The Stage Drums™

*Snare drum stand and cymbal stands are optional.
*Hi-hat stand and kick pedal are not included.

■ EFNOTE PRO : Stage Drums™

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Enhance The Stage

EFNOTE PRO is designed to digitize your drum riser, then elevate your stage. By simply connecting up to 12 XLR outputs to your stage snake or soundboard, you will be receiving the highest quality drum samples on the market with absolute consistency and perfect isolation.

No More Acrylic Panel

There is no need to isolate your drummer from the choir, acoustic instruments, your audience or congregation. Your drummer is now free to connect and engage with everyone!

EFNOTE PRO has eliminated mic bleed and feedback problems on-stage, creating the ideal FOH mixing environment with clarity, balance and control.

Stage-Box Reliability

EFNOTE PRO has eliminated the need to change mics or mic placement, tuning, head replacement and maintenance at every show.

Just assign its 12-ch balanced outputs, using stereo or mono sends, such as kick, snare, toms, cymbals, click and external sampling pad.

Each channel is equipped with HPF, 2-band EQ, individual compressors for Bus 1-6, and ground lift switches.

EFNOTE PRO has eliminated mic bleed and feedback problems on-stage, creating the ideal FOH mixing environment with clarity, balance and control.

Flexibility for All Music

EFNOTE PRO supports 7 shells and 8 cymbals. All pads are individually wired, so players can adapt to any musical environment.

All sound settings can be quickly saved and loaded, for multiple players and set-lists at any time.

In addition, with 12-ch of multitrack USB Audio and 16-ch USB MIDI running simultaneously, a drummer, producer or mixer have quick access to editing, in order to meet artist’s budget requirements.

EFNOTE PRO birds eye view

Flexibility for All Music

EFNOTE PRO supports 7 shells and 8 cymbals. All pads are individually wired, so players can adapt to any musical environment.

All sound settings can be quickly saved and loaded, for multiple players and set-lists at any time.

In addition, with 12-ch of multitrack USB Audio and 16-ch USB MIDI running simultaneously, a drummer, producer or mixer have quick access to editing, in order to meet artist’s budget requirements.

■ Design

Innovative Two-Piece Design

  • The two-piece sound module provides both operability and expandability required by professionals
  • Low-profile and compact control surface with touch-screen full-color LCD
  • Floor-standing base unit with robust enclosure and reliable cable connections

Perfect Customizing

  • Mix and match the expansion packs and optional components to create your ideal set
  • Consistent pad design
  • Supports EFNOTE 3/3X/5/5X/7/7X pads

Beautiful Kit Images Inspire

  • Kit themes that highlight the musicality of each kit
  • Simple interface design for professionals
  • High-definition and high-brightness screen

Discrete Foot Stage Light

  • A foot light is equipped on the bottom of the control surface to help with setup and adjustment of the stage box
  • Great for dark stages
  • Adjustable brightness

■ Sound

Contains Legendary Drums Sets

  • The delicate resonance of aged shells are newly captured, recorded by EFNOTE
  • Raw and organic, NOT synthetic and electronic
  • Includes maple, birch, acrylic, steel, aluminum, brass, titanium shells, even a towel-muted sound

Diverse Cymbal Collection

  • Our mint selection, from bright and crisp modern sounds to dark and soft vintage sounds
  • Contains modern trash/effect/stacked cymbal sounds

Instrument Expansion

  • New sounds (drum sounds only) will be published on our web page and will be loadable

Overlay Tone (Layering)

  • Elements such as tambourines and EDM kicks can be easily layered over each drum sound
  • Attack Elements for reinforcing the attack
  • Percussion sounds
  • eKick, eSnare and eClap sounds

High-Powered Headphone Amp

  • 1x 1/4″ jack + 1x 1/8″ jack for headphones (can be used simultaneously)
  • Dedicated 2x headphone amp circuit for enough loudness
  • High quality DAC and audio circuit

