Select Mode: Selecting Events (Pads in Group mode)
In Group mode (the default mode of the pads), each pad represents a specific Sound of the
focused Group.
Selecting events on the controller with the pads in Group mode.
You have following selection tools at your disposal:
Selection Tool
Description
Pads Unlit pads indicate Sounds for which the Pattern has no events.
Nothing happens when you press them.
Dimmed pads indicate Sounds for which events can be selected: Press
any dimmed pad to add all events for that Sound to the selection. The
pad turns fully lit to indicate that all its events are selected. You can
press any additional dimmed pad to add its events to the selection.
Pressing a dimmed pad additionally switches the focus to the
corresponding Sound.
Fully lit pads indicate Sounds for which all events are selected: Press
any lit pad to remove all its events from the selection (the pad turns
dim lit).
Button 7/8 (ALL/
NONE)
Selects/deselects all events for all Sounds, i.e. all events in the
Pattern.
Button 5/6 (UP/
DOWN)
Switch the focus to the previous/next Sound in order to add or remove
some of its events to/from the selection (using Knob 1, 2, and 4, and
the Page buttons, see below). The name of the selected Sound is
indicated in the middle left part of the right display.
Knob 1/2 (START/
END)
Define the selection’s start and end points in the timeline for the
focused Sound. All events within this time interval are included into
the selection.
Working with Patterns
Editing Events
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