Alesis PerformancePad Pro User Manual - Page 21
Filter, Triggering Mode Asn Mode, Background, Asn Mode - multi pad
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PAGE 10: FILTER Pad Filter allows you to make changes to the tonal characteristics of a sound by removing the higher frequencies from the sound. This allows you to make a particular drum sound darker, with more pronounced bass. The higher the value the more high frequencies will be allowed to pass through. The lower values will cut off the higher frequencies of the sound in a more pronounced fashion, resulting in a more muted sound. To change the filter setting associated with a given pad: 1. Select the sound set which you would like to edit by pressing DRUM, PERC or BASS. 2. Press the pad (the display will show the pad number). 3. Enter the desired filter amount, using the number keypad, INC/DEC buttons or the VALUE dial. (Remember that lower values will result in a duller, more muted sound.) PAGE 11: TRIGGERING MODE (ASN MODE) Background Each mode affects triggering in a different way: Multi: When hitting a pad repeatedly, each hit will cause the sound to go through its entire decay. This is useful with cymbals, since early strikes will continue to decay as you play later strikes. Single: When hitting a pad repeatedly, a new hit will automatically terminate any sound that is still decaying. This is useful with many percussion sounds (such as tambourine, agogo, etc.). Group 1 through 8: Pads assigned to a particular group (1 through 8) will cut each other off if a group pad is struck while another pad assigned to the same group continues to sound. The classic use of this is with hi-hats; a closed hi-hat will cut off an open hi-hat, and hitting an open hi-hat sound will cut off a closed hi-hat. The PerformancePad Pro can play up to 32 voices at a time, so it's possible to run out of voices if you play a flurry of notes and have lots of pads in the Multi assign mode. If 16 sounds are playing and you ask the PerformancePad Pro to play another one, the sound that's closest to finishing its decay cycle will be "stolen" so that the most recent sound can be played. In practice, it's difficult (and usually not artistically desirable!) to create drum parts so complex that voice-stealing becomes a problem. However, if this is a problem, try assigning all the toms to a group so that they only require one voice at a time. The display shows ASN MODE (short for Assignment Mode), the currently selected pad number, and the mode assigned to that pad. To change the mode associated with a given pad: 1. Select the sound set which you would like to edit by pressing DRUM, PERC or BASS. 2. Press the pad (the display will show the pad number in the upper right corner). 3. Enter the desired mode with the INC/DEC buttons, the number keypad (buttons 1-4) or the VALUE dial. 21