Selecting The Sound Or Scale To Play With The Pads - Zoom MRS-1608 Operation Manual

◆ Changing the bass program
1.
Press the [BASS] key.
You can now use the pads to play a bass program.
2.
Press the [KIT/PROG] key in the rhythm
section.
The currently selected bass program is shown on the
display.
Bass program number
PRG: 0 PRG: 0
Finger Finger
Bass program name
HINT
If you operate the cursor up/down keys while selecting a
bass program, the octave playable by the pads will be
switched.
3.
Turn the dial to select the desired bass
program.
The bass program becomes active immediately. For a list
of bass programs that can be selected, refer to the
appendix at the end of this manual.
4.
To return to the main screen, press the
[EXIT] key several times.
Selecting the sound or scale to
play with the pads
Using the pads on the top panel, you can manually play a
drum kit or bass program. This section explains how to
select the drum sound combination or the bass program
octave/scale to assign to the pads.
HINT
The drum kit/bass program can always be played with the
pads, regardless of the lit/flashing/out status of the
[RHYTHM] key.
◆ Playing a drum kit with the pads
When playing a drum kit, you can switch between three
pad banks (combination of drum sounds), giving you a
total of 36 sounds.
ZOOM MRS-1608
OCT:E 1 OCT:E 1
Key/range of scale
playable by pads
1.
From the main screen, press the [DRUM]
key.
The key lights up, and a drum kit to play can be selected.
In the default condition of a project, pad bank 1 is
selected.
2.
Use the [BANK/OCTAVE] key in the rhythm
section to switch the pad bank.
If you press the [BANK/OCTAVE] key while a drum kit
is selected, the pad bank selection screen appears.
Pad:Drum Pad:Drum
PadBank: PadBank: 1
Pad bank number
3.
Turn the dial to select the desired pad bank
(1 – 3).
The sounds assigned to the pads are switched
immediately.
4.
Hit the pads to play.
Switch the [DRUM] status key between on and off as
necessary, and use the [DRUM] fader to adjust the
volume.
5.
To play a specific pad repeatedly (roll play),
press the [STEP] key in the rhythm section
to bring up the following indication on the
display.
RollPlay RollPlay
SYNC: SYNC:
When you turn the dial at this screen, the interval for roll
play can be set as follows.
• 2/4 – 8/4 . . . . . quarter note x 2 – 8
• 1/3 . . . . . . . . . half triplet note
• 3/8 . . . . . . . . . dotted quarter note
• 1/4 . . . . . . . . . quarter note (default)
• 3/16 . . . . . . . . dotted eighth note
• 1/6 . . . . . . . . . quarter triplet note
• 1/8 . . . . . . . . . eighth note
• 1/12 . . . . . . . . eighth triplet note
• 1/16 . . . . . . . . sixteenth note
• 1/24 . . . . . . . . sixteenth triplet note
• 1/32 . . . . . . . . thirty-second note
• HI . . . . . . . . . . 1 tick (1/48 of quarter note)
Reference [Rhythm]
1/4 1/4
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