5.3.3 Adjusting the Base Key of the Pads on Your Controller
While trying out various bass presets on the pads, you will note that they are playing quite high
notes. This is because your 16 pads play by default the notes from C3 to D#4 — not the most
appropriate notes for playing bass. Hence, you need to lower the notes played by the pads.
1. Press and hold PAD MODE.
You will note that, in Keyboard mode, the right display shows you which note will be
played by each pad.
2. Press Button 5 OCT- until the base key field is set to C1.
3. Release PAD MODE.
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Your pads now play two octaves lower.
This setting is only relevant for your controller: Indeed, in the software the vertical key-
board already displays all notes (use the vertical scroll bar on the right to display them
all).
You now can choose a bass sound:
1. If you left Browse mode in the meanwhile, press BROWSE to enter it again.
2. Load various bass presets into Sound slot 1 and play them on the pads to choose the bass
sound you would like to use.
3. Nowchoose the Sound “Analovue,” because it both has a nice bass content and some
high-frequency ornaments. Moreover, it holds interesting rhythmic content synchronized
to the Project tempo!
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Once you have found a bass to your liking, deactivate BROWSE to leave the Browser.
In this example you don’t need to specifically load the selected Sound, since it is already load-
ed via the Autoload function.
Adding a Bass Line
Loading a Plug-in Instrument for the Bass
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