KT2

KAT Percussion KT2 User Manual

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INFORMATION FOR YOUR SAFETY!

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

PRECAUTIONS

Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING

(2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired

Please keep this manual in a safe place for future reference.

operation.

Power Supply

Please connect the designated AC adaptor to an AC outlet of

FCC COMPLIANCE NOTICE

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the

the correct voltage.

Do not connect it to an AC outlet of voltage other than that for which your instrument is intended.

FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate

Unplug the AC power adaptor when not using the instrument, or during electrical storms.

radio frequency energy and if not used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications and there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception,

Connections

Before connecting the instrument to other devices, turn off the power to all units. This will help prevent malfunction and / or damage to other devices.

which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on,

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the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: reorient or relocate the receiving antenna, increase the separation between the equipment and receiver, connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that of the receiver. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician if help is needed with interference.

NOTE: FMIC will not be responsible for unauthorized equipment modifications that could violate FCC rules, and/ or void product safety certifications.

Location

Do not expose the instrument to the following conditions to avoid deformation, discoloration, or more serious damage:

Direct sunlight Extreme temperature or humidity Excessive dusty or dirty location Strong vibrations or shocks Close to magnetic fields

Interference with other electrical devices

Radios and televisions placed nearby may experience reception interference. Operate this unit at a suitable distance from radios and televisions.

CAUTION

The normal function of the product may be disturbed by Strong Electro Magnetic Interference. If so, simply reset the product to resume normal operation by following the owner’s manual. In case the function could not resume, please use the product in other location.

CAUTION

Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

Cleaning

Clean only with a soft, dry cloth. Do not use paint thinners, solvents, cleaning fluids, or chemical-impregnated wiping cloths.

Handling

Do not apply excessive force to the switches or controls.

Do not let paper, metallic, or other objects into the instrument. If this happens, unplug the AC adaptor from the wall outlet. Then have the instrument inspected by qualified service personnel.

Disconnect all cables before moving the instrument.

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Contents

Panel & Display Description

Front Panel..........................................................................4

Rear & Side Panel................................................................5

Display................................................................................5

Quick Start

Setup

Connecting Pads and Pedals...............................................6

Connections

Connecting Audio Equipment...............................................7

Connecting a set of Headphones.........................................7

Connecting an MP3/CD Player............................................7

Connecting a Computer.......................................................7

Connecting a Midi Keyboard................................................7

Power Supply.......................................................................7

Performing

Selecting a Drum Kit.............................................................8

Playing the Pads..................................................................8

Adjusting the Sensitivity of a Pad.........................................9

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Using the Metronome/Click Feature.....................................9

Adjusting the Tempo............................................................9

Editing and Saving a Drum Kit

Adjusting the Volume of a Drum Kit...................................10

Switching Reverb On/Off and Setting EQ...........................10

Selecting the Drum Instrument of the Pad........................10

Adjusting the Volume, Pan and Pitch of the Pad...............10

Setting the Pads to Play Songs..........................................10

Saving the Edited Kit..........................................................10

Playing Along with Songs

Selecting and Playing Back a Song....................................11

Adjusting the Volume of the Accompaniment and Drum....11

Muting the Drums in Songs................................................11

Using the Pads to Play Songs............................................11

Settings for Other Functions...............................................15

Saving to a User Drum Kit..................................................15

Making the Settings for Pads

About Settings of Pads.......................................................16

Adjusting the Pad Sensitivity..............................................17

Setting the Pad Threshold..................................................17

Eliminating Crosstalk between Pads..................................17

Selecting the Pad Curve.....................................................17

Setting Rim Sensitivity on Pads.........................................18

Adjusting the Hi-Hat Pedal Splash Sensitivity....................18

Saving Settings of Pads.....................................................18

Setting the Metronome

About Click.........................................................................19

Switching the Click On/Off..................................................19

Adjusting the Click Tempo.................................................19

Setting the Time Signature.................................................19

Setting the Interval.............................................................19

Adjusting the Click Volume................................................19

Selecting the Click Sound..................................................19

Playing Back Songs

About Songs......................................................................20

Selecting a Song................................................................20

Playing Back a Song..........................................................20

Adjusting the Accompaniment Volume...............................20

Adjusting the Drum Volume................................................20

Muting the Drums in Songs................................................20

Recording a Song

About Recording................................................................21

