Chapter 4: Creating Drum Sets; Select Drum Set (Drumset Select) - Alesis Performance Pad Reference Manual

CHAPTER 4: CREATING DRUM SETS

The Performance Pad's 8 pads can be assigned to various drum sounds, with different
levels, tuning, panning, triggering mode, and output jack assignment. Each set of pad
parameters is given a number and collectively are called a Drum Set; each A and B
user Pattern can have its own Drum Set assignment. There are 50 preset Drum Sets
and 50 user-programmable Drum Sets. Drum Set assignments have their own
dedicated memory and can be thought of as equivalent to the "programs" or "patches"
found in synthesizers.
Note that if you edit a Drum Set, any Pattern using that Drum Set will be affected. Most
Performance Pad aficionados keep a one-to-one correspondance between Drum Sets
and Patterns by assigning Set 00 to Pattern 00, Set 01 to Pattern 01, Set 02 to Pattern
02, etc.
General instructions for Drum Set construction are:
1. Press the DRUM SET button.
2. Use the Page (up and down) buttons to select different "pages" of functions; the
display's lower right window shows the page number. These pages are described
below.
3. Adjust values on pages, if necessary, as described for each page.
4. After making all needed changes, save the Drum Set if desired (Page 8), then press
DRUM SET again to exit (or choose another page).
4.1 PAGE 1: SELECT DRUM SET (DRUMSET SELECT)
The display shows DRUMSET SELECT, the currently selected Drum Set number, and
whether the Preset or User Drum Set bank is currently selected.
1. Press the PRESET/USER button to choose the desired bank of Drum Sets.
2. Enter the desired Drum Set number (from 00 to 49) with the number or INC/DEC
buttons. With the number buttons, enter a leading zero if necessary.
3. User Patterns will remember the selected Drum Set assignments (Preset Patterns
have fixed Drum Set assignments; if you exit from the Preset Pattern, the Performance
Pad will forget any assignment you made).
DRUMSET
SELECT
DRUM SET
25
USER
DRUM SET
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