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6 ADVANCED

This section helps you to go deeper when editing and customizing your iRig Pads.

7 Play Mode

7.1 PADS

All the 16 pads on iRig Pads can send MIDI Note ON and OFF, MIDI CH and MIDI CC messages.
On each pad it’s possible to program what kind of message will be sent (Note, CC or MIDI CH) and in which 

mode it will be sent (temporary or toggle).
Each pad is illuminated by a dual color LED (green/red) and the illumination gives you feedback on the pad 

status.

7.1.1 Sending Notes

Temporary Mode
When a pad is programmed to work in temporary mode (Temp), Note ON messages will be sent when pressing 

the pad and Note OFF messages will be sent when releasing the pad.
During the time when a pad is kept pressed, it will illuminate with a color fading from 100% green at velocity 1 to 

100% red at velocity 127. Velocity 64 will illuminate the pad 50% green and 50% red. If the pad is pushed and 

held, Channel After Touch messages are sent.

Toggle Mode
When in Toggle mode Note ON messages are sent when the pad is pressed, releasing the pad will not produce 

any MIDI message.
A Note OFF message will be sent pressing the same pad again.
When a Note ON message has been sent the pad will illuminate the colors described above until the pad is 

pressed again to send the Note OFF message. 

7.1.2 Sending Control Changes

Pads can send MIDI CCs in two ways:
•  ABSOLUTE (ABS)
•  RELATIVE (REL)
When a pad is programmed to send Control Changes in ABSOLUTE mode it will send a value of 127 for the 

selected CC# when the pad is pressed and a value of 0 on the same CC when the pad is released.
As with MIDI Note messages, the pad can be programmed to send CC values in temporary or toggle modes.
After having sent the 127 value the pad will illuminate (RED) and will remain illuminated until the 0 value is sent and 

then it will turn off. It will also turn off when some other command to control the backlight of that pad is received.
When a pad is programmed to send Control Changes in RELATIVE mode it will send a value between 0 and 127 

on the selected MIDI CC#, depending on the velocity.

As with MIDI Note messages, the pad can be programmed to send CC values in temporary or toggle modes.

Summary of Contents for irig pads

Page 1: ...MIDI groove controller USER MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...3 1 1 and 2 pushbuttons 18 7 3 2 PUSH encoder pushbutton 18 7 4 External Pedal 18 8 Scene Editing 18 8 1 SCENE Button 18 8 2 Scene Recall 18 8 3 Scene Store 19 8 4 Scene erase 19 8 5 Factory Restore 19 9 FIX VEL button 19 10 Edit Mode 20 10 1 EDIT scene global parameters 21 10 1 1 EDIT Global transmit MIDI Channel 21 10 1 2 Set pads velocity sensitivity 21 10 1 3 Shift octaves for pads notes 21 10...

Page 3: ...DATA Pushbutton 27 10 2 16 Assign PC to the DATA Pushbutton 27 10 2 17 Assign Note to the DATA Pushbutton 28 10 2 18 Assign MIDI CH to the DATA Pushbutton 28 10 2 19 Assign CC to the Footswitch Pedal 28 10 2 20 Assign PC to the Footswitch Pedal 29 10 2 21 Assign Note to the Footswitch Pedal 29 10 2 22 Assign Note to the Footswitch Pedal 29 10 2 23 Assign CC PC Note MIDI CH to the Expression Pedal ...

Page 4: ...ion playing electronic instruments and cueing loops Each pad lights up in three different colors to react to your playing or in response to messages from your apps iRig Pads is also equipped with two assignable knobs a push button rotary encoder two buttons and a slider all of which are programmable iRig Pads is MIDI class compliant meaning it requires no drivers to work with hundreds of music cre...

Page 5: ...cluded Mini DIN to Lightning cable to the Mini DIN port on iRig Pads 2 Connect the Lightning cable to the connector on your iOS device 3 Download your preferred audio app like SampleTank or GrooveMaker 2 and launch it SampleTank GrooveMaker ikdownloads com irigpads 1 2 ...

