Zoom RhythmTrak RT-123, Operation Manual

Page 1: ...OPERATION MANUAL...

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Page 3: ...isconnect all cables and the AC adapter before moving the RT 123 Usage Precautions Electrical interference For safety considerations the RT 123 has been designed to provide maximum protection against...

Page 4: ...Copying a pattern 33 Erasing a pattern 34 Creating Songs Song Mode 35 What is a song 35 Recording and playing a song 36 Editing a song 39 Deleting a song 40 Using Pads to Play Patterns Groove Play 41...

Page 5: ...or keyboard demo tapes LINE IN jack allows connection of external instruments Mix the sound from an instrument processed by a multi effect such as the ZOOM 503 with the backing sound provided by the R...

Page 6: ...5 49 40 44 35 39 Epic Rock Funk Trap Standard Kit Studio Drums Live Rock Basic Drum Kits 30 34 25 29 20 24 15 19 10 14 00 09 Bass Programs 00 24 STEP REC SONG PATTERN Display INSERT COPY key LED VALUE...

Page 7: ...C adapter For mono playback connect only the L MONO jack When a guitar or other instrument is connected to the RT 123 the sound from the instrument is mixed with the sound of the RT 123 and output fro...

Page 8: ...1 Listening to the Demo RT 123 comes with a demo song already built in Hear for yourself what RT 123 can do Connect RT 123 to the playback system and turn the power on Press the FUNCTION key Verify th...

Page 9: ...of music genres The RT 123 comes with 80 preprogrammed drum kits of which up to two can be used simultaneously A bass program is a bass sound such as electric bass acoustic bass synthesizer bass etc 2...

Page 10: ...p Now you can use the pads to play the drum kit You can also select the DRUM B key to play a different drum kit thump slap thump thump slap SNARE KICK HINT HINT KICK KICK KICK SNARE SNARE Kick Snare C...

Page 11: ...duce sound of a different pitch Unlike with the drum kit the bass program does not consist of different instrument sounds Rather one type of bass sound is varied in pitch You can use the 13 pads like...

Page 12: ...er on Press the PATTERN key The PATTERN key LED lights up and the RT 123 is in pattern mode The display shows the currently selected bank and pattern number There are four banks each with 99 patterns...

Page 13: ...ts next lower pattern number For example repeatedly pressing the VALUE key will switch the pattern in the order A01 A99 B01 B99 C01 C99 U01 U99 Press the STOP EXIT key Tempo value BPM SONG STEP PATTER...

Page 14: ...0 09 Bass Programs 00 24 Quick Guide 4 Using Groove Play Groove play is a special feature of the RT 123 which lets you switch among various patterns simply by tapping the pads This makes it easy to pl...

Page 15: ...s together Hold the REPEAT STEP key down while pushing the pad The pattern will continue to play also when the pad is released This is useful for example to keep on playing a basic drum pattern To sto...

Page 16: ...CTION REPEAT STEP INSERT COPY DELETE ERASE BASS MUTE BASS DRUM A DRUM B STOP EXIT PLAY TEMPO General Drums Techno Beat Rap HipHop Modern Drums Ballad Set 50 54 45 49 40 44 35 39 Funk Trap Standard Kit...

Page 17: ...0 SWING EXTRA CYMBAL 12 SHIFT FUNCTION REPEAT STEP INSERT COPY DELETE ERASE BASS MUTE BASS DRUM A DRUM B STOP EXIT PLAY TEMPO General Drums Techno Beat Rap HipHop Modern Drums Ballad Set 50 54 45 49 4...

Page 18: ...ms Ballad Set 50 54 45 49 40 44 35 39 Funk Trap Standard Kit Studio Drums Live Rock Basic Drum Kits 20 24 15 19 10 14 00 09 Bass Programs 00 24 STEP REC SONG PATTERN 1 5 2 4 3 This section describes h...

Page 19: ...s Techno Beat Rap HipHop Modern Drums Ballad Set 55 64 50 54 45 49 40 44 35 39 Funk Trap Standard Kit Studio Drums Live Rock Basic Drum Kits 25 29 20 24 15 19 10 14 00 09 Bass Programs 00 24 STEP REC...

Page 20: ...M 1 2 MIX EXTRA 1 9 FOOT SW EXTRA 2 11 PAD SENS EXTRA 3 13 MIDI CLOSED HAT 5 PRE COUNT SNARE 3 BASS TUNE KICK 1 BASS KEY CRASH 8 BAR LENGTH RIDE 10 SWING EXTRA CYMBAL 12 SHIFT FUNCTION REPEAT STEP INS...

