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  • Page 1 Professional Electronic Drumkit user manual WWW.SOUNDSATIONMUSIC.COM...
  • Page 2 CAUTION CAUTION Any changes or modifications in construction of this device which are not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. WARNING When using electrical products, basic safety precautions should always be followed, including the following: NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
  • Page 3 TAKING CARE OF YOUR DRUM DO NOT ATTEMPT TO OPEN THE UNIT OR MAKE ANY CHANGE IN THE CIRCUITS OR PARTS OF THE UNIT. - direct sunlight (near a window), SERVICE AND MODIFICATION - high temperatures (near a heat source, This product should be serviced by qualified outside, or in a car during the daytime), service personnel when,...
  • Page 4 CONTENTS TABLE S E T U P ........1 8 I N S T A L L A T I O N .
  • Page 5 INSTALLATION CRASH A-12 Cymbal-edg RIDE A-12 Cymbal HI-HAT A-8 Hi-Hat TOM 1 A-8 Tom TOM 2 SOUND MODULE A-8 Tom HD-008 SNARE RACK SYSTEM B-8 Snare RACKA TOM 3 KICK A-8 Tom B-8 Kick HI-HAT CONTROLLER B-HH Ctrl KICK PEDAL P-6C Kick pedal * KICK PEDAL IS OPTIONA L ACCESORY The drawing shows complete drum kit after your installation.
  • Page 6 INSTALLATION RACK SYSTEM Wing nuts L-Rod Pad clamp Rack clamp Rack System RACKA Leg clamp Folded rack in package Hi-Hat rod Crash and Ride rod You can find all of these components in RACK SYSTEM RACKA package. Note: Please note that the Hi-Hat control pedal is also packaged in this box.
  • Page 7 INSTALLATION RACK INSTALLATION 5 Insert the cymbal installation rod to proper location, then tighten the wing nuts 4 Rotate the pad installation L-Rod to proper position, then tighten the wing nuts 3 Move the pad clamps to proper location, then tighten the wing nuts 1 Open the arm, adjust the position, then tighten the wing nuts 2 Install the left and right leg,...
  • Page 8 INSTALLATION COMPONENTS INSTALLATION Hi-Hat Installation Crash and Ride Installation 1. Remove the wing nut, 1. Remove the wing nut, washer and felt pad washer and felt pad 2. Put the cymbal pad into the 2. Put the Hi-Hat into the rod, then attach parts re- rod, then attach parts re- moved in the stet 1.
  • Page 9: Control Panel

    SOUND MODULE CONTROL PANEL Standard 1) Display: Information display such as Kit number and name, Song name, pad selection etc. The display is back-lit LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) type. (2) SONG Button: Enter the Demonstration or User Song play mode (3) KIT Button: Enter the Drum kit selection mode (4) CLICK Button: Metronome switch and edit (5) TEMPO Button: Change the tempo of the metronome, also used for record and song playing.
  • Page 10: Back Panel

    SOUND MODULE BACK PANEL Power In Jack: Plug in the DC cable of the attached adaptor Power Switch: Turn On/Off the sound module Note: When you turn the power off, do not turn it on immediately. Wait at least five seconds to turn the power on so that the electronic circuits can properly reset.
  • Page 11: Playing Pad

    PLAYING PAD TURN ON THE POWER Playing Snare Drum (1) Adjust volume of external audio device Strike the central position (head) of the pad to connected with the drum to lower level. make head sound, strike the rim of the pad to (2) Press the POWER button while don’t strike make rim sound.
  • Page 12: Drum Kit

