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Using Impact LX+ pads
Drum instruments can be played from the Impact LX+ keyboard or 8 pads.
Operating the drum instrument works the same way as any other instrument and using the Pad maps 1+2 you are able to
play many drum instruments straight away. However there is no exact standard for how drum sounds should be mapped so
you may have instruments where the Impact LX+ pads don’t trigger the sounds you want.
Thankfully there is a learn function for that.
“Learning” a VST Instrument drum Sounds to the Pads
It’s easy to change pad note assignments using the Pad Learn function. It works as follows:
1.
Press
the
function
buttons
labeled
[Shift]+[<Patch
]
(Pad
Lear
n).
The
display
will
now
blink,
showing
P1
(pad
1)
as
the
default selected pad.
2. Hit the pad you want to assign a new note value to. The display blinks and updates to show the number of the pad you
selected.
3. Press the key on the keyboard that plays the sound you want to assign to the pad. You can keep playing notes on the
keyboard until you have found the note you want.
4. When you are done, press [Pad Learn] to exit and start playing your pads with the new assignment.
You can keep repeating steps 2. and 3. until you have created a complete Pad Map. The settings are stored over power
cycling so you will not lose them as you power down your system. However it’s a good idea to save setups that you may want
to have access to regularly in the future to one of the 4 pad map locations in Impact LX+. To learn how to do that, go to the
“Setup Menu” section in this manual.
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