Overview Of The Octapad; Kit And Inst; What Is An Inst (Instrument); What Does Layer Mean - Roland OCTAPAD SPD-20 PRO Owner's Manual

Overview of the OCTAPAD

Kit and Inst

What Is an Inst (Instrument)?

All the sounds and instruments on board the OCTAPAD are referred to as "INST. "

What Does Layer Mean?

Two Insts (Main, Sub) can be assigned to each pad.
The way in which the strength of your strike on the pad affects the volume of each instrument can be specified
in "Layer Type. "
With a hi-hat for example, by playing softly you can have the closed hi-hat sound, and when playing harder,
the open hi-hat sound. Or you can use a snare drum sound, so when play softly you hear the head sound, and
when playing louder you can have a rim shot.
When the layer type is "SWITCH"
Volume
Sub
Main
Playing
Dynamics

What Is a Kit?

All instruments assigned to the eight pads and four external pads as well as the effects used, are memorized
as a "Kit. " You can select kits by pressing the [–], [+] buttons (p. 11).
In live performance situations, the Kit Chain function allows you to determine the switching order of selected
kits (p. 20).
"Kit structure" (p. 7)

What Are Ambience and MFX?

These are both effects.
The "Ambience" selected is a global function, meaning that all kits will use this effect. You can select from various types of rooms and halls.
"MFX" is a full blown effects unit that can be used on an individual kit basis.
On the OCTAPAD you can use one instance of ambience and three instances of MFX with each kit.
Ambience
"Audio signal flow" (p. 7)
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When the layer type is "FADE2"
Volume
Sub
Main
Playing
Dynamics
MFX
Sub
Main