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Supported Pads

eDRUM

supports all kinds of e-drum pads and triggers. It doesn’t matter if your pads

are made by Roland, Yamaha, Alesis or anyone else; they are well supported. Here’s a
list of the gear used during development.

Electric Drum Pads

Electric Cymbals

Acoustic Triggers

Roland PDX-125k
Roland PD-8
Roland KD-8
Roland KT-10
Roland HD-1 Toms
Roland BT-1
Yamaha TP-65s
Yamaha TP-120SD
DDT MS-140C

Roland CY-13R
Roland CY-15R
Roland CY-8
Roland VH-10 Hihat
Roland VH-13 Hihat
Yamaha PCY155
Lemon 18” Ride

Roland RT-30HR

Note:

Center mounted mesh tigger systems that use cylinders instead of cones (Jobeky for example)

tend to produce signals that are too hot for the eDRUMin inputs. Visit the eDRUMin forums for

information

Supported Hihat Controllers

The hihat controller input on the back of the device supports both Roland and Yamaha
style hihat controllers, expression pedals, sustain pedals, and footswitches. Look in the

Appendix

for wiring diagrams for supported pedal types.

Note:

When setup as an expression pedal, the pedal input can supply 3.3V to power most 3.3V

compatible Hall effect sensors.

Typically this input is used for a hihat controller, but it can also be used to Change Banks
of notes, send Control Change messages and more.

Pedal Sensing automatically sets up your pedal. Always connect the cable to your pedal
before connecting to the

eDRUM

. Look

here

to see what the various types of pedals can

do. Here’s a list of the pedals I used during development.

Hithat Controllers Expression Pedals Sustain Pedals

Footswitches

Yamaha HH65
Roland FD-8
Roland VH-11
Roland VH-13

Moog EP-3
Roland EV-5
Yamaha FC7
M-Audio EX-P
Behringer FCV100
Line6 EX 1

Yamaha FC3A
Yamaha FC4
Yamaha FC5A
Roland DP-10

Yamaha FC5
Boss FS-7
Marshall 90010

DRUM

Manual

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Summary of Contents for eDRUMin

Page 1: ...USERMANUAL Version 2 0 ...

Page 2: ... a Hihat Controller 11 The Control Application 12 The Input Selector 12 Sidebar 13 Trigger Editor 13 Pad Input Type Settings 14 Calibrate Mode 15 Transient Scanning Controls 16 Crosstalk Cancellation 17 Articulation Scalers 17 Sense Controls 18 Rimshot Range 18 Hotspot Suppression 18 Edge Sense 19 Bell Sense 19 Positional Sensing 20 Note Panel 21 Assigning MIDI Note Values to Articulations 21 Load...

Page 3: ...itches 35 Using a Latching Type Footswitch 35 Modes for Sustain Pedals and Footswiches 35 Using a Pedal for Bank Changes 36 MIDI Monitor 37 eDRUMin 10 USB Host Port and MIDI Ports 38 The Flow of MIDI Messages 38 Processing External MIDI 39 Updating Firmware 40 iOS Control Application 41 Getting Connected 41 Camera Connection Kit 41 Network MIDI 41 About Power in iOS 42 Appendix 43 Working With Mul...

Page 4: ... Roland and Yamaha 3 way triggering Roland Bell Sense for 3 Way triggering using a single input Hotspot suppression for mesh pads Full Size MIDI ports for interfacing 3rd party gear Positional Sensing for cymbals and mesh pads with center mounted piezo Hihat input supporting Yamaha and Roland style controllers Bezier Velocity Curves USB Host port for expansion Ultra compact and portable design Pow...

Page 5: ...evices use a BOSS style jack where the center pin is negative The eDRUMin 4 needs at least 100mA and the eDRUMin 10 needs at least 200mA or 600mA if also using the USB host port The BOSS PSA 120S is great choice for either device eDRUMin Manual Page 5 of 49 7 9V 200 mA 4 Full Size MIDI OUT Status Indicator MIDI Indicator 9V DC Connector if not using USB Controller Input Universal Trigger Inputs Fu...

Page 6: ...the back of the device supports both Roland and Yamaha style hihat controllers expression pedals sustain pedals and footswitches Look in the Appendix for wiring diagrams for supported pedal types Note When setup as an expression pedal the pedal input can supply 3 3V to power most 3 3V compatible Hall effect sensors Typically this input is used for a hihat controller but it can also be used to Chan...

Page 7: ...e your clip is very tight to ensure there s enough friction to prevent slipping Insert the strap through the slot to make a loop Place the eDRUMin inside the loop With the device centered on the clip pull the strap tight Place the device and the clip against the frame of your drum stand Wrap the strap around the frame and insert it through the slot Pull the strap very tight and wrap back around th...

