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  • Page 2: Power Supply

    Thank you for purchasing this digital drum. The drum has been developed to act and play like a drum set but with greater ease. Before you use the instrument, we recommend you to read through this manual. Taking Care of Your Digital Drum Your digital drum will give you years of playing pleasure if you follow the rules shown below: Location...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Setting up MIDI What is MIDI? Power Supply What you can do with MIDI Using Headphones Data Control Panel Specifications Drum Voice List Connecting the foot pedals 1 & 2 Drum Kit List Supplied Accessories Song List Playing the Demo Song MASTER VOLUME SONG VOLUME Play the Pads/Pedals...
  • Page 4: Power Supply

    Power Supply Your Digital Drum will run either from batteries or power adaptor. Follow the instructions below according to the power source you intend to use. Using an AC-Adaptor Connect the power adaptor to the DC IN jack located on the rear panel of the unit, and plug the AC power adaptor into an AC power outlet.
  • Page 5: Connecting The Foot Pedals 1

    BEAT SONG KITS PAD ASS. PEDAL 1 PEDAL 2 LEARNING RECORD DEMO TAP START METRONOME REVERB SONG TEMPO SUPER BASS PLAY/STOP POWER KITS START/STOP SONG ASSIGN VOLUME PHONES/ DC-12V PEDAL OUTPUT MIDI Front Panel REVERB POWER ON/OFF Connecting the Foot Pedals (1 & 2) DEMO MASTER VOLUME The supplied foot pedals can be connected to...
  • Page 6: Song Volume

    The Digital Drum comes with a demo song for showing you the possibilities of the drum. To playback the demo song, follow the instruction below: Turn on the power Turn the [POWER] switch ON. POWER The LED Display light up. DEMO Start the Demo Song Press the [DEMO] button, the demo song will start and the LEARNING...
  • Page 7: Pad Names

    Strike the pad with the supplied drum sticks to play the drum voices. Drum Kit "001" is auto- matically chosen whenever the power is turned on and the [KITS] button is pressed. Striking the pads with different forces results in relatively loud or soft sounds accordingly. Loudness of the sound may vary according to which part of the pad is struck.
  • Page 8: Assigning A Drum Kit To The Pads And Pedals

    Assigning a Drum Kit to the Pads and Pedals The Digital Drum allows you to choose from 20 different Drum Kits plus one custom kit(1 - 20: see "Drum Kit List " on page 17) quickly and easily. 20 of the kits have preset voice combinations that will be set to the pads and pedals when the kit is selected.
  • Page 9: Reverb On/Off

    Select a Pad/Pedal SONG KITS PAD ASS. Strike the Drum Pad that you want to assign once, for example, Drum Pad 7, the indicator on PAD 7 light up, the display show the current Percussion number. Select a Percussion You can select the voice by repeatedly striking the pad, repeatedly pressing the pedal (while listening to the voice) or by pressing the SONG KITS...
  • Page 10: Metronome On/Off

    METRONOME ON/OFF The Digital Drum's METRONOME feature produces a metronome METRONOME to make the tempo easier to follow and improve your timing while playing the pads. To hear the metronome vocal sound, press the [METRONOME] button once,to hear the click sound, press the [METRONOME] button twice.
  • Page 11: Selecting A Song

    The Digital Drum features 100 (00-99)different songs that can be used to provide accompaniment (see the "Song List" on page 18). Select one of the song and have a listen. Selecting a SONG SONG Press the [SONG] button SONG KITS PAD ASS.
  • Page 12: Adjusting The Tempo

    Adjusting the TEMPO The song tempo can be set anywhere from 40 to 240 beats per minute. As tempo numbers increase, the tempo will become faster. Set the Tempo Use the [TEMPO +] and [TEMPO -] to increase and decrease SONG KITS PAD ASS.
  • Page 13: Learn

    Tap Start Strike any pad or press any pedal four times, the accompaniment will start at the desired tempo. When the song start playback, the TAP START indicator will turn off. Stop the Song Playback START/STOP To stop playback, press the [START/STOP] button. LEARN The Digital Drum's Learning feature let drum beginners learn and play a song (00-99 from the song list) easily.
  • Page 14: Recording

    The Digital Drum's recording feature allows you to record and playback a song (1000 notes approximately). Data that can be recorded in the recording mode. Drum pad and pedal data. Song data (the number cannot be changed while in the RECORD mode).
  • Page 15: What Is Midi

    The MIDI IN and MIDI OUT terminals, located on the rear panel of the unit, offer broadened musical possibilities through use of MIDI. The following shows the description of MIDI and How can you use MIDI with the Digital Drum. What is MIDI? MIDI stand for Musical Instrument Digital Interface.
  • Page 16: Specifications

    Specifications Pads: 7 Drum Pads with Touch Sensitive Drum Voices: 76 PCM Drum Voices Drum Kits: 20 Preset + 1 Custom Songs: Demo Song: Panel Controls: POWER ON/OFF, MASTER VOLUME, SONG VOLUME TEMPO, START/STOP, TAP START, NUMERIC KEYS, SONG, PAD ASSIGN, KITS, LEARNING, SUPER BASS RECORD, PLAY/STOP, METRONOME, REVERB, DEMO TRACK(DRUM1/DRUM2/BASS/CHORD) Connectors:...
  • Page 17: Drum Voice List

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  • Page 18: Drum Kit List

    Drum Kit List Pad 1 Pad 4 Pad 3 Pad 2 Pad 6 Pad 5 Pad 7 Pedal 1 Pedal 2 Kit Name Pad1 Pad2 Pad3 Pad4 Standard 1 Crash Cymbal 1 High Tom 1 Mid Tom 1 Ride Cymbal Standard 2 HH Open/Closed High Tom 2...
  • Page 19: Song List

    Song List Song Name Slow Rock 3 Slow Rock 4 8 Beat Latin 8 Beat 1 Reggae 1 8 Beat 2 Reggae 2 8 Beat 3 Bossa Nova 1 8 Beat 4 Bossa Nova 2 8 Beat 5 Samba 8 Beat Ballad 1 Salsa 8 Beat Ballad 2 Latin Rock...
  • Page 20: Midi Implementation Chart

    MIDI Implementation Chart Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Default Changed Default Message Mode Alerted Note Number: True voice Velocity: Note on Note off After Key's Touch Ch's Pitch Bend Control Bank select Modulation Volume Expression Sustain Pedal Sostenuto Pedal Soft Pedal Reverb Program Chorus Program Reverb level...

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