User Manual

Using Drum Kits Editing Drum Kits
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Fine-tuning the sound of each sample
1. If you like, adjust the Levels for the two
Drumsamples.
This can be very useful in creating a smooth velocity split or
crossfade.
2. Set the tuning and EG parameters as desired.
For each Drumsample, you can control offsets to the
Program’s settings for transposition, tuning, and EG attack
and decay times.
3. Go to the Sample Parameter tab.
This page lets you make even more adjustments to the
sound. For each Drumsample, can control offsets to the
Program’s settings for filter cutoff and resonance, drive, and
low boost. Additionally, you can control the gain for each
band of the EQ.
For more information, please see “Global P5: Drum Kit” on
page 807 of the Parameter Guide.
4. Repeat steps 1–3 to set up each key of the Drum Kit.
You can also copy settings from one key to another, using
the Copy Key Setup menu command.
Using Exclusive Groups
1. Select the Voice/Mixer tab.
2. Use the Exclusive Groups to make one drum sound
cut off another drum sound - such as closed and open
hi-hats.
For example, let’s say that you’ve assigned an open hi-hat
and a closed hi-hat to the same exclusive group:
Play the open hi-hat sound.
While it’s still ringing, play the closed hi-hat.
The open hi-hat sound will be cut off–simulating the
action of a physical hi-hat.
Using Hold
The Program Hold parameter can be especially useful for
drum programs, since it lets the samples ring out naturally
regardless of how long you hold down the note. The way that
this works depends on settings in both the Program and the
Drum Kit, as described below.
To enable Hold:
1. In Program mode, go to the Program Basic tab of the
Basic/Vector page.
2. Under Key Zone, make sure that the Hold check-box
is checked.
Once you’ve turned on Hold for the Program, the function is
controlled on a note-by-note basis according to settings
within the Drum Kit.
3. In Global mode, go to the Voice Mixer tab of the
Drum Kit page.
4. For each key, set the Enable Note Off Receive
parameter as desired.
If this parameter is unchecked, the key will be held.
If it is checked, the key will not be held.
If you turn off Hold in the Program, no keys will be held -
regardless of their Enable Note Off Receive setting.
Controlling effects for each key
Drum Kits have their own, built-in mixers. For each key, you
can control the Insert Effects busing, Master Effects sends,
and pan.
To use separate bus settings for each key:
1. In Program mode, go to the Routing tab of the IFX
page.
2. Make sure that the Use DKit Setting check-box is
checked.
When Use DKit Setting is on, the Program will use the Bus
Select and Effects Send settings for each key of the Drum
Kit.
When Use DKit Setting is off, the Program will ignore the
Drum Kit’s Bus Select and Effects Send settings.
3. In Global mode, go to the Voice Mixer tab of the
Drum Kit page.
4. Use the Bus Select (IFX/Indiv. Out Assign) parameter
to send drum sounds through their own Insert effects,
or to the individual outputs.
If you like, you can send each note to its own Insert effect, or
to the individual audio outputs, in addition to the main L/R
outputs.
For example, you might send all snare sounds to IFX1, all
kick sounds to IFX2, and the remaining sounds to L/R.
5. Use “Send1(MFX1)” and “Send2(MFX2)” to set the
send levels to the master effects.
Controlling pan for each key
To use separate pan settings for each key:
1. In Program mode, go to the Amp1/Driver1 tab of the
Amp/EQ page.
2. Under Pan, make sure that the Use DKit Setting
check-box is checked.
When Use DKit Setting is on, the Program will use the pan
settings for each key of the Drum Kit.
3. In Global mode, go to the Voice Mixer tab of the
Drum Kit page.
4. Use the Pan parameter to specify the key’s stereo
output position.
Double Drum Programs
Double Drum Programs let you layer two Drum Kits
together. Most often, these will be close-mic’d and ambient
versions of the same acoustic drums, so that you can control
the balance between the two. You could also use this for
creative layering and special effects, of course!
Everything else about Double Drum Programs is the same as
for Single Drum Programs.