DrumIt User Manual 1.1x r3.rtf
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1. PROGRAM lower left parameter selects the kit program If Auto load is selected see UNIT PREF LOAD the kit will start loading immediately Otherwise LOAD appears instead of SAVE and one can press LOAD to confirm or press the KIT button to cancel While loading BUSY is displayed SAVE switches to kit save for editing the kit name and selecting its location please make sure save is enabled on the UNT PREF page A question mark next to SAVE indicates that the kit has been edited To reload the original settings hold the MORE button and press UNDO To resume editing hold the MORE button and press REDO STOP stops the song metronome PLAY PAUSE kit with song toggles the song between play and pause While in pause the song time will blink TIME kit with song indicates the playing time for the selected song If no song is selected a dash is displayed 19007 BAR TEMPO 0 LIL 678 120 G PLAY kit with metronome starts the metronome The tempo value will blink during 2 seconds indicating that one can tap the PLAY button once more to set the tempo This can be repeated to change the tempo while playing BAR kit with metronome shows the selected type of bar While the metronome is running it shows the current bar and beat TEMPO kit with metronome sets the beats per minute value DrumIt Five 17 8 KIT PROGRAM save SAVE The Finest Kit 1f Y CHAR POS 1UJU J K 12 PROGRAM lower lef2. Top any trigger level will start the top most layer In all 3 cases the resulting layer amplitude will be as the trigger amplitude ATTACK sets the attack time default O sec HOLD sets the hold time default 0 sec DECAY sets the decay time default infinite Turn to the left to set shorter times With the hold and decay parameters one can create gated sounds Set HOLD to the desired length and DECAY quite short DrumIt Five 20 8 KIT VOLUME per channel Tr o FX BAL VOL IIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIII FX sets the effect send volume This is taken after the main volume so called post fader BAL sets the balance for stereo sounds VOL sets the drum volume This volume is duplicated on the KIT DRUM page Note that the volume in the mix is affected by the drum mix volume as well UNIT MIX page DrumIt Five 21 8 KIT EFFECT TYPE TAP1 TAP2 F Echo 1 24 3 4 gt X TAP3L FBK VOL 89s IIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIII TYPE selects the effect type Currently only Echo TAP1 sets the delay time for the left echo tap as a fraction of the total delay time TAP2 sets the delay time for the right echo tap as a fraction of the total delay time TAP3 sets the total delay time upto 1 sec The Sync setting synchronizes the delay time with the tempo of the metronome Click the dial to select center left or right for the echo tap output FBK feedback sets the feedback amount from tap3 back to the echo
3. bus pair is programmable The mix is routed to the phones and the remix to outputs 1 and 2 The remix consists of a combination of the mix channels This allows to provide a mix for recording or PA without the metronome for example Please refer to the individual page descriptions for details about their parameters and possible settings KICK SNARE HIHAT TOMi 4 CYMBi 3 MIDI IN OUT USB BH 1 7 R I N I D F 6 I 0 D F3F3 3 H l n E F iH P H E R R amp al h F 0 0 P T U T L t s i H H gt INPUT H Ee ouri 2 LE H E0UT3 4 de e m OUTS 6 MN CICER RI PHONES VOYYTTIiue e 9 9 9 9 9 9 Om xna DrumTt Five 15 8 Pages and Parameters Here follows a description of all pages and parameters in the DrumIt Five unit Note that pages marked with a have parameters with individual settings for each drum channel Some parameters might have an arrow after their name It indicates that the corresponding parameter dial can be clicked to select a specific part of the parameter value to be edited or to perform another parameter dependent function Kit Pages PROG Program DRUM Drum ENV Envelope VOL Volume FX Effect COMP Accompaniment Unit Pages MIX Mixer TRIG Trigger NODE Node OUT Output VU VU METR Metronome MIDI MIDI PREF Preferences MEM Memory INFO Information DrumIt Five 16 8 KIT PROGRAM load SAVE STOP PLAY The_Final_Kit 1 M TIME ILI 2 50
