User's Manual

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Advanced operation
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Using the keyboard mode
You can use the performance pads as a keyboard, assigning a
musical scale to the hot cues.
1 Press the [HOT CUE] mode button while pressing the [SHIFT]
button.
This unit enters keyboard mode.
2 Press a performance pad.
Select the hot cue to use in keyboard mode.
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If there are no hot cues set, the currently playback position is set as a hot
cue and is used in keyboard mode.
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If you want to reselect the hot cue to use in keyboard mode, press the
[HOT CUE] mode button while pressing the [SHIFT] button.
When a hot cue used with the keyboard mode is selected, the sound pitch
settings are assigned to the respective performance pads as shown below.
(Initial state)
1
+4
Semitone
5
±0
Semitone
6
+1
Semitone
7
+2
Semitone
8
+3
Semitone
2
+5
Semitone
3
+6
Semitone
4
+7
Semitone
A semitone is a unit to represent the sound pitch. “+1 Semitone” indicates a
sound that is a half step higher than the original tone.
3 Press the [PAGE c] button or [PAGE d] button to change the
setting for the pitch of the sound assigned to a performance
pad.
4 Press a performance pad.
The hot cue is played in the pitch assigned to the pressed pad.