db drums db20, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...AW_DD650_manual_G04_150923 ai 1 2015 9 23 16 12 11 PHONE S AUX IN L MONO CRASH 2 TOM 4 IN OUT USB MIDI OUTPUT MIDI C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Digital Drum dbdrums Model db20 Owner s Manual English db20 ...

Page 2: ...erference If so simply reset the product to resume normal operation by following the owner s manual In case the function could not resume please use the product in other location PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING Please keep this manual in a safe place for future reference Power Supply Please connect the designated AC adaptor to an AC outlet of the correct voltage Do not connect it to an AC ...

Page 3: ...bout the Preset and User Drum Kit 12 Edit the Drum Kit Parameters 12 Edit the Voice Parameters 12 About the User Voice 13 Save User Drum Kit 13 Playing Along with a Song Playing Along with a Song 14 Metronome 15 Starting Stopping the Metronome 15 Adjusting the Tempo Value 15 Record Prepare Recording 16 Start Stop Recording 16 Using Usb Flash Drive Usb Memory Sample Load 20 Kit Save 21 Kit Load 21 ...

Page 4: ... engineers are always keeping keen on simulating the real drum kit this time we have redefined our previous pad designing specialized surface material even with superb trigger sensitivity hand feeling and mute function Simulate various play effects head bow shot rim shot ride damper and so on This creates a new era of digital drum C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Enjoy Playing with the USB Songs Support direc...

Page 5: ...7 EXIT Button Exit current menu and back to previous menu 8 DATA DIAL Use this to select drum kits or to quick edit values increase decrease value select specified item 9 CLICK Button Start Stop the metronome enter the metronome parameter setting 10 SONG Button Enter Song mode 11 KIT Button Enter the Drum Kit mode 12 SAVE Button Save the drum kit pad settings 13 TEMPO Button Adjust the tempo value...

Page 6: ...ws you to connect additional Tom 4 21 CRASH 2 jack 1 4 This allows you to connect additional Crash 2 22 OUTPUT jack L MONO R 2 x1 4 Connect to your audio system or amplifier For stereo output use both the L MONO and R jacks For monaural output use the L MONO jack 6 23 AUX IN jack 1 8 For connecting an extra audio player for example MP3 and so on via a stereo plug You can enjoy playing the drum alo...

Page 7: ...splay current selected Trigger pad name such as KICK SNARE SN R TOM1 T1 R and so on 3 Prompt Move Cursor Up Down Prompt to view more parameters by pressing cursor up down button Prompt Enter Prompt that you can enter current menu item for more settings 5 Strength of the pad strike Display the strength of the pad you strike 6 The Main Parameter Information Display current main parameter information...

Page 8: ...one trigger CRASH1 Dual zone trigger with choke RIDE Triple zone trigger with choke HI HAT HI HAT CONTROL PEDAL Note 1 Using the cables provided connect each Trigger input jack on the rear panel of the module and make sure each pad is connected to its corresponding trigger input jack 2 For details on assembling the drum stand attaching the digital drum and connecting pads refer to the Installation...

Page 9: ... CMY K 2 Press the POWER button 3 Turn the amplifier or audio system on or listen to the headphones 4 Striking the pads and adjust the volume by slowly turning the PHONES VOLUME and MAIN VOLUME knob towards the right direction Keep turning until you get an appropriate value Turning the power off 1 Minimize the volume of the module and audio device 2 Turn the connected external audio device off 3 K...

Page 10: ...king the pads you can enjoy the ensemble sound effect If you are not satisfied with the voice of any pads change the voice as you want 1 In the KIT menu press the MENU button Select the VOICE item and then press the ENTER button to enter the voice menu The screen display is shown on the right 2 Strike the pad you want The screen will display the name of current pad 3 While striking the pad press t...