4. CD quality wave files stereo 16 bit 44 1 kHz by USB These can then be selected and saved with each kit Alternatively one can connect a media player to the line input which can also be used to connect other instruments or a monitor mix of the other players in the band Practice With the built in metronome one can practice ones playing skills There are many time signatures to choose between and these plus the tempo can be set individually for each kit The tempo can be changed by tapping the desired rate To start a song with the right tempo the metronome can count in 1 or 2 bars and then stop PC Mac Editor The Drumit Five Editor allows one to edit kits and make custom sounds on a PC or Mac In Kit view one can select a sound file and drag n drop it on any of the drum pads One can also tune the sound and set its balance and volume In Sound view one can select wave files like multi layer instrument recordings and drag n drop them onto the sound layer box to create custom sounds DrumIt Five 6 2 Rear Panel PHONES OUTS OUTS 0UT1 TOM4 TOMS TOM2 TOMi SNARE OUT MIDIIN USB ACIN POWER OOOOOO Hoe LINEIN OUT OUT4 OUT2 CYMBS CYMB2 CVHB1 HIHAT KICK o2 Power POWER Power on off button AC IN Input for the 18 V AC power adapter Warning Connecting a power adapter with a voltage higher than 18 V AC or any DC voltage might damage the DrumIt Five Data Ports USB USB device port for connecting to a USB hos
5. page DrumIt Five 25 8 UNIT TRIGGER per channel CURVE LEVEL Norm jou TYPE GAIN THRES Padi2 dB 48dB 6 320 3 CURVE sets the mapping between stroke force in and trig level out E Posa 7 Posi WA E The Max1 and Max2 setting result in a fixed 6 resp 0 dB trig level LEVEL shows the trigger level in 6 dB steps The digit in front of the level indicates the trigger zone Pressing LEVEL will show the last 4 trigger events On top the level and below the zone TYPE should be set to match the connected trigger source Kick1 or 2 for the DrumIt kick pad with faster resp slower response Pad8 10 or 12 for the DrumIt snare and tom pads Rim for the rims of the DrumIt pads Cymb12 or 14 for the DrumIt cymbal pads In this case the choke function is also enabled HiHat for the DrumIt hihat pad AcTr1 2 or 3 for acoustic trig mics on increasing size drums GAIN should be set so the hardest hit just lights up the top trigger indicator The maximum gain is 24 dB From 12 dB and upwards the threshold is automatically increased to avoid stray triggering THRES should be low enough to pass soft hits but high enough to avoid stray triggering The value can be between 48 dB and 18 dB DrumIt Five 26 8 UNIT NODE per channel PEDAL FADER CC1 HiHat CHAN NOTEL BUS 10 A2 1 2 PEDAL hihat channel only selects the MIDI continuous controller for the hiha
6. pitch of the sound The lowest pitch is 12 half notes one octave down the highest pitch is dependent on the sound encoding upto 4 half notes is common Click the dial to switch between tuning in 100 cent half note or 10 cent steps DECAY sets the decay time default infinite Turn to the left to set shorter times This is useful to make sounds more suitable as metronome click The parameter buttons can trigger upto 3 different types of sound from the selected drum For example when a snare or tom is loaded one can trigger the head and rim sounds for a cymbal the cup bow and edge sounds DrumIt Five 30 8 UNIT MIDI PRCHG LOCAL On On CHAN 10 EU HM C PRCHG program change can be On or Off This is valid for both receive and transmit LOCAL can be On or Off When Off it disables the triggers to the internal sounds to avoid double triggering when an external sequencer echos note on off data CHAN is the common MIDI channel on which to receive and transmit program changes and note triggers Each drum channel can have a different MIDI channel for note triggers see UNIT NODE DrumTt Five 31 8 UNIT PREFERENCES LOAD SAVE HIHAT Auto On I TRIG MIXER INIT4 6dB 3x3 HIT 0 LOAD selects the options for loading a kit program When Automatic the kit will start loading immediately When Pending one has to confirm kit loading on the KIT PROG page SAVE can be On or Off This is valid in
7. As the input does not have an analog level control the output level of the connected device must be set so the line input signal keeps below maximum The mode of the input mono or stereo can be set on the UNIT OUT page The volume level in the mix can be set on the UNIT MIX page 1 to 6 indicate the output 1 to 6 signals Outputs 1 and 2 can carry the Remix in which case the volume can be at a fixed level or set with the LEVEL knob see UNIT OUT HEADPHONES indicate the left and right headphone signals The volume is set with the LEVEL knob except for the 7 8 bus selection see UNIT OUT The VU meters show the actual peak signal level on the audio inputs and outputs To maintain optimum signal quality it is recommended to keep these signals reasonably high however to avoid clipping make sure the top VU segment isn t lit too often Each segment on the VU meter represents 6 dB DrumTt Five 29 8 UNIT METRONOME Perc Cowbell Latin_Salsa_Bell DRUM TUNE lt DECAY 5 3 0 0 o6s Z2 m DRUM selects the sound which is played by the metronome see KIT COMP The folder name is shown on the 1st line and the file name on the 2nd line The numbers below the DRUM parameter indicate the ordinal number of the folder and file Click the dial to select between folder and file browsing If the referenced sound file doesn t exist there will be no folder name and there will be a mark instead of a file number TUNE adjusts the
