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1. How many loops can be played at once?

2. Can you run effects through certain loops or must the effects be on all tracks simultaneously?

3. Is it possible to be controlling more than one effect at a time using the pad? Ex. Moving my finger on the pad will adjust delay and Band Pass (or something like that)

4. Can you compress tracks (Ex. Compress A, B, C and D into A and keep recording on B, C or D)?

5. When using the pad, does the effect only change for each "block" or "square" or is the visual feedback only meant to be approximate?

I'm getting a really good deal on one of these and just want to make sure it's a good choice. I really appreciate any answers you can give me. = )

-David

1. 4.

2. FX is applied to all tracks

3. Depending on the patch, the x axis will control one parameter and the y another. you cannot edit the patches or use more than one at a time.

4. You could compress B, C, and D onto A, but not all 4. Then you could turn off B, C and D and use themfor other purposes.

5. All values are 0-127 like all MIDI messages are. the 8x8 is approx.

Thank you sir!
If anyone else thinks otherwise, go ahead and say so. Otherwise, you can just say, "Yeah, that guy's right," which he probably is.

Actually FX are not applied to any tracks - at least not the tracks themselves. They are applied to the output of only the tracks that are currently playing. That is an important distinction because you can play one or two tracks with one effect, resample the output to another pad, so that the result of the effect is only applied to that pad. That allows you to have different tracks with different effects. For example, you could have a delay & distortion effect on a stored guitar sample, without having that effect on any other pad. So to be a bit more precise, the effects are applied to the output of all tracks that are currently playing. But once an effect has been applied to the output, resampled, and stored to a pad, then you are free to use a different effect to do the same to another pad. And since you can layer samples by resampling them again, this essentially gives you as many different effects as you want stored to each pad, even though you can only use one live effect at a time.

Alright thanks. = )

right.
when you press and FX, it applies it to all currently playing loops (and the input).