User Manual

58 ARTURIA – Analog Laboratory – USER’S MANUAL
The Preset table (middle) is a complete list of all available Pad presets. The left column
contains the preset Name, the right column contains the Genre, or musical style it
belongs to. Each Pad preset includes 4 sounds and individual triggering options that will
be explored further in this section.
The Genres tab (left side) is a filter that allows one to quickly access only certain types
of Presets. For example, if one clicks on “Urban” then only the Urban-style pad presets
will be displayed in the middle Preset list.
In addition to selecting a specific pad preset, there are different options that control how
each sample is played, and they can be customized by the user in the right-most section
of the Pad Setup screen:
For each Pad sound, one can choose between Gate, Trigger or Loop in the drop down
menu below the corresponding pad. In addition, the Pad sound can be Exclusive or not.
All of these functions are explained in the following table:
GATE The sample plays while the pad is pressed down, stops when it is
released. The sample is not synchronized with the sequencer but just
starts when the pad is pressed down.
TRIGGER The sample starts playing when the pad is pressed and stops at the
end of the sample: it just plays once. The sample is synchronized with
the global Tempo.
LOOP The sample starts playing when the pad is pressed, and loops until
the same pad is pressed a second time. The sample is synchronized
with the global Tempo.
EXCLUSIVE Starting this sample stops the other ones. This function is important
for “break” or “fill” style parts.
The “Load” button validates and stores any changes made, “Back” will restore the
settings as they were before the screen was opened. Both options close the Pads Setup
screen and return to the initial Scene Edit view.
Like in the case of the Melody, the tempo is set using the Tempo fader, to the right of
both ADSR envelopes, or can be synced to an external source.