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MPS-850

e-drum module

user manual

Summary of Contents for MPS-850

Page 1: ...MPS 850 e drum module user manual...

Page 2: ...Musikhaus Thomann Thomann GmbH Hans Thomann Stra e 1 96138 Burgebrach Germany Telephone 49 0 9546 9223 0 E mail info thomann de Internet www thomann de 13 07 2018 ID 428224...

Page 3: ...ying customising and accompanying songs 16 6 6 Metronome function 17 6 7 Fader 18 6 8 Recording functions 18 6 9 Trigger settings 20 6 10 Utility menu 22 6 11 Compression 23 6 12 USB stick functions 2...

Page 4: ...find the topics of interest for you quickly Online guides Our online guides provide detailed information on technical basics and terms Personal consultation For personal consultation please contact o...

Page 5: ...used in this manual Signal word Meaning DANGER This combination of symbol and signal word indicates an immediate dangerous sit uation that will result in death or serious injury if it is not avoided C...

Page 6: ...he pieces and choke Never let children unattended use electrical devices CAUTION Possible hearing damage With loudspeakers or headphones connected the device can produce volume levels that may cause t...

Page 7: ...gs n Quick record n Metronome n EQ per kit n Pitch reverb compressor n Flexible assignment of pad voices n 6 fader for the volume control of individual pads n Reverb effect voice tuning n Individual a...

Page 8: ...dphones Connect your stereo headphones to the PHONES output of the drum module Connecting audio devices Connect the inputs of your amplifier or active monitors to the OUTPUT sockets of the drum module...

Page 9: ...n to store settings 5 VOLUME MASTER Overall volume control 6 VOLUME AUX IN Volume control for the AUX input signal 7 VOLUME PHONES Volume control for the headphone output of the device 8 EXIT Button t...

Page 10: ...ding function 15 Jog wheel to select a drum kit and quickly set values 16 Fader with switchable assignment for adjusting the volume of individual pads 17 FADER Button for switching the fader assignmen...

Page 11: ...R L MONO Output for external audio devices 25 TRIGGER IN TOM 4 TRIGGER IN CRASH2 Connection sockets for tom 4 and crash 2 26 AUX IN Input for external audio devices like MP3 or CD players 27 9 V Conne...

Page 12: ...drum module to factory settings turn it off first Then hold down the and simultaneously and addition ally press POWER until the display shows Factory Resetting 6 2 Selecting and adjusting drum kits A...

Page 13: ...nt playing techniques and dynamics All pads are velocity sensitive Some voices change their timbre depending on the punch used n Drums With the snare drum we distinguish between Head and Rimshot Head...

Page 14: ...ing a drum kit 1 Press KIT The display shows the kit list 2 Press KIT again to go to the User Kits section Customising a drum kit You can assign a special sound to each individual trigger of the drum...

Page 15: ...er The voices U01 U99 can be loaded from a USB stick 1 550 U01 U99 VOLUME Volume 0 16 PAN Trigger position within the stereo signal pan orama right left 8 8 PITCH Pitch 8 8 REVERB Reverb 0 16 DECAY De...

Page 16: ...m in which you play the pads and an accompaniment part percussion and melody The volume of both parts can be adjusted separately 1 Press SONG The name and number of the current song appear in the disp...

Page 17: ...arrow buttons to navigate in the list 4 Press MENU to open the SONG menu Use the arrow buttons to select the option USB FOLDER to change to another directory on the USB stick Confirm with ENTER 5 Pres...

Page 18: ...CK Kick drum SNARE Snare TOM Tom 1 2 3 4 HI HAT Hi hat Drum module CRASH Crash 1 2 Accompaniment RIDE Ride Click 6 8 Recording functions This feature allows you to use the drum module for recording Yo...

Page 19: ...REC press or play a pad From the SONG and KIT menus you can switch to recording standby directly To do so just press As long as the recording is running the control LED of the button lights up the dis...

