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- Page 1 The first name in electronic drums. electrOnic Drum Kit Owner’s manual www.simmonsdrums.net www.SimmonsDrums.net...
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Page 2: Safety Instructions
Owner’s manual safety instructions The lighTning flash wiTh arrowhead symbol wiThin an equilaTeral Triangle is inTended To alerT The user To The presence of uninsulaTed dangerous volTage wiThin The producT s enclosure ThaT may be of sufficienT magniTude To consTiTuTe a risk of elecTric shock To persons. The eXclamaTion poinT wiThin an equilaTeral Triangle is inTended To alerT The user To The presence of imporTanT operaTing and mainTenance(servicing) insTrucTions in The liTeraTure accompanying The producT. -
Page 3: Caring For Your Sd1000 Electronic Drum
Power supply • Turn the power switch OFF when the sD1000 is not in use. • The AC adapter should be unplugged from the AC outlet if the sD1000 is not to be used for an extended period of time. -
Page 4: Assembled Kit
Owner’s manual ASSEMBLED KIT The first name in electronic drums. -
Page 5: Table Of Contents
Renaming a Kit carIng for your SD1000 electronIc Drum ............ -
Page 6: Features
3 x S1000PAD9S Single Zone 9” Tom Pad 1 x Multi-pin Cable Harness with 10 Inputs for SD1000 Sound Module NOTE: S1000 series pads are not compatible with older Simmons sound modules - SD5K, SD5X, SD7K, SD7PK, and SD9K. The first name in electronic drums. -
Page 7: Modules And Pads
Kick Pad The sD1000 kit includes 8 Pad Triggers and 1 pedal controller*. You can expand the total amount of trigger inputs to 10 by adding optional drum or cymbal pads. These are connected via the extra inputs on the side panel of the sD1000 sound module. -
Page 8: Ac Adapter
L /MONO Headphones You can connect a standard pair of headphones the sD1000 sound module to listen to your electronic drum set without disturbing others. Connect the headphones to the headphone jack located on the front panel of the drum module. Adjust the volume to a comfortable level to avoid damaging your hearing. -
Page 9: Auxiliary/Aux Input
OUTPUT L /MONO auxiliary/auX input This input allows you to mix external audio along with the sD1000 sound module’s internal sounds. 1. Plug the audio output of MP3 player, or other audio source into the AUX IN jack on the rear panel using a stereo 1/8”... -
Page 10: Top Panel Layout
Owner’s manual drum module operation top Panel MASTER AUX IN POWER PAGE SONG DEMO SAVE / ENTER EXIT UTILITY TEMPO KICK CARD HI-HAT SNARE HI-HAT QUICK TOM 1 CONTROL PART RIDE TOM 2 MUTE PLAY/ CRASH 1 TOM 3 MENU STOP CRASH 2 TOM 4... -
Page 11: Front Panel
Port 9V-500mA SD CARD AUX IN OUTPUT L/MONO Used for connecting the SD1000 module to a computer. aux input stereo 1/8” Jack To connect output from CD or MP3 players to the module. Outputs Stereo audio outputs to connect to external audio sources. -
Page 12: Bottom Panel
Owner’s manual drum module operation Bottom Panel multi-Pin connection Jack For the Pad Trigger cables lcD layout current Kit index main Display Used to display the current kit or Song name as well as various menus. In all menus the current selected field are highlighted. -
Page 13: Quick Start Operations
Quick start operations turning the Power On START UP SCREEN will show a moving display from left to right – “SIMMONS SD1000” 1. Connect the DC9V power adapter to the drum module. 2. Press the [POwer] on the top panel. -
Page 14: Playing Song Demos
Playing song Demos The demo songs help to show you the capabilities and sounds of the sD1000 sound module. There are two demos in the module. The first demo song is an extended drum solo that switches between various kits in the SD1000 sound module. The second demo song plays a long song that has several patterns combined to show the different genres of music that SD1000 sound module can play. -
Page 15: Muting The Drum Part
www.simmonsdrums.net Quick start operations muting the Drum Part 1. While a Song is playing press the [Part mute] button to enter the Mute function. 2. Press the [Part mute] button to enter the Mute function. The first part (drums) should now be muted while the rest of the song is playing. -
Page 16: Advanced Operations
Owner’s manual Advanced Operations editing a Kit The drum kits of the sD1000 sound module can be modified from the factory presets. See the steps below on how to make changes and parameters for each pad input. 1. Strike a drum pad or press the corresponding Drum Pad button on the module. - Page 17 www.simmonsdrums.net Advanced Operations Parameter explain Pararameter range [-/+] Grp* Pad voice group (See Sound Organization) Voice index/ Voc* 1 ~ 674 (See detail below) HH combi group index Volume Volume 0 ~ 32 L8~R8/Center Pitch Pitch -8 ~ +8 Decay Decay 0 ~ -5 RvbLevel...
