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2 DM5 Reference Manual

Contents

Main I H OW T O U SE T HIS M Page C 1: SETTING UP.................................................................................5 2: YOUR FIRST SESSION WITH THE DM5 ........................................... 9 3: CONNECTIONS ..............................................................................13 4: OVERVIEW................................................................................... 23 5: MIDI FUNCTIONS......................................................................... 33 6: EXTERNAL TRIGGERING................................................................ 39 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART................................................. 59 APPENDIX A: TROUBLE-SHOOTING.................................................... 53 APPENDIX B: MIDI SUPPLEMENT..................................................... 55 S ETTING U U NPACKING AND I AC P OWER H LINE CONDITIONERS AND PROTECTORS A BOUT A UDIO C B ASIC A UDIO H MIDI H E XTERNAL T RIGGERS H C Y OUR F IRST S W ITH T P OWERING U PLAYING THE DEMO SEQUENCE WHATS A DRUM SET? P AUDITIONING INTERNAL PROGRAMS S CHOOSING VOICES IN A DRUM SET S TORING AN E DITED DRUM S NAMING A DRUM SET RECALLING THE FACTORY DRUM SETS C C MIDI MIDI O UT /T HRU M E MIDI Channel Root Note E Local Mode EXAMPLE 3: USING TWO OR MORE DM5 MODULES MIDI Overflow Mode E XTERNAL T Page Crosstalk Decay Noise Repeat steps through to correct the problem with the tom 2 pad. F OOTSWITCH H C O B ASIC AND D THE VOICE RANDOM VOICES A BOUT THE EDIT B DM5 P A BOUT THE U SER I READING THE DISPLAY F UNCTION B / BUTTONS MULTI-PAGE FUNCTIONS EDITING PARAMETER VALUES THE STORE BUTTON D RUM N OTE S F UNCTION B V T M O Output Options DRUM SET EXT TRIG G MIDI C OPYING A N OTE S P ARAMETERS TO A C MIDI F D RUM S ET R OOT N MIDI C MIDI T HRU /O L OCAL C P ROGRAM C HANGE E C ONTROLLERS E P ROGRAM C HANGE T Repeat steps through until the table is edited as desired. S AVING D R ECEIVING D ATA F ROM A C E XTERNAL T O A BOUT T RIGGER P Page Page T RIGGER S T RIGGER N OTE A G V ELOCITY C Page C D N F OOTSWITCH M UNDERSTANDING HI HAT PEDAL MODE T IPS O N T RIGGERING F ROM A COUSTIC D OUTPUT SENSITIVITY M TRIGGER PLACEMENT Page M MOUNTING HARDWARE AND CONFIGURATION Page T ROUBLE -S T ROUBLE -S HOOTING I R E - C HECKING S OFTWARE V M AINTENANCE /S M R EFER A LL SERVICING TO A OBTAINING REPAIR SERVICE