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User Manual RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 Classic Analog/Digital Drum Machine with 11 Drum Sounds, 64-Step Sequencer, Wave Designer and Dual-Mode Filter V 1.0 - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 2
Thank you Thank you very much for expressing your confidence in Behringer by purchasing the RD-9 Rhythm Designer with 11 original drum sounds, 64-step sequencer, integrated Wave Designer, integrated dual-mode filter, 10 independent analog outputs plus a mono mix, 16 authentic step pads, 16 pattern - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 3
RD-9 User Manual Important Safety Instructions or your household waste collection service. 18. Do not install in a confined space, such as a book case or similar unit. 19. Tannoy, Turbosound, TC Electronic, TC Helicon, Behringer, Bugera, Aston Microphones and Coolaudio are trademarks support#warranty. - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 4
4 RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual About the RD-9 • Authentic recreation of the influential and highly sought after legendary analog drum machine • 11 original drum sounds with additional parameters and Global/independent Accent capability • Modern and versatile workflow provides enhanced - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 5
5 RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 1. Introduction 2. Features An ultra-affordable leap into the warm world of analog drum beats, the Behringer RD-9 gives you the power to create fascinating rhythms with incredible power and ease. The RD-9's pure analog signal uses legendary analog circuits with - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 6
drum beat creation. Input and output connections include audio input/output, MIDI input, output and thru over USB and 5 pin MIDI din ports. With 3 trigger outs (1 assignable) the RD audible in the headphones. 3.1.2 Analog Filter Section You are covered We our own Music Tribe factory using state-of- - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 7
7 RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 3.1.4 Edit Section (11) (12) (13) (14) (11) SAVE - Save a song or pattern to a memory slot. (12) COPY - Copy pattern from one location to another memory - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 8
8 RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 3.1.10 Track Control and Settings (47) (48) (50) (51) (49) voices plus Accent. (53) TUNE - Controls the pitch envelope depth applied to the bass drum, changes the pitch of the drum sound for the snare/toms and controls the frequency of the hats, ride and crash. - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 9
9 RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 3.2 Rear Panel connections (65) (66) (67) (68) (69) (70) (71) (72) (73) (74) ( Tom. (81) SNARE INDIVIDUAL OUTPUT - Unbalanced output of the Snare Drum. (82) BASS INDIVIDUAL OUTPUT - Unbalanced output of the Bass Drum. (83) TRIGGER OUT 1 RIM SHOT - +5 V 2 ms pulse - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 10
instructions may damage the RD-9 or external units. 4.2 Software Setup The RD-9 is a USB Class Compliant MIDI device, and so no driver installation is required. The RD-9 does not require any additional drivers to work with Windows and MacOS. The Behringer is a classic drum machine trick to simulate - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 11
RD-9 User Manual (10) OPEN HAT - Changes the decay time of the open hat voice. Turn CCW for shorter, CW for longer. (11) CRASH - CRASH TUNE controls the frequency. LEVEL as the bass drum voice. (12) RIDE - RIDE TUNE controls the frequency. LEVEL as the bass drum extension. Live Data Vs Stored Data. - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 12
12 RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Voice Erase: To erase all of a selected voices steps in a AUTO FILL button in pattern mode and selecting any step key. Tip: 4 or 8 steps are recommended for drum fills, but any size can be used up to 64 steps. Pattern length Pattern length can be changed from - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 13
13 RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 6. Playing a Pattern (Pattern Mode) Press the PATTERN button The number of notes repeated are 1,2, 4 or 8. This creative feature can be used to create drum roll and ratchet style effects on the fly by repeating the current note while the rhythm continues to run - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 14
DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual To move to that position and will be repeated 6 times. Live Data Vs Stored Data. In Song mode there are two forms of data stored and saved 3 songs that are song 1, song 2 and song 3, follow the above instructions, you can chain song 1 to song 2 as below: 1. P ress the SONG - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 15
15 RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 9. Wave Designer 10. Analog Filter Wave Designer is a powerful tool for adjusting signal transients and dynamics, such as attack and sustain. Use the Wave Designer to make a snare drum really "crack" in the mix, or to expand the bass drum to be even more - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 16
16 RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 11. Settings The Settings functions are listed below. play with the flam settings they have been saved with and not be affected by song flam changes. Analog Clock Modes PPQ (Pulses Per Quarter) is the smallest unit of time used for sequencing note and automation - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 17
RD-9 User Manual This function allows communication with various analogue clock types as listed below: Clock Settings 1 PPS 1 PPQ 2 PPQ 4 PPQ 24 PPQ 48 PPQ NOTE: 1PPS advance's one sequencer step when one pulse is received. When working in 1PPS mode, your slave machine the Bass Drum (P.DEPTH and - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 18
DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 11.6 poly mode on" and to the length of the pattern (in this case 32) will result in the last 16 steps of the voice set . This simulates how a drummer could miss playing a drum. The range can be set from 0% to 100%. As a guide 0% means a programmed voice won't trigger, 50% - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 19
19 RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 11.10 FLAM Flam is the simulated effect of a drummer hitting - The sync is taken from the SYNC IN port. Clock start signal is required, or playback can be started manually. (Sync In jack has start / stop signal on ring and clock on tip). Note: A voice will be - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 20
select the steps as described earlier in this manual. The global settings allow you to adjust the now say Wait. 4. When the factory reset is complete the RD-9 will reboot automatically. 11.15 when selected. NOTE: Only the analog voices which are Bass Drum, Snare Drum, Toms, Rim Shot and Clap can - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 21
ID Clock Source Analog Clock Mode support those new features. The Global Settings Data file is therefore versioned to guarantee compatibility between firmware releases. The RD-9 is one of a number of Behringer 0 - Bass Drum, 1 - Snare Drum, 2 - LOW TOM, 3 - MID TOM, 4 - HI TOM, 5 - RIM SHOT, 6 - - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 22
22 RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Preferences In addition to the Settings described above, there selects which Filter Enable parameter is used to enable or disable by the Analog Filter on the RD-9's FX bus.. Filter Automation Preference This preference selects which Filter Automation parameter - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 23
23 RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Global Parameters The RD-9 has many parameters that can be tweaked to make even when new Songs and Patterns are loaded into the sequencer. As is the case for the Settings and Preference, Global Parameters are automatically saved back to Storage Memory whenever - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 24
24 RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Global Song Data Files Each of the 16 songs stored in the RD-9's Storage Memory has a Song Data support those new features. The Song Data file is therefore versioned to guarantee compatibility between firmware releases. The RD-9 is part of a series of Behringer - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 25
25 RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Song Parameters Some of the parameters in the Song Data file are comparable to the Global Parameters. When these parameters are in use (i.e. the corresponding - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 26
RD-9 User Manual support those new features. The Pattern Data file is therefore versioned to guarantee compatibility between firmware releases. The RD-9 is part of a series of Behringer The sequencer events triggered on the 64 steps of the Snare Drum track: Events include Step On/Off, Step Prob on/off - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 27
27 RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Pattern Length Poly Length (1-11) Reserved Random Tracks (1-11) Random Steps (1 - 64) The step length of pattern. The step length of each tracks. Random of - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 28
28 RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Pattern Parameters Some of the parameters in the Pattern Data file are comparable to the Global Parameters. When these parameters are in use (i.e. the corresponding - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 29
29 RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 14. DAW Control The RD-9 can be used with a DAW in two main ways. The first method is using either MIDI or MIDI over USB to trigger the sounds on the RD-9. This allows complex programming from your computer using the note numbers as described in section 11.4 MAP - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 30
30 RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 15. RD-9 Set-up Example Hook-Up Example Studio Studio Monitors Audio Input Computer Power Adaptor USB out Mono Audio Output USB in Mixer Trigger Output Trigger Input Audio Output Headphones - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 31
31 RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Using an External Processor Studio Monitors Mono Input Mixer Mono Output To Return Input External Processor Audio Output Audio Intput Individiual Voice Output Power Adaptor - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 32
32 RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Using an External Mixer In this example, the bass drum, snare and mono outputs are connected to a mixer. The signals from the bass drum and snare drum are removed from the mono output when a jack is inserted in the individual. - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 33
33 RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual 16. Specifications Voices Number of sounds Type Analog Digital (Sampling) Number of simultaneous voices Sound controls Accent Bass drum Snare drum Low, mid, hi tom Rim shot / clap Hi hat Cymbal Select buttons Connectivity Outputs Phones Mono Voice out MIDI In, - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 34
34 RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Settings Switches Autofill Autofill Songs / Storage Song mode Pattern / Storage Capacity Steps Power Supply External power adapter Power consumption Environmental Operating temperature range Physical Dimensions (H x W x D) Weight Auto or Normal Enter autofill - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 35
RD-9 User Manual 17. Glossary RD-9 GLOSSARY This glossary provides an explanation of useful symbols, terms and abbreviations. AC: Alternating Current Analog: Something which is proportional or similar to something else. In the case of the drum machine due to grounding problems or proximity to - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 36
36 RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual Output: The signal of a human drummer playing in swing timing by quantizing each drum beat to the nearest step and then delaying the playback of every current) allows for the control of many analog circuits that "synthesize" sound. Voice: A sound which can play - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 37
RD-9 User Manual FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION COMPLIANCE INFORMATION RD-9 Responsible Party Name: Address: Email Address: Music Tribe Commercial NV Inc. 122 E. 42nd St.1, 8th Floor NY, NY 10168, United States [email protected] RD in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful - Behringer RD-9 | Manual - Page 38
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User Manual
RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9
Classic Analog/Digital Drum Machine with 11 Drum Sounds,
64-Step Sequencer, Wave Designer and Dual-Mode Filter
V 1.0