Performing, Playing the pads, Stopping all sounds – Roland SPD-SX Sampling Pad with 4GB Internal Memory (Black) User Manual

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Performing

Playing the Pads

The SPD-SX has nine onboard pads (pads 1–9).
When you play a pad, the indicator of that pad will light.

* Though you can play with your hands, the SPD-SX is designed to respond optimally when played with sticks.

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• Use the shoulder of the stick to play pads 1–3.
• You can specify how the indicators for the pads will light (p. 59).

Pad 4

Pad 7

Pad 1

Pad 2

Pad 3

Pad 8

Pad 6

Pad 9

Pad 5

Example: When you play pad 7

Pad indicator 7 will light

Stopping All Sounds

Here’s how to stop all currently playing sounds.

1.

To stop all sounds, press the [ALL SOUND OFF]

button .

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You can also stop all currently playing sounds by

playing a pad or pressing a footswitch (p. 57).

Using Headphones to Check

Sounds

If desired, you can check the sounds only through

headphones. This is useful during a live performance

when you want to verify sound assigned to a pad

without anyone else hearing it.

1.

While holding down the [PAD CHECK] button,

play the pad whose sound you want to check .

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