Page 6: ...k WARNING Permanent hearing loss may occur if earbuds or headphones are used at high volume You can adapt over time to a higher volume of sound which may sound normal but can be damaging to your hearing Set your device volume to a safe level before that happens If you experience ringing in your ears reduce the volume or discontinue use of earbuds or headphones with your device ...

Page 7: ...ler so you can use it with your preferred Audio MIDI Software 4 Download your preferred audio app like SampleTank SE and launch it 5 If needed connect a footswitch expression pedal to the TRS connector on iRig Pads 6 Connect your headphones mixer or powered speakers to the headphone output jack on your Mac 7 Select iRig Pads as MIDI Input Device on the preferences or settings of your chosen softwa...

Page 8: ...all by pressing the SCENE button as explained in section 8 Scene Editing in this manual iRig Pads sends MIDI data as MIDI Notes as ON and OFF and Control Changes to the host and it can also receive MIDI data from the host to light up the pads section 11 External iRig Pads MIDI Control This way any application that s MIDI compatible can provide visual feedback via the illuminated pads Each pad is i...

Page 9: ...nd 8 will light up green For editing and recall of scenes please refer to the 8 Scene Editing section in this manual When the unit is new these scenes are available from the factory Pad 1 Scene1 General MIDI Drum Kit Pad 2 Scene2 Chromatic Pad 3 empty Pad 4 empty Pad 5 Scene5 AKAI MPC Bank A AKAI iMPC PRO Pad 6 Scene6 AKAI MPC Bank B Pad 7 Scene7 AKAI MPC Bank C Pad 8 Scene8 AKAI MPC Bank D Pad 9 ...

Page 10: ...D12 A 1 PAD13 D 2 PAD14 F2 PAD15 C 2 PAD16 E2 Set as MIDI Channel 1 CC assignments Knob 1 CC 10 pan Knob 2 CC 11 expression Slider CC 1 mod wheel Data Encoder CC 7 absolute Data Pushbutton CC 22 temporary Pushbutton 1 CC 20 toggle Pushbutton 2 CC 21 toggle Footswitch CC 64 momentary Expression Pedal CC 11 expression Set as MIDI Channel 1 ...

Page 11: ...1 PAD13 C2 PAD14 C 2 PAD15 D2 PAD16 D 2 Set as MIDI Channel 1 CC assignments Knob 1 CC 10 pan Knob 2 CC 11 expression Slider CC 1 mod wheel Data Encoder CC 7 absolute Data Pushbutton CC 22 temporary Pushbutton 1 CC 20 toggle Pushbutton 2 CC 21 toggle Footswitch CC 64 momentary Expression Pedal CC 11 expression Set as MIDI Channel 1 ...

Page 12: ... 2 PAD14 G2 PAD15 D 2 PAD16 F2 Set as MIDI Channel 10 CC assignments Knob 1 CC 10 pan Knob 2 CC 11 expression Slider CC 1 mod wheel Data Encoder CC 7 absolute Pushbutton 1 REC Note G3 temp Pushbutton 2 PLAY Note G 4 temp Data Pushbutton iMPC PRO BANK selection Note C 2 temp Footswitch CC 64 momentary Expression Pedal CC 11 expression Set as MIDI Channel 1 ...

Page 13: ...12 D 0 PAD13 E0 PAD14 F0 PAD15 F 0 PAD16 G0 Set as MIDI Channel 10 CC assignments Knob 1 CC 10 pan Knob 2 CC 11 expression Slider CC 1 mod wheel Data Encoder CC 7 absolute Data Pushbutton CC 22 toggle Pushbutton 1 CC 20 toggle Pushbutton 2 CC 21 toggle Footswitch CC 64 momentary Expression Pedal CC 11 expression Set as MIDI Channel 1 ...

