================== Panel Descriptions ================== .. image:: _static/panel-descriptions.png :width: 100 % :alt: panel descriptions Display/Tempo section --------------------- The current tempo is shown in the display. +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CONTROLLER | EXPLANATION | +===============================+====================================================================================+ | **[TEMPO] dial** | Adjusts the tempo. | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | **[BANK] (TEMPO/SHUFFLE) | Hold down the [BANK] button and press a [1]–[16] button to select a bank. Continue | | button** | holding down the [BANK] button and press a [1]–[16] button once again to select | | | a number. | | | | | | If you release the [BANK] button without specifying a number, the previous pattern | | | remains. | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | **[FINE] (VALUE) knob** | Finely adjusts the tempo. You can also press the [BANK] button to switch to the | | | decimal point display. Turning this knob while holding down the [BANK] button | | | adjusts the amount of shuffle (rhythmic bounce). | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Mode switch/Select switch/ [CLEAR] button ----------------------------------------- +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |CONTROLLER |EXPLANATION | +===============================+================================================================================================+ |**Mode switch** |**PATTERN CLEAR** This mode lets you clear a rhythm pattern. | | | | | |**PATTERN WRITE** 1st PART This mode lets you write to the 1st part. | | | | | |**PATTERN WRITE** 2nd PART This mode lets you write to the 2nd part. | | | | | |**MANUAL PLAY** This mode lets you play manually. | | | | | |**PLAY** This mode lets you play a rhythm track that you composed. | | | | | |**COMPOSE** This mode lets you compose a rhythm track. | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |**Select switch** |Selects an instrument. | | |AC (ACCENT), BD (BASS DRUM), SD (SNARE DRUM), LT (LOW TOM), MT (MID TOM), | | |HT (HI TOM), RS (RIM SHOT), CP (HAND CLAP), CB (COWBELL), CY (CYMBAL), OH (OPEN HIHAT), CH | | |(CLS’D HIHAT) | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |**[CLEAR] button** |Clears the recorded content from an individual instrument, or clears a rhythm pattern. | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ TRIGGER OUT section ------------------- +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CONTROLLER | EXPLANATION | +===============================+================================================================================================+ |**TRIGGER OUT jack** | The TRIGGER OUT jack outputs a trigger pulse. This can control an external device connected via| | |a mini-plug (mono). * Do not use a stereo mini-plug cable. It will not work correctly. | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |**TRIGGER OUT button** |Use this to input a trigger out signal during step-write, or for tap write input. | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ [ACCENT] knob ------------- Adjusts the strength of the accent. INST edit section ----------------- Here you can adjust the character of each instrument. You can use 11 different instruments (BD–CH) in a pattern. +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |CONTROLLER |EXPLANATION | +===============================+================================================================================================+ |**[LEVEL] knob** |Adjusts the volume of the instrument. | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |**[TONE] knob** |In the case of the bass drum and snare drum, this adjusts the tension of the head. In the case | | |of the cymbal, this adjusts the character of the sound. | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |**[TUNING] knob** |Adjusts the pitch of a tom or conga. | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |**[DECAY] knob** |Adjusts the decay. Turn the knob toward the left for a crisp sound, or toward the right for a | | |more extended sound. | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |**[SNAPPY] knob** |Controls the sound of a snare drum’s wire snare. Turn the knob toward the left for a sound | | |without the wire snare. | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |**Instrument select switch** |Selects an instrument. It is not possible to play or write both of these instruments | | |simultaneously. | | |LOW CONGA <=> LOW TOM, MID CONGA <=> MID TOM | | |HI CONGA <=> HI TOM, CLAVES <=> RIM SHOT, | | |MARACAS <=> HAND CLAP | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Sequencer section ----------------- +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |CONTROLLER |EXPLANATION | +===============================+================================================================================================+ |**[BASIC-VARIATION] switch** |This switch selects a variation of the basic rhythm. The A (or B) position repeats the A (or B)| | |rhythm pattern. The AB position alternately repeats rhythm patterns A and B. | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |**Measures selector** |Selects the interval at which a fill-in is automatically inserted (auto fill-in). | | | | | |MANUAL (a fill-in is not inserted automatically) | | | | | |16, 12, 8, 4, 2 (units of measures) | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |**[I/F-VARIATION] switch** |Selects the variation of intro and fill-in. | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |**[START/STOP] button** |Plays/stops the rhythm pattern. | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |**[PRE-SCALE] switch** |Selects the note length of a step. | | | | | |1: 8th note triplet | | | | | |2: 16th note triplet | | | | | |3: 16th note | | | | | |4: 32nd note | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |**1st PART/2nd PART indicator**|Indicates which part is currently playing. | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |**[1]–[12] button** |STEP NO [1]–[12] / BASIC RHYTHM [1]–[12] | | | | | |For each step, these buttons turn on/off the instrument that is selected by the select switch. | | |These buttons select a rhythm pattern that is written into BASIC RHYTHM. | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |**[13]–[16] button** |STEP NO [13]–[16] / INTRO/FILL IN [1]–[4] | | | | | |For each step, these buttons turn on/off the instrument that is selected by the select switch. | | |These buttons select a rhythm pattern that is written into INTRO/FILL IN. | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |**[TAP] button** |When using the intro, this button turns the intro on/off. To use a fill-in, press this button | | |at the location where you want to insert a fill-in. | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ [MENU/SUB STEP] button ---------------------- This button accesses menu mode. While writing a pattern, you can enter a sub-step by holding down the [MENU/SUB STEP] button and pressing a [1]–[16] button.