Editing Voice & Accompaniment Parameters - Pearl Red Box RBM 20 Owner's Manual

Instrument changes within or between the BASS and SYN BASS
Categories may sometimes be desirable – the bass will have a different
tone or quality while the bass line itself (the notes you hear) remains
the same. However, if you edit the Instruments in the FX or HIT GROUPS
Categories, it may dramatically change the way a Sequence sounds if
it uses that Kit.
In this case, we recommend muting that Layer of that Kit's
Accompaniment (see EDITING VOICE & ACCOMPANIMENT
PARAMETERS for more information) or muting the Accompaniment
altogether by pressing MUTE ACCOMP.
EDITING VOICE & ACCOMPANIMENT PARAMETERS
While editing your Kits by changing the Instruments in a
drum Voice or the Accompaniment, you can also edit
various parameters that affect each Layer and, therefore,
the Instrument on that Layer. You can do this for the drum
Voices or the Accompaniment, though some parameters
below may only be editable for one of these.
1. Press KIT SELECT to go to the Main Screen.
2. Press DRUM/LAYER to edit drum Voice parameters or EDIT
ACCOMP to edit Accompaniment parameters. The top of
the screen will show the number and name of the Kit
whose Instruments (drum Voices or Accompaniment) you
will be editing.
3. Select INST (F1). The new screen will show:
a. the trigger Voice you are editing (the Kit number
and name of the Voice will be shown). If you are
editing the Accompaniment, this will read "Accomp."
b. the Layer (each trigger sound or Accompaniment
track consists of two Layers, each with its own
Instrument)
c. the Category (the type or "class" of drum sound or
Accompaniment currently assigned to that Layer)
d. the Instrument (the drum or Accompaniment sound
for that Layer)
4. If you are editing a Voice, select the Voice whose Instrument you want to change by pressing
PAD ID then striking the desired trigger. Alternatively, you can highlight the Voice (next to the Kit
number) using the CURSOR UP / DOWN buttons to highlight it and use the DEC- / INC+ buttons
or VALUE / TEMPO DIAL to change it. (This step is not necessary when editing Accompaniment.)
Note: You can also change the current Voice in this fashion in any of the subsequent menus. You
can also toggle between Layers by pressing DRUM/LAYER whenever the "Layer: A B" selector is
shown on the upper right corner of the LCD.
5. Select any of the options at the bottom of the LCD using the F-BUTTONS.
Use CURSOR UP / DOWN to move through the menu items and DEC- / INC+ or the VALUE /
TEMPO DIAL to adjust the settings.
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Note:
The RBM-20 will retain
any changes you make to
Instruments or parameters
as you move between the
various kits.