Medeli MZ528, Owner'S Manual

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This mode contains two parts: the drum pad trigger settings and drum 

module settings.

The Drum Pad Trigger Settings

As a professional drummer, you may want to set your drum triggers 

carefully to fit your playing habits and feelings, making your perfor-

mance more interesting and professional. 

1. 

Press the [UTILITY] button, the LCD will display the UTILITY menu.

2. 

Repeatedly press the [PAGE] button to select a trigger parameter.

Trigger parameters and their value ranges:

3. 

Strike the pad to select it for editing.

4. 

Use the [<]/[>] button or the [DIAL] to adjust the parameter value.

Utility Settings

Parameter

SENSITIVITY

XTALK 

CURVE

RETRIG 

CANCEL

MIDI NOTE

Value

1~16

1~8

1~6

1~16

0~127

LCD Display

SEN XXX

XTK XXX

CUR XXX

RTG XXX

MID XXX

Description

You can adjust the sensitivity of the pads to accommodate your personal playing habit.

Higher sensitivity allows the pad to produce a loud volume even when played softly.

Lower sensitivity will keep the pad to producing a low volume even when played forcefully.

This setting avoids “crosstalk”, which means that when you play one pad you can hear a 

sound coming from another pad. This can happen when two pads are installed on the 

same stand.

In some cases you can prevent crosstalk by increasing the distance between the two 

mounted pads.

For example: If you hit the snare pad and the tom 1 also sounds.

While striking the snare pad, gradually increase the “XTALK” value for the tom 1 pad until 

the tom 1 pad no longer sounds when you hit the snare pad. If you raise the “XTALK” 

higher, the tom 1 pad will be less prone to receive crosstalk from other pads.

Note: If the value is set too high, and two pads are played simultaneously, the one that is 

struck less forcefully may not sound. Be careful and set this parameter to the minimum 

value required to prevent crosstalk.

This setting allows you to control the relation between playing velocity (striking force) and 

changes in volume. Adjust this curve until the response feels as natural as possible. Refer 

to the CURVE description.

This setting avoids “re-triggering”, which means that when you strike a pad once, maybe 

you can hear two hits coming from one strike. This can happen as the pad oscillate.

While repeatedly striking the pad, raise the “Retrig Cancel” value until re-triggering no 

longer occurs.

Although setting this to a high value prevents re-triggering, it then becomes easy for 

sounds to be omitted when the drums played fast (roll etc.). Set this to the lowest value 

possible while still ensuring that there is no re-triggering.

MIDI output key mapping