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  • Page 1 AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 1 2015/9/23 16:12:11 PHONE S AUX I N L/MONO US B M IDI C R AS H 2 TOM 4 OUTPUT MIDI db20 Digital Drum dbdrums Model db20 Owner´s Manual-English...
  • Page 2 AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 2 2015/9/23 16:12:25 INFORMATION FOR YOUR SAFETY! THE FCC REGULATION WARNING (for USA) PRECAUTIONS This equipment has been tested and found to comply with PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 3 2015/9/23 16:12:25 Contents Main Features ............4 The Drum Pad Triggers Settings About the Drum Pad Trigger Settings......17 Panel & Display Description Save the Drum Pad Trigger Settings......18 Front Panel..............5 Side Panel..............6 Utility Settings ............

  • Page 4: Main Features

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 4 2015/9/23 16:12:25 Main Features PURE DRUM Technology No matter playing the pads with softly stroke or forcefully passion grooves, with this new technology, all performances can show up extremely wide range of velocity dynamics. Perfectly express the various changes of acoustic drums, all of these let you enjoy the real delicate nuances, capture the unique characteristics of acoustic drum kit from the PURE DRUM! PURE DRUM—Bring the Natural and Realistic Voices to Your Performance!

  • Page 5: Panel & Display Description

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 5 2015/9/23 16:12:25 Panel & Display Description Front Panel PHONE S AUX I N L/MONO C R AS H 2 TOM 4 US B M IDI OUTPUT MIDI 1. [MASTER VOLUME] Knob 10. [SONG] Button Adjust the output volume level. Enter Song mode.

  • Page 6: Side Panel

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 6 2015/9/23 16:12:26 Panel & Display Description Rear Panel 23 24 P HONE S AUX I N L/MONO C R AS H 2 TOM 4 US B M D OUTPUT 18. USB Terminal 23. AUX IN jack (1/8”) Use this when you want to connect a PC/laptop For connecting an extra audio player, for or USB host device.

  • Page 7: Lcd Display

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 7 2015/9/23 16:12:26 Panel & Display Description LCD Display 1. Menu Item 4. External Device Display the current menu, such as “KIT”, “VOICE”, Indicate external device when it is correctly “SONG”, “TRIGGER”, “UTILITY” and so on. connected. 2. Trigger Pad Name 5.

  • Page 8: Setup

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 8 2015/9/23 16:12:27 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. Connect the Pads and the Pedals Standard configuration: KICK, SNARE (Dual-zone trigger), TOM 1~3(Dual-zone trigger), CRASH1 (Dual-zone trigger with choke), RIDE (Triple-zone trigger with choke), HI-HAT, HI-HAT CONTROL PEDAL.

  • Page 9: Getting Ready To Play

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 9 2015/9/23 16:12:29 Getting Ready to Play Setting up the Power Supply Connect the DC plug of the AC power adaptor to the DC IN jack on the rear panel. Connect the other end of the power cord to the AC outlet. Note: 1.

  • Page 10: Drum Kits And Voices

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 10 2015/9/23 16:12:29 Drum Kits and Voices An acoustic drum has only a fixed kit, but the digital drum set has a lot. KIT xx It is a particular characteristic of digital drum. SNARE KICK TOM1 TOM2 TOM3 The structure of a drum kit showed on the right: Head Head Head...
  • Page 11 AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 11 2015/9/23 16:12:31 Drum Kits and Voices Rim Shot Strike the head and the rim of the pad simultaneously. Or you can only strike the rim of the pad. Cymbal Cymbal Bow Shot Strike the middle area of the cymbal.As shown in the figure. Cymbal Edge Shot Strike the edge area of the cymbal.

  • Page 12: Select A Preset Drum Kit And Create A User Drum Kit

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 12 2015/9/23 16:12:31 Select a Preset Drum Kit and Create a User Drum Kit About the Preset and User Drum Kit From no.1 to 50 are preset drum kits, and the drum kits from no.51 to 70 are user drum kits. You can edit the parameters of drum kit (from no.1-70), and save them into user drum kits (from no.51-70).

  • Page 13: About The User Voice

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 13 2015/9/23 16:12:32 Select a Preset Drum Kit and Create a User Drum Kit Parameter Value Description TRIGGER KICK, SNARE, SN-R, Select the trigger input. TOM1, T1-R… VOICE NAME 1~628, U01~U99 Select a voice. The U01~U99 represent user voice which download form USB flash drive.

