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The 8 pads are velocity sensitive and programmable with either note, MIDI switch or pressure control messages. This means you can use
them as regular MIDI buttons as well as to punch out your drum beats and percussive melody parts. In addition, you can choose from 4
velocity curves and one fixed velocity option for the pads, depending on what you are doing and your playing style.
Pads Bank Button
The [Pads Bank Button] switches between pad bank 1-8 and pad bank 9-16. When the button is illuminated white, pad bank 1-8 is active.
When it is red, pad bank 9-16 is active.
Pad Learn
If you want to change the note assignment for a pad, you can do that quickly by doing the following:
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Press [Shift]+[Pads Bank] to enter Learn mode.
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Hit the pad you want to assign a note. You can use the [Pad Bank} button to switch between pads 1-8 and 9-16.
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Play a key on the keyboard, representing the note you want assigned. You can keep playing different notes until you have found the
one you want. You can also assign chords to the pads, by playing notes simultaneously (up to 6).
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Hit another pad if you want to keep assigning, followed by playing a note on the keyboard.
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Press [Shift]+[Pads Bank] to exit Learn mode.
Change Octave for all Pad Assignments
If you want to shift all current pad assignments up or down an octave or two, here is how you do that:
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Press [Pads Bank] and hold
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Press the [Octave down] or Octave [Up] key to change the octave. The display’s current parameter line updates to show you how
many octaves the pads have been shifted.
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Release [Pads Bank] when done.
Load and Save Pad Maps
You can load and save up to 8 different pad setups in memory locations called Pad maps. Here is how you load pad maps:
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Press and hold the [Shift] button.
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Press the pad that corresponds to the pad map 1-8 that you want to recall. The display shows the selected map number.
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Release the [Shift] button. The pad map has now been loaded.
Pad maps contain settings for the 2 banks of 8 pad assignments = 16 pads total. Press the [Pad Bank] button to switch between them.
The default pad maps showcase some of the options for programming the pads but there are many more creative ways you could use
them. Try for example using pressure to control parameters or load presets.
Here is a list of the default pad maps:
Pad Map
Description
Pad Map
Description
1
Chromatic scale from C1 to D#2
5
Perfect 4th intervals 1. Play two pads to create chords.
2
Chromatic scale from E2 to G3
6
Perfect 4th intervals 2. Play two pads to create chords.
3
General MIDI drum kit setup
7
One pad = 4 octaves
4
General MIDI percussion kit setup
8
Chords
Pads
