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The
A
can use up to 16 sound sources in a single pattern. Each of these is called an instrument
and produces sound from waveform data, such as a drum hit, from a WAV file loaded from an SD
card, or from the built-in synthesizer. In addition to its sound (oscillator), each instrument has various
settings. These include envelopes with attack and sustain times, filters, effects and pad colors.
Instruments are assigned numbers from 1 to 16. In PATTERN mode, you can edit the sound and
sequence for the instrument selected by number.
Changing the Ring Controller layout
The
A
Ring Controller has the two following layouts. Press
W
and
X
to switch between
them.
Up to 16 sounds can be generated simultaneously in either layout.
PAD layout
Various instruments can be assigned to the 16 pads and used to perform.
This layout is especially useful for playing drum sets, but other instruments can
also be assigned in the same way.
The note (pitch) that sounds when a pad is played in PAD layout is C4.
SCALE layout
Play one instrument with a musical scale, using the pads like a keyboard.
The pads become like a keyboard in a musical scale order. The Ring Controller
LEDs light with a pale color for white keyboard keys and a dark color for black
keyboard keys. The scale can also be set to major or minor, for example.
This is useful for playing instruments that produce scaled pitches, but it can also
be used to play snares and other percussion instruments.
PAD layout
W
X
Selected
instrument
SCALE layout
Switch
layout
Instrument No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Note
C
C1
C2
C3
C#
D
D#
E
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B
C
C#
D
D#
Selected
instrument
Overview
Instrument overview
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