  • Page 14: Playing Along With A Song

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 14 2015/9/23 16:12:34 Playing Along With a Song There are up to 120 songs with variety of styles, including 70 Patterns, 10 Hits, 40 Taps, and 5 User songs (Refer to the Song List). You can play the drums while listening to one of these songs. A song contains Drum part and Accompaniment part.

  • Page 15: Metronome

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 15 2015/9/23 16:12:36 Playing Along With a Song Format requires: 1. MIDI SONG: SMF 0, track number should be less than 16, PPQN ≤480, MIDI file size ≤128k byte. 2. WAV: Bit rates : ≤ 1536kbps, Sampling rates: ≤ 48kHz 3.

  • Page 16: Record

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 16 2015/9/23 16:12:37 Record Drum of Drum off indicator In this chapter, we will introduce how to use this digital drum to record your own performance. There are two methods to record: record as MP3 format or MIDI format. a) When using an USB flash drive, auto record your own performance as MP3 files, up to 99 user songs can be recorded to an USB flash drive.

  • Page 17: The Drum Pad Triggers Settings

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 17 2015/9/23 16:12:39 The Drum Pad Triggers Settings About the Drum Pad Trigger Settings As a professional drummer, you may be very pleased to set your drum triggers carefully corresponding to your playing habits and feelings, making your performance more interesting and professional. In the meantime, your digital drum will be more operable.

  • Page 18: Save The Drum Pad Trigger Settings

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 18 2015/9/23 16:12:39 The Drum Pad Triggers Settings Note: The Curve descriptions are shown below: Curve 1: The most natural setting. There is a linear change between playing dynamics and volume response. Curve 2, 3: Compared to Curve 1, heavily strikings make greater Striking Striking Striking...

  • Page 19: Utility Settings

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 19 2015/9/23 16:12:39 Utility Settings In the KIT menu, select the “UTILITY” item. Press the [∧]/ [∨] button to select the utility parameters that you want to edit. Parameter Value Description GM MODE ON/OFF ON: The channel 10 will respond GM drum kit. OFF: The channel 10 will respond local drum kit.

  • Page 20: Using Usb Flash Drive (Usb Memory)

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 20 2015/9/23 16:12:40 Using USB Flash Drive (USB Memory) The USB flash drive function contains: Sample/ Kit load or save. Transmit data between USB flash drive and drum module. Format. Format the USB flash drive. Note: This digital drum supports 4G~64G USB flash drive which in FAT format.

  • Page 21: Kit Save

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 21 2015/9/23 16:12:42 Using USB Flash Drive (USB Memory) Note: Loading speed is about XX minutes/MB. More time will be taken when loading larger samples. Please be patient when loading samples. If loading failed, message “Unsupported file” will be displayed on the LCD when the format is not supported.

  • Page 22: Factory Set

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 22 2015/9/23 16:12:46 Factory Set In this factory set menu, you can initialize all Kit, Song, and Voice settings individually. In the KIT menu, select the “FACTORY SET” item. Press the [∧]/ [∨] and [ENTER] button to select the factory setting that you want to edit.

  • Page 23: Midi

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 23 2015/9/23 16:12:48 MIDI About MIDI MIDI(Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a standard which describes the rules and transmission among all kinds of MIDI devices, including computers. Connecting a digital drum to a computer with a MIDI cable, various instrument can be selected and played, and they also can be played in ensemble.

  • Page 24: Using The Digital Drum As A Sound Module

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 24 2015/9/23 16:12:48 MIDI Setup the active track of your sequencer on Channel 10. Activate RECORD on your sequencer. Play the pads/ Step on the pedal of your digital drum. Stop recording. Locate your sequencer to the start of your recording. Playback the recorded song.

  • Page 25: Troubleshooting

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 25 2015/9/23 16:12:48 Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause and Solution 1. Rotate the [VOLUME] knob to be sure that the volume isn’t down. No sound 2. To be sure that Local Mode should be set to “ON” No sound from Pads 1.

