Part III Performance Pads
Playing phrases
During your performance, you can insert a short recorded phrase or effect sounds by pressing a pad button. A different group of phrases is recorded in each bank.
1. Press the BANK button. | 3. Press a pad button (1 to 6). |
Performance Pads
BANK
2.Select the desired bank from the display.
•The list of banks consists of three screen pages. Use the PAGE buttons to change the page.
•“User Bank” A, B and C are for storing your original phrases.
•“Compile Bank” 1 and 2 are for assigning phrases as you desire.
•Various functions are assigned to each pad button in “Control Preset”.
•When using the “Control Preset” bank, set the AUTO SETTING button to OFF. When using the PANEL MEMORY, turn off the PERFORM. PADS BANK of the EXPAND MODE FILTER.
1 | 2 | 3 |
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4 | 5 | 6 |
| SOLO |
SOLO
•A different phrase is assigned to each pad button.
•Information about the phrase, such as its name and the measure number, is shown in the normal display.
•The volume can be set with the buttons below the normal display (PADS).
•The selected phrase is played in the current tempo.
•To stop the phrase before it has ended, press the STOP button.
•Some phrases continue to play until the STOP button is pressed (the [Loop] indication ap- pears).
•During a rhythm performance, some phrases may play in time with the measure count.
•When the automatic accompaniment is on, several phrases are played in the specified chord.
SOLO
Pad buttons 5 and 6 (SOLO) are phrases with chord progressions. Just by pressing one of these pad buttons, the phrase changes following a chord progression that is typical for the music genre of that bank. (Refer to the example below.)
•Use with the automatic accompaniment during your performance.
•Pad button 5 accesses a major chord progres- sion, and pad button 6 a minor chord progres- sion.
AUTO SETTING
When this button is set to on, the bank automat- ically changes according to the automatic setting functions in the ONE TOUCH PLAY, the MUSIC STYLE ARRANGER and the MUSIC STYLIST. When it is set to off, the bank does not automat- ically change according to these functions.
AUTO SETTING
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