Clavia ddrum4 Owner's Manual Page 1

OWNER´S MANUALversion 1.x© Clavia DMI AB 1997

Page 10Selecting the trigger input type1. Press the SYSTEM button once, to the left of the SYSTEM INDICATOR bar. The first segment willlight up.System

Page 11Adjusting the input sensitivity1. Choose the TRIG INPUT option from the SYSTEM menu by pressing the SYSTEM button until theTRIG INPUT indicator

Page 12Setting the trigger thresholdThis feature becomes helpful if you find that, e.g. one of your tom pads triggers the other tomsas well or that th

Page 134. Selecting kits & soundsPalette modeWhen you turn on the ddrum4, it will set itself to the Palette mode, indicated by PAL in thedisplay

Page 14How to store your editsAs previously mentioned, all editing that you do, while the ddrum4 is in the Palette mode isautomatically stored. In the

Page 155. Good drum soundsAbout your sound systemThe ddrum4 is an electronic drum kit and is totally dependent on a good sound system. Sinceall of the

Page 166. ReferenceSystem functionsSystem SoundDUMPASSORTEDEFFECTHI HATCYMBALPERCUSSIONTOMRIMSNAREKICKMIDIBUTTONOPTNOTE PNOTE #OUT BOUT ADYNTHRESTRIG

Page 17ddrum trigger microphone. If you get multiple triggers, try to raise the threshold on theddrum4 channel or select Ac2.Ac2 This one is slightly

Page 18Out ASystem SoundDUMPASSORTEDEFFECTHI HATCYMBALPERCUSSIONTOMRIMSNAREKICKMIDIBUTTONOPTNOTE PNOTE #OUT BOUT ADYNTHRESTRIG INPUTSYSTEMThis is wher

Page 19Note PSystem SoundDUMPASSORTEDEFFECTHI HATCYMBALPERCUSSIONTOMRIMSNAREKICKMIDIBUTTONOPTNOTE PNOTE #OUT BOUT ADYNTHRESTRIG INPUTSYSTEMThis sets t

Warning - When using electric products,basic precautions should always befollowed, including the following:1. Read all the instructions and observethe

Page 20MIDISystem SoundDUMPASSORTEDEFFECTHI HATCYMBALPERCUSSIONTOMRIMSNAREKICKMIDIBUTTONOPTNOTE PNOTE #OUT BOUT ADYNTHRESTRIG INPUTSYSTEMThe MIDI func

Page 21Sound functionsSOUND VARIATION PITCH DECAY LEVEL A LEVEL BThe sound functions select how the different sounds, that are assigned to the channel

Page 22VariationVARIATIONSIZEUsually there are several variations to each and everyone of the ddrum4 sounds. A variationuses the same sound sample or

Page 23Shift functions EXITSHIFTMEM. LEFT LISTEN MARK DELETESIZESOUNDKIT STOREIn order to access the shift functions you are required to press an

Page 24Shift-SoundSOUNDSOUNDThis selects a single sound for removal from the sound memory. It defaults to the very lastsound that you have triggered w

Page 25Shift-MarkLEVEL AMARKPressing SHIFT-MARK will mark the sound that you have selected for removal. A dot in the rightcorner of the display warns

Page 26Sounds, sound formatsThe sounds in the ddrum4 reside in a memory that is technically called a flash-ROM. Thismeans that besides storing sounds,

Page 27point is correct (no air before the actual sound) etc. Please note that the ddrum4 playbacksample rate is 44.1 kHz. If you load a MIDI sample f

Page 287. AppendixMIDI Program Change messagesThe ddrum4 has a special way of interpreting MIDI Program Change (MPC) messages.The kits, P. 1 ~ 26 are

Page 29Output assignmentThis figure shows the path that the sound from each channel follows to the outputs.A1A2B3B4B5B6Level ALevel BSoundOutputsMaste

Page 3Table Of Contents1. Introduction... 5Welcome! ...

Page 308. IndexAAfter Touch 20BButton 19CChannel button 10, 19Connections 9Control Change messages 20Dddrum4 sounds 26Decay 22Delete 25DuP 27

Page 31FUNCTION TRANSMITTED RECOGNIZED REMARKSBasicChannelDefaultChanged11-1611-16ModeDefaultMessagesMode 3XMode 3XNoteNumber0-127 0-127Velocity Note

Page 4Shift functions...23Important stuff ...

Page 51. IntroductionWelcome!We would first like to congratulate you on your purchase of the ddrum4. The ddrum4 is a newtype of electronic drum system

Page 62. OverviewFront panelSNARE RIM HIGH MID LOWKICKINPUT SENS INPUT SENS INPUT SENSKick Snare Toms PercussionINPUT SENSPALETTE53142PALETTE53142PALE

Page 7OverviewTo the right you have the edit section with the EDIT buttons, the ROTARY dial, the SYSTEM INDICATORbar, the DISPLAY and the MASTER LEVEL

Page 8Rear panelThe rear panel contains the INPUT and OUTPUT jacks, the MIDI connectors and the POWER switch.The outputs are configured according to t

Page 93. Connections1. Make all the connections before turning on the ddrum4. Start with the main volume at 0.2. Connect the pads to the ddrum4 accord