Owner`s manual

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Sound functions

SOUND VARIATION PITCH DECAY LEVEL A LEVEL B

The sound functions select how the different sounds, that are assigned to the channels in the

ddrum4, behave when triggered and how they sound. One particular sound can be used in

several Kits and in the Palette. The sounds can also have different sets of sound parameters in

each and everyone of those kits.

1. Select the channel that you wish to edit by pressing one of the CHANNEL buttons.

2. Press one of the

SOUND FUNCTION buttons. They are situated in the horizontal row, below the

DISPLAY.

3. Edit the selected parameter with the

ROTARY dial.

4. To leave the sound functions, press the EXIT button.

Sound

SOUND

No matter if the ddrum4 is in Palette mode or in Kit mode, this is where and how you select a

sound to a particular channel. Any sound in the ddrum4 can be assigned to any of the ten

sound channels. The sounds are indicated with a number in the

DISPLAY and the group that the

sound belongs to, on the

SYSTEM INDICATOR bar.

1. Press the

SOUND button.

2. Select a channel by pressing a

CHANNEL button.

3. Select a sound with the

ROTARY dial.

4. To quickly jump from one group to another, hold the

SOUND button while turning the ROTARY

dial.

5. If you want a channel to be silent, turn the

ROTARY dial counter clockwise until --- is indi-

cated in the display. This could be useful if you would like to trigger any external sounds with

MIDI, without having the ddrum4 making any sound at all.

6. You can quickly select consecutive sounds to adjacent channels. This can be very useful for

the tom channels. If you e.g. select a sound for the high tom, hold down the

SOUND button and

press the

MID and LOW TOM buttons. The sounds that are next in order to the first selected one,

will be assigned to the other two channels.

7. If a channel in a kit is silent, the sound assigned to that channel may have been deleted from

the sound memory. If you select that channel in the sound function mode, the display will

flash. You can then reload the sound or select another sound to the channel. See page 25 for

details on how to load sounds to the ddrum4.

Reference: Sound functions