Recording Pad Performances............................................21

Recording Performances Accompanied with a Song.........21

Playing Back Your Recorded Performance........................21

Recording Standby............................................................21

QUICK START

ADVANCED USE APPENDICES

Practicing in Learning Mode

Recording Your Performance

Recording Your Performance Quickly................................12

Playing Back Your Recorded Performance........................12

Making the Settings for Recording.....................................12

Practicing with Patterns

Selecting a Pattern and Practicing with it............................13

Scoring Your Practice........................................................13

Playing Back Your Recorded Practice................................13

Advanced Use

Creating Your Own Drum Kit

About the Drum Kits...........................................................14

Selecting a Drum Kit...........................................................14

Overall Drum Kit Setting.....................................................14

Selecting the Pad to Edit....................................................14

About the Drum Instruments..............................................15

Selecting Instruments........................................................15

Drum Instrument Setting....................................................15

About Learning Mode.........................................................22

Practicing with Beats..........................................................22

Practicing with Rhythms.....................................................23

Practicing with Patterns......................................................23

Recording and Scoring Your Practice................................24

Playing Back Your Recorded Practice................................24

Making the Setting for MIDI

About MIDI.........................................................................25

Making the MIDI Settings...................................................25

Connecting with an External Sound Device........................26

Using the digital drum as a Sound Module.........................26

Appendices

Prompt Messages.........................................................27

Troubleshooting............................................................27

Specifications................................................................28

Kit/Voice/Song/Pattern/Parameter List..........................29

MIDI Implementation Chart............................................39

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Panel Description

Front Panel

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1. POWER Button

This Button turns the power on and off.

2. VOLUME Knob

Adjust the volume of phone and line output.

3. START/STOP Button

Start or stop playing.

10.CLICK Button

Turn the metronome on or off and enter the Click menu in NORMAL mode.

11. DRUM OFF Button

Mute the drum part of the pattern.

12. TEMPO Button

Adjust the current tempo.

4. SAVE Button

This button is used to save the current kit settings in a user kit and save the trigger settings under the Utility menu pages.

13. UTILITY Button

Enter the Utility menu in NORMAL mode.

14. RECORD Button

5. LCD Display

Please refer to the LCD Display section.

Enter the Record menu in NORMAL mode.

15. PLAY/PRACTICE Button

6. SONG/PATTERN Button

Enter the Song menu in NORMAL mode or enter the Pattern Practice menu in LEARNING mode.

7. KIT/RHYTHM Button

Enter the Kit menu in NORMAL mode or enter the Rhythm Practice menu in LEARNING mode.

8. VOICE/BEAT Button

Enter the Voice menu in NORMAL mode or enter the Beat Practice menu in LEARNING mode.

9. PAGE/SELECT Button

Scroll through the menu pages. Press and hold it for 1 second to switch modes between NORMAL and LEARNING.

Play back your recording in NORMAL mode. Start practicing following sample practice patterns in LEARNING mode. Press and hold it for 1 second to play back your practice in LEARNING mode.

16. + Button and - Button

Press the [ + ] button increases and press [ - ] button decreases the current parameter.

17. Pad Select Buttons

These buttons play the pad voices of the current kit. In Voice menu and Utility menu, they select the pad to be edited.

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Rear Panel & Side Panel

18. PHONES Jack(1/8”)

This stereo jack is used to connect headphones to the unit.

19. AUX IN Jack(1/8”)

This stereo input jack is for an external sound source, such as an MP3 or CD player.

20. LINE OUTPUT Jacks(1/4”)

Stereo output connection to an audio system or drum amplifier.

21. CRASH 2 Jack(1/4”)

Input connection for Crash 2.

Panel Description

22. TOM 4 Jack(1/4”)

Input connection for Tom 4.

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23. MIDI Connectors (IN, OUT)

These ports allow communication with other products equipped with a MIDI interface.

24. USB Connector

This port is used to connect to a computer (MIDI In/Out via USB).

25. DC IN Jack

Connect the included DC 9V power adaptor.

26. PAD Connectors

Input connections for Kick, Snare, Tom, Cymbal pads and Hi-Hat control pedal.

Display

1. Tempo/Measure

2. Hitting Indicator

3. Beat Count

4. Indicators for Learning

5. Indicators for Menus (Such as UTILITY, REC, etc.)

6. Current Mode and Parameter Display

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Setup

Caution!

To prevent electric shock and damage to the device, make sure the power is switched OFF on the drum and all related device before making any connection.

Connecting Pads and Pedals

Standard: KICK, SNARE, TOM1-3, CRASH1, RIDE, HIHAT, HIHAT CONTROL PEDAL Extended: CRASH2, TOM4

Using the provided cable harness, connect with kick, snare, tom1~tom3, ride, crash, hi-hat, hi-hat control triggers. Snare, tom, crash1, crash2 and ride pads are stereo input and support double triggering; crash1, crash2, ride support choke. Hi-hat control pedal is stereo input.

crash1 ride

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Drum Module

hi-hat

hi-hat control

tom1

tom2

tom3

snare

kick

Note:

For details on assembling the drum stand, attaching the digital drum and connecting pads, refer to the Assembly Instructions. Bass drum pedal NOT included on some models.

