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Use Rows 1–2 to set the root note of the scale. These pads are laid out like the keys of a piano, from C to C in the
lower row.
When one of these pads is pressed, the selected root note will be lit green. The remaining scale notes will be lit
amber, and any non-scale notes will be lit red. These colors will automatically update as you change root notes
and other scale parameters.
Use Rows 3–5, Columns 6–8 to select a chord type. For five- and seven-tone scales, press one of the Rows 3–4
pads:
1-3-5 (major/minor)
1-2-5 (sus2) 1-4-5 (sus4)
1-3-5-7 (major7/minor7) 1-3-5-6 (major6/minor6) 1-3-5-9 (major9/minor9)
For six- or twelve-tone scales, press one of the Rows 3–4 pads and one of the Row 5 pads to change the Alt Chord
Type.
Major Minor Diminished
When selected, the chosen chord will play in the set scale each time a pad is pressed while Chord Mode is active.
The selected pad will be lit green.
Use Rows 4–5, Columns 1–4 to determine how notes are laid out on the 8x8 pad grid:
Separate Rows by 3rd Separate Rows by 5th Separate Rows by 7th
Separate Rows by 4th Separate Rows by 6th Separate Rows by Octave
Press the Show/Hide Non-Scale Notes pad (R5,C4) to enable or disable notes from outside the selected scale
from being shown on the pad grid. Non-scale notes will be unlit in the pad grid when enabled.
Press the Send Poly Aftertouch pad (R5,C5) to enable poly aftertouch messages from the pad grid.
Use Rows 6–7 to set the scale type:
Chromatic Major Pentatonic Lydian Blues
Major Minor Pentatonic Mixolydian Flamenco
Melodic Minor Dorian Aeolian Hungarian
Harmonic Minor Phrygian Locrian Whole Tone
Use Row 8 is used to set the base octave for the pads in Note Mode, starting from the lower-left pad:
Octave -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
Lowest Note C-2 C-1 C0 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5