Using the X-PAD FX function

1 Press one of the [X-PAD FX] buttons.

One of this unit’s internal sound sources or one of the sampled sound sources loaded from SD memory cards is selected and output. When a button is pressed, the sound is produced immediately.

The pressed button lights.

!Internal sound sources are preset at the [KICK], [SNARE], [CLAP] and [HI HAT] buttons, respectively.

!To select a sampled sound source stored on an SD memory card, press the [X-PAD FX] button while pressing the [BANK] button.

2 Touch the [X-PAD].

This turns the effect on.

The effect changes according to the position on the [X-PAD] that is touched.

!The effect turns off when you release your finger from the [X-PAD].

Sampling the currently playing sound and using the X-PAD FX function

1 Press the [ROLL] button.

The [ROLL] button lights.

2 Touch the [X-PAD].

The sound at the time the [X-PAD] is touched is sampled and loop playback starts.

The number of beats sampled depends on the position on the [X-PAD] that is touched.

1/8 1/4 1/2 1/1 2/1

!The effect turns off when you release your finger from the [X-PAD].

Using the hold function

Press the [HOLD (MUTE)] button.

When the hold mode is turned on, the X-PAD FX effect applied directly before your finger was released from the [X-PAD] is held.

!Press the [HOLD (MUTE)] button again to turn the hold mode off.

Using the BANK function

When one of the [X-PAD FX] buttons ([KICK], [SNARE], [CLAP] or

[HI HAT]) is pressed while pressing the [BANK] button, the [BANK1], [BANK2], [BANK3] or [BANK4] sampled sound sources are loaded into the corresponding [X-PAD FX] button from the SD memory card inserted into the SD memory card slot of this unit.

!When loading sampled sound sources from SD memory cards into the [X-PAD FX] section, first use remixbox to store the sampled sound sources on the SD memory card. For details, see the remix- box’s operating instructions.

1Insert the SD memory card on which the sampled sound sources are stored into the SD memory card slot of this unit.

2Press the [BANK] button to check which BANK can be loaded.

When the [BANK] button is pressed, the [BANK] indicators flash for the BANKs at which sampled sound sources can be loaded.

3Press one of the [X-PAD FX] buttons ([KICK], [SNARE], [CLAP] or [HI HAT]) while pressing the [BANK] button.

The sampled sound sources stored on the SD memory card are loaded into [SLOT1] to [SLOT4] for the selected BANK.

 

[KICK]

[SNARE] [CLAP]

[HI HAT]

 

button

button

button

button

[BANK] button + [KICK] button

BANK1

BANK1

BANK1

BANK1

 

SLOT1

SLOT2

SLOT3

SLOT4

[BANK] button + [SNARE]

BANK2

BANK2

BANK2

BANK2

button

SLOT1

SLOT2

SLOT3

SLOT4

[BANK] button + [CLAP]

BANK3

BANK3

BANK3

BANK3

button

SLOT1

SLOT2

SLOT3

SLOT4

[BANK] button + [HI HAT]

BANK4

BANK4

BANK4

BANK4

button

SLOT1

SLOT2

SLOT3

SLOT4

 

 

 

 

 

!The maximum number of sampled sound sources that can be loaded is 4BANK x 4SLOT.

!The maximum length of the sampled sounds that can be set in the BANK (the total for the 4SLOT) is 16 seconds.

!48 kHz/24-bit or 48 kHz/16-bit WAV files are supported as sound sources.

!When a lit [X-PAD FX] button is pressed while again pressing the [BANK] button, this unit’s internal sound source is selected and produced.

Using the OVERDUB function

Recording sounds and playing them

This function records four beats of the sounds stored at the [X-PAD FX] buttons and plays the sounds in a loop.

1 Press the [OVERDUB (DELETE)] button.

The OVERDUB function turns on.

The standby mode is set until one of the [X-PAD FX] buttons is operated.

2 Press one of the [X-PAD FX] buttons.

When one of the [X-PAD FX] buttons is pressed, recording starts and a 4-beat loop starts playing.

!The sound of an [X-PAD FX] button can be added by pressing that button during loop playback.

!When the [OVERDUB (DELETE)] button is pressed again, the OVERDUB function turns off and playback and recording stop. The recorded sound is deleted.

Muting recorded sounds

Press one of the [X-PAD FX] buttons while pressing the [HOLD (MUTE)] button.

The sound of the [X-PAD FX] button that was pressed is muted from the recorded sound.

!When the muted [X-PAD FX] button is pressed again while pressing the [HOLD (MUTE)] button, the mute mode is canceled.

Deleting recorded sounds

Press one of the [X-PAD FX] buttons while pressing the [OVERDUB (DELETE)] button.

The sound of the [X-PAD FX] button that was pressed is deleted from the recorded sound.

!Deleted sounds cannot be retrieved.

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