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Now you should have Pad 8 set to start your song and Pad 7 set to start it. Of course
you can assign those functions to any pad you like, now that you know how to do it.
Note: Refer to section 4.4.2.2 for a complete list of MMC commands that are available
for use with the MiniLab pads.
5.1.3 Assign a couple of Pads to MIDI notes
The natural thing to do when you’re starting a song is to lay down the kick and snare
tracks. The MiniLab pads can be assigned to any MIDI note number that you like, so for
this example we’ll set Pads 1 and 2 to trigger the General MIDI note numbers for the
Bass drum and Snare drum (MIDI note numbers 36 and 38, respectively).
By default the pads have their Mode set to MIDI note, so when you select each Pad we’ll
get right down to selecting the MIDI note number and velocity values. Let’s leave the
other setting to “Gate” so the notes shut off when you lift the pad; you can try the
“Toggle” value later if you’d like the MIDI note to stay “On” until you hit the pad a
second time.
5.1.3.1 Select the MIDI note number: Kick
The CC number field is used to set the MIDI note number, which makes sense: there are
128 MIDI Controller numbers and 128 MIDI Note numbers. So click the pull-down menu
and set this value to 36 to select the General MIDI Kick drum note number: