Simmons SD7PK - USING THE SD7 PK PADS; PLAYING THE PADS

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SD7PK digital drum kit User manual
The First Name in Electronic Drums.
•All the drum pads and cymbal pads use a single trigger sensor for the whole pad,
except the dual zone snare pad that uses one trigger for the head and another trigger
for the rim.
•Allthe padsarevelocitysensitive.Some voicescan change soundsdependingonthe
velocity level (striking force).
•Thetriggerareaofthecymbalpads(Ride,CrashorHi-Hat)isneartheedgeofthepad.
•Similartoanacousticdrumkit,theHi-Hatsoundvariesdependingonthepositionofthe
pedal(Hi-HatControl):
 •OpenHi-Hat:StriketheHi-Hatpadwithoutpressingthepedal
 •HalfOpenHi-Hat:StriketheHi-Hatpadwiththepedalpressedhalf-way
 •ClosedHi-Hat:StriketheHi-Hatpadwiththepedalpressedallthewaydown
 •FootClose:Pressthepedalallthewaydown
 •Splash:Stepfullyonthepedalandreleaseitimmediately
metronome
The SD7PK includes a Metronome feature with two types of sounds: Click (Bell sound on
therstbeat,andClicksoundontheotherbeats)orVocalCounting(“one”,“two”,“three”,
“four”,…).
Press the [CLICK] button to start the metronome with Click sound.
Press the [CLICK]buttonasecondtimetochangethemetronometoVocalCounting.
Press the [CLICK] button again to stop the metronome.
While the metronome is playing, the Beat indicator flashes at the current tempo.
Whilethemetronomeisplaying,theLEDshowsthecurrenttimesignature.
The time signature of the metronome can be changed using the [+] and [-] buttons. There are
veavailableoptions:2/4,3/4,4/4,5/4and6/8.
The SD7PK returns to the previous display when the metronome is stopped.
Press the [TEMPO +] or [T -]buttonstochangethe tempo (30—280). The LEDshows
the current tempo and returns to the previous display after about 2 seconds if there is no
operation of the Tempo [+] and [-] buttons.
The volume of the metronome can be adjusted by holding down the [CLICK] button
and pressing the [+] or [-] buttons. The LED shows “Cxx” (xx = metronome volume:
0 — 16), and returns to the previous display about 2 seconds after releasing the
[CLICK] button. The metronome volume resets to its default value when turning
off the SD7PK.
using the SD7PK pads
Playing the pads