Page 8: ...macOS and iOS and can be downloaded from the Audiofront downloads The Control Application is discussed in detail in the next section of the manual Enabling eDRUMin in your MIDI Applications When you use your eDRUMin for the first time with a new application you might need to enabled it for input in the application s audio MIDI setup Here are some screenshots showing how to enable eDRUMin in variou...

Page 9: ...ng two pads to a single input using a splitter cable Once split each half of the input will have its own set of trigger settings Loading a Pad Preset You can load presets for your pads by clicking on the Preset Manager Icon If a preset for your pad is not available you ll need to set it up manually by setting the pad type and adjusting its trigger settings Look here for more information about use ...

Page 10: ...h several factory drum maps You can access them by clicking on the drum map indicator Double click on a factory drum map to send it to your device Users can create their own drum maps and edit them for their own needs Look here for more information about the Drum Map Editor Custom Note Assignments If you do not want to use predefined note assignments from a drum map you can set your pad to use Cus...

Page 11: ...er icon After the Preset Manager opens click on the pedal input It will turn green and the Preset Manager will list all the factory hihat controller presets On the left is a list of the factory hihat presets If your hihat controller is not listed you need to set it up manually Typically all that you need to do is calibrate its range Look here for information about setting up your hihat controller ...

Page 12: ...e next time you open the application Also you can easily move the application around by clicking and dragging on any empty space in the background of the application or controls The Input Selector The topmost part of the eDRUMin control application is reserved for selecting the device and input you want to edit An input can be selected for editing by clicking on its graphic Assuming the Auto Selec...

Page 13: ...e Always on Top control Windows version only keeps the Control Application in front of other applications even when it s not in focus A convenient link to this document Right click command click for macOS on a control to get a direct link to information about it This button launches the Firmware Update section You ll see an orange to the side of this icon if a firmware update is available You can ...

Page 14: ... piezo To protect your pads it s best to unplug the TRS cable from the eDRUMin when changing pads This allows the eDRUMin to identify the type of pad when it s plugged to detect compatibility issues Take a look in the appendix for wiring diagrams Yamaha Wiring Toggle eDRUMin devices support both Roland and Yamaha style wiring Some of the Sensing Controls need to know how the pad is wired in order ...

Page 15: ...provided You can override the automatic calibration of any control by moving it with your mouse The control will lose its green highlighting and will no longer be automatically adjusted When you are happy with the results turn Calibrate Mode off to save the settings Calibrating a Dual Piezo Pad Trigger Start by hitting the pad off center to calibrate the gain control Avoid hitting directly over th...

Page 16: ...N time as short as possible while ensuring that it covers the major peeks at the beginning of a transient Scan time adds to the overall latency of the generated MIDI notes so a compromise between velocity accuracy and note latency has to be made Note The Hotspot Suppression and Positional Sensing features need at least 2 3 ms of scan time to function properly If the scan time is less than 2 3 ms t...

Page 17: ...e output of one device into the other and vice versa This will help prevent crosstalk between the two devices eDRUMin 10 devices also apply crosstalk cancellation to MIDI coming in from device connected to the USB host port and MIDI in DIN Look here for more information about the flow of MIDI between connected devices Articulation Scalers Depending on your input settings input mode and pad type on...

Page 18: ...controls Thresh Amount and Scaler which is a small knob on the inside of the Thresh control Start by adjusting the Amount and Scaler controls to zero Next watch the meter of the Thresh control as you hit different parts of the drum head As you hit the pad around the hotspot you should see the meter values increase Set the Thresh control so that hits away from the hotspot register in the dark part ...

Page 19: ... you have a popular cymbal that s not currently supported contact technical support as it might be possible to add support for it NOTE If you have an unsupported cymbal that uses a second input for bell triggering you can still get 3 way triggering from your pad using the Roland 3 Zone Ride pad type but you will need to use two inputs on the eDRUMin In this configuration the second input acts as a...

Page 20: ...T to change it to R R is for ring and this control uses information from the ring piezo to improve stability of off center hits When the red indicator falls into the orange rectangle the measured position is constrained to be at least 64 Most pads will not benefit from this control and can usually be left with the rectangle set as small as possible Understanding the Positional values When the pad ...

Page 21: ...is the MIDI Channel for all the MIDI messages the selected input generates Unless you have a good reason to change it you should probably leave it set to channel 10 POS Positional Sensing Positional Sensing on eDRUMin is communicated by either sending out a Continuous Control CC message corresponding to the position of the hit or as a separate Edge note corresponding to the position of the hit Loo...

Page 22: ...ity Curves Getting an electric drum pad to have the same dynamics as a real drum is a big challenge Getting realistic drum rolls from a mesh drum pad for example can be tricky because the dynamics of mesh and a real drum head are quite different To overcome this challenge eDRUMin devices implements cubic Bezier curves to remap the velocity curve of your hits The Bezier handles let you draw all kin...