Page 11: ...ve the cymbal choke Choking the crash ride edge with the hand immediately after hitting the Y crash ride mutes the crash ride sound CM Bow Edge Bell Choke MY CY CMY K Hi Hat Hi Hat Pedal Change With different positions the pedal pressed down the voice of pad varied while you are striking the Hi Hat pad And this is similar to an acoustic drum Open Hi Hat Strike the Hi Hat pad without pressing the p...

Page 12: ...rall effect of drum kit will be affected It means if you increase the volume of drum kit all volume of the pads will be increased 1 Press the KIT button the LCD displays the first page of kit menu Press the KIT button again will quickly enter the user drum kit menu KIT51 Note The character in front of the kit name indicates that the data of user kit still keep the default value even after the rese...

Page 13: ... song number About the User Voice You can download the wave samples which you like from USB flash drive into the module We call them as User Voice The User Voice were used as same as the Preset Voices in module 1 Use the button or data dial to adjust parameter value C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Save User Drum Kit Please save your own parameter or voice after edited otherwise all data will be lost 1 While ...

Page 14: ... button to adjust parameter value 3 Press the START STOP button to play stop songs 4 In SONG menu press the SONG again switch between preset and USB flash drive songs The menu of USB flash drive song Press the START STOP button to play back WAV MP3 or MIDI files The buttons and are used to move the cursor position Temporally display Processing and then begin playing the selected song the first lin...

Page 15: ...kHz 4 Besides above formats there will pop up an error message Metronome Practicing with the metronome is the best way to follow the beats Choose a right tempo for your learning performance requirement Starting Stopping the Metronome 1 Press the CLICK button The metronome starts playing and the button light will blink at the current tempo Current time signature will be displayed on top of LCD 2 Pr...

Page 16: ...ose one position from USER SONG 121 125 to save the recorded song If the USB flash drive has been plugged the recorded song will be mp3 format and will be automatically saved to the USB flash drive C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Start Stop recording 1 You can start recording in real time while in the prepare recording menu there are two ways to start recording Press the START STOP button Strike one pad 2 If...

Page 17: ...sstalk Note Be careful and don t set XTALK too high Because in this situation when two pads are hitted at the same time the one which is striked gently may be judged as a crosstalk and not sound So it is best to set XTALK to the minimum value required to prevent crosstalk CURVE 1 6 You can control the relation betweeen striking force and response volume by this setting RETRIG Adjust the curve to s...

Page 18: ...make greater change Curve 6 Even a soft strike can make strong volume and the range of dynamic response is small Especially when a drum trigger is used as an external pad reliable triggering can be made VOL Curve1 Striking VOL Curve2 Striking VOL Curve3 Striking Curve4 Striking Curve5 Striking Curve6 Striking Save the Drum Pad Trigger Settings Press SAVE button in TRIG menu to save your settings b...

Page 19: ...rnal sound generator Striking the pads does not cause sound to be produced by the internal sound generator L R EXCHANG ON OFF Exchange the left and right pad position R Normal settings L You can exchange the left and right pad position to satisfy the left hand player AUTO POWER 30 60 OFF Factory settings approximately 30 minutes 30 Automatically turns the power off if no operation for approximatel...

Page 20: ...nston and SanDisk are suggested 1 In the KIT menu select the USB MEMORY item Press the ENTER button enter to the USB flash drive menu 2 Press the button to select the USB flash drive function that you want C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Sample Load Wave sample on the USB flash drive can be downloaded saved to the drum module in this function These voices are called user voices 1 There is no limitation of sa...

Page 21: ... drive Press the ENTER button to confirm your selection Note User kit is named MYKITXXX in default and it is unchangeable C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Kit Load User kits can be loaded from a USB flash drive to drum module in this function Enter the load interface and the LCD will list kit files kit which under the kit catalogue Press the ENTER button to confirm your selection Select a user kit position to...

Page 22: ...o select the factory setting that you want to edit Parameter Description KIT Only initialize user kit settings SONG Only initialize user songs VOICE Only initialize user voices PAD SETTING Only initialize pad settings ALL Initialize all above four user settings Press EXIT to exit the factory set menu Or press Enter to the next step C After temporal displaying of Reset OK it will return to factory ...