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Page 18: Pad Patterns
Owner’s manual Advanced Operations Pad Patterns You can also set a pad to start playing a Song pattern when it is struck. 1. Strike a drum pad or press the corresponding Drum Pad button on the module. 2. Press the [Kit] button. 3. -
Page 19: Exchanging The Kit Order
www.simmonsdrums.net Advanced Operations *Definitions of terms: Patterns: You can play up 7 patterns on your drum pads (Hit or Tap types) simultaneously. Grp Sng: All the Songs (including Preset Songs, User Songs) can be selected for pad pattern; Use the DIAL or press the [-]/[+] button to select a song you like; when another song group is selected, the menu ”Grp:”will refresh simultaneously. -
Page 20: Renaming A Kit
Owner’s manual Advanced Operations renaming a Kit 1. Select a User Kit. 2. Press the [menu] button, then press the [+] button until the menu display shows “RENAME”. 3. Press the [saVe/enter] button to enter the rename function. example: renaming a Kit 1. -
Page 21: Mixer
This will be specified as a location on the menu as you page to that location. NOTE: When saving Kits to a SD Card the SD1000 sound module will save it to an internal memory location at the same time if the SD card fails to write the file to the card. - Page 22 Card MIDI volume 0 ~ 32 Song mode The sD1000 sound module comes with built-in songs, which split between Preset (Internal) and User (internal and card memory) Songs. The Song functions are controlled by a MIDI sequencer, which organizes music into seven parts.
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Page 23: Editing Songs
www.simmonsdrums.net Advanced Operations Pattern Loop This plays the Song repeatly until the STOP button is pressed 1 SHOT This plays the Song one time and then stops Percussion Loop This is a Song with just the Percussion part that plays repeatedly This plays a short musical phrase one time This plays a step of a musical phrase each time you play a pad USeR... -
Page 24: Song Part Settings
Owner’s manual Advanced Operations mode 1. Each Song has its own mode as default. 2. If current song is the type of Loop/1Shot, the parameter can be changed and the modification takes effect in real time. If current song is the type of TAP/HIT, the parameter cannot be changed. - Page 25 www.simmonsdrums.net Advanced Operations 3. Press the [PaGe –/+] buttons to select the parameter you want to edit. 4. Press [–/+] buttons or the [Value Dial] to adjust settings of the parameters. Parameter Brief explain range 1-109 (include GM K IT) 1-99 (if progr ammed Kit Number applied Kit Set...
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Page 26: Erasing Parts In A Song
Owner’s manual Advanced Operations Parameter Brief explain range Default Voice applied for part1 ~ Voc* detailed instructions below part 5 Volume Part volume 0 ~ 32 Reverb Part reverb 0 ~ 32 Part pan L8 ~ Center ~ R 8 Center *parameter Definitions VOC: Each preset song has its default voice. -
Page 27: Saving A Song
Advanced Operations saving a song The sD1000 sound module allows you to edit preset songs and save them to user song memory locations. You can also save user songs to SD card memory locations. 1. Select the [Preset] or [user] song to edit and save. -
Page 28: Recording A New Song
Owner’s manual Advanced Operations muting parts of a Song on a SD card 1. When browsing the SD card, press and hold [menu] button, then press [Part mute] to select the settings of the mute option. You can select any of the 16 channels to be muted when the part mute function is enabled. - Page 29 2. On the MIDI keyboard set the MIDI transmit channel 12-16 would be recorded to corresponding part. To select the sound that you are recording you will need to send a Program Change to the SD1000 sound module. See the Voice list in the appendix section for the corresponding MIDI program changes.
- Page 30 Owner’s manual Advanced Operations Definition of recording parameters Part There are 7 sequencer Parts for the module. Drums and Percussion are the first 2 parts. The accompaniment parts (1-5 must be recorded from an external MIDI device such as a keyboard or via USB on computer. These use MIDI channels 12-15). Mode/Recording Mode This refers to how the sequencer will record the note information.
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Page 31: Utility Mode
www.simmonsdrums.net Advanced Operations clickvol: The volume of the click sound. time Signature / timeSig: You can specify the time signature of the click sound. When the beats per measure is set to “0,” no accent will be added to the first beat. The metronome click sound then plays at a fixed volume. - Page 32 Owner’s manual Advanced Operations parameter Definitions Sensitivity This adjusts the sensitivity of the pad trigger to regulate the pad response. Higher settings result in higher sensitivity, so that the pad will produce a loud volume even when struck softly. You can also adjust the sensitivity of the splash in SPLASH SENSITIVITY. Threshold This setting allows a trigger signal to be received only when the pad is struck harder than a specified force.
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Page 33: Effects Settings
Advanced Operations effects settings The sD1000 sound module has built-in Reverb and 4 Band EQ effects, which are adjustable in the Utility Effects setup. The available parameters are available below. item explain Pararameters Default reverb Master reverb switch OFF/ON... -
Page 34: Midi Settings
The sD1000 sound module is a MIDI and USB MIDI compatible device. You can connect SD1000 sound module to other MIDI devices via standard MIDI cables or to your PC via a USB cable. For use with MIDI devices you may want to set the module to use these settings. -
Page 35: Using An Sd Card
The sD1000 sound module can use a standard Smartmedia™ Card for backing up and storing Song and Kit information that can be read directly from the card. The SD1000 sound module can support the following files- .MID, *.KIT,*.SNG, *.SET files on a SD card. -
Page 36: Loading A Midi From On An Sd Card
Owner’s manual Advanced Operations loading a miDi File from an sD card You can load a MIDI file to be a user song, or load back the setting of the KITs (*.KIT), all user songs (*.SNG), or your global setting (*.SET). -
Page 37: Deleting Files
Please make sure that you have backed up all the important information in the card before this operation. The SD1000 sound module supports Windows FAT16 and FAT32 disk formats only, some SD cards with small capacity (under 32M) may be using FAT12, in this case, the card would be formatted into FAT16. -
Page 38: Formatting The Sd Card
The file system of card is not supported Save all One convenient feature of the sD1000 is the ability to save and backup all your settings in the module to a SD card. See the list below for all the settings that can be saved to SD card. -
Page 39: Voice List
www.simmonsdrums.net appendix Voice list Voices Voices Voices Voices BasicKick NaturalKick JazzDynKick StadiumKick ShaftKick NaturalKick2 DynKick1 VintageKick JazzKick1 HollowKick DynKick2 BigSimnsClap JazzKick2 BoomKick DynKick3 BrushSnareRS Jazzkick3 BoomKick2 VariKick DynBrushSnar JazzKick4 BoomKick3 DynoKick Blastix PillowKick LowTiteKick AtomicKick BlastixRS RoundKick OvalKick BodyKick DynSnare RoundKick2 BangKick DynGateKick... - Page 40 Owner’s manual appendix Voice list Voices Voices Voices Voices DeepBrassSNR MetalSnareRS FunkRockTm1 BrushCrshCym DeepBrassRS MetalSnare FunkRockTm2 18 SV-Crash DeepBrassCS StadiumSRS FunkRockTm3 16 SV-Crash ShBrassSNR StadiumSCS CollectorTm1 20 ZRdBell1 ShBrassCS StadiumSNR CollectorTm2 20 ZRdBow1 ShBrassRS VintageSNRCS CollectorTm3 20 ZVRdedg1 VintageSNRRS RecordingTm1 20 ZRdBell2 ShWoodSNR VintageSnare...
