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Screen map

Goal: Find any screen on the CrossPad, see how you get there, and learn what each of its controls does.

The map shows every app in its own band, starting from the MODE map on the left. An arrow goes from a button to the screen it opens.

  • Apps shows the bands, one per app. Screens shows the screens and the arrows between them. Controls numbers the controls of a screen and says what each one does.
  • Pick an app or a screen in the list to fly there, or click a screen on the map to see its controls.
  • Scroll or pinch to zoom, drag to move. Point at a description to light up its control.

You should see: the screens as they look on your CrossPad, each with its buttons numbered.

Detail

Scroll or pinch to zoom, drag to move. Click a screen to see its controls.

All screens

Launcher

The home screen and the list of other apps: where everything starts.

MODE map

The home screen: one tile per app, each marked with the pad that opens it. Hit the pad or tap the tile.

  1. Button: Top bar: the tempo in BPM. Tap, then turn the encoder to change it.
  2. Button: Top bar: the song position (bar.beat). Turn the encoder to move it while stopped.
  3. Control: Top bar: MODE opens the map of apps; tap again to close it, hold it for the status icons.
  4. Control: Top bar: REC records a take; while playing it becomes DUB and records over what plays.
  5. Control: Top bar: play or stop. Hold it to stop and return to bar 1.1.
  6. Control: Top bar: metronome on or off.
  7. Kits: Opens the kit list to browse and load kits.
  8. Help: Opens the on-device manual.
  9. Update: Opens Firmware: updates and installed firmware.
  10. Setup: Opens Settings: display, audio, USB, pads and more.
  11. Pitch: Opens Pitch: play one sample across all pads as notes.
  12. Pad Mix: Opens Pad Mix: set the volume of each pad.
  13. Mixer: Opens the Mixer: levels, routing and effects.
  14. DAW: Opens DAW Control: play FL Studio or REAPER from the pads.
  15. Record: Opens the Recorder: record sounds from the mics or line in.
  16. Slicer: Opens the Slicer: chop a sound into pieces for a kit.
  17. More: Opens the list of all other installed apps.
  18. Sampler: Opens the Sampler: play your kit on the pads.
  19. Seq: Opens the Sequencer: record and play pad patterns.
  20. Song: Opens Song: arrange scenes into a song.
  21. Arrange: Opens Arrange: place clips on four tracks.

More apps

The list of every other app. This CrossPad has none installed, so it says No other apps.

  1. No other apps: Appears when no other apps are installed. Installed apps show up here.

KitSelector

Browse, load and inspect kits, instruments and songs.

Kit list

The list of kits. Turn the encoder to move, press LOAD to play the highlighted one.

  1. KITS: Shows the factory and installed kits.
  2. FINGERDRUMMING BOSS: The highlighted kit. Turn the encoder to pick another; the line above shows its pad count, tempo and author.
  3. DRUMS: Shows only the drum kits.
  4. PITCH: Shows only the Pitch instruments. This list is empty here.
  5. SONGS: Shows your saved songs.
  6. USER: Shows the kits you made yourself.
  7. LOAD: Loads the highlighted kit and opens it for playing.
  8. EDIT: Opens the details of the highlighted entry.

Drums list

The DRUMS or PITCH category when it holds nothing: the list says "nothing here" and LOAD is greyed out.

  1. KITS: Shows the factory and installed kits.
  2. Button: The empty list. There is nothing here to highlight or load.
  3. DRUMS: Shows only the drum kits.
  4. PITCH: Shows only the Pitch instruments. This list is empty here.
  5. SONGS: Shows your saved songs.
  6. USER: Shows the kits you made yourself.
  7. LOAD: Loads the highlighted kit and opens it for playing.
  8. EDIT: Opens the details of the highlighted entry.

Songs list

Your saved songs. LOADED means the highlighted song is already open.

  1. KITS: Shows the factory and installed kits.
  2. Song 1: A saved song. Turn the encoder to choose which one to open or look at.
  3. DRUMS: Shows only the drum kits.
  4. PITCH: Shows only the Pitch instruments. This list is empty here.
  5. SONGS: Shows your saved songs.
  6. USER: Shows the kits you made yourself.
  7. LOADED: Shows the highlighted entry is already loaded. Press to go on to it.
  8. EDIT: Opens the details of the highlighted entry.

Your kits

Your own kits. The first entry makes a new empty kit.

  1. KITS: Shows the factory and installed kits.
  2. + NEW KIT: Starts a new empty kit that you fill with your own sounds.
  3. DRUMS: Shows only the drum kits.
  4. PITCH: Shows only the Pitch instruments. This list is empty here.
  5. SONGS: Shows your saved songs.
  6. USER: Shows the kits you made yourself.
  7. MAKE: Creates a new empty kit of your own.
  8. EDIT: Opens the details of the highlighted entry.

Kit details

What the kit is: name, author, note, tempo, pad count, version and folder on the card.

  1. FINGERDRUMMING BOSS: The kit's name and its details below: author, note, tempo, pads with a sample, version, folder.

Song details

The song's length, tempo and kit, with a shortcut to Arrange.

  1. Song 1: The song's name, with its bars, tempo and kit below.
  2. OPEN IN ARRANGE: Opens this song in Arrange so you can play and edit it.
  3. DONE: Closes the details and goes back to the songs list.

Settings

Change how the CrossPad looks, sounds, connects and responds.

Settings

The categories of Settings. Turn the encoder to move, press to open one.

  1. Exit Settings: Leaves Settings and goes back to the home screen.
  2. Display: Screen brightness, theme colour, home screen and touch.
  3. Audio: Speaker and headphone volume, and the sound engine's settings.
  4. USB: How the CrossPad connects over USB.
  5. Pads & LEDs: Pad light brightness and pad MIDI output.

Display

Screen settings: brightness, theme colour, which home screen to use and touch sensitivity.

  1. Display: Goes back to the list of Settings categories.
  2. Brightness: The screen brightness, set by the slider below.
  3. Slider: Slide to make the screen brighter or dimmer.
  4. List: The accent colour of the screens.
  5. List: Which screen opens as the home screen: Icon grid, List or Pad map.
  6. List: How lightly the touch screen reacts: Low, Medium or High.

Audio

Audio settings: speaker and headphone volume, and the sound engine's sample rate, frame count and speaker switching.

  1. Audio: Goes back to the list of Settings categories.
  2. List: The sound engine's sample rate. Applies after a restart.
  3. List: How quickly sound follows your hit. Smaller is faster but can crackle. Applies after a restart.
  4. Switch: Lets the speakers switch on by themselves while there is sound. Off keeps them silent.

USB

USB settings: audio or serial mode, what is active now, and the SD card as a USB drive.

  1. USB: Goes back to the list of Settings categories.
  2. List: MIDI + Audio makes the CrossPad a sound card and MIDI device; MIDI + Serial adds the link for browser updates.
  3. Active: The USB mode in use right now. Information only.
  4. Serial console / OTA: Says whether the serial link for updates is available in this mode. Information only.
  5. Switch: When a computer asks for serial mode, the CrossPad asks you first.
  6. Start: Restarts the CrossPad so your computer sees its SD card as a USB drive.

