5.3.3
Adjusting the Root Note for the Pads
While trying out various bass presets on the pads, you will note that they are playing quite high
notes. This is because your 16 pads play by default the notes from C3 to D#4 — not the most
appropriate notes for playing bass. Hence, you need to lower the notes played by the pads.
1.
Press and hold
PAD MODE
.
2.
Press
F1
(
KEYBD
).
3.
Press
F2
(
OCT -
) twice.
4.
Release
PAD MODE
.
→
Your pads now play two octaves lower.
You can adjust this more precisely by changing the Base Key parameter available on the same Pad
Mode screen of your controller: Press and hold
PAD MODE
, press Right Arrow repeatedly until you
see
5/6: BASE KEY
on the display, then turn the Control encoder to adjust the Base Key semi-tone
by semi-tone.
This setting is only relevant for your controller: Indeed, in the software the vertical keyboard already
displays all notes (use the vertical scroll bar on the right to display them all).
You now can choose a bass sound:
1.
If you left Browse mode in the meanwhile, press
BROWSE
to enter it again.
2.
Load various bass presets into Sound slot 1 and play them on the pads to choose the bass
sound you would like to use.
Now choose the Sound “Analovue,” because it both has a nice bass content and some high-
frequency ornaments. Moreover, it holds interesting rhythmic content synchronized to the
Project tempo!
►
Once you have found a bass to your liking, deactivate
BROWSE
to leave the Browser.
In this example you don’t need to specifically load the selected Sound, since it is already loaded via
the Autoload function.
Adding a Bass Line
Using an Instrument Plug-in for the Bass
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