Zoom RhythmTrak RT-323, Operation Manual

Page 1: ...OPERATION MANUAL...

Page 2: ...ic waves should not be placed near the RT 323 as the possibility of interference cannot be ruled out entirely With any type of digital control device the RT 323 included electromagnetic interference c...

Page 3: ...rnal LED that causes the entire key to light up Pads 1 13 LED REPEAT STEP key R OUT L MONO OUT jacks PHONES jack LINE IN jack SUB OUT 1 2 jacks DATA CARD slot SmartMedia card Caution Correct Wrong OUT...

Page 4: ...ti effect ZOOM 505II etc Guitar LINE IN L MONO OUT R OUT PHONES DC IN CONTROL IN 1 CONTROL IN 2 SUB OUT 1 SUB OUT 2 MIDI IN MIDI OUT Bass Mixer audio system or other playback equipment MIDI sequencer...

Page 5: ...t a time Drum kit Drum kit Bass program Quick Guide 1 Listening to the Demo 8 To Start the Demo Song While holding down the SONG key press the ENTER key The unit goes into demo play mode and two demo...

Page 6: ...ou can also use the VALUE dial instead of the keys to switch the sound Quick Guide 2 Playing the Pads 10 Playing a Drum Kit Press the PATTERN key Press the DRUM A key or DRUM B key 1 2 The indication...

Page 7: ...um tracks A and B each contain a specific drum kit and the bass track contains a bass program The RT 323 contains 400 read only patterns 000 399 and 100 read write patterns U00 U99 You can also use th...

Page 8: ...Track Press the PATTERN key Use the keys to select a user pattern U00 U99 1 2 Press any of the DRUM A DRUM B BASS keys 3 The RT 323 switches to the pattern mode When an empty user pattern is selected...

Page 9: ...ey and PATTERN key together The indication GroovePLAY appears on the display indicating that the RT 323 is in groove play mode To Play a Pattern with a Pad Push the pad While you hold down the pad the...

Page 10: ...of the display and the unit switches to the song mode for creating and playing songs Use the keys or the VALUE dial to select an empty song The number and name of the currently selected song appear in...

Page 11: ...to A Major Therefore the required 4 3 2 1 E A B E END Chord Measure number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 116 116 116 116 Transposing the bass track Hands on Lessons 21 Hands on Lessons 20 Press the key When you...

Page 12: ...select pattern 117 This is a 1 measure fill in pattern The bass track uses the same E Major chord as pattern 116 5 4 3 2 1 Entering a fill in pattern Hands on Lessons 23 Hands on Lessons 22 setting va...

Page 13: ...ake during pattern input you can correct it as follows Entering another pattern Press the REC key and then use the keys to move to the desired point Use the VALUE dial to enter the new pattern Deletin...

Page 14: ...on Press the key to listen to the song you have created 5 4 3 2 Hands on Lessons 27 Hands on Lessons 26 Press the ENTER key and use the keys or the VALUE dial to select the measure number of the copy...

Page 15: ...r creating a song With this method you assign desired patterns to the pads and play them in real time by hitting the pads What you play is recorded by the RT 323 In song mode select the song number 00...

Page 16: ...slider is moved from up to down the pan setting left right position of the sound is shifted from right to left SOUND CHANGE According to the slider movement the sound of the pad changes The actual ch...

Page 17: ...lume pitch and output target The preset drum kits cannot be edited To edit a preset drum kit copy the contents to a user drum kit and then perform editing p 37 In pattern mode press the DRUM A key or...

Page 18: ...um kit 64 127 and press the PAD FUNCTION key Press the EDIT key and hit the pad to be used as copy source The copy source pad is selected 3 2 1 Copying a pad setting 7 6 5 Application Guide Drum Kits...

Page 19: ...ey While you press the BASS key the display shows the currently selected drum kit number 00 54 1 Switching bass programs Bass Program Operation 5 Copy target user drum kit 4 3 2 1 Copying a drum kit 6...

Page 20: ...ss program output level 4 3 Current setting 2 Application Guide Drum Kits Bass Programs 39 Application Guide Drum Kits Bass Programs 38 While holding down the BASS key use the keys With each push of t...

Page 21: ...Application Guide Patterns 40 Application Guide Patterns This section explains various operation steps related to patterns It also outlines the groove play function which lets you assign various patte...

