The Programmable Pad - GEM genesys xp Owner's Manual

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The 4 pads can be programmed either to trigger sound effects or to provide quick access to other controls normally found
inside submenus. To assign the functions of the pads press the pads EDIT button.
SELECTION DATA INPUT
In the screen you can see the current setting for each pad. To change this setting, simply highlight it with the arrow keys and
then use the dial to select a different setting.
NOTE
ROTARY S/F
VOCAL GENIUS ON/OFF
VOCAL GENIUS VOICE SET
VOCAL 1-4 MUTE
VOCAL B MUTE
VOCAL M MUTE
VOCAL CHORD
VOCAL VOCODER
VOCAL UNISON
HARDCOPY
TAP TEMPO
SAVING YOUR PAD SETTINGS
Each programmable PAD set up can be stored in the Genesys xp MEMORIES parameters. As you can see, a LOCK (F8)
function it is available to disable the parameter recalling by the MEMORIES.
The system setting menu

THE PROGRAMMABLE PAD

Sets the pad to play a single note using any available sound. To do this, you need to give the pad three pieces of
information; which note to play, how loud to play it and which sound to use. As soon as you set the pad to NOTE you
can test the pad by pressing it. If you don.t hear anything, its probably Select the NOTE VALUE and adjust it using the
dial, pressing the pad repeatedly as you do until you hear the note being played. Now select the sound number. You
can select any sound by using a combination of these first two values, (the third value is not used for internal sounds).
For example to select the DROP sound (123-3),set the first value to 123 and the second value to 3. Once you have the
sound you want, you can adjust its level by selecting DYNAMIC. Set the appropriate volume level for this sound. The
sounds you select can either be factory sounds or new samples you have created.
This will set the pad to control speed of the rotary effect, (the same as the SLOW/FAST button in SOUND
CONTROLS)
Enable or disable the VOCAL GENIUS
Recalls the 1 to 16 VOCAL GENIUS VOICE SET
Mute the Vocal Genius from 1 to 4 voices
The pad can be used to mute the BASS voice in the VOCAL GENIUS
The pad can be used to mute the MAIN voice in the VOCAL GENIUS
The pad switch the VOCAL GENIUS harmony mode to CHORD.
The pad switch the VOCAL GENIUS harmony mode to VOCODER
The pad switch the VOCAL GENIUS harmony mode to UNISON
This is a special utility used to create screen images from the Genesys, (such as those used throughout this manual). Set
the pad to HARDCOPY and then press it at any time to capture an image of the screen. You can then save this image
to disk as a .BMP file.
Select the function and Tap on the pad. Start Playing a Style the tempo will be syncronized to your tapping.
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