Using The Touchpad - Korg KAOSS PAD Owner's Manual

Controlling the effect depth
Use the FX DEPTH knob to adjust the depth of
the effect. Rotating the knob all the way to the
left will turn the effect off. Rotating the knob
all the way to the right will maximize the effect
depth.
INPUT
During performance, if you rotate the FX
DEPTH knob all the way to the left or release
your fingers from the touch pad, the effect
sound will continue until its delay or reverb
sound decays and dissipates.
Using the touch pad
You can control the sound by using your finger
to rub or tap the touch pad.
TIP
Affix the included protective sheet to the touch
pad before using it.
Touch pad care
Never press the touch pad with excessive
force, or place heavy objects on it. It may
crack or break if handled roughly. Press the
touch pad only with your finger, since rub-
bing or pressing the touch pad with a sharp
object will scratch it. To clean the touch pad,
wipe it lightly with a soft dry cloth. Do not
use solvents such as thinner, since this may
cause deformation.
Freeze
If you press the FREEZE button, the KAOSS
PAD QUAD will remember the current touch
pad position at the time you press the button,
and will continue to apply the same effects.
You can use the Freeze function for each ef-
fect module. Even if you switch the effects in-
side the effect modules, the unit remembers
the touch pad position.
1. While your finger is on the touch pad, press
the FREEZE button. The effect sound being
used at that point will be retained.
TIP Touching the touch pad will not change
the sound of the "frozen" effect modules. How-
ever, the sound of "non-frozen" effect modules
will change.
2. Press the FREEZE button again to cancel
the Freeze function.
TIP
If you press the FREEZE button again immedi-
ately after you cancel the Freeze function, the same
touch pad position information will be recalled.
OUTPUT
Touch pad LED
The touch pad LED lights up in different pat-
terns depending on the selected effects, the
Freeze or BPM setting, and operation of the
touch pad.
Adjusting the brightness of the touch pad LED
1. While pressing and holding down the LPF
button, turn on the power to the KAOSS PAD
QUAD.
The touch pad LED will light up, and the bright-
ness value will appear on the display. The
higher the value, the brighter the LED.
2. Rotate the BPM knob to adjust the bright-
ness.
3. Press the TAP button to store the setting.
The unit automatically restarts.
TIP
If you turn the unit off without pressing the TAP
button as described in the step above, changes to
the setting will not be applied.
TIP
The initial factory setting is maximum bright-
ness.
Specifying the BPM
What is BPM?
BPM (Beats Per Minute) is the tempo of the
song expressed as the number of beats (quar-
ter notes) that occur in one minute. A higher
BPM value means a faster tempo.
TIP
When you turn on the KAOSS PAD QUAD, the
BPM will be set to 120.0.
Manually setting the BPM
Use the BPM knob to adjust the BPM value.
TIP
The Auto BPM is automatically turned off.
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