CONTENTS
QUICK ST
ART
AD
VANCED USE
APPENDICES
PANEL & DISPLAY DESCRIPTION
Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Rear & Side Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
QUICK START
SET-UP
Connecting Pads and Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
CONNECTIONS
Connecting Audio Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Connecting a set of Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Connecting an MP3/CD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Connecting a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Connecting a Midi Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
PERFORMING
Selecting a Drum Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Playing the Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Adjusting the Sensitivity of a Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Using the Metronome/Click Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Adjusting the Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
EDITING AND SAVING A DRUM KIT
Adjusting the Volume of a Drum Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Switching Reverb On/Off and Setting EQ . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Selecting the Drum Instrument of the Pad . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting the Volume, Pan and Pitch of the Pad. . . . . . . 10
Setting the Pads to Play Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Saving the Edited Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
PLAYING ALONG WITH SONGS
Selecting and Playing Back a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Adjusting the Volume of the Accompaniment and Drum
. . . . . . . . 11
Muting the Drums in Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using the Pads to Play Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
RECORDING YOUR PERFORMANCE
Recording Your Performance Quickly . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Playing Back Your Recorded Performance. . . . . . . . . . . 12
Making the Settings for Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
PRACTICING WITH PATTERNS
Selecting a Pattern and Practicing with it . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Scoring Your Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Playing Back Your Recorded Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
ADVANCED USE
CREATING YOUR OWN DRUM KIT
About the Drum Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Selecting a Drum Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Overall Drum Kit Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Selecting the Pad to Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
About the Drum Instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Selecting the Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Drum Instrument Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Settings For Other Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Saving to a User Drum Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
MAKING THE SETTINGS FOR PADS
About Settings of Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Adjusting the Pad Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Setting the Pad Threshold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Eliminating Crosstalk Between Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Selecting the Pad Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Setting Rim Sensitivity on Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Adjusting the Hi-Hat Pedal Splash Sensitivity . . . . . . . . 18
Saving Setting of Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SETTING THE METRONOME
About Click . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Switching the Click On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Adjusting the Click Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Setting the Time Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Setting the Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Adjusting the Click Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Selecting the Click Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
PLAYING BACK SONGS
About Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Selecting a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Playing Back a Song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Adjusting the Accompaniment Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Adjusting the Drum Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Muting the Drums in Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
RECORDING A SONG
About Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Recording Pad Performances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Recording Performances Accompanied with a Song . . . . . . 21
Playing Back Your Recorded Performance. . . . . . . . . . . 21
Recording Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
PRACTICING IN LEARNING MODE
About Learning Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Practicing with Beats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Practicing with Rhythms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Practicing with Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Recording and Scoring Your Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Playing Back Your Recorded Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
MAKING THE SETTING FOR MIDI
About MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Making the MIDI Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Connecting with an External Sound Device . . . . . . . . . 26
Using the Digital Drum as a Sound Module. . . . . . . . . . 26
APPENDICES
Prompt Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Kit/Voice/Song/Pattern/Parameter List . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
MIDI Implementation Chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39