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A Brief Hands-On Tutorial

3 0 DM PRO REFERENCE MANUAL

PROGRAMMING EFFECTS

All of the Effects Functions and Parameters are stored within a Drumkit. Inside the

Drumkit, each of the 64 MIDI Notes has its own Effects Send Level and Effects Buss

Assignment, both of which are independent of the Drum assigned to that MIDI Note.

In other words, if you simply change the Drum on C3 (MIDI Note # 60), the Effects

Send Level and the Effects Buss Assignment for the MIDI Note C3 will remain

unchanged – the new Drum will simply go through that MIDI Note’s effects routing.

There are two Effects Busses in the DM Pro: the Reverb Buss and the Multi-Effects

Buss. The Multi-Effects Buss consists of an Overdrive effect, a Delay effect, and a

Pitch effect which can be set to a Chorus, a Flanger or a Resonator. The outputs of the

Multi-Effects Buss can also be sent to the Reverb Buss, but these routings must be

made from within the Effects Functions themselves. There is also an EQ Function

which is independent of Buss Assignment – it is global to the Drumkit.

Changing the effects of a Drumkit is much like changing the effects of a multitrack

mix: you must first set the Buss Assignments and Send Levels to the Effects, and then

you can edit the Effects themselves.

SETTING THE EFFECTS BUSS ASSIGNMENTS AND SEND

LEVELS

Each MIDI Note is always assigned to either the Reverb Buss OR the Multi-Effects

Buss. The Drum assigned to a MIDI Note is then processed through the selected

buss.

Again, to select a MIDI Note in the DM Pro, use either the CHASE

button and play the MIDI Note from your controller, or press DRUM

and then move the CURSOR to select the Note with the VALUE

encoder.

1. To change the Effects Buss Assignment of a Note, press MIX and use [<

CURSOR >] to underline the Mix Parameter in the upper left hand corner.

Then rotate the Value encoder clockwise until you reach Page 5, which is the

Effects Buss Assignment Parameter. The display will read:

FX Bus:REVERB

Note:36 C1

Using CURSOR >, move the cursor under the word REVERB:

FX Bus:REVERB

Note:36 C1

Now by using the VALUE encoder, you can toggle between the Reverb Buss

and the

OD>DL>PCH Buss. Note that in the display, the Multi-Effects Buss is

indicated by its signal flow:

FX Bus:OD>DL>PCH

Note:36 C1

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