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- Page 2 Trademarks: The ddrum brand and logo are registred trademarks of Clavia DMI AB. All other trademarks mentioned in this publication are the properties of their respective holders. Specifications and appearances are subject to change without notice.
- Page 3 Reading the manual in Adobe Acrobat Reader................5 About the ddrum4 SE system About the ddrum4 SE system About the ddrum4 SE system About the ddrum4 SE system ..........................................5 5 5 5 ddrum4 Mega Drumkits Signature Series sounds..............5...
- Page 4 MIDI Sample Dump........................................................31 Loading sounds into ddrum4 SE Loading sounds into ddrum4 SE Loading sounds into ddrum4 SE Loading sounds into ddrum4 SE ....................................32 Error codes ..........................32 MIDI Program Change messages MIDI Program Change messages MIDI Program Change messages MIDI Program Change messages ..........
- Page 5 SE V1.5x Table of contents ddrum4 Cast Precision Mesh Head Pads ddrum4 Cast Precision Mesh Head Pads ddrum4 Cast Precision Mesh Head Pads ddrum4 Cast Precision Mesh Head Pads ..................... 40 ....... Cast Precision Mesh Head Pads....................40 Assembly of the pads.......................40...
- Page 7 E E E E R R R R I I I I E E E E S S S S S S S S O O O O U U U U N N N N D D D D S S S S The major part of the ddrum4 SE drum sounds are built up with a lot of samples (multi samples) in order to produce a more realistic simulation of how an acoustic drum sounds when struck with different veloc- ities.
- Page 8 SE brain. The ddrum4Tool program is included on the CD ROM that comes with the ddrum4 SE module. You could also open the MIDI files in a standard MIDI sequencer, and download them to your ddrum4 SE as standard MIDI Sysex files.
- Page 9 SE V1.5x 2. Overview: The left front panel section 2. O 2. O 2. O 2. O V V V V E E E E R R R R V V V V I I I I E E E E W W W W...
- Page 10 If the display shows a ’P.’ or ’F.’ followed by a number, then the ddrum4 SE is in the Kit mode. If the display shows ’PAL’ then the ddrum4 SE is in the Palette mode. You can always press the P...
- Page 11 H jacks, the MIDI con- RIGGER NPUT EADPHONES nectors and the P . The ddrum4 SE outputs are unbalanced line level. OWER WITCH The ten T for the pads or external triggers correspond to each sound channel. They are RIGGER...
- Page 12 Cymbal Hi-hat 3. Connect the main outputs, marked A1 and A2 on the ddrum4 SE rear panel, to a suitable sound sys- tem. If you’d rather use a pair of headphones, a headphones jack has been provided. The M ASTER...
- Page 13 ISPLAY OTARY , you will scroll through the possible Trig Input types that are implemented in the ddrum4 SE. These Trig Input types have their respective characteristics and by selecting the most appropriate for each channel, the ddrum4 SE will perform at its best. Please refer to “Trig Input”...
- Page 14 I knobs as a volume controls. Controlling the dynamic range and con- NPUT ENSITIVITY trolling the volume of the ddrum4 SE are two completely different things. The I NPUT ENSITIVITY knob’s settings are not stored in the ddrum4 SE’s memory.
- Page 15 The three things that we have selected and adjusted here: Trig Input type setting, Input Sensitivity and trigger Threshold, are very important to get the right feel when playing the ddrum4 SE system. You might want to go back and adjust these settings later on but there is no need for doing this every time you want to play.
- Page 16 A A A A L L L L E E E E T T T T T T T T E E E E M M M M O O O O D D D D E E E E When you switch on the ddrum4 SE module, it will default to the Palette mode, indicated by ‘PAL’ in the D .
- Page 17 YSTEM NDICATOR sound group the selected sound belongs. There are 10 sound groups (categories) in the ddrum4 SE module: Kick, Snare, Rim, Tom, Percussion, Cymbal, Hi-hat, Effects, Assorted and Dump. If you want to jump directly to another sound group, hold down the S...
- Page 18 T T T T O O O O R R R R I I I I N N N N G G G G Y Y Y Y O O O O U U U U R R R R K K K K I I I I T T T T As previously mentioned, all editing that you do while the ddrum4 SE is in the Palette mode is automat- ically stored.
- Page 19 A hi-fi system can be used and will probably sound quite good at low volume levels. There is however a risk that the ddrum4 SE could cause serious damage to a hi-fi system, so we do not recommend using one.
- Page 20 6. Panel reference: System functions ddrum4 SE V1.5x 6. P 6. P 6. P 6. P A A A A N N N N E E E E L L L L R R R R E E E E F F F F E E E E R R R R E E E E N N N N C C C C E E E E...
- Page 21 10 on the ddrum4 SE module to work as intended. When you’re using a ddrum Hi-hat for the first time, and select the ‘HHt’ trigger type, the ddrum4 SE module needs to be calibrated to the Hi-hat. While in Trig Input mode (in the System menu) for channel 10, loosen the clutch from the hi-hat rod, let the clutch slide all the way down and then hold Shift and press Exit.