Pads & LEDs

Settings for the pad lights and whether pads send MIDI.

  1. Pads & LEDs: Goes back to the list of Settings categories.
  2. RGB Brightness: The brightness of the pad lights, set by the slider below.
  3. Slider: Slide to make the pad lights brighter or dimmer.
  4. Switch: The pads send MIDI notes. Off: pads still play sounds but send no MIDI.

SD drive prompt

A question before the CrossPad restarts so your computer can see the SD card as a drive. Audio and sound stop.

  1. Restart: Restarts the CrossPad into the USB drive mode.
  2. Cancel: Closes the question and changes nothing.

Firmware

Keeps the CrossPad's firmware up to date: your installed and stored versions, the store and update checks.

Firmware: Library

The Library tab of the Firmware app: the firmware packages stored on the SD card. It is empty until you install or download one.

  1. Library: Shows the firmware packages stored on the SD card.
  2. Store: Shows the firmware editions you can download.
  3. Updates: Shows the update status and lets you check for a newer firmware.
  4. No firmware on the card yet: Shown while the SD card holds no firmware package.

Firmware: Store

The Store tab: the firmware editions crosspad.app offers, as tiles. It stays empty until the CrossPad has checked over WiFi.

  1. Library: Shows the firmware packages stored on the SD card.
  2. Store: Shows the firmware editions you can download.
  3. Updates: Shows the update status and lets you check for a newer firmware.
  4. No firmware in the store: Shown while the store list is empty, for example before a check over WiFi.

Firmware: Updates

The Updates tab: the result of the last update check, a button to check now and a link to the update settings.

  1. Library: Shows the firmware packages stored on the SD card.
  2. Store: Shows the firmware editions you can download.
  3. Updates: Shows the update status and lets you check for a newer firmware.
  4. Status: Shows the result of the last check: WiFi state, the running version and the date.
  5. Check now: Checks over WiFi whether a newer firmware is available.
  6. Settings: Opens Settings, where you set the update channel and checking at startup.

Arrange

Lay out a full track on a timeline of four tracks, mixing recorded audio and pad loops, and export it to Ableton Live.

Arrange

The timeline of the open arrangement, with up to four tracks. An empty one shows only ADD TRACK.

  1. Song 1: Shows the arrangement's name. Tap to open the list of your arrangements.
  2. Follow: Makes the timeline scroll with the playhead while it plays. Switch it off to edit while it runs.
  3. EDIT: Opens the timeline edit menu: add a clip, set a loop region, merge tracks, song length.
  4. SYNC: Starts the Sequencer together with the song on the next Play.
  5. LOOP: Makes the song start again at its end.
  6. ZOOM: Zooms the timeline in a step at a time, then back out to the widest view.
  7. Tracks: The tracks. Tap one for its menu; hold it for the levels.
  8. Timeline: Bars of the song with the clips of each track as blocks. Tap a block to select it.
  9. ADD TRACK: Adds a track: recorded audio or a pad loop.
  10. MOVE: Press, then turn the encoder to move the selected block along the bars or across tracks.
  11. DUP: Copies the selected block.
  12. DEL: Removes the selected block.
  13. CLIP EDIT: Edits the selected clip: opens the Recorder for audio, or the Sequencer for a pad track.

Songs

The list of your arrangements. Each one is a project of its own.

  1. SONGS: Goes back to the timeline.
  2. NEW: Starts a new, empty arrangement.
  3. Song 1: An arrangement. Tap it to open it on the timeline.

Edit Timeline

Menu of timeline edits, opened by EDIT.

  1. Add a clip from the library ...: Picks a recorded clip from your library and puts it on a track.
  2. Set a loop region (L, click, R): Marks a loop region: choose its left edge, then its right edge on the timeline.
  3. Merge tracks ...: Mixes the tracks you pick into one audio track.
  4. Merge all tracks into one: Mixes all four tracks into a single audio track.
  5. Song length ...: Sets how many bars the song lasts.
  6. Cancel: Closes the menu without changing anything.

Add Track

Choose what the new track holds. Arrange has four tracks, at most two of them pad loops.

  1. AUDIO: A recorded or loaded loop that plays as clips. Opens the Recorder.
  2. SEQ: Pads recorded as notes, played by a kit or a Pitch instrument.
  3. Track limits: Reminds you of the limits: four tracks, and up to two pad loops (two kits, or one Pitch).
  4. CANCEL: Closes this window without adding a track.

New Arrangement

A new, empty arrangement, named Song 2, Song 3 and so on.

  1. Song 2: Shows the new arrangement's name. Tap to open the list of arrangements.
  2. Follow: Makes the timeline scroll with the playhead while it plays.
  3. EDIT: Opens the timeline edit menu.
  4. SYNC: Starts the Sequencer together with the song on the next Play.
  5. LOOP: Makes the song start again at its end.
  6. ZOOM: Zooms the timeline in a step at a time, then back out.
  7. Tracks: The tracks. Tap one for its menu; hold it for the levels.
  8. Timeline: The bars of the song. Clips of each track appear here as blocks.
  9. ADD TRACK: Adds the first track: recorded audio or a pad loop.
  10. MOVE: Moves the selected block along the bars or across tracks.
  11. DUP: Copies the selected block.
  12. DEL: Removes the selected block.
  13. CLIP EDIT: Edits the selected clip. Pick a track or a block first.

Song Settings

Settings of the open arrangement: tempo, name, export and delete.

  1. SONG 1: Goes back to the list of arrangements.
  2. Tempo: The tempo of this arrangement. Click, turn the encoder, click.
  3. Name: Opens the keyboard to rename the arrangement.
  4. Export to Ableton Live: Writes the arrangement as an Ableton Live set (.als) on the card.
  5. Delete song: Deletes this arrangement.

Clip Library

Lists the clips you can add to the selected track. Empty until you have bounced or recorded one.

  1. Cancel: Closes the window and goes back to the timeline.

Song Length

Sets the length of the song in bars, or lets it end at the last block.

  1. +1 bar: Makes the song one bar longer.
  2. -1 bar: Makes the song one bar shorter.
  3. +4 bars: Makes the song four bars longer.
  4. -4 bars: Makes the song four bars shorter.
  5. Auto: to the last block: Ends the song where its last block ends.
  6. Done: Closes the window and goes back to the timeline.

Pad Track

Choose what plays the pad loop: a kit or a Pitch instrument.

  1. SAMPLER: Plays the track with a kit of 16 pads. You pick the kit next.
  2. PITCH PLAY: Plays the track with a Pitch instrument: one sample spread over the pads as notes.
  3. Hint: Kit: pick its kit, then the loop view. Pitch: opens Pitch Play.
  4. BACK: Goes back to the choice between audio and pad loop.
  5. CANCEL: Closes this window without adding a track.

