Selecting, Editing And Creating Drum Sets; Selecting A Drum Set; Creating And Editing Drum Sets - Akai XR 20 Reference Manual

SELECTING, EDITING AND CREATING DRUM SETS

What is a Drum Set?
The XR20 features different "sets" of sounds which you can use in your Patterns and Songs. A
Drum Set is a collection of settings that affect the Drum, 1-Shot and Synth sounds within the set
as well as the mix parameters and effects setup. The XR20 includes 100 Preset and 100 User
Drum Sets. Note that edited Preset Drum Sets may only be saved in a User Drum Set location.
Each Drum Set includes the following:
DRUM / 1-SHOT SOUNDS – These are the drum and 1-shot sounds which are loaded
when the Drum Set is recalled.
SYNTH SOUNDS – This is the Synth sound which is loaded when the Drum Set is recalled.
PAD PARAMETERS – These are the pad and parameter settings associated with the Drum
Set. These settings include volume, panning, tuning, filter, etc.
EFFECTS SETTINGS – These are the effects settings which will be recalled the next time
that the Drum Set is selected and include Reverb, EQ, and Compression.

SELECTING A DRUM SET

1. Press the DRUM SET button.
2. The currently selected Drum Set's name is
displayed on the top line and the set number is
shown on the bottom line. To select the drum and
1-shot sounds to be used with this set, press the
DRUMS or 1-SHOT button. To select the synth
sounds to be used with this set, press the SYNTH
button.
3. Enter the desired Drum Set number (from 00 to 99) with the number buttons, INC/DEC
buttons or the VALUE dial. (With the number buttons, enter a leading zero if necessary).
Note: User Patterns will remember the selected Drum Set assignments. Preset Patterns have fixed Drum
Set assignments; if you exit from the Preset Pattern, the XR20 will forget any assignment you made.

CREATING AND EDITING DRUM SETS

The XR20's 12 pads can be assigned to various drum sounds, with different levels, tuning,
panning, triggering mode, output jack assignment, etc. Each set of pad parameters is given a
number and collectively called a Drum Set. Drum Set assignments have their own dedicated
memory and can be thought of as equivalent to the "programs" or "patches" found in
synthesizers. Note that A and B User Pattern share Drum Set assignment.
General instructions for Drum Set creation are:
1. Press the DRUM SET button.
2. Use the PAGE (RIGHT and LEFT) buttons to select different
"pages" of functions; the display's lower right window shows
the page number. The Drum Set pages are described below.
3. Select the instrument layer which you would like to edit (drums, 1-shot, synth) by pressing
the corresponding button.
4. Adjust values on pages, if necessary, as described for each page.
5. After making all needed changes, save the Drum Set if desired (see 'Saving Your Drum
Sets' section), then press DRUM SET again to exit.
Note: To select sounds for the 1-Shot or Synth section of the kit, press the corresponding button for these
sections and then edit the parameters the same way you would for the Drums.
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Note that if you edit a
Drum Set, any Pattern
using that Drum Set
will be affected.