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Quick StartIntroductionSetupProgram

Combination

MultiEffectGlobalArpeggiatorDrum Kit

External control

Other functions

Appendices

Using Drum Kits

What is a Drum Kit?

Drum Kits, as the name implies, are optimized for

creating drum sounds.Drum Kits are created in

Global Mode. They offer a number of special fea-

tures, such as:

• Each note can play a different sound

• On each note, you can use up to two Drum

Samples, with velocity switching

• Each note has separate settings for the most

important sound parameters, including vol-

ume, ﬁlter cutoff and resonance, envelope

attack and decay, pitch.

•You can specify the insert effect routing and

master effect send level for each note. For

example, you can use this to send just the snare

to a compressor.

You can use Drum Kits only in Programs whose

“Oscillator Mode” is set to “Drums.”

Drum Kit memory structure

The X50 has 49 Drum Kits, divided into Internal,

User, and GM (General MIDI) groups as shown

below.

You can edit or write into any of the locations

except for the GM bank, which cannot be erased.

If you want to start with a GM bank drum kit and

edit it, use the “Copy Drum Kit” utility to select a

drum kit and copy it to the USER bank.

Drum Kit banks

Drum Kit Programs and Oscillator

Mode

The PROG 1: Ed–Basic, Prog Basic page “Oscilla-

tor Mode” setting speciﬁes whether the oscillator

will be a drum kit or a conventional multisample

(such as piano or strings).

You can verify this setting in the PROG 2: Ed–

Pitch, OSC1 page. If “Oscillator Mode” is set to

Single, you’ll be able to specify two multisamples

and a velocity switch. If this is set to Double,

you’ll be able to make an additional set of settings

in the OSC2 page.

If “Oscillator Mode” is set to “Drums,” you’ll be

able to make settings for one drum kit. A drum kit

does have velocity switch settings, but these set-

tings are made for the drum kit in Global mode,

and cannot be edited or saved in Program mode.

Before you start editing…

First, select a Drum Program

In Global Mode, you’ll play the kit that you’re

editing as if you were playing it from within the

Program, Combination, or Multi set which was

selected before you entered Global mode.

So, before you enter the GLOBAL 4: DKit pages,

it’s best to select a Program which is already set up

for drums in Program mode, with the appropriate

EG settings, effects, and so on. Choose a drum

Program such as “A020: Standard Kit 3.”

If you moved from Multi mode to Global mode,

playing the keyboard will sound the program and

arpeggiator of the track that matches the global

MIDI channel (GLOBAL 1).

Match the note mapping and key

position for the drum kit

In order for the note mappings to match the key-

board, the Oscillator’s Octave setting needs to be

+0 [8']. All Drum Kit Programs should have this

setting already. If you’re unsure, you can check

this yourself:

1. Access the Program mode PROG 1: Ed–Basic,

OSC1 page.

2. Check that the “Octave” parameter (near the

top of the page) is set to +0 [8'].

With a setting other than +0 [8'], the

relationship between the keys and the Drum

Kit sound map will be incorrect.

Check the memory protect setting

When you wish to edit a user drum kit, ﬁrst turn

off memory protect by unchecking the Memory

Protect “Drum Kit” check box in the GLOBAL 0:

System Preference page.

Bank No. Contents

INT 00…15 Factory Drum Kits

USER 16…39 User (initialized) Drum Kits

GM 40…48 GM2 Drum Kits

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