■ Playability

7 Shells and 8 Cymbals

    • Build a custom kit for any stage
    • 5x 2-zone input for toms
    • 6x 3-zone (including 3-zone hi-hat), 2x 2-zone input for cymbals
    • Traditional individual trigger connections (TRS), for professional reliability
          *Except for the hi-hat which uses dedicated 6-pin cable

 

ELISE™ Sensing Processor 2.0

  • We’ve evolved, delivering improved sensitivity for capturing your most delicate touch
  • The new algorithm for even more natural dynamics

Full Drum Pad Lineup

  • Birch wood shells and 2-ply mesh drum heads
  • Multi-sensor for hot-spotless and high-resolution sound
  • 20” and 16” kick drums
  • 14” and 12” snare drums
  • 8”, 10”, 11” rack toms
  • 12”, 13”, 15” floor toms

“World's First” Cymbal Pads

  • Tru-Motion™ 14” hi-hat cymbal
  • 8” to 20” full size cymbal lineup, the first of their kind
  • New 18” China cymbal and 17” effect cymbal with stackable/suspendable STAK™ mount

■ Connectivity

12-ch Buses to the Console

  • 12-ch buses, and 12x XLR balanced bus output
  • Dedicated bus compression for Bus 1 to 6
  • HPF and 2-band EQs for Bus 1 to 12
  • Stereo-Link for two adjacent buses
  • Ground lift switches

XLR Inputs from the Console

  • 2-ch Monitor In (XLR balanced) for monitoring return from the console
  • 2-ch Line In (TS unbalanced) for an additional sampling/percussion pad
  • Ground lift switch for Monitor In

USB 12-ch Multi-Track Recording

  • Simultaneous recording of 12-ch multi-track Audio and multi-track MIDI is available
  • Confirmed with major DAWs
  • 5-pin DIN MIDI Out

Bluetooth®

  • Wireless connection with a smartphone or tablet for playing along
  • (EFNOTE app will be available)

■ Usability (Bus Management)

Centralized Volume Control

  • Simply press the left encoder knob to access the central volume management window
  • One-touch switching between Main L/R and Bus Mix L/R monitoring
  • One-touch mute for Monitor In

Graphical Bus Assigning

  • Graphical bus assignment helps you setup your intended routing correctly
  • All Pads can be assigned as both stereo and mono outputs
  • Click, Line In, Monitor In can be set to a bus individually

Bus Effect Overview

  • Allows viewing of each bus’s settings of effects and stereo link in one window
  • HPF, EQ, Comp, and Stereo-link can be selected ON/OFF at once

Personalized Mix and Pre Mix

  • Bus Mixer function allows you to mix the 12-ch buses and monitor them with the best balance for the drummer
  • Pre-mixing for small stage, with EQ and compression before sending to the console for fewer audio channels

Drum-Centric Bus Compression

  • Bus Compressor (for Bus 1 to 6) helps you dial in the sound, especially for non-robust PA systems
  • Designed with a focus on processing speed and accuracy
  • The attack time can be set to 0 ms
       *In the “0 ms” setting, it works as 100 microseconds

Bus HPF and Bus EQ

  • Bus High-Pass Filter and 2-band Bus EQ (for Bus 1 to 12) allow flexible sound correction according to the PA environment

Bus Gain Switches

  • If necessary, the signal-to-noise ratio can be improved by increasing the gain of each bus

Output Management

  • Attenuator (up to -30dB) for XLR outputs
  • XLR 5/6 can output Bus Mix L/R instead of Bus 5/6 for a small mixer
  • XLR 1/2 can also output Main L/R instead of Bus 1/2
  • Rename-able bus labels

HPF/EQ for Main L/R

  • High-pass filter and 2-band EQ are also available even when using Main L/R for 2-mix audio output

■ Usability (Operation)

Swipe-Able Kit/Inst Change

  • Easily change kits/instruments by simply swiping the screen
  • Kit switching can be selected between two methods: swipe and touch

Quick Tuning and Muffling

  • Even while playing, you can easily adjust the tuning and muffling
  • Cymbal tuning (pitch) and muffling (sustain) can also be changed

