OWNER’S MANUAL „DRM1 MKII“ analog drum synthesizer
Foreword Thank you for purchasing the DRM1 MKII – analog drum synthesizer. With the DRM1 MKII you have acquired a very flexible eight-channel drum synthesizer, which gives you the possibility to create your own sounds and a lot of the classic analog drum sounds, too. Every sound parameter of the DRM1 MKII has it’s own controller, so it’s easy to use and you’ll always have the best overview over the settings.
General Important safety information The following safety precautions must be observed during all phases of operation, service and repair of this equipment. Failure to comply with these precautions or with specific warnings in this manual violates safety standards of design, manufacture and intended use of this equipment.
Control Features and Connections Front Panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 POWER switch POWER LED MASTER: Sets the main output level of the DRM1 MKII. TRIG: Button for triggering the sound. TRIG LED: Flashes when the sound will be triggered. Sound programming parameter controls PAN: Places the sound in the stereo field. VOLUME: Individual volume control for each channel. OUT: Individual output/insert jack. PHONES: Jack for connecting a headphone.
Getting started Unpacking All VERMONA devices are checked and tested carefully before packaging. In spite of special made cartons and the solid buildup of the devices, damages during the transport are possible. Therefore we would like to please you to check the unit after receipt for seeable damages. Please do not discard the original packing! Use it for shipping the unit again, if this is necessary.
Setting up the MIDI connections • • Connect the MIDI IN jack (12) with the MIDI OUT jack of your Midi source (i.e. keyboards, sequencer, computer, …) With the MIDI THRU jack you can put the MIDI signal through the DRM1 MKII for controlling other devices. The Channels of the DRM1 MKII In this chapter each channel of the DRM1 MKII will be described shortly, for a better understanding of the programming parameters. The parameters PAN and VOLUME as soon as the TRIG button, occurs in every channel.
The Channel MULTI Structure The MULTI channel has three VCOs, which generate triangle waveforms. The frequencies of the oscillators will be set with the three pitch controllers. PITCH1 sets the base frequency; PITCH2 and PITCH3 detune the other two oscillators relatively to PITCH1. If a pitch controller is set to minimum position, the corresponding oscillator is inactive.
The channels CYMBAL1, CYMBAL2 Structure Each CYMBAL/HI HAT channel has four oscillators with square waveform and a noise generator. The proportion between noise and the VCOs will be set with the MIX controller. The VCO signals will be filtered independent from the settings of the controllers and they are tuned in a fixed proportion, the master tune can be set with the PITCH parameter. The decay time of the oscillators and of the noise will be adjusted via the DECAY controller.
Control Features DECAY REV.: Decay time – Reverb REVERB: Reverb time CLAP: Speed of the CLAP sequence NOISE: Amount Noise RESONANCE: Resonance level of the low-pass filter FILTER: Cut-off frequency of the low-pass filter HIGH PASS: Cut-off frequency of the high-pass filter Midi Application The DRM1 MKII receives MIDI note and velocity messages (for playing the sounds dynamically).
NOTE: If the DRM1 MKII is in the learn mode and doesn’t receive any midi message, the factory settings will be restored. It is possible to set more channels of the DRM1 MKII to the same note-on value. This can be used for special sounds, but it can also be a possible problem source.
Declaration of conformity for VERMONA DRM1 MKII – analog drum synthesizer We declare under our sole responsibility that this product is in conformity with the following standards or standardization documents in attention of operation conditions and installation arrangements acc. to operating manual: EN61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-3, EN 55013, EN 55020, EN 60065 according to the provisions of the regulations 89/336/EWG and 73/23/EWG. HDB electronic GmbH Badesteig 20 D – 08265 Erlbach Tel.
