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Summary of Contents for Techtonic DD512
- Page 1 NORMAL VOLUME BEAT TEMPO SONG VOICE PATTERN RHYTHM BEAT LEARNING START/ STOP SAVE PAGE/SELECT CLICK DRUM OFF TEMPO UTILITY RECORD PLAY/PRACTICE CRASH 1 RIDE TOM 1 TOM 2 HI-HAT CRASH 2 TOM 3 SNARE KICK （ ） LIGHT ON/OFF HI-HAT TOM 4 CONTROL...
- Page 2 INFORMATION FOR YOUR SAFETY! PRECAUTIONS THE FCC REGULATION WARNING (for USA) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Panel & Display Description Settings for Other Functions..........15 Saving to a User Drum Kit..........15 Front Panel................4 Rear & Side Panel..............5 Making the Settings for Pads Display................5 About Settings of Pads............16 Quick Start Adjusting the Pad Sensitivity..........16 Setup Setting the Pad Threshold..........16 Eliminating Crosstalk between Pads........16 Connecting Pads and Pedals..........6 Selecting the Pad Curve.............17... -
Page 4: Panel & Display Description
Panel Description Front Panel NORMAL VOLUME BEAT TEMPO SONG VOICE PATTERN RHYTHM BEAT LEARNING START/ STOP SAVE PAGE/SELECT CLICK DRUM OFF TEMPO UTILITY RECORD PLAY/PRACTICE CRASH 1 RIDE TOM 1 TOM 2 HI-HAT CRASH 2 TOM 3 SNARE KICK （ ） LIGHT ON/OFF HI-HAT... -
Page 5: Rear & Side Panel
Panel Description Rear Panel & Side Panel AUX IN Jack This stereo input jack is for an external sound source, such as an MP3 or CD player. LINE OUTPUT Jacks Stereo output connection to an audio system or drum amplifier. CRASH 2 Jack Input connection for Crash 2 (single-zone). -
Page 6: Setup
Setup Caution! To prevent electric shock and damage to the device, make sure the power is switched OFF on the drum and all related device before making any connection. Connecting Pads and Pedals Standard: KICK, SNARE, TOM1-3, CRASH1, RIDE, HIHAT, HIHAT CONTROL PEDAL Extended: CRASH2, TOM4 Using the provided cables, connect with kick, snare, tom1~tom3, ride, crash, hi-hat, hi-hat control triggers. -
Page 7: Connections
Connections Connecting an Audio Equipment When using an amplifier, connect the Output L/MONO and R jacks on the rear panel to the input of the amplifier. Note: OUTPUT For mono playback, use the L/MONO jack. TOM 4 CRASH 2 L/MONO AUX. IN MIDI OUT MIDI IN For stereo playback, connect both L/MONO and R jacks. -
Page 8: Performing
Performing After powering up, the digital drum will be in KIT menu (KIT indicator ON ). The display should look like this: NORMAL TEMPO BEAT SONG VOICE PATTERN RHYTHM BEAT LEARNING Use the [ ] and [ ] buttons to select the active kit. Pressing the Pad Select buttons allows you to preview the current kit (fixed velocity). -
Page 9: Adjusting The Sensitivity Of A Pad
Performing You may wish to adjust the sensitivity of the pads according to BEAT TEMPO UTILITY your playing style and desired dynamic range. UITILY Press the [UTILITY] button The UTILITY indicator appears. Strike a pad or press a pad select button to select the one whose sensitivity is to be adjusted. -
Page 10: Editing And Saving A Drum Kit
Editing and Saving a Drum Kit In KIT menu, you can modify the parameters as you like and save to the selected user kit. Press the [KIT] or [PAGE] button. TEMPO BEAT Select the Kit Volume page. Press the [ ] or [ ] button. Adjust the kit volume. -
Page 11: Setting The Pads To Play Songs
Playing Along with Songs Press the [SONG] button. BEAT TEMPO SONG Switch to the SONG menu. SONG Press the [ ] or [ ] button. Select the active song. The digital drum has many kinds of songs. Please refer to Song list. Press the [START/STOP] button. -
Page 12: Recording Your Performance
Recording Your Performance In RECORD menu, you can record pad performances and the song as accompaniment. Press the [RECORD] button. BEAT TEMPO RECORD The [RECORD] led will flash. The Metronome will be turned on automatically. The display will show: MEAS BEAT START/ Press the [START/STOP] button or strike the pad. -
Page 13: Practicing With Patterns
Practicing with Patterns There are three types of patterns in LEARNING mode. Snare Practice Beat: Drums Practice Rhythm: Drums Practice with accompaniment Pattern: When you are in NORMAL mode, please press and hold the BEAT TEMPO NORMAL SONG VOICE [PAGE/SELECT] button for 1 second. The led of LEARNING mode will turn on. -
Page 14: Creating Your Own Drum Kit
Creating Your Own Drum Kit About the Drum Kits In KIT menu, you can select drum kits to play from the pads, Pad Settings and you can edit voices and their associated parameters, such Kick Head1 as Pitch, Reverb Level, Volume, Pan, MIDI Note, etc. Snare Head2 Rim2 There are 40 kits in the digital drum:... -
Page 15: About The Drum Instruments
