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DRUM MACHINE REFERENCE MANUAL

10 BASICS HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PerformancePad Pro  The Cursor When the PerformancePad Pro wants you to enter a number in the "Dia

11 10 STEPS TO INSTANT GRATIFICATION (SETUP AND CHECKOUT) 1. Connect the Main outputs (either left or right for a mono monitoring system, or bot

12 THE INSTRUMENT LAYERS The PerformancePad Pro allows you to play three different kinds of sounds with the pads. These sounds are available in t

13  Selecting Individual Patterns 1. Make sure the PerformancePad Pro is in Pattern Mode. 2. Enter a two-digit Pattern number (remember to en

14  Conversely, if B Main is playing and you press Fill, after B Fill has played, the PerformancePad Pro will transition to the A Main Pattern. Y

15 RECORDING PATTERNS Note: An empty Pattern defaults to an 8 beat length (2 Bars), with 16th note quantization and swing off (50%). If you need

16 PATTERN PLAY MODE Pattern Play mode allows you to play sequences of Patterns by triggering Patterns with the pads. To enter Pattern Play Mod

17 Note that if you edit a Drum Set, any Pattern using that Drum Set will be affected. SELECTING, EDITING AND CREATING DRUM SETS What is a Drum S

18  PAGE 2: INSTRUMENT LAYER VOLUME This page allows you to adjust the volume of each instrument layer (drums, percussion, bass). Adjusting thi

19  PAGE 5: PANNING Each pad can also be assigned to one of seven positions within the stereo spectrum. To change a pad’s panning position:

2 Tip: To hear a demo song, hold [PATTERN / SONG] and press [PLAY]. INTRODUCTION WELCOME TO THE PerformancePad Pro MULTI-PAD INSTRUMENT The Perf

20  PAGE 7: ATTACK ENVELOPE (BASS ONLY) The attack envelope (bass only) affects how the bass sound will play after you hit the pad. Attack det

21  PAGE 10: FILTER Pad Filter allows you to make changes to the tonal characteristics of a sound by removing the higher frequencies from the s

22  PAGE 12: OUTPUT Background The PerformancePad Pro includes one independent stereo output. This allows several output assignment options: Mo

23 EFFECTS The Effects settings are stored per kit. Each Kit can have separate Reverb, Compression / EQ settings that are specific to that kit. T

24 RECORD SETUP Several parameters, such as quantization, swing, metronome options, Pattern length, are often adjusted prior to recording a Patte

25 PAGE 2: GATE When entering Bass parts in Step Edit Mode, the Gate parameter specifies the duration of notes, as a percentage of the quantizati

26 louder VOLUME  softer softer  TAP FORCE  harder PAGE 6: VELOCITY SENSITIVITY Velocity Sensitivity describes how the pads will output sound

27 PAGE 9: PATTERN LENGTH This page allows you to specify the length of the selected Pattern in steps. For example, 2 steps of a 4/4 time signat

28 EDITING PATTERNS – ERASE FUNCTIONS ERASING DRUM EVENTS WHILE RECORDING While the PerformancePad Pro is recording, you can erase any individua

29 EDITING PATTERNS – COPY/SAVE FUNCTIONS SAVING A PATTERN The following operation will save the selected Pattern, including all sub-patterns (A,

3 The Two Types of Patterns The PerformancePad Pro introduces exciting new Song construction techniques. The PerformancePad Pro excels at live per

30 EDITING PATTERNS – TRANSPOSITION Each Pattern on the PerformancePad Pro has a Pattern Transposition setting (0 by default). This setting allow

31 First, you will need to make sure that you are in Pattern Mode (PATTERN should be displayed in the upper right corner of the screen). To enter

32 SONG MODE After creating the Patterns that make up a Song, it's time to string those Patterns together to create a complete Song. You can

33 RECORDING A SONG IN REAL-TIME To record a sequence of Patterns in real-time, follow the steps below: 1. Switch to Pattern Mode (the display

34 MANUAL SONG CREATION (SONG STEP EDIT MODE) Another way to sequence your Song is to use Step Edit Mode. In this mode, you can manually enter P

35 Removing a Fill from Your Song While in Record mode, there are two ways to remove a Fill from a Song:  When the Fill step appears, press th

36 SETTING SONG TEMPO There are two ways to set tempo: Method 1 1. Press STOP if the Song is playing. 2. Press the TAP TEMPO button several t

37 LOOP A PATTERN INDEFINITELY In Song Perform mode, pressing and holding FILL until the end of a song step will cause that step to repeat. For

38 APPEND A SONG You can use this feature to append all content from the selected Song to the end of another Song. Appending a Song to an empty

39 Page 4 / ASSIGN MIDI NOTE NUMBERS TO DRUM PADS (NOTE) This page allows you to specify which MIDI Note Number is associated with a given pad. T

4 CONNECTION DIAGRAM 1. Plug 1/4" TS cables from the MAIN OUTPUTS to an amplifier, mixer, or speaker system. For

40 Page 6 / TEMPO SELECTION (TEMPO) This function describes how the PerformancePad Pro will use tempo data when playing back Patterns. If you c

41 Page 10 / CHECK AVAILABLE MEMORY (MEM FREE) This page shows the approximate amount of free memory available (expressed as a percentage of the

42 STRATEGIES FOR ASSEMBLING PATTERNS AND SONGS Ideally, you should be able to translate your inspirations into tangible form with a minimum amou

43 UNDERSTANDING RHYTHMIC NOTATION Measures A piece of music is divided into smaller units called measures (also called bars), and each measu

KEY FEATURES • Professional drum machine so you can record and play back your own beats • 8 natural feeling, velocity-sensitive drum pads • L

5 TOP PANEL PHYSICAL LAYOUT 12223345677891011121416 17 1819202122 2324 252614 14 14 14151213322222 GENERAL CONTROLS 1. LCD – The display help

6 8. FILL – Each Pattern also includes two Fills associated with each of the two sub-patterns. The Fills are used to transition from one sub-patt

7 SETUP BUTTONS 20. SYSTEM SETUP – Pressing this button calls up various system settings and preferences, such as MIDI options, note assignments

8 REAR PANEL PHYSICAL LAYOUT 1234456788 1. DC IN – The supplied power adapter should be connected to a live outlet to power the unit. 2. ON

9 Throughout the text, button names are shown in UPPER CASE and words that appear on the display are shown in BOLD. When referring to a numbered st