The Pad Function Keys

Beats

If 16 Beats is pressed, the sixteen pads are used to play the sixteen Beats in memory. This is useful for live arrangement and manipula­tion of Beats during performance. One beat pad is always selected, indicated by its pad being dimly lit. To start playing a Beat, press Play. While playing, select another beat pad to switch to it. To stop playing, press Stop.

If the Pads key (in the Screens section) is lit, the following screen will be displayed, showing the beat assigned to each pad, plus related information and controls:

Soft Knob 1: Beat Quantize

When switching between beat pads while playing, the transition will be delayed until the next bar, ½ note, etc., set here.

Soft Knob 2: Swing

Varies the selected Beat’s 1/16 note Swing amount from 50% (straight 1/16s) to 66% (triplet swing) and more.

Soft Knob 4: Beat Roll

Hold the Roll key for a Beat Roll, a stutter effect in which a small portion of the beat loops. This setting controls the duration of the beat roll.

BtQuant: End. Swing: 50.0%. BtRoll: 16^th

Proj: Saturday night gig; Bt: 14/Swing beat 100 bpm;

Intro; SwgBt; SloFil; 4Kicks; FillBt; 4hats; HlfTm; Brkbt;

Busy; Break; On2&4; BigBt; Quiet; SwGrv; PwrBt; Endng;

Pad Hold: Off 120.0 1.1.01 16 Beats

Project & Beat

Displays the current Project name (everything in memory) and selected Beat name.

Soft Key: Pad Hold

If on, beats play only as long as you hold down a beat pad. The Play key is also momentary.