You can switch the function to PLAY, ON/MUTE, or LOOP RESTART at any time by pressing the corresponding function selector. If you are working at the main screen, pressing the button will move you to a function screen and all pads will be set to control the selected pad function.

Function screen. All pads now control the MUTE function. Press pad once to switch track on; again to switch track mute.

If you wish to use the ROLL function, you must hold down the [ROLL] button while pressing the pad(s). When you release the [ROLL] button, the function selec- tion automatically switches to PLAY.

While you are working at a function screen, the top line of the screen indicates the currently selected function (see illustration directly above). But note that the ROLL function is not shown (is indicated as PLAY).

Be aware that the pads for COMPOSED LOOP and FREE tracks include velocity sensors. If you set the PAD SENS parameter to ON in the SYSTEM SETUP job (→ p.301), these pads will be sensitive to velocity (striking force), so that harder presses will generate louder sound. Pad sensitivity works for both the PLAY function and the ROLL function; it has no meaning when you are using the MUTE or LOOP RESTART functions.

The operation of each function varies according to track type and sequencer mode. The following is an explanation of how each function works under each sequencer mode. Refer also to Table x-x for a more detailed breakdown.

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