LEKATO PD705 User manual

DRUM PAD SAMPLER

USER MANUAL V1.00

IMPORTANT NOTES!

Power supply

Do not connect this unit to same electrical outlet that is being used by an electrical

appliance that is controlled by an inverter (such as a refrigerator, washing machine,

microwave oven, or air condier), or that contains a motor. Depending on the way in

which the electrical appliance is used, power supply noise may cause this unit to

or may produce audible noise. If it is not p to use a separate electrical

outlet, connect a power supply noise ﬁlter between this unit and the electrical outlet.

The AC adapter will begin to generate heat long hours of use. This is

normal, and is not a cause for concern.

Before conne this unit to other devices, turn oﬀthe power to all units. This will help

prevent and/or damage to speakers or other devices.

Placement

Using the unit near power ampliﬁers (or other equipment containing large power

transformers) may induce hum. To alleviate the problem, change the of this

unit; or move it farther away from the source of interference.

This device may interfere with radio and television Do not use this device in the

vicinity of such receivers.

Noise may be produced if wireless commu devices, such as cell phones, are

operated in the vicinity of this unit. Such noise could occur when receiving or a call,

or while conversing. Should you experience such problems, you should relocate such

wireless devices so they are at a greater distance from this unit, or switch them oﬀ.

Do not expose the unit to direct sunlight, place it near devices that radiate heat, leave it

inside an enclosed vehicle, or otherwise subject it to temperature extremes. Excessive heat

can deform or discolor the unit.

When moved from one to another where the temperature and/ or humidity is very

diﬀerent, water droplets may form inside the unit. Damage or malf

may result if you pt to use the unit in this Therefore, before using the unit,

you must allow it to stand for several hours, the has completely

evaporated.

Maintenance

For everyday cleaning, wipe the unit with a , dry cloth or one that has been slightly

dampened with water. To remove stubborn dirt, use a cloth impregnated with a mild,

non-abrasive detergent. be sure to wipe the unit thoroughly with a , dry

cloth.

Never use benzene, thinners, alcohol or solvents of any kind, to avoid the possibility of

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Addi�onal Notes

Please be aware that the unit’s memory can be irretrievably lost as a result of a

or the improper of the unit.

Please take care when using the unit’s or other controls, and when using its jacks

and connectors. Rough handling can lead to

Never strike or apply strong pressure to the display.

When connec all cables, grasp the connector itself-never pull on the

cable. This way you will avoid causing shorts, or damage to the cable’s internal elements.

To avoid disturbing your neighbors, try to keep the unit’s volume at reasonable levels. You

may prefer to use headphones, so you do not need to be concerned about those around

you.

Since sound can be through ﬂoors and walls to a greater degree than

expected, take care not to allow such sound to become a nuisance to neighbors, especially

at night and when using headphones.

When you need to transport the unit, package it in the box (including padding) that it came

in, if possible. Otherwise, you will need to use equivalent packaging materials.

Some cables contain resistors. Do not use cables that incorporate resistors for

to this unit. The use of such cables can cause the sound level to be extremely

low, or impossible to hear.

Table of Contents

TOP PANEL

REAR PANEL

BOTTOM PANEL

QUICK USE

KIT MODE

CLICK MODE

RECORD MODE

SETUP BUTTON SUBMENUS

ADVANCED APPLICATIONS/USB MEMORY STICK

SOUND LIBRARY

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TOP PANEL

1. DRUM PADS

Percussive pads which trigger sounds or MIDI

when hit with a drumstick. When struck, the

pads corresponding LED will illuminate. Each

pad has an individual number which will be

shown within the menu when editing certain

settings.

2. LCD SCREEN

Displays information, menus and current

parameters of the UNIT. Changes made by

using the [+]/[-] buttons and SCROLL WHEEL

appear on this screen.

3. UP/DOWN BUTTONS

Used to navigate menus visible on the LCD

screen.

4. OK/SELECT BUTTONS

OK conﬁrms selections made in the menus,

the [SELECT] button cycles through options

in the menu.

5. SCROLL WHEEL/+/- BUTTONS

Use to quickly increase and decrease values

as well as to scroll through multiple selections.

6. CLICK BUTTON

Pressing the [CLICK] button activates the

metronome and takes you to the CLICK

menu. In the SETUP menu you can access

the SoundGroup, Beat, Rhythm and Pan

submenus.

7. REC BUTTON

Activates the RECORD mode within the UNIT.

8. KIT BUTTON

Used to access the KIT menu, which allows

you to adjust and select dierent preset kits.

