Playing The Pads; Setting The Playback Method; Set Global Quantization To Control Sound Timing - Zoom R8 Operation Manual

Playing the pads

For loop tracks and rhythm pattern tracks, press the pad beneath a fader to play the audio file or
rhythm pattern assigned to that track.
1
Press a pad.
Press a pad while holding
REPEAT/STOP
playback.
Press the pad again while
holding
stop loop playback.

Setting the playback method

Set how the pads function when played.
1
Press
2
Select PAD and set the playback
method.
PAD: playback method
Setting
Repeat Play loop repeatedly
Gate Stop playback as soon as the pad is released
Play the file once completely even if the pad is
1Shot
released
NOTE
● When you press a pad, the sound will
be delayed until it is in time with the set
quantization (bar, note).
● The pad blinks during playback
● When you stop playback, the operation
is delayed until it is in time with the set
quantization (bar, note).
66
to enable loop
REPEAT/STOP to
Change menu
Change setting
Set global quantization to control
sound timing
The unit can be set to correct timing
errors when playing the pads or inputting
sequence data in real time so that sounds
are aligned with bars and beats.
1
Press
2
Select TRK SEQ.
Press
3
Move to the global quantization area,
and change the setting.
Global quantization
Setting
8Bars, 4Bars,
2Bars, 1Bar (default)
1/2, 1/2T,
1/4, 1/4T,
1/8, 1/8T,
1/16, 1/16T,
1/32
Hi
NOTE
● This setting is set for the entire project.
Change menu
Move cursor
Blinking
Change setting
8 bars, 4 bars, 2 bars, 1 bar
Half-note, half-note triplet,
quarter-note, quarter-note triplet,
eighth-note, eighth-note triplet,
sixteenth-note, sixteenth-note
triplet, thirty-second note
1 tick (1/48 of a quarter-note)