User Manual RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 Classic Analog/Digital Drum Machine with 11 Drum Sounds, 64-Step Sequencer, Wave Designer and Dual-Mode Filter V 1.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Table of Contents Thank you........................................................................ 2 6. Playing a Pattern (Pattern Mode)............................ 13 Important Safety Instructions....................................... 3 7. C reating a Song (Pattern Chaining Mode) ............. 13 Legal Disclaimer.............................................................. 3 8. C reating a Song Chain (Song Mode)...............................................
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Important Safety Instructions Terminals marked with this symbol carry electrical current of sufficient magnitude to constitute risk of electric shock. Use only high-quality professional speaker cables with ¼" TS or twist-locking plugs pre-installed. All other installation or modification should be performed only by qualified personnel.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual About the RD-9 • Authentic recreation of the influential and highly sought after legendary analog drum machine • 11 original drum sounds with additional parameters and Global/independent Accent capability • Modern and versatile workflow provides enhanced playability, enabling you to create captivating live performances • Powerful 64-step drum sequencer supports poly-meter, step-repeat, note-repeat, Real-Time Triggering, track-mute and track-solo • Integrated FX
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 1. Introduction 2. Features An ultra-affordable leap into the warm world of analog drum beats, the Behringer RD-9 gives you the power to create fascinating rhythms with incredible power and ease. The RD-9’s pure analog signal uses legendary analog circuits with some additional pots for more parameters.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Creative Auto Fill The auto fill function lets you make on the fly changes and gives that extra touch to your compositions by adding fills at any point in a song. This gives the RD-9 a musical edge when it comes to bringing songs to life. USB Control To bring the RD-9 into the modern world USB has been added for sync and midi triggering. The RD-9 can be controlled by a DAW if required. Songs and patterns exchanged, or individual sounds triggered by the DAW sequencer. 3.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 3.1.4 Edit Section (26) STOP – Stops the currently playing song or pattern. (27) PLAY/PAUSE – Play or pause the current song or pattern. (28) DATA – Encoder for data editing. (11) (12) (29) DATA MODE – Cycles through the various Data Modes. Tempo, Swing, Probability and Flam. (14) (13) (11) SAVE – Save a song or pattern to a memory slot. (12) COPY – Copy pattern from one location to another memory location.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 3.1.10 Track Control and Settings (47) (48) (50) (51) (49) (47) MUTE – Activates mute menu. (48) SOLO – Activates solo menu. (49) STEP BUTTONS – Used to input step information into patterns and is also used for various system tasks when used in conjunction with the (50) SETTINGS button or for deeper editing. (50) SETTINGS – Used in combination with the (49) STEP BUTTONS to select different operational modes. (51) AUTOFILL – Select and add a fill pattern. 3.1.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 3.2 Rear Panel connections (65) (66) (67) (68) (69) (70) (71) (72) (73) (74) (75) (76) (77) (78) (79) (80) (81) (82) (83) (84) (85) (86)(87) (65) POWER – Connect the supplied PSU and engage power switch to turn on. (66) PHONES - Connect headphones via 6.35 mm (¼”) TRS connector. (67) MONO – Main output via 6.35 mm (¼”) TRS connector. (68) RETURN – Sums audio post filter bus. (69) USB – Connect to a computer for updates and DAW control.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 4. Overview This overview will help you set up the RD-9 analog rhythm designer and briefly introduce its capabilities. (1) ACCENT – This function is used to give emphasis to any voice. When programming a step, press the step twice of the voice you wish to add a fixed accent to, this is shown in solid red. Press again to remove the step. Fixed accents are not affecte d by the accent control. The ACCENT control determines the amount of emphasis given to global accents.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual (10) OPEN HAT – Changes the decay time of the open hat voice. Turn CCW for shorter, CW for longer. (11) CRASH – CRASH TUNE controls the frequency. LEVEL as the bass drum voice. (12) RIDE – RIDE TUNE controls the frequency. LEVEL as the bass drum voice. 5. Creating a Pattern (Step Mode) Patterns can use up to 64 steps which gives a great deal of flexibility. How to record a basic 16-step pattern: 4.