Panel Descriptions

panel descriptions

Display/Tempo section

The current tempo is shown in the display.

CONTROLLER EXPLANATION
[TEMPO] dial Adjusts the tempo.
[BANK] (TEMPO/SHUFFLE) button

Hold down the [BANK] button and press a [1]–[16] button to select a bank. Continue 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.