8. DrumTt Five User Manual OS version 1 1x BOX MUSIC APPLICATIONS Manual revision 3 2box and DrumiIt Five are trademarks of 2box AB Sweden 0 Contents mm FOUONAUAWN FE Introduction Rear Panel Top Panel Getting Started Connection Example Editing Block Diagram Pages and Parameters OS Update and Reset Specifications Glossary DrumIt Five 3 0 Precautions Please make sure the supplied power adapter has the right mains voltage for your area Do not open it or try to modify it If another adapter is used make sure it has 18 VAC at 500 mA 9 VA ouput It is intended for indoors use only avoid humid conditions The DrumIt Five unit has only a low voltage power input so no dangerous conditions can arise from its use However please use common sense using it Don t spill fluids over the unit don t use it under extreme hot gt 40 C or cold lt 0 C conditions keep the bottom and back free for air ventilation and don t use excessive force while handling the unit In short be careful just as one would be with other electronic equipment DrumIt Five 4 1 Introduction Drumlt Five is an open sound drum unit featuring 10 dual function trigger inputs 15 independent drum channels 8 audio outputs and 4 GB Flash memory for sound storage Together with the DrumIt Five pads and rack stand it becomes a complete electronic drum system giving the user an experience which is very close to playing an acous
9. OLDS FILES 15 183 FLASH USED FREE 4GB 977 3x FOLDS shows the amount of folders excl the root folder FILES shows the amount of files in all folders This is not the same as the amount of sound files as it also includes the OS files plus any other files not recognized as DrumIt sound or song files FLASH is the Flash memory size in GB USED is the percentage occupied by folders and files FREE is the percentage available for folders and files DrumIt Five 33 8 UNIT INFORMATION Drum It Five SERNR BOOT OS 00123 1 34 1 10 onze SERNR is the Drumtt Five serial number BOOT is the version of the boot program OS is the version of the operating system DrumIt Five 34 9 OS Update and Reset When Drumlt Five is powered on the LCD will show the DrumIt signature the serial number the boot version and the Flash size Directly after power up one can select between USB mass storage mode OS select mode or TEST mode If no choice is made the default DrumIt operating system will be loaded and normal operation begins As the startup procedure is quite short one can hold down one of the buttons before powering on to make sure the correct mode is selected Any errors during boot will be indicated on the lower right side of the LCD USB 0S TEST Drum It Five SERNR BOOT FLASH 00123 1 34 4GB USB mode enables the DrumIt Five to appear as an external storage device on the host computer If not connected o
10. any previous versions Reset To reset the system to factory default settings there are two possibilities Download the Drumlt dkit file from the 2box web site Connect the Drumit Five with an USB cable to the host computer and start in USB mode Open the DrumIt drive and make a copy of the original Drumlt dkit Then copy the new Drumlt dkit file to the DrumIt Five root folder choose overwrite if asked and restart Otherwise one can use the initialize function on the UNIT PREF page This will copy the unit or kit settings from the DrumltInit dkit file to the DrumIt dkit file If the sound library on the DrumIt Five has been changed some kits might be incomplete silent drum channels However the original sound file name on the KIT DRUM page is still shown but without a folder name and with a question mark as the sound number To make the kit complete again please copy the sound file s back to the DrumIt Five DrumIt Five 36 1 0 Specifications 10 dual function trigger inputs 1 4 TRS 1 stereo audio line input 1 4 TRS 6 mono audio line outputs 1 4 TS 1 stereo headphones output 1 4 TRS USB 1 1 full speed device MIDI in and out 20 x 4 character LCD 18 push buttons 3 rotary dials 1 volume knob 4 GB Flash memory 18 V AC external power supply Unit dimensions incl rubber feet and knobs width x depth x height 260 x 166 x 65 mm 10 2 x 6 5 x 2 6 inch 1 25 kg DrumIt Five 37 1 1 Glossary d
