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5.1.5 Using Link Groups
When your pads are in Group mode, Link groups allow you to link pads with each other: this
can be used to trigger multiple Sounds when pressing only one pad. Each pad of a Group can
be assigned to one of eight Link groups. A pad may be set as a Master or Slave in the Link
group:
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If the pad is set to Master (default setting) it will trigger other pads in the same Link group.
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If the pad is set to Slave it will only trigger its own Sound, even if it is part of a Link group
— but be triggered by pads set to Master within the same group.
You may set more than one pad as Master or Slave within the same group.
Link groups affect not only the notes you play on the pads and the notes triggered by the
Patterns, but also the MIDI notes controlling your Sounds.
Link groups are a “live” feature: They only affect the note triggers . In Record mode,
Link groups don’t affect the notes recorded in your Patterns — in other terms notes
won’t be recorded for the linked pads! Notably, this allow you to modify your Link group
assignments after recording. If you want to copy the notes from a Sound to another
Sound in Patterns, please refer to section
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7.4, Editing Events .
You can select multiple Sound slots and quickly assign them all to a particular Link
group at once!
To assign the selected Sound(s) to a Link group and set its/their Link mode (Master or Slave),
do the following:
1.
Click the Pad View button above the Sound List in the Pattern Editor to show the Pad
view for the focused Group.
2. In the Link section click the Group value and select the desired group 1 – 8 from the list or
choose None (default setting) to remove the Sound from its current Link group.
3. In the same Link section click the Mode value ( Master or Slave ) to switch the Sound be-
tween Master (default setting) and Slave mode.
Playing on the Controller
Adjusting the Pads
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