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Pattern
This is a short musical part of several bars.
Patterns are made of sequences (performance
information) and oscillators (sounds). You can
also save parameters controlled by the Ring
Controller, quantization and other settings for
each pattern separately.
The
A
has preset patterns that cover a
variety of musical genres.
Song
This is a combination of multiple patterns that
form a single musical piece.
Step
A step is the length of the shortest notes that
can be input to a sequence.
Steps are usually one 16th of a bar, so you can
set sounds to occur in 16th note intervals. This
length can be changed in the settings.
Sequence
A sequence is performance data that records
the timing when various sounds are played.
With the
A
you can input sequences one
step at a time and record sequences by play-
ing the pads in real time.
Instrument
These are the smallest elements of sounds. A
variety of sound sources, including drum sets,
percussion instruments, basses and synthesiz-
ers, are already prepared for use.
You can also use WAV files saved on an SD
card by a computer as instruments.
In addition to selecting sounds, various set-
tings are available in each instrument. These
include envelopes with attack and sustain
times, filters and effects.
Explanation of terms
Explanation of terms
