MAKING THE SETTING FOR PADS
ABOUT SETTING OF PADS
If the digital drum is not yet in UTILITY menu, press the [UTILITY] button to enter it.
The UTILITY indicator will light up. You can use the [ - ] or [ + ] buttons to adjust
parameters (as shown to the right ) for each pad as well as the rim sensitivity of the
pad and the splash sensitivity of the Hi-Hat control pedal.
The current pad to be edited can be selected either by pressing its Pad Select but-
ton, or by striking the pad itself. The PAD indicator will light up to show which pad
is currently selected. If the rim of a pad is selected, both the PAD indicator and the
RIM indicator will turn on.
Sensitivity: Adjust the sensitivity of the pad to regulate the pad response. Higher
settings result in higher sensitivity, so that the pad will produce a loud volume
even when struck softly. You can also adjust the sensitivity of the splash in SPLASH
SENSITIVITY.
Threshold: This setting allows a trigger signal to be received only when the pad is
struck harder than a specified force. This can be used to prevent a pad from sound-
ing in response to extraneous vibrations from another pad.
Crosstalk: When two pads are mounted on the same stand, the vibration pro-
duced by hitting one pad may trigger the sound from another pad unintentionally
(This is called crosstalk). You can avoid this problem by adjusting Crosstalk Cancel
on the pad that is sounding inadvertently. If the value is set too high, then when
two pads are played simultaneously, the one that is struck less forcefully will not
sound. So be careful and set this parameter to the minimum value required to
prevent such crosstalk. With a setting of 0 , crosstalk prevention does not function.
Curve: This setting allows you to control the relation between the velocity (strik-
ing force) and changes in volume (the dynamic curve). Adjust this curve until the
response feels as natural as possible.
