2Box DrumIt 5 MKII (Module Only)

#47099

Product discontinued

2Box DrumIt 5 MKII (Module Only)

#47099

Product discontinued

2Box DrumIt 5 MKII (Module Only) Overview

The DrumIt Five module is a neat little box, again resplendent in black and orange. Its rear panel accommodates the input sockets for the five pads and two cymbals that ship with the standard kit, plus an extra Tom and Cymbal input for future expansion. Next to the inputs are the six output jacks, with outputs one and two doubling as the main stereo out. All the voices on each kit are assigned to outputs one and two, but the toms also appear on outputs three and four, and the cymbals on five and six as default. The last two jacks are the headphone output and line input. The former is independent and can be configured as an additional pair of line-level outputs if required, and the latter (used to bring in a source from an MP3 player or instruments to play along to) can be configured as mono or stereo. MIDI In and Out sockets and a USB connection complete the rear panel, along with the external PSU socket and on/off switch. Interestingly, not all kits at this price point include a MIDI In socket, so this is a big plus point for me, and obviously is vital if you want to use the module with a MIDI sequencer.
As the module is fairly small, there are a lot of sockets on the rear panel that are a bit close together. The black rings around the jack sockets do cover up the labelling on the unit a little, which can make it hard to work out what goes where without referring to the legending on top of the unit instead.
The front panel of the module is clean and uncluttered, featuring relatively few knobs and buttons. On the left are 10 drumG"æchannel buttons which correspond to the trigger inputs on the rear of the unit and fire off the appropriate sounds when pressed. To the right is a small LCD display split into two sections. The larger section displays the parameters in two rows of three, whilst the narrow leftG"æhand section is used to show the current 'page'. With a small LCD it's not always possible to fit in all the information in an easyG"ætoG"æread way, so some things can appear a little cryptic at first, but once you get used to the way the module works, it's reasonably simple to get around.
Above the display are three parameter buttons, and below it three parameter dials with pushG"æbutton functionality. These correspond to the currently displayed parameters. The Unit and Kit buttons to the left of the display access the global parameters or the individual kit parameters respectively, and the page up and down buttons, well, scroll up and down through the various pages in each mode! Last but not least, there's a level button that controls the headphone output volume and, optionally, line outputs one and two

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