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Pacific Digital DrumXtreme manuel d'utilisation

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    TA BLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 1 2. FEAT URES 1 3. MINIMU M PC SYSTEM REQU IREMENTS 2 4. GETTING STA RTED 3 4.1 Unpack ing your Drum Xtreme™ 3 4.2 Registration & Your Product Seri al Number 5 4.3 Assembly of Dru mXtreme™ 5 4.4 Adjus ting Pad Positi ons on your Dr umXtreme ™ 11 5. INSTALLING USB DRIVERS FOR WINDOWS ® 12 6. INSTALLING [...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page ii 8. WARNINGS 38 9. EXP ANDING YOUR DRUMXTREME 39 10. TROUBLESHOOTING / FA Q 40 11. DRUMXTREME LIMIT ED WARRANTY 50 12. CONTACTING TECHNICAL SUPPORT 52[...]

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    1. Introduction Welcome to D rumXtrem e TM , the next generation in digital music play ing and recording instrum ents. With the DrumXtrem e you w ill be able to play the back beat to your favorite m usic, or create, play, and record y our own m usic. DrumXtrem e is easy to install and use, prov iding a full size professional drum ensemble consistin[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 2 The following item s are included in the Drum Xtreme k it:  Five (5) Percussion pads w ith sensitivity adjustm ent  Seven (7) cables to connect the percussion pads, foot pedal, and choke control to the controller  One (1) Easy to assem ble drum stand  One (1) Foot Pedal  One (1[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 3 4. Getting Started This section provides step-by- step instructions on setting up y our DrumXtreme TM for the first time. 4.1 Unpacking your DrumXtreme™ In the retail box, the unit is cushioned in a cardboard shock - absorbent holder. You may wish to save the box so you can pack or store th[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 4 Drum stand One group The detailed parts list for the stand is shown in the follo wing tab le. Cables Ei ght pieces 1. Seven audio source cables. (Please use the specia l m ono c a ble line.) 2. One USB cable. CD Discs Two pieces 1. Data CD (Installation program, teaching disc, and game grogra[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 5 4.2 Registration & Your Product Serial Number Please record the model and serial num ber to keep for reference. These are required for Product Registration and the web-Update function. Also record the Product ID number from the bar-coded label on the back of your m anual (this Product ID [...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 6 Keep Figure 2 in m ind while following Steps 1 through 10 to assem ble your Drum Xtreme. Figure 3 shows detailed assembly connections which are referenced in assembly instruction steps 1 through 10 Figure 2 – Exam ple of Assembled Stand .[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 7 Figure 3 – Stand Assembly C onnections ** Note: Do not over tighten screws! ** Step 1 : Using Table 2 entitled “D etailed List of Stand Parts”, org anize parts A to H into separate areas/piles so y ou can easily find the part being called for in steps 2 through 10. N ote: Do not attach [...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 8 Step 2: Slide two (2) Part C clam ps on each of the two stand base bars [Part B1 (2 sets)]. On e part C clamp will face v ertical, and the other Part C clamp will face horiz ontal. Use Parts F screws and nuts to fasten all Part C clamps. Figure 4 – Part C Clam p Assembly Install (2) each ru[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 9 to the ends of this bar part B2. Slide this combination onto the ve rtical bars Part B2. See illustration in Figure 5. A djust the upper bar combination to be alm ost to the top (about 4 to 5 inches down from top). Slide the rem aining Part D clam p on the left vertical bar Part B 2. This wil[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 10 Figure 7 – Pad Rods & P ad Assembly Step 8: Referring to Figure 7, slide (5) Part B3 drum- arm rods into the hole of each of the remaining Part D clamps. Tighten fing er tight only at this point. Use the diagram above for reference. Step 9: Referring to Figure 8, note that Percussion P[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 11 Step 10: The sound made by each drum head is based on the port number of the SV-BOX Master Controller. C onnect one end of each of (7) audio source cables to each DX-8/D X-5 percussion pads and BD -6 foot pedal. Percussion pad DX -8 has (2) connections. Connect the other ends of the audio so[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 12 Figure 9 -Pad P ositioning & Folding for Storage 5. Installing USB Drivers for Windows® DrumExtrem e has custom USB driv ers for Windows® that are