Casio MZ-X500 User Manual

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Using Pads (Tutorial)EN-49■ Sampling Setting Items• Playback settings, and/or loop and hold settingscannot be configured immediately after a sample isrecorded. These settings can be configured aftersaving the sample as user data.■ Chord Progression Setting Items(MZ-X500 only)Precautions when Recording If you change the pad number, or if you perform anoperation that exits the pad screen or pad settingscreen before saving the data you recorded to thepad as user data, the recorded data will be discardedand the pad data will return to what it was beforeyou recorded new data. If a MIDI recorder or audio recorder recordingoperation is in progress, stop it before performing apad recording operation. An operation that exits the pad screen cannot beperformed during pad recording standby or whilepad recording is in progress. If you record to a pad and then save the pad bankbefore saving the recorded data as user data, therecorded data will be discarded and the pad bankwill be save with the unsaved pad returned to thedata assigned to it prior to the recording.Use the procedure below to configure advancedsettings for when recording to a pad. Editableparameters depend on the type of data assigned to thepad.1. On the MENU screen, touch “PAD”.2. Select the pad whose settings you want toconfigure.3. Touch “0”.This displays the PAD RECORD SELECT screen.4. Select the type of the pad you want to record.This displays the PAD RECORD WAIT screen.5. Touch “Rec Setting”.This displays the PAD REC SETTING screen.6. Touch the item whose setting you want toconfigure, and then change the parameter.• For details about editable parameters, see the “SettingItem List” (page EN-50).7. Touch bo EXIT.This returns to the PAD RECORD WAIT screen.Item Description SettingItemKey Shift Changes the key duringplayback.A lower setting value lowers thekey, while a higher setting raisesthe key.–24 to 24Volume Specifies the playback volumelevel. A larger value specifies alouder volume.0 to 127LoopTiming UnitSpecifies the timing unit when asampled sound is looped.5, , 1,, 2, ,6, , 7,, 8,LoopTimingSpecifies the timing when asampled sound is looped as amultiple of the unit specified byLoop Timing Unit.Unit × 1 toUnit × 9Touch Sense(MZ-X500only)When “On”, the volume of thesound produced is varied inaccordance with how hard youtap the pad.When “Off”, volume is fixed.Off, OnItem Description SettingItemRoot Specifies the root note of thechord during playback.C to BTiming Sync Syncs chord playback started bytapping the pad to MIDIrecorder and/or autoAccompaniment playbacktiming.Off: No syncingBeat: Forces correction ofdeviation in beat units.Measure: Forces correction ofdeviation in measure units.Off,Beat,MeasureModifying Recording Settings