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ADVANCED OPERATIONS
PATTERN PLAY
The screen can be accessed by pressing Kit, then F1 (MIX), then F4
(PATTERNS). The Pattern play mode allows you to assign a MIDI
percussion pattern to a drum or cymbal, so that each time you hit that
drum or cymbal, the pattern will play. The Patterns will loop until you
strike the drum or cymbal again.
There are several preset MIDI percussion patterns that you can select
from at the top of the screen. If you record your own MIDI patterns
these can be played as well.
The following settings are available:
• Pattern = Shown at the top of the screen, this selects the pattern
to be played.
• Pad = You can select any pad to trigger the Pattern (Kick, Snare, etc)
• Pattern SW = Set this to on to enable pattern play for this pad, or
off to disable pattern play for this pad.
• Retrigger= Set this to Retrigger to have the pattern start from
the beginning and play a single time each time you hit the pad.
Set it to Start/Stop to have subsequent pad hits start and stop
the pattern, with the pattern playing in a continuous loop until
stopped by a pad hit.
• Velocity= On or off. Determines if the pattern to be played back
will respond to your striking velocity on the drum or cymbal (On), or
play back at a fixed volume every time (Off).
• Drum Sound = Set this to Off if you only want to hear the pattern
when you hit the pad, and don’t want to hear the sound the pad
would normally play. Set it to On to hear the pad each time it is hit,
along with hearing the pattern.
CHANGING A DRUM SOUND IN A KIT
Press Kit, then F2 (Drum). You can select the sound incrementally with
the dial or the -/+ buttons. You will see the numbers indexed along
with the names on the Preset List.
Move the cursor to the Category area to quickly view by Category
such as “snares.” For a full list of the sounds and the sound categories
please see the appendix.
The Function button for User Wave is intended for assigning your own
imported samples into Instrument programs that can be assigned
in Kits. See the section for instructions on how to import your own
samples and assign them in the SD1250.
There are also Function buttons that select between preset or user
sounds in the SD1250 so you can locate the sounds quickly.
CHANGING DRUM PARAMETERS
On the Main Drum screen you adjust some basic settings that affect
the sound such as Pitch, which affects the coarse pitch; Pitch Fine
Tune, which changes pitch in smaller steps; and Velocity To Pitch,
which changes the pitch to either positive or negative depending
on the value set. Velocity to Pitch will not work if the Pitch or Pitch
Fine Tune functions are used. To edit the Filter and Envelope (shape)
settings, press the Function button below Filter/Env in the display.
