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ddrum4 SE V1.5x

Table of contents

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Table of contents

Table of contents

Table of contents

Table of contents

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1. Introduction

Introduction

Introduction

Introduction .........................................................

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Welcome!

Welcome!

Welcome!

Welcome! ......................................................................................

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About this manual

About this manual

About this manual

About this manual ......................................................................

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Reading the manual in Adobe Acrobat Reader..........................................................................5

About the ddrum4 SE system

About the ddrum4 SE system

About the ddrum4 SE system

About the ddrum4 SE system ....................................................

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ddrum4 Mega Drumkits Signature Series sounds......................................................................5

The Pads

The Pads

The Pads

The Pads.......................................................................................

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The Cast Cymbal & Cast Hi-hat

The Cast Cymbal & Cast Hi-hat

The Cast Cymbal & Cast Hi-hat

The Cast Cymbal & Cast Hi-hat .................................................

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Expand your sound library

Expand your sound library

Expand your sound library

Expand your sound library .......................................................

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2. 

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2. Overview

Overview

Overview

Overview ................................................................

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The left front panel section

The left front panel section

The left front panel section

The left front panel section ....................................................

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The right front panel section

The right front panel section

The right front panel section

The right front panel section...................................................

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The rear panel

The rear panel

The rear panel

The rear panel ............................................................................

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3. 

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3. Setting up

Setting up

Setting up

Setting up ...........................................................

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Connections

Connections

Connections

Connections ..............................................................................

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Setting up the input channels

Setting up the input channels

Setting up the input channels

Setting up the input channels ................................................

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Selecting Trig Input type ........................................................................................................11
Adjusting the Input Sensitivity ...............................................................................................12
Setting the Threshold .............................................................................................................13

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4. Kits & Sounds

Kits & Sounds

Kits & Sounds

Kits & Sounds.....................................................

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Palette mode

Palette mode

Palette mode

Palette mode .............................................................................

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Kit mode

Kit mode

Kit mode

Kit mode .....................................................................................

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The factory presets..................................................................................................................14
Selecting sounds .....................................................................................................................15
Storing your kit ......................................................................................................................16

5. 

5. 

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5. Good drum sounds

Good drum sounds

Good drum sounds

Good drum sounds .............................................

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About your sound system

About your sound system

About your sound system

About your sound system ........................................................

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Headphones

Headphones

Headphones

Headphones ...............................................................................

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Mixer

Mixer

Mixer

Mixer...........................................................................................

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Содержание ddrum4

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Страница 2: ...d instructions importantes pour le fonctionnement et l entretien service dans le livret d instructions accompagnant l appareil Instructions pertaining to a risk of fire electric shock or injury to pe...

Страница 3: ...tion The left front panel section 7 7 7 7 The right front panel section The right front panel section The right front panel section The right front panel section 8 8 8 8 The rear panel The rear panel...

Страница 4: ...31 31 ddrum4 sounds ddrum4 sounds ddrum4 sounds ddrum4 sounds 31 31 31 31 Download new sounds free of charge 31 MIDI Sample Dump MIDI Sample Dump MIDI Sample Dump MIDI Sample Dump 31 31 31 31 Loading...

Страница 5: ...ddrum Acoustic Triggers ddrum Acoustic Triggers ddrum Acoustic Triggers 44 44 44 44 Tom Trigger 44 Kick Trigger 44 Snare Trigger 44 Setting up with ddrum Triggers 44 Some triggering tips on the road 4...

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Страница 7: ...s possible to use special navigation features like hyperlinks This means that you can click with the mouse on a word or sentence and automatically get to the location indicated by the word sentence To...

Страница 8: ...are also chokeable you can either choke them with your hand or with the drumstick itself The Cast Cymbals are fitted on a special spring to make them feel like acoustic cymbals The innovative hi hat t...

Страница 9: ...CHANNEL buttons the PALETTE select buttons and the INPUT SENSITIVITY knobs You can play the sounds by pressing the CHANNEL buttons They are not velocity sensitive but you can program the velocity lev...

Страница 10: ...channel that has no sound the system bar will not indicate anything The system bar will also under certain circumstances help you to set the proper input sensitivity level If the display shows a P or...

Страница 11: ...g Inputs 1 2 8 and 9 are capable of detecting pressure sensitivity If you have pads that can transmit pressure connect them to these inputs Input 10 is also capable of detecting pressure sensitivity b...

Страница 12: ...thing that will appear in the ddrum4 SE DISPLAY is the software version number After a brief moment PAL will appear in the DISPLAY This indicates that the ddrum4 SE is in the Palette mode S S S SE E...

Страница 13: ...r once you select a channel by pressing a chan nel button the pad select is disabled To enable it again press EXIT and go back to edit mode 3 The DISPLAY will indicate the Trig Input type of the selec...

Страница 14: ...bs Turning the INPUT SENSITIVITY knob clockwise will make the trig input more sensitive You should adjust the INPUT SENSITIVITY knob so that the top segment of the SYSTEM INDICATOR bar lights up light...

Страница 15: ...ROTARY DIAL while playing the tom pads Increase the threshold value until the toms no longer trigger the snare The higher the threshold value the less chance of a weak trigger pulse triggering that c...

Страница 16: ...tte mode the ddrum4 SE will store every changes you make Until you are familiar with the ddrum4 SE parameters do your exploring in Kit mode instead See below K K K KI I I IT T T T M M M MO O O OD D D...

