Loaded with Great Sounds and Features: The included Forge Drum Module features 70 drum kits (50 factory + 20 user) with over 600 sounds and 60 play-along tracks built-in. To further sharpen your skill, theres a built-in metronome and 1/8-inch input for playing along with your mobile device, so youll be ready for the studio or stage. There is also a stereo pair of 1/4-inch outputs, headphone output, and a USB-MIDI output for triggering your favorite virtual instrument plugins.

Load Your Own Samples: The Forge Drum Module also features a USB memory stick input. You can use this input to load your own .WAV samples for the ultimate flexibility. Once the .WAV samples are loaded, you can easily assign these to any zone of any pad on the Forge Kit. The sonic possiblities are endless! You can also load in .WAV files of play-along tracks using this input.

Can the Forge drum module connect to a computer?
Yes! Simply connect the USB cable to your computer and it will function with any DAW or music software that accepts MIDI information. It is class-compliant which means that it will work with any modern Mac or PC without the need to download any software or drivers.

The default Trigger MIDI Note assignments are as follows:

Can I use my own audio files and create my own kits?

The Forge Drum Kit allows you to add any WAV file up to 16-bit/48kHz to a 4GB to 64GB FAT32 formatted USB drive and add to/create your own unique kit. Each sample must be a 16-bit mono WAV file with a maximum size of 15 MB. It can have a sampling rate of 48, 44.1, 32, 22.05, or 11.025 kHz. To load your own samples from a USB flash drive to use as voices within a kit:

Press Kit to enter the Kit Selection page (if you are not already viewing it). Press Menu to enter the Kit Menu. Use the Down and Up buttons to select USB Memory, and then press Enter. Use the Down and Up buttons to select Sample Load, and then press Enter. A list of your samples will appear in the display. Use the Down and Up buttons to select a sample, and then press Enter. When "Load to User Voice?" appears in the display, press Enter to load the sample or Exit to cancel. You may need to wait a minute for the sample to load, depending on its size.

Can I save and load an entire kit from my USB flash drive? To save a kit to a USB flash drive:

Press Kit to enter the Kit Selection page (if you are not already viewing it). Use the dialer Left and Right buttons to select the kit you want to save. To switch between the preset kits (001050) and user kits (051070), press Kit. Press Menu to enter the Kit Menu. Use the Down and Up buttons to select USB Memory, and then press Enter. Use the Down and Up buttons to select Kit Save, and then press Enter. Use the Down and Up buttons to select a kit number (0099). A number with no name next to it indicates an empty kit. A number with a name next to it indicates a saved kit. To save the kit to the selected number, press Enter. If the number already has a kit saved to it, "Data will be overwritten! Enter or Exit?" will appear in the display. Press Enter to overwrite the kit or Exit to return to the list of kits. To cancel, press Exit.

To load a kit from a USB flash drive:

Press Kit to enter the Kit Selection page (if you are not already viewing it). Press Menu to enter the Kit Menu. Use the Down and Up buttons to select USB Memory, and then press Enter. Use the Down and Up buttons to select Kit Load, and then press Enter. Use the Down and Up buttons to select a kit number (0099). A number with no name next to it indicates an empty kit. A number with a name next to it indicates a saved kit. To load the selected kit, press Enter. When "Load to User___?" appears in the display, use the dialer Left and Right buttons to select the desired destination user kit number. Press Enter to load the kit.

Is the Hi-Hat pedal a continuous or a switch-type pedal? The Hi-Hat pedal included with the Forge Kit is a continuous variable type pedal. This pedal allows for open, half-open, and closed hi-hat sounds, and will also allow for "chick" and "splash" sounds when the pedal is pressed down and released without striking the hi-hat cymbal pad.