While holding down the [SHIFT] button

Function

Explanation
Pad [1] FIXED VELOCITY Sets the sample’s velocity so that it always plays back at 127 (the maximum).
Pad [2] 16 VELOCITY Changes a sample’s velocity (volume) in steps when it plays back.
Pad [3] CUE Adjusts the balance of the audio you monitor via the PHONES jack.
Pad [4] CHROMATIC Lets you play back samples (changing their pitches) as a chromatic scale with the pads.
Pad [5] EXCHANGE Exchanges (swaps) the sample or pattern data saved in different pads.
Pad [6] INIT PARAM Initializes the sample parameters for the selected pad.
Pad [7] PAD LINK Lets you play back all the pads at the same time that are assigned to a group, by using a single pad.
Pad [8] MUTE GROUP Groups together samples that you don’t want to play together (samples that you don’t want layered).
Pad [9] METRONOME Turns the metronome on/off.
Pad [10] COUNT-IN Adds a count-in before sampling or pattern recording begins.
Pad [11] TAP TEMPO Lets you set the tempo in an intuitive way by tapping the pad in time, as if you were clapping out the beat.
Pad [12] GAIN Displays the UTILITY MENU > SYSTEM > GAIN tab.
Pad [13] UTILITY Displays the UTILITY MENU screen.
Pad [14] IMPORT/EXPORT Displays the UTILITY MENU > IMPORT (IMPORT/EXPORT MENU).
Pads [15] PAD SETTING Displays the UTILITY MENU > PAD SET (PAD SETTING).
Pad [16] EFX SETTING Displays the UTILITY MENU > EFX SET (EFX SETTING) screen.
[BUS FX] button MUTE BUS Temporarily turns off the audio sent to the bus (the sample playback sound or the sound inputted to the INPUT jack), and outputs only the sound of the effect.
[HOLD] button PAUSE Pauses the sample that’s currently playing back.
[EXT SOURCE] button INPUT SETTING Displays the input settings screen.
[SUB PAD] button PROJECT Displays the SELECT PROJECT screen.
[MARK] button (at least three seconds) SAVE EFX PARAMETER Saves the main parameters of the effects assigned to BUS 1 and BUS 2.
[PITCH/SPEED] button ENVELOPE Sets how the volume changes when the sample plays back.
[START/END] button CHOP Splits the sample at the marker positions, and assigns the resulting samples to separate pads.
[PATTERN SELECT] button UNDO Undoes the data you just inputted (recorded).
  • Enabled only when recording a pattern
[ROLL] button ROLL SET This shows how to set the roll interval (how fast the roll repeats).
[REVERSE] button + pads [1]–[16] PAD MUTE Switches the pad mute on/off.
[REVERSE] button + [REMAIN] button PAD MUTE MODE

Keeps the [SHIFT] and [REVERSE] buttons in “pressed-down” state.
[LOOP] button PING-PONG LOOP Loops the sample by repeatedly playing back forward and then backward.
[GATE] button GATE ALL ON/OFF Turns the GATE parameter for all samples in the selected bank on/off.
[BPM SYNC] button SYNC ALL ON/OFF Turns the BPM SYNC parameter for all samples in the selected bank on/off.
[REC] button TR-REC

Switches to pattern recording using TR-REC.

This lets you record a sample onto the pattern that’s playing back.

  • Enabled only when playing back a pattern
Bank [A/F]–[E/J] buttons BANK VOLUME Adjusts the volume for the specified bank overall.
[REMAIN] button (at least three seconds) LIVE MODE Use this to disable buttons that are not used when playing live (sampling and edit-related buttons).
[COPY] button BANK PROTECT This function prevents the samples and patterns assigned to a pad from being copied, overwritten by editing or accidentally deleted.
[EXIT] button STOP Stops the playback of all samples.