FXpansion DR-008 - Manual (Page 7)

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OPEN ALL EDITORS IN SAME WINDOW – when this box is checked, all popup
Editor Windows are opened in the same window frame - so in effect, as you open
a new popup editor, the last one closes. Good if you’re short on screen space
and/or hate ‘screen clutter’.
ENABLE ANIMATION – when checked, the pads in the workspace light up
whenever that pad is triggered. This uses a small amount of CPU; if your system is
low on power, especially if it has an old PCI graphics card such as an ‘S3’-based
card, this feature could cause clicks or dropouts - unchecking the box disables it.
ONESHOT DEFAULTS TO ON – when checked, the pads are initialized with the
HOLD button switched on (which causes them to play in ‘one-shot’ mode,
ignoring any MIDI Note-Off messages and playing the sound to the end). When
unchecked, the pads are initialized with the HOLD button switched off, and
respond normally to MIDI Note-Offs. If you’re using the Cubase Drum Grid editor,
you should be sure to check this box.
SHOW PADS AS NUMBERS – by default, DR-008 displays the pad identifiers as
note names as used by Cubase - ‘C’ to ‘B7’. Checking this box shows them as MIDI
note numbers instead, which may be less confusing if your host application does
not follow the same conventions as Cubase.
In use
Finding your way around
The diagram (right) shows the
functions of each of the
different areas of the main
screen. Each of these will be
explained in detail in the next
section (‘In Use’).
Workspace Area - this is where each pad is displayed. There are four different
view modes with Overview being shown here.
Viewmode Selector -choose the Viewmode
you would like to view your Workspace in.
.Also displays the name of the currently
loaded soundbank.
Padlock - when
selected the padlock
disables the the drag
and drop functionality.
Multimutes - these
buttons allow you to
mute a number of pads
with a single click. Rude Solo Light
Lights up red
if any pads
are selected. Octave Selectors -
these buttons allow
you to hop about in
Mix and Edit modes.
Menus - these menus
control DR-008’s main
functions