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Drop It
If you play PeakofTEBE on the VELOCITY PADS, you'll notice it doesn't sound much like a bass
patch. That's because we're playing it too high in pitch. By default, the VELOCITY PADS act like
a keyboard playing in the middle of its range. In fact, VELOCITY PAD 2 plays Middle C.
For a rhythm set patch, that's fine because that's where you'll find the rhythm sets' sounds.
For a bass patch, though, this is too high up the keyboard—bass notes are down low.
Not to worry. When you're playing a pitched patch—which is any
patch other than drums, percussion or sound effects—you can
lower or raise the pitch of the notes you play on the pads using
the OCT buttons to the left of the pads.
Let's lower the VELOCITY PADS down to a more sensible bass range.
1. Play any pad to hear how it sounds, and then press -OCT once. A window pops open on
the display briefly to show you that the pads are now shifted downward by one octave.
2. Play the pad again to hear how its pitch has dropped.
3. Press -OCT twice more to lower the pitch of the pads to -3 octaves.
4. Play the pads again—now we're in bass territory.
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Getting Started Guide
Middle C, or MIDI Note C4
Middle C, or MIDI Note C4
Middle C, or MIDI Note C4
MC-909 Getting Started Guide
The pads play the
notes shown in blue.
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