DrumIt Five User Manual OS 1.24
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1. If a dash is shown the hihat is not connected A closed hihat symbol will blink if the hihat is not calibrated yet otherwise press CALIB to start the calibration Now loosen the hihat and let it rest on the hihat receiver Press CALIB to store the closed position now an open hihat symbol will blink Open the hihat to the position where the sound should just reach completely open and press CALIB once more to store the open position 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 Finally fix it at a possibly higher open position which suits ones playing style MIDI selects between continuous controller 1 or 4 The CC value range can be set from 0 when open to 127 when closed arrow down or from 0 when closed to 127 when open arrow up Normally MIDI pedal data is only sent just before a note on selections with a indicate that pedal changes are sent continuously Pedal down transmits control change and note on the corresponding note off is send when the pedal moves up again A short time between down and up results in a foot splash a longer time results in a foot chick LEVEL shows the pedal trigger level in dBs It is also shown on the UNIT TRIG page when the hihat channel is selected SENS sets the sensitivity 6 dB Adjust it so only a firm foot down gives full trig level 0 dB CURV2. save space one can delete any previous versions Please make a backup of the original DrumiIt dkit file If you save UNIT or KIT settings with OS 1 20 they will be in 1 20 format which is not backward compatible with earlier OS 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 DrumlIt 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 missing sound file s back to the DrumIt Five 41 10 addendum 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 vo
3. bus for direct out It can be any bus pair from 1 to 8 or off Note that the drum volume as set on the KIT DRUM page affects the direct out level but the drum mix volume does not 32 8 Unit Output LINE VOL Streo THE SUB OUT12 PHONS GkOVE Sub Mix LINE 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 VOL shows the volume of the LEVEL knob SUB selects a combination of the mix channels for the submix bus Turn to select a source and click to switch it in or out of the submix There are 5 different sources Drums kick snare hihat toms cymbals and percussion Fx effect Line line input Wave accompaniment wave file Metr accompaniment metronome This allows for example to make a mix for recording or PA with just the drums and effect while still having all channels to the phones The channel volumes of the submix are the same as those for the mix and are set on the UNIT MIX page OUT1 2 selects which audio bus is routed to output 1 and 2 Either the Mix Mix Sub Sub or 1 2 bus Mix and Sub are controlled by the LEVEL knob the other ones are at a fixed level PHONS selects which audio bus is routed to the headphones output This can be the Mix Sub 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 fi
4. file one can copy the current Drumlt dkit file and rename it to DrumltInit dkit 37 8 Unit Memory FOLDS 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 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 38 8 Unit Information Drum It Five SERNR BOOT OS 00123 1 34 1 24 onze SERNR is the Drumtt Five serial number BOOT is the version of the boot program OS is the version of the operating system 39 9 Utility Functions Boot Mode When DrumIt 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 oS TEST Drum It Five SERNR BOOT 00123 1 34 USB mode enables the DrumIt Five to appear as an external storage devi
5. for all while the function on the ring contact can differ 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 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 for a balanced TRS to XLR cable the XLR negative signal is 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 leve
6. is explained in a separate manual HiHat Before first use the hihat has to be calibrated on the UNIT HPED page If a dash is shown below CALIB the hihat is not connected A closed hihat symbol will blink if the hihat is not calibrated yet otherwise press CALIB to start the calibration Now loosen the hihat and let it rest on the hihat receiver Press CALIB to store the closed position now an open hihat symbol will blink Open the hihat to the position where the sound should just reach completely open and press CALIB once more to store the open position 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 Finally fix the hihat at a possibly higher open position which suits ones playing style Monitoring For audio monitoring one can either use a pair of headphones preferably low impedance type connected to the phones output or an amplifier with speakers connected to line outputs 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 on outputs 1 and 2 this can be changed on the 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 Alway