You can access the submenus using the [UP]

and [DOWN] buttons. Pressing this button

gives you access to the Home, Wave, Loop,

Eect, ADV, ADV2 and KITCH submenus.

9. SETUP BUTTON

Allows you access to the MIDI, PAD, Trigger,

Display, Version, Reset and Update submenus.

10. TRIGGER/FOOTSWITCH LED INDICATORS

lluminates when external triggers and

footswitches are used, they are connected

via the inputs on the rear panel of the UNIT.

11. HEADPHONE VOLUME WHEEL

Use the wheel to increase or decrease

headphone output volume. Master Output

levels are controlled on the back of the UNIT.

It is recommended to have the volume set to

its lowest point when you turn on the UNIT

to protect hearing and headphones.

REAR PANEL

1. TRIG 1/2

Used for connecting a dual zone trigger pad

or an acoustic drum trigger. A stereo

connecting cable is needed for full dual zone

funtionality. When a signal has been received

the left-most trigger lights will illuminate when

hit.

2. TRIG 3/4

Used for connecting a dual zone trigger pad

or an acoustic drum trigger. A stereo

connecting cable is needed for full dual zone

funtionality. When a signal has been received

the right-most trigger lights will illuminate

when hit.

3.FS1

Used for connecting a footswitch trigger. By

default, it assumes this will be a hi-hat pedal.

The left footswitch light will illuminate when

played.

4. FS2

Used for connecting a footswitch trigger. By

default, it assumes this will be a kick drum

sound. The right footswitch light will illuminate

when played.

12. POWER BUTTON

Turns the UNIT on and o. Press to turn on,

hold for ﬁve seconds and release to power

o.

5. DC INPUT

Used to connect to mains power. Only use the

included PSU.

6. USB- B

USB B connecting port, used for connecting to

computer for USB MIDI.

7. USB-A

USB A connection, used to connect memory

stick for updates as well as importing and

exporting your own sound ﬁles and preset kits.

8. MIDI IN/OUT

Used for connecting 5-pin MIDI cable to send

information either from or to the unit.

9. AUX

Used for connecting an auxiliary sound source

to the UNIT via a 1/8" Stereo Jack cable

(available separately), ideal for connecting an

MP3 player or laptop. Volume must be

controlled via the sound source.

10. MAIN OUT L/R

Main output jacks of the UNIT. Connect via

1/4" mono jack cables to your mixer,

interface or ampliﬁer. When using one jack

cable (for mono output), insert your jack

cable into L/MONO output. Connecting two

jack cables sends separate left and right

audio signals down each cable, giving you

stereo output.

TRIGGER

FOOTSWITCH

TRIGGER

FOOTSWITCH

TRIGGER

FOOTSWITCH

TRIGGER

FOOTSWITCH

11. MASTER VOLUME

Controls the main output volume for the

UNIT.

Important notes

1/4" TS phone plug

(mono, unbal‐anced)

1. Signal

2. Ground, shielding

Note:

1. Use the audio cable correctly; otherwise, the device may fail to work properly.

2. This product does not have a sound equipment, requires to connect external audio equipment such as

ampliﬁer, loudspeaker, earphone, etc.

3. The instructions in the manual and the contents on the screen may be dierent from the actual ones

because your device may be using a more advanced version of the system.

BOTTOM PANEL

The UNIT can be played ﬂat on desktop or placed on most common snare drum stands. A clamp and stand

made speciﬁcally for the UNIT is available to purchase at the website.

12. HEADPHONES

1/4" output jack for connecting headphones,

control output level with VOLUME WHEEL

on the front panel.

Three-pole 1/8" mini phone jack

(stereo, unbalanced)

1. Signal (left)

2. Signal (right)

3. Ground, shielding

QUICK USE

To prevent damage to your hearing, speakers

and other audio equipment, reduce the volume

and have the power o before connecting to

any other equipment. Please make sure you are

using the headphone output for headphones

and the main output when connecting to

ampliﬁers or mixers.

MAKE A PERFORMANCE

Connect any devices to the UNIT according to

the descriptions on the rear panel. (Ref page 2)

Turn on the UNIT. When the [KIT] button

indicator is on, the unit is in drum kit mode and

ready to play. Use drumsticks to hit any of the 9

drum pads to make a sound.

MODE

Use [UP]/[DOWN] to navigate the menus on

the LCD screen.

Use the SCROLL WHEEL or [+]/[—] buttons

to change value.

HOME

A. Shows P1-30, which is one of the 30 preset

kits.

C1-20 are user kits imported via USB

memory stick.