Overviewing Pad Levels

  • Pad levels are displayed in decibels for proper adjustment

One-Touch Recording/Playback

  • Easily record grooves and fills, when inspired
  • Record your beats and play them back to check the sound out in front
  • You can save/load the recorded drum-play data to a USB flash drive

Set-List for the Show

  • Set-list feature enables you to configure kit order with tempo for each song
  • Each color of button and its description can be customized

Flexible Metronome (Click)

  • Tempo setting in 0.1 increments
  • 7 types of click sounds
  • Store your favorite beat and recall it quickly

Global Pan

  • Facilitates panning for all sound kits, coinciding with changing the drum setup
  • Panning can also be set for each sound kit
  • Control over your stereo image

Assignable Knobs

  • The two left knobs can be assigned to functions you need while gigging
  • They can also be disabled to prevent accidental operation

Customizable Kit Theme

  • Editable user kit theme including the text color and background image
  • Enhances visibility and musicality

Intuitive Trigger Setting

  • The graphical trigger setting allows you to set the correct sensitivity
  • Simple and intuitive interface

Load Settings According to the Gig

  • The sound and performance environment can be saved and restored for each gig, stage and player
  • A full backup is also available to restore all environments

■ Configurations

■ X Series (Black Oak-ish Finish)

PRO 703X Is Here

With a beautiful matte black finish, the X Series is optimized for dignified and darker stages such as WORSHIP concerts.

The first model 703X is configured with 5 shells and 7 cymbals to suit different styles of music and drummers.

703X

  • 5 Shells, 7 Cymbals

Born to Be on Stage

  • EFNOTE PRO sound module
  • 20″ kick, 14″ snare drum, 10″ to 15″ toms
  • 14″ hi-hat, 20″ ride cymbal, 8″ to 18″ crash cymbals
  • 5 shells and 7 different cymbals in one package
  • A variety of pad designs to visualize the sound for your audience

Special Black Oak-ish Shell Finish

  • Beautiful matte black color limited to X Series only
  • Best for enhancing dignified and darker stages such as WORSHIP concerts

700 Series

Full-sized drum setup, building upon 20×15” kick drum for medium/large stages, church and studio. It will give audiences a full visual and musical impression.

The 700 series supports all EFNOTE drum/cymbal pads for expanding.

■ 700 Series (Full-Sized Configuration)

700 Series

Full-sized drum setup, building upon 20×15” kick drum for medium/large stages, church and studio. It will give audiences a full visual and musical impression.

The 700 series supports all EFNOTE drum/cymbal pads for expanding.

700 Standard Set

  • 4 Shells, 3 Cymbals

701 Traditional Set

  • 5 Shells, 4 Cymbals

702 Modern Set

  • 5 Shells, 5 Cymbals

703 Power Set

  • 5 Shells, 5 Cymbals

704 Technical Set

  • 6 Shells, 6 Cymbals

705 Heavy Set

  • 6 Shells, 6 Cymbals

706 Progressive Set

  • 6 Shells, 7 Cymbals

707 Complete Set

  • 7 Shells, 8 Cymbals

500 Series

Based on our 16” kick drum, this compact kit will offer practicality and portability. For small stages, church, cafe, bar, party, wedding and home-studio.

The 500 series supports all EFNOTE drum/cymbal pads for expanding.

500 Series

Based on our 16” kick drum, this compact kit will offer practicality and portability. For small stages, church, cafe, bar, party, wedding and home-studio.

The 500 series supports all EFNOTE drum/cymbal pads for expanding.

