sound type for simple connection between MIDI devices.
Groove
A Groove is a pattern or riff that you can select to play along with. There are melodic and
percussion GM grooves in the trapKAT.
Kit
A collection of MIDI Note and Channel settings for all of your pads, HiHAT and bass drum.
Basically, a KIT defines what sounds you pads make. There are Factory and User Kits in the
trapKAT.
MIDI
MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. It is a agreed upon standard for
communications between electronic musical instruments. It is simply the means by which your
trapKAT communicates with the sound sources you connect it to.
MIDI Delay
A term which is mistakenly used by many to refer to all kinds of delay ranging from Sound
Source delay, to Sound Travel Delay, to actual delay due to MIDI. The delay caused by the
transmission of MIDI information is only 1 millisecond! That's .001 of a second.
MIDI IN
A 5 pin DIN jack by which an instrument receives MIDI information from another musical
instrument. Though its MIDI IN, the trapKAT can receive DATA Dumps, Kit changes and Note
# Auto Train information.
MIDI OUT
A 5 pin DIN jack by which an instrument sends out MIDI information to another instrument.
The trapKAT sends out Channel, Note and Velocity information and Continuous Controller
messages.
NOTE NUMBER
A MIDI Note is the number sent in a MIDI Note ON or MIDI Note OFF command to tell the
receiving instrument which sound (pitch) to make.
PROGRAM CHANGE
A MIDI command which instructs the receiving instrument to change a new group of settings.
For Sound Sources, this generally means selecting a new group of sounds.
RESPONSE
What Velocity the trapKAT sends out related to your playing dynamics. A natural response is
that the velocity (hence the loudness) gets bigger as your dynamics increase.
SCREEN
A display “window” on the trapKAT, usually with information about the current setting
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