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want (such as a VCA level or filter frequency). Unlike standard Chord Mode, Custom Chord
Mode lets you define your own chord patterns, allowing for harmonic structures beyond
those included in Mode 5’s Chord Library.
Using Custom Chord Mode
In Custom Chord mode, the pads serve two purposes:
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As a performance controller: Touching Pad 1 sends four memorized notes (a chord) to
outputs 1-4; touching Pad 2 sends a different set of notes out the same outputs; etc.
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As a note/chord display: When you touch Pad 1, the notes it sends to Outs 1-4 are
displayed on Pads 1-4. When you touch Pad 2, the notes it sends to Outs 1-4 are then
displayed on the four pads.
The notes within each chord are edited directly by turning the four encoders, as described
below.
Chord Entry
1. Touch one of the four pads to select it for chord editing.
All the ladder LEDs beneath the pad’s surface light dimly to indicate that it’s the
active and editable pad.
2. Rotate Encoder 1 to set the chord’s root note, which is sent to Out 1. Rotate
encoders 2-4 to set the interval values, which Tetrapad sends to Outputs 2-4.
Beneath the surface of each pad is a brightly lit LED, indicating the note value
assigned to the corresponding Output number (as seen with the Level Label in the
center of the four pads). That is, the bright LED beneath Pad 1 shows the note sent
to Out 1; the bright LED beneath Pad 2 shows the note sent to Out 2; etc.
3. Press & turn an encoder to increment or decrement its note assignment by octave.
The Pad Status LED glows an increasingly brighter green for each octave higher
than default. It glows increasingly brighter red for each octave lower than the default.
Notes can be set over a 10 octave range.
4. To transpose the chord, simply rotate Encoder 1 to change the root note, shifting all four
Outs up/down accordingly.
Similarly, push-turning Encoder 1 transposes the entire chord up/down by octave.
5. Press an encoder if you want to reset its output to C (0V). Pressing Encoder 1
transposes the entire chord to the root of C.
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