Note Mode; Drum Note Mode - Akai FORCE User Manual

Note Mode

Note Mode is used for playing drum kits or melodic tracks like keygroups or plugins.
To enter Note Mode, press the Note button while a drum, keygroup, plugin, MIDI or CV track is selected. The
appearance of the clip launch pads will change depending on the type of track selected. When a drum track is selected,
the clip launch pads will appear in Drum Note Mode; when a keygroup, plugin, MIDI or CV track is selected, the clip
launch pads will appear in Melodic Note Mode.

Drum Note Mode

In Drum Note Mode, each quadrant of clip launch pads can be used
like a traditional 4x4 drum pad layout to play samples. The image to
the right shows a traditional layout when using Drum Note Mode.
In Drum Note Mode, you can do the following:
To play a sample, press any of the lit clip launch pads.
To change pad banks, hold Shift and press the Track Assign
buttons labeled Oct- and Oct+.
To select a pad, hold Select and press it.
To edit a sample in Track Edit Mode, hold Edit and press a pad.
To copy a sample, hold Copy and press the pad you want to
copy. Keep holding Copy and press the pad where you want to
copy the sample.
To delete a pad, hold Delete and press the pad you want to
delete.
To mute a pad, hold Mute and press the pad you want to mute.
To solo a pad, hold Solo and press the pad you want to solo.
To set the quantization of launching clips, hold Shift and press
one of the Track Select buttons. The time division values are
printed beneath them.
Drum Note Configuration
Press and hold Shift and press the Note/Config button to open the
Drum Note Configuration window, where you can adjust the settings
of the drum pads.
Use the Velocity field to set the velocity level of the drum pads.
Select As Played for responsive velocities, or select Half level or
Full level for fixed level velocities.
Use the Bank field to select the drum bank currently in view in the
bottom left quadrant.
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