2.2.3 Pad Inspector

The Pad Inspector contains a series of control arrays for the currently selected pad (focused pad), including a drum selector menu, mute/solo buttons, envelope controls (2 modes), general controls (volume, pan, and tuning), machine-specific parameter controls, mixer and effects send controls, and grouping controls (link and choke).

Focused Pad Inspector

A Sound Selection and Status

  • Previous Pad / Next Pad — Change the currently selected pad (focused pad).
  • Drum Selector — Drop-down menu showing all available drum sounds.
  • Solo — Solo the selected pad, muting all others.
  • Mute — Mute the selected pad.
Sound Selection and Status

B Envelope Controls

Sculpt the envelope with 2 modes — when Note-On is disabled (default), the sound plays all the way through on its own. When Note-On is enabled, the sound sustains until you release the note.

When Note-On is disabled the envelope controls include:

  • Start — Sample start offset (0-500ms). Shifts the playback start point forward, cutting the initial transient for different timbral effects.
  • Attack — Envelope attack time.
  • Hold — Envelope hold time.
  • Decay — Envelope decay time (shown when Note On is disabled).

Envelope Controls (Note On disabled — Decay shown)

When Note-On is enabled the envelope controls include:

  • Start — Sample start offset (0-500ms). Shifts the playback start point forward, cutting the initial transient for different timbral effects.
  • Attack — Envelope attack time.
  • Release — Envelope release time (shown when Note On is enabled).

Envelope Controls (Note On enabled — Release shown)

C General Controls

  • Volume — Per-pad output volume.
  • Pan — Stereo position (center default, bipolar).
  • Tune — Fine pitch adjustment in cents (-100 to +100).
  • Transpose — Coarse pitch adjustment in semitones (-12 to +12).

General Controls

D Machine-Specific Parameter Controls

  • Room — Blends in the ambience layer (0-100%) — a mix of close and far reamped room microphones that adds natural room character to the pad’s sound.
  • Machine-Specific Parameters 1-3 — Machine-specific sampled parameters. The labels change dynamically based on the selected sound. Every parameter is a true multi-sample — not a synthesized approximation. Per machine:
    • TR-808 — Tone, Decay, Snap, Pitch
    • TR-909 — Tone, Decay, Attack, Pitch, Snap
    • TR-606 — no machine-specific parameters
    • LinnDrum — Pitch (snares, sidestick, toms, congas), Decay (closed hat)
    • LM-1 — Pitch (across the board), Decay (closed hat)
    • DR-55 — Tone
    • DR-110 — no machine-specific parameters
    • DMX — Pitch, Attack
    • DrumTraks — Pitch (16 step variations)
    • SP-12 — Pitch (kicks, snares, toms, tonal cymbals), Decay (hi-hats, select cymbals)

Machine-Specific Parameter Controls

CONTINUE READING | SECTION 2.1.3 DRUM KITS AND SOUNDS for the per-sound breakdown of every available parameter and its sampled value range.

E FX Controls

  • High Pass — High-pass filter cutoff frequency. Removes low frequencies from the pad’s sound.
  • Low Pass — Low-pass filter cutoff frequency. Removes high frequencies from the pad’s sound.
  • Reverb — Reverb send level to the Convolution Reverb bus.
  • Delay — Delay send level to the EP-1 Delay bus.

FX Controls

F Grouping

  • LINK Group (1-8 or none) — Assigns the pad to a link group. All pads in the same link group trigger simultaneously when any one of them receives a note.
  • CHOKE Group (1-16 or none) — Assigns the pad to a choke group. When a new note triggers in a choke group, the previously playing note in that group fades out. Classic use: closed hi-hat choking open hi-hat.
Grouping Controls