Rename

Keyboard for the name of the arrangement.

  1. RENAME: Goes back to the song settings.
  2. Song 1: The arrangement's name as you type it.
  3. Keyboard: Type the new name. Tap the keys or use the encoder.

Export to Ableton

The result of writing the arrangement as an Ableton Live set.

  1. ABLETON LIVE: Goes back to the song settings.
  2. OK: Closes the message.

Pick a Kit

The kit browser for a new pad track. Pick the kit the track plays with.

  1. KITS: Shows the factory and installed kits.
  2. Kit list: The kits in the chosen group. Turn the encoder to move, and press to choose.
  3. DRUMS: Shows only the drum kits.
  4. PITCH: Shows only the Pitch instruments.
  5. SONGS: Shows your saved songs.
  6. USER: Shows the kits you made yourself.
  7. PICK: Uses the highlighted kit for the track.
  8. EDIT: Opens the kit's details and pad settings.

DawControl

Turns the CrossPad into a controller for your DAW: the pads play its instruments and the DAW lights them.

DAW Control

The screen of the DAW Control app. It says which DAW the CrossPad is connected to and shows what that DAW sends. Until your computer runs the DAW script it says there is no host.

  1. Back: Leaves DAW Control and returns to the launcher.
  2. Control: A dot that flashes with the beat the DAW sends: one colour on the bar, another on the other beats.

Instructions

A short manual built into the CrossPad.

Instructions

The built-in short manual: charging, the power button and the other basics, as text you scroll with the encoder or a finger.

  1. CrossPad: The manual text. Turn the encoder or drag to scroll.
  2. Back: Returns to the launcher.

Mixer

The CrossPad's mixing desk and signal router: what comes in, what plays and where it goes.

Sources

Faders for what the CrossPad plays: sampler, pitched instrument, click and song. Each row has a level, mute and solo.

  1. IN: Opens IN: the built-in mics, line inputs and USB audio coming in.
  2. SOURCES: Opens SOURCES: what the CrossPad plays, such as the sampler and the click.
  3. OUT: Opens OUT: the master level of each output and the USB recording bus.
  4. ROUTE: Opens ROUTE: which source or input is sent to which output.
  5. PRESETS: Opens PRESETS: save the whole desk under a name and load it back.
  6. Control: Tap the name to open the rest of the Sampler channel.
  7. 0.0 dB: Level of the Sampler channel in dB. Drag to change it.
  8. M: Mutes this channel.
  9. S: Solo: hear only this channel.
  10. Control: Tap the name to open the rest of the Pitched channel.
  11. 0.0 dB: Level of the Pitched channel in dB. Drag to change it.
  12. M: Mutes this channel.
  13. S: Solo: hear only this channel.
  14. LEVEL: Faders move each channel's level. Drag a row's fader or turn the encoder.
  15. PAN: Faders set each channel's left-right position instead of its level.
  16. RESET: Puts the selected row back to its default: unity level or centre pan.

Inputs

Faders for what comes in: USB audio and the built-in mics. Each row has a gain and a monitor button.

  1. IN: Opens IN: the built-in mics, line inputs and USB audio coming in.
  2. SOURCES: Opens SOURCES: what the CrossPad plays, such as the sampler and the click.
  3. OUT: Opens OUT: the master level of each output and the USB recording bus.
  4. ROUTE: Opens ROUTE: which source or input is sent to which output.
  5. PRESETS: Opens PRESETS: save the whole desk under a name and load it back.
  6. Control: Tap the name to open the rest of the USB in channel.
  7. GAIN 0.0 dB: Input gain in dB. Drag to change it.
  8. MON: Monitor: hear this input on the outputs.
  9. Control: Tap the name to open the rest of the Mic channel.
  10. GAIN 0.0 dB: Input gain in dB. Drag to change it.
  11. MON: Monitor: hear this input on the outputs.
  12. GAIN: Faders set each input's gain. Raise it if the meter stays low.
  13. PAN: Faders set each channel's left-right position instead of its level.
  14. RESET: Puts the selected row back to its default: unity level or centre pan.

Outputs

One master fader for each output. LIM lights while the limiter works.

  1. IN: Opens IN: the built-in mics, line inputs and USB audio coming in.
  2. SOURCES: Opens SOURCES: what the CrossPad plays, such as the sampler and the click.
  3. OUT: Opens OUT: the master level of each output and the USB recording bus.
  4. ROUTE: Opens ROUTE: which source or input is sent to which output.
  5. PRESETS: Opens PRESETS: save the whole desk under a name and load it back.
  6. Control: Tap the name to open the tone of Out 1/2.
  7. 0.0 dB: Level of the Out 1/2 output in dB. Drag to change it.
  8. M: Mutes this output.
  9. LIM: Lights while the limiter is holding this output down.
  10. Control: Tap the name to open the tone of Out 3/4.
  11. 0.0 dB: Level of the Out 3/4 output in dB. Drag to change it.
  12. M: Mutes this output.
  13. LIM: Lights while the limiter is holding this output down.
  14. LEVEL: Shows the master level of each output. Drag a fader or turn the encoder.
  15. RESET: Puts the selected row back to its default: unity level or centre pan.

Route

A chip for each output on every row: tap to send that source there. REC sends it to the USB recording bus.

  1. IN: Opens IN: the built-in mics, line inputs and USB audio coming in.
  2. SOURCES: Opens SOURCES: what the CrossPad plays, such as the sampler and the click.
  3. OUT: Opens OUT: the master level of each output and the USB recording bus.
  4. ROUTE: Opens ROUTE: which source or input is sent to which output.
  5. PRESETS: Opens PRESETS: save the whole desk under a name and load it back.
  6. 1/2: Sends Sampler to outputs 1/2.
  7. 3/4: Sends Sampler to outputs 3/4.
  8. rec: Sends this channel to the USB recording bus.
  9. 1/2: Sends Pitched to outputs 1/2.
  10. 3/4: Sends Pitched to outputs 3/4.
  11. rec: Sends this channel to the USB recording bus.
  12. CLEAR: Removes every send of the selected channel.
  13. RESET: Sends every source to the outputs you hear, at full level, and none to the USB bus.

Sampler channel

The rest of the Sampler channel: its pan and how much goes to each output.

  1. Slider: Pan: left to right.
  2. Slider: How much of this channel goes to Out 1/2.
  3. Slider: How much of this channel goes to Out 3/4.
  4. Slider: How much of this channel goes to USB rec.

Pitched channel

The rest of the Pitched channel: its pan and how much goes to each output.

  1. Slider: Pan: left to right.
  2. Slider: How much of this channel goes to Out 1/2.
  3. Slider: How much of this channel goes to Out 3/4.
  4. Slider: How much of this channel goes to USB rec.

Pan

The Sources rows with the PAN key chosen: each fader sets left-right position, C is the centre.

