Scale Mode - PIONEER DJ Toraiz Squid Operating Instructions Manual

SCALE mode

You can play scales using the 16-pads.
Playing scales by tapping the 16-pads
1 Press the [SCALE] button.
The button lights up in red and the 16-pads switches to Scale mode.
• The lighting state changes depending on the scale selected in the Melodic
Control function. For details, refer to "Setting the Scale" (page 87).
– Lit bright: The keynote of a scale selected in the Melodic Control function
– Lit dimly: The consisting note of a scale selected in the Melodic Control
function
– Off:
Example: C lonian scale
The lighting state of the note and the pad set on the 16-pads is as follows.
2 Perform by tapping the 16-pads.
The tapped pad lights up in white. The corresponding note is output.
• Up to 8 notes can be output at the same time for each track.
• The output note is automatically corrected according to the scale selected in
the Melodic Control function. If the note that is not in the selected scale (the
pad where the light is turned off) is played, the output note will be corrected
to the closest note in the scale and the note set to the pad that is lit in white
will be output.
The note of a scale selected in the Melodic Control function
C5
G#4
E4
C4
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C#5 D5 D#5
A4 A#4 B4
F4 F#4 G4
C#4 D4 D#4
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