Kawai Digital Drum Machine R-50, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...KAWAI DIGITAL DRUM MACHINE o R S MANUAL...

Page 2: ...re external MIDI devices FLEXIBLE OUTPUT Stereo and mono outputs are fed by the stereo pan control on each drum A sound can also be assigned to the individual output on the rear panel COMPLETE CAPABIL...

Page 3: ...RDUB RECORDING Overdubbing Preset Patterns ERASING Erasing a Pattern Erasing an Instrument Erasing a Bar Erasing a Note Erasing All Memory SWING COPYING PATTERNS 9 SONGS BUILDING SONGS Song Tempo Song...

Page 4: ...s 39 12 CASSETTE STORAGE 4Q CASSETTE SAVE 40 CASSETTE VERIFY 41 CASSETTE LOAD 41 13 MEMORY MANAGEMENT 42 CHECKING AVAILABLE MEMORY 42 ERASING ALL OF MEMORY 42 14 R 50 PAD SETTING CHART 43 15 MIDI NOTE...

Page 5: ...or organic solvents HELPFUL HINTS BATTERY BACK UP The lithium battery that preserves memory contents while the power supply is off is good for more than five years of normal use We recommend however...

Page 6: ...Beat Fill In 1 8 Beat Fill In 2 Elec 8 Beat Turbo 2 8 Beat Break 16 Beat 1 Electric 8 Bead Electric 8 Beat 2 16 Beat 3 Elec 8 Beat Fill In 1 Elec 8 Beat Fill In 2 16 Beat Fill In 2 Disco 2 I Bossa No...

Page 7: ...stereo output L MONO Connection for left portion of stereo output Also used as a mono output if stereo is not required INDIV Connection for the Individual Output channel to which any given drum can b...

Page 8: ...kits are accessed using the PAD key GETTING AROUND Operations on the R 50 are fairly uniform Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with standard communication with the R 50 Major command catego...

Page 9: ...ong with the appropriate information for the current function and the pads can be played while making changes PAD DRUM LEVEL w ACCENT v TUNE PAN GATE DELAY FLANGE CHANGING DRUMS This is where drums ar...

Page 10: ...d RIGHT outputs are used Press ENT REP from the TUNE display Use the 4 and keys to place the sound The graph in the display indicates the left to right placement of the current pad EXAMPLE continued P...

Page 11: ...t EXAMPLE continued Press ENT REP to access DELAY Use 4 and to change the pad delay setting Press ENT REP to access FLANGE Use i and to change the pad flange setting Press ENT REP to return to the beg...

Page 12: ...ode is in effect for all drums If MANUAL PAN is ON the panning set in MIXER mode is in effect for all drums Press ENT REP from the LEVEL function to access MANUAL PAN Use the 4 key to select MANUAL PA...

Page 13: ...tern begins At this point the display tells you several important things The first number shows the length of the pattern in bars while the second number represents the current bar position within the...

Page 14: ...or of 10 TAP TEMPO The R 50 s tempo can also be dictated by simply tapping a tempo in First press TEMPO to enter TEMPO mode Then simply tap a tempo using the TAP button The R 50 measures the time betw...

Page 15: ...f 10 TIME SIGNATURE The time signature of an R 50 pattern is very flexible Patterns are available from 1 4 to 99 16 Press ENT REP from the BAR display to access the number of beats per measure The num...

Page 16: ...assigned to hi hat are held down for half of a measure the hi hat will be recorded on every l 16th note in that half measure All drum kits are available while recording by entering PAD mode and select...

Page 17: ...e R 50 ready to accept the first beat The red LED beside TEMPO will light to confirm that Use the and keys to select the note value from those engraved on the display window The a and keys are used to...

Page 18: ...enters a simple bass snare pattern Select the PRE 1 kit Also use ERASE PATTERN to undo the changes made by Example A and return to a default of 4 4 time Press START Press 4 twice to select quarter no...

Page 19: ...you wish to erase and press ERASE Press ENT REP to confirm or BACK to cancel EXAMPLE Select the pattern to be erased Select Pattern 05 Press ERASE Press ENT REP to verify Or press BACK to cancel eras...

Page 20: ...le in RECORD mode ERASING ALL MEMORY You can erase all of the patterns in memory except the preset ones of course by holding the ACCENT key and then pressing the ERASE key EXAMPLE Select the pattern P...

Page 21: ...he SWING AMOUNT cannot be 54 63 or 71 This combination will result in the error message ILLEGAL INPUT Also if the pattern selected for SWING is blank the error message EMPTY PATTERN will appear Press...

Page 22: ...s blank if you only wish to copy a single pattern Finally select the destination pattern using the now familiar arrow keys To change any of the copy values press BACK to move to the previous parameter...

Page 23: ...ns in the order in which they will play Use the 4 arrow keys to select the pattern which you wish to play first then press ENT REP The list moves to the left to allow entry of the next pattern Pressin...

Page 24: ...of the display will change to reflect fewer patterns in the song To cancel the deletion process press BACK MULTIPLY Songs often end with repeated sections or vamps The MULTIPLY function specifies the...

Page 25: ...necessary While in BUILD mode move to the end of the song using ENT REP The display will show END The 4 and keys are used to select the song 0 9 to be played after the current song Exit using BUILD o...

Page 26: ...f that pattern If you press START the Song will play from the beginning of the first pattern BAR COUNT It is often convenient to know how many bars into a song you are BAR COUNT operates here the same...

Page 27: ...s BACK to cancel CALL SONG 5 CRLL SONG 8 ERASE SONG 8 ERASE EXECUTED ERASE CANCEL ERASE ALL SONGS This procedure deletes the contents of all ten songs Press CALL SONG or BUILD Hold down ACCENT and pre...