Creating Your Own Drum Kit About the Drum Instruments The digital drum features 385 different drum instruments which are categorized into 9 separate groups, such as Acoustic Kick, Electric Kick, Acoustic Snare, Electric Snare, Percussion. You can individually adjust the volume, pan, pitch, reverb settings for instruments set to the pad. -
Page 16: Making The Settings For Pads
Making the Settings for Pads About Settings of Pads Pad Settings If the digital drum is not yet in UTILITY menu, press the Sensitivity(1-16) [UTILITY] button to enter it. Threshold(0-16) Crosstalk(1-16) The UTILITY indicator will light up. You can use the [ ] or [ ] Curve(1-6) buttons to adjust parameters (as shown to the right ) for each Rim Sensitivity(1-16) -
Page 17: Selecting The Pad Curve
Making the Settings for Pads Selecting the Pad Curve UTILITY BEAT TEMPO Press the [PAGE] or [UTILITY] button, select Pad Curve page. The display will show: UTILITY Curve refers to how the trigger signal’s dynamic response relates to your pad hit. Loudness Loudness Loudness... -
Page 18: Setting The Metronome
Setting the Metronome About Click The digital drum is equipped with a built-in metronome, which Click Settings can be used by itself as a rhythm guide for practice, or in Time 0-9/2, 0-9/4, signature 0-9/8, 0-9/16 conjunction with the song playback or record functions. If the Interval 1-2, 3-8, 1-4, 1-8, 1-12, 1-16 digital drum is not yet in CLICK menu, press the [CLICIK]... -
Page 19: Playing Back Songs
Playing Back Songs About Songs Song Settings There are 80 preset songs in the digital drum: Number(1-80) 50 Looped Patterns Accomp(0-32) 10 Looped Percussion Patterns Drum(0-32) 5 Hit Songs 15 Tap Songs HITN The sounds in the tap song are played back Please refer to Song List. -
Page 20: Recording A Song
Recording a Song About Recording Record Settings In NORMAL mode, the digital drum allows you to quickly record Song Number ---/1-60 your performance as you play the pads. There are two ways to 1-40 start recording a new song: Tempo 30-280 Press the [START/STOP] button Signature... -
Page 21: Practicing In Learning Mode
Practicing in Learning Mode About Learning Mode The LEARNING mode is a unique set of exercises specifically designed to help build speed, accuracy and stamina, as well as develop better drum skills. There are 42 practices in the digital drum: 20 Beats (Only Snare) 12 Rhythms (Only Drum, from Level1-Level6) 10 Patterns (from Level1-Level5) -
Page 22: Practicing With Patterns
Practicing in Learning Mode Practicing with Patterns Pattern If the digital drum is not yet in Pattern menu, press the Number 1-10 [PATTERN] button to enter it. You can adjust the parameters Level (as shown to the right). Accompany Volume 0-32 Drum Volume 0-32... -
Page 23: Making The Setting For Midi
Making the Settings for MIDI About MIDI MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a standard that allows performance data and other information to be exchanged among electronic musical instruments and computers. With a MIDI cable connecting MIDI connectors equipped device, you can play multiple instruments with a single keyboard, have multiple instruments perform in ensemble, program the settings to change kits automatically to match the performance as the song progress, and more. -
Page 24: Connecting With An External Sound Device
Making the Settings for MIDI Connecting with an External Sound Device The digital drum transmission channel for the drum kit is fixed to Channel 10. It will output MIDI data generated by the triggers when hitting the pads or stepping on the Hi-Hat control pedal (Note ON/OFF, and Foot messages). Song playback data and metronome notes are not transmitted. -
Page 25: Prompt Messages
Prompt Messages Display Meaning Action Resetting the digital drum is failed. Please call the distributor, maybe it need repair. There isn’t data in the digital drum’s Please record your performance, BEAT TEMPO memory. and then play it. There is full of data in the digital If you want to record another song, BEAT TEMPO... -
Page 26: Specifications
Specifications Maximum Polyphony Display Backlit Segment LCD Drum kits Connectors Drum Kits: 40 (24 Preset Kits + 16 User Kits) 9 Trigger Input Jack, Phone Jack(stereo), Aux In Jack(stereo), General MIDI Kits: 11 GM Kits 2 External Trigger Input Jack(Tom4, Crash2), Output(L/Mono, R), USB,MIDI IN,MIDI OUT Instruments Drum Instruments: 385 (Drums, Percussion, SFX) - Page 27 Drum Instrument List NAME ELECTRONIC SNARE Electronic Kick 4 Funk Tom 1 ACOUSTIC KICK Funk Tom 2 Electronic Kick 5 House Snare 1 House Snare 2 Funk Tom 3 Standard Kick 1 Electronic Kick 6 Electronic Kick 7 House Snare 3 Funk Tom 4 Standard Kick 2 Teckno Snare 1...
