KAT KT3 - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

CONTENTS
QUICK START ADVANCED USE APPENDICES
PANEL & DISPLAY DESCRIPTION
Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Rear & Side Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
QUICK START
SETUP
Connecting Pads and Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
CONNECTIONS
Connecting Audio Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Connecting a set of Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Connecting an MP3/CD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Connecting a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Connecting a Midi Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
PERFORMING
Selecting a Drum Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Playing the Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Adjusting the Sensitivity of a Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Using the Metronome/Click Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Adjusting the Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
EDITING AND SAVING A DRUM KIT
Adjusting the Volume of a Drum Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Switching Reverb On/O and Setting EQ . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Selecting the Drum Instrument of the Pad . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting the Volume, Pan and Pitch of the Pad . . . . . . .10
Setting the Pads to Play Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Saving the Edited Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
PLAYING ALONG WITH SONGS
Selecting and Playing Back a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Adjusting the Volume of the Accompaniment and Drum . . . . . . . .11
Muting the Drums in Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Using the Pads to Play Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
RECORDING YOUR PERFORMANCE
Recording Your Performance Quickly . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Playing Back Your Recorded Performance. . . . . . . . . . .12
Making the Settings for Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
PRACTICING WITH PATTERNS
Selecting a Pattern and Practicing with it . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Scoring Your Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Playing Back Your Recorded Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
ADVANCED USE
CREATING YOUR OWN DRUM KIT
About the Drum Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Selecting a Drum Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Overall Drum Kit Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Selecting the Pad to Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
About the Drum Instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Selecting the Instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Drum Instrument Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Settings For Other Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Saving to a User Drum Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
MAKING THE SETTINGS FOR PADS
About Settings of Pads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Adjusting the Pad Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Setting the Pad Threshold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Eliminating Crosstalk Between Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Selecting the Pad Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Setting Rim Sensitivity on Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Adjusting the Hi-Hat Pedal Splash Sensitivity . . . . . . . . 18
Saving Setting of Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SETTING THE METRONOME
About Click . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Switching the Click On/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Adjusting the Click Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Setting the Time Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Setting the Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Adjusting the Click Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Selecting the Click Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
PLAYING BACK SONGS
About Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Selecting a Song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Playing Back a Song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Adjusting the Accompaniment Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Adjusting the Drum Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Muting the Drums in Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
RECORDING A SONG
About Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Recording Pad Performances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Recording Performances Accompanied with a Song . . . . . . 21
Playing Back Your Recorded Performance. . . . . . . . . . .21
Recording Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
PRACTICING IN LEARNING MODE
About Learning Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Practicing with Beats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Practicing with Rhythms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Practicing with Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Recording and Scoring Your Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Playing Back Your Recorded Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
MAKING THE SETTING FOR MIDI
About MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Making the MIDI Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Connecting with an External Sound Device . . . . . . . . . 26
Using the Digital Drum as a Sound Module. . . . . . . . . .26
APPENDICES
Prompt Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Specications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Kit/Voice/Song/Pattern/Parameter List . . . . . . . . . . 29-39
MIDI Implementation Chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40