Table of Contents
Padshop
Padshop 2 is a sophisticated granular and spectral synthesizer. This instrument allows you to create complex sounds that can drastically evolve over time.
Keyboard
The section in the lower left of the window contains the keyboard and the wheel controls.

Keyboard

The section in the lower left of the window contains the keyboard and the wheel controls.

Wheel Controls

To the left of the internal keyboard, the pitchbend wheel and the modulation wheel are located.

To preview a note, click the corresponding key on the keyboard.
The vertical position where you click a key defines the velocity that is used to trigger the note. Click the lower part of a key to use the highest velocity, and the upper part to use the lowest velocity.
To play a key and all following keys at the same velocity, for as long as you keep the mouse button pressed, hold down , and click the key on the keyboard.
To play each note 10 times at increasing velocities between 1 and 127, hold down -, and click a key.