| 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)! |
GMmix (100 programs)
GM_Combi (100 Combinations for GMmix)
explain this tables
| 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' |
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| 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. |
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| 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! |
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| 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). |
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| 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. |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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". |
| 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 |