DrumIt Five User Manual
Contents
1. Kit Drum Channel Cymbal Ride woozle_22_Ride Drum Tune Vol 5 0 0 III amp c Iov 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 If the name includes spaces they are displayed as underscores to keep the name together If the referenced sound file doesn t exist there will be no folder name and there will be a mark instead of a sound 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 DATA dial to switch between 100 cent half note and 10 cent steps Vol sets the channel volume Note that the channel volume in the mix is affected by the mix fader as well The DATA 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 PAGE 14 6 Pages and Parameters Kit envelope Channel Bal E C N Atack Decay Vol V 0 100 Ill Attack sets the time it takes to reach the default sound level Decay sets the time it takes to fade away Bal sets the balance for stereo sounds Pressing the DATA button resets the balance to center click and turn the DATA dial to adjust the balance between left and right Vol sets the channel volume This volume is d2. Drumlt Five User Manual MUSIC APPLICATIONS BOX MUSIC APPLICATIONS Copyright 2box AB 2009 2box and Drumlt Five are trademarks of 2box AB Sweden Specifications are subject to change without prior notice PAGE 2 Drumlt Five User Manual Contents Introduction Getting Started Rear Panel Top Panel Editing Pages and Parameters Boot and OS Signal Routing Oo AN DO oa FWD Specifications 10 Glossary PAGE 3 Drumlt Five User Manual 1 Introduction Drumlt Five is an open sound drum unit featuring upto 15 independent trigger inputs 8 audio outputs and 4 GB Flash memory for sound storage Together with the Drumlt Five pads and rack stand it becomes a complete electronic drum system giving the user an experience which is very close to playing an acoustic drum set However in contrast to a traditional acoustic set Drumlt Five offers 100 user configurable drum kits with sounds from an ever expanding sound library AS new sounds become available they can easily be downloaded via USB The fast and flexible trigger interface offers low latency and wide dynamic range As the sounds consist of many velocity layers the gradual change between soft and hard hits is faithfully reproduced Additionally depending on the type of pad different sounds 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 t
3. Unit Preferences Nim o U Load selects the options for loading a kit program When automatic the kit will load after half a second timeout When manual one has to press Load on the Kit Program page to load a different kit Save is always on regardless of which option is selected BtTrg Button Trigger sets the button trigger level in dB It can also be turned off PAGE 22 6 Pages and Parameters Unit Pads KSNHPT1T2T3T4C123 nAULYTV The pad bar graphs show the input signal on the trigger inputs The snare and toms have 2 input signals one from the tip and one from the ring The input signals are shown before gain adjustement Each bar represents 6 dB K shows the kick signal from the tip contact SN shows the snare signal above S from the tip contact above N from the ring contact H shows the hihat signal from the tip contact Drumlt Five User Manual T1T2T3T4 show the tom1 to tom4 signals above T from the tip contact above 1 to 4 from the ring contact C123 show the cymb1 to cymb3 signals from the tip contact When choke is active a cross is shown BOX PAGE 23 Drumlt Five User Manual 6 Pages and Parameters Unit MIDI PrChg Thru Local On Off On Chan 16 PrChg Program Change can be on or off This is valid for both receive and transmit Thru is not functional Local can be on or off When off it disables the triggers to the internal sounds to avoid double triggering when an e
4. channel only selects the MIDI continous controller for the hihat pedal CC1 represents the modulation wheel and CC4 the foot pedal Drumlt Five User Manual The factory setting for the drum channel is shown below starting on C2 DEFGABCDEFGABCDEFGABCDEFGABC S T e WS eco C Ge 1 fo fo y y m m m m m 2 3 4 b le 2 3 Cc K a n G k a E e The factory setting has all drum channels starting on a white key The rim or edge are on the next black key The MIDI channel is the common MIDI channel as set on the Unit MIDI page 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 Fader selects which fader controls the channel volume in the mix Out selects the output destination This can be any output from 1 to 6 or any odd even output pair Note that the channel volume affects the ouput level but the mix fader volume does not BOX PAGE 19 Drumlt Five User Manual 6 Pages and Parameters Unit VU 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 6dB I indicates the line input
