Quick Guide; Playing The Pads; Turn The Power On - Zoom RhythmTrak RT-123 Operation Manual

Quick Guide (2)

The top panel of the RT-123 has 13 pads which serve to
play drum kits and bass programs.

Turn the power on.

Press the [PATTERN]
key.
The [PATTERN] key LED lights
up and the RT-123 is in pattern
mode.
Press the [DRUM A]
key.
The [DRUM A] LED lights up.
Now you can use the pads to
play the drum kit.
You can also select the [DRUM B]
HINT
HINT
key to play a different drum kit.
Tap the pads.
You will notice that the pads produce
various drum sounds. The 13 pads
are assigned different sounds,
depending on the drum kit or bass
program that has been selected. The
illustration below shows an example
for the drum sounds of the 13 pads
Mid Tom Low Tom
Hi Tom
Closed Hat
Snare
Kick
10
Ride Cymbal
Crash Cymbal
Extra Cymbal
OPEN HAT
7 CLICK VOL
Open Hat Cowbell
Rim Shot
Tambourine

Playing the Pads

POWER DC IN
OFF ON
SONG
PATTERN
MEASURE
PATTERN(SONG REC)
INSERT/COPY DELETE/ERASE
–
with a drum kit.
By tapping for example pad 1 (KICK) and
pad 3 (SNARE) as in the illustration below,
you can play bass drum and snare drum
in the rhythm as shown.
SNARE
KICK
[KICK]
thump slap
FOOT SW MIDI IN
KIT/TRACK SEL
30-34
Epic Rock
BEAT
25-29
Funk Trap
20-24
Standard Kit
15-19
Studio Drums
10-14
Live Rock
00-24
STEP
Bass
00-09
Programs Basic Drum Kits
BASS MUTE
+ BASS
OPEN HAT
7
CLICK VOL
REPEAT/STEP
[SNARE] [SNARE]
[KICK] [KICK]
thump thump slap
65
Per
55
Gen
50
Tec
45
Rap
40
Mo
35
Bal
DRUM A D