Keyboard input

You can use your computer’s keyboard to perform the following operations on the SPD-SX PRO APP.

Before using the keyboard to operate this unit, click on the SPD-SX PRO APP screen anywhere outside of the wave list.

The following keyboard operations are unavailable while you’re using the wave list.

Key

Explanation

Keyboard upper [1]–[9]

Makes pads 1–9 play at a velocity level of 127.

[Q] [W] [E] [R] [T] [Y] [U] [I]

Makes TRIG IN 1–8 play at a velocity level of 127.

[O] [P]

Makes FOOT SW 1, 2 play at a velocity level of 127.

[ESC]

Stops all sounds that are playing (ALL SOUND OFF).

[SPACE]

Makes the selected pad play at a velocity level of 127.



Pad list screen/parameter edit screen

Function

Operation / Explanation

Click a pad to make it play

When you click the area where the top part of the selected pad’s color changes, that pad plays.
The velocity gets louder from the left side of the area where the color changes to the right side.
If the Dynamics switch for the selected pad is OFF, the sound always plays at a velocity of 127, regardless of where you click.

Exchanging pads (PAD EXCHANGE)

Drag the pad whose pattern you want to exchange, and drop it onto the destination pad.
A yellow border is shown around the drop destination pad.
To cancel the exchange, drop the pad onto any other area besides a pad.

The following parameters on the PAD LED tab and the KIT MIDI tab are not exchanged.

PAD LED tab

  • PAD LED COLOR

KIT MIDI tab

  • NOTE NO.
  • GATE TIME
  • MIDI CHANNEL


Copying a pad’s settings (PAD COPY)
Drag the pad while holding down the [Ctrl] key (Windows) or [command] key (Mac), and drop it onto the copy destination pad.
A red border is shown around the drop destination pad.

A confirmation message is shown when you drop the pad. To execute the copy operation, select “COPY”.
To cancel, select “CANCEL”.
To cancel the copy operation when dragging, drop the pad onto any other area besides a pad.

The following parameters on the PAD LED tab and the KIT MIDI tab are not exchanged.

PAD LED tab

  • PAD LED COLOR

KIT MIDI tab

  • NOTE NO.
  • GATE TIME
  • MIDI CHANNEL

Exchanging layer settings (LAYER EXCHANGE)

Drag the layer’s wave name and drop it onto the wave name of the layer you want to exchange.
To cancel the copy operation when dragging, drop the pad onto any other area besides a layer’s wave name.

This operation is the same for the WAVE/PLAY TYPE tab.

Copying the layer settings (LAYER COPY)
Drag the layer’s wave name while holding down the [Ctrl] key (Windows) or [command] key (Mac), and drop it onto the copy destination layer’s wave name.

A confirmation message is shown when you drop the layer’s wave name. To execute the copy operation, select “COPY”.
To cancel, select “CANCEL”.
To cancel the copy operation when dragging, drop the layer’s wave name onto any other area besides another layer’s wave name.


This operation is the same for the WAVE/PLAY TYPE tab.
Assigning a wave to a pad by dragging and dropping

Drag and drop a wave from the WAVE LIST to the layer’s wave name in the pad where you want to assign the wave.
Drag and drop only works when one wave is selected.

You can also assign a wave by dragging and dropping it to the wave name display area on the kit parameter settings screen.

Playing back the original waveform of a wave assigned to a pad

Move the cursor to the wave assigned to a pad, and double-click while pressing the [Ctrl] key (Windows) or the [command] key (Mac).
When AUTO PLAY is ON in WAVE PREVIEW, click while pressing the [Ctrl] key (Windows) or the [command] key (Mac) to make the wave play.

Take your finger off the [Ctrl] key (Windows) or the [command] key (Mac) to mute the sound.

Clearing the wave assigned to a pad (CLEAR WAVE ASSIGN)
Initializing a pad (PAD INITIALIZE)

CLEAR WAVE ASSIGN and PAD INITIALIZE are shown when you right-click on the wave name display area of a pad.

Function

Explanation

CLEAR WAVE ASSIGN

Assigns “00000: OFF” to the wave of the selected layer.

PAD INITIALIZE

Initializes the settings of the selected pad.

When you right-click on a different part of the pad, only PAD INITIALIZE is shown.

CLEAR WAVE ASSIGN is also shown when you right-click on the wave name display area on the kit parameter settings screen.
Directly changing a PAD LED color

You can directly select a color by clicking on PAD LED.

You can also select “LED COLOR EDIT...” to change the color and name for the PAD LED.
The colors and names that you edit here are saved as system-wide settings (SYSTEM parameters).
Setting the default value

Double-click on a knob to set it to its default (recommended) value.
Slowly changing a value

Drag a knob while pressing the [Ctrl] key (Windows) or the [command] key (Mac) to make the value change at a speed corresponding to how fast you move the mouse.
This is useful when you want to fine-tune the settings.
Directly changing a value

If you see an input box below a knob, you can click the input box to directly input a value.
Changing a value with the mouse wheel

You can change the value of a knob with the mouse wheel while the cursor is hovering over the knob.


WAVE LIST

Function

Operation / Explanation
Right-clicking on the WAVE LIST RENAME

Edits the wave name of the currently selected wave.

  • Only selectable when one wave is selected
TAG ASSIGN Assigns the wave tags 1–4.
You can set tags for multiple waves at once.
An asterisk appears at the end of the wave tag assigned to one of the waves.
WAVE EDIT > START END...

Opens a separate dedicated window for setting the WAVE START POINT/END POINT and other parameters.

  • Only selectable when one wave is selected

WAVE EDIT > NORMALIZE

 Edits a wave.
WAVE EDIT > TRUNCATE
WAVE EDIT > REVERSE
WAVE EDIT > COPY
DELETE Deletes a wave.
KIT USED

Performs a reverse lookup to show which kits use the selected wave.
You can directly select the pad of the kit that’s using the wave.
If the wave is not used in any kits, “(UNUSED WAVE)” is shown.

  • Only selectable when one wave is selected
WAVE PREVIEW

Double-click on the list to play back a preview of a wave.
When playing back, the [PLAY] button lights up, and the display changes to “STOP”.
When AUTO PLAY is set to ON, you can play back the waves by single-clicking.
When LOOP is set to ON, the wave previews play back in a loop.
RENAME WAVE TAG

Right-click on a wave tag to edit the name of the selected wave tag.