System information

M3 EasyStart
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Get crazy with the HOLD Function in X/Y Mode:
The sound you’re working with now really shows off the HOLD function…check it out…
1. With the X/Y switch on (lit), Press the HOLD switch and then touch and rub different parts of the screen. You can
remove your finger, but its position on the display will be remembered! Oh yeah! Now you’re on fire!
2. Be sure to turn off this function before moving on so you can use the screen again!
Play Those Pads!
Beautiful, aren’t they? Eight huge, velocity-sensitive pads, just sitting there, begging to be whacked. The ENTIRE PAD SURFACE
is sensitive, not just the center, and these pads can do much more than just trigger drum sounds… but for now, start there
anyway…
1. Select Program INT A020: Down Low Rap Kit. (Yep, you gotta go back to PROG mode now…)
2. Press to turn the DRUM TRACK and KARMA switches OFF (unlit).
3. Try playing the pads – they’re automatically mapped to kick, snare, closed/open hat, three toms, and a crash!
You’ll find this is the case with nearly every drum kit. Just call up the kit, and play away!
4. Press the PAD mode switch (right of the display) to instantly set all the pads to a fixed velocity.
To change the stored velocity of each pad, press the PAGE SELECT switch, and then touch “Basic/DT/Ctrls”. From here,
go to the “Pads 1-4” or “Pads 1-8” tabs.
Okay, these pads can trigger drum sounds. But did you know that they can also play entire eight-note chords?
Check it out…
1. Select Program INT A002: Steel Ac Guitar.
2. Play the pads to hear the different chords. There are preset chords assigned to the pads - for nearly every sound in the
M3!
3. Press the PAD mode switch for velocity control when using the pads…now play hard for a glissando!
Cool… but what if you want to use your OWN chords?
Work with the Chord Assign Function:
1. Press the CHORD ASSIGN switch (it will light), just below the PAD mode switch > Play up to eight notes at once…To
create a massive chord, just hold down the first key you want to use, and then press the other seven individually! Try
holding down the sustain pedal, and really-spread your eight-note voicing out across the keyboard to create some
really…cool and/or demented chord assignments…
2. Hit the pad you want to use to store the new chord voicing, and then hit that pad again to hear it! YES!!!
These pads are great when playing the M3 live… You can use them to provide left-hand accompaniment, while you solo with
the right hand. You can also trigger KARMA elements, or play a quick drum solo…or control external sounds!