B. Displays the name of the currently active

preset.

C. If you have FX in use, the FX symbol will

show in the top right.

D. The musical note symbol displays what

tempo the metronome is set to.

E. The squares displayed at the bottom left of

the screen show how hard you are hitting a

pad. One light illuminated = soft hit. All the

lights illuminated = hard hit.

Use the SCROLL WHEEL or [+]/[—] buttons

to select a preset.

Pressing [OK] gives you access to all

presetkits in list format.

When in list view, press [SELECT]. This allows

you to copy, delate or rename the preset.

Leave this menu by selecting cancel or

pressing [KIT] again.

NOTE:

You can only delete user imported preset kits,

you cannot delete default kits.

RESET

Used to restore to factory settings. Press [OK]

to initiate this process, the UNIT will restart

automatically after this has been completed.

Do not press any other buttons during this

process.

NOTE:

If any of the drum pads do not work correctly

due to accidents, please press the [POWER] +

[UP] + [DOWN] to reset.

The preset sound starts with "I" and the

user sound starts with "U".

D. This is used to control the output volumes

of the sound.

E. When the pad is set to have both sample A

and sample B, any hit louder than this

setting (0-127) will play sample B. For

example, any hits below 50 it will play

sample A, any hits above play it will play

sample B.

F. Allows you to choose between OFF, MIX,

SWITCH and FADE.

OFF

Only play sample A, sample B will be

displayed as "/".

MIX

When the layer point threshold is met,

sample B will be blended in with sample A.

SWITCH

When the layer point threshold is met,

sample B will take the place of sample A.

FADE

When the layer point threshold is met,

sample B will play as well as sample A.

Sound Volume

Striking force

Sound Volume

Striking force

Sound Volume

Striking force

UPDATE

Used to update the UNIT ﬁrmware, which you

can do via a USB stick. In the event you need

to update ﬁrmware, you can download the

dpupdate.bin ﬁle or consult the seller, add this

to the root directory of your memory stick.

Then press [OK] when the update ﬁeld is

highlighted. The ﬁrmware will be installed and

the UNIT will restart.

WAVE

Gives you the ability to adjust individual

samples within a preset. Hit a PAD to select it

and begin editing.

Press [SELECT] to scroll through the dierent

submenus and press [OK] to save.

A. Shows which pad is being edited.

B. Hitting the pad to select layer A or layer B

for editing. Please note when Type is OFF,

there will be no B-layer sound. Please adjust

the Type and Layer point before editing the

sounds of layer B.

C. Shows the sound name the pad is linked to.

(You can use the SCROLL WHEEL or [+]/[-]

buttons to change this to a dierent sound.

Press [OK] to conﬁrm the change. ) Hitting

the pad to select layer A or layer B for

editing. Please note when Type is OFF,

there will be no B-layer sound.

Sound Volume

Striking force

LOOP

Adjust built-in and user recorded loops within

the UNIT.

A. Kit

The name of the preset kit sound being

used by the MIDI.

B. Midi

Name of MIDI pattern or loop select. Press

[OK] to play and press again to pause.

C. Speed

Controls the playback tempo of the loop,

from 20 - 240 bpm.

D. Volume

Controls the overall volume of the loop.

E. PAD+number

You can select a pad to play a MIDI loop

once hit. Hit the pad you want to select

(be sure the cursor is displaying PAD+

number), then press [OK], You will see a *

that indicates this pad will trigger a loop

rather than play sound. Pressing [OK]

again will revert the pad back to its original

state. Only one pad can be selected for one

preset to play MIDI.

EFFECT

Allows you to have control over the master

eects on the UNIT. Each drum kit can be set

up with dierent eects.

Use [SELECT] to scroll between Fx Send, EQ,

Reverb and Limit.

A. FX Send

Controls the signal that goes from the pad

to the FX channel. The value ranges from

0-127. A low value will have some of the

eect blended in. A high value will aect

the sound entirely.

B. EQ

Disable or Engage the EQ. A built-in

3-band EQwhich can shape the overall

sound of the preset.

HIGH

Adjust the treble frequencies +/- 12dB.

MID

Adjust the mid-range frequencies +/- 12dB.

LOW

Adjust the bass frequencies +/- 12dB.

C. Reverb

Disable or Engage the Reverb. Built-in

Reverb Providing ambience for the preset.

TYPE

Choose between room, stage and studio.

D. Limit

Disable or Engage the Limiter feature.

Built-in limiting feature.

THRESHOLD

When set to 0, input and output are the

same, when set to -12 the output is ¼of the

maximum output.

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