11. both unit and kit mode HIHAT indicates the hihat position A dash is shown if no hihat is connected A closed hihat symbol will blink if the hihat is not calibrated yet otherwise press HIHAT to start calibration Close the hihat and press HIHAT An open hihat symbol will blink Open the hihat to the position where the sound should just reach completely open and press HIHAT once more If the calibration is ok Done will be displayed Otherwise NoChg appears indicating that no settings have been changed This might be because the range between open and closed is too small TRIG sets the top panel button trigger level in dB The maximum is 0 dB and the minimum 48 dB It can also be turned off MIXER selects the way the active faders are shown on the UNIT MIX page Either 3x3 with full names all 9 at once with just the initials or all 9 with the full names shown for a second when changing faders INIT selects the unit or kit settings to be re initialized Click the dial to perform the initialization If the unit or kit is changed Done is shown otherwise NoChg The default is no selection to avoid accidental initialization The init data is read from the DrumltInit dkit file in the root folder If one wants to make a personal init settings file one can restart the DrumIt Five in USB mode delete the original DrumiItInit dkit file copy the current Drumlt dkit file and rename it to DrumltInit dkit DrumIt Five 32 8 UNIT MEMORY F
12. der which name can be edited to reflect the drum channel volume s it controls The assignment of a drum channel to a specific fader is made on the UNIT NODE page INPUT can be Mono or Stereo When Mono only the tip signal on the line input is used for both left and right When Stereo the tip signal is left and the ring signal is right OUT 1 2 selects which audio bus is routed to output 1 and 2 Either the 1 2 bus at a fixed level the Remix bus controlled by the LEVEL knob or the Remix bus with a fixed level NAME edits the selected fader name Turn the dial to change the character at the cursor Click the dial to increment the cursor position REMIX selects a combination of the mix channels for the Remix bus From left to right Drums Fx Input Song and Metronome This allows to provide a mix for recording or PA with a selection of all channels The channel volumes of the Remix are the same as those for the Mix and are set on the UNIT MIX page PHONS selects which audio bus is routed to the headphones output This can be the Mix Remix 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 or 7 8 bus The level is controlled by the LEVEL knob except for the 7 8 bus selection which has a fixed level equal to the other line outputs Bus selections with an exclamation mark have a fixed output level so be careful with the volume setting of the connected device DrumIt Five 28 8 UNIT VU a LLL CALLLLL 1234 INPUT indicates the line input signal
13. eciBell Volume Unit Alternating Current Direct Current Ligth Emitting Diode Liquid Crystal Display Tip Sleeve connector tip signal sleeve ground Tip Ring Sleeve con tip left hot ring right cold slv gnd Balanced audio connector 1 ground 2 hot 3 cold Universal Serial Bus Musical Instrument Digital Interface DrumIt Five 38 BOX MUSIC APPLICATIONS www 2box se DrumIt Five 39
14. es Hold MORE and press UNIT or KIT to access the last visited page within each mode Parameters Each page can hold 6 parameters 3 below the parameter buttons and 3 above the parameter dials If there is an arrow after the parameter name one can click the dial to select a specific part of the value to be edited or to perform another parameter specific function Saving Settings are saved in unit or kit mode by pressing SAVE on the first page of each mode UNIT MIX or KIT PROG In kit mode one can change the kit name and or program location as well to cancel press KIT If one wants to reload the original settings hold the MORE button and press UNDO To resume editing hold the MORE button and press REDO When parameter settings are saved there might be a short silence of the sounds currently playing This is caused by the Flash memory being busy writing data DrumIt Five 14 7 Block Diagram The organization of all pages and their function within DrumIt Five is shown in the block diagram here below The shaded pages are in kit mode different settings for each kit The TRIG DRUM ENV VOL and NODE pages have individual settings for each of the 15 drum channels Similar channels are depicted in a stack on top of each other From this picture one can follow the basic signal flow from trigger input to audio output MIDI and other data signals are shown with dotted lines The assignment of a channel to a particular bus or
