs)

pianos and electric pianos 
00: GM 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. 
01:   E.Piano 4  51 FM e. piano, sharp 
02: GM El. Grand  ==> reminds to 80's Yamaha electric grand, warm and full electric sound 
03:*    Classical  PD Supertramp had the real Wurlitzer, you have this. 
04:  GM E.Piano 1  11 up analog e. piano (sounds like Fender Rhodes) 
05:  GM E.Piano 2  71 FM e. piano (DX7 Rhodes), soft 
06:  GM Harpsicord  31 up harpsichord, 8' 
07:  GM Clav 61 up reminds to Hohner D6 
chromatic percussion (marimba, vibes and so on)
08:    Drop  89 water drop in a big cavern 
09:  GM Bell Ring  35 ringing bell 
Play it in chords, press pedal and let it do the rest for you. Try also joystick dawn. 
10:  GM Music Box  ==> more wooden xylophone sound 
11:  GM Vibes 15 jazz vibes with stereo slalom (tremolo) switched on 
12:  GM Kalimba  25 knock on wood 
13:  GM SynMallet  28 synthetic mallet. Use it as pad with after touch vibrato. 
Try also joystick dawn. 
14:  GM Tubular  45 tubular bell 
15:  GM Santur  ==> a kind of acoustic toy piano 
electric organs, church organs 
16:  GM Organ 2  17 up 70's transistor organ with click 
17:  GM Organ 1  67 soft Hammond with rotor switched on 
18:  GM MagicOrgan  70 magic organ 
19:  GM Pipe Organ  47 medium church organ 16' + 8' + 5 2/3' + 2' 
20:*  GM Positiv  ==> only flute registers in a small church 16' + 4' 
21:*  GM Musette  ==> French accordion 
22:*   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' 
23:*   Nimbus  13 pad with some tremolo strings 
acoustic and electric guitars 
24:  GM Guitar 1  04 acoustic nylon guitar / acoustics 
25:  GM Guitar 2  54 acoustic metal guitar / acoustics 
26:  GM JazzGuitar  ==> soft electric guitar 
27:  GM Clean Gtr1  ==> Stratocaster
28:  GM MuteGuitar  94 muted electric guitar 
29:*  GM RockGuitar  64 up slightly distorted electric guitar 
30:*  GM Feedback 2  PD Great! 
Heavily distorted electric guitar with realistic feedback (wait a while) 
31:*   12­String  24 up acoustic 12-string / acoustics 
acoustic, electric and synth basses 
32:  GM A.Bass 26 up picked acoustic contrabass 
33:  GM SynthBass3  66 up clear bass guitar 
34:  GM Pick Bass  16 up muted bass guitar 
35:  GM Fretless  06 up fretless bass
36:    Drums #1 09 drums #1 
37:  GM Slap Bass  46 up slapped electric bass guitar 
38:    Drums #2 29 drums #2 
39:  GM SynthBass1  36 up synthesizer bass 
solo acoustic strings 
40: *   Scotland ==> bag pipe 
41:  GM Viola  ==> play it in higher tunes 
42:  GM Cello ==> sounds naturally in tenor tunes 
43:  GM ContraBass  ==> sounds naturally in bass tunes 
44:  GM Mello ==> They better should by a new one! Don't touch too long, the tapes will loose pitch! 
45:*  GM Pizzikato  ==> full pizzicato (string orchestra) 
46:*   Steeldrums  ==> Wandering where the sample comes from? 
Play it with tremolo. 
47:*  GM Timp&Bells  37 timpany / tubular bells 
ensemble strings and voices 
48:  GM Strings  27 M1 strings 
p: soft attack 
f: hard attack 
49:  GM SlowString  ==> softer full strings 
50:*  GM Pad Ana  PD Great analog synth pad! 
Try after touch! Try joystick down. 
51:*  GM Overture  42 up warm synthetic pad (strings + warm horns) 
52:  GM Choir  23 up men + women + Mickey mouses 
53:  GM Voice Wave  53 up "Doo" - wave 
54:*  GM Angels  43 up synthetic voice pad 
55:   Sitar 2 84 soft sitar (good bass strings) 
solo brass and ensemble 
56:  GM Trumpet  12 trumpet 
57:    S & H ­ish  PD mini moog with S&H sequencing and echo 
58:  GM TubaFlugel  52 tuba/ flugelhorn 
59:  GM Mute Trp.  82 muted trumpet 
60:*  GM FrenchHorn  ==> two french horns together, soft sound 
61:  GM Brass 2  72 up small brass ensemble 
62:*   HellsBells  88 woouuiii...pling 
63:  GM Brass 1  02 big brass ensemble 
reed instruments 
64:    Koto Trem  34 down koto, slow tremolo 
65:  GM Alto Sax  ==> a kind of toy sax 
66:  GM Tenor Sax  62 up THE M1 sax
67:  GM Bari Sax  ==> very tricky! You wouldn't believe that this sample was in your M1 before. 
Play it in lower tunes. 
68:  GM DoubleReed  32 up double reed
69:    Lore  30 M1 FX in caverns 
70: *   Hold......  97 magic pad 
71: *   Wait......  98 choir + koto tremolo 
various flutes 
72: *   Surprise!!  99 M1 factory preset 
73:  GM Flute  18 flute 
74:*  GM Recorder  ==> recorder 
75:  GM Pan Flute  08 pan flute 
76:  GM Bottles  33 blown bottles 
Use it as pad too. Try joystick down. 
77:*  GM Shakuhachi  ==> very ethno! (aftertouch) 
synth lead (classic solo synthesizers)
78:    Ping Wave  77 up  synth wave with flat sound 
79:*   Digital 5  93 up synth glass sound (OBX?) 
80:   Lead Sqr  PD great 70's Lead square voice (mono) 
Try after touch! 
81:*  GM Saw Wave  ==> fat sawtooth! 
After touch or velocity add more sharpness. Joystick down add a rising sawtooth filter envelope. 
82:*   MOOG Ping  PD more moog than number 80 (poly) 
Try after touch. Be careful with joystick down (wide range of FX). 
83:   Mono Synth  96 flat 70's solo synth 
84:*  GM Charang  ==> sorry, but it's General Midi. 
85:   Rhythm  95 M1 factory preset 
86: GM 4th Wave  ==> Two saws in a quart. Sound for techno times. 
87:   WindBells  65 no M1 without this 
more synthetic pads 
88:*   Cloud Nine  60 bell and warm pad 
89:*   Dream Pad  20 soft warm synth strings pad 
90:  GM Soft Horns  87 up synthetic french horns 
91:*   Universe  00 M1 factory preset 
92:*   Zephyr  90 ethereal strings 
93:  GM Wire  48 up it's boring, isn't it? 
94:*   Stratos  83 up choir pad with soft e. piano 
95: *   Aftertouch  PD warm strings pad 
After touch turns it into rhythmic patterns. 
FX pads 
96:*  GM Eyes Rain  ==> it's raining something strange 
97:*  GM SoundTrack  ==> gentle strings 
Joystick down -> rhythmic pattern. 
Drum kits 
98:   GM Kit  (49) drum kit (first 29 drums of GM set) 
99:   GM Kit 2   drum kit (16 more drums of GM set) 