Page 21: ...select drum track A drum track B or the bass track STEP6 While holding down the key selected in step 5 use the VALUE keys to select the kit number STEP7 While holding the REC key down press the PLAY...

Page 22: ...A The sound of the respective pad is heard and it is recorded for the duration set with the quantize value You can verify the current position in the pattern by checking the display When the end of t...

Page 23: ...he pads while holding the REPEAT STEP key down If a MIDI clock signal is being received real time recording is not possible For details please refer to page 52 The sound from external MIDI components...

Page 24: ...E 10 SWING EXTRA CYMBAL 12 SHIFT FUNCTION REPEAT STEP INSERT COPY DELETE ERASE BASS MUTE BASS DRUM A DRUM B STOP EXIT PLAY TEMPO Percussion SFX General Drums Techno Beat Rap HipHop Modern Drums Ballad...

Page 25: ...wn again This pitch is used as reference when shifting the entire pitch of all pads up or down in semitone steps Take care not to inadvertently change this pitch NOTE A 2 SONG STEP PATTERN SONG REC ME...

Page 26: ...ce more STEP6 To shift the pitch of all pads operate the VALUE keys while no pad is pushed STEP8 While holding the REC key down press the PLAY key STEP9 Tap the pads in accordance with the metronome s...

Page 27: ...before actually recording HINT HINT STEP10 To erase the sound from a specific pad push the pad while holding the DELETE ERASE key down While the key is held down the sound from that pad is erased fro...

Page 28: ...ttern By pushing 2 pads at the same time you can enter 2 sounds in the same position For step recording of a bass track the procedure is slightly different because unlike for the drum track the pitch...

Page 29: ...Groove PLAY MODE OPEN HAT 7 CLICK VOL TOM 3 6 QUANTIZE TOM 2 4 TIME SIG TOM 1 2 MIX EXTRA 1 9 FOOT SW EXTRA 2 11 PAD SENS EXTRA 3 13 MIDI CLOSED HAT 5 PRE COUNT SNARE 3 BASS TUNE KICK 1 BASS KEY CRASH...

Page 30: ...ress the pad corresponding to the desired sound To enter a rest press the REPEAT STEP key The display shows the current position in the pattern measure beat HINT HINT STEP7 To erase a sound use the RE...

Page 31: ...ENGTH RIDE 10 SWING EXTRA CYMBAL 12 SHIFT FUNCTION REPEAT STEP INSERT COPY DELETE ERASE BASS MUTE BASS DRUM A DRUM B STOP EXIT PLAY TEMPO Techno Beat Rap HipHop Modern Drums Ballad Set 45 49 40 44 35...

Page 32: ...the note will only be as long as the pattern NOTE REPEAT STEP Hold down PAD STEP STEP STEP As you move the position with the REPEAT STEP key the LED of a pad that has been input for the current positi...

Page 33: ...dio Drums Live Rock Basic Drum Kits 20 24 15 19 10 14 00 09 Bass Programs 00 24 STEP REC SONG PATTERN 3 2 4 4 STEP1 In pattern mode select the pattern to be used as the copy source STEP2 Press the INS...

Page 34: ...INSERT COPY DELETE ERASE BASS MUTE BASS DRUM A DRUM B STOP EXIT PLAY TEMPO General Drums Techno Beat Rap HipHop Modern Drums Ballad Set 50 54 45 49 40 44 35 39 Funk Trap Standard Kit Studio Drums Live...

Page 35: ...change In song mode the tempo is stored individually for each song The tempo is set with the TEMPO key as described on page 38 Using this tempo as reference the tempo for each step can be varied in t...

Page 36: ...SS TUNE KICK 1 BASS KEY CRASH 8 BAR LENGTH RIDE 10 SWING EXTRA CYMBAL 12 SHIFT FUNCTION REPEAT STEP INSERT COPY DELETE ERASE BASS MUTE BASS DRUM A DRUM B STOP EXIT PLAY TEMPO General Drums Techno Beat...

Page 37: ...step numbers by holding down the SONG key and using the VALUE keys HINT HINT STEP7 To insert a pattern before the currently selected step press the INSERT COPY key and perform step 4 INSERT COPY Patt...

Page 38: ...from the selected step STEP12 To play a song from half way hold the SONG key down and use the VALUE keys to select the step while the song is stopped STEP13 To change the tempo of the song hold down...

Page 39: ...SHIFT FUNCTION REPEAT STEP INSERT COPY DELETE ERASE BASS MUTE BASS DRUM A DRUM B STOP EXIT PLAY TEMPO Rap HipHop Modern Drums Ballad Set 45 49 40 44 35 39 Studio Drums Live Rock Basic Drum Kits 15 19...

