EFNOTE EFNOTE 3, Reference Manual

Page 1: ...EN Reference Guide for Ver 1 0 ...

Page 2: ...nu 9 Menu 10 Drum Kit Edit 10 About the Inst tone and zone 11 About the MIDI messages 12 About the NAME ENTRY screen 13 Pad Levels 14 Inst Library 15 Set List 16 Click Setup 17 Stroke Scope 18 Accuracy Score 18 Rhythm Box 19 Bluetooth 20 Trigger 22 Settings 24 Connecting to a PC Mac 27 Specifications 28 ...

Page 3: ...bject to change without prior notice EFNOTE is a trademark or registered trademark of Ef Note Inc Windows is a trademark or registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Mac and macOS are trademarks of Apple Inc registered in the U S and other countries ASIO is a trademark and software of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH The Bluetooth word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetoo...

Page 4: ...r for click Inside Power Push Value knob Rotate Panel Description DC in MULTI A cable in MULTI B cable in Phones 3 4 output Mini stereo phone Analog audio in Mini stereo phone The line 1 2 output and MIDI output 5 pin are available with the MULTI B cable See the Quickstart Guide About the USB connection see p 27 ...

Page 5: ... Off Power On Off Power On Power Off 1 1 sec 2 1 2 3 4 Without this procedure may result in loss of changes The power save function will turn power off automatically after specified period It can be disabled p 24 ...

Page 6: ...g the preset drum kit 1 Open the kit list and select a preset drum kit that you want to restore 2 Tap and tap the OK in the confirmation window Deleting the user drum kit duplicated drum kit 1 Open the kit list and select a user drum kit that you want to delete 2 Tap and tap the OK in the confirmation window Deletes restores drum kit Duplicates drum kit Widgets p 7 Menu p 9 Touch to select Preset ...

Page 7: ...Phones output level Bluetooth audio in level USB audio in level Analog audio in level Inst Info Volume Pad level Clipping may occur when exceeding 85 Shows instrument assigned to the pad Click Metronome Turns click on off Click level Beat Time signature Tempo BPM Activates deactivates external click speaker The line out level can be linked with the phones level p 24 CAUTION Be sure not to listen t...

Page 8: ...ying Goes to recording stand by Starts recording Fast rewind Clears target track Starts recording automatically when any pad is struck Fast forward Rec Standby Recording Playing Any other audio MIDI sources are not recorded Tempo and beat settings are not recorded If the recording widget is closed the recording will be stopped The recorded data will be stored even if the power is turned off The pl...

Page 9: ...ates your strike accuracy Configures triggers pads Manages user custom instruments Provides basic drum beats Configures general settings Organizes drum kits for gigs Closes menu Menu This menu takes you to the various screens Power Menu You can access to the power menu from anywhere Volume control Turns power off Goes back to home screen Closes menu 1 2 Push the knob again to close the menu ...

Page 10: ... adjust pad levels with faders in the Pad Levels screen p 14 Tuning Adjusts pitch in cent Adjusts all zones together Muffling Adjusts mute amount sustain Adjusts all zones together Page Menu Save To Library Saves current Inst settings to the Inst library p 15 Zone Edit Edits each zone p 12 Copy Paste Copies Pastes current pad Inst settings When paste the PASTE ITEMS window appear to select paste i...

Page 11: ...e parameters in it When you assign an Inst to a pad the three tones are assigned to each zone of the pad and you can edit all zones at once You can also edit the each zone in the ZONE EDIT screen Parameters for each pad Pad Selects an edit target pad Can be selected by hitting a pad Level Adjusts pad level Clipping may occur when exceeding 85 Pan Adjusts pan Ambience Adjusts ambience send amount E...

Page 12: ...re changed MIDI data previously recorded cannot be played back correctly ZONE EDIT TONE ZONE EDIT MIDI Pad Note Kick 36 Snare Head 38 Rim 40 Side rim 37 Tom 1 Head 48 Rim 50 Tom 2 Head 45 Rim 47 Tom 3 Head 43 Rim 58 Tom 4 Head 41 Rim 39 Pad Note HH Open Bow 46 Edge 26 Pedal Splash 44 CC 4 0 HH Closed Bow 42 Edge 22 Pedal Close 44 CC 4 127 Pad Note Crash 1 Bow 49 Edge 55 Cup 54 Crash 2 Bow 57 Edge ...

Page 13: ...drum kit About the name entry window see p 13 Unique kit name is required Kit Restore Restores this drum kit to initialized preset kit Preset kit only Kit Delete Deletes this drum kit User kit only KIT About the NAME ENTRY screen Moves cursor Shift Changes character kind Touch to move cursor Delete Insert Insert is available when shift You can also change the selected letter with the value knob At...

Page 14: ...Pad Level Adjusts pad level Clipping may occur when exceeding 85 Target pad can be selected by hitting a pad Pad level can also be adjusted in drum kit edit or Inst info widget in the home screen Pad Levels Selects a pad When pinned the selected pad is not changed by hitting a pad ...