Page 20: ...rrow buttons to select the option TRIGGER and press ENTER The display shows the list of trigger parameters 3 Use the arrow buttons to select the parameter to be changed 4 Strike the pad whose paramete...

Page 21: ...ratio between the punch and volume Use setting Curve 1 for the most natural ratio between punch and volume When using Curve 2 or Curve 3 a strong strike will cause a bigger change When using Curve 4...

Page 22: ...isplay Meaning Value range GM MODE Defines the processing of programme change commands ON Programme change commands for MIDI channel 10 are processed as selection GM kit OFF Programme change commands...

Page 23: ...ges Parameter display Meaning Value range THRESHOLD Threshold value for compression 0 16 GAIN Compression intensity 0 16 6 12 USB stick functions A USB stick can be used to save or play sound files as...

Page 24: ...on the USB stick 4 Use the arrow buttons to select a file Confirm with ENTER The display shows Load to User Voice 5 Confirm with ENTER The sample is being loaded This can take about a minute dependin...

Page 25: ...e user kit under which the settings are to be stored in the drum module Confirm with ENTER or press EXIT to exit the menu The kit is being loaded This can take about a minute depending on the file siz...

Page 26: ...UX IN 3 5 mm jack socket Left stereo or mono output 1 4 jack socket Right stereo output 1 4 jack socket 1 combined trigger connection sub D 1 tom pad 1 4 jack socket 1 crash pad 1 4 jack socket MIDI i...

Page 27: ...while the signal is transmitted through the core Unbalanced transmission is susceptible to electromagnetic interference especially at low levels such as microphone signals and when using long cables I...

Page 28: ...y dirty environments may cause a higher accumulation of dirt on the components of the device n Use a dry soft cloth for cleaning n Remove stubborn stains with a slightly damp cloth n Never use cleaner...

Page 29: ...ollected for recycling Please follow the notes and markings on the packaging Disposal of your old device This product is subject to the European Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive WEE...

Page 30: ...ipHop Kick 39 Brush Snare Rim 2 67 Electronic Snare 13 Reggae Kick 40 14 Jazz Snare 68 Power Snare 14 Big Band Kick 41 14 Jazz Snare Rim 69 Dance Snare 15 Old School Kick 42 14 Rock Snare 70 Dance Sna...

Page 31: ...Tom 3 Rim 97 909 Snare Stick 128 Standard Tom 6 160 Jazz Tom 4 98 Electronic Snare Stick 129 Standard Tom 6 Rim 161 Jazz Tom 4 Rim 99 Old School Snare Stick 130 Brush Tom 1 162 Jazz Tom 5 100 House S...

Page 32: ...Tom 5 250 Junkyard Tom 6 191 Vintage Tom 6 221 Power Tom 6 251 Junkyard Tom 6 Rim 192 808 Tom 1 222 90 s Power Tom 1 252 Noise Tom 1 193 808 Tom 2 223 90 s Power Tom 2 253 Noise Tom 1 Rim 194 808 Tom...

Page 33: ...9 Rock Crash 2 Edge 281 22 Standard Ride Bell 311 Lo Fi Ride Edge 340 808Crash 282 Brush Ride 1 312 Lo Fi Ride Bell 341 909Crash 1 283 Brush Ride 2 313 Techno Ride 342 909Crash 2 284 20 Funk Ride 314...

Page 34: ...na 1 Edge 398 909 Hi hat 427 High Timbale 2 370 Splash 399 909 Hi hat Pedal 428 High Timbale 2 Rim 371 Splash Edge 400 909 Hi hat Splash 429 High Timbale 3 HI HAT 401 Dance Hi hat 430 High Timbale 3 R...

Page 35: ...Indian 11 487 Marimba F4 517 Orchestra Timpani Bb2 458 Indian 12 488 Marimba Gb4 518 Orchestra Timpani B2 459 Indian 13 489 Marimba G4 519 Orchestra Timpani C3 460 Indian 14 490 Marimba Ab4 520 Orches...

