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Electronic Drum Kit

Owner’s manual

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SD XPRESS

Compact Electronic Drum Kit

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Summary of Contents for SD XPRESS

Page 1: ...ic Drum Kit Owner s manual The first name in electronic drums www simmonsdrums net SD XPRESS Compact Electronic Drum Kit www simmonsdrums net 9823 90 Simmons SD Express Drum Set Manual indd 1 8 20 12...

Page 2: ...13 Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for a long periods of time 14 Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damag...

Page 3: ...P3 Player 11 Connecting USB MIDI 11 Connecting Headphones 11 Getting Started 12 Switching Power On 12 Setting the Master Volume 12 Selecting Drum Kits 12 The KIT Button 12 Selecting a Voice 13 The CLI...

Page 4: ...4 SD XPRESS owner s manual The first name in electronic drums ASSEMBLED KIT 9823 90 Simmons SD Express Drum Set Manual indd 4 8 20 12 9 33 AM...

Page 5: ...nature and click volume 5 REC PLAY Button Gives you the option to record or play back your own performance 6 SONG Button Enters the song select display You can turn off the percussion track of the son...

Page 6: ...way MIDI communication This will enable a software program to trigger the drum module sounds or allow you to use the module as a MIDI trigger interface for the software s virtual drum instruments 11...

Page 7: ...anel Bottom Case 13 Power ON OFF Turns the sound module on and off 14 DC 9V Connect the included AC adaptor to this jack 15 Base Connection Connect the top part of pads and sound module to the base pe...

Page 8: ...tubes Step 3 Insert the cymbal poles them into the respective holes by the pads as shown in the image and tighten the T screw Step 4 Assemble Crash cymbals as shown in the image and tighten the T scre...

Page 9: ...snare pad onto the Snare rod as shown in the image and tighten the T screw Step 8 Once assembled your SD Xpress kit should look like the image below Step 6 Locate the Snare rod from the packing case i...

Page 10: ...t connect the included cables to the pads and their respective inputs on the drum module Each cable is labeled as the cables can vary in length and type CONNECT TO BASE RIDE CRASH HI HAT SNARE USB PHO...

Page 11: ...ting USB MIDI Your drum module is USB class compliant This means you can plug it into a USB class compliant host for example a computer running OS X Windows XP Vista or Windows 7 and it should be reco...

Page 12: ...ation from which you select the drum kit you want to play or edit Setting the Master Volume Use the MASTER VOLUME knob to adjust the main volume Selecting Drum Kits Press the KIT button the current ki...

Page 13: ...ttons to select the Voice You also can press the CLICK button to listen to the voice Finally press the REC PLAY button to save your settings in the user kit Press any other button to exit the menu CLI...

Page 14: ...PLAY button again to stop playback The SONG Button The SD Xpress contains 10 preset songs and 1 Demo Press the SONG and KIT buttons simultaneously to start or stop the song Drum On Off In SONG mode pr...

Page 15: ...TEMPO TAP Button There are 2 ways you can adjust tempo in the x Press the TEMPO TAP button The LED displays the current tempo so use or buttons to adjust tempo value Range 020 240 Press the TEMPO TAP...

Page 16: ...suit your playing style Turn off the power Hold down KIT button then turn the power on to enter setup mode Press TEMPO TAP button use or buttons to set sensitivity Range 001 008 Press KIT button use...

Page 17: ...club_kit Kit 6 Jazz_kit Kit 7 Electronic_kit Kit 8 Analog_kit Kit 9 Latin_kit Kit 10 Modern R B Kit 11 User Style Style Name d 1 01 Demo Song Rock Shuffle 02 Surf Pop 03 Techno 04 60 s Rock 05 Hard Ro...

Page 18: ..._01 Jazz_tom_M_01 Jazz_tom_L_01 Brush_tom_H Brush_tom_M Brush_tom_L Latin_tom conga_M Latin_tom bongo_L Electronic_tom_H_01 Electronic_tom_M_01 Electronic_tom_L_01 Electronic_tom_H_02 Electronic_tom_M...

Page 19: ...O O O O O 1 O Bank Select Modulation Portamento Time Data Entry Volume Pan Expression Sustain Portamento Sostenuto Soft Pedal DSP TYPE DSP DEPTH RPN LSB MSB Reset all Controllers Program Change True...

Page 20: ...ged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipm...