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  • 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 CRASH RIDE HI-HAT TOM1 TOM2 SOUND MODULE TOM3 SNARE HI-HAT PEDAL KICK PEDAL CONTROL Connecting drum pads Before connecting the drum cables, make sure that the power supply is switched OFF. 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.
  • Page 5 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 6: 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 specific sounds that create side stick and rim shot.

  • Page 7: Function Buttons

    Function buttons 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, press ② STOP again to play the selected file. RECORD Press this button once to select which recording file to overwrite. ③...

  • Page 8: Rear Panel

    ⑩ VOLUME Main Output and Headphone master volume adjustment ⑪ TRIGGER Enter into Trigger parameter settings ⑫ VOICE Enter into Voice, User drum kit builder settings ⑬ CLICK Enter into metronome settings ⑭ SONG Enter into demo song settings ⑮ EXIT Exit the current operation and return to kit selection ⑯...

  • Page 9: Bottom Panel

    AUX IN For connecting an audio device (computer/phone/mp3 player) for music and audio playback. EXT CYMBAL Connect to CRASH2 extension pack (sold separately) EXT TOM Connect to TOM4 extension pack (sold separately) 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 10: 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”) stereo headphone sockets, both sockets can be used simultaneously to hear the sound from the module.
  • Page 11 *note: It is advised to use an electronic drum amplifier to get the best possible sound. The CSD25M has been designed to work perfectly with the Carlsbro EDA series of drum amplifiers. Contact your Local Carlsbro retailer or distributor for further information and availability on these products.
  • Page 12 5. Your computer will now identify the sound module as a device drive. 6. Download the software update from carlsbro.com/support 7. Update files are identified as “EDRUMH**_CSD25M.bin” (H** = software version number). 8. Copy the .bin file and paste it to the device drive folder. 
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  • Page 13: Playing Songs

    Removing the drum backing from songs (DRUM OFF) The CSD25M allows you to quickly remove the drum sounds from the built in songs, to allow you to play along. To do so, press the DRUM OFF button. When this button is lit, the drums will be removed from the backing track.

  • Page 14: Using The Metronome

    (counting voice). Recording The CSD25M has a built in recording function, to allow you to quickly record and save your drum beats and musical ideas. The built in recorder allows you to save 3 separate recordings 1. Press the RECORD START/STOP button, the screen will flash rc? 2.

  • Page 15: Basic Adjustment

    Building your own drum kits The CSD25M has 10 User defined drum kit slots, you can choose the sounds that you hear on every single 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 16 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 17: Trigger Settings

    Trigger settings The CSD25M has adjustable settings for each pad trigger. The adjustments made here will affect how each individual pad reacts. These settings are 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 18: Pad Sensitivity

    Hi-Hat control type selection Press the TRIGGER button a fifth time to enter the HI-HAT control type selection HH?. The CSD25M allows you to upgrade your Hi-Hat control to a hardware Hi-Hat stand (available separately). HH1 - Included Hi-Hat control pedal.

  • Page 19: Local Control

    Bass drum control type selection Press the TRIGGER button a sixth time to enter the bass drum control type selection bd?. The CSD25M allows you to upgrade your control pedal to a hardware bass pad (available separately). bd1 - Setting for included kick control pedal.
  • Page 20 Expanding your CSD25M The CSD25M allows for the following pads and upgrade packs to be added to your drum set: Carlsbro TOM4 8” single zone mesh tom pad with accessories: CSDPK-T8MP Carslbro CRASH2 10” single zone cymbal pad w/choke with accessories: CSDPK-C10B Carlsbro 10”...
  • Page 21 Using the CSD25M module as a MIDI audio source Connect with a computer via USB. A MIDI interface, keyboard or sequencer device also connected via this computer, can send MIDI data to the Module. The Module will receive a MIDI output signal from the computer, and replay the MIDI data with the sounds from the selected DRUM KIT 001-U10.
  • Page 22 　 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 23: Troubleshooting

    Trouble shooting Problem Reason or solution No sound from 1. Make sure the volume control is set correctly and turn the headphones volume control clockwise to its full position.
 
 2. Check that the headphones are connected to one of the 3.5mm 1/8”...
  • Page 24 Sound module specifications 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. 1000 notes 20 factory demo songs Tempo function: Tempo tones: 4 Tempo range: 30-250BPM...

  • Page 25: Drum Kit List

    Drum kit list Name Name KIT01 ROCK KIT17 BRUSH KIT02 FUNK/POP KIT18 ELE1 KIT03 JAZZ KIT19 ELE2 KIT04 LATIN KIT20 COUNTRY KIT05 DANCE KIT21 ORCH KIT06 POP1 KIT22 PERCUSSION KIT07 POP2 KIT23 USER01 KIT08 POP3 KIT24 USER02 KIT09 HARD ROCK KIT25 USER03 KIT10...
  • Page 26 14 KICK14 SNARE14 CLHIHAT14 TOMM7 CRSH14 COWBELL2 15 KICK15 SNARE15 CLHIHAT15 TOMM8 CRSH15 COWBELL3 16 KICK16 SNARE16 CLHIHAT16 TOML1 CRSH16 COWBELL4 17 KICK17 SNARE17 PDLHHT01 TOML2 CRSH17 ECOWBELL1 18 KICK18 SNARE18 PDLHHT02 TOML3 CRSH18 ECOWBELL2 19 KICK19 SNARE19 PDLHHT03 TOML4 CRSH19 VSLAP 20 KICK20...
  • Page 27 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 HOPNHHT04 BLTREE 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 HOPNHHT05 CSTNTS1 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 HOPNHHT06 CSTNTS2 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 HOPNHHT07 SURDO_M 　...
  • Page 28 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 VOCAL1 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 VOCAL2 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 VOCAL3 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　...
  • Page 29 49－C#3 Crash Cymbal 1 CRSH11 50－D3 High Tom TOMH2 51－D#3 Ride Cymbal 1 RIDE5 52－E3 Chinese Cymbal CRSH20 53－F3 Ride Bell RDBELL4 54－F#3 Tambourine TAMBRINE 55－G3 Splash Cymbal CRSH18 56－G#3 Cowbell COWBELL1 57－A3 Crash Cymbal 2 CRASH12 58－A#3 Vibraslap VSLP1 59－B3 Ride Cymbal 2 RIDE8...

  • Page 30: Demo Song List

    83－B5 Jingle Bell JNGLBL 84－C6 Bell Tree BLTREE 85－C#6 Castanets CSTNTS1 86－D6 Mute Surdo SURDO_M 87－D#6 Open Surdo SURDO_O 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...
  • Page 31 SERIAL NUMBER...
  • Page 32 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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