Page 36: ...0 FX 9 559 Dance 541 FX 10 560 Marimba 542 FX 11 561 Indian 543 FX 12 562 African 544 FX 13 563 Lo Fi 545 FX 14 546 FX 15 547 FX 16 548 FX 17 549 FX 18 550 Mute 11 2 Kit list No Name No Name 1 Standar...

Page 37: ...No Name No Name 10 Funk 25 Lo Fi 11 FX Mix 26 HipHop 12 Power 27 R B 13 Latin 28 House 14 Room 29 Teckno 15 Marimba 30 Vintage Appendix MPS 850 37...

Page 38: ...k 55 Neo Thrash Neo Thra 10 Big Band 1 BigBand1 33 Samba 2 Samba2 56 BigBand 2 BigBand2 11 Ska Ska 34 Latin Rock LatinRk 57 Mambo Mambo 12 Classic Rock ClassRk 35 Reggae 2 Reggae2 58 Shuffle Shuffle 1...

Page 39: ...6 FunkGtT6 74 Atmosphere Of Celiet Tap 4 AtmCelT4 83 Crystal Tap 1 CrystlT1 95 Pad Tap 1 PadT1 75 Polysynth Tap 5 PolysT5 84 Brightness Tap 2 BrightT2 96 Sci fi Tap 2 Sci fiT2 76 Brass Tap 6 BrassT6 8...

Page 40: ...s Sostenuto pedal 67 No Yes Soft pedal 80 No Yes Reverb program 81 No Yes Chorus program 91 No Yes Reverb level 93 No Yes Chorus level 120 No Yes All Sound Off 121 No Yes Reset All Controllers 123 No...

Page 41: ...avi 32 Guitar Harmonics Mallet Bass 9 Celesta 33 Acoustic Bass 10 Glockenspiel 34 Finger Bass 11 Music Box 35 Pick Bass 12 Vibraphone 36 Fretless Bass 13 Marimba 37 Slap Bass 1 14 Xylophone 38 Slap Ba...

Page 42: ...Lead 1 square 58 Trombone 82 Lead 2 sawtooth 59 Tuba 83 Lead 3 calliope 60 Muted Trumpet 84 Lead 4 chiff 61 French Horn 85 Lead 5 charang 62 Brass Section 86 Lead 6 voice 63 Synth Brass 1 87 Lead 7 f...

Page 43: ...h Noise 115 Steel Drums 123 Seashore 116 Wood Block 124 Bird Tweet 117 Taiko Drum 125 Telephone Ring 118 Melodic Tom 126 Helicopter 119 Synth Drum 127 Applause 120 Reverse Cymbal 128 Gunshot 11 6 Gene...

Page 44: ...4 Room Tom 4 Rock Tom 4 Funk Tom 4 46 A 2 Standard 1 Hi hat Open Standard 2 Hi hat Open Room Hi hat Open Rock Hi hat Open Funk Hi hat Open 47 B2 Standard 1 Tom 3 Standard 2 Tom 3 Room Tom 3 Rock Tom...

Page 45: ...5 Short Guiro 74 D5 Long Guiro 75 D 5 Claves 76 E5 Hi Wood Block 77 F5 Low Wood Block 78 F 5 Mute Cuica 79 G5 Open Cuica 80 G 5 Mute Triangle 81 A5 Open Triangle 82 A 5 Shaker 83 B5 Jingle Bell 84 C6...

Page 46: ...hat Close House Hi hat Close Jazz Hi hat Close 43 G2 Electronic Tom 5 808 Tom 5 House Tom 5 Jazz Tom 5 Brush Tom 5 44 G 2 Electronic Hi hat Pedal 808 Hi hat Pedal House Hi hat Pedal Jazz Hi hat Pedal...

Page 47: ...ank 32 Brush bank 40 63 D 4 808 Open Hi Conga 64 E4 808 Low Conga 65 F4 66 F 4 67 G4 68 G 4 69 A4 70 A 4 808 Maracas 71 B4 72 C5 73 C 5 74 D5 75 D 5 808 Claves 76 E5 77 F5 78 F 5 79 G5 80 G 5 81 A5 82...

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