The pads play back the samples and patterns saved in each one. Use these as controllers when in DJ mode.
[BUS FX] button
Press this to switch between buses for playing back samples, or to use the MUTE BUS function.
[HOLD] button
You can make the samples keep playing back even after you take your fingers off the pads, by holding down pads [1]–[16] (to play back their samples) and pressing the [HOLD] button.
This is enabled when the [GATE] button is on.
[EXT SOURCE] button
Switches the external input on/off.
[SUB PAD] button
Use this to access different features depending on the mode, such as tap tempo input.