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The
A
can use up to 33 sound sources in a single kit. Each of these is called an instrument and
produces sound from waveform data, such as a drum hit, or from the built-in synthesizer. You can
choose from hundreds of types of sounds and assign ones you like to each instrument.
In STEP or INST mode, press
E
to switch between the two following types of instrument layouts. Up
to 16 sounds can be generated simultaneously in either layout.
PAD layout
In this mode, you can assign different instruments to as many as 32 pads and play
them. In addition to being useful for playing drums, you can also assign the synthe-
sizer to instruments.
KEY layout
Use this mode to use a musical scale to play one instrument. The pads become like
a keyboard in a musical scale order. The Ring Controller LEDs light white for white
keyboard keys and blue for black keyboard keys.
The scale can also be set to major or minor, for example. This is useful for playing
synthesizer parts, but can also be used to play snares and other percussion instru-
ments with a musical scale.
Assignments of instruments to the Ring Controller are different for STEP and INST modes as well as
for PAD and KEY layouts.
Instrument No.
Instrument No.
INST mode
STEP mode
PAD la
yout
KEY la
yout
1 2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31 32
Note
C C#
D
D#
E
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B
C
C#
D
D#
E
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B
C
C#
D
D#
E
F
F# G
…
…
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
Note
(Using chromatic scale)
(Same notes assigned
to side and bottom rings)
…
…
C
D
E
F
C#
D#
F#
G
A
B
F#
G#
A#
Instrument overview