GM_Combi (100 Combinations for GMmix)

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acoustic pianos and e. pianos 
00:  Piano(L+R)  87 spread in stereo base 
01:  GrandKeith  ==>  Grand Keith spread in tune and stereo base. 
02:  El. Grand  ==> electric grand piano, stereo 
03:  El. Grand2  ==> electric grand + GrandKeith (more volume), stereo 
04:  70's Piano  ==> the real thing - play it soft or hard 
05:  Piano&EP1  79 e. piano 1 + piano 
06:  Clik Piano  ==> e. piano 1 with a click 
chromatic percussion 
07:  Music Box  72 wooden musical box 
08:  DigitalBox  78 wooden musical box with some steamy noise 
09:  Clock Shop  28 M1 factory preset 
pads with bells in attack 
10:  Zappa \#1  ==> all you need for Jazz From Hell 
11:  Celestial  61 bell and flute pad 
12:  Luna­Pad  89 bell and synth pad 
13:  Pankala  01 synth bell and flute pad 
14:  BellVoices  11 steamy voice pad 
15:  Nuts&Bolts  85 a kind of chromatic percussion 
organs 
16:  Perc­Organ  17 with more click in bass tunes 
17:  PluckOrgan  93 more fuzzy 
18:  Church 1­3  ==> GREAT! You can switch through 3 totally different church registers by simply changing your velocity!   (a real stereo adventure) 
Will need some training. 
19:  Guettler  ==> two different church organ registers + trumpet (velocity switch) 
multi combinations of different instruments 
20:  Alex  ==> combination of piano + strings + organ 
I heard this first by a street musician on Alexanderplatz in Berlin some years ago. 
21:  Big City  33 velocity switch 
p: multi: magic organ + koto tremolo 
f: adds clavinet 
22:  MIDIStack1  10 M1 factory preset 
accordion 
23:  Accordeon  ==> full Accordion registers (16' + 8' +4') 
guitars and electric guitars 
24:  Acoustic  45 split: e-bass --- electric guitar 
25:  ElecGuitar  57 slighty distorted electric guitar with feedback (wait), sound is changing with velocity 
26:  Electric  73 split: two electric guitars 
27:  Atmosphere  82 nylon guitar + mallet 
28:  Mr.Chorus  ==> electric 12 strings (chorus) 
29:  Fuji­san  04 split: koto trm + nylon guitar --- flute 
30:  LeadGt&Pad  ==> my favorite M1 combination! 
left hand: Pad Ana (hold with pedal, aftertouch) 
right hand: solo overdrive guitar with feedback  (portamento with joystick, velocity adds octave) 
Since I have this combination I never will give away my M1. I use to play this with a greater masterkeyboard. 
31:  12 String  07 12 strings 
various basses 
32:  MultiBass  37 velocity switched electric multi bass 
33:  OctaveBass  97 electric double bass 
34:  Bass&Brass  19 split: bass --- brass 
35:  Bass&Horn  59 split: analog bass --- tuba flugel 
36:  Bass&Piano  09 split: analog bass --- piano 
37:  Bass&Reed  39 split: fretless bass --- reed 
38:  Bass&Sax  49 split: fretless bass --- M1 TENOR sax 
39:  Bass&Vibe  29 split: fretless bass --- vibes 
pads with strings 
40:  Chamber  ==> velocity switch: 
p: solo cello + viola --- violin (stereo) 
f: adds M1 strings 
41:  Titanic  ==> very elegiac chamber orchestra 
If you know the CD of Byron you will understand the name. (after touch) 
42:  5 Strings  52 a kind of strings pad 
43:  Sonata  ==> double reed + harpsichord + slow strings 
44:  Vivaldi  ==> split: strings + viola --- strings + trumpet 
45:  Timp&Orch  ==> split: timpani --- strings + french horn 
46:  Stormy  ==> multi: strings + pan flute + overture 
pads with brasses 
47:  Passages  96 multi: TubaFlugel + DoubleReed + vibes 
48:  Ensemble 1  12 multi: overture + DoubleReed + flute 
pads with strings 
