Changes

= Groups =

= Groups =

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By default sequences are in group A. To change a pad's group, select "Group" from the ZynPad context menu. The group may be set to A-Z. Odd groups (A,C,E, etc.) are represented with purple background. Even groups (B,D,F, etc.) are represented with blue background. This allow a degree of separation in ZynPad without overloading with excessive quantity of colours.

Each pad belongs to a mutually exclusive group. This means that only one pad within the same group may play concurrently. Pads from other groups may play simultaneously. The group is indicated by the single letter prefix of the pad name. There are up to 26 groups, A-Z.

Use the BACK and SELECT encoders to highlight a pad or touch it with the touchscreen. Use the context menu to change the group to 'B'. The pad name changes to B3 and its background colour changes to blue. Repeat to change A4 to B4.

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By default sequences are arranged in columns of groups with the first column being in group A, second column in group B, etc. and the last column being in group J. (This is because the default configuration also allocates MIDI channels 1,2,etc and 10 for last column which is traditionally used for percussion.) ZynPad tries to keep things simple with each sequence containing a single track and a single pattern. We will see later how this can be changed with Arranger. Following this simple workflow, a pad's MIDI channel may be set from the menu option _MIDI channel_. This also sets the pad (sequence) group. There are 16 colours used to indicate groups so that each MIDI channel may have a different colour.

 

Start pad A1. Pad A1 changes to green and its sequence starts playing.

 

Start pad B3. Pad B3 turns orange indicating it is waiting to start.

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If you start pad A1 then start pad B5 you will see that B5 shows orange _starting_ icon then green _playing_ when the next sync point is reached whilst A1 continues to play.

Sequence B3 will start when the currently playing sequence reaches a sync point so that playback is synchronised. Start pad B4. Sequence B3 will continue then sequence B4 starts as B3 stops. A1 should continue to play. This is a powerful performance feature of ZynPad. You can assign any quantity of pads to any group providing groups of mutually exclusive (only one can play at a time) sequences. Sequences from different groups can play simultaneously but sequences from the same group will play sequentially.

This is a powerful performance feature of ZynPad. You can assign any quantity of pads to any group providing groups of mutually exclusive (only one can play at a time) sequences. Sequences from different groups can play simultaneously but sequences from the same group will play sequentially.

A ''Sync point'' is a location within playback at which sequences will loop and / or group sequential play will change to another sequence. Sync points are synonymous with bars in traditional music notation. See section on time signature.

A ''Sync point'' is a location within playback at which sequences will loop and / or group sequential play will change to another sequence. Sync points are synonymous with bars in traditional music notation. See section on time signature.

Remember, pads are indexed by number, 1, 2, 3, etc. and Groups by letter, A, B, C, etc. Pad labels consist of the group letter and sequence number, e.g. A1.

Remember, pads are indexed by number, 1, 2, 3, etc. and Groups by letter, A, B, C, etc. Pad labels consist of the group letter and sequence number, e.g. A1.

= Grid Size =

= Grid Size =