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Advanced Operations
Pad Patterns
You can also set a pad to start playing a Song pattern when it is struck.
1. Strike a drum pad or press the corresponding Drum Pad button on the module.
2. Press the [KIT] button.
3. Press the [MENU] button
4. Press the [PAGE +] button. You will come to Pad Pattern setting.
ON: When triggering the pad, the pad pattern plays along with drum voice.
OFF: Default setting. When triggering the pad, just sound the pad.
Other Parameters for Pad Patterns
1. From the Pad Pattern setting press [SAVE/ENTER]. You should see the Song Group
assignment. For example “Grp: DrumLoop.
2. Press the [-/+] buttons or turn the VALUE DIAL to change the assignment. For this example
choose “PercLoop”
3. Press the [PAGE +] button and you will come to the Song assignment. For Example “Bonz
Beat”. Press the [-/+] buttons or turn the VALUE DIAL to change the assignment. Choose
3/4 Feel.
4. To get to the other parameters press the [-/+] buttons or VALUE DIAL to move to the other
pages that affect the Pad Pattern mode. See the table below for the parameters that are
available.
Parameter Explain Parameter (+1/-1)
Pattern* Pad Pattern Switch OFF/ON
Grp* Pad Pattern Group
DrumLoop/PercLoop/HIT/TAP/
Kit Pattern, UserSong
Sng* Pad Pattern Index 1-255
Retrig* Retrigger Mode ST/SP ReST
VelCtrl* Velocity Control Volume OFF/ON
Volume Volume 0
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32
X`Pose Pad Pattern’s Transpose -12
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12
RstTime* Reset Time OFF/0 1s
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4.0s(unit 0-1s)
DrumVoc* Whether Drum Voice Sound OFF/ON
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