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Page 28: Drum Instrument List
Drum Instrument List ELECTRONIC TOM Pai Gu 3 Pop HH Open Timbale Low Mang Luo 1 Timpani High TR606 Tom 1 Rock HH Open Mang Luo 2 Jazz HH Open Timpani Low TR606 Tom 2 Mang Luo 3 TR606 Tom 3 Electronic HH Open Open Tabla High Da Luo 1... - Page 29 GM Drum Kit List Note No. Standard 1 (bank 0 ) Standard 2 (bank 4 ) Room (bank 09 ) Rock (bank 16 ) <- High Q <- <- 27－D#1 <- <- Slap <- 28 E1 <- <- Scratch Push <- 29－F1 <-...
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Page 30: Gm Drum Kit List
GM Drum Kit List Note No. Funk (bank 17 ) Electronic (bank 24 ) 808 (bank 25 ) House (bank 28 ) <- <- <- 27－D#1 <- <- <- <- <- 28 E1 <- <- <- <- 29－F1 <- <- <- <- 30－F#1... - Page 31 GM Drum Kit List Note No. Jazz (bank 32 ) Brush (bank 40 ) Orchestra (bank 48 ) 27－D#1 <- <- Concert Hihat close 28 E1 <- <- Concert Hihat Pad 29－F1 <- <- Concert Hihat Open 30－F#1 <- <- Concert Ride 31－G1 <-...
- Page 32 GM Backing Instrument List PIANO Celloi Lead6 (voice) Contrabass Lead7 (fifths) Acoustic Grand Piano Tremolo Strings Lead8 (bass & Lead) Bright Acoustic Piano Pizzicato Strings Electric Grand Piano Orchestral Harp Honky-Tonk Piano Timpan Pad1 (newage) E.Piano 1 Pad2 (warm) E.Piano 2 STRINGS ENSEMBLE Pad3 (Polysynth) Harpsichord...
- Page 33 Song List Name Type Name Type Loop Loop Drum Intro Mambo Drum Main A Loop Latin Rock1 Loop Loop Loop Drum Main B Latin Pop2 Electronic&Funk Loop Guitar Bossa Loop Modern Pop Loop Country Blues Loop Fusion1 Loop Rock Loop HipHop Loop Reggae1...
- Page 34 Pattern List BEAT Name Kit Bank Beat Tempo Measure Beat_1 Beat_2 Beat_3 Beat_4 Beat_5 Beat_6 Beat_7 Beat_8 Beat_9 Beat_10 Beat_11 Beat_12 Beat_13 Beat_14 Beat_15 Beat_16 Beat_17 Beat_18 Beat_19 Beat_20 RHYTHM Name Kit Bank Beat Tempo Measure Funk1 Funk2 HipHop1 HipHop2 Jazz1 Jazz2 Latin1...
- Page 35 Parameter List NORMAL MODE VOICE Parameter Abbreviation Value Parameter Abbreviation Value Kit Number 1—40 Voice Number NUM/H-C 1—385/1—7 Kit Volume 0—32 Voice Volume 0—32 Reverb ON / OFF Voice Pan -8 -- +8 EQ High -12 -- +12 Voice Pitch -8 -- +8 EQ Middle -12 -- +12...
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Page 36: Midi Implementation Chart
MIDI Implementation Chart Function Remarks Transmitted Recognized Default 10ch 1－16 Basic Changed × × Channel Default × × Messages × × Mode Altered *********** *********** 0—127 0－127 Note : True Voice *********** 0－127 Number 99H,V=1-127 Note On Velocity Note Off ×（99H,V=0）...
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