● When it is not in SEQ mode, these 16 pads will be divided into two sections:
01A BD - SMP4 PADS:
Use these 12 pads to trigger specific sound on each channel. The velocity sensitive pads can feel
the force you hit them, the harder you hit, the louder you get on volume.
01B 16th & 32nd PADS:
Press and hold one of these Pads (or both), while holding, press the pad(s) you want in the 01A BD
- SMP4 PADS section will perform roll articulation on the fly. Holding 16th will perform the
sixteenth note drum roll, 32nd for the thirty-second note drum roll. By holding 16th and 32nd at
the same time to perform drum roll with the sixty-fourth note.
PANEL LAYOUT AND CONNECTIONS
BANK A BANK B BANK C
FX RETURN
PITCH
ESSENTIAL D1
PERFORMANCE BEAT MACHINE
3
46
8
9
7 5
2
10 11 12
13
14 18
15 19
16 20
17
1 A
1 B
RGB VELOCITY SENSITIVE PADS
Depending on whether the Essential D1 is in SEQ mode or not (switch using SHIFT + [SEQ]), these
16 velocity sensitive pads will act as different functions:
TOP PANEL
1
05 06 07
08 09 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31 32