PITCH - Changing the pitch of the sample playback.
DECAY - Adjusting the decay stage of the playback envelope.
PARAM.1 & PARAM.2 | [REVERB SEND] & [DELAY SEND] - Based on the selected channel, these two
encoders can act as different parameters, more details in the USER MANUAL. Rotating these encoders
while holding SHIFT can alternate how much signal be sent to Reverb and Delay.
PAN - Changing the panning of the selected channel.
Use this knob to adjust the amount of the return signal. There are two SEND FX (Reverb + Delay) on
the Essential D1.
FX RETURN
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LEVEL SECTION
Use faders and buttons in this section to control each channel volume. Essential D1's 12 channels
are divided into 3 banks, 4 channels per bank.
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BANK A = BD | SD | LT | HC
BANK B = CH | OH | HT | CR
BANK C = SMP1 | SMP2 | SMP3 | SMP4
Press BANK A / BANK B / BANK C to select bank. The faders above will control the corresponding
volumes.
Channel effects parameters are controlled by 5 encoders located in this section. For the selected
channel, its pad will be brighter. Hold SHIFT to select channel without trigging the sound. The
functionalities of these 5 encoders are listed below.
CHANNEL EFFECTS SECTION
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01B FILL A & FILL B:
Use these pads to trigger drum fill. Every BEAT can store two drum fills.
● When it is in SEQ mode, 16 pads will be used to edit the sequence of the selected channel.
When holding the SHIFT button, these 16 pads will be divided into two sections:
01A BD - SMP4 PADS:
Press one of these pads to select the channel.
01B [1] - [4] PADS:
In Essential D1, every BEAT can hold 64 steps at most. These 64 steps are divided into 4 pages, 16
steps per page. These 4 pads are used to switch between pages.
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