Page 14: ... G1 PAD13 G 1 PAD14 A1 PAD15 A 1 PAD16 B1 Set as MIDI Channel 10 CC assignments Knob 1 CC 10 pan Knob 2 CC 11 expression Slider CC 1 mod wheel Data Encoder CC 7 absolute Data Pushbutton CC 22 toggle Pushbutton 1 CC 20 toggle Pushbutton 2 CC 21 toggle Footswitch CC 64 momentary Expression Pedal CC 11 expression Set as MIDI Channel 1 ...

Page 15: ... B2 PAD13 C3 PAD14 C 3 PAD15 D3 PAD16 D 3 Set as MIDI Channel 10 CC assignments Knob 1 CC 10 pan Knob 2 CC 11 expression Slider CC 1 mod wheel Data Encoder CC 7 absolute Data Pushbutton CC 22 toggle Pushbutton 1 CC 20 toggle Pushbutton 2 CC 21 toggle Footswitch CC 64 momentary Expression Pedal CC 11 expression Set as MIDI Channel 1 ...

Page 16: ...sages are sent when the pad is pressed releasing the pad will not produce any MIDI message A Note OFF message will be sent pressing the same pad again When a Note ON message has been sent the pad will illuminate the colors described above until the pad is pressed again to send the Note OFF message 7 1 2 Sending Control Changes Pads can send MIDI CCs in two ways ABSOLUTE ABS RELATIVE REL When a pad...

Page 17: ...lockwise encoder steps and 1 decrements per counter clockwise encoder steps Once values 0 or 127 are reached they will be continued to be sent if the encoder is rotated in the same direction The starting value from which to send 1 or 1 values will always be the last one sent by the encoder the last time it was moved When working in RELATIVE mode the encoder will send these values to the selected C...

Page 18: ...The external pedal can be programmed to send CCs PCs Notes and MIDI CH 8 Scene Editing 8 1 SCENE Button This button lets you load and save scenes A Scene is a total recall snapshot of the entire unit configuration NOTE If no scene has been loaded or a change has been made to the loaded scene the SCENE button will flash slowly 8 2 Scene Recall To recall a scene Press SCENE the SCENE LED will illumi...

Page 19: ...in the SCENE LOAD or SCENE STORE modes either modes will let you delete scenes Press and hold the pad that s storing the scene you d like to delete for more than two seconds The pad will turn off to confirm the scene has been deleted and the pad light will then go off iRig Pads will NOT automatically exit SCENE mode to allow for further operations like save or load 8 5 Factory Restore Press the SC...

Page 20: ...otes CC MICI CH and PC assigned to the Expression Pedal To enter in EDIT mode Enter EDIT MODE by pressing both SCENE and FIX LEVEL buttons These pads illuminate 1 GREEN ORANGE if soft velocity is selected 2 GREED ORANGE if norm velocity is selected 3 GREEN ORANGE if hard velocity is selected 11 GREEN ORANGE if an active octave down shift is present 12 GREEN ORANGE if an active octave up shift is p...

Page 21: ...elocity sensitivity Press pad 2 to set a normal velocity sensitivity Press pad 3 to set a hard expanded velocity sensitivity The selected pad will flash red to confirm the selection Press pad 16 ENTER to confirm the selection 10 1 3 Shift octaves for pads notes To shift octaves for pads notes Enter EDIT mode Press pad 11 to shift down by one octave The pad will flash a number of times equal to the...

Page 22: ...ress pad 5 or 6 depending if you want the note behavior to be temporary temp or latched toggle Selected mode will quickly flash to confirm the selection Press pad 1 C 2 C 3 D 5 D 6 E 7 F 8 F 9 G 10 G 13 A 14 A 15 B they will all illuminate RED to select the note you want to associate with the selected pad Every time the pads are pressed they flash GREEN and they actually transmit the relative MIDI...

Page 23: ... quickly flash Pads 9 10 and 14 will illuminate Press pad 14 MIDI CH All pads between 1 and 9 will light up GREEN Compose the MIDI CH number using the 1 10 pads 10 means 0 At each press the pads will flash RED In case a wrong value is inserted the EDIT pushbuttons will flash Press pad 16 ENTER to confirm the selection and exit the EDIT mode 10 2 4 Assign Notes to Pushbuttons To assign a Note messa...