    DRUM KIT There are 50 preset drum kits and 30 User Kits. The kit is combination of different instrument voice assigned to each pad which has unitary style for performance. All the kits are for your choice. Any kit could be edited and saved as your own User Kit. After power on and display initial information, it’ll enter the kit selection mode automati- Preset kit indicator Kit number Kit name cally while the KIT button indicator will light...
  • Page 13 SONG There are two types of song. The demonstration song (Demo) is for your enjoyment and practice. User song is your own recorded song. 1. DEMO SONG Demo song indicator (1) Select and Play Demo Song There are 52 demo songs built in. All Demo Press the Song button once to engage the demo song mode with the indicator lighting.
  • Page 14 SONG User song indicator 2. USER SONG There are 10 User songs in maximum recorded All U-Song by user. Press the Song button twice quickly to engage the User Song mode with the indicator lighting. The display will show “All U-Song”. If you don’t select song, after 3 second the first available user song number and name will appear on the display.
  • Page 15 METRONOME 1. METRONOME Press the CLICK button to sound the metro- nome and its indicator will light up. Press the button again to stop it. Press the CLICK button twice to setup the metronome and the indicator blinks. Time-Sig (1) Time Signature Setting - At first, you could set the time signature.
  • Page 16 METRONOME 2. TEMPO Press the TEMPO button, its indicator will light Tempo up. The current tempo value will blink in the second row of the display. Rotate the DATA knob to change the tempo ranged 40 - 240. Press the ENTER button to confirm you setting.
  • Page 17 DRUM KIT EDIT A drum kit consists of drum pads, cymbals pads and Hi-Hat pedal physically. They generate sound in different way such as by striking head or rim of drum pad, triggered by striking cymbal bow or edge, pressing Hi-Hat pedal. We call the source to generate sound as Part. Each part is identified on the display by the icon with mark.
  • Page 18 DRUM KIT EDIT 2. Enter the Edit Mode Edit Mode Press the EDIT button to engage the edit mode. The EDIT indicator will light up while the EDIT icon on the display will blink. Also, the display will show the kit number for editing. 3.
  • Page 19 DRUM KIT EDIT Voice 4. Select parameter to edit After select part, the current parameter will be blinking . Rotate the DATA knob to select a pa- rameter to edit. In this example, select VOICE. The default parameter is VOICE. Press the ENTER button to confirm you choice.
  • Page 20 DRUM KIT EDIT 7. Complete the edit Save it? After finish all editing job for the current drum kit, no matter single or multiple part/parameter, you may terminate the edit. Press the EXIT button, “Save it?”. Then, you have two choices: (1) Save edited drum kit as your own user kit: Press the ENTER button.
  • Page 21 STRIKING COUNT This feature allows you to test how fast you Count Time can strike pad. Press the COUNT button , the indicator iwll light up. The examination time could be 1 minute, 2 minutes or 3 minutes. Rotate the DATE knob to select time then press the ENTER button.
  • Page 22 SETUP In the Kit Selection or Demo/Song stage, Accomp Vol press the SETUP button to enter the Setup mode and its indicator lights up. The param- eter to be setup will blink. Rotate the DATA knob to select one of the 7 items listed below, then press the ENTER to confirm and its cur- rent value will be displayed.
  • Page 23 SETUP 3. Master Tune This parameter affects sound pitch globally. MasterTune Rotate the DATE knob to change the mas- ter tuning ranged 0 to +/- 50. The default Set- ting is 0 which refers to 440 Hz at A1 note. Press the ENTER button to confirm your set- ting and turn to the next parameter for editing.
  • Page 24 SETUP 6. Advanced Parameter Edit Advanced Chapter DRUM KIT EDIT introduces the sound edit procedure. The purpose of the sound edit is to change sound characteristics such as voice, volume, pan etc. The target of advanced param- eter edit is physical characteristics of pad such as sensitivity, trigger curve etc.
  • Page 25 SETUP Dynamic Range This feature allows you to set playing strength, Dynamic which response with the maximum volume, to a c c o m m o d a t e y o u r p e r s o n a l t a s t e o f performance.
  • Page 26 SETUP - Select a pad which is affected by cross talk- ing by pressing its pad select buttonor strike Cross Talk the pad, its icon and button indicator will blink as well. - Rotate the DATA knob to change the cross talk value ranged 0 - 100.
  • Page 27 pedal SETUP choice. Then, press the pedal to position you Close THR desire as close threshold while the real thresh- old value will be shown and blinking. You could try sound change by striking Hi-Hat pad. Press the ENTER button to confirm and turn to the pedal threshold setting;...
  • Page 28 SETUP 7. Reset After setup, kit editing and recording, all of Reset changes are saved in the unit. This feature al- lows you to recover the factory settings. Select Reset in the parameter selection stage then press ENTER button. There are four types of reset operations can be selected.
  • Page 29 RECORD B ef or e r e c or di ng , y ou s ho u ld p r e pa r Record neccessary settings including drum kit, metronome, tempo, time signature etc. Press button to enter the record mode. The indicator will blink and the current tempo, time signature are shown on the display.
  • Page 30 RECORD If the song name was already used for the Replace it previous recording, it’ll ask you do you want to replace it with the new recording? Press the ENTER button to replace it or press the EXIT but ton to s e l e c t a n o t h e r s ong number.
  • Page 31 MIDI & USB MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. This is a world wide standard communication interface that enables electronic musical instruments and computers to communicate with each other so that instructions and other data can pass between them. This exchange of information makes it possible to create a system of MIDI instruments and devices that offers far greater versa- tility and control than is available with isolated instruments.
  • Page 32 KIT LIST Universal BlueSparkl UserKit05 Rock Happy UserKit06 JAZZ PopBrush UserKit07 Funk SpaceKit UserKit08 Studio Slap UserKit09 Session MotoDrum UserKit10 ElecKit UserKit11 PowerElec UserKit12 Djdrums Bloom UserKit13 BeatBox PopRock UserKit14 Thump Modern UserKit15 HipHop WalkIt UserKit16 BigRoom Blues UserKit17 DoubleBass Crusher UserKit18 Chinese...
  • Page 33 VOICE LIST Display Description Display Description Display Description Kick 1 Standard Kick 1 Kick 46 Cartoon Kick Snare 31 Standard Snare 5 Kick 2 Standard Kick 2 Kick 47 Disco Kick Snare 32 FXS Snare 2 Kick 3 Low Kick 1 Kick 48 Low Kick 4 Snare 33...
  • Page 34 VOICE LIST Display Description Display Description Display Description Sn-Sid 15 FXS Snare Rim 2 Tom-Mi 20 Latin Mid Tom 3 Hat-Cl 12 Rock Close 4 Tom-Hi 1 Q High Tom 1 Tom-Mi 21 Wood Mid Tom 2 Hat-Cl 13 R&B Close 1 Tom-Hi 2 Q High Tom 2 Tom-Mi 22...
  • Page 35 VOICE LIST Display Description Display Description Display Description Crash 6 Rock Crash 1 China 9 Chinese Sound 9 Perc 42 Castinets Crash 7 Rock Splash China 10 Chinese Sound 10 Perc 43 Surdo-Mu Crash 8 Electronic Crash 1 China 11 Chinese Sound 11 Perc 44 Surdo-Op...
  • Page 36 VOICE LIST Display Description Display Description Display Description Fxs 36 Voice Effect 36 Fxs 41 Voice Effect 41 Fxs 46 Voice Effect 46 Fxs 37 Voice Effect 37 Fxs 42 Voice Effect 42 Fxs 47 Voice Effect 47 Fxs 38 Voice Effect 38 Fxs 43 Voice Effect 43...
  • Page 37: Metronome