Page 22: ...ty pattern the indication EMPTY appears on the display 1 Real Time Pattern Input 7 6 Smallest quantize unit Smallest quantize unit Play Play Stop Pad Pad Press Release 5 Application Guide Patterns 43...

Page 23: ...r while holding down the pad You can record changes in pitch volume panning position and sound For details on using the JAM slider see page 31 7 PAD13 EXTRA 3 Snare drum Bass drum Snare drum Bass drum...

Page 24: ...AD 5 STEP STEP STEP PAD 5 Hold down Hold down KICK STEP STEP STEP KICK STEP KICK STEP STEP STEP STEP Application Guide Patterns 47 Application Guide Patterns 46 The JAM slider operation is only effect...

Page 25: ...he delete process press the EXIT key When the ENTER key is pressed the specified track is deleted You can copy an existing pattern preset user pattern to any user pattern In pattern mode select the pa...

Page 26: ...ish swing Application Guide Patterns 51 Application Guide Patterns 50 Press the ENTER key and use the keys or the VALUE dial to select the copy target user pattern U00 U99 To execute the copy process...

Page 27: ...The excessive measures are cut off After returning to pattern mode the deleted measures cannot be restored When you change the setting with the keys or the VALUE dial the indication E appears on the...

Page 28: ...beat Current measure 3 Song name Song number or 2 1 Song Playback Application Guide Patterns 54 When you change the setting with the keys or the VALUE dial the indication E appears on the display Whe...

Page 29: ...57 Application Guide Song 56 To mute a specific track hold down the MUTE key and press the DRUM A DRUM B BASS key The key lights up and the selected track is muted To cancel muting hold down the MUTE...

Page 30: ...ext pattern 4 Current beat Current measure Pad with first pattern 3 Application Guide Song 59 Application Guide Song 58 The Next parameter specifies which operation occurs when the pattern assigned to...

Page 31: ...6 Application Guide Song 61 Application Guide Song 60 For song step input you enter various information pattern tempo bass transpose etc separately while the RT 323 is in the stop condition To do thi...

Page 32: ...ttern B 6 5 Application Guide Song 63 Application Guide Song 62 To delete a measure Use the keys to move to the start of the measure you want to delete and press the DELETE key The indication DELETE a...

Page 33: ...input for a song Using the transpose function you can create various chord progressions from a small number of patterns In song mode select the song and press the REC key The REC key lights up and son...

Page 34: ...ent type Use the keys and STEP key to move to the position of the event you want to delete and press the ERASE key To add or edit events press the key 7 6 Setting value 5 4 3 Application Guide Song 67...

Page 35: ...n information is recorded and record on the song track Later you may add pattern information to such a song for which only the song track is recorded Song Track Operation 4 3 Copy source song Copy tar...

Page 36: ...tively Select the song from which you want to delete a song track and press the SONG TRACK key The SONG TRACK key lights up Press the ERASE key and use the DRUM A DRUM B BASS key to select the song tr...

Page 37: ...To cancel the process press the EXIT key This section describes how to alter settings that affect the entire song such as tempo song name etc The bass track of an entire song can be transposed in semi...

Page 38: ...hown never remove the SmartMedia card or turn off the unit Otherwise the data may be destroyed 6 5 4 Underline 3 2 1 Saving Data on the SmartMedia Card Application Guide SmartMedia 75 Application Guid...

Page 39: ...the indication CARDFULL appears while saving data there is not enough free space on the SmartMedia card Delete unnecessary data first p 78 To load saved data from the SmartMedia card into the RT 323...

Page 40: ...rtMedia card 3 2 1 Reading a PS 02 pattern into the RT 323 pattern import Import Export of PS 02 SmartMedia Data 5 4 File to delete Application Guide SmartMedia 79 Application Guide SmartMedia 78 SONG...

Page 41: ...tern number 3 2 Application Guide SmartMedia 81 Application Guide SmartMedia 80 Use the keys or the VALUE dial to select the pattern and press the ENTER key The target user pattern number is shown on...

Page 42: ...de Remote Control 82 Application Guide Remote Control This section describes how to use the CONTROL IN jack in conjunction with an optional foot pedal or foot switch to perform remote control of the R...