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Voice Erase: To erase all of a selected voices steps in a pattern, hold ERASE and select the voice select button to delete all steps instantly.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 6. Playing a Pattern (Pattern Mode) Press the PATTERN button and select the pattern that you wish to play. In pattern Mode, all patterns with stored pattern data are white, current active is red (you can see which patterns are programmed). Step Repeat This function can be used for changing patterns during a live performance. When STEP REPEAT is triggered the current step or steps (depending on the step settings) will be repeated until the TRIGGER button is released.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual To Erase a selected pattern in the chain, move to the pattern you wish to remove (by using the << and >> buttons) and press Erase. Note: Make sure you store the song with the AUTO SCROLL on otherwise your song will not playback as programmed.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 9. Wave Designer Wave Designer is a powerful tool for adjusting signal transients and dynamics, such as attack and sustain. Use the Wave Designer to make a snare drum really “crack” in the mix, or to expand the bass drum to be even more devastating. With both ATTACK and SUSTAIN controls set to 12 o’clock the Wave Designer is essentially in bypass and will not affect any voices being sent to the Wave Designer via the bus.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 11. Settings The Settings functions are listed below. All features are accessed by pressing the SETTINGS button and selecting the associated step key. 11.1 MIDI To enter the MIDI settings page press SETTINGS, select MIDI (STEP BUTTON 1) and use the TAP/HOLD key to access the various pages described below: 1. Choose the MIDI channel from 1-16, All or Out (The Output setting follows the MIDI OUT setting in the next step below) for the incoming MIDI IN port. 2.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual This function allows communication with various analogue clock types as listed below: To turn Enhanced Mode on: 1. Enter the PREFS settings. Clock Settings 2. Find Enhanced Mode by pressing the TAP/HOLD button. 1 PPS 3. Use the DATA control to turn on. 1 PPQ 4. Press settings twice to exit. 2 PPQ Chain Songs 4 PPQ The Chain function allows you to link together songs.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 11.6 FILTER 11.8 RAND (Random) The filter CUTOFF knob setting can be recorded as automation and programmed into a pattern to create sweeping textures and effects as described in section 10. This function allows randomly played sounds to trigger on a pre-selected group of voices on any pre-programmed step that you wish to have the ability to hear random voices triggering.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 11.10 FLAM 11.12 Step Size Preference Flam is the simulated effect of a drummer hitting a note with 2 sticks. The amount of flam dictates the length of time between the next hit after the first. Range from 0-24 adjusts the width of the flam and is set globally. The step size of a rhythm pattern refers to the note duration of a step. When composing rhythms, the basic unit of duration (in time) is a 'bar'. The step sizes you can choose on your RD-9 are 1/8, 1/8T, 1/16.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 11.14 DATA MODE 12. Software Updates (1) (2) (3) (4) The RD-9 SYNTHTRIBE app can be downloaded by going to www.musictribe.com. Please follow the steps on the website and updater to update your RD-9. To check the current firmware version: The DATA MODE button toggles between the four available parameters and uses the DATA control to adjust parameters: 1. TEMPO – sets the speed of the current pattern or song.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 13. Parameters There are three different types of data files used by the RD-9. The contents of these file types are described herein. Global Settings File All of the RD-9’s Settings and Preferences are stored in the Global Settings file. This file is loaded from Storage Memory when the unit is powered on.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Preferences In addition to the Settings described above, there are a number of Preferences that can be used to specify whether certain sequencer parameters will persist on a Global, Song or Pattern basis. Just like the Settings, the Preferences in the Global Settings file are automatically saved back to Storage Memory whenever they are changed.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Global Parameters The RD-9 has many parameters that can be tweaked to make your rhythm’s more interesting. The Global Settings file contains the following list of parameters. When these parameters are in use (i.e. the corresponding Preference is set to Global), they remain fixed, even when new Songs and Patterns are loaded into the sequencer.