Pads

Head shot

Strike the head of the pad.

On certain snare drum sounds, the tone changes naturally as you move the strike point from the center of the head toward the rim.

Rim shot

Strike the rim, or the head and the rim together.

This gives you a different sound (a rim tone) from head shots.

Cross stick

Strike the rim while placing your hand on the snare head.

The sounds differ depending on your playing technique. For example, you can hear a rim sound when playing a rim shot, or a cross-stick sound when playing with a cross-stick technique.

Connect a pad that supports rim shot techniques to the TRIGGER IN (2 SNARE) jack, or connect a digitally-connected pad (such as the PD-14DSX or PD-140DS) that supports cross-stick techniques and assign the pad to the snare drum.

For pads other than the PD-14DSX or PD-140DS, strike the rim only—do not touch the head.

Playing with brushes

You can use brushes to scrape the head (brush sweep).

Connect a pad with a mesh head to the TRIGGER IN (2 SNARE) jack, or connect a digitally-connected pad (such as the PD-14DSX or PD-140DS) that supports brush playing techniques and assign it to the snare.

For drum kits on which the snare brush sound is assigned, you can use the brush sweep technique when Brush Switch is “ON”.
Ø “Configuring the drum kit-related settings (KIT OPTION)”

Changing the tone according to the nuances of the rim shot

With certain snare and tom sounds, the nuance of the sound changes when you slightly change how you play the rim shots.

Normal rim shot

(Open rim shot)

Strike the center of the head and the rim at the same time.

Shallow rim shot

Strike the head near the rim and the rim itself at the same time.

Rim click (cross rim shot)

Only strike the rim of the pad.

Using the strainer (PD-14DSX)

Operate the strainer lever to “attach” the sound module’s snare wires to the snare for certain sounds (bottom side; ON) or to “detach” them (OFF).

The volume of the operating sound changes according to how fast you operate the lever. Aside from the snare wire operation, you can also assign functions to the strainer for controlling effects and so on.

You can assign a variety of functions to the strainer, such as turning the strainer knob to adjust the tension of the snare wires, or pressing the knob to play or stop a song.

Ø For details, refer to “Configuring the strainer”.

How strike points are detected on digital drums

For digitally connected pads, the unit detects the position at which you strike the pad (positional sensing).

On the snare drum, the sound changes according to the strike position, such as when striking the center of the pad face versus the edge, or the right side versus the left side.