7. just as one would on any USB connected disk drive The following files are used by Drumlt Drumltxyz bin the operating system file Drumlit dkit the file holding the unit and kit bank data dkit single kit files size of 1536 bytes dsnd files containing the sounds for drums or loops wav standard wave files for accompaniment pdf documentation files Most of these files can be located anywhere on the drive except for the OS and kit bank files which must be in the root top level folder From the factory the single kit drum loop and wave files are organized in a convenient folder structure However one is free to reorganize these files in any way desired the OS will locate them automatically The DrumlIt specific files are explained below Kit Bank The DrumIit dkit file holds the unit data a bank of 100 kits and the kit program table The unit data are for the whole DrumIt Five common to all kits including a reference to the metronome drum file The data for each kit consist of 15 drum channels and common data like the equaliser effect and accompaniment Each drum channel and the accompaniment contain references to drum and wave files The picture shows the relationship BANK FILE DRUM FILE KIT FILE WAVE FILE EN DRUM FILE ra DRUM FILE omis gt Kit can be part of the kit bank file or a separate single kit file 15 6 Single Kit Each dkit file of 1536 bytes holds th
8. 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 1 Accompaniment To play along with an audio track one can download 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 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 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 or loops 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 or loops All these features are described in a separate user m
9. 2 0 2 56 oam FILE FOLD selects the sound which is played by the metronome see KIT ACMP The folder name is shown on the ist line and the file name on the 2nd line Click to change between file or folder browsing The parameter value shows the ordinal number of each If the referenced sound file doesn t exist there will be no folder name and there will be a mark instead of a 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 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 Note The metronome sound is always played on zone 1 35 8 Unit MIDI PRCHG LOCAL THRU On On Of f CHAN 10 EU HC 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 back note on off data THRU can be On or Off It selects if MIDI in data is passed on to MIDI out This allows a MIDI master to control the DrumIt Five plus additional MIDI instruments connected to Drumlt Five Note sysex messages will be passed on empty CHAN is the common MIDI channel on which t
10. DrumIt Five User Manual OS version 1 24 BOX MUSIC APPLICATIONS www 2box se Manual revision 1 2box and Drumit Five are trademarks of 2box AB Sweden 0 Contents IE OCOUOANAUAWNE Introduction Rear Panel Top Panel Getting Started Connecting Files Editing Page Reference Utility Functions Addendum 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 output 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 The internal Flash memory should not be reformatted Doing so might prevent the system from functioning properly Attention From the factory save is disabled To be able to save any changes enable save on the UNIT PREF page By default the line input volume is 0 to prevent noise coming into the mix from the line input if nothing is connected Raise the volume on the UNIT MIX page when the line input is u
11. E has 9 settings see description on UNIT TRIG page 31 8 Unit Interface per channel ZONES FADER I 4 Cymbs N CHAN NOTEL BUS T 10 E4 5 6 F ZONES shows the amount of zones for each channel It depends on the trigger type see UNIT TRIG and corresponds to the amount of MIDI notes used So if NOTE is E4 and ZONES is 4 the MIDI notes actually used are E4 F4 F 4 and G4 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 with is the common MIDI channel see UNIT MIDI 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 edge and choke the additional zones are mapped onto consecutive higher notes Click to switch between note name and note number MIDI note O corresponds to C 1 and note 60 to C4 C2 DEF GRB CS3DEF GA BC4HO EF GA BOSD EF G P5 P1 P2 P3 P4 KICK SNARE HIHAT TOMi TOM2 TOMS TOM4 CYMBL CYMB2 CYMB3 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
12. OS X YZ When DrumIt starts the boot program always loads the latest version of the OS However by holding down the button above OS at startup one can choose another OS file Before loading the file is checked to contain a correct and compatible OS 16 7 Editing Concept 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 mode page and parameter eg KIT DRUM FILE 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 values 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
13. anual ie eme P x LIE I i A s ie ae saama a SEN t SN E mmea I np a sa a 4 eem s a r lepem r uan a t eoa 2 Rear Panel Layout PHONES OUTS OUTS OUTi TOM4 TOMS TOM2 TOMi SNARE OUT MIDIIN USB RCIN POWER OOOOOO Hoe LINEIN OUT6 OUT4 OUT2 CYMBS CYMB2 CYMB1 HIHAT KICK OOOOO OO O 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 can damage the DrumIt Five Data Ports USB USB device port for connecting to a USB host MIDI IN 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 2 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 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