shipped to you on the software C D. Do not insert the CD at this tim e. To load the USB drivers, first boot y our Windows® PC. After Windo[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 13 Figure 10 – Connecting DrumXtrem e to PC After connecting, the Window s® Hardware Wizard w ill detect the connection of the DrumXtrem e USB port. When the Hardware Wizard begins, the following screen will be displayed: Windows Hardware F ound Wizard Click “ Next ” to begin installatio[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 14 Select “ Install the Software automatically ” and click Next to continue installation. Next, in t he SEARCH FOR (LOCAT E) DRIVER FILES screen, sel ect the device where the Drum Xtreme USB driver can be found (the DrumXtrem e’s USB driver resides on the Digital Drum software CD).[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 15 Insert the CD- ROM into the appropriate device and select the CD- ROM drive check box. Then click Next to continue the installation. After Windows® finds and installs the driver, the COMPLETI NG THE HARD WARE WI ZARD screen will be displayed. Click “ Finish” to complete the installation[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 16 Some older v ersions of Windows® require a system restart. I f so, you will see the following screen. I f this screen is displayed, click on Yes to restart the system . Windows Settings Change Message If the abov e screen is not displayed, the system does not need to be restarted. Note: Onc[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 17 After double-clicking on Game Controllers, if the Drum Xtreme device was recogniz ed and installed properly as per this section, then an item similar to that highlighted in the circle below will be displayed. The device serial num ber (shown as VD10- 66 in the exam ple picture) will differ f[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 18 This indicates that the DrumXtreme dev ice was successfully found by your computer. If a g aming controller is not shown, please rem ove the USB cable from y our system and re-insert one m ore tim e to re- invok e the Hardware Found Wizard. 6. Installing Digital Drum PC Software Place the so[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 19 Figure 11 – Software Install Menu If the abov e software menu does not autom atically display after one minute, click your mouse on START, then RUN, then browse to your CD drive and select INS TALL.EXE from the CD drive to run the install program . Once the above pictured software menu is [...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 20 7. Using the Digital Drum Software & Game This chapter discusses the DrumXtrem e Software program including the Game program . First is a discussion of what you need to do before starting the prog ram, followed by a discussion of the operation of the program . 7.1 Before Starting the Dru[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 21 3. To improv e the efficiency of DrumXtrem e software, and also to insure that your drum-beats can be sy nchronized to m usic playing on the CD-ROM, please close other software program s that normally run in the background (such as Anti-v irus program s or other monitoring software). 4. You [...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 22 The options available in the abov e initial opening m enu are: A. PLAY: Enters the main m enu of the software application program for “Drum Xtreme”. B. UPDATE: On-line update ov er the Internet: You must first have registered to become a mem ber and to update your information. Y ou will [...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 23 7.3 Main Menu To enter the main m enu of the software application program for “Drum Xtreme”, click on “PLAY” and the main menu screen show n in Figure 13 w ill display. Figure 13 – Main Menu EXIT DIGITAL DRUM: Digital com puter drum MUSIC GA ME: Enters into the gam e of DrumXtr eme[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 24 7.4 Digital Drum Operation Menu If y ou selected “Digital Drum ,” from the m ain m enu, the Digital drum operation screen will appear as shown in Fig ure 14. Figure 14 – Digital Drum Operation Menu A. JOYSTI CK: selects the controller to use for the software program s B. CD-ROM: positi[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 25 EJECT G. ADJUST: sensitiv ity control H. MAI N: displays general v olume current setting (to adjust use MI XER) I. CD: display s music v olume current setting (to adjust use MI XER) J. DRUM: display s drum v olume current setting (to adjust use MI XER) K. EXIT: exits this m enu and goes to p[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 26 S. Time Code – This is the total e lapsed time from the beginning of