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Connecting Audio Equipment

When using an amplifier, connect the Output L/MONO and R jacks on the rear panel to the input of the amplifier.

Note:

For mono playback, use the L/MONO jack. For stereo playback, connect both L/MONO and R jacks. The line output volume is controlled by the VOLUME knob.

Connecting a set of Headphones

An optional set of stereo headphones can be connected to the PHONES jack located on the side of the drum module. The headphones output volume is controlled VOLUME knob, too.

Connections

Connecting an MP3/CD Player

Connect the audio output of an MP3/CD player or other audio

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source to the stereo AUX IN jack on the rear panel. The input signal is mixed with the drum signal, allowing you to play along.

Connecting a Computer

Via the USB Connector

This receives and transmits MIDI messages.

Via the MIDI Connectors MIDI IN Connector

This receives MIDI messages transmitted from an external MIDI device or a computer.

MIDI OUT Connector

Pad performance data is transmitted from this connector to connected computer or MIDI device.

Connecting a Midi Keyboard

If you’re using an external MIDI keyboard or pads to control the digital drum, make connections as shown. Here, it is used as a sound module.

MIDI OUT

Power Supply

Make sure the power is turned OFF. Connect the power adaptor to the DC IN jack on the side panel. After confirming that all connections have been completed, rotate the volume knob to the left (minimum volume level) before powering on the module. Press the [POWER] button to turn on the module. The KIT indicator on LCD will light up and the display will show kit number 001.

Note:

Make sure the power is turned OFF when connecting the drum module with external devices.

VOLUME

- +

HINT

The module will automatically turn off if there aren't any operations for about 30 minutes except during playing song or metronome, record, MIDI in via USB port from computer and strike pads. Please press [UTILITY] button repeatedly and enter "POW" menu for the setting.

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Performing

After powering up, the digital drum will be in KIT menu (KIT indicator ON ). The display should look like this:

Use the [ - ] and [ + ] buttons to select the active kit.

There are 45 kits in the digital drum: 30 preset kits (Kits 01-30) 15 user kits (Kits 31-45), the parameter display area will display as "U31~U45", with an additional letter "U".

Pressing the Pad Select buttons allows you to preview the

current kit (fixed velocity).

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KICK

Hit the pads to play the current kit.

Head

Similar to an acoustic drum kit, the digital drum responds differently to various playing techniques and dynamics. All the

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pads are velocity sensitive. And some voices change timbre depending on the striking force.

Drum Pad Head or Rim shot

The digital drum pad detects head and rim shots (rim shots trigger the rim voice).

Cymbal Bow shot and Rim shot

Head

Rim

The digital drum cymbals detect bow and rim shot. Both Ride and Crash cymbals have cymbal choke. But hi-hat does not have the cymbal choke. Choking the crash/ride edge with the hand immediately after hitting the crash/ride mutes the crash/ride sound.

Hi-Hat

The Hi-Hat sound varies depending on the position of the Hi-Hat pedal:

Open Hi-Hat:

Strike the Hi-Hat pad without pressing the pedal.

Half-Open Hi-Hat:

Closed Hi-Hat:

Pedal Close:

Splash:

Strike the Hi-Hat pad with the pedal pressed halfway down.

Strike the Hi-Hat pad with the pedal pressed completely down.

Press the pedal completely down without striking the pad.

Press the pedal completely down and release it immediately.

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Performing

You may wish to adjust the sensitivity of the pads according to

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your playing style and desired dynamic range.

UTILITY

Press the [UTILITY] button

The UTILITY indicator appears.

Strike a pad or press a pad select button to select the one

whose sensitivity is to be adjusted. The PAD indicator shows the current selected pad.

Press the [ - ] or [ + ] button to adjust the sensitivity.

Press the [SAVE] button to save the current setting.

TEMPO

UTILITY

BEAT

SAVE

For details on pad adjustments, refer to Advanced Use.

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button. When the click plays at the current Time Signature and Tempo (displayed in the top left corner of the LCD), the beat indicators will swing accordingly. You can set the time signature and interval, adjust the click volume and select the click sound in the CLICK menu.

Press the [CLICK] button.

Start the metronome with click sound.

Press the [PAGE] button to select the click menu pages

You can switch the click sound on and off by pressing [CLICK]

TEMPO

CLICK

PAGE/SELECT

BEAT

CLICK

and press the [ - ] or [ + ] button to adjust the parameters.