15. he individual drum channel volumes for each kit can be set on the KIT DRUM page These settings are saved per kit Sounds On the KIT DRUM page one can select sounds for each of the 15 drum channels If there are no sounds selected on the percussion channels MORE plus SNARE or TOM then the percussion trigger most likely from the rim of the pad is redirected to zone 8 on the snare or tom channel Depending on the sound selected there this can trigger the rim of a snare or tom Otherwise the sound on the percussion channel will be independent with its own individual channel settings Changing Settings Use the PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN buttons to select other unit or kit pages When parameter settings are changed they can be saved by pressing SAVE on the UNIT MIX or KIT PROG page If the mark after SAVE does not disappear please enable the save function first on the UNIT PREF page If any settings have been changed one can hold MORE and press UNDO REDO to undo or redo any changes DrumIt Five 12 5 Connection Example The following picture shows one possible way of connecting the DrumIt Five to other equipment Of course many other configurations are possible Some of the inputs or outputs can be reconfigured to match other types of connection see the UNIT TRIG and UNIT OUT pages SNARE and TOM1 to TOM4 can be split to connect 2 pads to each input for a total of 15 independent triggers LINE IN can be set to accept mono or
16. inactive and position detect plus choke on a cymbal pad will be disabled Audio Inputs and Outputs LINE IN Stereo line level input for media players or instruments OUT1 6 Mono line level outputs with the ring contact to ground PHONES Stereo headphones output 32 to 600 Ohm The LINE IN can be set to accept mono or stereo signals see UNIT OUT page In mono mode only the tip signal is used for both left and right in stereo mode the tip is left and the ring is right The OUT1 6 outputs have the ring contact to ground So if a balanced TRS to XLR cable would be used the XLR negative signal is correctly grounded The PHONES output is independent of the other outputs It can be used as 2 additional line level outputs for a total of 8 audio outputs Use a split cable Y cable to obtain a separate left and right signal Please note that the maximum signal level is two times 6 dB higher than the line outputs If the 7 8 bus with fixed level is selected for the headphones output see UNIT OUT page the nominal signal level is matched to the OUT1 6 levels to accomodate an easy connection of all 8 outputs to an external mixer DrumIt Five 8 3 Top Panel USB LEUEL MIDI CYMB1 CVHB2 CVHB3 UNIT e e Q cea TOMi TOM2 TOMS TOM4 KIT ii Sr Ba Teno e 1UULJ 6 8 KICK SNARE HIHAT MORE i On the left side of the panel there are 10 drum channel buttons KICK SNARE HIHAT TOM1 to TOM4 and CYMB1 to CYMB3 collective
17. input VOL sets the effect volume Note that the volume in the mix is affected by the effect mix volume as well UNIT MIX page Note that when TAP1 and TAP2 have equal settings the resulting sound appears in the center DrumIt Five 22 8 KIT ACCOMPANIMENT song mode MODE PLAY C Give_It_All 0 SONG TIME VOL M 13 2 50 mmm P MODE selects between a song to play along with or a metronome PLAY STOP toggles the song between play and stop SONG selects a song file All files are shown irrespective of the folder they are in If the referenced song file doesn t exist there will be a mark instead of a file number TIME shows the total playing time in minutes and seconds VOL sets the song volume Note that the volume in the mix is affected by the song mix volume as well UNIT MIX page When selecting another song file during play it will play immediately DrumIt Five 23 8 KIT ACCOMPANIMENT metronome mode MODE BARS PLAY C 444444 0 BAR TEMPO VOL M 6 8 44 1290 ww P MODE selects between a song to play along with or a metronome The metronome sound is common for all kits and can be selected on the UNIT METR page BARS sets the amount of bars to be played Either continuously 1 or 2 bars PLAY STOP starts resp stops the metronome BAR sets the time signature Bars from 2 4 to 7 4 and 3 8 to 12 8 can be chosen The odd bars 5 8 and 7 8 have several formats TEMPO sets the beats per m
18. inute value The length of one beat is indicated by a note value VOL sets the metronome volume Note that the volume in the mix is affected by the metronome mix volume as well UNIT MIX page DrumIt Five 24 8 UNIT MIXER SAVE FADER nmn KICK SNARE m HH HH SAVE saves the unit settings including the mixer volumes A question mark next to SAVE indicates that settings have been changed If one wants to reload the original settings hold the MORE button and press UNDO To resume editing hold the MORE button and press REDO FADER selects the active volume faders Depending on the UNIT PREF MIXER setting these will be shown 3 at the time with full names all 9 at once with just the initials or all 9 with the full names shown for a second when changing faders VU meter top right shows the left and right signal level of the mix Fut uu S Tun Cmm Pu Ioui S HUI KICK SNARE HIHAT or TOMS CYMBS PERC each control the drum volume of one or more drum channels This volume is in addition to the volume as set on the KIT DRUM page The assignment of each drum channel to a particular fader is done on the UNIT NODE page The fader names can be changed on the UNIT OUT page to reflect the volumes they control FX INPUT SONG METR control the volume of the effect line input and song metronome This volume is in addition to the volume as set on the KIT FX and KIT COMP page the line input volume is only on the mix
