Other Applications Of The Controlpad - Alesis ControlPad Reference Manual

OTHER APPLICATIONS OF THE CONTROLPAD

The ControlPad can be used for a variety of
applications which use MIDI as their control
protocol. For example, the ControlPad can be used
to trigger melodic sounds on sound modules or VST
instruments. This means that you can play pitched
instruments, such as vibraphones, marimbas,
xylophone, even a piano or a violin, straight from the
ControlPad.
As you have already seen throughout this manual,
the ControlPad uses MIDI Note information to
trigger events, such as drum hits. However, MIDI
Notes also represent actual musical notes and pitches
(much like keys on a piano). This allows pitched
content to be played from MIDI devices (such as the
ControlPad).
For this reason, we include a handy chart which
shows you how MIDI Note Numbers correspond to
musical pitches (as shown on a piano keyboard).
The musical pitches are followed by their
corresponding MIDI Note Numbers in ( ).
You can use this chart to help you quickly setup the
ControlPad for working with pitched content.
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