User Manual

KONG DRUM DESIGNER
(RECORD+REASON)
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2. Click the folder button for the selected drum sound channel.
D Alternatively, right-click (Win) or [Ctrl]-click (Mac) on the Pad and select “Browse Drum Patches...” from the
context menu.
The Patch Browser opens.
3. Locate and open a Kong Drum Patch (extension ‘.drum’) or a sample or REX file.
You will find a selection of Kong Drum Patches in the Factory Sound Bank (in the Kong Drum Patches folder).
Loading a sample will automatically open it in an NN-Nano Sampler module (see “NN-Nano Sampler”) and loading
a REX file will automatically open it in a Nurse Rex Loop Player module (see “Nurse Rex Loop Player”).
You can also sample your own sound into a Drum, see “Sampling in Kong”.
4. Change some parameter settings for the drum sound channel using the knobs on the Drum Control Panel.
These parameters are described in “The Drum Control Panel”. Note that the Drum Control Panel parameters are
“global” for each Drum channel. Each drum sound can consist of a number of different sound and FX modules,
each with their separate set of parameters. Refer to “The Drum modules”, “The Support Generator modules” and
“The FX modules” for details about all the modules that can be used to build up a complete Drum sound.
5. Repeat steps 1 and 4 for the other drum sound channels.
6. When you’re satisfied with the drum kit, you can save the patch by clicking the Floppy Disk button in the patch
section on the Drum panel.
Note however, that you don’t necessarily need to save the Drum patch - all settings are included when you save a
Kong Kit Patch (see “Saving Kit Patches”) and/or your song.
Creating an empty Kit Patch
To “initialize” the settings in the Kong, select “Initialize Patch” from the Edit menu or the device context menu. This re-
moves all samples for all drum sound channels, and sets all parameters to their default values.
Saving Kit Patches
Saving patches is done in the same way as with any other Record or Reason device - see “Loading patches” and
“Saving patches”.
! Note that you don't have to save any of the 16 individual Drum patches first if you don’t want to - all settings for
each individual Drum patch are included in the Kong Kit patch.