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OWNER’S MANUAL
PRACTICE MODE
Press and hold SONG to enter Practice Mode. Practice mode
has the goal of making you a more accurate drummer. It
plays backing tracks while you play along while measuring
your timing accuracy on the quarter note (usually kick and
snare.)
When in Practice Mode, the LED display shows an indication
of whether you are playing on, before, or after the beat. See
the guide below.
If your playing is slightly late (behind the beat) you might
see “- ]-“ in the display. If your playing was ahead of the
To use Practice Mode:
1. Press and hold the SONG button to enter practice mode.
The display will briefly read “Pct.”
2. Press + or – to select one of the Practice songs: P01, P02,
or P03. Press Edit to change other settings.
3. Press Play. There will be a 1-bar intro that plays the
click. Then the accompaniment song begins and it starts
listening for your playing. Practice Mode listens only on
the quarter note beat. Each beat is scored using the
Practice Meter described above.
4. When finished, press the Play button again. The final
percentage score is shown on the display: “92” means
92% accurate.
When in Practice Mode, press EDIT to select and then edit
one of the following settings:
“dIf”: Difficulty
This setting decreases the timing range that is acceptable
for being played “on time.” 1 is the easiest mode where 3 is
the most difficult. You need to be very precise to get 100%
accuracy in difficulty level 3.
“tps”: Tempo Shift
When this is switched on, the tempo will accelerate in the
fourth bar of the cycle, then the tempo will be +5 bpm for
the next three bars. Then it will accelerate again, landing on
another tempo that is +5 bpm for the next three bars. The
cycle goes: regular tempo, +5, +5, -5, -5 (regular tempo), -5,
-5, +5, then repeats.
SETUP MODE
The Setup mode is for functions of the module that are
common to each kit such as trigger setup for the pads and
MIDI settings.
1. Press the SETUP button until you see the parameter you
wish to change. See below for a list of parameters and
their definition.
2. Strike the drum pad you want to edit to view the setting
currently assigned
3. Press the [ - ] / [ + ] buttons to change the parameter
setting.
If you want to return to factory settings, perform a Factory
Reset on your drum module. (See page 20)
SETUP PARAMETER DEFINITIONS
"thr": Threshold
This setting allows a trigger signal to be received only
when the pad is struck harder than a specified force. This
can be used to prevent a pad from sounding in response to
peripheral vibrations from another pad.
"Cur": Trigger Curve
This setting allows you to control the relation between the
velocity (striking force) and changes in volume (the dynamic
curve.) Adjust this curve until the response feels as natural
as possible. If you feel like you need to hit the pads too hard
to make a sound, try setting the curve to "Esy" (easy). The
values are: "nor" = normal, "dyn" = dynamic, "Esy" = easy,
"Fid" = fixed.
“r-C”: Retrigger Cancel
Retrigger Cancel prevents retriggering from occurring.
Although setting this to a high value prevents retriggering,
it then becomes easy for sounds to be omitted when the
drums is played fast (like during a drum roll). Set this to
the lowest value possible while still ensuring there are no
repeated hits or double-triggers.
“tAL”: Pad Crosstalk
When two pads are mounted on the same stand, the
vibration produced by hitting one pad may trigger the
sound from another pad unintentionally, this is called
crosstalk. You can avoid this problem by adjusting Crosstalk
on the pad that is sounding inadvertently. If the value is set
too high, then when two pads are played simultaneously,
the one that is struck less forcefully will not sound. Setting
the value too low may result in crosstalk.
"SEn": Pad Sensitivity
This control changes the input level of the trigger. Turn this
level lower, and it will take more force to play the drum at its
highest dynamic. Turn it higher, and it will take less force to
play the highest dynamic.
“not”: MIDI Note
When using the Titan 20 with MIDI synths or software, each
pad you hit sends a MIDI note message. The default MIDI
note numbers are shown in the chart to the right. However,
you may have software with a different arrangement of
MIDI notes. To change the note number the module sends
MIDI Note Pad
36 Kick
38 Snare – Center
40 Snare – Rimshot
48 Tom 1
45 Tom 2
43 Tom 3
46 Hi Hat - Open
42 Hi Hat - Closed
44 Hi Hat - Pedal
49 Crash
51 Ride
when you play a pad, select this parameter, hit a pad, then
use the + and - buttons to change the new note number.
"LoC”: MIDI Local Control.
If this parameter is changed to off, playing the pads won’t
trigger sounds in the module. Only the MIDI input triggers
these sounds. This may be useful if recording the kit using
DAW software, so that sounds aren’t triggered twice.
“bLE”: Bluetooth Enable
The default is On. The Titan 20 will be available for
Bluetooth Audio or MIDI connections from any device. To
disable this, set Bluetooth Enable to Off.
beat (early), you might see “-[ -“. The display is only active
for the quarter note downbeat on kick and snare. If you are
100% accurate for that quarter-note beat timing, you will
see “-[ ]-“ in the display each time. Playing at 99% might
show indicators to the left, and 101% would show indicators
to the right.
As the difficulty moves up, you need to be even more
accurate. Perhaps 99.5% accuracy would be enough to
register “slightly early” instead of “on time.”
“typ”: Type
There are 6 practice modes:
1. Click: Play along with the band and the click.
2. NoClik: Play along with the band but no click
3. NoClik3/1: Play along with the song. The click will play
for three bars, then the click and band will be silent
for one bar. (See figure below)
4. NoClik1/1: The click will play for one bar, then the click
and band will be silent for one bar
5. NoClik1/3B: The backing track and click will play for
one bar, then the click and band will be silent for one
bar. On bar three, only the bass part will come back.
Then it will be silent for one more bar, then
repeat to the beginning.
6. NoClik1/3: The band and click play for 1 bar. Then
there are three bars of silence, then it repeats.
Press the Mix button in practice mode to change the
balance between your drums and the “band” backing you
up. The works the same as Song mode, see previous section
for details.