5. memory 18 V AC external power supply PAGE 30 10 Glossary dB deciBell VU Volume Unit AG Alternating Current DC Direct Current LED Ligth Emitting Diode LCD Liquid Crystal Display TS Tip Sleeve connector tip signal sleeve ground TRS Tip Ring Sleeve con tip left hot ring right cold sleeve gnd XLR Balanced audio connector 1 ground 2 hot 3 cold USB Universal Serial Bus MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface Drumlt Five User Manual San APRUB PAGE 31 BOX MUSIC APPLICATIONS Copyright 2box AB 2009 2box and Drumlt Five are trademarks of 2box AB Sweden Specifications are subject to change without prior notice PAGE 32
6. signal 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 and gain of the input mono stereo or balanced 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 line output 1 to 6 signals Outputs 1 and 2 can carry the mix in which case the volume is set with the LEVEL knob indicates the left and right headphone signals The volume is set with the LEVEL knob on the top panel PAGE 20 6 Pages and Parameters Unit Output Fader Input Outi2 0 2 Mono 1 2 U Name Phons T Snare L R Fader selects the mixer fader to be edited Name allows the fader name to be edited Turn the DATA dial to change the character at the cursor Click the DATA dial to increment the cursor position Input can be mono stereo or balanced When mono only the tip signal on the line input is used When stereo the tip signal is left and the ring signal is right When balanced the tip signal is positive and the ring signal is negative to accomodate balanced microphones When balanced a gain of 12 or 24 dB can be selected Drumlt Five User Manual Out12 selects the internal out 1 and 2 signals or the mix to be routed to output 1 and 2 Phons selects which internal audio signals are routed to the headphones output BOX PAGE 21 Drumlt Five User Manual 6 Pages and Parameters
7. 6 parameters 3 parameters below the DATA buttons and 3 parameters above the DATA dials If there is an arrow after the parameter name one can click the DATA dial to select the parameter value to be edited For example some parameters have an arrow to indicate split data values like a coarse and fine value clicking the DATA dial selects between those values Please note that clicking the DATA dial will never change any parameter values it just switches the focus to another parameter or part thereof PAGE 10 Drumlt Five User Manual 6 Pages and Parameters Here follows a description of all pages and parameters in the Drumlt Five unit Note that some pages have parameters with individual settings for each drum channel A plus sign after a parameter name in the description is actualy an arrow on the LCD Please note not all parameters are fully functional this will be fixed in release version 1 00 Kit Pages PROG DRUM ENV SONG Unit Pages MIX TRIG CONF TEST VU OUT PREF MIDI PADS MEM INFO Program Drum Envelope Song Mixer Trigger Configuration Test do not use VU Output Preferences MIDI Pads Memory Information PAGE 11 Drumlt Five User Manual 6 Pages and Parameters Kit Program Load Saveunstsapwastark Heaven_And_Hel _ Time NZNZORGHEAS QODU The left DATA dial selects the drum kit program When it is turned Load will appear below the left DATA button When auto loa
8. EVEL USB MIDI CYMB1 CYMB2 CYMB3 UNIT PAGE a TOM1 TOM2 TOM3 TOM4 KIT D3 Tine R PAGEY 01 38 G KICK SNARE HIHAT 00 0000 Drum Channels On the left side of the panel there are 10 drum channel buttons KICK SNARE HIHAT TOM1 to TOM4 and CYMB1 to CYMB3 collectively 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 are selected by holding down the MORE button and pressing the TOM or SNARE buttons Pressing a drum channel button normally triggers the associated sound this button trigger level is programmable see Unit Pref BtTrg Main Display The main LCD with the UNIT and KIT mode buttons to the left shows 6 parameters by default 3 below the DATA buttons and 3 above the DATA 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 under the DATA buttons do not have an associated value they are most often used to activate a function for example Stop and Start PAGE 8 Drumlt Five User Manual 4 Top Panel Page Display The page LCD with the PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN buttons to the right shows the current
