
Only the first 32 Zones/Pads will load, root notes in excess of 32 are ignored. The root note is used to map DW zones to FPC dwp files ( DirectWave programs), not banks.
Import DirectWave program - FPC can only import. Clear pad - Reset the Pad to an empty, default state. Change icon - Change/add an icon for the Pad. Change color - Select a new color for the Pad. Once the name dialog is open, press ( F2) to randomly select colors OR ( F3) to select the last used color:
Click on the Channel name and type to rename, or Left-click on the color square (shown below) to open the re-color dialog or Right-click to randomly assign a color from a palette pre-approved by the Image-Line Aesthetics Committee.
Opens the combination control for these functions.
Bank A / Bank B - Quick access to all Pads (sounds) from Banks A and B. Options - Left-click the down arrow to open the following menu:. Pad selector - (Showing Pad 1/32) The arrows allow you to change the selected Pad. NOTE: You can play Pads without changing the selected Pad by using the right-mouse button. To select a Pad Left-click on down arrow to the right of the Pad Selector or Left-click the pad on the play-pads. This panel shows the currently selected Pad. Selecting a new pattern from the menu will replace the currently selected pattern. Pattern Manager - opens a tree-menu showing a list of percussion loops (MIDI data) that when selected load into the FPC channelĪs a Piano roll. Click the control to cycle between the three views. You can click and drag on the plugin window to resize Pads. The two Pad-Bank modes are designed for playing FPC on a touch-screen. Layout Control - allows you to swap between three modes. Touch control - Select bank A or A+B from the Layout control (Gear icon). Random-layers - Switch on the Random layers button and overlap velocity ranges. Play sample regions - Right-click the sample preview display and choose ' Select region'. Load samples - Drop on Pads from the Browser or File Explorer window. Larger interface - Drag on the lower-right corner. Resized by Left-clicking the left or right edge of the plugin and dragging horizontally to hide/show the layer controls. The FPC interface consists of three main zones - Main Pad Properties (1), Layer Properties (2) and the Pad Matrix (3), as described below. To select MIDI loops/patterns and dump them to the Piano roll. Sounds and patterns: Two easy to use drop-down menus are the Content Library to download new sound banks (sounds), and the Pattern Manager ( FPC video tutorials can be viewed here.) FPC supports 16 multi-layered patches for banks A and B. Makes it easy to create, edit and swap drum kits on the fly. FPC is a self-contained multi-layer/velocity drum machine that FPC (Fruity Pad Controller) is a software plugin similar to the hardware Akai MPC™ unit, coded & optimized for the FL Studio platform.