10. KITS AND SOUNDS
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10.4.1 PERFORMANCE EDIT
Make sure PERFORMANCE mode is active. Press and hold the
[PERF]
key for a short while to enter edit
mode.
When PERFORMANCE mode is active, [FUNCTION] + one of the [PADS] offers a conve-
nient shortcut to scene edit mode.
There are 12 assignable performance macros available, one for each pad. Select which macro to edit by
pressing one of the
[PADS]
. When performance edit is active, the LCD screen left-hand side will reveal a
list showing, from the top, the performance macro number, the number of locked parameters, an option
to clear the macro and an option to clear all macros. Use the
[ARROW]
keys
[UP]
and
[DOWN]
to navi-
gate through this list.
PERF
shows which performance macro is being edited. Use
[ARROW]
keys
[LEFT]
and
[RIGHT]
to
select another performance macro to edit.
LOCKS
shows the number of parameter locks assigned to the performance macro. This figure will
only change by adding or removing parameter locks (see below).
<CLEAR>
clears all parameter locks assigned to the performance macro being edited. Press
[YES/
SAVE]
when this option is highlighted to clear the macro.
<CLEAR ALL>
clears all parameter locks on all the 12 performance macros. Press
[YES/SAVE]
when
this option is highlighted to clear all macros.
While keeping the pad pressed, various parameters can be locked to the macro by turning the
DATA
ENTRY
knobs. Any parameter, from any of the 13 tracks, can be locked to the macro. Choose the drum
tracks from which the parameter locks will be assigned by pressing
[TRACK]
+
[PADS]
. If parameters
from the FX track are to be locked to the macro, press the
[FX]
key. The parameters available for modu-
lation and macro assignation will be visible on the LCD screen.
When a macro is edited, the pads of drum tracks containing parameter locks will glow half-bright red and
flicker. The active track, from which parameter locks are currently set, will glow full-bright red and flicker.
If a macro contains FX track parameter locks, the FX track red LED will flicker while editing. When a pad
containing a performance macro is pressed during edit, parameter locks are shown with inverted graph-
ics and their modulation depth values (provided the particular track, and the particular parameter page
where the locked parameter is located, is active) are also shown.
A total of 48 different parameters may be locked to any of the 12 performance macros, in any combina-
tion, for each kit. For example, 48 parameter locks may be used for a single macro, two macros may use
24 parameter locks each, four macros may use, say, 2, 4, 10 and 32 parameter locks, and so on.
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While the process of editing a performance macro is similar to editing a scene, the
parameter locks have a completely different functionality. Whereas scene mode locks
are fixed values, performance mode locks are modulation depth settings.
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If, for example, the TUN parameter on the SYNTH parameter page of the BD track
is locked to a value of +24, the performance macro will, when engaged, perform a
relative increase of the TUN setting of the track Sound between 0 and +24, depend-
ing on the amount of pressure applied to the pad to which the performance macro is
assigned. 0 if no pressure is applied, 12 if medium pressure is applied and 24 if maxi-
mum pressure is applied.
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If the TUN parameter is locked to a value of -24 instead, no pressure will produce a
relative value decrease of 0, medium pressure -12 and maximum pressure -24.
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Note that the offset is relative to the general TUN (or any other) parameter setting: if
the general setting is 30, a parameter lock with a modulation depth of +24 is set and
maximum pressure is applied to the pad which contains the performance macro, the
resulting value will be +54.
The macro of each pad can be copied, pasted to another pad or cleared using
[FUNCTION]
+
[RE-
CORD]
/
[STOP]
/
[PLAY]
, respectively. PERFORMANCE mode settings are stored to the active kit.