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Tetrapad Manual
Touching any pad outputs both a trigger and a gate signal, and pads respond to both
position and pressure, giving you expressive CV control over anything you want (such as a
VCA level or filter frequency).
You define notes for each key by selecting a keyboard mapping from the built-in Scale
Library and you set a root note with a twist of an encoder. Diatonically shifted versions of the
root scale appear at each of the four outputs and you can rotate these assignments using
another encoder.
Using Keyboard Mode
In Keyboard Mode, the pads serve two purposes:
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In PERFORMANCE View: Touch one of the eight keys (each pad is divided into an
upper key and a lower key) to send a programmable pitch out each of the four outputs,
enabling you to play melodies (or chords) from the Tetrapad. Gate and trigger signals are
also output, as well as pressure and position.
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In EDIT View: When the Shift Status LED is red (EDIT view), the middle two pads
display the number of the selected scale and the root of that scale.
EDIT VIEW: Assigning Keys According to Scale
Use EDIT View to assign the eight keys to play notes from the built-in Scale Library, and to
set that scale’s root note.
1. If the Shift Status LED is green, push the SHIFT Button to change its color to red. A red
Status LED indicates that Tetrapad is in EDIT View..
2. Touch any of the eight keys.
Each of Tetrapad’s four pads is divided into a top half and a bottom half, resulting in
eight “keys.” When you touch a key, four LEDs light beneath your finger, indicating
which key you’ve pressed.
3. Release the key.
The key’s four indicator LEDs will dim (though remain slightly illuminated to indicate
the most recently touched key). The brightly lit LED beneath Pad 2 indicates the
current scale, and the brightly lit LED beneath Pad 3 represents the root of that
scale.
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