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have Velocity values determined by how hard the sample pads are struck. This applies both to normal
Note View and Expanded Note View.
To select Fixed Velocity, hold Shift and press Velocity: the Velocity button changes colour to green.
Now all drum hits entered using the sample pads will always have a fixed velocity of 96 (12 pads lit in
Velocity View – see below). This also applies both to normal Note View and Expanded Note View.
Drum hits programmed using the pattern step pads will always use Fixed Velocity, regardless of the
selected velocity mode. Note that the selection of fixed or variable velocity is global, i.e., it applies to
all tracks.
You can change the Velocity value of a step after you’ve created a pattern. This is done in Velocity
View, which is selected by pressing Velocity
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9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
One step pad pulses
blue/white; this is the step
whose Velocity value is
displayed
These four steps have
drum hits associated with
them
This indicates that Step 10
has a Velocity value of 5
Pattern step display
Velocity value display
In Velocity View, the two upper rows of the grid represent the 16-step pattern for the currently selected
drum, while the two lower rows represent a 16-segment “fader”, spilt across two rows; the number of
pads illuminated sand represent the Velocity value for the selected step.
In the example above, Steps 4, 8,10 and 16 are brightly lit, indicating that these steps have drum hits
associated with them. One pad in the Pattern step display will flash alternate blue/white: this is the
step whose Velocity value is being displayed. In the example, the Velocity value for this step is 40; the
first five pads of Row 3 are lit sand (because 5 x 8 = 40), the remainder of the Velocity value display is
unlit. If the Velocity value is not a multiple of 8, the “last” pad in the Velocity display will be dimly lit.
Note also that you hear the drum hit at the step when you press the step pad.
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