Screen and buttons

You do not need to learn every display at first. Start by locating four things: the current part, current mode, pads and Fn.

Top of the device

Locations of the power button, USB-C port and shift lever on top of KANTAN Sampler

Front of the device

Locations of the upper dial, lower dial, mode buttons, function buttons and pads on KANTAN Sampler

Read the screen

The displays at the bottom of the screen follow the same layout as the physical buttons.

1. Current part

The currently selected part name appears at the top left of the screen. You can layer six parts during a performance.

BEAT
SAMPLER
BASS
MELODY
CHORD
MUSIC

Note: the MUSIC part appears only when a MUSIC file is loaded.

2. Performance display area

This is the large area at the top of the screen. It shows waveforms, the playback position in the Loop and other information according to PLAY, REC or the current editing operation.

3. Four modes

SOUND / PLAY / REC / FX in the center of the screen shows the functions of the four black mode buttons below the screen.

Mode	Function
`SOUND`	Select, record and edit sounds
`PLAY`	Play samples freely
`REC`	Record a performance into a Loop
`FX`	Apply effects to playback audio

4. Button function display area

The grid in the lower half of the screen shows the functions of the white buttons, arranged in five columns and three rows.

Left four columns: 12 performance pads
Rightmost column: Fn1, Fn2 and Fn3 from top to bottom

How the on-screen button function display corresponds to physical pads

Dials on the right

Upper dial

Turn: Change the volume
Press: Stop the sound

Lower dial

Turn: move between parts or move the menu cursor
Press: open the menu or select an item

Tip

If you lose track of an operation or a sound will not stop, first press the upper dial.

Look up menu items

For the structure of the menu opened by pressing the lower dial, see the menu hierarchy and numbering reference.