14. at the cursor position Click to insert a space When clicking directly after changing a character the cursor is moved first which is convenient when writing successively CUR sets the cursor position Click to delete the current character Holding MORE and turning CUR will shift the name left or right COPY MOVE SWAP P COPY new program location copies the kit and returns to program select The kit at the new program location will be overwritten MOVE new program location moves the kit and returns to program select The kits in between the current and new program location will be moved up or down one location as well Compare this to taking out a card from a deck and putting it back elsewhere SWAP new program location exchanges the kit at the current location with the one at the new location and returns to program select At any time one can press KIT to cancel Note Single kits can only be saved to the same file no rename or copied to a program location in the kit bank with rename At this moment one can not copy kits from the kit bank to single kits because the DrumIt OS can currently not create new files 20 8 Kit Drum per channel Cymbal Crash Buckled 20 Crash FILE TUNE VOL 8 2 0 WNLm zco FILE FOLD 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 Click to change between file or folder browsing The pa
15. 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 please make sure save is enabled on the UNIT PREF page 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 17 8 Page Reference Introduction This chapter contains a complete 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 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 EQ Equaliser FX Effect ACMP Accompaniment Unit Pages MIX Mixer TRIG Trigger HPED HiHat Pedal INTF Interface OUT Output VU VU METR Metronome MIDI MIDI PREF Preferences MEM Memory INFO Information 18 8 Kit Program select SAVE New_K hi I 12 SAVE STOP PLAY The_Final_Kit 1 Y TIME PITCH ILI 2 50 1 0 PROGRAM lower left parameter selects the kit program Single kits appear alphabetically ordered after program 100 Click and turn to sel
16. c D TIT IT I PIU n KICK SNARE HIHRT TOMS CYMBS PERC FX LINE 1 o9 o9 9 o 9 9 a Shaded pages are in kit mode the other ones in unit mode HINNE J e c H w 1 E 13 9 Connection Example The picture below shows one possible way of connecting the DrumIt Five 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 The snare and tom inputs can be split to connect 2 pads to each input for a total of 15 independent triggers The line in can be set to accept mono or stereo signals Output 1 and 2 can provide the mix submix or 1 2 bus The phones can provide the mix submix 1 2 3 4 5 6 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 INTF 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 14 6 Files Flash Memory All data used by DrumIt is stored in files which are located in Flash memory This storage space functions like a standard FAT32 formatted disk drive When DrumIt is in USB mode and connected to a computer one can access all files
17. ce 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 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 DrumlIt 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 40 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 Drumltxyz 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
18. e data for one kit They appear alphabetically ordered after kit program 100 They function exactly as a kit in the kit bank except that the kit name is taken from the file name They can be saved to the same file no rename or copied to any program in the kit bank with rename Currently one can not copy kits from the kit bank to single kits because the DrumIt OS can only read and write existing files not create new ones To create new single kits start in USB mode copy the Empty dkit file rename it to an appropriate name and restart Then choose the new single kit appearing after program 100 and edit it by choosing drum sounds and changing any other settings Drums and Loops The dsnd files contain the sound data for the drums and loops In this context drum refers to any instrument like tom cymbal percussion etc Each drum file holds all articulations for the complete instrument So a tom file can hold the head and rim sounds and a cymbal file the cup bow and edge sounds Each of these articulations can consist of many velocity layers a typical tom can have 80 head velocities Loop files contain only a single audio section which is edited so it plays seamlessly in continuous mode The tempo of a loop depends on the length of the audio data so for example a 4 4 bar loop at 120 0 BPM should have a length of exactly 2 0 seconds otherwise it will not be played back correctly Operating System The DrumiItxyz bin file holds
19. e 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 23 8 Kit Equaliser CURVE FREQ BUS 1k3 Drum LOW MIDJ HIGH 5 10 2 CURVE shows the frequency response of the equaliser Press to reset the eq to a flat curve press again to restore the previous settings convenient for comparing sounds with and without eq FREQ sets the mid band frequency from 125 Hz to 8 kHz in 1 octave steps or for more precise control click the MID dial and turn to sweep the frequency from 100 Hz to 10 kHz in 1 3 octave steps BUS selects the bus on which the equaliser is active either the Mix Sub or Drum bus The last one is a combination of all 15 drum channels use the KIT VOL EQ parameter to select which channels pass the eq LOW band at 80 Hz is 12 dB shelving or low cut MID band between 100 Hz and 10 kHz is 12 dB peak or dip Click and turn to set the center frequency HIGH band at 12 kHz is 12 dB shelving or high cut 24 8 Kit Effect echo TYPE LEFT RIGHTI F Echo 172 3 4 X TIMEL FBK VOL 89 C mi TTT TYPE selects the effect type LEFT sets the left delay time as a fraction of the total delay time RIGHT sets the right delay time as a fraction of the total delay time TIME sets the total delay time upto 1 sec The Syn setting synchronizes the delay time with the tempo of the metronome Click to select Center Left or R