9. ample the rim on a snare pad will become inactive and the edge trigger plus choke on a cymbal pad will be disabled Although the secondary function on the trigger inputs can differ any pad can be connected to whatever trigger input jack The secondary function of the pad might not work as expected of course but no damage will be done Audio Inputs and Outputs LINE IN is a stereo line level input for connecting media players instruments or microphones OUT1 to OUT6 are mono line level outputs with the ring contact to ground PHONES is a stereo headphones output capable of driving headphones from 32 to 600 Ohm The LINE IN can be set to accept mono stereo or balanced signals In mono mode only the tip signal is used in stereo mode both the tip and the ring signal are used for left and right respectively and in balanced mode the difference between the tip and ring signal is used which is then amplified by 12 or 24 dB This last mode is intended for dynamic microphones connected by a balanced XLR to TRS cable Please note that a good outboard microphone preamplifier will probably give better results and in case of microphones needing phantom power that will be the only option 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 as described above to obtain a left and right signal PAGE 7 Drumlt Five User Manual 4 Top Panel L
10. d is selected see Unit Pref Load the kit is loaded after half a second timeout Otherwise one can press the DATA button to load or press the KIT button to return to the previous program While program load is in progress Load is displayed Time indicates the playing time for the selected song track If no song is selected a dash is displayed Save switches to program save for editing the kit name and selecting its destination A question mark next to Save indicates that one or more parameters of the kit have been changed Stop stops the song track Start starts the song track PAGE 12 6 Pages and Parameters Kit Program Save Save De Heaven_And_Hel JEN Pos I ns 1 H QODU The left DATA dial selects the destination for the program to be saved Save saves the program at the selected destination and returns to program load Press the KIT button to return without saving Pos sets the cursor position Del deletes the character at the cursor position Ins inserts a character at the cursor position As soon as the DATA dial is turned the character Drumlt Five User Manual is inserted in the kit name Click the DATA dial to increment the cursor position The insert character defaults to space but when the DATA dial is turned again it resumes from the last character inserted Spaces are displayed as underscores to keep the name together BOX PAGE 13 Drumlt Five User Manual 6 Pages and Parameters
11. de Any errors during boot will be indicated on the lower right side of the LCD SDRAM USB mode enables the Drumlt Five to appear as an external storage device on the host computer If not connected or not recoqnized 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 To update Drumlt Five User Manual the operating system simply copy the new DrumItXYZ bin file XYZ being the version number to the Drumlt top level folder and restart The boot program will load the most recent version but to save disk space one can delete any previous versions OS mode allows one to select any available version of the operating system Press Previous 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 is for maintenance purposes only BOX PAGE 27 Drumlt Five User Manual 8 Signal Routing Inputs There are 17 stereo sound sources 15 drum channels kick snare hihat 4 toms 3 cymbals plus 5 rim percussion channels 1 s
12. g to a USB host MIDI IN and MIDI OUT for connecting 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 Drumlt Five is implemented as a standard USB Mass Storage Device so no device drivers are needed for the major operating systems When connected to a host computer the Drumlt Five will appear as an external storage device If the Drumlt Five is successfully connected but in USB standby state the host computer indicates an external storage device without storage media Trigger Inputs KICK has a trigger function on the tip contact and a current source on the ring contact to power a light optional extra at a later date SNARE has trigger functions on both the tip and ring contact HIHAT has a trigger function on the tip contact and special pedal control circuitry on the ring contact TOM1 to TOM4 have trigger functions on both the tip and ring contact CYMB1 to CYMB3 have trigger functions on the tip contact and a switch function on the ring contact for choke and edge detect PAGE 6 Drumlt Five User Manual 3 Rear Panel 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 ex
