Korg Speaker System owner manual Creating a drum kit, About drum kits, Editing a drum kit

Creating a drum kit

About drum kits

A drum kit assigns a drumsample (PCM waveform data for a drum) to each key, and specifies adjustments in pitch and level etc. for each sample.

The TRITON contains 73 drum kit memory areas. With the factory settings, 00–15 (A/B) contain preset drum kits suitable for various styles of music. ROM memory areas 64–72 (GM) contain nine different drum kits compatible with the GM2 sound map.

For the factory preset drum kits, refer to the separate Voice Name List.

In Global P5: Drum Kit you can modify these preset drum kits, or create your own original drum kit from an initialized condition. You can also create original drum kits using sample waveforms that you sampled in Sampling mode or loaded into memory in Disk mode.

A drum kit that you edit or create can be written into one of the drum kit memory areas 00–63. In Disk mode, you can save drum kits on external media such as a floppy disk (☞p.39, p.40).

16(C)–31 and 32(D)–47(D)are provided for the preset patterns of separately sold EXB-PCM series option boards. Please use 48–63 (User) to write the drum kits that you create.

Editing a drum kit

Before editing a drum kit, uncheck the Memory Protect (☞p.37).

1In Program mode P0: Play, select the program that you wish to use while editing the drum kit.

Select a drum kit program from the preset programs etc. If the drum kit that you will be editing is already being used by a program, select that pro- gram. (In the separate Voice Name List, programs that use a drum kit are marked by a d symbol.)

When you wish to edit a drum kit, first use Pro- gram mode to select a program that uses a drum kit (whose “Oscillator Mode” is Drums), and then move to this page. A program that uses a drum kit will have filter, amp, and effect parameter settings etc. suitable for drum sounds (☞“About program parameter”).

Set “Octave” to +0 [8']. With a setting other than +0 [8'], the relation between the keys and the sounds will be incorrect (☞p.6 in the Parameter Guide).

The effects will sound using the settings of the last-selected program.

When you edit a drum kit, all programs that use that drum kit will be affected.

2In P5: Drum Kit, select the Sample Setup tab.

Multisample programs and drum kit programs

There are two types of programs: those whose oscilla- tor uses a multisample, and those whose oscillator uses a drum kit.

This selection is made by the Program P1: Program Basic tab “OSC Mode” setting. To use a multisample for the program, set “Oscillator Mode” to Single or Double. To use a drum kit, set “Oscillator Mode” to Drums.

About program parameters

Just as the character and effect processing of a melodic instrument such as piano, organ, trumpet, and strings is fundamentally different from that of percussion instruments such as drums or timpani, the program parameter structure of a multisample program (“Oscil- lator Mode” to Single or Double) is fundamentally different from that of a drum kit program (“Oscillator Mode” to Drums).

Since it is difficult to convert multisample program parameters for use as a drum kit (because the filter and amp settings etc. are made with a multisample pro- gram in mind), it is best to first select a drum kit pro- gram in Program mode, and then edit it in Global mode.

3In “Drum kit Select,” select the drum kit that you wish to edit.

If necessary, use the “Copy Drum Kit” page menu command to copy settings from a preset drum kit or a GM drum kit.

GM drum kits 64–72 (GM) cannot be selected here. (It is not possible to edit or write a GM drum kit.) If you wish to modify the settings of one of the drum kits 64–72 (GM), you can use “Copy Drum Kit” to copy it to 00–63, and then edit the copy.

4Press “KEY.”

5Select the note number that you wish to edit.

You can select a note number by the [VALUE] con- trollers and also, holding down the [ENTER] key and playing a note on the keyboard.

The parameter settings for the drumsample of the selected note number will appear.

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