20. ect by initial letter click again to select kit by kit SAVE enables to edit the kit name and select the program location before saving please make sure save is enabled on the UNIT 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 accompaniment Hold 1 2 second to stop all loops PLAY PAUSE starts the accompaniment A wave file can also be paused TIME kit with wave file indicates the playing time for the selected file If no file is selected the time is 0 00 PITCH kit with wave file can be set between 0 50 and 1 0 This allows to practice along at a lower speed 1f i1 BAR TEMPO jO IULJLJ 6 8 120 0 G 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 Click to select between changing the value in units or tenths The arrow indicates which part is being changed after a second it changes back to a period 19 8 Kit Program save SAVE The Spinal Kit 16 Y KEY CURe 1UJU J K 12 PROGRAM lower left parameter selects the program location for the kit to be saved copied moved or swapped see below SAVE same program location saves the kit and returns to program select KEY changes the character
21. epending on the UNIT PREF MIXER setting 9 vertical faders are shown with just the initials the full names are shown when selecting or adjusting the faders or 3 horizontal faders at the time with full names Click the parameter dials to directly select the 3 faders indicated above each dial VU meter shows the left and right signal level of the mix It s either located below the page name or at the top right KICK SNARE man bomo iia HILL 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 INTF page The fader names can be changed on the UNIT PREF page to reflect the volumes they control FX LINE ACMP control the volume of the effect line input and accompaniment This volume is in addition to the volume as set on the KIT FX and KIT ACMP page the line input volume is only on the mix page 29 8 Unit Trigger per channel TYPE XTALK L 8 6 Padi2 Med 1v GAIN THRES CURVE 3 42 Norm 6 20 3 TYPE should be set to match the connected trigger source Kicki or 2 DrumIt kick pad with faster or slower response Pad8 10 or 12 DrumIt snare and tom pads Rim rim of the DrumlIt pads Cym12 or 14 DrumIt cymbal pads with choke CyCup or CyEdg generic cymbal pads with a cup or edge switch HiHat DrumIt hi
22. hat pad AcTri 2 or 3 acoustic trig mics on drums of increasing size XTALK reduces crosstalk coming from pads on other channels it can be Off no suppression Low Med or High max suppression LEVEL shows the zone and trigger level in dBs Press to show the last 4 trigger events Press again to show MIDI note and velocity GAIN should be set so only a hard hit gives full trig level 0 dB The maximum gain is 24 dB From 12 dB and upwards the threshold is increased to avoid stray triggering When the TYPE is Cym12 or 14 the GAIN parameter has an extra cup value selectable between Low Medium or High First turn GAIN so only hard hits on the bow give full level on zone 4 Then click GAIN so only hard cup hits give full level on zone 1 Note only relatively hard cup hits result in zone 1 otherwise zone 4 THRES should be low enough to pass soft hits but high enough to avoid stray triggering The value can be between 48 dB and 12 dB CURVE sets the mapping between stroke force in and trig level out Neg2 or 1 result in lower levels at medium strokes Norm has a linear relation between stroke force and trig level Pos1 or 2 result in higher levels at medium strokes Lini or 2 are tilted and start at 36 or 24 dB at low stroke force Max1 or 2 are fixed at 6 or 0 dB independent of stroke force 30 8 Unit HiHat Pedal CALIB MIDI L 7 8 Z Z_Z CCiv Oui SENS CURVE a Norm CALIB calibrates the hihat
23. ight for the delay output FBK feedback sets the volume of the delay output going back to the delay 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 LEFT and RIGHT have equal settings the resulting sound appears in the center 25 8 Kit Effect flanger TYPE Flang RATE DEPTH VOL 1 0 5 TL TYPE selects the effect type RATE sets the modulation speed it can be between 0 1 and 10 Hz DEPTH controls the flanger intensity it can be from O to 10 VOL sets the effect volume Note that the volume in the mix is affected by the effect mix volume as well UNIT MIX page 26 8 Kit Accompaniment wave file TYPE PLAY Give_It_All C FILES TIME VOL M 13 2 560 mmm P TYPE selects between a wave file or a metronome PLAY STOP starts or stops the wave file FILE selects a wave file All files are shown irrespective of the folder they are in If the referenced wave file doesn t exist there will be a mark instead of a file number Click to select the left chan as the music and the right chan as the click track or vice versa depending on the way the wave file is recorded This enables having both music and click in the mix eg to the phones and just the music on the submix eg to the line output TIME shows the total playing time in minutes and seconds VOL sets the volume Note that the volume in the mix i
