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THE INSTRUMENTS
Getting to Know the RX15 Instruments
The RX15 instruments can be played in real-time
(without programming patterns or songs) by tapping on
the black instrument buttons.
Using either a pair of headphones plugged into the RX15
PHONES jack, or a sound system fed from the RX15 L
and R OUTPUT jacks, turn the RX15 ON and repeatedly
tap any of the black instrument buttons (RIMSHOT,
TOM1, TOM2, etc.) while gradually increasing the level of
the linear VOLUME control until you can hear the
instrument at a comfortable listening level.
A brief output pulse appears at the RX15 outputs when
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the power is initially turned on. To prevent this from
possibly damaging your speaker system, make sure
the master volume control of your sound system, or
the volume of the mixer channel to which the RX15 is
connected, is set to minimum before the RX15 is
turned ON. Better yet, turn the RX15 on first, then your
sound system.
You can now "play" all the instrument buttons to
become familiar with their sound. Note, however, than
one of the instrument buttons is marked
SHAKER/COWBELL, indicating that it controls both
instruments. In fact, several other instrument buttons
also have more than one function. The following chart
lists all the instruments available with the instrument
buttons:
INSTRUMENT Buttons
Dual-function buttons are marked with a star.
RX15 Instrument Chart
Instrument Button
RIMSHOT
S D
TOM 1
T O M 2
TOM 3
B D
HH OPEN
HH CLOSED
RIDE
CRASH
SHAKER/COWBELL
CLAPS
Instruments
Snare rimshot
Medium-tuned snare
High-tuned snare
10" deep-body tom-tom
12" deep-body tom-tom
14" floor tom-tom
Bass drum
Open Hi-Hat
Closed Hi-Hat
Pedalled Hi-Hat
Ride cymbal
Crash cymbal
Shaker
Cowbell
Hand claps
Selecting Instruments
First, enter the instrument select mode by holding down
the green FUNCTION button while pressing the white
INST button. The LCD panel will read "SELECT INST
MODE" indicating that the instrument mode is active.
Then press the black instrument button you wish to
switch. Only the dual-instrument buttons will have any
effect in this mode-SD, HH CLOSED, and
SHAKER/COWBELL.
If, in response to the "SELECT INST MODE" display the
SD instrument button is pressed, the LCD panel will read
"SELECT HI TUNE" .
This can be changed to "MEDIUM" by pressing the red
-1/NO button. Subsequent presses on the -1/NO
button will alternate between the high and medium tune
snare sounds. Once the desired snare has been
selected, exit the instrument mode by pressing the red
+1/YES button.
The same method of selection applies to all dual-
instrument buttons: the -1/NO button selects the
instrument, and the +1/YES button exits the instrument
mode.
The instrument mode can be exited immediately (without
making an instrument selection) by pressing the +1/YES
button.
Instrument Selection (EX: select MEDIUM
SD mode)
Dual-Instrument Limitations
While the shaker and cowbell sounds can both be used
in a programmed pattern or song, the sounds in other
dual-instrument buttons can not be used simultaneously.
E.g. the high-tune snare can not be used in the same
pattern with the medium-tune snare.
Although RIMSHOT and SD can be used together in the
same pattern, they can not be used on the same beat
(this is obviously also true in a live drum set). The same
applies to the HH OPEN and HH CLOSED sounds.
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