Document Outline

• Contents
• Look What You Can Do with the HandSonic
• Panel Descriptions
  • Top Panel
  • Rear Panel (Connections)
• Turning the Power On/Off
• Attaching to a Stand
• HandSonic Basics
  • Pads and Kits
  • Instruments and Layers
  • Effects
  • How the HandSonic is Structured
• Performing
  • Pads
  • D-BEAM
  • Realtime Modify Knob
• Switching Sound Sets (Kits)
• Changing Sounds (Instruments)
• Adjusting Instruments (QUICK EDIT)
• Using the Metronome
• Recording Your Performance (QUICK REC)
• Menu Operations
• Sound Editing
  • Assigning Sounds to Pads (Inst)
  • Layering Sounds (Layer)
  • Adjusting the Sound (Edit)
  • Using Effects to Modify the Sound (FX)
    • Multi-Effects (MFX1–3)
    • Ambience
    • EQ
• Overall Settings for a Kit
  • Adjusting the Volume of the Kit
    • Adjusting the Pad Sensitivity
  • Naming a Kit
  • Copying a Kit
    • Returning a Kit to the Factory Settings
• Kit Chain
• Undo
• User Inst
  • Importing
  • Managing User Instruments
    • Loop Settings
    • Deleting
    • Renaming
• Backing Up (USB Flash Drive)
  • Saving a Backup
  • Loading a Backup
• Connecting External Expansion Pads or Pedals
  • Using an External Expansion Pad (TRIG IN)
  • Using a Footswitch (FOOT SW)
  • Using a Hi-hat Control Pedal (HH CTRL)
• Connecting the HandSonic to a Computer
• MENU
• INST
  • Assign an instrument (Inst)
    • Adjusting the volume (Volume)
    • Adjusting the pitch (Tuning)
    • Varying the pitch (Sweep)
    • Adjusting the length of the sound (Muffling)
    • Adjusting the tonal character (Color)
    • Adjusting the left/right position of the sound (Pan)
    • Applying effects
    • Specifying how instrument B will be sounded (Layer, Fade Point)
    • Specifying how the sound will be produced (Trigger Mode)
    • Fixing the dynamics of the sound (Fixed Velocity)
    • Preventing sounds from being heard together (Mute Group, Mono/Poly)
• KIT
  • PAD CTRL
    • Modifying the sound by pressing down on a pad
    • Specifying how the sound will change when you press down on a pad
    • Assigning the realtime modify knob (PITCH)
    • Adjusting the roll speed (Roll Speed)
  • KIT PRM
    • Adjusting the volume of the entire kit (Kit Volume)
    • Adjusting the volume of the hi-hat control pedal (Pedal Hi-Hat Volume)
    • Adjusting the sensitivity of the pads (Pad Sensitivity)
    • Realtime modify knob settings
    • Renaming the kit (Kit Name)
  • MIDI
    • Specifying the note number of each pad (Note#)
    • Specifying the gate time of each pad (Gate)
• FX
  • MULTI-FX
    • Specifying the multi-effect type (MULTI-FX Type)
    • Adjusting the multi-effect (MULTI-FX Edit)
    • Applying the multi-effect to each pad (MULTI-FX Assign)
  • AMBIENCE
    • Specifying the type of ambience (Ambience Type)
    • Adjusting the ambience (Ambience Edit)
    • Applying ambience to each pad (Ambience Send Pad)
    • Applying ambience to the sound of each multi-effect (Ambience Send MFX)
  • EQ
    • Applying EQ to the kit (EQ)
• USER INST
  • IMPORT
    • Importing a user instrument (Import)
  • LIST
    • Viewing a list of user instruments (USER INST–LIST)
    • Looping a user instrument (Loop)
    • Viewing information about user instruments (Function)
    • Deleting a user instrument (Delete)
    • Renaming the user instrument (User Inst Name)
  • UTIL
    • Reassigning the user instrument numbers (Renumber)
    • Optimizing the user instrument area (Memory Optimize)
    • Delete all user instruments (All Delete)
• TOOLS
  • PAD COPY
    • Copying a pad (Pad Copy)
    • Exchanging the sounds of pads (Pad Exchange)
  • KIT COPY
    • Copying a kit (Kit Copy)
    • Exchanging kits (Kit Exchange)
    • Returning a Kit to the Factory Settings
    • Creating an empty kit
  • CHAIN
    • Editing a kit chain (Chain)
    • Specifying the order of kits (Chain Edit)
• SYS
  • Metronome
    • Specifying the metronome time signature
    • Specifying the sound and volume of the metronome
  • USB Memory
    • Backing up to a USB flash drive (Save Backup)
    • Loading a backup from a USB flash drive (Load Backup)
    • Deleting a backup from the USB flash drive (Delete Backup)
    • Viewing information about the USB flash drive (USB Memory Information)
    • Formatting a USB flash drive (Format USB Memory)
  • Pad Settings
    • Adjusting the sensitivity etc. for each pad
    • Adjusting the pad’s pressure sensitivity
    • Adjusting how the sound will respond to strike position
  • D-BEAM Settings
    • Calibrating the D-BEAM
  • ExtTrig Settings
    • Specifying the type of external expansion pad
    • Adjusting the external expansion pad
    • Making detailed adjustments for the external expansion pad
    • Making adjustments for the rim of an external expansion pad
    • Reducing crosstalk with an external expansion pad
  • HHPedal Setting
    • Hi-hat control pedal sensitivity
  • FootSw Control
    • Footswitch function assignments
    • Footswitch polarity settings
  • Options
    • Overall settings for the entire HandSonic
  • MIDI
    • MIDI-related settings
    • Visual control settings
  • Information
    • Viewing version information about the HandSonic unit
  • Factory Reset
    • Initializing the HandSonic
• Error Messages
• Shortcuts
• Troubleshooting
• Kit List
• Main Specifications
• USING THE UNIT SAFELY
• IMPORTANT NOTES
• Index