PAD THRESHOLD
PAD # 12
The TRAINING does not affect the low end sensitivity, that is the level of softness that the trapKAT
will “see”. This softest level is called a pad's threshold. The Threshold is the setting that affects how
sensitive your pads are. The lower the value, the more sensitive that particular pad will be. However, if
you make the Threshold too low, the pad may trigger itself, and you will hear “note chatter”.
Please note again, that the Minimum, Maximum and Curve Velocity Settings in the User Kits on every
pad will influence the response of a pad. So if the pad sound is too soft for example, you might want to
raise the pads minimum velocity. Please refer to the Velocity Setting Section in the Kit Edit Screens for
details on programming velocities on the trapKAT.
Depress the Global Edit footswitch and hit pad# 12. It will ask you to hit the pad again.
Now choose the pad that you want to change the Threshold.
If you strike that pad again, you will increment the threshold, making it LESS sensitive. To decrement
while editing, do a “quick-click”, that is release the footswitch and quickly re-depress it. The beeping
when you hit a pad will change to indicate that you are now decrementing, decreasing the values. A
second “quick click” will return to normal incrementing.
If you strike any other pad (remember to keep the footswitch held down) you will see the value of its
Threshold and be able to change the pads value as well. It is normal for you pads to have different
values so only change those you want to make more or less sensitive.
PAD LOW AND HIGH DYNAMICS
PADS #13, 14
The training of your pads determines two values: your “low dynamic” and your “high dynamic”. These
settings tell you where your soft and hard hits lie in the trapKAT's range. As well as training with the
soft and hard hits, you can also manually changes these values yourself.
To see the values that the trapKAT stored after a TRAIN or to modify these values,
step on the Global Edit footswitch and hit pad# 13 for LOW DYNAMICS, or pad # 14 for HIGH
DYNAMICS. It the pad again to see the values.
If you strike that pad again, you will increment the Dynamic. If you “quick click”, striking the pad
again reverses the values.
Hits that are softer than your Low Dynamic setting will play at your minimum velocity setting. Hits
that are harder than your high dynamic will still play at your Maximum Velocity Setting. This is an
important concept. It means that the TRAIN determines the RANGE that the trapKAT will see. If you
play softer than what you trained at, the trapKAT still sends out the value that you set up in the
Minimum velocity setting. If you play harder than the TRAIN, any volume playing beyond that will
still only play the maximum velocity.
In other words, you want to put your Min/Max Velocity Range WITHIN your Training settings. What
this means in practicality is that when you TRAIN, be realistic. When it asks you to play soft in the
TRAINING process, play the way you play.....hit the softest hit that you really will play. When it asks
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