Operation Manual

Table Of Contents
Pads
Pattern pads trigger MIDI drum patterns or styles. Instrument pads trigger samples.
Pads show the associated MIDI note in the top right corner.
For pattern pads, you can change the MIDI note assignment. For instrument pads, you can
only change this if Use Hardware Controller Mapping is activated.
In the lower section, the name of the pad is displayed.
If samples are assigned to an instrument pad, the LED above the pad lights up.
If a MIDI le is mapped to a pattern pad, the LED above the pad lights up.
A pad lights up if the associated MIDI note is triggered.
To select a pad without triggering a sample or pattern, Alt/Opt -click the pad.
A yellow frame around a pad indicates that this pad is selected for editing.
You can edit multiple selected pads. The rst selected pad shows a yellow frame, the rest of
the selected pads a lighter yellow frame.
Pad Colors
You can colorize the pads using up to 16 different colors. This can improve the overview over the
instruments within your kit. For example, you can set the bass drum to one color, the snare to
another, toms and cymbals to another, etc.
To apply a color to a pad or to several selected pads, open the context menu and select a
color from the Set Color submenu.
NOTE
If you use the pattern pads in individual mode, you can set up different pad colors for each kit
slot.
RELATED LINKS
Recording MIDI Events Live on page 89
Jam Mode on page 76
Beat Agent Sound Editing on page 90
Acoustic Agent Sound Editing on page 136
Percussion Agent Sound Editing on page 145
Renaming Pads
Renaming pads is useful if the names of the samples or the MIDI les are either too long or not
very intuitive. Furthermore, it allows you to indicate that more than one sample is mapped to a
pad, for example.
PROCEDURE
To change the name of a pad, right-click it, select Rename Pad, enter a new name and press
Enter .
Working With Pads
Renaming Pads
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