GO BETWEEN FACTORY AND USER KITS
The FACTORY Kits on the trapKAT XL 6.0 are meant to be used with the KAT KT-M1 Drum
Module. Please note that you can make changes to Factory and User Kits, but you can only save
USER Kit information. When you alter a Factory Kit, the changes go away as soon as you leave the
kit. This is also true for the User Kits unless you choose to do a SAVE function to that Kit.
The good news is that the FACTORY Kits utilize all the possible Trigger Channels in the KT-M1.
This allows you to program the maximum amount of sounds in each Kit. Because of the open
architecture of the KT-M1, there is really no need to change any of the MIDI note numbers in the
trapKAT FACTORY Kits. Simply assign the sound you want for each pad to the matching Trigger
Channel of the KT-M1. Refer to the Pad Assignment Section in this manual. This shows what pad is
assigned to which KT-M1 Channel.
To go between FACTORY and USER Kits, step on the GLOBAL EDIT Footswitch and tap on pad #1.
Each time you tap on that pad, the trapKAT switches between Factory and User Kits. When you shut
off the trapKAT and turn it back on, it will remember what Bank of Kits you are using.
"QUICK CLICK"
While you are incrementing values, quickly release and repress the footswitch (within a second).
The values will now change direction. This works for the NOTE EDIT, KIT EDIT and GLOBAL
EDIT Footswitches.
SAVE A KIT
To save any changes that you make in USER KITS, hold down the GLOBAL EDIT footswitch and hit
pad #21 twice. To save changes made in FACTORY KITS, you must copy the kit to a USER KIT.
CHANGE THE SOUNDS
TrapKAT 6.0 is preprogrammed at the factory to work with the KT-M1 Drum Module. The KT-M1
module operates in a different way than other drum modules. Instead of having MIDI note numbers
assigned to sounds, they are assigned to Channels. Any sound can be assigned to a Channel. Each
Channel has a default note number, but it can be changed to any MIDI note number (0-127). Match a
Channel's note number to a trapKAT pad's note number to play the sound assigned to that Channel.
Some sounds have a group of consecutive note numbers associated with it. Cymbal sounds have 3
(Bell, Bow, Edge) and snare and toms have 2 (snare and rim, tom and rim). The Hi Hat also has a group
of consecutive notes. The module always indicates the first note in the group. For example, the default
note number for Cymbal 1 is 64. This is actually a group of notes (64, 65, 66) which is bell, bow, edge.
In order to play the bow sound on the trapKAT, leave the note number 64 on the module and set the
trapKAT pad's note number to 65.
Changing the note number in the module will shift the group of notes. These notes cannot be separated
from each other. For example, changing the note number on Cymbal Channel 1 from 64 to 65 will
result in the note group 65, 66, 67 (Bell, Bow, Edge). Any note numbers can be used on any channel, as
long as the trapKAT matches the number. Both trapKAT banks are programmed using the KT-M1
default note number configuration.
If you are using the trapKAT with other traditional sound sources, changing a sound on a pad simply
requires that you step on the NOTE EDIT footswitch, tap on the pad that you want the sound to change,
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