19. ly called the CHANNEL buttons They each correspond to the trigger input with the same name on the rear of the unit The names refer to the suggested function however the drum channel can hold any kind of sound The 5 additional percussion channels PERCI to PERC5 are selected by holding down the MORE button and pressing the TOM or SNARE buttons Pressing a CHANNEL button normally triggers the associated sound the button trigger level is programmable see UNIT PREF page The MORE button can also be used together with the UNIT KIT or parameter buttons for extended functions Drum Channels DrumIt Five 9 3 Parameter Display The main area with the UNIT and KIT mode buttons to the left can show 6 parameters 3 below the parameter buttons and 3 above the parameter dials Each parameter has a name with the associated value below For some parameters the value might appear elsewhere this is easily seen by context for example the kit name appears separately on the 2nd line of the LCD Some parameters below the buttons do not have an associated value they are most often used to activate a function for example STOP and PLAY The page area with the PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN buttons to the right shows the current page name vertically Since the size is restricted to 4 characters some page names are abbreviated Miscellaneous On the top left there is a USB MIDI indicator On the top right there is a LEVEL knob controlling the volume t
20. meter indicate the ordinal number of the folder and file Click the dial to select between folder and file browsing If the referenced sound file doesn t exist there will be no folder name and there will be a mark instead of a file number TUNE adjusts the pitch of the sound The lowest pitch is 12 half notes one octave down the highest pitch is dependent on the sound encoding upto 4 half notes is common Click the dial to switch between tuning in 100 cent half note or 10 cent steps VOL sets the drum volume This volume is duplicated on the KIT VOL page Note that the volume in the mix is affected by the drum mix volume as well UNIT MIX page The parameter buttons can trigger upto 3 different types of sound from the selected drum For example when a snare or tom is loaded one can trigger the head and rim sounds for a cymbal the cup bow and edge sounds DrumIt Five 19 8 KIT ENVELOPE per channel VOICE LAYER E Poly Var N ATTACK HOLD DECAY V 047s5 68s 1 65 VOICE can be Poly or Mono In the latter case only one voice will play the drum sound This is specifically useful for synthetic kind of drum sounds LAYER has 3 settings Fixed a certain trigger level will always start the same layer which best matches the trigger level amplitude Variable a certain trigger level will start a semi random layer as long as it is close to the trigger level amplitude This allows for a very natural response
21. o the headphones output and optionally the line outputs 1 and 2 DrumIt Five 10 4 Getting Started After the introduction and panel overview of the Drumtt Five unit it s time to connect the pads and the audio outputs Pads and Triggers Depending on the pads being connected the trigger settings might have to be changed this is done on the UNIT TRIG page for each channel individually The factory trigger settings are configured for use with DrumIt pads How to set up and connect these is explained in a separate manual HiHat Before first use the hihat has to be calibrated on the UNIT PREF page If there is a dash below the HIHAT parameter the hihat is not connected please make sure a stereo TRS cable is used A closed hihat symbol will blink if the hihat is not calibrated yet otherwise press HIHAT to start the calibration Close the hihat or loosen it and let it rest on the hihat puck Press HIHAT An open hihat symbol will be blinking Opn the hihat or fix the hihat at the position where the sound should just reach completely open Press HIHAT again Done will appear if an acceptable open to closed range is detected otherwise NoChg will be shown One might want to fix the hihat at a position higher than the calibrated open position depending on ones playing preferences Monitoring For audio monitoring one can either use a pair of headphones connected to the phones output or an amplifier with speakers connected to line ou