Page 23: ...The currently selected bank can be changed by Clicking on the bank number Using an attached sustain or footswitch Sending Program Change messages Hihat pedals also have four note banks When the hihat pedal is linked to a trigger input their selected note banks are also linked Changing the selected note bank for the hihat cymbal will also change the selected note bank for the hihat pedal and vice v...

Page 24: ...it the BT 1 The link another input follow the diagram below When linked to a dual piezo type pad only sidestick articulations will be filtered out so the BT 1 and the head or rimshot of the snare can still be simultaneously triggered For switch based pads only the BOW or HEAD articulation will be filtered out Adjusting Crosstalk Cancellation To Linked Input Once the BT1 is linked the crosstalk con...

Page 25: ...s are associated with that filter Clicking on an active will remove it Loading a preset Double click a preset to load it Upon confirmation the preset is sent to the device replacing existing settings If Auto Save is on the preset is saved to the device s If Auto Save is off power cycling the device will restore your previous settings What Settings Are Loaded Factory trigger presets include all the...

Page 26: ...red inyo the preset overwriting the previous settings The metadata for the preset preserved Exporting a Preset This exports the preset which has a file extension edp to your desktop A notification showing the name of the file is displayed You can then backup that preset or share it with others Editing Metadata Edit the metadata for a preset without changing the contents of the preset itself Deleti...

Page 27: ...ce is currently selected You can have drums sent to all connected device by clicking on the eDRUMin logo and selecting Send drum maps to all devices turning its icon green After enabling this option loading a drum map will send it to all eDRUMin devices connected to your computer A drum map is broken up into two pages of kit pieces 32 total and a page for hihat pedal cymbal Page 1 Kit Pieces Each ...

Page 28: ...e Hihat Cymbal will trigger the notes defined by the hihat kit piece from Page 1 kit pieces By clicking on the various levels you can adjust the notes that will be played for each level You can drag and drop levels onto each other to quickly copy assignments Drag and Drop Drag and drop is supported within a drum map and also between drum maps For example you can drag one kit piece onto another to ...

Page 29: ... pedal sensing to work properly always connect the cable to your pedal before connecting the cable to the eDRUMin Most pedals can be automatically detected and set up Expression pedals and hihat controllers will be configured as hihat controllers while footswitches and sustain pedals will be setup to perform bank changes Yamaha hihat controllers will initially be detected as footswitches but will ...

Page 30: ... of your hihat stand and clutch position will likely require you to re calibrate your hihat controller for optimal results Modes for Expression Pedals and Hihat Controllers By default expression pedals and hihat controllers will function as hihat controllers in CC mode as shown in the image below By clicking on the Mode control you can change what the pedal does Only the two Hihat Modes are discus...

Page 31: ...st how fast the hihat opens and closes when you press the pedal The MIN control allows you to simulate a hihat clutch allowing you to restrict the amount of openness when the pedal is fully released Levels Mode With Hihat Levels Mode eDRUMin takes more control over which hihat sounds are triggered by using different sets of MIDI notes for the hihat cymbal depending on the position of the pedal Thi...

Page 32: ...and out of the box like it does in the picture on the right The width of the box sets the maximum time window in which a splash can be triggered and the height determines how far the pedal must reopen Gain This Gain control compensates for how fast your pedal changes values The faster your pedal moves the lower you need to set the Gain Control Hihat controllers typically work best with low gain va...

Page 33: ...of the control to to get higher velocity notes The meter in this control displays the final velocity of the notes Advanced Hihat Options For most users these options should be left unchecked They are advanced options that most users do not need to be concerned with and can produce unwanted results In some drum triggering software applications most notably Superior Drummer rapid up and down movemen...

Page 34: ...l type needs to be set to hihat and the polarity set to Roland just like for the VH 12 mentioned above Requires Power From Jack If your Hall effect sensor needs power from the eDRUMin the pedal input type needs to be set to Expression The POLARITY control determines the function of the tip and ring connections Look here for a recommended Hall effect sensor and wiring diagram eDRUMin Manual Page 34...

Page 35: ... switches If you are using a latching style footswitch change the SWITCH TYPE to latching Modes for Sustain Pedals and Footswitches A sustain pedal or footswitch doesn t have to be used for Bank Changes These types of pedals are able to send many kinds of MIDI messages You can change the MODE of your pedal clicking on the MODE button As most eDRUMin users will only be using the Bank Change mode th...

Page 36: ...ss the pedal to change its bank If you have another eDRUMin connected to the USB host port the bank change will only be sent to the selected input of the selected device Send to a Single Input Perhaps you only need to change to bank of a specific input without needing to worry about weather it s selected or not Using the input values 1 4 ED4 or 1 10 ED10 you can send bank change messages to specif...