  1. IN: Opens IN: the built-in mics, line inputs and USB audio coming in.
  2. SOURCES: Opens SOURCES: what the CrossPad plays, such as the sampler and the click.
  3. OUT: Opens OUT: the master level of each output and the USB recording bus.
  4. ROUTE: Opens ROUTE: which source or input is sent to which output.
  5. PRESETS: Opens PRESETS: save the whole desk under a name and load it back.
  6. Control: Tap the name to open the rest of the Sampler channel.
  7. C: Pan position, C is the centre. Drag to move left or right.
  8. M: Mutes this channel.
  9. S: Solo: hear only this channel.
  10. Control: Tap the name to open the rest of the Pitched channel.
  11. C: Pan position, C is the centre. Drag to move left or right.
  12. M: Mutes this channel.
  13. S: Solo: hear only this channel.
  14. LEVEL: Faders move each channel's level. Drag a row's fader or turn the encoder.
  15. PAN: Faders set each channel's left-right position instead of its level.
  16. RESET: Puts the selected row back to its default: unity level or centre pan.

USB in channel

The rest of the USB in channel: where it is monitored, its pan and its sends.

  1. off: Turns the monitor off: the input is not heard.
  2. 1/2: Monitors the input on the 1/2 outputs.
  3. 3/4: Monitors the input on the 3/4 outputs.
  4. both: Monitors the input on both outputs.
  5. Slider: Pan: left to right.
  6. Slider: How much of this input goes to Out 1/2.

Mic channel

The rest of the Mic channel: where it is monitored, its pan and its sends.

  1. off: Turns the monitor off: the input is not heard.
  2. 1/2: Monitors the input on the 1/2 outputs.
  3. 3/4: Monitors the input on the 3/4 outputs.
  4. both: Monitors the input on both outputs.
  5. Slider: Pan: left to right.
  6. Slider: How much of this input goes to Out 1/2.

Input pan

The Inputs rows with the PAN key chosen: each fader sets left-right position.

  1. IN: Opens IN: the built-in mics, line inputs and USB audio coming in.
  2. SOURCES: Opens SOURCES: what the CrossPad plays, such as the sampler and the click.
  3. OUT: Opens OUT: the master level of each output and the USB recording bus.
  4. ROUTE: Opens ROUTE: which source or input is sent to which output.
  5. PRESETS: Opens PRESETS: save the whole desk under a name and load it back.
  6. Control: Tap the name to open the rest of the USB in channel.
  7. C: Pan position, C is the centre. Drag to move left or right.
  8. MON: Monitor: hear this input on the outputs.
  9. Control: Tap the name to open the rest of the Mic channel.
  10. C: Pan position, C is the centre. Drag to move left or right.
  11. MON: Monitor: hear this input on the outputs.
  12. GAIN: Faders set each input's gain. Raise it if the meter stays low.
  13. PAN: Faders set each channel's left-right position instead of its level.
  14. RESET: Puts the selected row back to its default: unity level or centre pan.

Out 1/2 tone

The tone of this output: a low shelf, a mid band and a high shelf, each from -12 to +12 dB.

  1. Slider: Gain of this tone band, -12 to +12 dB.
  2. Slider: Gain of this tone band, -12 to +12 dB.
  3. Slider: Gain of this tone band, -12 to +12 dB.
  4. FLAT: Sets all three tone bands back to 0 dB.

Out 3/4 tone

The tone of this output: a low shelf, a mid band and a high shelf, each from -12 to +12 dB.

  1. Slider: Gain of this tone band, -12 to +12 dB.
  2. Slider: Gain of this tone band, -12 to +12 dB.
  3. Slider: Gain of this tone band, -12 to +12 dB.
  4. FLAT: Sets all three tone bands back to 0 dB.

PadMixer

Sixteen faders for the volume of each pad in the loaded kit.

Pad Mixer

Sixteen faders, one for each pad's volume in the loaded kit. Hit a pad to pick its fader.

  1. Back: Back to the launcher.
  2. Slider: Volume of pad 1 in the loaded kit.
  3. Slider: Volume of pad 2 in the loaded kit.
  4. Slider: Volume of pad 3 in the loaded kit.
  5. Slider: Volume of pad 4 in the loaded kit.
  6. Slider: Volume of pad 5 in the loaded kit.
  7. Slider: Volume of pad 6 in the loaded kit.
  8. Slider: Volume of pad 7 in the loaded kit.
  9. Slider: Volume of pad 8 in the loaded kit.
  10. Slider: Volume of pad 9 in the loaded kit.
  11. Slider: Volume of pad 10 in the loaded kit.
  12. Slider: Volume of pad 11 in the loaded kit.
  13. Slider: Volume of pad 12 in the loaded kit.
  14. Slider: Volume of pad 13 in the loaded kit.
  15. Slider: Volume of pad 14 in the loaded kit.
  16. Slider: Volume of pad 15 in the loaded kit.
  17. Slider: Volume of pad 16 in the loaded kit.

PitchPlay

Plays one sample, or several, chromatically on the pads, with scales, chords and loops.

PitchPlay

The pads play one sample, or several, as notes. The top row picks the sample, key, octave and chords; the keys at the bottom open the scale, chord and zone screens.

  1. Pick a sample: Opens the sample window. Its name shows the instrument now loaded.
  2. C Chr: Opens the key and scale screen. Shows the key and scale now set.
  3. OCT 4: The octave the pads play in.
  4. CHORD off: Shows whether the pads play chords instead of single notes.
  5. VOL 80: The output level. Turn the encoder to change it.
  6. SCALE: Opens the key and scale screen.
  7. OCT: Lowers the octave of the pads by one.
  8. OCT: Raises the octave of the pads by one.
  9. CHORD: Opens the chord designer and turns chord mode on.
  10. EDIT: Opens the zones of the instrument to add samples and set loops.

Pick a sample

The sample window: choose where an instrument comes from, or save the current one.

  1. Button: Closes the sample window.
  2. The card ...: Browses the SD card for a WAV file to play.
  3. Save as ...: Saves the current instrument under a name, with its samples copied in.

Key and scale

Sets which notes the sixteen pads play: a key, a scale and a transpose. The twelve cells show the scale as a keyboard.

  1. Button: Goes back to PitchPlay.
  2. C: The note C. Lit when it is in the scale; the ringed cell is the key.
  3. C#: The note C#. Lit when it is in the scale; the ringed cell is the key.
  4. D: The note D. Lit when it is in the scale; the ringed cell is the key.
  5. D#: The note D#. Lit when it is in the scale; the ringed cell is the key.
  6. E: The note E. Lit when it is in the scale; the ringed cell is the key.
  7. F: The note F. Lit when it is in the scale; the ringed cell is the key.
  8. F#: The note F#. Lit when it is in the scale; the ringed cell is the key.
  9. G: The note G. Lit when it is in the scale; the ringed cell is the key.
  10. G#: The note G#. Lit when it is in the scale; the ringed cell is the key.
  11. A: The note A. Lit when it is in the scale; the ringed cell is the key.
  12. A#: The note A#. Lit when it is in the scale; the ringed cell is the key.
  13. B: The note B. Lit when it is in the scale; the ringed cell is the key.
  14. Button: Goes to the previous key.
  15. Button: Goes to the next key.
  16. Button: Goes to the previous scale.
  17. Button: Goes to the next scale.
  18. Button: Lowers the transpose by one semitone.
  19. Button: Raises the transpose by one semitone.