24. l 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 8 3 Top Panel Layout USB LEVEL MIDI CYMB1 CYMB2 CYMB3 UNIT PAGEA SAVE STOP PLAY P TOMi TOM2 TOMS TOM4 KIT ps7 BR enola PAGEY e WIL 6 8 128 G KICK SNARE HIHAT MORE Drum Channels KICK Triggers the head SNARE TOM1 4 Trigger the head hold MORE to trigger the rim HIHAT CYMB1 3 Trigger the bow MORE Used with other buttons for extended functions Each button corresponds 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 When holding down MORE with SNARE or TOM1 4 one can access the 5 additional percussion channels If no sounds are assigned to them they trigger the rim sound on the snare or tom channels Pressing a channel button selects the channel and triggers the associated sound the button trigger level is programmable see the UNIT PREF page If the channel holds a loop it will normally just play 1 second of the loop this is a kind of preview to avoid the entire loop playing to the end To start the loop with its full length hold down the button 1 2 second Once the loop is running if continuous a short press on the button
25. lume 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 Glossary dB deciBell VU Volume Unit AC 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 slv gnd XLR Balanced audio connector 1 ground 2 hot 3 cold USB Universal Serial Bus MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface 42
26. o receive and transmit program changes and note triggers Each drum channel can have an individual MIDI channel for note triggers see UNIT INTF 36 8 Unit Preferences SAVE VOL MIXER On Bar Ver TRIG FAD1 INIT4 6 Kick 1mo U SAVE can be On or Off This is valid in both unit and kit mode VOL can be Bar showing the volume parameters with a bar graph or Num showing them with a numerical dB value as well MIXER selects the way the faders are displayed on the UNIT MIX page Either 3 horizontal faders at the time with full names or 9 vertical faders with just the initials the full names are shown when selecting or adjusting the faders 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 FAD selects the fader name to be edited turn to choose between fader 1 to 6 Click to set the cursor at the first character and turn to change it Click to increment the cursor position The assignment of a drum channel to a specific fader is made on the UNIT INTF page INIT selects the unit or kit settings to be re initialized Either Unit Kit1 to Kit100 Kit Program or All Click to perform the initialization If the unit or kit settings were different 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
27. of the trigger level The trigger threshold is raised to 24 dB to prevent accidental triggering Also the LAYER and VOICE parameters will be set to Fix and Mono LAYER has 3 settings Variable a certain trigger level will start a semi random layer as long as it is close to the trigger level Fixed a certain trigger level will always start the same layer which best matches the trigger level Top any trigger level will start the top most layer In all 3 cases the layer level will be as the trigger level VOICE can be Poly or Mono In the latter case only one voice will play the drum sound and the trigger threshold is raised to 36 dB to prevent accidental triggering This is specifically useful for synthetic kind of drum sounds ATTACK sets the attack time default 0 sec HOLD sets the hold time default O sec DECAY sets the decay time default infinite With the hold and decay parameters one can create gated sounds Set HOLD to the desired length and DECAY quite short 22 8 Kit Volume per channel EQ Tr o FX BAL VOL TT wii EQ selects if the drum channel passes through the equaliser or not It is only available when the KIT EQ BUS parameter is set to Drum Note the channel direct out does not pass through the equaliser 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 volum
28. rameter value shows the ordinal number of each If the referenced sound file doesn t exist there will be no folder name and there will be a mark instead of a 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 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 21 8 Kit Envelope per channel SOUND LAYER VOICE E Var Poly N ATTACK HOLD DECAY 047 68 1 6 SOUND selects between different types of sound within a drum file After selecting a new file KIT DRUM FILE all sound types are active with a default zone mapping Selecting another combination will divide the sound types evenly over all zones It allows for example to assign any of the bell ride or crash sounds of a cymbal to the rim of a pad In case the drum file is a loop one can use the SOUND parameter to select Loop continuous with start stop or Solo one shot with retrigger The indicates a fixed volume independent