Page 40: ...rums Live Rock Basic Drum Kits 25 29 20 24 15 19 10 14 00 09 Bass Programs 00 24 STEP REC SONG PATTERN 2 3 3 DELETE ERASE STEP1 In song mode select the song you want to delete STEP2 Press the DELETE E...

Page 41: ...3 6 4 6 1 7 STEP1 Press the SONG key and the PATTERN together The RT 123 switches to groove play mode and the SONG key LED and PATTERN key LED light up The song number is shown on the display In the f...

Page 42: ...the song that is being played back NOTE When the song number is changed the groove play tempo also changes according to the master tempo of the new song If necessary adjust the master tempo of the son...

Page 43: ...sed to make various settings for the RT 123 The basic steps for using the FUNCTION key and the setting items are described below The FUNCTION key is used in the same way for most setting items Basic F...

Page 44: ...N key is also used for pattern bank switching p 13 clearing all user patterns p 55 and demo play p 8 p 55 For some items the sound or track that is to be set must be selected after selecting the item...

Page 45: ...old down one of pads 2 13 and then use the VALUE keys to set the pitch E1 A4 for that pad This will not affect the pitch of other pads Setting Range 0 99 Sets the volume for each track in the currentl...

Page 46: ...1 Real time recording starts after 1 measure has been counted 2 Real time recording starts after 2 measures have been counted PAd The unit goes into recording standby mode when the PLAY key is pressed...

Page 47: ...the sound of a pad Press the FUNCTION key followed by pad 9 FOOT SW and then one of pads 1 13 The number of the pressed pad is shown on the display The force with which the pad is pushed is also memo...

Page 48: ...the STOP EXIT key The unit switches between Playback start Stop Playback start with every push Using the FS01 to control bass muting Press the FUNCTION key followed by pad 9 FOOT SW and then press th...

Page 49: ...ensitivity To achieve a loud sound the pads must be hit very hard Setting Range 192 to 192 Default value 0 Shifts the playback timing of a specific track in the currently selected pattern back or fort...

Page 50: ...ectable settings are oFF receive off and 1 16 Setting Range Auto LoCA Ptno default setting Auto By pressing the FUNCTION key and then the PATTERN key you can select which information is to be shown on...

Page 51: ...ENS EXTRA 3 13 MIDI CLOSED HAT 5 PRE COUNT SNARE 3 BASS TUNE KICK 1 BASS KEY CRASH 8 BAR LENGTH RIDE 10 SWING EXTRA CYMBAL 12 SHIFT FUNCTION REPEAT STEP INSERT COPY DELETE ERASE BASS MUTE BASS DRAM A...

Page 52: ...CTION REPEAT STEP INSERT COPY DELETE ERASE BASS MUTE BASS DRAM A DRAM B STOP EXIT PLAY TEMPO Ballad Set 35 39 Basic Drum Kits 00 09 Bass Programs STEP REC 2 2 STEP1 Connect the MIDI OUT jack of the MI...

Page 53: ...T 123 II REAL TIME REC OPEN HAT 7 CLICK VOL TOM 3 6 QUANTIZE TOM 2 4 TIME SIG TOM 1 2 MIX EXTRA 1 9 FOOT SW EXTRA 2 11 PAD SENS EXTRA 3 13 MIDI CLOSED HAT 5 PRE COUNT SNARE 3 BASS TUNE KICK 1 BASS KEY...

Page 54: ...PLAY MODE TOM 3 6 QUANTIZE TOM 2 4 TIME SIG TOM 1 2 MIX CRASH 8 BAR LENGTH RIDE 10 SWING EXTRA CYMBAL 12 SHIFT FUNCTION INSERT COPY DELETE ERASE BASS MUTE BASS DRAM A DRAM B STOP EXIT PLAY TEMPO Perc...

Page 55: ...P1 Press the FUNCTION key The FUNCTION key LED flashes Playback of the demo song starts The demo continues to play until it is stopped by the user The RT 123 goes into song mode if the SONG key is pre...

Page 56: ...ded cable Is the connected playback system operating normally Is volume of RT 123 set correctly Sound is distorted or intermittent Is output level of RT 123 set too high Set VOLUME control of RT 123 t...

Page 57: ...ocity Sensitivity Control MIDI in Control in for FS01 Display 4 digit 7 segment LED Input Line 1 4 jack Mono X 1 Impedance 33k Outputs Line L Mono R 1 4 jack Mono X 2 Impedance 2 2k or less Phones 1 4...