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Global Song Data Files Each of the 16 songs stored in the RD-9’s Storage Memory has a Song Data file. When a song is loaded into the sequencer from Storage Memory, this is the file that is loaded. The song loaded into the sequencer at any given time is called the Live Song. Changes the user makes to the Live Song Data file do not persist, the file must be saved back to the Storage Memory before another Song Data file is loaded.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Song Parameters Some of the parameters in the Song Data file are comparable to the Global Parameters. When these parameters are in use (i.e. the corresponding Preference is set to Song), loading a new song will trigger the corresponding change in the sequencer. A tempo change is one such example. Preference Name Description Values Tempo The tempo of the song is stored. Swing The Swing level is stored.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Pattern Data Files Each of the 16 patterns associated with a song has its own Pattern Data file. When a song is loaded from Storage Memory, these 16 Pattern Data files are loaded in addition to the Song Data file. These 16 patterns are called the Live Patterns. Changes made to the Live Pattern Data files do not persist. The files must be saved back to the Storage Memory before another song and its associated patterns are loaded.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Pattern Length Poly Length (1-11) The step length of pattern. 1 - 64 The step length of each tracks. 1 - 64 Reserved Random Tracks (1-11) Random of each tracks is enable or disable 0 = Disable, 1 = Enable Random Steps (1 – 64) The sequencer events triggered on the 64 steps of the Random Steps track. 0 = Inactive, 1 = Active * Information useful for power users wishing to implement their own editors.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Pattern Parameters Some of the parameters in the Pattern Data file are comparable to the Global Parameters. When these parameters are in use (i.e. the corresponding Preference is set to Pattern), selecting a new pattern for playback will trigger the corresponding change in the sequencer. A change to the Step Size is one such example. Preference Name Description Values Tempo The tempo of the pattern is stored. Swing The Swing level is stored per pattern.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 14. DAW Control The RD-9 can be used with a DAW in two main ways. The first method is using either MIDI or MIDI over USB to trigger the sounds on the RD-9. This allows complex programming from your computer using the note numbers as described in section 11.4 MAP. The 2nd way is to use Midi Time Code (MTC) to sync the RD-9 to your project. Different DAW packages work in different ways. Below is an example how to set up the RD-9 in Logic X.
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RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Using an External Processor Studio Monitors Mono Input External Processor Audio Output Mixer Mono Output Power Adaptor To Return Input Individiual Voice Output Audio Intput
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Using an External Mixer In this example, the bass drum, snare and mono outputs are connected to a mixer. The signals from the bass drum and snare drum are removed from the mono output when a jack is inserted in the individual.
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RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Settings Switches Auto or Normal Autofill Autofill Enter autofill selection mode Songs / Storage Song mode Chain any of the 16 songs together for full sets Pattern / Storage Capacity Steps 16 songs, 16 patterns each 64 steps Power Supply External power adapter Power consumption 18 V DC, 1000 mA 14.4 W typical Environmental Operating temperature range 5°C to 40°C (41°F to 104°F) Physical Dimensions (H x W x D) Weight 78 x 477 x 264 mm (3.1 x 18.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 17. Glossary RD-9 GLOSSARY This glossary provides an explanation of useful symbols, terms and abbreviations. AC: Alternating Current Analog: Something which is proportional or similar to something else. In the case of the drum machine, audio electronic circuits are another form of air pressure waves.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Output: The signal sent out by a device or process. Also used to describe the physical socket where a signal leaves a device. Parameter: A setting whose value can be changed. The result is a sweeping effect similar to a flanger but smoother and often more natural sounding.
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION COMPLIANCE INFORMATION RD-9 Responsible Party Name: Music Tribe Commercial NV Inc. Address: 122 E. 42nd St.1, 8th Floor NY, NY 10168, United States Email Address: legal@musictribe.com RD-9 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.
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