22. r not recognized by the host computer the USB_Disconnected status will be shown If attached properly the status will be USB_Connected One can now copy files between the host computer and the DrumIt Five The letters R and W indicate read and write activity do not disconnect during this time as this will result in data corruption OS mode allows one to select any available version of the operating system Press PREV or NEXT to browse through all available versions then press LOAD to start the selected OS The OS version or any error is shown on the lower right side of the LCD If the OS has a serial number license which does not match the Drumlt Five serial number the licensed serial number will be shown TEST mode will run a SDRAM test after which it will load the DrumltTest bin file and start in test mode If no test program is available DrumIt Five will start in USB mode DrumIt Five 35 9 OS Update To update the operating system download the latest OS file from the 2box web site Connect the DrumIt Five with an USB cable to the host computer and start in USB mode Then copy the new DrumlItXYZ bin file XYZ being the version number to the DrumIt Five root folder and restart power off power on If all went well the new OS version number is shown on the lower right side of the LCD otherwise an error message will appear The boot program will automatically load the most recent version but to save space one can delete
23. stereo signals OUT1 and OUT2 can source the Remix or the 1 2 bus PHONES can source the Mix Remix 1 2 3 4 546 or 7 8 bus To allow 8 separate outputs to be connected to an external mixer or recorder the headphones output can be used as 2 additional line outputs First assign each drum channel to a specific bus on the UNIT NODE page Then go to the UNIT OUT page and set the OUT1 2 parameter to 1 2 and the the PHONS parameter to 7 8 In this case the mixer settings on the UNIT MIX page are not relevant anymore since the mix is disconnected from the output DrumIt Five 13 6 Editing Editing settings in the DrumIt Five is very straightforward Select the mode with the UNIT or KIT button choose a page with PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN and then press a parameter button or turn a parameter dial to set the value All DrumIt Five parameters are organized this way and can therefore easily be referenced by their mode page and name Modes The mode is selected with the UNIT or KIT button Unit mode holds all parameters relating to the whole DrumIt Five unit common to all kits and kit mode holds parameters specific to each of the 100 kits Pages Each mode has several pages selected with the PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN buttons Some pages hold parameters with independent values for each channel in this case the current channel will be lit Press any CHANNEL button optionally while holding down MORE to show the corresponding parameter valu
24. t MIDIIN Input for data from other MIDI equipment MIDI OUT Output for data to other MIDI equipment The USB version is 1 1 full speed 12 Mbits sec compatible with USB 1 1 and 2 0 hosts The DrumIt Five is implemented as a standard USB mass storage device so no device drivers are needed for the major operating systems When the DrumIt Five is in USB mode and connected to a host computer it will appear as an external storage device Trigger Inputs KICK Trigger on tip current source for LED array on ring SNARE Trigger on tip trigger on ring HIHAT Trigger on tip sense amplifier for pedal position on ring TOM1 4 Trigger on tip trigger on ring CYMB1 3 Trigger on tip switch detect for zone and choke on ring All trigger inputs have TRS input jacks The trigger function on the tip contact is the same for all while the function on the ring contact can differ DrumIt Five 7 2 Please note that any pad can be connected to any trigger input jack The function on the ring contact of the pad might not work as expected but no damage will be done The SNARE and TOM inputs can be used to connect 5 additional triggers for a total of 15 independent trigger inputs Use a split cable Y cable with a stereo TRS jack on one end to the trigger input and 2 mono TS jacks on the other end to 2 separate pads Some pads may loose some of their functionality when connected this way For example the rim on a snare or tom pad will become
25. t parameter selects the program location for the kit to be saved copied or moved SAVE program not changed saves the kit and returns to program load Press the KIT button to cancel COPY MOVE p COPY program changed copies the kit and returns to program load The kit at the chosen program location will be overwritten Press the KIT button to cancel MOVE program changed moves the kit and returns to program load The kits in between the original and selected program location will be moved up or down one location as well Compare this to taking out one card from a stack of cards and putting it back somewhere else in the stack Press the KIT button to cancel CHAR inserts a character at the cursor position As soon as the dial is turned the character is inserted in the kit name Click the dial to increment the cursor position The character defaults to space indicated by an underscore but when the dial is turned again it resumes from the last character inserted POS sets the cursor position Click the dial to decrement the cursor position and shift left all characters to the right of the cursor position similar to backspace DrumIt Five 18 8 KIT DRUM per channel Cymbal Crash Legacy 17 Crash DRUM TUNE VOL 3 8 2 0 mui zco DRUM selects the drum sound to be triggered on this channel The folder name is shown on the 1st line and the file name on the 2nd line The numbers below the DRUM para
