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  • Page 1 CSD45M...
  • Page 2 Congratulations! Thank you for purchasing this Carlsbro digital drum set. This drum set has been developed to act and play like an acoustic drum set but with greater ease and much lower volume. Before you use the instrument, we recommend that you take the time to carefully read through this user guide, to familiarise yourself with the controls and get the best out of your new drum set.

  • Page 3: Drum Kit Assembly

    Drum kit assembly 1. Open the drum frame as illustrated. *note: for left handed assembly, open the frame legs backwards, so the snare arm is to the right hand side. 2. Once your frame is in position, slightly tighten the frame bolts with your supplied drum key, to reduce movement.
  • Page 4 Hi-hat assembly 1. Unscrew the round and crescent metal parts in the Hi-hat support head. Crescent metal parts Round metal parts 2. Rotate the crescent and round metal parts after stepping on the support head through the positioning hole. Hi-hat stand assembly 1.
  • Page 5 Bass drum assembly 1. The bass drum tower stand is made from 3 parts.
Connect the larger plates together using the central 
connecting bracket found in the bass pad box.
 The bracket is held in place with 2 drum bolts, fit
 and tighten these with your supplied drum tool.
  • Page 6 CRASH CRASH 2 RIDE TOM 1 TOM 2 SOUND MODULE Hi-Hat control TOM 3 SNARE KICK Connecting the drum pads Before connecting the drum cables, make sure that the power switch is set to the OFF position. Connect the wiring loom main plug to the drum signal input port on the underside of the module. Fasten tightly with the 2 locating screws on the plug (these will screw in around 4 full turns).
  • Page 7 Positioning your pads Once your drum set is assembled, you can further adjust the positioning of the frame and pads to suit you. The drum set should be comfortable and all pads should be easy to reach without over stretching. 1.

  • Page 8: Playing The Pads

    Playing the pads Similar to an acoustic drum set, this digital drum set responds to various playing techniques, dynamics and velocity. With some voices changing tone depending on the strength of the strike. 1. The Mesh snare pad has 2 sensor zones: main pad and pad rim. On selected voices the rim can have 2 velocity specfic sounds that create a side stick (soft) and also a rim shot (hard).
  • Page 9 Commander 25 Sound module Name Description EFFECT ON/OFF When illuminated, the Reverb effect is on. PLAYBACK START/ Press this button once to select the file you wish to listen to, ② STOP press again to play the selected file. RECORD Press this button once to select which recording file to overwrite.

  • Page 10: Rear Panel

    VOLUME Main Output and Headphone master volume adjustment ⑩ TRIGGER Enter into Trigger parameter settings ⑪ VOICE Enter into Voice, User drum kit builder settings ⑫ CLICK Enter into metronome settings ⑬ SONG Enter into demo song settings ⑭ EXIT Exit the current operation and return to kit selection ⑮...

  • Page 11: Bottom Panel

    For connecting an audio device (computer/phone/mp3 player) AUX IN for music and audio playback. Connect to CRASH 2 cymbal pad (cable included) EXT CYMBAL Connect to TOM4 extension pack (sold separately) EXT TOM USB OUTPUT Connect to computer for MIDI and Audio data transfer UPDATE Connect to computer for software upgrades and updates Power adaptor port: 12V 1A...

  • Page 12: Connect To Mains Power

    Connect to mains power 1. Check your AC Adaptor is correct for your countries mains voltage and socket type. 2. Make sure the drum pads, cymbals and pedals are connected correctly. 3. Turn the VOLUME control to minimum. 4. Slide the power switch on the rear panel to the ON position. Connect to headphones Connect your headphones to one of the two 3.5mm (1/8? ster eo headphone sockets, both sockets can be used simultaneously to hear the sound from the module.
  • Page 13 *note: It is advised to use an electr onic drum ampli f er to get the best possible sound. The CSD45M has been designed to work perfectly with the Carlsbro EDA series of drum amplifers. Contact your Local Carlsbro retailer or distributor for further information and availability on these products.
  • Page 14 5. Your computer will now identify the sound module as a device drive. 6. Download the software update from carlsbro.com/support 7. Update f les are identi f ed as ?5M_B_35M_T**.bin?(T** = software version number). 8. Copy the .bin file and paste it to the device drive folder. 
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  • Page 15 Basic operation Selecting a drum kit The Commander 25 has 22 preset drum kits: 001-022 and 10 user defned drum kits: U01-U10. Press the KIT- or KIT+ buttons to quickly change drum kit, the LED display shows the currently selected drum kit. You can also use the Adjust wheel to quickly cycle though kits. Playing songs 1.

  • Page 16: Using The Metronome

    Using the metronome Press the CLICK START/STOP button, The metronome will start, you will hear a click and also see the CLICK START/STOP button fash to indicate the timing. A red light indicates the f rst beat of the bar and green lights show the following beats. Press the CLICK settings button to scroll through the metronome settings: 1.

  • Page 17: Basic Adjustment

    Building your own drum kits The Commander 25 has 10 User de f ned drum kit slots, you can choose the sounds that you hear on each and every pad, to create your own personalised selection of drum kits. Pick from any of the 320 drum and percussion sounds, select which pad to add the sound to.
  • Page 18 3. Press the VOICE button again to adjust the stereo panning of the voice P-8-P+8. 0 is the central position, negative negative values shift the voice to the left side of the stereo field, Positive numbers shift the voice to the right of the stereo field. 4.
  • Page 19 Trigger settings The Commander 25 has adjustable settings for each pad trigger. The adjustments made here will affect how each individual pad re acts. These settings ar e navigated similarly to the VOICE settings above. Pad Curve Press the TRIGGER button to enter trigger settings, the screen will first display pad curve CU? Pad curve adjusts the ratio between strike velocity (the strength of your strike) and voice volume.