Chord designer

Spell out up to sixteen chords. In chord mode, pad 1 plays chord 1, pad 2 chord 2, and so on. The strip shows the chords, the rows below build the selected one.

  1. FUNK: The chord set name; a star means you changed it. Press to show or hide the presets.
  2. OCT: Cycles the chords' octave from C2 to C5.
  3. VOICE: Changes how the notes of each chord are spread out.
  4. CHORD: Turns chord mode on or off for the pads.
  5. E: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  6. A: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  7. E: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  8. A: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  9. C: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  10. B: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  11. E: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  12. A: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  13. 1: Switches the strip between chords 1-8 and 9-16.
  14. C: Sets the root of the selected chord to C.
  15. D: Sets the root of the selected chord to D.
  16. E: Sets the root of the selected chord to E.
  17. F: Sets the root of the selected chord to F.
  18. G: Sets the root of the selected chord to G.
  19. A: Sets the root of the selected chord to A.
  20. B: Sets the root of the selected chord to B.
  21. #: Makes the root a sharp, or back to natural.
  22. DEL: Removes the selected chord. One always stays.

Zones

The zones of the instrument: each is a sample and the note it plays at. Add or remove zones, set their root note and loop them. It is empty until you press ADD.

  1. Button: Leaves the zones and goes back to PitchPlay.
  2. ADD: Adds a zone: pick a WAV file from the card.
  3. No zones. ADD takes a WAV from the card.: Shown while the instrument has no zones.
  4. --: The note the selected zone's sample was recorded at. Turn the encoder to set it.
  5. AUTO: Detects the root note by itself again.
  6. DEL: Removes the selected zone.
  7. OFF: Switches the zone's loop on or off, so a held pad can sound as long as you hold it.
  8. S --: Where the loop starts. Turn the encoder to change it.
  9. E --: Where the loop ends. Turn the encoder to change it.
  10. START --: Where a note begins in the sample. Turn the encoder to change it.
  11. XF --: How much of the loop's end fades into its start, so a held note has no seam.

The card

Browse the SD card for a sample. Open folders and pick a WAV file to play it on the pads.

  1. Button: Goes back to the sample window.
  2. ..: Goes up one folder.

Chord presets

Ready-made chord sets (Funk, Soul, Jazz and more), each shown with a preview of its chords. Pick one to load it into the chord designer.

  1. FUNK: The chord set name. Press to hide the presets and go back to the chord rows.
  2. OCT: Cycles the chords' octave from C2 to C5. Also closes the presets.
  3. VOICE: Changes how the notes of each chord are spread out. Also closes the presets.
  4. CHORD: Turns chord mode on or off for the pads. Also closes the presets.
  5. INV 0: Moves the selected chord to its next inversion; the button shows which.
  6. ADD: Adds a copy of the selected chord after it.
  7. DEL: Removes the selected chord. One always stays.
  8. < MOVE: Moves the selected chord one place earlier.
  9. MOVE >: Moves the selected chord one place later.

Card: /crosspad

The folders on the card under /crosspad: kits, recordings and the start-up sound. Open one to find a sample.

  1. Button: Goes back to the sample window.
  2. ..: Goes up one folder.
  3. kits: Opens the kits folder.
  4. recordings: Opens the folder with your recordings.
  5. STARTUP.wav: The start-up sound file. Press to use it as the sample.

Chord inversion

The chord designer after INV is pressed: the selected chord has moved to its next inversion, and the button shows the new number.

  1. FUNK*: The chord set name; a star means you changed it. Press to show or hide the presets.
  2. OCT: Cycles the chords' octave from C2 to C5.
  3. VOICE: Changes how the notes of each chord are spread out.
  4. CHORD: Turns chord mode on or off for the pads.
  5. E: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  6. A: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  7. E: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  8. A: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  9. C: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  10. B: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  11. E: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  12. A: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  13. 1: Switches the strip between chords 1-8 and 9-16.
  14. C: Sets the root of the selected chord to C.
  15. D: Sets the root of the selected chord to D.
  16. E: Sets the root of the selected chord to E.
  17. F: Sets the root of the selected chord to F.
  18. G: Sets the root of the selected chord to G.
  19. A: Sets the root of the selected chord to A.
  20. B: Sets the root of the selected chord to B.
  21. #: Makes the root a sharp, or back to natural.
  22. maj: Makes the selected chord a major (maj) chord.
  23. min: Makes the selected chord a minor (min) chord.
  24. 7: Makes the selected chord a seventh (7) chord.
  25. maj7: Makes the selected chord a major seventh (maj7) chord.
  26. m7: Makes the selected chord a minor seventh (m7) chord.
  27. 9: Makes the selected chord a ninth (9) chord.
  28. m9: Makes the selected chord a minor ninth (m9) chord.
  29. 13: Makes the selected chord a thirteenth (13) chord.
  30. dim: Makes the selected chord a diminished (dim) chord.
  31. sus4: Makes the selected chord a suspended fourth (sus4) chord.
  32. INV 1: Moves the selected chord to its next inversion; the button shows which.
  33. ADD: Adds a copy of the selected chord after it.
  34. DEL: Removes the selected chord. One always stays.
  35. < MOVE: Moves the selected chord one place earlier.
  36. MOVE >: Moves the selected chord one place later.

Add a chord

The chord designer after ADD is pressed: a copy of the selected chord has been put after it and selected.

  1. FUNK*: The chord set name; a star means you changed it. Press to show or hide the presets.
  2. OCT: Cycles the chords' octave from C2 to C5.
  3. VOICE: Changes how the notes of each chord are spread out.
  4. CHORD: Turns chord mode on or off for the pads.
  5. E: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  6. E: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  7. A: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  8. E: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  9. A: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  10. C: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  11. B: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  12. E: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  13. 1: Switches the strip between chords 1-8 and 9-16.
  14. C: Sets the root of the selected chord to C.
  15. D: Sets the root of the selected chord to D.
  16. E: Sets the root of the selected chord to E.
  17. F: Sets the root of the selected chord to F.
  18. G: Sets the root of the selected chord to G.
  19. A: Sets the root of the selected chord to A.
  20. B: Sets the root of the selected chord to B.
  21. #: Makes the root a sharp, or back to natural.
  22. maj: Makes the selected chord a major (maj) chord.
  23. min: Makes the selected chord a minor (min) chord.
  24. 7: Makes the selected chord a seventh (7) chord.
  25. maj7: Makes the selected chord a major seventh (maj7) chord.
  26. m7: Makes the selected chord a minor seventh (m7) chord.
  27. 9: Makes the selected chord a ninth (9) chord.
  28. m9: Makes the selected chord a minor ninth (m9) chord.
  29. 13: Makes the selected chord a thirteenth (13) chord.
  30. dim: Makes the selected chord a diminished (dim) chord.
  31. sus4: Makes the selected chord a suspended fourth (sus4) chord.
  32. INV 0: Moves the selected chord to its next inversion; the button shows which.
  33. ADD: Adds a copy of the selected chord after it.
  34. DEL: Removes the selected chord. One always stays.
  35. < MOVE: Moves the selected chord one place earlier.
  36. MOVE >: Moves the selected chord one place later.