13. lume level for both is set with the LEVEL knob on the top panel The volume level for the drum channels in the mix can be set on the Unit Mix page selected by pressing the UNIT button Select the faders to be controlled by the DATA dials by pressing one of the DATA buttons The kit program can be changed on the Kit Program page selected by pressing the KIT button Turning the left DATA dial will select another kit Normally it is loaded after 1 2 second timeout to avoid loading all intermediate kits while selecting One can select manual loading mode which requires to press the left DATA button to confirm kit load see Unit Pref Use the PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN buttons to select other unit or kit pages In unit mode all settings are saved when the UNIT or KIT button is pressed In kit mode one has to save explicitly by pressing the left DATA button on the Kit Program page This allows to change the name and location for the kit which is then saved by pressing the left DATA button once more PAGE 5 Drumlt Five User Manual 3 Rear Panel PHONES OUT5 OUT3 OUT1 TOM4 TOM3 TOM2 TOM1 SNARE MIDIOUTMIDIIN USB ACIN PWR O OOOOO O O O Ia LINE IN OUT6 OUT4 OUT2 CYM3 CYM2 CYM1 HIHAT KICK QOOOOOOOOO Power POWER on off button AC IN for connecting 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 Drumlt Five Data Ports USB for connectin
14. nputs to audio outputs is equal for all kits Drumlt Five User Manual Parameter Page P pad signal Unit Pads Unit Pads T trigger Unit Trig Unit Trig D drum Kit Drum Kit Drum Cc channel volume Kit Drum Kit Drum S song track Kit Song Kit Song l input setting Unit Out Unit Out O out select Unit Conf Unit Conf F fader Unit Mix Unit Mix M mix volume Level knob Level knob X mix to out1 2 Unit Out Unit Out V VU meter Unit VU Unit VU h erc Song Line TR vV I 5 fe 3 S Cc it ft 4 ee Oe Ome l l l l l 1 I 0 X V 0ut2 O 0 0 0 0 0 V Out3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 V Out 4 l j j jjs j i Oe I dt td Pt bt td Io F F F lt lt lt F gt gt gt lt lt F gt gt lt lt lt lt F gt gt gt gt F F M V Phones Per 3 4 P P TET DES D CICE on oi i ope K 3 P P T T D D Cc Cc o l o H P T D C O O lis 9 aovaw H 2 P T D Cc SS l 0 BOX PAGE 29 MUSIC APPLICATIONS Drumlt Five User Manual 9 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 MIDI in and out 20 x 4 character LCD 18 push buttons 3 rotary dials 1 volume knob 4 GB Flash
15. ong track 1 line input All 15 trigger input signals can be monitored on the Unit Pads page The line input level can be monitored on the Unit VU page Outputs There are 7 audio outputs 6 mono outputs or 3 stereo pairs 1 stereo headphones output All 7 audio output signals can be monitored on the Unit VU page Each drum channel is routed to 1 of the 6 mono outputs or 3 stereo pairs and to the mixer The mixer consists of 9 faders of which the first 6 set the drum channel volumes and the remaining 3 set the line input effect return not functional yet and song track volumes Each drum channel can be freely assigned to 1 of the first 6 faders Each fader controls the mix volume of all channels assigned to that particular fader So for example one fader can change all tom levels while preserving their levels with respect to each other The first 6 faders can also be given a name to reflect the type of sounds they control PAGE 28 8 Signal Routing Schematic Here below is a schematic of the signal routing The main parameters are described with a letter and the page on which to find them The assignment of a channel to a particular output or output pair and mix fader is programmable the illustration below just shows one possible setup The mix is routed to the phones and by default to outputs 1 and 2 as well Note that most parameters are common to all kits all those on Unit pages so the signal routing from trig i
16. page name in a vertically way Since its size is restricted to 4 characters some page names are abbreviated Miscellaneous On the top left there is a MIDI USB indicator On the top right there is a LEVEL knob controlling the volume to the headphones output and optionally the line outputs 1 and 2 PAGE 9 Drumlt Five User Manual 5 Editing Editing any settings in the Drumlt Five is very straightforward Select a mode and page then press a DATA button or turn a DATA dial to set the parameter value All Drumlt Five parameters are organized this way and can therefore easily be referenced by their mode page and parameter For example Unit Pref Load or Kit Drum Tune Modes The mode is selected with the UNIT or KIT button Unit mode holds parameters relating to the whole DrumIit Five unit and kit mode holds parameters specific to each of the 100 kits Pages Each mode has several pages selected with the PAGE UP and PAGEDOWN 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 values For the first page only page up is lit and for the last page only page down is lit Switching between unit and kit mode returns to the most recently selected page of each mode Pressing the corresponding mode button once more always selects the first page Parameters Each page can hold
