Pads - Alesis Vortex Wireless 2 User Manual

Editing the Controls

Pads

Click the Pads tab to set the MIDI assignments and Colors for Vortex Wireless 2's Pads. Click MIDI or Colors below
the Pad number to toggle between the editing options. Click the left or right arrows on the sides of the window to
toggle between viewing Pad 1–4 and Pad 5–8.
MIDI
Type: Click this menu and select one of the following options. The parameters below will depend on your selection.
• Note: The pad will send a MIDI Note On message when you press it and hold it and a MIDI Note Off message
when you release it.
• CC Toggle: The pad will send a CC message with one value when you press it to turn it on and another value
when you press it to turn it off. The values will alternate with each press.
• CC Momentary: The pad will send a CC message with one value when you press and hold it and another value
when you release it.
• Program Change: The pad will send Program Change messages.
• Panic: The pad will send a MIDI Panic (all notes off) message.
MIDI Channel: The pad will send its MIDI messages over this channel. Click this menu and select Channel 1 –
Channel 16.
Note (when Type is set to Note): The pad will send this MIDI note number when you press it. Click it and enter a
number (0–127).
Velocity (when Type is set to Note): When this is set to a number from 1 to 127, the pad will send its MIDI Note On
message with this velocity regardless of how hard you press it. When this is set to 0, the pad will send its MIDI Note
On message with a velocity based on how hard you hit it and the Curve setting. Click it and enter a number (0–127).
Curve (when Type is set to Note): The pad will use this velocity curve number to determine what velocity to use
depending on how hard you press it. Click this menu and select Curve 1 – Curve 8. See
Curves for an illustration of the curves.
CC (when Type is set to CC Toggle or CC Momentary): The pad will send its MIDI messages using this CC number.
Click it and enter a number (0–127).
Appendix > Velocity
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