Страница 17: ...or each channel do like this 1 Press the SOUND button 2 Select a channel by pressing a CHANNEL button 3 Select a sound by turning the ROTARY DIAL As you turn the ROTARY DIAL the sound numbers are show...

Страница 18: ...the way it was To store a kit do like this 1 Hold the SHIFT button and press the KIT STORE button In the DISPLAY the P will begin flashing and you will be able to choose a kit location a number to sto...

Страница 19: ...belong in this category The attack portion of drums and percussion sounds are very rich in transients thus requiring a powerful and fast power amplifier to sound good not the same thing as loud Do no...

Страница 20: ...t a channel by hitting a pad however once you select a channel by pressing a CHANNEL button the pad select is disabled To enable it again press EXIT and go back to edit mode 3 Edit the selected System...

Страница 21: ...ystem was shipped with the Cast Precision Mesh Head Pads the snare toms and percussion channels should be set to mesh head 1 nh1 HHt This should be used if you re using the ddrum Hi hat The ddrum Hi h...

Страница 22: ...d be useful if you want your playing to sound static Turning the ROTARY DIAL clockwise will select the positive curves where medium soft to medium hard hits will be more pronounced see the figure belo...

Страница 23: ...e the Level B parameter see page 27 to anything above 0 and set the Out B parameter to any integer A value of 3 00 corresponds to output B3 only a value of 3 50 makes the channel present equally in bo...

Страница 24: ...l transmit that particular information as different MIDI note numbers This means that when you play multisampled sounds across the head the playing information is record able into a MIDI sequencer as...

Страница 25: ...smit MIDI Program Change messages or not tH is the Thru mode where any incoming Program Change messages are im mediately throughput to the MIDI OUT jack Please refer to MIDI Program Change messages on...

Страница 26: ...F F AL F SY F PA F 1 F 26 F AL F SY F PA F 1 F 26 F AL F SY F PA F 1 F 26 F AL F SY F PA F 1 F 26 This function allows you to initialize different settings in the ddrum4 SE to the factory defaults The...

Страница 27: ...ul if you would like to trigger external sounds over MIDI without having the ddrum4 SE making any sound of its own Tip You can quickly select consecu tive sounds to adjacent channels This can be very...

Страница 28: ...E E EC C C CA A A AY Y Y Y Here you can set the decay of the sound You can shorten any sound by setting this parameter to anything below the default value 100 which is the maximum original length The...

Страница 29: ...When the ddrum4 SE is shipped from factory it s loaded with the ddrum4 SE factory sounds Most of the shift functions are related to sound and memory man agement including erasing and replacement of so...

Страница 30: ...individual sound of the selected group S S S SH H H HI I I IF F F FT T T T S S S SI I I IZ Z Z ZE E E E This shows the size in Blocks of the sound s you have selected using the Shift Sound function de...

Страница 31: ...categories hold the SOUND but ton while turning the ROTARY DIAL The DISPLAY will show G xx where the xx indicates the total number of sounds in the selected group This is especially useful if you pla...

Страница 32: ...ait until this operation is finished which will be indicated by a zero in the DISPLAY IMPORTANT Do not turn off the ddrum4 SE module during this process S S S SH H H HI I I IF F F FT T T T E E E EX X...

Страница 33: ...G GE E E E At the Clavia web site you will find all sounds as zipped MIDI files Fetch them with your web browser and unzip them Then you can load the MIDI files to the ddrum4Tool PC or to your sequen...

Страница 34: ...do anything with the ddrum4 SE module in order to receive sounds via MIDI Just make sure that the connections are correct and start the transmission from the sending device software the sequencer or t...

Страница 35: ...MIDI Program Change 99 is used to turn the ddrum4 SE to the default Palette mode the default mode when you turn on the ddrum4 SE To select one of the sounds in the Kick palette send one of the MIDI Pr...

Страница 36: ...and MIDI MIDI Implementation Chart ddrum4 SE V1 5x Page 34 MIDI MIDI MIDI MIDI I I I IM M M MP P P PL L L LE E E EM M M ME E E EN N N NT T T TA A A AT T T TI I I IO O O ON N N N C C C CH H H HA A A A...

Страница 37: ...Custom 22 bass amb KICK_707 SPkick2 DRY 7 1 Tama Starclassic 24 bass dry KICK_709 SPkick3 DRY 7 1 Tama Starclassic 18 bass dry SNRE_73 73 an 1 2 SNRE_700 MGsnare1 AMB 7 1 Tama Starclassic 14 snare amb...

Страница 38: ...dbell 3 1 3 PERC_020 Indie drum 1 3 PERC_021 Kandgila 1 3 PERC_022 LPtimbale 1 3 PERC_023 M bira 1 3 PERC_024 Mambo bell 1 4 PERC_025 MPbongo 1 3 PERC_026 MPbongo2 1 3 PERC_027 Tabla bass 1 3 PERC_028...

Страница 39: ...hat2 DRY 7 1 HHAT_706 SPhihat1 DRY 7 1 EFCT_002 Iron elem 1 4 EFCT_003 Lrge Hit 1 4 EFCT_005 Fingersnaps4 1 4 EFCT_006 Goomcheaks 1 1 4 EFCT_009 Alarmclock 1 1 4 EFCT_011 Bycyclebell 1 1 4 EFCT_013 Ch...

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