29. s affected by the accompaniment mix volume as well UNIT MIX page When selecting another wave file during play it will play immediately 27 8 Kit Accompaniment metronome TYPE REP PLAY A 444444 C BAR TEMPO VOL M 6 8 123 4 mmm P TYPE selects between a wave file or a metronome The metronome sound is common for all kits and can be selected on the UNIT METR page REP sets the repeat count Either continuously 1 or 2 bars PLAY STOP starts or stops the metronome BAR sets the time signature Bars from 1 4 to 7 4 and 3 8 to 12 8 can be chosen The odd bars 5 8 and 7 8 have several formats The 1 4 bar is convenient when a single accent is sufficient TEMPO sets the beats per minute value Click to select between changing the value in units or tenths The arrow indicates which part is being changed after a second it changes back to a period VOL sets the volume Note that the volume in the mix is affected by the accompaniment mix volume as well UNIT MIX page 28 8 Unit Mixer FADER i EE SX TCP Alli SAVE saves the unit settings including the mixer volumes please make sure save is enabled on the UNIT PREF page 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 3 volume faders to be controlled by the 3 parameter dials D
30. s start with a low volume and gradually turn it up to a comfortable level 11 4 Bank Select When holding down the KIT button at startup one can choose which kit bank file to open Press PREV or NEXT to select a dkit file then press OPEN By default the DrumIt dkit file is opened Kit Select The kit program can be changed on the KIT PROG page Turn the left dial to select a program The kit bank holds 100 programs to choose from 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 Single kits are located after program 100 they can be saved to the same file or copied to a program location in the kit bank Volumes The volume levels for the 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 accompaniment The mixer settings are common to all kits and are saved with the unit settings The 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 TOM1 4 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 so
31. sed Before first use the hihat must be calibrated This is described in detail on the UNIT HPED page 1 Introduction Overview 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 acoustic drum kit Flexibility Drumlt Five offers 100 user configurable drum kits with sounds from an ever expanding sound library With the PC Mac based DrumIt 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 files to an external hard disk Triggers 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
32. selects the channel but does not start or stop it Hold the button to stop the loop Note The zone triggered by the buttons is dependent on the selected trigger type for that channel 8 3 Mode Page UNIT Selects unit mode KIT Selects kit mode PAGE UP Moves to the previous page PAGE DOWN Moves to the next page Unit mode and kit mode each have their own set of pages The current page name is shown vertically on the right side of the LCD Since the size is restricted to 4 characters some page names are abbreviated Parameters LCD Shows upto 6 parameters plus the page name PAR1 3 Buttons for parameters on the upper half of the LCD PAR4 6 Dials for parameters on the lower half of the LCD Each parameter has a name with the associated value below For some parameters an additional value may be shown 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 Miscellaneous USB MIDI Indicates USB or MIDI activity LEVEL Sets the volume of the phones and outputs 1 and 2 10 4 Getting Started 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
33. und 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 please make sure save is enabled on the UNIT PREF page 12 5 Connecting Block Diagram The DrumIt Five internal architecture is best described by the organization of all pages and their function as shown in the block diagram here below It shows the signal flow from trigger input to audio output MIDI and other data signals are shown with dotted lines The stereo audio signal of each channel is always routed to the mix bus and can also be routed to bus pair 1 to 8 1 2 optionally routed to output 1 and 2 3 4 always routed to output 3 and 4 5 6 always routed to output 5 and 6 7 8 optionally routed to the phones Mix optionally routed to output 1 and 2 and or the phones There s also a submix bus which consists of a combination of mix channels The bus to output selection is made on the UNIT OUT page See chapter 8 for detailed page descriptions KICK SNARE HIHAT TOMi 4 CYMBi 3 MIDI IN OUT USB SANI DMZEH onze oe lo i 888899 eomuorz T 4 DOMI c mma 4 xm 7200 e c j c I e t
34. xed 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 33 8 Unit VU a LLL EREEEE 1234 LINE IN shows the line input level As the input does not have an analog volume 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 2 show the level of output 1 and 2 They can provide bus 1 2 the mix or submix bus The latter two can be controlled by the LEVEL knob or be at a fixed level see UNIT OUT 3 4 show the level of output 3 and 4 They always provide bus 3 4 at a fixed level 5 6 show the level of output 5 and 6 They always provide bus 5 6 at a fixed level PHONES shows the headphones level The phones can provide the mix submix 1 2 3 4 5 6 or 7 8 bus 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 34 8 Unit Metronome Perc Cowbell Latin_Salsa_Bell FILE TUNE DECAY
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