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This mode is a special mode for '''configuring the MPK device''' internal settings, like the channel where the PADs will send their notes, or the '''arpeggiator''' settings.
'''Rationale:''' while you can use the MPK arpeggiator or NOTE REPEAT buttons to change some of these settings, they will be overwritten on a mode change (as they are inside the MPK and could not be retrieved). Moreover, there are settings that could only be changed using the MPK Program Editor, so this mode will help you in that case. Zynthian will store the changes you made here per snapshot basis, so that's another reason for using this mode.
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'''NOTE''': Remember to put PAD CONTROLS in '''CC mode'''. The pads in ''note'' mode will only trigger the assigned notes. ALSO, ensure that KeyBed octave is '''in the middle''' (neither <code>OCT+</code> nor <code>OCT-</code> is brightly lit).
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In this mode, all notes of the KeyBed are used as shortcuts for the '''arpeggiator settings'''. See the MPK KeyBed labels to check the purpose of each one. Also note that:
* <code>PAD 3 A</code> in CC mode is used as '''SHIFT'''.
* <code>PAD 4 A</code> in CC mode toggles '''on/off''' the arpeggiator.
For other settings, you can use the Knobs. Move a Knob to see in the MPK display its function (but it won't change anything), and <code>SHIFT</code> + move Knob to actually change that property (changes are applied on <code>SHIFT</code> release). This is the settings mapping:
* <code>K1</code>: changes '''tempo taps''', the number of times you need to press the button <code>TAP TEMPO</code> to change it. Ranges from 2 to 4.
* <code>K2</code>: to modify the '''arpeggiator swing''', giving you a finer adjustment than using the KeyBed shortcuts.
* <code>K3</code>: to change the '''PADs aftertouch''' settings. Values are 0: Off, 1: Channel Aftertouch, 2: Polyphonic Aftetouch.
* <code>K4</code>: for changing the KeyBed octave. A value of 4 is the default middle octave, less than 4 is for lowering the octave, and bigger that 4 increases the octave. '''NOTE:''' If you want to change this value, please note that it will affect the KeyBed immediately, so any shortcut that you use later on would be displaced. Just adjust this as the last value, or reset octave before using the shortcuts.
* <code>K6</code>: for setting the '''arpeggiator clock''' source as EXT (external). Set it to 1 for using an external clock, or 0 to use the internal clock.
* <code>K7</code>: lets you change the '''channel of the PADs'''.
* <code>K8</code>: to modify the '''channel of the KeyBed'''.
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