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Overview of the OCTAPAD
Kit and Inst
What Is an Inst (Instrument)?
All the sounds and instruments on board the OCTAPAD are referred to as “INST.”
What Does Layer Mean?
Two Insts (Main, Sub) can be assigned to each pad.
The way in which the strength of your strike on the pad aects the volume of each instrument can be specied
in “Layer Type.”
With a hi-hat for example, by playing softly you can have the closed hi-hat sound, and when playing harder,
the open hi-hat sound. Or you can use a snare drum sound, so when play softly you hear the head sound, and
when playing louder you can have a rim shot.
When the layer type is “SWITCH”
Volume
Playing
Dynamics
Sub
Main
Volume
Playing
Dynamics
When the layer type is “FADE2”
Sub
Main
What Is a Kit?
All instruments assigned to the eight pads and four external pads as well as the eects used, are memorized
as a “Kit.” You can select kits by pressing the [–], [+] buttons (p. 11).
In live performance situations, the Kit Chain function allows you to determine the switching order of selected
kits (p. 20).
“Kit structure” (p. 7)
What Are Ambience and MFX?
These are both eects.
The “Ambience” selected is a global function, meaning that all kits will use this eect. You can select from various types of rooms and halls.
“MFX” is a full blown eects unit that can be used on an individual kit basis.
On the OCTAPAD you can use one instance of ambience and three instances of MFX with each kit.
Ambience
MFX
“Audio signal ow” (p. 7)
Sub
Main
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