Move a chord

The chord designer after MOVE > is pressed: the selected chord has swapped places with the next one, so it plays from another pad.

  1. FUNK*: The chord set name; a star means you changed it. Press to show or hide the presets.
  2. OCT: Cycles the chords' octave from C2 to C5.
  3. VOICE: Changes how the notes of each chord are spread out.
  4. CHORD: Turns chord mode on or off for the pads.
  5. A: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  6. E: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  7. E: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  8. A: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  9. C: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  10. B: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  11. E: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  12. A: One chord of the strip, with its type below. Press to select and hear it; it plays from the pad of the same number.
  13. 1: Switches the strip between chords 1-8 and 9-16.
  14. C: Sets the root of the selected chord to C.
  15. D: Sets the root of the selected chord to D.
  16. E: Sets the root of the selected chord to E.
  17. F: Sets the root of the selected chord to F.
  18. G: Sets the root of the selected chord to G.
  19. A: Sets the root of the selected chord to A.
  20. B: Sets the root of the selected chord to B.
  21. #: Makes the root a sharp, or back to natural.
  22. maj: Makes the selected chord a major (maj) chord.
  23. min: Makes the selected chord a minor (min) chord.
  24. 7: Makes the selected chord a seventh (7) chord.
  25. maj7: Makes the selected chord a major seventh (maj7) chord.
  26. m7: Makes the selected chord a minor seventh (m7) chord.
  27. 9: Makes the selected chord a ninth (9) chord.
  28. m9: Makes the selected chord a minor ninth (m9) chord.
  29. 13: Makes the selected chord a thirteenth (13) chord.
  30. dim: Makes the selected chord a diminished (dim) chord.
  31. sus4: Makes the selected chord a suspended fourth (sus4) chord.
  32. INV 0: Moves the selected chord to its next inversion; the button shows which.
  33. ADD: Adds a copy of the selected chord after it.
  34. DEL: Removes the selected chord. One always stays.
  35. < MOVE: Moves the selected chord one place earlier.
  36. MOVE >: Moves the selected chord one place later.

Recorder

Records a take from the mics, line inputs, pads or USB and trims it to a loop.

Recorder

Record a take from the mics, a line input, the pads or USB, then trim it to a loop.

  1. Button: Back to the launcher.
  2. MIC: Chooses the input to record: MIC, LINE, PADS or USB. Tap to cycle.
  3. REC: Starts a take. It turns into STOP while recording.
  4. FILES: Opens a WAV from the card in the Recorder.
  5. Button: Opens the Recorder settings, such as Auto trim.
  6. SYNC: Records over the open Arrange song so the take lines up with it.
  7. PRE: Counts in one or two bars before recording. Needs SYNC.
  8. FROM 1: The bar of the song where a synced take starts. Turn to change.
  9. ARR: Puts the loop on a track in Arrange.
  10. Bar: Left level of the input.
  11. Bar: Right level of the input.
  12. Control: The take as a waveform. The loop between START and END is lit.
  13. START: Start of the loop. Click, then turn to move it.
  14. END: End of the loop. Click, then turn to move it.
  15. Button: Plays the marked loop once.
  16. Button: Plays the marked loop round and round.
  17. 1b: How many bars the loop is: 1, 2, 4 or 8. This sets its tempo.
  18. SAVE: Saves the loop as a file of its own.
  19. SLICE: Takes the loop to the Slicer.

Files

The recordings folder on the card. Pick a WAV to open it in the Recorder.

  1. ..: Goes up one folder.
  2. Cancel: Closes the list.

Recorder settings

Auto trim and a way to hear the loop once as a pad would play it.

  1. Checkbox: Auto trim: START and END jump to where the sound begins and stops.
  2. Play it once, as a pad would: Plays the loop once, the way a pad would.
  3. Close: Closes the settings.

Card folder

The crosspad folder on the card. Pick a folder or a WAV to open.

  1. ..: Goes up one folder.
  2. kits: Opens the kits folder.
  3. recordings: Opens the recordings folder.
  4. STARTUP.wav: Opens the start-up sound.
  5. Cancel: Closes the list.

Card root

The top of the card, where the crosspad folder and the songs are.

  1. crosspad: Opens the crosspad folder.
  2. SONGS: Opens the songs folder.
  3. Cancel: Closes the list.

Kits folder

The kit folders on the card. Open one to find its WAV files.

  1. ..: Goes up one folder.
  2. Steve Nash - Fingerdrumming Boss: Opens this kit's folder.
  3. Steve Nash - SAMURAI: Opens this kit's folder.
  4. Cancel: Closes the list.

Sampler

Play a kit on the 16 pads, load kits and edit each pad's sound.

Kit list

The list of kits. Turn the encoder to move, press LOAD to play the highlighted one.

  1. KITS: Shows the factory and installed kits.
  2. FINGERDRUMMING BOSS: The highlighted kit. Turn the encoder to pick another; the line above shows its pad count, tempo and author.
  3. DRUMS: Shows only the drum kits.
  4. PITCH: Shows only the Pitch instruments. This list is empty here.
  5. SONGS: Shows your saved songs.
  6. USER: Shows the kits you made yourself.
  7. LOAD: Loads the highlighted kit and opens it for playing.
  8. EDIT: Opens the details of the highlighted entry.

Drums list

The DRUMS or PITCH category when it holds nothing: the list says "nothing here" and LOAD is greyed out.

  1. KITS: Shows the factory and installed kits.
  2. Button: The empty list. There is nothing here to highlight or load.
  3. DRUMS: Shows only the drum kits.
  4. PITCH: Shows only the Pitch instruments. This list is empty here.
  5. SONGS: Shows your saved songs.
  6. USER: Shows the kits you made yourself.
  7. LOAD: Loads the highlighted kit and opens it for playing.
  8. EDIT: Opens the details of the highlighted entry.

Songs list

Your saved songs. LOADED means the highlighted song is already open.

  1. KITS: Shows the factory and installed kits.
  2. Song 1: A saved song. Turn the encoder to choose which one to open or look at.
  3. DRUMS: Shows only the drum kits.
  4. PITCH: Shows only the Pitch instruments. This list is empty here.
  5. SONGS: Shows your saved songs.
  6. USER: Shows the kits you made yourself.
  7. LOADED: Shows the highlighted entry is already loaded. Press to go on to it.
  8. EDIT: Opens the details of the highlighted entry.

Your kits

Your own kits. The first entry makes a new empty kit.