Page 24: ...selection and exit the EDIT mode 10 2 6 Assign PC to Pushbuttons To assign a PC message to a pushbutton Enter EDIT mode Press the pushbutton 1 or 2 depending on which one you want to assign the MIDI PC to Pads 9 10 14 and 15 will illuminate Press pad 15 PC Compose the MIDI PC number using the 1 10 pads 10 means 0 At each press the pads will flash RED In case a wrong value is inserted EDIT pushbutt...

Page 25: ...otary Knob you want to associate the MIDI CH to Pads 4 10 and 14 will illuminate Press pad 14 MIDI CH All pads between 1 and 9 will light up GREEN Compose the MIDI CH number using the 1 10 pads 10 means 0 At each press the pads will flash RED In case a wrong value is inserted EDIT pushbuttons will flash Press pad 16 ENTER to confirm the selection and exit the EDIT mode 10 2 10 Assign CC to the Sli...

Page 26: ...alues from 0 to 127 when rotated CW and from 127 to 0 when rotated CCW Press pad 8 REL if you want the DATA knob to work in Relative mode to control list of elements sending CC values from 0 to 10 depending on the rotation speed when moved CW and from 127 to 117 depending on speed when moved CCW Compose the MIDI CC number using the 1 10 pads 10 means 0 At each press the pad will flash RED In case ...

Page 27: ...mp and 6 toggle will illuminate RED Press pad 5 or 6 depending if you want the note behavior to be temporary temp or latched toggle Selected mode will quickly flash to confirm the selection Compose the MIDI CC number using the 1 10 pads 10 means 0 At each press the pad will flash RED In case a wrong value is inserted EDIT pushbuttons will flash When done press pad 16 ENTER to confirm the selection...

Page 28: ...e octave is shifted When done press pad 16 ENTER to confirm the selection and exit the EDIT mode 10 2 18 Assign MIDI CH to the DATA Pushbutton To assign a MIDI CH to the DATA pushbutton Enter EDIT mode Press the DATA pushbutton Pads 9 10 14 and 15 will illuminate Press pad 14 MIDI CH All pads between 1 and 9 will light up GREEN Compose the MIDI CH number using the 1 10 pads 10 means 0 At each pres...

Page 29: ...ll quickly flash to confirm the selection Press pad 1 C 2 C 3 D 5 D 6 E 7 F 8 F 9 G 10 G 13 A 14 A 15 B they will all illuminated RED to select the note you want to associate with the selected pad Every time the pads are pressed they flash GREEN and they actually transmit the relative MIDI note Press pads 11 and 12 Oct down up to change the octave for last note selected Also here the note is actua...

Page 30: ... 3 CC 99 98 velocity from 0 to 127 controls the intensity of the LED RED GREEN Pad 4 CC 101 100 velocity from 0 to 127 controls the intensity of the LED RED GREEN Pad 5 CC 87 86 velocity from 0 to 127 controls the intensity of the LED RED GREEN Pad 6 CC 89 88 velocity from 0 to 127 controls the intensity of the LED RED GREEN Pad 7 CC 91 90 velocity from 0 to 127 controls the intensity of the LED R...

Page 31: ...cable available separately 13 Troubleshooting I connected iRig Pads to my iOS device but the device doesn t recognize it and none of my audio apps work with it Remember to always connect the 30 pin or Lightning cable to the iRig Pads before connecting it to the iOS device I don t get any sound In order for iRig Pads to turn on a Core MIDI compatible app must first be launched on your iOS device or...

Page 32: ...erformance iRig PADS GrooveMaker and SampleTank are trademarks property of IK Multimedia Production Srl iPad iPhone iPod touch and Mac are trademarks of Apple Inc registered in the U S and other countries Lightning is a trademark of Apple Inc All other trademarks are property of their respective owners Registration number for iRig PADS MSIP REM IK0 030900001 B 급 기기 가정용 방송통신기자재 Class B Equipment Fo...

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