Page 23: ...n to select the LOCAL C CTROL or GM MODE item Use the button or data dial to set the local control GM mode to Y ON or OFF CM MY CY CMY K Local Control Local OFF The connection from pads and internal sequencer to internal sound generator is cut off When pads are hitted no sound will be generated by internal sound generator Local ON The connection from pads and internal sequencer to internal sound g...

Page 24: ...dial change the MIDI Note Number for each pad Press the button and use the button or data dial to select the pad that you want to edit Or you can directly strike the specified pad M Y 4 Press the SAVE button to save the trigger settings CM MY CY CMY K Using the Digital Drum as a Sound Module Connecting an external keyboard or sequencer to the MIDI Input allows you to use the digital drum as a mult...

Page 25: ...can t be recognized or the object was plugged on USB MEMORY port caused short circuit Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause and Solution No sound 1 Rotate the VOLUME knob to be sure that the volume isn t down 2 To be sure that Local Mode should be set to ON No sound from Pads 1 To be sure that the pad is connected correctly 2 To be sure not set the volume of the pad to 0 No click sound 1 To be su...

Page 26: ...B flash drive Tick 192 ticks per beat Record Real time Record Data Capacity About 6800 notes for each user song C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Tempo 30 280 Display 64 x 128 dots full lattice LCD display with backlit Connectors TRIGGER INPUT CONNECOR DB25 type TOM4 CRASH2 PHONES 1 4 AUX IN 1 4 USB MIDI USB HOST MIDI IN MIDI OUT R L MONO Control Buttons Power on off Master Volume Phones volume Click Kit Save ...

Page 27: ...School 37 R B 38 Magic 39 Live 40 House No PRESET KIT 41 Jazz Latin 42 Standard 2 43 Percussion 2 44 Techno 45 Vintage 46 Junkyard 47 Acoustic 2 48 Noise 49 Studio 1 50 Studio 2 Drum Kit List No PRESET KIT 1 Acoustic 1 2 Funk 3 Standard 1 4 JazzBrush 5 Dance 6 Rock 7 Jazz 8 808 9 909 10 FunkBand 11 FX Mix 12 Power 13 Latin 14 Room 15 Marimba 16 Percussion1 17 Metal 18 90 sPower 19 Vibraphone 20 In...

Page 28: ...ass Snare 82 Drum Bass Snare Rim 83 Techno Snare 84 Techno Snare Rim 85 Magic Snare 86 Magic Snare Rim 87 Acoustic Snare Stick 88 Standard Snare Stick 1 89 Brush Snare Stick 90 Standard Snare Stick 2 91 Rock Snare Stick 1 92 Rock Snare Stick 2 93 Live Snare Stick 94 Room Snare Stick 95 Fusion Snare Stick 96 808 Snare Stick 97 909 Snare Stick 98 Electronic Snare Stick 99 Old School Snare Stick 100 ...

Page 29: ...unkyard Tom 5 Rim 250 Junkyard Tom 6 251 Junkyard Tom 6 Rim 252 Noise Tom 1 253 Noise Tom 1 Rim 254 Noise Tom 2 255 Noise Tom 2 Rim 256 Noise Tom 3 257 Noise Tom 3 Rim 258 Noise Tom 4 259 Noise Tom 4 Rim 260 Noise Tom 5 261 Noise Tom 5 Rim 262 Noise Tom 6 263 Noise Tom 6 Rim 264 Techno Tom 1 265 Techno Tom 1 Rim 266 Techkno Tom 2 267 Techno Tom 2 Rim 268 Techno Tom 3 269 Techno Tom 3 Rim 270 Techn...