- Page 22 6. Panel reference: System functions ddrum4 SE V1.5x D D D D Y Y Y Y N N N N This function lets you adjust the dynamics response curve for each channel. The number indicates one of the dynamic response curves. The default value is 0, which is a linear type of curve. By turning the...
- Page 23 SE V1.5x 6. Panel reference: System functions Values: OFF, 1.00 - 2.00. O O O O B B B B U U U U T T T T Here you can assign and set the panning of a channel to the outputs B3, B4, B5 and B6.You could con- sider this function a pan control between four outputs rather than the normal two.
- Page 24 EADPHONES and is transmitted and received as MIDI CC#7. Change the MIDI Volume with the R OTARY Note! When you restart the ddrum4 SE module, the MIDI Volume will default to ‘127’ (max volume). Values: 0 - 127 Page 22...
- Page 25 To hear yourself playing, make sure that the sequencer or computer is echoing the MIDI notes back to the MIDI input on the ddrum4 SE. If local is switched on, this could cause double trigging and flam- ming when the MIDI notes arrive back at the MIDI I jack and trigger the sounds again.
- Page 26 D D D D Here is where you can initiate a MIDI System Exclusive dump to store the settings of the ddrum4 SE to a sequencer or a computer. The first option is dumping all of the system settings (AL). ‘Sy’ is the System functions, ‘PA’...
- Page 27 O O O O U U U U N N N N D D D D No matter if the ddrum4 SE is in Palette mode or in Kit mode, this is where and how you select a sound for a particular channel. Any sound in the ddrum4 SE can be assigned to any of the ten sound channels.
- Page 28 6. Panel reference: Sound functions ddrum4 SE V1.5x sound will automatically mute the previously played hit. This could be useful especially for long de- caying sounds. Please refer to page 31 for more info on loading MIDI Sample Dump sounds.
- Page 29 After such an operation, you would need to reload the ddrum4 SE with sounds in order to be able to use it again. We have made it a bit difficult to erase the memory but please read the following paragraphs before you start to experiment with these functions.
- Page 30 This information could be useful if you are planning to delete sounds to be able to load new sounds into your ddrum4 SE. One Block is very close to a kilobyte. If, e.g. you have a sound in a computer that is 34,2 kilobytes in size, you will need 35 Blocks of free space in the ddrum4 SE.
- Page 31 6. Panel reference: Shift functions dure. There are 8128 Blocks in the original ddrum4 SE sound memory. Any number of blocks above 999 is indicated by a digit, a dot and two more digits. If e.g. 1280 blocks would become free, this is indicated as 1.28 in the D...
- Page 32 HIFT ELETE by pressing E While the ddrum4 SE is clearing up its sound memory, the D will count down as the Blocks are ISPLAY deleted. This operation will take a while, depending on the size and location of the sounds that are re- moved.
- Page 33 O O O O U U U U N N N N D D D D F F F F O O O O R R R R M M M M A A A A T T T T S S S S A A A A N N N N D D D D The sounds in the ddrum4 SE reside in a memory that is technically called a Flash ROM. This means that besides storing sounds, you can delete sounds that you do not want and replace them with new ones.
- Page 34 If you have the sounds on your computer hard disk, you need to check their size to see if they fit in the ddrum4 SE sound memory. If you have a PC, just look in the directory to see the size of each sound file.
- Page 35 SE. The factory kits, F.27 - 99 use MIDI Program Change numbers 26 to 98. MIDI Program Change 99 is used to turn the ddrum4 SE to the default Palette mode, the default mode when you turn on the ddrum4 SE.
- Page 36 7. Sound formats and MIDI: MIDI Implementation Chart ddrum4 SE V1.5x MIDI MIDI I I I I MIDI MIDI C C C C M M M M P P P P L L L L E E E E M M M M E E E E N N N N T T T T A A A A T T T T I I I I O O O O N N N N...
- Page 37 Phillips, Dennis Chambers, Kenny Aronoff and Mel Gaynor. It’s their drums, their choice of heads, their custom tunings etc., exclusively recorded by these drummers for the ddrum4 SE sound library! If you like you can download more of their sounds at www.clavia.se and from the enclosed CD-ROM! The two letters to the right of the sound number in the KICK, SNARE, TOM, CYMBAL and HI-HAT groups below indicate which drummer the sounds originate from: The ‘SP’...
- Page 38 8. Appendix: ddrum4 SE sound library ddrum4 SE V1.5x Sound No. & Name Samples Variations Description PERC_002 Bamboostix PERC_003 Bell mute PERC_004 Bellbright PERC_005 Cabasa PERC_006 Cascara PERC_007 Castanjet PERC_008 Claves PERC_009 CrackBell PERC_010 DDRtriangl PERC_011 Duckshells PERC_012 Earthdrum1 PERC_013 Earthdrum2...
- Page 39 SE V1.5x 8. Appendix: ddrum4 SE sound library Sound No. & Name Samples Variations Description PERC_047 Tempelbl PERC_048 Timbalelrg PERC_049 Timbalesma PERC_050 Triangle PERC_051 UFsmbell PERC_052 Woodblock PERC_053 Guiro.1 PERC_054 Guiro.3 PERC_056 Bongos 2 samp PERC_060 Timpany F1 2samp...