LDB-1se User Manual
10
Pad Play Mode
In this mode, you can play instruments immediately by pressing the number buttons.
Num
Instruments:
Pressing the number buttons will play the corresponding instrument. If a pat-
tern/song is playing, the instrument will sound in time with the tempo (AKA quantized).
Row Individual / Rolled:
When the top Row LED is lit, pressing a number button will play the instrument
once. When it the bottom Row LED is lit, holding a number button will roll (repeat) the instrument as long
as the button is held down.
Select Roll Timing:
Hold the Select button and press a number button to set the Roll Timing. Refer to
the table below. A beat is a quarter note. A beat is every fourth step in 4/4 time. If the time scale is set to
triplets, then a beat is every third step (and option 7 is the same as 4).
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Every
step
Every other
odd step
Every other
even step
Every beat
starting on
1
st
step
Every beat
starting on
2
nd
step
Every beat
starting on
3
rd
step
Every beat
starting on
4
th
step
Set Available Functions:
Solo/Mute, Swing/Rand, Bank, Pattern.
Pad Record Mode
This is one of two modes in which you create and edit rhythm patterns. In the Step Edit mode you select
an instrument and set the steps on which that instrument will play. In the Pad Record mode, instruments
are added to the currently playing pattern when you press the number (instrument) button. If no pattern
is playing, the number buttons act just like in pad play mode.
Num
Drums:
Pressing the number buttons will record the corresponding instrument into the playing
pattern on the beat that is playing when you press the button.
Row Individual / Rolled:
Works as in Pad Play Mode above, except that the instruments are recorded
into the playing pattern.
Select Roll Timing:
See the description of Roll Timing in Pad Play Mode above.
Set All
Set Functions are available in the Pad Record Mode.