26. t pedal CC1 represents the modulation wheel and CC4 the foot pedal FADER selects the fader which controls the volume in the mix CHAN selects the MIDI channel on which to receive and transmit note on and off messages The last selection is the common MIDI channel see UNIT MIDI indicated with an exclamation mark NOTE selects the MIDI note for the note on and off messages If the associated trigger type has more than one zone like cup bow and edge the additional zones are mapped onto consecutive higher notes Click the dial to switch between note name and note number MIDI note 0 corresponds to C 1 and note 60 to C4 2D E F GABCSD EF GRBC DEF GRBCSDEF 6 Ps e Pe Pa KICK SNARE HIHAT TOMi TOM2 TOMS TOM4 CVHB1 CYMB2 CVHB3 The picture above shows the factory NOTE settings Px are the percussion channels selected with MORE plus TOMx or SNARE This configuration allows all drum channels to be played from a standard MIDI keyboard with the modulation wheel as the hihat pedal If recording on a sequencer one can set the drum channels on individual MIDI channels so they end up on separate tracks BUS selects the bus for direct out This can be any bus pair from 1 to 8 Note that the drum volume as set on the KIT DRUM page affects the direct out level but the drum mix volume does not DrumTt Five 27 8 UNIT OUTPUT INPUT OUT12 O Streo Re U REMIX PHONS T RSNA Mix FADER selects the fa
27. tic drum kit Flexibility Drumlt Five offers 100 user configurable drum kits with sounds from an ever expanding sound library With the PC Mac based Drumlt Five Editor one can configure kits and create custom sounds When the DrumIt Five unit is connected by USB to a host computer it appears as an external storage device no driver install needed Sounds can then be copied to the DrumIt Five unit just as easy as one would copy photo or music files to a media player Trigger The fast and flexible trigger interface offers low latency and wide dynamic range Additionally depending on the type of pad different sound types can be triggered from different zones on the pad For example all snare and tom pads have head and rim triggers and all cymbal pads have cup bow and edge triggers Sounds Most DrumIt sounds are recorded with several microphones at different distances and then mixed down to stereo some with room ambience others rather dry Sounds can consist of upto 128 layers so the gradual change between soft and hard hits can be faithfully reproduced Any drum channel can be loaded with any sound however some sounds have multiple sound types which can only be played when the channel is configured with an appropriate pad Each drum sound is stored in a separate file and they are all organized in folders to make it convenient to select them DrumIt Five 5 1 Play Along To play along with an audio track one can download
28. tputs 1 and 2 The volume level is set with the LEVEL knob on the top panel Normally the mix is on the phones output and the remix on outputs 1 and 2 The remix is usually the same as the mix but can be changed to exclude the metronome for example so it is only on the headphones see UNIT OUT page Please note that the output of the DrumIt Five can be quite strong and that the sounds are often very rich in transients A normal HiFi system might easily get damaged by this So be careful about what kind of monitor system is being used Always start with a low volume and gradually turn it up to a comfortable level DrumTt Five 11 4 Kit Select The kit program can be changed on the KIT PROG page Turn the left dial to select a program There are 100 programs to choose from Each program holds one kit A kit consists of 15 drum channel settings with one drum sound each plus common settings like effect song and metronome A program is a location where a kit can be saved A kit can be copied or moved to a different program location so it will have a different program number however it s still the same kit unless some of it settings are changed too Volumes The volume levels for the re mix are set on the UNIT MIX page The first 6 faders control the drum channel volumes The last 3 faders control the volumes for the effect input and song metronome The mixer settings are common to all kits and are saved with the unit settings T
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