■ 500 Series (Compact Configuration)

500 Standard Set

  • 4 Shells, 3 Cymbals

501 Traditional Set

  • 5 Shells, 4 Cymbals

502 Modern Set

  • 5 Shells, 5 Cymbals

503 Power Set

  • 5 Shells, 5 Cymbals

504 Technical Set

  • 6 Shells, 6 Cymbals

505 Heavy Set

  • 6 Shells, 6 Cymbals

506 Progressive Set

  • 6 Shells, 7 Cymbals

507 Complete Set

  • 7 Shells, 8 Cymbals

■ Basic Items

EFNOTE PRO 700 Standard Set

EFDPRO7-STDSET

EFNOTE PRO 500 Standard Set

EFDPRO5-STDSET

EFNOTE PRO Sound Module

EFD-PRO
  • For new customers who want to build the kit from the ground up
  • For EFNOTE 3/3X/5/5X/7/7X users who want to upgrade the sound module
      

 * EFNOTE 3/3X/5/5X/7/7X sound module can be used as a secondary module with Line In of EFD-PRO.

■ Optional Hardware Sets

Hardware Set for PRO 700

EFD7-BOX3

*Unless sold separately, Hardware Set is usually included in the EFNOTE PRO 700 set.
Please contact your dealer for details.

Hardware Set for PRO 500

EFD5-BOX3

*Unless sold separately, Hardware Set is usually included in the EFNOTE PRO 500 set.
Please contact your dealer for details.

■ Optional Expansion Packs

Expansion Pack 1 for PRO 700

EFD7-EXPCK1-WS

Expansion Pack 1 for PRO 500

EFD5-EXPCK1-WS

Expansion Pack 2

EFD7/5-EXPCK2-WS

Expansion Pack 3

EFD7/5-EXPCK3-WS

■ Optional Components

Building Up with Optional Components

The optional component pads allow you to expand and customize your kit up to the number of trigger inputs.

EFNOTE PRO sound module supports all EFNOTE drum/cymbal pads.

■ EFNOTE PRO Preset Drum Kit Sound

  • Performed by Michael Bedard (Artesia Pro) on EFNOTE PRO 707 drum kit
  • Recorded in REAL-TIME, NO POST-MIDI-EDITING, NO POST-SOUND-PROCESSING
  • Data format: .WAV file (48 kHz/24 bit)

*Reproducing all or any part of the contents is prohibited.

