Sound on M3 sound different played by midi

Fopperr.M3 · Post by **Fopperr.M3** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:13 am

Hello,

My Korg M3 73 combi sounds different when I play a combi on another synth.

For example: I own a X7 and a Korg m3. sometimes it is easier to player everything on the roland. I Linked the M3 to the X7 and when I programmed a combi on the M3 and I play the combi on the X7, the combi I programmed sound much flatter (like an exciter orso is put to the sound).

I think I forgot to switch something down but I cannot find what.

Thank you for reading my post.

Kind regards, Foppe

EnjoyRC · Post by **EnjoyRC** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 2:17 pm

Did you check all the Midi channels of each timbre? Are they all getting triggered by external MIDI? And the same channel?

RichF · Post by **RichF** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 2:52 pm

In addition to possible MIDI issues, your keyboards might have very different velocity curves. Many of the internal Combis use velocity-switching, so if the two keyboards have a different response, you might not be triggering some of the sounds that you're used to hearing.

Shakil · Post by **Shakil** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 12:54 am

I have the same issue. I use Motif-ES with M3-m.

Some combis do not sound correct when played from external MIDI, but they sound fine from pads using chords.

I have checked everything but can't find what causes it.

It doesn't happen with all combis, only with some.

Can you give the example of a preloaded combi that doesn't sound the same? I will make a list of combis that do sound good from external MIDI and post over the weekend.