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4 The Pad Function Keys Dave Smith Instruments
The Pad Function Keys
16 Beats
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play the sixteen Beats in memory. This
is useful for live arrangement and manipula-
tion of Beats during performance. One beat
pad is always selected, indicated by its pad
being dimly lit. To start playing a Beat, press
Play. While playing, select another beat pad to
switch to it. To stop playing, press StoP.
If the
PadS key (in the Screens section) is lit, the following screen will be
displayed, showing the beat assigned to each pad, plus related information and
controls:
BtQuant: End Swing: 50.0%
Pad Hold: Off
Proj: Saturday night gig
Intro
Busy
SwgBt
Break
SloFil
On2&4
4Kicks
BigBt
FillBt
Quiet
4hats
SwGrv
HlfTm
PwrBt
Brkbt
Endng
BtQuant: End BtRoll: 8thSwing: 50.0%
Pad Hold: Off
Proj: Saturday night gig
Intro
Busy
SwgBt
Break
SloFil
On2&4
4Kicks
BigBt
FillBt
Quiet
4hats
SwGrv
HlfTm
PwrBt
Brkbt
Endng
Soft Knob 1:
Beat Quantize
When switching
between beat pads
while playing, the
transition will be
delayed until the
next bar, ½ note,
etc., set here.
Project & Beat
Displays the current
Project name
(everything in
memory) and
selected Beat name.
Soft Key: Pad Hold
If on, beats play only
as long as you hold
down a beat pad.
The Play key is also
momentary.
Short Names
Short names for each of
the 16 pads are shown
here. You can edit these
short names by using
the Edit function.
Soft Knob 2:
Swing
Varies the selected
Beat’s 1/16 note
Swing amount
from 50% (straight
1/16s) to 66%
(triplet swing) and
more.
Soft Knob 4:
Beat Roll
Hold the Roll key for
a Beat Roll, a stutter
effect in which a small
portion of the beat
loops. This setting
controls the duration
of the beat roll.