Page 30: ... HAT 408 14 Acoustic Hi hat 409 14 Acoustic Hi hat Edge 410 14 Acoustic Hi hat Pedal 411 14 Acoustic Hi hat Splash 412 14 Standard Hi hat 413 14 Standard Hi hat Edge 414 14 Standard Hi hat Pedal 415 14 Standard Hi hat Splash 416 Brush Hi hat 417 Brush Hi hat Pedal 418 Brush Hi hat Splash 419 14 Rock Hi hat 1 420 14 Rock Hi hat Edge 1 421 14 Rock Hi hat Pedal 1 422 14 Rock Hi hat Splash 1 423 14 Ja...

Page 31: ...e G5 564 Vibraphone Ab5 565 Vibraphone A5 566 Vibraphone Bb5 567 Vibraphone B5 568 Vibraphone C6 569 Orchestra Timpani C2 570 Orchestra Timpani Db2 571 Orchestra Timpani D2 572 Orchestra Timpani Eb2 573 Orchestra Timpani E2 574 Orchestra Timpani F2 575 Orchestra Timpani Gb2 576 Orchestra Timpani G2 577 Orchestra Timpani Ab2 578 Orchestra Timpani A2 579 Orchestra Timpani Bb2 580 Orchestra Timpani B...

Page 32: ...2 Latin Latin 63 Bossa Bossa 64 Samba Samba 65 3 4 Pop 3 4Pop 66 Pop Pop 67 Jazz Jazz 68 Reggae 1 Reggae1 69 Reggae 2 Reggae2 70 Latin Rock LtnRock HIT 71 New Age Tap 1 NewAgeT1 72 New Age Tap 2 NewAgeT2 73 Atmosphere Tap 3 AtmospT3 74 Atmosphere Of Celiet Tap 4 AtmCelT4 75 Polysynth Tap 5 PolysT5 76 Brass Tap 6 BrassT6 77 Pad warm Tap 7 WmPadT7 78 Fx Tap 8 FxT8 79 Sweep Tap 9 SweepT9 80 Rock Orga...

Page 33: ...w Tom Funk MidTom2 Rock MidTom2 Electric Mid Tom 2 Analog Mid Tom2 Bb2 46 Open Hi hat Analog Open Hi hat B 2 47 Low Mid Tom Funk MidTom1 Rock MidTom1 Electric Mid Tom 1 Analog Mid Tom1 C 3 48 High Mid Tom Funk Hi Tom2 Rock HiTom2 Electric Hi Tom 2 Analog Hi Tom2 C 3 49 Crash Cymbal 1 Analog Cymbal D 3 50 High Tom 1 Funk Hi Tom1 Rock HiTom1 Analog Hi Tom1 Eb3 51 Ride Cymbal 1 E 3 52 China Cymbal F ...

Page 34: ...m2 F 2 42 Timpani F Dance Closed Hi hat G 2 43 Brush Low Tom1 Timpani G Dance Low Tom1 G 2 44 Timpani G Dance Pedal Hi hat A 2 45 Brush Mid Tom2 Timpani A Dance Mid Tom2 Bb2 46 Timpani A Dance Open Hi hat B 2 47 Brush Mid Tom1 Timpani B Dance Mid Tom1 C 3 48 Brush Hi Tom2 Timpani C Dance Hi Tom2 C 3 49 Timpani C Dance Cymbal D 3 50 Brush Hi Tom1 Timpani D Dance Hi Tom1 Eb3 51 Timpani D E 3 52 Timp...

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Page 36: ...Modulation 〇 Portamento Time 〇 Data Entry 〇 Volume 〇 Pan 〇 Expression 〇 Sustain Pedal 〇 Portamento ON OFF 〇 Sostenuto Pedal 〇 Soft Pedal 〇 Reverb Program 〇 Chorus Program 〇 Reverb Level 〇 Chorus Level 〇 All Sound Off 〇 Reset All Controllers 〇 All Notes Off 〇 〇 0 127 〇 〇 START and STOP only 〇 MIDI Implementation Chart C M Y CM MY CY CMY K O YES X NO DD650_G04 ...