Page 37: ...s the USB Host port The background of events are also color coded by their source Trigger input messages are grey pedal input messages are bluish grey USB host port messages are green USB MIDI messages are orange and DIN MIDI messages are purple Scroll When you use the mouse wheel to scroll though the events in the monitor the auto scroll button gets deactivated to prevent newly arriving events fr...

Page 38: ... Yamaha drum module connected via a USB hub to the eDRUMin USB host port The following statements describe what happens to the MIDI 1 The MIDI from the eDRUMin 10 the eDRUMin 4 and the Roland module are processed by the eDRUMin 10 2 Crosstalk cancellation is applied to the MIDI to ensure unintentionally triggered MIDI notes are filtered out 3 The filtered MIDI from each device is then forwarded on...

Page 39: ...red crosstalk the Note On Off messages are filtered and the red led lights up In this example we can see that we can safely reduce the crosstalk control substantially Typically pads connected to separate devices are physically isolated so xTalk can be turned all the way down Send To Self By default when a device connected the eDRUMin generates MIDI data that data is sent to all other connected dev...

Page 40: ...ing device firmware The latest version of the Control Application can be downloaded from www audiofront net downloads php Changing Colors If you have more than one eDRUMin of the same color connected to the same computer you might want to change the color of one of the devices in order to change the name of its MIDI port to prevent your host sequencer and yourself from getting the devices mixed up...

Page 41: ...nnection kit you can connect a eDRUMin directly to your iOS device Using a USB hub is also supported but if you plan to connect more than 2 eDRUMin devices it will likely need to be a powered hub Simply plug in the devices and the Control Application should find them automatically Network MIDI You can also use the iOS Version of the Control Application to remotely control eDRUMin devices connected...

Page 42: ... eDRUMin you want to connect to over the network About Power in iOS iOS powers down USB devices when it goes to sleep If you would like to keep your eDRUMin powered and running you can enabled the Keep Device Powered switch from the sidebar This will keep the iOS device awake and the eDRUMin powered as long the eDRUMin is actively being used If no activity is detected for 1 minute the iOS sleep fu...

Page 43: ... so should be connected to a single eDRUMin so that the device can prevent this crosstalk from causing mistriggers Pads and cymbals that use separate stands will not experience any crosstalk and therefore can be connected to a second unit without causing any mistriggering Crosstalk Cancellation via USB MIDI In In some situations physical isolation is not possible In these cases the only option for...

Page 44: ...0 1 4 1 10 Selected 15 All 16 The Selected input is typically the last active input If you hit a pad connected to input 1 then input 1 becomes the selected input If you then hit a pad on input 3 input 3 becomes the selected input Use Program Change Value to Specify Operation The value of the Program Change message determines what it will do It can select a specific bank or increment decrement a ba...

Page 45: ...just how much pressure is required to have to pedal register completely closed Turning clockwise makes it more pressure sensitive and turning it anti clockwise makes it less pressure sensitive For optimal performance with eDRUMin devices turn the knob almost as much as it can go in the clockwise direction This allows the eDRUMin to more accurately track the position of the pedal and also makes you...

Page 46: ...nd down Use the increment or decrement arrows Double click a control and enter the value as a note name C3 or as a note number 60 You can switch between displaying note numbers and note names by right clicking a note control long press to touch devices This will cause all note controls to change and the setting is saved and restored the next time you open the control application For controls that ...

Page 47: ...Drum Head Drum Rim Polarity of rim piezo doesn t matter Piezo Switch Pad Roland Style Drum Head Piezo Switch Pad Yamaha Style Drum Head Roland 3 Zone Ride Bell Input Metal 3 Zone Ride Bell Input Drum Head Drum Rim Polarity of rim piezo doesn t matter Dual Piezo Pad Yamaha Style Edge Switch Yamaha 3 Zone Cymbal 10k Bell Switch Rim Right Yamaha 3 Zone Pad 10k Rim Left ...

Page 48: ...rsed polarity Potentiometer Sustain Pedal Dual Footswitch A B FSR Hihat Controller force sentisive resistor Hall Sensor Hihat Controller hall effect sensor Recommended Hall Effect sensor SS49E Voltage on pedals inputs should be in the range of 0V to 3 3V If externally powering a pedal input you risk damaging the pedal input if the voltage goes outside of this range ...

Page 49: ... 127 0 127 Learn Note Velocity 1 127 X 0 127 Aftertouch X X O PitchBend O X O 14 bit Control Change 0 127 0 127 0 127 Parameter Feedback Program Change 0 127 X 0 127 System Exclusive O O O Control Display System Real Time X X O System Common X X O RPN NRPN X X O X Not Used O Used MIDI Expression MIDI Implementation Updated October 4th 2016 ...

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