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Vintage Keys Operation Manual
47
Arp/Beats Menu
Beats Mode
Beats Setup:
Set the Trigger Buttons to Beats Mode
1.
Press the
Controllers
button on the front panel.
2.
Turn the
data entry control
clockwise until you fin the “TRIGGER
BUTTONS FUNCTION” screen.
3.
Set the lower line of the display to read, “Play Beats Parts”.
4.
Press the
Controllers
button on the front panel again to exit the menu.
Set the Trigger Buttons to be Triggers
5.
Press the
Triggers
button in the Command Functions section of the
front panel. OK, now you’re ready to start playing Beats.
Playing Beats:
Selecting Beats Presets
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If you don’t select a
“bts:”
preset, only the first
trigger key will work.
Riffs marked “bts:” have 16
parts. Riffs without “bts:” have
only 1 part.
1.
Press the
right cursor button twice
so that the cursor is located
beneath the
Category
field.
2.
Turn the
data entry control
until
bts:
is shown in the Category field.
3.
Press the
right cursor button
so that the cursor is underneath the
Preset Name
field.
4.
Now turning the
data entry control
selects ONLY
bts:
presets!
Play Beats
5.
Press any of the sixteen front panel
Trigger Buttons
. Notice that each
button brings in a specific part. The chart below shows which buttons
control which part in
bts:
presets.
6.
Also notice that the Audition LED comes on when Beats begin playing.
Beats are simply multitrack Audition Riffs. You can use the
Audition
button to turn Beats on and off.
7.
Try out a few different
bts:
presets.
Alt. Groove
5. Kick2
6. Snare2
7. Hihat2
8. Perc2
Perc / Fills
9. Perc3/Fill1
10. Perc4/Fill2
11. Perc5/Fill3
12. Perc6/Inst.
Instr/Wild
13. Inst1/Wild1
14. Inst2/Wild2
15. Inst3/Wild3
16. Bass
Main Groove
1. Kick1
2. Snare1
3. Hihat1
4. Perc1