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USING DISCOVER DRUMS

PLAYING THE DEMO SONG

The included demo song showcases the features and functions of DISCOVER DRUMS.

1.

Press DEMO. The demo song will start to play.

2.

Strike the drum pads. To play the same drum pattern as the song, watch the screen as bars descend in four columns to the horizontal line at the bottom. When a bar passes the line, strike the corresponding pad. (You can also watch the lights under the pads and hit the pads as they light up instead.)

Tip: To hear just the drums, press the CHORD button to turn off the background music. You can press it again to turn it back on. This is useful if you are trying to figure out the drum pattern by itself.

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You can adjust the volume of the song and drum pads by pressing

MAIN VOLUME and rotating the DIAL. You can also adjust the volume of the song alone (to balance it with your own performance on the drum pads) by pressing RHYTHM VOLUME and rotating the DIAL.

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To stop the demo song, press DEMO again.

PLAYING RHYTHMS

DISCOVER DRUMS comes with 50 different rhythms that you can play to.

1.

Press RHYTHM. The number of the currently selected Rhythm will be displayed on the screen.

2.

Rotate the DIAL to select a Rhythm.

3.

Press START / STOP to start playback.

4.

Strike the drum pads. To play the same drum pattern as the song, watch the screen as bars descend in four columns to the horizontal line at the bottom. When a bar passes the line, strike the corresponding pad. (You can also watch the lights under the pads and hit the pads as they light up instead.)

Tip: To hear just the drums, press the CHORD button to turn off the background music. You can press it again to turn it back on.

This is useful if you are trying to figure out the drum pattern by itself.

5.

You can adjust the volume of the song and drum pads by pressing

MAIN VOLUME and rotating the DIAL. You can also adjust the volume of the song alone (to balance it with your own performance on the drum pads) by pressing RHYTHM VOLUME and rotating the DIAL.

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Press START / STOP again to stop playback.

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ADJUSTING THE TEMPO

You can set the tempo of a Rhythm from 40 to 250 BPM (beats per minute). To set the tempo:

1.

Press TEMPO / TAP. The current tempo will be displayed on the screen.

2.

Rotate the DIAL to adjust the tempo. (You can also strike any pad four times at the desired tempo, and the current Rhythm will start to play at that tempo.)

ASSIGNING SOUNDS TO THE PADS

DISCOVER DRUMS has a total of 40 different percussion sounds and 10 voice sounds that you can assign independently to the drum pads for a more varied performance. To assign these sounds to the pads:

1.

Press PAD ASSIGN.

2.

Strike a pad. You will hear that pad's current sound (whose number will also be displayed on the screen).

3.

Rotate the DIAL to select a sound. You can preview the sound by striking the pad.

(Note: After each strike, the number will increase by one. This can be useful if you want to strike the pad repeatedly to play through all the available sounds.)

4.

When you have selected the sound you want to use for that pad, either repeat Steps 2 and 3 for other pads, or press PAD ASSIGN to exit.

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PLAYING THE GAME

DISCOVER DRUMS contains a built-in Game Mode so you can learn to play different rhythms by following cues on the screen.

As a Rhythm plays, bars will descend in four columns from the top to the bottom of the screen where there is a horizontal line. When the bar passes that line, strike the corresponding pad (the pad numbers are above each column). You will receive points for each correct hit.

To start and play a game:

1.

Press the GAME button to enter Game Mode. The "Game" indicator will appear on the upper right corner of the screen.

2.

Rotate the DIAL to select a Rhythm to play along to. The difficulty level of each rhythm is indicated by the number of stars in the upper right corner of the screen: one star means "easy," two is "medium," and three is "hard."

3.

Press START / STOP to start the game. Watch the screen as the bars descend in four columns to the horizontal line at the bottom. When a bar passes the line, strike the corresponding pad.

4.

When complete, the game will stop automatically and display your score, and a voice will read it aloud. After three seconds, the game will restart automatically.

Press START / STOP to stop the game at anytime.

5.

Press GAME to exit Game Mode.

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