  1. KITS: Shows the factory and installed kits.
  2. + NEW KIT: Starts a new empty kit that you fill with your own sounds.
  3. DRUMS: Shows only the drum kits.
  4. PITCH: Shows only the Pitch instruments. This list is empty here.
  5. SONGS: Shows your saved songs.
  6. USER: Shows the kits you made yourself.
  7. MAKE: Creates a new empty kit of your own.
  8. EDIT: Opens the details of the highlighted entry.

Play the kit

The loaded kit on your pads. Pads light up and the box on the right shows what you play; the row below changes how pads respond.

  1. FINGERDRUMMING BOSS: The loaded kit's name. Press to go back to the kit list.
  2. FILE: FILE: the box shows the sample of the pad you hit. Tap to switch to a live picture of the sound.
  3. Control: The sample of the pad you hit last. Tap to cycle through the live views of the sound.
  4. FULL LEVEL: Every hit plays at full volume, however softly you press. Press again to turn it off.
  5. 16 LEVELS: Turns all 16 pads into one sound at 16 steps of loudness or pitch. Press again to cycle.
  6. EDIT: Opens the editor for the pad you pick.

Kit details

What the kit is: name, author, note, tempo, pad count, version and folder on the card.

  1. FINGERDRUMMING BOSS: The kit's name and its details below: author, note, tempo, pads with a sample, version, folder.

Song details

The song's length, tempo and kit, with a shortcut to Arrange.

  1. Song 1: The song's name, with its bars, tempo and kit below.
  2. OPEN IN ARRANGE: Opens this song in Arrange so you can play and edit it.
  3. DONE: Closes the details and goes back to the songs list.

Kit list

The kit list again, with the loaded kit highlighted and its button reading LOADED.

  1. KITS: Shows the factory and installed kits.
  2. FINGERDRUMMING BOSS: The loaded kit. Turn the encoder to pick another one.
  3. DRUMS: Shows only the drum kits.
  4. PITCH: Shows only the Pitch instruments. This list is empty here.
  5. SONGS: Shows your saved songs.
  6. USER: Shows the kits you made yourself.
  7. LOADED: Shows the highlighted entry is already loaded. Press to go on to it.
  8. EDIT: Opens the details of the highlighted entry.

Live view

The box switched to a live picture of what plays, with the last note's pitch in Hz. Tap it for the next view.

  1. FINGERDRUMMING BOSS: The loaded kit's name. Press to go back to the kit list.
  2. Press any pad: Waits for a hit. Press any pad to see its note here.
  3. --Hz: The pitch of the last note you played, in Hz. It shows -- until you play one.
  4. FULL LEVEL: Every hit plays at full volume, however softly you press. Press again to turn it off.
  5. 16 LEVELS: Turns all 16 pads into one sound at 16 steps of loudness or pitch. Press again to cycle.
  6. EDIT: Opens the editor for the pad you pick.

Pad editor

Edit one pad of the kit: its sample, volume, pan, pitch, filters and where the sound starts and ends. Hit a pad to choose it.

  1. Button: Closes the editor and goes back to playing.
  2. PAD -: The pad being edited, in its colour. Press, then turn the encoder to change the colour. Hit a pad to edit another.
  3. pick ...: Opens the file list to choose a sound for this pad.
  4. REC MODE: Arms recording: hold a pad to record onto it, let go to stop. Records from the Recorder's input.
  5. REV: Plays the pad's sound backwards.
  6. 1-SHOT: How the pad plays: 1-SHOT plays it through, HOLD only while pressed, LOOP repeats it.
  7. Button: Copies this pad's sound onto another pad. Press a target pad next.
  8. VOL 0: The pad's volume.
  9. PAN C: Where the pad sits left to right. C is centre.
  10. PITCH 0: Raises or lowers the sound in semitones.
  11. HP OFF: A high-pass filter that thins out the low end. OFF means no filter.
  12. LP OFF: A low-pass filter that softens the high end. OFF means no filter.
  13. CHOKE -: Pads in the same choke group cut each other off. A dash means none.
  14. Control: The pad's sample between its START and END markers. Hit a pad to edit that one.
  15. START: The point where the sound starts. Turn the encoder to move it.
  16. END: The point where the sound ends. Turn the encoder to move it.
  17. Button: Plays the trimmed sound once.
  18. Button: Plays the trimmed sound in a loop. Press again to stop.
  19. FULL: Resets the start and end to the whole sound.
  20. NORM: Makes the sound as loud as it can be without distorting.
  21. DEL: Removes the sound from this pad. Press twice to confirm.

Sequencer

Record loops on the pads as scenes, pick the kit they play, and bounce a loop to audio.

Sequencer: Kits

The kit browser you see first. Choose the kit your loops play on, then load it.

  1. KITS: Shows the factory and installed kits.
  2. Kit list: The kits in the chosen group. Turn the encoder to move, and press to choose.
  3. DRUMS: Shows only the drum kits.
  4. PITCH: Shows only the Pitch instruments.
  5. SONGS: Shows your saved songs.
  6. USER: Shows the kits you made yourself.
  7. LOAD: Loads the highlighted kit and opens the loop view.
  8. EDIT: Opens the details card of the highlighted kit.

Drum Kits

The drums group of the kit browser. This one has no kits yet, so it reads nothing here.

  1. KITS: Goes back to the main list of kits.
  2. Kit list: The kits of this group. It is empty here.
  3. DRUMS: The drums group, already shown.
  4. PITCH: Shows only the Pitch instruments.
  5. SONGS: Shows your saved songs.
  6. USER: Shows the kits you made yourself.
  7. LOAD: Loads the highlighted kit. Greyed out while the list is empty.
  8. EDIT: Opens the details card of the highlighted kit.

Song Kits

Your saved songs. The one currently loaded is marked.

  1. KITS: Goes back to the main list of kits.
  2. Song list: Your songs. Turn the encoder to move, and press to choose.
  3. DRUMS: Shows only the drum kits.
  4. PITCH: Shows only the Pitch instruments.
  5. SONGS: The songs group, already shown.
  6. USER: Shows the kits you made yourself.
  7. LOADED: Says this song is the one loaded. Press to open it in Arrange.
  8. EDIT: Opens the details card of the highlighted song.

Your Kits

The kits you made yourself, and the way to start a new empty one.

  1. KITS: Goes back to the main list of kits.
  2. + New kit: Starts an empty kit of your own.
  3. DRUMS: Shows only the drum kits.
  4. PITCH: Shows only the Pitch instruments.
  5. SONGS: Shows your saved songs.
  6. USER: Your kits, already shown.
  7. MAKE: Makes the new, empty kit.
  8. EDIT: Opens the details card of the highlighted kit.

Sequencer

The loop view. Sixteen lanes, one per pad, show the notes of the current scene.