    SPECIFICATIONS 3 X 8” Tom (without rim), 8” Snare (double rims), 12” Crash cymbal (with edge and choke), 12” Ride cymbal (without edge and choke), 8” Hi-Hat, 8” Kick, Hi-Hat Configuration pedal Voice Drum Kit 80 including 50 preset kits and 30 user kits Demo Song 52, Full, Drum Only and Mute mode Sound Effects...
  • Page 38: Warranty

    Fault due to wear and tear SOUNDSATIONshallsatisfythewarrantyobligationsbyremedyinganymaterialormanufacturingfaultsfreeof chargeatSOUNDSATION’sdiscretioneitherbyrepairorbyexchangingindividualpartsortheentireappliance. Any defective parts removed from a product during the course of a warranty claim shall become the property of SOUNDSATION Whileunderwarrantyperiod,defectiveproductsmaybereturnedtoyourlocalSOUNDSATIONdealertogether with originalproofof purchase.To avoidany damagesin transit, pleaseuse the originalpackagingif available. AlternativelyyoucansendtheproducttoSOUNDSATIONSERVICECENTER–ViaEnzoFerrari,10–62017Porto Recanati- Italy .
  • Page 39 9. Do not pull the cable strongly to avoid cable broken. 10. Do not place near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including servicepersonnel.Servicingisrequiredwhenthe apparatushasbeendamagedinanyway,suchaspowersup- ply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped.
  • Page 40 Professional Electronic Drumkit This product is imported in EU by PRENEXPORT SPA Via Enzo Ferrari 10-62017 Porto Recanati Italy www.soundsationmusic.com Rev. 2.04-A...