Page 43: ...niment The basic steps for changing MIDI settings are similar for all MIDI items Proceed as follows Press the UTILITY key and use the keys to call up the indication MIDI on the display 1 Basic steps C...

Page 44: ...gs INT When the RT 323 carries out playback MIDI sync messages are sent default setting This allows for example playing a MIDI sequencer in sync with the tempo of the RT 323 Enable disable MIDI send r...

Page 45: ...T 323 functions accordingly This allows for example operating the RT 323 in sync with the tempo of an external MIDI sequencer Note that if the MIDI setting is selected the RT 323 will not perform patt...

Page 46: ...tput via the MIDI OUT jack bulk dump This function allows you to store all RT 323 settings or only selected data on an external component such as a MIDI sequencer Before starting the bulk dump operati...

Page 47: ...ded Hold down the SONG TRACK key for at least 1 second The SONG TRACK key lights up and the MIDI track is ready for recording The procedure for MIDI track recording stop and playback is the same as fo...

Page 48: ...tion NOCARD is shown the SmartMedia card is not recognized Verify that the card is correctly inserted in the DATA CARD slot If the indication WRITE PROTECT is shown the SmartMedia card is write protec...

Page 49: ...tudio1 Studio2 Studio3 Standrd1 Standrd2 Standrd3 Funk 1 Funk 2 Funk 3 Epic 1 Epic 2 Epic 3 Ballad 1 Ballad 2 Ballad 3 Dance 1 Dance 2 Dance 3 HipHop 1 HipHop 2 HipHop 3 Techno 1 Techno 2 Techno 3 Gen...

Page 50: ...op Kick 11 HipHop Kick 12 HipHop Kick 13 HipHop Kick 14 HipHop Kick 21 Techno Kick 11 Techno Kick 12 Techno Kick 13 Techno Kick 21 General Kick 11 General Kick 12 General Kick 13 General Kick 14 Gener...

Page 51: ...Crash Cymbal 3 HipHop Crash Cymbal Electric Crash Cymbal 1 Electric Crash Cymbal 2 General Crash Cymbal Chinese Cymbal Ride Cymbal 1 Ride Cymbal 2 Ride Bell Cymbal 1 Ride Bell Cymbal 2 Live Splash Cym...

Page 52: ...ng it easy to create songs Fill in patterns are indicated by a in the Fill column When you press the keys in pattern mode the unit jumps to the first pattern in the section divided by bold lines Song...

Page 53: ...4 16 5 4 27 27 22 22 5 38 8 22 22 4 5 5 4 22 0 4 4 4 4 4 Fill DRUM A DRUM B BASS Pattern number Pattern name Kit number Recommended tempo Song Song Song Song Song Song Song 187 188 189 190 191 192 193...

Page 54: ...6 6 21 4 27 27 8 8 27 0 4 4 4 4 0 4 13 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 5 1 1 1 1 4 5 4 0 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 11 22 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 Fill DRUM A DRUM B BASS Pattern number Pattern name Kit number R...

Page 55: ...D13 360 56 56 56 57 58 58 58 59 49 58 50 378 360 56 56 56 57 58 58 58 59 49 58 50 378 360 56 56 56 57 58 58 58 59 49 None 50 378 3 6 3 8 3 6 3 8 3 1 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 7 FILL 6 7 8 3 FILL 12 11 FILL 12 0 P...

Page 56: ...314 314 315 316 316 316 317 314 312 316 378 371 314 314 314 315 316 316 316 317 314 312 316 378 371 314 314 314 315 316 316 316 317 314 None 316 378 0 3 0 5 0 3 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 3 2 3 4 7 FILL 6 7 8 3 FI...

Page 57: ...number 9nH kk vv Note On kk note number vv velocity AnH kk vv Polyphonic Key Pressure kk note number vv pressure value BnH cc vv Control Change cc control number 0 119 vv control value BnH 78H xx All...

Page 58: ...nc playback 87 T Tap tempo 41 Tempo 66 TEMPO key 13 41 55 Tick 23 50 TIMSIG 52 Track 13 Bass track 13 Drum A track 13 Drum B track 13 Transp 58 Transpose 21 64 Transps 66 Tuning 38 TUNING 38 Index 115...

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