CLICK

Press the [CLICK] button again.

Stop the metronome and exit the click menu.

You can adjust the tempo of the Metronome, the current song, and the current learning pattern. The current tempo always displays in the top left corner of the LCD.

Press the [TEMPO] button.

Press the [ - ] or [ + ] button.

Adjust the current tempo.

Press both [ - ] and [ + ] buttons at the same time, reset the

current tempo to its default value.

Note:

If there’s no operation, it will return to the previous menu page automatically after 3 seconds.

TEMPO

BEAT

TEMPO

SONG

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Editing and Saving a Drum Kit

In KIT menu, you can modify the parameters as you like and save to the selected user kit.

Press the [KIT] or [PAGE] button.

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KIT

Select the Kit Volume page.

KIT

Press the [ - ] or [ + ] button.

Adjust the kit volume.

KIT

Press the [KIT] or [PAGE] button.

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BEAT

Select the Global Reverb page and EQ pages.

KIT

Press the [ - ] or [ + ] button.

Switch Reverb ON or OFF. Set the gain of three-band EQ (high, middle, low)

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Press the [VOICE] button.

Select the Pad Voice page.

Press the [ - ] or [ + ] button.

Select the drum instrument of the selected pad. Please refer to Drum Instrument List.

Adjusting the Volume, Pan and Pitch of the Pad

Press the [VOICE] or [PAGE] button.

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BEAT

VOICE

BEAT

VOICE

Select the Pad Volume, Pad Pan, and Pad Pitch pages.

VOICE

Press the [ - ] or [ + ] button.

Adjust the corresponding parameter.

Press the [VOICE] or [PAGE] button.

Select the Pad Song and Song Number pages.

Press the [ - ] or [ + ] button.

Switch the Pad Song function ON or OFF. Select the Song that begins playing when the following pad is struck.

Press the [SAVE] button.

The number of user kit will be flashed.

Press the [ - ] or [ + ] button.

Select a user kit to save your settings. (No. 31-45)

Press the [SAVE] button again.

Save the setting to the selected user kit.

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HINT

If the edited kit isn’t saved before selecting another kit, powering down the digital drum, the changes will be lost.

BEAT

VOICE

BEAT

KIT

VOICE

SAVE

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Press the [SONG] button.

Switch to the SONG menu.

Playing Along with Songs

TEMPO

BEAT

SONG

Press the [ - ] or [ + ] button.

SONG

Select the active song. The digital drum has many kinds of songs. Please refer to Song list.

Press the [START/STOP] button.

Start or stop playing back this selected song. When playing

START/

STOP

back this song, the PAD indicator will display which pads are being played by drum track.

In SONG menu, you can adjust the volume of drum or accompaniment track.

Press the [SONG] or [PAGE] button.

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Select the ACC Volume or Drum Volume page.

Press the [ - ] or [ + ] button.

Adjust the corresponding volume.

Muting the Drums in Songs

TEMPO

If you want to mute the drum track of the song, please press the

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BEAT

SONG

DRUM OFF

[DRUM OFF] button. The [DRUM OFF] LED will turn on.

This function is available only with electric drum. When you strike the pads that have been set to Pad Song function, they will start the performance of the songs. If you don’t know how to set this function, please return to previous page and review the part “Setting the Pads to Play Songs”.

For Example： Kick:

You can play the bass-line (Tap group, refer to Song List) note by note with you kick drum.

Crash:

The chords (Hit group, refer to Song List) progress when you strike the pad.

HINT

The sounds in the Tap song are played back one by one when you pressing the [START/STOP] button or hitting the "pad song" pad.

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Recording Your Performance

In RECORD menu, you can record pad performances and the song as accompaniment.

Press the [RECORD] button.

TEMPO

BEAT

RECORD

The [RECORD] LED will flash. The Metronome will be turned on automatically.

REC

The display will show:

BEAT

START/

STOP

Press the [START/STOP] button or strike the pad.

Recording will start. The [RECORD] LED will turn on.

Press the [START/STOP] button again, or press the

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REC

[RECORD] button. Stop recording, the [RECORD] LED will turn off. Your performance has been recorded.

Press the [PLAY] button.

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Play back your recording. The display will show:

Press the [PLAY] button again.

Stop playing back your performance.

If you are not satisfied with your recording, please press the

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BEAT

PLAY/PRACTICE

REC

[RECORD] button to restart the recording progress.

You can make the settings for recording on Record Standby.

Press the [PAGE] button.

Select the Record Setting pages.

Press the [ - ] or [ + ] button.

Adjust the parameters about recording. For details on record setting, refer to Advanced Use.

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