Page 28: ...e MIDI SYNC function Use the 4 and keys to select between SYNC EXT and SYNC INT Press ENT REP to exit to the previous command level The sync default is SYNC INT enabling the R 50 to be a master clock...

Page 29: ...h between OMNI ON and OMNI OFF RECEIVE CHANNEL This function selects the channel on which the R 50 will receive MIDI information if Omni Mode is off Press ENT REP from the OMNI display The 4 and are u...

Page 30: ...play Use the 4 and keys to turn PROGRAM ON and OFF START STOP Many MIDI devices like sequencers and drum machines send start and stop signals to engage and disengage MIDI clock This function can be us...

Page 31: ...ster Press the desired pad to assign it to the selected note Use PAD if necessary to change drum kits Repeat this process to assign appropriate pads to notes sent from the master device Press MIDI or...

Page 32: ...R 50 will send MIDI information Press ENT REP from the POLY MONO display The 4 and are used to select the MIDI channel In Mono Mode the various drums are accessed with the and keys and each drum is a...

Page 33: ...nction can be used to filter out program changes going to an instrument or sequencer Other information like notes and velocity are still sent Press ENT REP from the VOLUME display Use the 4 and keys t...

Page 34: ...duration of the trigger can be specified This is the equivalent of how long the key is held down useful when triggering sound effects from synthesizers Press ENT REP from the NOTE ASSIGN display Selec...

Page 35: ...and keys followed by pressing ENTVREP A sub menu of functions is available by pressing ENT REP and BACK returns to the previous function Press MIDI at any time to return to the basic MIDI functions P...

Page 36: ...filtered out or received Also if MDCER setting is ON live changes to the MIXER section of the master device will be received in real time by the slave Press ENT7REP from the MIDI RECEIVE display Use t...

Page 37: ...eys to enable or disable receiving ASSIGN data TRIGGER NOTES Determines if the TRIGGER NOTE values are filtered out or received EXAMPLE continued Press ENT REP to access PATTERN SONG filter Use 4 and...

Page 38: ...EIVE CHANNEL display The R 50 will now receive system exclusive data Transmit data from master unit EXAMPLE continued Press ENT REP to access RECEIVE CHANNEL Use 4 and to select channel system exclusi...

Page 39: ...ion governs voice assignment where Mono and Poly Mode under MIDI refer to something entirely different The ENT REP and BACK keys are used to choose between functions After selecting ASSIGN VOICE from...

Page 40: ...H MONO CRASH POLV ASSIGN UOICE ASSIGN INDIVIDUAL OUTPUT Any drum can be assigned to the individual output on the rear of the R 50 labeled INDIV This might be used to send a given instrument to separat...

Page 41: ...witch will start and stop playback of patterns or songs depending upon the current mode PAD UP The footswitch will advance PAD to the next drum kit PTN UP The footswitch will advance to the next highe...

Page 42: ...any time to exit CASSETTE mode SAVE LOAD SAVE LOAD VERIFY CASSETTE SAVE This function is used to store the R 50 s memory contents on cassette tape the memory remains intact Select CASSETTE SAVE from...

Page 43: ...ERIFV UERIFY BUSY UERIFY END CASSETTE UERIFY UEA 1 FY BREAK CASSETTE LOAD This function is used to load new data into the R 50 s memory from tape WARNING LOAD erases all current data from memory It is...

Page 44: ...s should of course be used with extreme caution and a cassette back up should be made if anything in memory is of value From CALL PATTERN REAL TIME RECORD or STEP RECORD modes press ACCENT and ERASE s...

Page 45: ...a ue US ER PAD NO 112 3 4 i SFWfc i To M M IP XL tUP ii T l_ y s Jl j t3 T i 3 3 3 m p 3 1 4 pFF i PU l o 5 u O 3 FF pL 2 FF PAD NO 7 BO 1 i S 3 8 HHCL 9 10 HHOP XL 3 o i 11 1 11 It i 1 ff 1 6 I u r 1...

Page 46: ...b PAD 7 PADS PAD 9 PAD I O R 50 pad setting value USER f PA NO 6 f H t PAD NO 1 2 3 4 5 m ir m M TMU TPG 2 TK 4 3 TRG4 TR i5 fVl lrv l n 11 11 11 H KCM I T3 M 3 T 3 T 3 iun o o O Ti n n t o o o eficL...

Page 47: ...ER 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 5 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 INST AGOGO COWB COWB TMBL CLAP TMBL CLAP TMBL CLAP TAMB CRSl TAMB CRSl CLVS CLVS CLVS CLVS CLVS CLVS CLVS CLVS TUNE 5 tT 2 5 i 2 2 8 8 6 5...

Page 48: ...t Lave data Data OOOOxxxx 2st Pan data Data OOOOx xx x Last Level data Data OOOOx xx x Last Pan data Data OOOOxxxx MANUAL PAN ON OFF FLAG data low MANUAL PAN ON OFF FLAG data Data OOOOxxxx high Data 0...

Page 49: ...o X O X V 1 127 VELOCITY ON After Key s X X Touch ch s X X Pitch Bender X X 7 X o VOLUME ON Control Change Prog 0 109 0 109 0O 99 PATTERN 00 99 Change True 0 109 100 109 SONG 0 9 System Exclusive o O...

Page 50: ...R AGOGO CONGA TAMBOURINE TIMBALE CLAVES MASTER VOLUME COMMAND SELECT KEYS ERASE KEY ACCENT KEY DRUM PADS 1 0 INCREMENT KEY DECREMENT KEY UP KEY DOWN KEY ENTER KEY BACK KEY TEMPO KEY AND INDICATOR STAR...

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