20 Display and User Interface
Interface structure
Backing Sequence
4 Realtime tracks, 8 Style tracks, 4 Pads.
Song 16 Song tracks.
You can only see up to 8 tracks in the display. So, use the
TRACK SELECT button to switch to the other (hidden)
tracks. For example, when in Style Play, you can use this but-
ton to switch from the Realtime tracks and the Style tracks.
INTERFACE STRUCTURE
Thanks to its multitasking operating system, the Pa50SD user
interface is structured in “overlapping”, active layers. From
the lower level:
• operating modes (Style Play, Backing Sequence, Song
Play, Song, Program)
• edit environments (Global, Card)
• selecting windows (Style Select, Song Select, Program
Select, Performance Select).
When opening an edit environment or a selecting page, the
current operating mode is still working in the background.
Operating modes. (See diagram at the bottom of this
page). At the lowest level, an operating mode is always active.
The current operating mode is indicated by the lit LED on
the STYLE PLAY, B.SEQ, SONG PLAY, SONG or PROGRAM
button in the MODE section. The relevant icon lights up in
the display.
An operating mode is divided into a main page (the page
where you usually play a Style, a Song or a Program), a menu,
and a series of edit pages.
Press MENU to access the Menu. Use the MENU and PAGE
buttons to browse across the various edit pages. Press EXIT to
go back to the main page.

Operating modes

Main page Menu Edit pages
Drum/Perc Piano01
Bass01 Guitar01
Acc.1-5 StrngEns2
VoxPad1
BossaNova |STS1
Mixer RT Ctrls
Tuning Sty Ctrls
Effects Input/Pad
Track Edit Preferences
Style Play Menu
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Mixer:Volume