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4 Rhythms
7. Drum A through Drum H
Turn the control knob clockwise to access the Drum A settings.
Each drum holds lots of options:
● Change the drum program.
● Edit the level.
● Edit the pan position.
● Edit the drum’s pattern, including the placement and velocity of
each note.
● Clear the pattern information.
● Remove the drum.
a. Program
Press the control knob once to change the drum program.
Twirl the control knob to cycle through the programs.
In order to quickly jump between program categories, you can
hold down the [rhythms] button and press the white keys labeled
with category names. Although you will almost always want to use
programs from the “Drum” category in your rhythms, you are free
to choose any program you like. However, if you choose a nondrum,
the rhythm will only play it at middle C. If you want
melodic variation, that’s what patterns are for.
Another way of setting the rhythm’s program is to bring it over
from Programs mode. Press [programs] to enter Programs
mode, and find the program that you want. Then, hold down
[programs] and press [rhythms], and the rhythm’s program will
be set. This works in the other direction as well–hold down
[rhythms] and press [programs] to bring the rhythm’s program
over to Programs mode, perhaps for some quick editing.
When you’ve found the program you want to use for this drum,
press the control knob.
b. Level
Turn the control knob clockwise to edit the drum’s overall
volume.
c. Pan
Turn the control knob to edit the drum’s position in the stereo
field.
Switching among drums
To quickly switch between the
drums in a rhythm, hold
down the [rhythms] button
and press a white key on the
right side of the keyboard.
For example, if you are
editing “Drum A level”, hold
down [rhythms] and press
the B above middle C to jump
to “Drum B level.” This is
especially useful while step
editing.