  • Page 26: Specifications

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 26 2015/9/23 16:12:49 Specifications Maximum Polyphony Drum kits Kit: 70 (50 Presets + 20 Users) GM Drum Kit: 9 GM Drum Kits Instruments Preset voice: 628 (Drum Voice, Percussion Voice, Effect Voice) 14 Hi-hat Combination User voice: up to 99 samples with 16M Byte in total. Sequencer Preset Pattern: 120 User Song: 5...

  • Page 27: Drum Kit List

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 27 2015/9/23 16:12:49 Drum Kit List PRESET KIT PRESET KIT PRESET KIT Acoustic 1 Jazz Latin African Funk Standard 2 Electronic Standard 1 Percussion 2 Reggae JazzBrush Techno Fusion Dance Vintage Drum & Bass Rock Junkyard Jazz Acoustic 2 Brush Noise World...

  • Page 28: Drum Voice List

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 28 2015/9/23 16:12:49 Drum Voice List Name Vintage Snare Acoustic Tom 3 Kick Vintage Snare Rim Acoustic Tom 3 Rim 22‘’ Acoustic Kick 1 Live Snare Acoustic Tom 4 22‘’ Acoustic Kick 2 Live Snare Rim Acoustic Tom 4 Rim 24‘’...
  • Page 29 AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 29 2015/9/23 16:12:49 Drum Voice List Rock Tom 1 90’s Power Tom 2 Magic Tom 2 Rim Rock Tom 1 Rim 90’s Power Tom 3 Magic Tom 3 Rock Tom 2 90’s Power Tom 4 Magic Tom 3 Rim Rock Tom 2 Rim 90’s Power Tom 5 Magic Tom 4...
  • Page 30 AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 30 2015/9/23 16:12:49 Drum Voice List Techno Ride Edge Noise Crash 1 Edge Metronome Bell Techno Ride Bell Big Band Crash 1 Vibra-slap 1 Crash Big Band Crash 1 Edge Vibra-slap 2 16'' Acoustic Crash 1 Big Band Crash 2 Vibra-slap 3 16'' Acoustic Crash 1 Edge Big Band Crash 2 Edge...
  • Page 31 AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 31 2015/9/23 16:12:50 Drum Voice List FX 20 African 2 Vibraphone D5 African 3 Vibraphone Eb5 African 4 Vibraphone E5 Three African 5 Vibraphone F5 Four African 6 Vibraphone Gb5 African 7 Five Vibraphone G5 African 8 Vibraphone Ab5 African 9 Seven Vibraphone A5...

  • Page 32: Song List

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 32 2015/9/23 16:12:50 Song List Name LCD Name 56 BigBand 2 BigBand2 110 Tenor Sax Tap 10 TeSaxT10 57 Mambo Mambo 111 Pad Tap 1 PadT1 PATTERN LOOP Blues Funk BluesFk 58 Shuffle Shuffle 112 Sci-fi Tap 2 Sci-fiT2 Fusion Fusion 59 Gtr Bossa...

  • Page 33: Gm Drum Kit List

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 33 2015/9/23 16:12:50 GM Drum Kit List Standard Set(BANK0) Funk Set(BANK8) Rock Set(BANK16) Electric Set(BANK24) Analog Set(BANK25) ← ← ← ← Eb1[27] High Q E 1[28] Slap F 1[29] Scratch Push F#1[30] Scratch Pull G 1[31] Sticks G#1[32] Square Click A 1[33] Metronome Click Bb1[34]...
  • Page 34 AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 34 2015/9/23 16:12:50 GM Drum Kit List Jazz Set(BANK32) Brush Set(BANK40) Orchestra Set(BANK48) Dance Set(BANK56) Eb1[27] Closed Hi-hat 2 E 1[28] Pedal Hi-hat F 1[29] Open Hi-hat 2 F#1[30] Ride Cymbal 1 G 1[31] G#1[32] A 1[33] Bb1[34] B 1[35] Concert BD 2 C 2[36] Jazz Kick 1...
  • Page 35 AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 35 2015/9/23 16:12:50 GM Backing Voice List...

  • Page 36: Midi Implementation Chart

    AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923.ai 36 2015/9/23 16:12:51 MIDI Implementation Chart Transmitted Recognized Remarks 10ch 1－16 × × × × × × *********** *********** 0—127 0－127 *********** 0－127 〇 〇99H,V=1-127 〇 〇（99H,V=0） 〇 × × × 〇 × 〇 × Bank Select 〇 × Modulation 〇...

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