Clips and plug-ins
Every pad holds at most one plug-in: a clip player, a still, an effect, a colour, text, a sketch or a YouTube video. Each has its own options.
Assigning
- Drop files on a pad. Video becomes a Play clip, a still becomes Show still, a
.jsfile becomes a Sketch. Several files fill the following pads. - Click an empty pad to choose a plug-in from the list, then a file if it needs one.
- Assign (above the grid) asks which note: play it, press its key or type its number.
Dropping a file on a pad that already has a clip replaces the file but keeps its options. Padjam warns before replacing anything else.
Options every clip shares
| Option | Does |
|---|---|
| Stretch to fill | Fill the output, or keep the clip's own size, centred |
| Transparent black | Pure black in the clip shows what's underneath |
| Erase on note off | Clear what the note drew when you let go; otherwise its last frame stays |
| Reset playback each note | Start from the beginning each time, or carry on where it stopped |
| Loop | Loop while held |
Priority
The picture is built by drawing every playing note, one after another, into a single frame. Priority (-127 to 127) sets the order: lower draws first, higher draws on top. Notes with the same priority draw in the order they were played. Effects such as Feedback work on what's already drawn, so give them a higher priority than the clips they change.
Switching plug-in
A clip's dialog can switch it to another plug-in that takes the same kind of file, such as Play clip to Scratch clip. Settings they share carry over.
Missing files
If a clip's stored copy has gone (the browser cleared storage), its pad says missing. Click it to restore it from the original file, or drop the file again.
Sound instead of velocity
Every note's dialog has Sound input stands in for velocity. With audio input on, the music's level, bass, mids or treble then drives whatever the note's velocity drives, while you hold it.