User Manual

4.1 Learning How to Play the Lightpad
Block
Once connected to NOISE, you can play the Lightpad Block and hear NOISE
responding to 5D Touch. The surface of the Lightpad Block mirrors the NOISE
display and can be used to play NOISE.
Each NOISE preset features a grid layout, colour palette, and demo phrase
associated with it. The demo phrase is a musical demonstration of what can be
achieved with BLOCKS. It can be accessed by pressing the ‘Learn’ icon for each
preset to see and hear the phrase being performed.
As the phrase plays back, the notes which are being performed appear
simultaneously on both NOISE and the Lightpad Block. The corresponding
pads illuminate and each of the notes are displayed as a circle of light that
expands and contracts respectively as more or less Press is applied. Glide and
Slide articulations are simultaneously displayed as light trails.
4.2 Five Dimensions of Touch or 5D Touch
The Lightpad Block is a multidimensional instrument that lets you modulate
sound through Five Dimensions of Touch. NOISE is optimised to respond to
these dimensions of touch. Through simple movements and gestures, you can
shape sound easily and discover new modes of expression. The icons below
depict the Five Dimensions of Touch on the Lightpad Block. The Five
Dimensions of Touch are: 