the Music CD to the current position. T. CD Counter – This is the total elapsed time from the beginning of the track to the current position. U. Open Previously Recorded File – Use this button to open a previously rec[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 27 4. Volume control : The “Mixer” panel will appear when click ing the mixer button Figure 15 – Volume Mixer Panel To adjust volume, click and hold the left button of the m ouse and “drag” the setting to either left or rig ht to adjust volume controls (Main, CD, Drum) of each. A. Mai[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 28 Figure 16 – Sensitivity Adjustm ent Panel A. Sensitivity enable/disable: (a check- mark enables, an empty check box without a check- m ark disables). B. S ensitivity adjustm ent: Click and hold the left button of the mouse and “drag ” the setting to either left (increase sensitivity ) [...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 29 8. Changing the CD : When changing the CD, please click “EJECT” to eject and remove the CD. 7.4.2 Recording Your Drum P lay This section refers to controls N to V shown in Figure 14, the Digital Drum Operation Menu. With the DrumXtrem e recording facility you can: • Record your drum pl[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 30 3. Playback Your Recording 1. Insert the Drum Xtreme Music CD 2. Press the Open button. 3. Windows will present a screen with the contents of your Drum Xtreme recordings. Select the desired recording file and click OK. 7.5 Sound Bank Timbre Edit ing Panel If y ou selected “Sound Bank” , [...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 31 This set of buttons indicates the particular drum pad selected in the sound-bank /timbre editing menu. After y ou open a bank nam e in the right side m enu and select a position, the selected pad num ber will blink while selected. N ote that Drums 1 & 5 are special drums: Drum 1 has two [...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 32 Figure 18 – Adding Tim bre Compositions 2. Deleting timbre comp ositions: To delete a timbre composition, click “Delete” to delete the selected timbre. (Fig ure 18 – Position B). 3. Opening details of timbre compositions: To exam ine or edit a timbre com position, you m ust first ope[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 33 You can also double-click the timbre to apply the edit. After applying, the new tim bre for that drum is in effect. Figure 19 – Applying Edits to Com positions 5. Special drum setti ngs: Note that Drums 1 & 5 are special drums. Drum 1 has two timbres (CLOSE and OPEN). T he open/close f[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 34 7.6 Music Game Menu If you selected “Music Game”, from the m ain menu, the gam e screen will appear as shown below. E ach of the areas in the menu that you can click with your mouse (shown as A – P) are sum mariz ed here . Figure 20 – Music Game Menu A. Previous B. Joys ti ck C. CD-R[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 35 you want to use with (B) and then select the CD-RO M drive letter y ou are using with (C) . 2. Use the previous and next buttons to select the music track desired from the music CD . The name of m usic track will be displayed in the central window (F) of the gam e m enu. You can “audition?[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 36 7.6.1 Pl aying the Game When (E) shows “Ready to Use CD Music” and PLAY is click ed, the gam e begins and the gam e picture shown below appears. Six colum ns of red, orange, yellow, g reen, blue, and purple will appear on the monitor in the gam e picture. When the music play s, the scree[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 37 Accuracy is scored as follow s: 1. Super 2500 Continuously drumm ing “Perfect” five times 2. Perfect 1000 A line between crystal central line and beating line 3. Good 500 Crystal lies in the green area when beating. 4. Poor 0 Crystal lies bey ond the beating area. Stopping the Game: T he[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 38 8. Warnings a. Do not open the plastic case of the Master Controller (SV- BOX) at any time. There is risk of electric shock and dam age to the Master Controller unit. There are no user-serv iceable parts inside. Opening the plastic case voids the product warranty . b. Keep your Drum Xtreme o[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 39 9. Expanding your Drum Xtrem e Adding an additional pad and/or additional pedals can expand DrumXtrem e. DrumXtreme allows y ou to expand your drum set to add 1 more pad (Pad 6) and/or to add 1 to 2 m ore pedals (Pedal 8 & Pedal 10) to your configuration. Figure 21 below shows Drum Xtrem[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 40 