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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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).
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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.
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...
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...
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.
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*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.
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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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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.
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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 ...
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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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...
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...
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