Zoom RT-223, Electronic Drum Pads

The range of drum kits built into the RT-223 is amazing. A total of 70 drum kits are onboard, with acoustic drum sounds for rock, R&B, funk, and jazz. You can add an analog rhythm machine great for techno and hip hop, and ethnic percussion sounds are available. There are also five human voice “Beat Box" style percussion kits, so you can create advanced rhythm tracks where kick, snare, scratch and other instrument sounds are expressed as human voices.

A drum kit consists of 13 pads x 3 banks equalling 39 sounds per kit. Sound sources can be freely selected and assigned to the pads. Fine-tune parameters such as pitch, level, and panning to create original drum kits. The RT-223 can store up to 58 user-programmed kits. The Bass Machine lets users choose from electric bass styles such as Pick, Finger, and Slap. Or select Acoustic Bass, Synthesizer Bass, or one of the other bass sources, 12 in total. To create a bass line, users play the pads with assigned chromatic pitches just like a keyboard. A dedicated switch mutes the bass sound at any time.

Features:

• Incredibly comprehensive Drum and Bass Rhythm
  
• 70 total built-in Drum Kits and 12 different Bass
  
• 13 Touch-sensitive Pads with 3 banks, 39 sounds per kit
• 440 Preset Patterns cover all musical styles and time signatures
• Create and store up to 550 rhythm
  
• FAST (Formula Assisted Song Translator)
  
• Groove Play Mode for DJ-style pattern triggering