49:  Orchestra2  16 multi: 
strings + analog bass --- strings + double reed 
50:  Orchestra3  26 stormy multi 
51:  Full Pad  ==> harmonic synthetic strings pad 
52:  SweetTynes  ==> bell + synth pad 
53:  Yes Pad  ==> Push down pedal, press some keys across the keyboard - and then wait.... You will wander why they needed so many people in a 70's band to produce the same atmosphere. 
(In this combination I used some limits of the M1 FX processors to achieve this tricky sound.) 
54:  Pyramids  08 strings + wind bells + magic organ 
55:  Going Up?  ==> I heard this combination somewhere before 
solo brass and brass ensemble 
56:  TP&Sax  67 trumpet + tenor sax 
57:  Valves  ==> trumpet + soft horns 
58:  MutedHorns  ==> brass + soft horns + trumpet + muted trumpet 
59:  MutedBrass  ==> brass 1 + brass 2 + TubaFlugel + trumpet 
60:  WoodWinds1  ==> velocity switch: 
p: slow strings + double reed + tenor sax 
mf: slow strings + flute + bari sax 
f: slow strings + recorder 
61:  Wind 5th  46 double reed + flute in quints (nice solo voice) 
62:  Big Band  ==> split: analog bass --- some brass 
63:  Brass Band  ==> brass 1 + trumpets 
64:  SaxSection  77 brass section with more sax 
65:  Safe Sax  ==> another brass section 
66:  3­Saxes  ==> stereo sax section (try unison) 
67:  Sax & Orch  69 split: 
left hand: strings + brass (pedal) 
right hand: Tenor Sax (joystick) 
68:  Sax Heaven  ==> split: 
left hand: overture + Alto sax (pedal) 
right hand: Tenor Sax (joystick) 
some fusion/ jazz ensembles 
69:  Club Date  55 split: fretless bass --- piano --- Tenor sax 
70:  WeatherMan  15 split: fretless bass --- e. piano --- Tenor sax 
71:  DynaFusion  23 multi: 
some basses -- e. piano --- Tenor sax + ensemble 
72:  JazzHits!!  ==> velocity switch: 
p: pick bass --- organ 2 
f: slap bass --- saxes + trumpets 
strings and piano 
73:  Str&Piano  76  slow strings + piano 
74:  EP & Pad  ==> analog pad + e. piano 
some strange M1 factory combinations 
75:  Rondo'  02 M1 factory preset 
76:  Gothica  58 M1 factory preset 
77:  Venice  34 M1 factory preset 
78:  Caverns  48 M1 factory preset 
79:  FilmScore  00 M1 factory preset 
poly synth 
80:  SuperSynth  95 full saws: bass synth (saw) --- poly synth (saw) 
81:  New Rave  ==> heavy pressure (velocity switched) 
strange combinations, more noisy/ percussive 
82:  Space Race  88 rising FX pad 
83:  Madness  63 mad chromatic percussion 
84:  HammerHead  84 bass guitar played with a hammer 
ethnic 
85:  Raga Dance  ==> a little mad, but ethno 
86:  Matsuri  ==> Chinese people asked for it ...
87:  China  64 ... but their government wanted this one. 
88:  Asian Perc  ==> Indian duo (sitar + percussion) 
some interesting pads with FX 
89:  PastTime  38 coming from far away 
90:  BowedSteel  ==> a little mad too 
91:  The Deep  ==> velocity switched strange pad in an big cavern 
92:  SteamBells  ==> atmospheric (wait a while) 
93:  Catwatchin  ==> movie track?
94:  CosmicRain  ==> movie track?
95:  Outside  ==> movie track? (after touch) 
96:  Snow*Night  ==> it's more cold outside now 
the rest 
97:  MondoDrums  ==> drunken monkey on drums 
98:  GM 1­6, 10    8 different MIDI channels for use with your sequencer 
99:  Please~~~~  99 Please - - - .... don't waste so much sound memory for such a poor effect again! (M1 factory preset) 

Key

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".

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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

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