Owner`s manual

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5. Good drum sounds
About your sound system
The ddrum4 is an electronic drum kit and is totally dependent on a good sound system. Since
all of the ddrum4’s sounds have been recorded in the best studios, you will obtain the best
results using a good quality amplification. The sounds coming from your ddrum4 will only
sound as good as the sound system you are playing them through.
We recommend a full-range sound system that is capable of reproducing all sounds as clear,
strong and as uncolored as possible. PA-systems, studio monitors with good amplifiers and
systems specifically designed for electronic drums belong in this category. The attack portion
of drums and percussion sounds are very rich in transients, thus requiring a powerful and fast
power amplifier to sound good (not the same thing as loud). Do not underestimate the effect
and speed requirements of the power amplifier of your ddrum4 sound system.
A hi-fi system can be used and will probably sound quite good at low volume levels. There is
however a chance that the ddrum4 could cause serious damage to a hi-fi system, so we can not
recommend you using one.
Guitar and bass amplifiers are optimized to reproduce guitar and bass sounds and typically do
not work well with percussion sounds.
Headphones
Choose a headphone with high sensitivity. Your ddrum supplier can probably help you to
select a good headphone. The digital range of Sony headphones have proven to be an excellent
choice for ddrum products.
Mixer
The ddrum4 outputs are line level. Please connect these only to the appropriate inputs on a
mixer. Avoid microphone inputs. To much amplification in the inputs (as in microphone in-
puts) may lead to a distorted sound.
Good drum sounds