■ EFNOTE PRO Videos

■ Specifications

EFNOTE PRO Sound Module: EFD-PRO

User Interface
  • Full Color, Capacitive Touchscreen Display
  • 2x Multi-Function Knob (with Ring LED)
  • 1x Value Knob (with Ring LED)
Trigger Interface
  • 3-Zone (7x): Snare, Crash 1/2/3/4(FX), Ride, Hi-Hat
  • 2-Zone (7x): Tom 1/2/3/4/5, Crash 5(Splash), Crash 6(China)
  • 1-Zone (1x): Kick
  • ELISE™ 2.0 Trigger Sensing Chip
Audio / MIDI Interface
  • Bus Out: 12x XLR(M) (+4dBu, Balanced, +23dBu Max), Attenuator (-6dB, -12dB, -20dB, -30dB), GND Lift Sw (1-6, 7-12)
  • Line Out: 2x 1/4” TS Phone (-10dBV, Unbalanced, +14dBV Max)
  • Phones Out: 1x 1/4” Stereo (320 + 320 mW @32Ω), 1x 1/8” Stereo (320 + 320 mW @32Ω)
  • Monitor In: 2x XLR(F) + 1/4” TRS Combo (+4dBu, Balanced, +24dBu Max), GND Lift Sw
  • Line In: 2x 1/4” TS Phone (-10dBV, Unbalanced, +10dBV Max) *0dBu = 0.775Vrms, 0dBV = 1.0Vrms
  • USB: USB (B type) Port (USB 2.0 Hi-Speed), Audio 12ch Out / 2ch In, MIDI In/Out
  • Bluetooth: Audio Input (A2DP)
  • Bluetooth MIDI In/Out (Bluetooth Low Energy/GATT) *Transmission Frequency: 2402-2480 MHz, Maximum Transmit Power: 2.5 mW EIRP
  • MIDI Out: 5-pin DIN
Other Interfaces
  • Link Port: D-SUB 9-pin (use included link cable EFD-DSUB9-2 only)
  • USB (Flash Drive): USB (A type) Port (USB 2.0) (supports flash drive only)
  • USB (For Service): USB (B type) Port (for service purpose only)
Drum Kits / Instruments
  • Preset Drum Kits: 23 (editable)
  • User Drum Kits: 100
  • Instruments: Acoustic Drums/Cymbals (stereo), Percussion (stereo), Attack Elements
  • Tru-Aco™ Sound Technology
Edit Parameters
  • Level, Pan, Tuning, Muffling (for each pad)
  • 2-Band EQ (for each pad)
  • Overlay Tone (for each zone)
  • Global Pan (for all drum kits in common)
  • Changable Kit Name Color and Background Kit Image (for each user drum kit)
Click
  • 4x Click Setup Memory
  • Tempo (BPM): 40.0-240.0 (0.1 Step)
  • Beat (Time Signature): 1/4-13/4, 2/8-13/8
Set-List
  • 15x Set-List (20 slots for each list)
  • Array-style 20 slot buttons
  • Slot Tag Color and Slot Notes feature
  • Tempo and Beat Settings for each slot
  • Each set-list can be saved to a USB flash drive
Recorder
  • Tracks: 15
  • Resolution: 480 TPQN
Buses
  • 16 Channel Audio Buses (12x Bus + Bus Mix L/R + Main L/R)
  • Bus HPF and EQ (Bus 1-12), Bus Compressor (Bus 1-6)
  • 12x Bus Outputs (12x XLR Analog and 12ch USB Audio)
  • Bus Mixer
  • Main HPF and EQ (Main L/R)
Other Features
  • Inst Expansion
  • Foot Light
  • Ground Lift Switches (for Bus Out and Monitor In)
  • Full Metal Cabinet
  • Guard Handles
Dimensions / Weight
  • Control Surface: 128 (W) x 172 (D) x 30 (H) mm / 700 g
  • Base Unit: 206 (W) x 210 (D) x 238 (H) mm / 3,250 *Excluding protrusions
Power Supply / Current Draw
  • AC Adapter (FJ-SW1202000N-EFNOTE) DC 12V / 1.5A
Accessories
  • 1x Link Cable 2.0m (EFD-DSUB9-2)
  • 1x AC Adapter (FJ-SW1202000N-EFNOTE)
  • 10x Trigger Cable 3.0m (EFD-TRS-LL3)
  • 1x Hi-Hat Cable L 3.0m (EFD-DIN6-LL3)
  • Module Mount Set
  • Smartphone Tray Set
  • Tuning Key
  • Cable Ties
  • Cable Labels
  • Quickstart Guide

■ USB Compatibility

Mac

Apple chip:

  • macOS Ventura (13.3.1 or newer), macOS Monterey (12.x), Big Sur (11.4 or newer)

Intel chip:

    • macOS Ventura (13.3.1 or newer)
    • macOS Monterey (12.x), Big Sur (11.2.3 or newer)

*macOS 10.15 (Catalina), 10.14 (Mojave), and 10.13 (High Sierra) are no longer tested but are expected to work.

Windows

  • Windows 11, Windows 10

*To see the firmware version, go to Menu > Settings > Info > Firmware Version.
*Latest firmware can be downloaded below.
*Operation is not guaranteed for all environments. Some computers may not be fully compatible.

 

■ Downloads

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Last Updated: March 1, 2022
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Manuals (PDF)

  Drivers / Firmware / Apps

Trigger Settings File

Copy the .efdpTrig file to EFNOTE > EFD-PRO > Trigger on your USB flash drive, and load it on the TRIGGER/Overview screen.
See the reference guide for detail.

Firmware

Version 1.05 – Fixed the issue that the hi-hat calibration result may not be reflected correctly after the sound module was started. – Improved the hi-hat calibration accuracy.

*The updater is furnished to you for use at your own risk. If your device got any damage due to updating, you will be charged for the repair.

■ Consumable Parts

See the Consumable Parts page.

■ Support and Service

Contact your local Distributor.