Page 15: ...e p 13 Delete Deletes selected Inst The Inst library shows only customized Insts you stored You can store your customized Inst in the drum kit edit screen p 10 In the drum kit edit your customized Inst are listed behind the preset Insts and sorted by the Inst name In this screen you can play the selected inst with all pads Inst Library ZONE EDIT Parameters for each zone Zone Selects edit target zo...

Page 16: ...t Choose a drum kit with the value knob Set Tempo Configures click for each slot In case the Enable is checked configured tempo and beat are applied to the click when the slot is proceeded Clear ALL Clears all slots Delete Deletes selected slot Insert Inserts a slot before selected slot You can create up to 9 set lists and 20 slots for each When the set list is activated the set list widget appear...

Page 17: ... touching the scale Beat Sets beat time signature Note Sets beat interval Level Sets click level Ext Sp ON Activates on board click speaker You can use EFNOTE 3 5 as a training kit without headphones for daily exercise Parameters Sound Selects click sound Output Configures output routing Click Setup Turns click on off SOUND TEMPO ...

Page 18: ...played Volume Shows the volume widget Stroke Scope The accuracy score estimates your stroke accuracies against the metronome and displays them with scores Parameters Start Stop Starts stops the accuracy score Tempo Sets tempo Timer Configures period of time until finish Setup Shows the setup window to select which pads are displayed Volume Shows the volume widget The scores are just for your refer...

Page 19: ...x 100 short drum beat loops This shows the rhythm box widget in the home screen Parameters Rhythm Selects drum beats Fix Tempo When checked it keeps current tempo even if the drum beat is changed Start Stop Starts stops the drum beat Rhythm Box ...

Page 20: ...d off ON Ready to pair No device is connected Connected Device is connected Connected Device Displays currently connected device name Audio Device name which is being connected as audio in device MIDI Device name which is being connected as MIDI device Discoverable As Device name of the sound module which is shown on your smart device Bluetooth ...

Page 21: ... If pin code is required enter 0000 four zeros and tap Pair Disconnecting 1 Tap Disconnect on your smart device Re connecting 1 Tap Connect on your smart device About the operation of your smart device refer to the user guide of your smart device 5 Make sure the status changes to Connected and your device name is displayed CAUTION Be sure not to listen to audio at a high volume It can cause perman...

Page 22: ...the inputs zone B is available Sens C Adjusts zone C sensitivity of the pad The default value is 0 Only for the inputs zone C is available Threshold Adjusts threshold of the pad Only when the trigger signal coming from the pad exceeds this level the trigger is acquired The default value is 0 Head Rim Border Determines border between the head shot and the rim shot When the rim shot sound can be hea...

Page 23: ...his settings you can cancel cross talk which means that when you hit a pad you also hear sounds coming from other pads due to the vibration travel This phenomenon can often happen when the two pads are mounted on the same stand Parameters for each pad Source Pad Selects the source pad of the vibration Other pads Example In case that you hear a Tom 3 sound when you strike the snare pad select the s...

Page 24: ... audio output level for all channels 0dB Normal level 6dB Boosts 6dB MIDI Ch Configures the MIDI channel for send receive Multi Configures separate MIDI channels for each pad See the Multi MIDI channel table Local This should be ON normally When Off internal connection between the pad and the sound generator is inactivated Power Save Power save function will turn power off automatically after spec...

Page 25: ... AUDIO PAD In this screen you can specify the audio in out routings All inputs always send to the main bus Parameters Input Click Selects the click sound destination Bluetooth Selects the Bluetooth audio destination Audio in Selects the Audio in signal destination USB in Selects the USB audio in signal destination Output USB out Selects source bus for channel 1 2 of the USB audio out Line out Sele...

Page 26: ...eset ALL Deletes all data and resets all settings in the sound module and then restores to the factory state Touch Calib Shows the touch screen calibration Demo This should be OFF normally CAUTION If ON all data and settings are deleted initialized automatically every time you turn this sound module on In case that you can t tap any button on the screen correctly this calibration can adjust the to...

Page 27: ...aming with 8 channel audio output Without the driver installation the EFNOTE 3 5 supports 2 in 2 out USB audio by the WDM The ASIO driver is available on the website p 3 The ASIO driver can be used for the EFNOTE 3 5 series About the USB connection to a computer the operation is not guaranteed for all environments Some computers may not be fully compatible About the operation of computers or appli...

Page 28: ...TS Phone 4dBu Unbalanced Phones 3 4 Output Stereo Mini Phone 320 mW 320 mW 32Ω Audio Input Stereo Mini Phone 2dBu Max USB Audio 8 ch Output 2 ch Input Mac Windows ASIO USB 2 0 Hi Speed Bluetooth Audio Input A2DP MIDI USB MIDI In Out Bluetooth MIDI In Out Bluetooth Low Energy GATT MIDI Out 5 pin DIN Others Recorder Resolution 480 TPQN Tracks 5 EFNOTE 3 15 EFNOTE 5 Capacity Approx 8 000 Events Track...

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