- Page 41 www.simmonsdrums.net appendix Voice list Voices Voices Voices Voices electMtalSNR JungleSnare2 08RimShot FunkyKick Soft09Snare 08ShortSnare 08Tom1 ShotKick WetSnare MetalSnare2 08Tom2 NoiseKick 80'sMachSNR ThudSnare 09Tom1 Backwardkick TRSnare ThrashSnare 09Crash1 MetallicKik DiscoSnare SmackitSnare 09Crash2 BassKick ClapSnare elecSmakSNR 09ClosedHat BlipKick NaturalSNR HipHopSnare2 09OpenHat ShortyKick WackoSNR HipHopSnare3 09Tom2...
- Page 42 Owner’s manual appendix Voice list Voices Voices Voices Voices ScratchSNR2 SDSTom1 Cowbell1 Tabla2 CrunchSNR2 SDSTom2 Cowbell2 Tabla3 SDS1Kick SDSTom3 Cowbell3 Tabla4 SDS5VKick SDSTom4 Cowbell4 Tabla5 SDSVKick1 SDSTom5 Cxxeke Tabla6 SDSVKick2 SDSTom6 Djembe1 Tabla7 SDSVKick3 SDSBend Djembe2 Tabla8 SDSVKick4 SDSClap DrumStick1 Tabla9 SDSKick1 SDSClap2...
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Page 43: Kit List
Africa HeavyMetal TightFunk Scratch IT! ClassicJazz SoftRock House SessionFunk VintReggae Latin-Perc Train Beat R'nBClassic Brass Snare BluesSet 90'sRock Simmons Orig Hard Funk Rock'N Roll Shredder RhythmNBlues ModernMetal Tablathon Bubinga WarmReggae Orchestra Funkster electricFunk Nashville 80'sRock MetalHead The first name in electronic drums. -
Page 44: Song List
Owner’s manual appendix song list style Genre style Genre Bonz Beat Rock Latin Rock ROCK Alt Rock ROCK Fusion Rock ROCK Train Groove ROCK Flashback ROCK Headbanger ROCK Lite Ballad ROCK Nice & Funky FUNK Funky Beat ROCK Metal Head ROCK Punkster ROCK... - Page 45 www.simmonsdrums.net appendix song list style Genre style Genre HonkeyTonk COUNTRY 3/4 Feel Percussion Loop Discotech TeCHNO Bossa Percussion Loop Groovin Africa Percussion Loop Funky Africa WORLD Latin 1 Percussion Loop Funky Fusion FUNK Latin 2 Percussion Loop Pop Ballad ROCK Latin 3 Percussion Loop FunkItUp...
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Page 46: Demo List
Owner’s manual appendix Demo list Demo Songs Drum Solos Song Demos ascii character list & Pad miDi note assignments Pad # trigger # name miDi note Pad # trigger # name miDi note KICK RIDe BeLL SNARe CRASH 1 CRASH 1 R SNARe R CRASH 2 TOM1... -
Page 47: Midi Implementation Charts
www.simmonsdrums.net owner’s manual apendix miDi implementation chart MIDI Implementation Chart 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇... -
Page 48: Index
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