Page 58: ...Studio 2 63 51 Techno Beat 2 106 14 Live Rock 5 21 17 Studio 3 64 52 Techno Beat 3 107 15 Studio 1 22 18 Studio 4 65 53 Techno Beat 4 108 16 Studio 2 23 19 Studio 5 66 54 Techno Beat 5 109 17 Studio...

Page 59: ...onics Bass 62 4 Ballad Bass 105 22 Hi Sine 20 20 Saw Wave 63 5 Acoustic Bass 106 23 Drive Bass 21 21 Square Wave 64 6 Modern Bass 107 24 Fuzz Bass 22 22 Hi Sine 65 7 Synth Bass 108 0 Live Bass 23 23 D...

Page 60: ...k 16 Studio 2 56 General Drum 2 16 Techno Analog 17 Studio 3 57 General Drum 3 17 Analog Touch 18 Studio 4 58 General Drum 4 18 Lo Sine 19 Studio 5 59 General Drum 5 19 Harmonics Bass 20 Standard 1 60...

Page 61: ...oustic Jazz A29 HardRock02 121 0 Live Rock 4 Ballad Bass A30 HardRock03 99 0 Live Rock 3 Funk Bass A31 HardRock04 115 0 Live Rock 67 Hi Percussion 4 Ballad Bass A32 HardRock05 121 0 Live Rock 0 Live B...

Page 62: ...8 28 Funk Trap 4 10 Live Rock 1 8 Techno Bass A91 Funk08 94 29 Funk Trap 5 67 Hi Percussion 3 Funk Bass A92 Funk09 100 25 Funk Trap 1 65 Drum Skins 0 Live Bass A93 Funk10 92 26 Funk Trap 2 65 Drum Ski...

Page 63: ...no Beat 4 71 Percussion SFX 16 Techno Analog B51 House04 126 45 Rap HipHop 1 68 Clicks and Sticks 18 Lo Sine B52 House05 120 40 Modern 1 76 Various Percussion 5 8 Techno Bass B53 House06 120 50 Techno...

Page 64: ...Bass C11 Blues02 72 23 Standard 4 2 Standard 4 Ballad Bass C12 Blues03 120 3 Funk Trap 4 Ballad Bass C13 Blues04 111 0 Live Rock 67 Hi Percussion 4 Ballad Bass C14 Blues05 120 3 Funk Trap 4 Ballad Ba...

Page 65: ...Latin05 100 6 Modern 74 Various Percussion 3 14 Acoustic Jazz C68 Latin06 100 65 Drum Skins 67 Hi Percussion 5 Acoustic Bass C69 Latin07 120 16 Studio 2 2 Standard 5 Acoustic Bass C70 Latin08 78 76 V...

Page 66: ...PAD 12 C4 48 High Tom 2 PAD 13 49 Crash Cymbal 1 50 High Tom 1 51 Ride Cymbal 1 52 Chinese Cymbal 53 Ride Bell 54 Tambourine 55 Splash Cymbal 56 Cowbell 57 Crash Cymbal 2 58 Vibraslap 59 Ride Cymbal 2...

Page 67: ...AME Percussion SFX Various Percussion 1 Various Percussion 2 Various Percussion 3 Various Percussion 4 Various Percussion 5 note PAD 36 PAD 1 Mute High Conga 37 PAD 2 Open High Conga 38 PAD 3 Low Cong...

Page 68: ...1 Epic Rock2 Side Stick Cowbell Crash Cymbal2 Tambourine 32 Epic Rock3 Cowbell Chinese Cymbal Ride Bell Splash Cymbal 33 Epic Rock4 Side Stick Hand Clap Splash Cymbal Tambourine 34 Epic Rock5 Hand Cla...

Page 69: ...vvv vvvv CONTROL CHANGE ccc cccc Control No 7 Volume 10 Panpot See NOTE 3 vvv vvvv Control Value 1100 nnnn 0ppp pppp PROGRAM CHANGE ppp pppp Program Number See NOTE 2 1110 nnnn 0vvv vvvv 0vvv vvvv PIT...

Page 70: ...ONTROLLERS 1011 nnnn 0111 1011 0000 0000 ALL NOTES OFF 1011 nnnn 0111 1100 0000 0000 ALL NOTES OFF NOTE nnnn MIDI Channel Number 0000 1111 3 SYSTEM COMMON MESSAGE SYSTEM REAL TIME MESSAGE STATUS SECON...

Page 71: ...locity Note ON o Note OFF x After Key s x Touch Ch s x Pitch Bend o MS7bits 7 Volume 10 Panpot 1 Control Change 120 All Sounds Off 121 Reset All Ctrls Prog o 0 127 Change True System Exclusive x Syste...

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