Specifications

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Tip: To hear a demo song, hold
[PATTERN / SONG] and press
[PLAY].
INTRODUCTION
WELCOME TO THE PerformancePad Pro MULTI-PAD INSTRUMENT
The PerformancePad Pro includes high-fidelity drum, percussion and bass sounds, and is easy to
operate. You can easily switch among the different instrument layers in real-time. As you strike the 8
pads (each of which can be assigned to any of the available sounds), the PerformancePad Pro's on-
board sequencer records exactly when you triggered the sounds and the dynamics of your playing. You
can play back your sequences and edit them in various ways.
Data can be saved so that it is retained in memory even if the power is turned off. If the memory fills up
with drum Patterns and Songs, this data can be saved permanently to MIDI System Exclusive storage
devices.
The PerformancePad Pro also includes a library of Preset Patterns prepared by professional drummers
and musicians for those who want to start creating Songs in the fastest and easiest way possible.
GROUND RULES
The PerformancePad Pro consists of two main elements:
 The drum sounds themselves, recorded in high-resolution multi-sample stereo format. For
additional realism, many sounds use advanced "dynamic articulation" techniques so that these
sounds, when hit loudly, have a different timbre than when they're hit softly.
 An internal sequencer to control and trigger the sounds.
The Pattern/Song Recording Method
When recording with a drum machine, it's often easier to divide a song into shorter individual
Patterns and work on these rather than record an entire song. A typical Pattern might be
8,16, or 32 beats long, and correspond to a verse, chorus, bridge, instrumental, intro, etc.
While recording these Patterns, the PerformancePad Pro will be in Pattern Mode. The
PerformancePad Pro holds 100 Preset (i.e., can't be edited) Patterns and 100 user-
programmable Patterns, each of which can be from 1 to 128 beats long.
After perfecting these Patterns, Song Mode offers two ways to create a song:
 Program a list of Patterns, in the order in which they are to be played.
 Select Patterns in real time, and the PerformancePad Pro will remember your
performance.
The PerformancePad Pro stores up to 100 User-programmable Songs.
Breaking a song into Patterns saves time since elements of a song often repeat.
Example: The second verse might have the same drum pattern as the first verse. Rather
than record the same Pattern twice, simply record one Pattern, then list it twice when
assembling a Song. This also saves memory (thus leaving room for more Patterns and
Songs) since listing a Song step takes up much less memory than recording a Pattern.