  1. Previous: Switches to the previous scene when the loop ends.
  2. Seq 1/1: The scene's name. Tap to open the scene window with tempo, add and delete.
  3. Next: Switches to the next scene when the loop ends.
  4. Shorter: Halves the scene's length.
  5. Longer: Doubles the scene's length. The new bars are empty.
  6. 4b: The length in bars. Tap to step through 1, 2, 4 and 8.
  7. Grid: The grid your hits snap to. Tap to step from 1/4 down to 1/32, or free.
  8. SWING 0%: Opens the swing window to give the beat a shuffle.
  9. Lanes: The notes you recorded, one lane per pad. The playhead runs across them.
  10. ARR: Goes back to Arrange.
  11. EDIT: Opens the Sampler to edit the kit.
  12. x2: Doubles the scene and copies the notes into the new half.
  13. /2: Halves the scene.
  14. BOUNCE: Plays the scene once and records it as a clip in Arrange.
  15. ERASE: Hold it and hit a pad to empty that pad's lane.
  16. CLEAR: Empties the whole scene. Press twice to confirm.

Kit Details

Details of the highlighted kit: name, author, notes, pads and where it is stored.

  1. Kit name: The name of the kit these details belong to.

Song Details

Details of the highlighted song, with a shortcut to open it in Arrange.

  1. Song name: The name of the song these details belong to.
  2. OPEN IN ARRANGE: Opens the song on the Arrange timeline.
  3. DONE: Closes the details and goes back to the list.

Scene

Window for the scene on screen: tempo, adding and deleting scenes, and what the pads play.

  1. Tempo: The tempo, shared by the whole CrossPad. Click, turn the encoder, click.
  2. ADD: Adds a new, empty scene.
  3. DEL: Removes this scene. The last scene always stays.
  4. PRE: Counts in one bar before a recording starts.
  5. KIT: Opens the window that chooses what the pads record.
  6. SYNC: Starts the Sequencer together with the song on the next Play.
  7. 16 LEVELS: Turns the 16 pads into steps of velocity or pitch for one sound.
  8. Done: Closes the window.

Swing

Sets how much the beat shuffles.

  1. Amount: How much swing, from 0 to 100. Click, turn the encoder, click.
  2. Swing the 1/8: Which notes swing, 1/8 or 1/16. Tap to switch.
  3. 50: Straight timing, no shuffle.
  4. 54: A light shuffle.
  5. 58: A gentle shuffle.
  6. 62: A medium shuffle.
  7. 66: A stronger shuffle.
  8. 70: A strong shuffle.
  9. 75: A heavy shuffle.
  10. Done: Closes the window.

Bounce

Asks which Arrange track the bounced loop goes on.

  1. Track 1: Puts the bounced loop on track 1.
  2. Track 2: Puts the bounced loop on track 2.
  3. Track 3: Puts the bounced loop on track 3.
  4. Track 4: Puts the bounced loop on track 4.
  5. Cancel: Closes the window without bouncing.

What the Pads Record

Chooses the sound the pads play and record into this scene: the loaded kit or a Pitch Play instrument.

  1. KIT -- the loaded kit: The pads play the loaded kit.
  2. Pitch Play: A Pitch Play instrument for the pads. Empty until you make and save one.
  3. Close: Closes the window.

Slicer

Chops a loop into up to sixteen slices, one per pad, and saves them as a kit.

Slicer

Cuts a loop into up to sixteen slices, one per pad, and saves them as a kit.

  1. Control: Empty space in the toolbar.
  2. Button: Back to the launcher.
  3. pick a t...: The file being sliced. Tap to pick a take.
  4. HITS: How to cut: HITS, EQUAL or FREE. Tap to change.
  5. SENS 50: How sensitive the cutting is. Turn to change.
  6. PITCH 0: Transposes the loop and the slices, -12 to +12 semitones.
  7. Button: Plays the whole loop round and round.
  8. Control: The loop as a waveform, cut into numbered slices.
  9. Control: Empty space in the toolbar.
  10. SEL 1: Picks a slice. Turn to hear each one.
  11. MOVE: Moves the start of the selected slice.
  12. Button: Splits the selected slice in two.
  13. DEL: Joins the selected slice to the one before it.
  14. ATK 0: Sets the attack of every slice.
  15. KIT: Saves the slices as a kit for the pads.

Pick a take

The recordings folder on the card. Pick a WAV to slice.

  1. ..: Goes up one folder.
  2. Cancel: Closes the list.

Card folder

The crosspad folder on the card. Pick a folder or a WAV to open.

  1. ..: Goes up one folder.
  2. kits: Opens the kits folder.
  3. recordings: Opens the recordings folder.
  4. STARTUP.wav: Opens the start-up sound in the Slicer.
  5. Cancel: Closes the list.

Card root

The top of the card, where the crosspad folder and the songs are.

  1. crosspad: Opens the crosspad folder.
  2. SONGS: Opens the songs folder.
  3. Cancel: Closes the list.

Kits folder

The kit folders on the card. Open one to find its WAV files.

  1. ..: Goes up one folder.
  2. Steve Nash - Fingerdrumming Boss: Opens this kit's folder.
  3. Steve Nash - SAMURAI: Opens this kit's folder.
  4. Cancel: Closes the list.

Slicer with a file

The Slicer with STARTUP.wav loaded: its waveform, cut into slices, with the slice length below.

  1. Control: Empty space in the toolbar.
  2. Button: Back to the launcher.
  3. STARTUP....: The file being sliced. Tap to pick a take.
  4. HITS: How to cut: HITS, EQUAL or FREE. Tap to change.
  5. SENS 50: How sensitive the cutting is. Turn to change.
  6. PITCH 0: Transposes the loop and the slices, -12 to +12 semitones.
  7. Button: Plays the whole loop round and round.
  8. Control: The loop as a waveform, cut into numbered slices.
  9. Control: Empty space in the toolbar.
  10. SEL 1: Picks a slice. Turn to hear each one.
  11. MOVE: Moves the start of the selected slice.
  12. Button: Splits the selected slice in two.
  13. DEL: Joins the selected slice to the one before it.
  14. ATK 0: Sets the attack of every slice.
  15. KIT: Saves the slices as a kit for the pads.

Song

Chains your scenes into a song, each played a number of times.

Song

Your scenes in a row. Each block is a scene played a number of times. An empty song says to press + ADD for the first block.

  1. LOOP: Switches looping on or off. With it on, the Song starts again at the end.
  2. 1: The ruler and blocks of your Song. Empty until you add a block.
  3. + ADD: Adds a block after the selected one.
  4. DUP: Copies the selected block.
  5. DEL: Removes the selected block.

Song with a block

The Song after + ADD: the first block, in its scene's colour, as wide as it plays.

  1. LOOP: Switches looping on or off. With it on, the Song starts again at the end.
  2. S1#444444 x1#: A block: scene 1 played once. Turn the encoder to pick the scene, click to set how many times it repeats.
  3. + ADD: Adds a block after the selected one.
  4. DUP: Copies the selected block.
  5. DEL: Removes the selected block.

Screens captured on from firmware v1.1.0-rc6-6-gf56ae1f.