User's Manual

Intro
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1 Intro
Thank you for choosing DrumIt Three of 2box. You made the right choice. Your new instrument combines
first-class sound with highest flexibility. The DrumIt Three module has an open sound architecture and
offers 15 independent trigger channels, 4 audio outs and 4 GB sound memory.
Trigger
The DrumIt Three has an ultra-fast and precise trigger interface and allows virtually latency-free playing
with a huge dynamical range. Depending on the pads used, several zones are available for triggering
different sounds. The snare channel, for instance, supports 3 zones (head, rim, cross stick), the DrumIt
Three’s tom channels provide 2 (head, rim) and the cymbal channels 3 (edge, bow and bell). In addition,
the cymbal channels feature a “Choke” function that allows drummers to abruptly silence the cymbal sound
in the same way as on an acoustic kit.
Sounds
The sounds of the DrumIt Three are convincing through an absolutely natural listening experience. This is
achieved by a complex multi-layer method. Drums and cymbals were recorded at hi-end recording studios
with sophisticated multi-miking and at various distances. All sounds were mixed in stereo, some rather
“dry” and others with clearly audible room ambience.
In a 2BOX "multi-layer" every Instrument is recorded at many different volume levels. So, the intensity of
a stroke not only affects the volume, but also the sound and frequency response. Some of the factory
presets consist of up to 128 (!) single-layers. The result is an absolutely natural sound performance and
an outstanding authenticity of the samples.
You can assign any sound to any drum channel. However, there are instruments with multiple (sound)
zones, which are only fully available when they are controlled by a matching pad (for example, cymbal
sounds with 3 zones: edge, bow, bell). Each drum sound is saved as a single file and sorted in the
respective folders. This way, you keep track of everything and can organize your sounds simple and
straightforward.
Memory locations (KITs)
The-DrumIt Three sound module provides 4 GB of sound memory space with 100 presets (KITs). In
contrast to common practice, where memory slots are divided into factory-KITs and (blank) user-KITs in
DrumIt Three all (!) KITs are already preconfigured at the factory and can nervertheless be modified and
saved according to your needs. Of course you can rename and rearrange KITs to make access and
handling on stage easier. Please note that for this, the SAVE mode has to be enabled (see page 59).
Play-Along function