17. riggers To play along with an audio track one can download CD quality wave files or connect a media player to the line in socket This last one can be used as well to connect other instruments a microphone or a monitor mix of the other players in the band All Drumlt sounds are recorded with multiple microphones and then mixed down to stereo some with room ambience others rather dry 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 PAGE 4 Drumlit Five User Manual 2 Getting Started Depending on the pads being connected the trigger settings might have to be changed this is done on the Unit Trig page The factory trigger settings are configured for usage with Drumlt pads How to set up and connect these is explained in a separate manual Most importantly the hihat has to be calibrated Press the HIHAT button and then the UNIT button Browse to the Trigger page with the PAGEDOWN button Loosen the hihat and let it rest on the hihat puck Now press the DATA button above the Pedal parameter Finally fix the hihat at a comfortable playing height For monitoring one can either use a pair of headphones connected to the phones output or an amplifier and speakers connected to outputs 1 and 2 The vo
18. trigger source 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 weak hits but high enough to avoid stray triggering The value can be set between 48 dB and 18 dB Curve is not functional yet Pedal hihat channel only indicates the pedal position To calibrate the pedal loosen the hihat and let it rest on the hihat puck by its own weight then press the DATA button to calibrate Finally set the hihat to a comfortable open position Choke cymbal channels only can be on or off the latter in case the choke function is not desired View selects 1 horizontal trigger indicator or 5 smaller vertical ones The indicator resets automatically after 1 1 2 second PAGE 18 6 Pages and Parameters Unit Configuration Channel Pedal Fader CC4 Snare Note Out C3 1 2 n1ZOQD 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 Chan indicated with an asterisk 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 By clicking the DATA dial one can switch between note name and note number Pedal hihat
19. uplicated on the Kit Drum page Click and turn the DATA dial to adjust the balance Drumlt Five User Manual BOX PAGE 15 Drumlt Five User Manual 6 Pages and Parameters Kit Song Once Stop Start Boogie_woogie Song Time Vol 3 04 37 IIll OZO Song selects an audio track to play along with Time shows the total playing time min sec Vol sets the channel volume Note that the channel volume to the mix is affected by the mix fader as well Once or Loop is not implemented yet Stop stops the song track Start starts the song track PAGE 16 Drumlt Five User Manual 6 Pages and Parameters Unit Mixer K S H T C P 1 F S M Snare HiHat K S H T C P and I F S select the 3 volume faders to be controlled by the DATA dials The faders are represented by the first letter of their name Plus signs between the letters indicate the selected faders their full names are shown above the 3 DATA dials The FxRet fader is not functional yet Kick set the mix volume of one or more channels This volume is in addition to the channel volume as set on the Kit Drum page The assignment of each channel to a particular fader is done on the Unit Configure page The fader names can be changed on the Unit Out page PAGE 17 Drumlt Five User Manual 6 Pages and Parameters Unit Trigger Channel Curve Pedal View Lin Hl 1 Type Gain Thres HiHat 6 36 Type should be set to match the connected
20. xternal 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 Conf PAGE 24 6 Pages and Parameters Unit Memory Flder Files 23 218 Total Used Free 4GB 34 5 6 Folder shows the amount of folders 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 Drumlt sound or song files Total is the Flash memory size Used is the percentage occupied by folders and files Free is the percentage available for folders and files Drumlt Five User Manual BOX PAGE 25 Drumlt Five User Manual 6 Pages and Parameters Unit Information eohzae SerNr is the Drumlt Five serial number Boot is the version of the boot program OS is the version of the operating system PAGE 26 7 Boot and OS When Drumlt Five is powered on the LCD will show the Drumlt signature the serial number the boot version and the SDRAM test While the SDRAM is being tested one can press one ot the DATA buttons to choose between USB mass storage mode OS select mode or Test mode If no choice is made the default Drumlt operating system will be loaded and normal operation begins If the OS is not found or damaged the unit will automatically go into USB mass storage mo
Download Pdf Manuals
Related Search