Playing The Pads; To Play Sounds; To Switch To A Different Pad Bank; Changing The Volume Or Pan (Stereo Position) Of A Part - Roland MV-8000 Owner's Manual

Playing the pads

Here's how you can use the velocity pads (which we'll simply call "pads" from here
on) to play sound data (patches, audio phrases).
The part or audio phrase assigned to the current track determines what the pads will
play.

To play sounds

1. Strike the
You can try striking the pads in various ways.

To switch to a different pad bank

A "pad bank" is a group of settings for the sixteen pads of the top panel. By switching
pad banks you can access a large number of sounds. The MV-8000 provides the
following number of pad banks.
Current track
MIDI track
Audio track
1.
Press
The red PAD BANKS indicator will light, and the
PAD BANKS popup (p. 202) will appear.
2.
Set the PAD BANKS parameter.
Rotate VALUE dial to select the pad bank you want
to use. The pad bank will change.
3. Press
The red PAD BANKS indicator will go dark, and the popup will disappear.

Changing the volume or pan (stereo position) of a part

1.
Press .
The MIXER (AUDIO TRACK) screen (p. 378) will
appear.
2. Access the mixer screen for the part you want
to adjust.
Press one of the following F-buttons to switch the
part mixer display.
F-button Mixer channels displayed
Audio track 1~8
Instrument part mixer 1~8
Instrument part mixer 9~16
AUX / FX / Audio phrase / Input mixer
.
Audio source Number of banks
(total available sounds)
Patch 6 (6 x 16 = 96)
Audio phrase 32 (32 x 16 = 512)
.
once again.
Editing a sampled sound
The volume will vary
depending on the force
(velocity) with which you
strike the pads. Some sounds
will also change when you
apply pressure (aftertouch) to
a pad after striking it.
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