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Let's check out the “Electro_4A” preset in the list that's now filtered to “Electro” Scene
Genres. In order to load the Preset, just click on its name. It darkens when it's loaded.
The “Electro_4A” preset is loaded
When exploring a scene for the first time, it's a good idea to try out everything in order
to get the best idea of what the Scene offers. Let's look at what “Electro_4A” has to
offer.
Playing the Pads will let you hear what rhythmic sounds are available. If you hit a Pad a
loop or one-shot rhythmic sample will play. Try playing all four of them by clicking on the
four different Pads. When you click a Pad it plays and turns yellow. If the pad stays
yellow then it will loop until clicked a second time or until another exclusive Pad is hit.
The Drum pads: the top left pad is now looped.
Scenes have 2 presets, and this scene has split the voices between Upper and Lower
parts. The split point is shown by a red triangle that appears above the keys on the
virtual keyboard.
The Split point: lower notes are sent to the Lower sound, higher notes to the Upper sound
All keys to the right (higher keys) will play the Upper sound; all keys to the left (lower
keys) will play the Lower sound. Not all presets are split, some can be layered on set as
Multis; please see chapter 5 for more info.
Also, we can hear that the “Electro_4A” has a Melody (Arpeggiator) applied the Upper
voice. The Melody is an advanced mix between an arpeggiator and a sequencer. It is a
series of predefined notes and rhythms that are triggered once a first note is played, and
is composed to fit the selected preset Genre stylistically.
Now that we have explored this “Electro_4A” preset a bit, let's try and customize it a bit.
4.3.2 Modifying the Sounds of a Scene Preset
Modifying a Scene preset is just as easy as in the previous Sound portion of this
Quickstart guide. In a Scene we can modify many things about the two Sounds (Upper
and Lower Parts), Pads and Melody.