UTILITY MODE
The Utility mode contains the settings for the module operations that aren’t in the Kit or Song modes.
The main screen settings are:
• Auto Power- on/off: Turns off module after 4 hours of no use.
• MIDI Local- on/off: Local on/off helps to fix MIDI loop issues. Set to
off if you are using an external MIDI sequencer.
• MIDI Soft Thru- on/off: Turns MIDI out to thru to link several
MIDI products.
• Add-Preset Memory Protect ON: This protects the preset Kits from Modification.
TRIGGER
Normally the Trigger settings are optimized for the best playability for the SD2000. However since some players will want different sensitivities or may place the drums on the rack in a different manner than the factory setup you may find it helpful modify the settings for your own playability. To Enter the Trigger settings menu press the
Function button under Trigger on the Main Utility screen.
Note: When changing the trigger parameters on the various parts of the kit, the trigger responses with the kit will be slow. This is due to the module refreshing the information on the screen. We recommend setting the trigger parameters one drum or cymbal at a time and then verifying your settings by pressing the Function Back button to return to the main Utility screen.
TRIGGER SETTINGS (GLOBAL):
• Follow Trigger - On/Off: This allows you to select the drum or cymbal settings by striking it.
• Current Trigger - all inputs: This allows you to manually select the trigger input for editing.
• Sensitivity -1-32: This adjusts the sensitivity of the pad trigger to regulate the pad response. Higher settings result in higher sensitivity, so that the pad will produce a loud volume even when struck softly.
• Threshold - 0-50: This setting allows a trigger signal to be received only when the pad is struck harder than a specified force. This can be used to prevent a pad from sounding in response to extraneous vibrations from another pad.
• Curve: Easy, Fixed, Normal, Dynamic: These curves can be set per pad. Depending on your playing style you may want to use different curves for different drums and cymbals.
Easy:
Good for players that want to reach high dynamic response without hitting too hard.
Fixed:
The sound will be at a fixed volume each time, regardless of how hard a pad is hit.
Normal:
The most linear playing curve.
Dynamic:
Offers the highest dynamic range.
• Retrigger -1-8: The trigger response of the SD2000 has been designed to exactly match the signals produced by the SD2000 drum and cymbal pads. Triggering the SD2000 from other commercially available pads or triggers may result in ‘double triggering’ due to the long decay characteristics of some types of pickups. Setting the retrigger value to a lower number can in most cases eliminate unwanted double triggering, although this may prevent intentional rapid playing such as a drum roll or flam. If you experience an unwanted double trigger, try reducing the default value (6 for most drums). The value 1 will prevent rapid triggers of
500ms or so, where the value 8 will let all triggers through no matter how close together they are.
• Crosstalk - 0-75: When two pads are mounted on the same stand, the vibration produced by hitting one pad may trigger the sound from another pad unintentionally (This is called crosstalk.) You can avoid this problem by adjusting Crosstalk Cancel on the pad that is sounding inadvertently. If the value is set too high, then when two pads are played simultaneously, the one that is struck less forcefully will not sound. So be careful and set this parameter to the minimum value required to prevent such crosstalk. With a setting of 0 crosstalk prevention does not function.
• Splash Sensitivity - 1-8: This adjusts the hi hat pedal splash sensitivity.
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