10. Troubleshooting / FAQ Q1: My com puter cannot locate the USB Device. A1: 1.Verify the connection of the USB cable from the DrumXtrem e to your computer USB port 2. Inspect dev ice installation in Game Controllers : 3. Go to Start , Settings , Control Panel 4. In the Control Panel , doubl[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 41 Q2: When using the software, the im ages appear, but no sound can be heard. A2: 1 . Check the connection of y our computer speakers to your computer sound card. 2. Check the vo lume settings on y our computer v olume control. i. G o to Start , Settings , Accessories , Entertainment ii. Click[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 42 c. Select the Audio Tab . d. For sound playback , the preferred device should list y our currently installed sound card. If no options under preferred device are av ailable you m ay need to reinstall you sound card and sound card drivers. (See sound card manual for instructions.) Q3: When st[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 43 A3: 1. Check to see if the CD-ROM sound cable is connected properly. (see CD- ROM users manual) 2. Check to be sure that CD Audio is not muted in the computer Volum e Control (see A2). Q4: When starting the Program, the sound of the music can be heard, but the sound of the beating drum canno[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 44 2. Please check to ensure that your computer supports the minim um sy stem requirem ents of the program . 3. If you are using Windows®2000 or Windows®XP, y ou may need to enable or disable the “digital CD playback” m ode of your CD- ROM.  If your CD-R OM supports “Digital CD Playb[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 45 Q6: I have a YAMAHA 724 chip sound card and do not get any sound when using the Drum Xtreme? A6: The DrumXtrem e does not support the sound card for the YAMAHA 724 chip. Call Pacif ic Digital at 888-999-0732 for consultation regarding sound cards. Q7: Why are there two to three sounds of the[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 46 Q9: Can the Drum Xtreme be used with professional stag e audio devices? A9: The sound source produced by the Drum Xtreme m ay be taken out of the line out on your com puter system to a professional stage audio device. Q10: T he sound volum e output is normal when using the GAME or DI GITAL D[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 47 2. Please check your Windows User Account and make sure that you are an Adm inistrator of your computer, if you are using Windows 2000 or Windows XP. The rights to the Drum Xtreme gam e are limited to the Com puter Administrator only . To check your Windows User Account, please follow the in[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 48 Q15: While playing the GAMES, the sound becom es suddenly loud or quiet, or my computer crashes. A15: Please check to ensure that you have installed the 5.1 Channel Sound Card. Because the 5.1 Channel Sound Card is pre-set with a speaker protection device, you can simply turn down the Volume[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 49 Verify that your sound card is installed properly and works normally (see Question 2). Restart your computer and then v erify the Joystick and/or CD- ROM indicators are green.[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 50 11. DrumXtrem e Limited Warranty Pacific Digital Corporation warrants this product to be free from manufacturing defects for a period of one (1) year from the date of invoice to the end user (Customer). In the event that this product should fail during this period, Pacific Digital Corporatio[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 51 authorized service facility ; abuse, neglect, accidents, misuse, fire, flood, or acts of God; unauthorized m odification by end user; installation remov al or on site service. • Dam ages resulting from loss of use, loss of data, loss of tim e or inconvenience, cost of temporary replacement[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 52 12. Contacting Technica l Support Pacific Dig ital Corporation 2052 Alton Pkwy Irv ine, CA 92606 Phone: 888-999- 0732 Fax: 949-252- 9397 WEB: www.Pacif icDigit al.com and Inform ation During installation, record the following information. This inform ation will be needed to contact technical[...]

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    Copyrig ht © 2003 Paci fic Digita l Corpora tion Page 53 The Pacific Digital part number for this Drum Xtreme User’s Manual is: 1866-SD-01-1 (revised April 2-2003). The Pacific Digital model number for this DrumXtreme model is: 2096-SD (U-30161 for North America, or E-30170 for Europe). Copyright  2003 Pacific Digital, Corporation. All rights[...]