  • Page 20: Pad Sensitivity

    Pad sensitivity Press the TRIGGER button a third time to enter the sensitivity adjustment S??. Higher sensitivity value allows the pad to produce a louder volume when played softer. Lower sensitivity value allows the pad to produce a quieter volume when played harder. Strike the pad you wish to adjust, use adjustment wheel to change value and press SAVE TWICE to store.

  • Page 21: Local Control

    Bass drum control type selection Press the TRIGGER button a sixth time to enter the bass drum control type selection bd?. The Commander 25 allows you to change your Bass drum pad and beater to a noise reducing switch control pedal (available separately). bd1 - Setting for kick switch control pedal.
  • Page 22 Expanding your CSD45M The CSD45M allows for the following pads and upgrade packs to be added to your drum set: Carlsbro TOM4 8?dual zone mesh tom pad with accessories: CSDPK-T8MP Carlsbro upright mesh bass pad and tower stand: CSDPK-MBP Carslbro bass drum kick pedal with beater (used with CSDPK-MBP): CSDPK-PDL1 Carslbro hardware open/close hi-hat with accessories: CSDPK-OCHH2 All above expansion packs include all the required hardware and accessories.
  • Page 23 Using the Commander 25 as a MIDI audio source Connect with a computer via USB. A MIDI interface, keyboar d or sequencer device also connected via this computer, can send MIDI data to the Module. The Module will receive a MIDI output signal fr om the computer, and r eplay the MIDI data with the sounds fr om the selected DRUM KIT 001-U10.
  • Page 24 66 x SOSTENUTO PEDAL 　 ○ 67 x SOFT PEDAL 　 ○ 80 x REVERB PROGRAM 　 ○ 81 x CHORUS PROGRAM 　 ○ 91 x REVERB LEVEL 　 ○ 93 x CHORUS LEVEL 　 ○ 120 x ALL SOUND OFF 　...

  • Page 25: Troubleshooting

    Trouble shooting Problem Reason or solution No sound from headphones 1. Make sure the volume control is set correctly and turn the volume control clockwise to its full position.
 
 2. Check that the headphones are connected to one of the 3.5mm 1/8? headphone sockets without the use of any adaptors.
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  • Page 26 Sound module speci f cations Polyphony: 64 Display: 3-segment numeric LED Voice: 320 drum and percussion voices + 128 GM music tones Drum Kits: 22 factory-shipped DRUM KITS + 10 user defined DRUM KITS Sequencer: 3 Recording slots. Up to 1000 notes 20 Demo songs Tempo function: Tempo tones: 4...

  • Page 27: Voice List

    Voice list KICK SNARE HI-HAT CYMBAL PERCUSSION KICK01 SNARE01 CLHIHAT01 TOMH1 CRSH01 HI_Q KICK02 SNARE02 CLHIHAT02 TOMH2 CRSH02 SLAP KICK03 SNARE03 CLHIHAT03 TOMH3 CRSH03 SCRCH1 KICK04 SNARE04 CLHIHAT04 TOMH4 CRSH04 SCRCH2 KICK05 SNARE05 CLHIHAT05 TOMH5 CRSH05 STICK KICK06 SNARE06 CLHIHAT06 TOMH6 CRSH06 SQCLCK...
  • Page 28 ESNR1 OPNHHT05 RDBELL1 WHISTLE_L 　 　 　 　 ESNR2 OPNHHT06 RDBELL2 SGUIRO 　 　 　 　 ESNR3 OPNHHT07 RDBELL3 GUIRO_S 　 　 　 　 ESNR4 OPNHHT08 RDBELL4 GUIRO_L 　 　 　 　 ESNR5 OPNHHT09 RDBELL5 CLAVES 　 　 　 　 ESNR6 OPNHHT10 RDBELL6...
  • Page 29 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 SIGU 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 DONG1 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 DONG2 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　...
  • Page 30 35－B1 Acoustic Bass Drum KICK01 36－C2 Bass Drum 1 KICK06 37－C#2 Side Stick SNRIM1 38－D2 Acoustic Snare SNARE23 39－D#2 Hand Clap CLAP1 40－E2 Electric Snare SNARE02 41－F2 Low Floor Tom TOML3 42－F#2 Closed Hi Hat CLHIHAT01 43－G2 High Floor Tom TOML3 44－G#2 Pedal Hi-Hat...
  • Page 31 69－A4 Cabasa CABASA 70－A#4 Maracas MARACS 71－B4 Short Whistle WHISTLE_S 72－C5 Long Whistle WHISTLE_L 73－C#5 Short Guiro SGUIRO 74－D5 Long Guiro GUIRO_L 75－D#5 Claves CLAVES 76－E5 Hi Wood Block WBLK_H 77－F5 Low Wood Block WBLK_L 78－F#5 Mute Cuica CUICA_M 79－G5 Open Cuica CUICA_O1 80－G#5...

  • Page 32: Demo Song List

    Demo song list Name Meter Tempo DEMO 01 POP ROCK DEMO 02 FUNK DEMO 03 SHUFFLE DEMO 04 SHUFFLE DEMO 05 ROCKBLUES DEMO 06 ROCK DEMO 07 ROCK DEMO 08 DANCE DEMO 09 DEMO 10 DEMO 11 DEMO 12 DEMO 13 COUNTRY DEMO 14 COUNTRY...
  • Page 33 SCC Audio Ltd Unit 11, Torc: MK, Chippenham Drive, Kingston, Milton Keynes, MKlO OBZ, United Kingdom Tel-+44(0)1908 281072 Web: www.carlsbro.com Email: info@carlsbro.com...

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