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  • Page 1 English Version 0.9.9, 2016...
  • Page 2 We hope you love your Drum Drone and Beat Bot as much as we loved bringing them to life. RezOSDrum™, Drum Drone™, and Beat Bot™ are registered trademarks of Cyclone Analogic Ltd., Hong Kong S.A.R. ®...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Lesson 1 Overview .................. 4 Lesson 2 Orientation ................6 Lesson 3 Pattern Storage and Selection ..........9 Lesson 4 Programming Your First Pattern ..........10 Lesson 5 Accents, Flams, and Rolls ............13 Lesson 6 Instrument Selection...............16 Lesson 7 Tone Control ................19 Lesson 8 Fills ..................21 Lesson 9 The Time Menu ..............23 Lesson 10 Live Performance Features ..........26...

  • Page 4: Lesson 1 Overview

    Lesson 1 Overview This lesson describes the Drum Drone's and Beat Bot's instruments and introduces some of the terms and notation used in this manual. The Instruments Each drum machine features a unique collection of drum instruments. The table below lists each drum machine's instruments as they appear on the Track/Instrument switch.
  • Page 5 Button Notation Throughout this manual, instructions for pressing buttons are presented with notation like ,” which refers to a specific button on the front “[BUTTON] panel of your drum machine. Certain commands require multiple buttons to be pressed in a specific order, which are shown like this: [FIRST BUTTON]+[SECOND BUTTON] This means press and continue to hold it while then...

  • Page 6: Lesson 2 Orientation

    Lesson 2 Orientation This lesson will acquaint you with your drum machine's physical layout. The Drum Drone in shown below. The Beat Bot's layout is very similar. Rear Connections (left to right, top view) MIDI In and MIDI Out: Accept standard 5-pin DIN type MIDI cables. Refer to Lesson 20 for details on the machines' MIDI implementations.
  • Page 7 Master Controls (left to right) Tempo: This sets the tempo of the sequencer. This control is disabled when your drum machine is under the control of an external MIDI clock source (see Lesson 20). The center position corresponds to a tempo of approximately 120 beats per minute (BPM).
  • Page 8 Buttons (left to right, top to bottom) There are several buttons on the front panel. Their general purposes are described here but each may serve other additional functions. [CLEAR]: Clears the content of a pattern or clears a feature's setting within a menu.

  • Page 9: Lesson 3 Pattern Storage And Selection

    Lesson 3 Pattern Storage and Selection The Drum Drone is a pattern-based instrument, so it’s important to understand how patterns are stored in memory. The Drum Drone can store up to 64 patterns. Each pattern consists of a normal pattern and an optional Fill variation of the pattern.

  • Page 10: Lesson 4 Programming Your First Pattern

    Lesson 4 Programming Your First Pattern Patterns are programmed and edited in Pattern Write mode while the sequencer is running. Let’s program a new pattern into pattern slot P1 in your red pattern page: 1. Be sure the sequencer is stopped then turn the Mode Switch to Pattern Write mode.
  • Page 11 9. Switch the Track/Instrument switch to the Snare Drum (SD) position then press then [13] 10. Switch the Track/Instrument switch to the Closed Hi-hat (CH) position on your Drum Drone or Hi-hat on your Beat Bot then press , then [11] [15] [16]...
  • Page 12 You can also clear steps for an instrument using a similar technique. Let's program a new rhythm for the Snare Drum. 1. Clear out the existing snare drum rhythm by pressing [CLEAR] and holding it through an entire repetition of the pattern. The display shows that none of the steps are active for the snare drum.

  • Page 13: Lesson 5 Accents, Flams, And Rolls

    Lesson 5 Accents, Flams, and Rolls In Lesson 4 you learned how to program a simple pattern. This lesson describes how to apply the Accent, Flam, and Roll modifiers to the steps of a pattern to make it more interesting. First, let's define these terms: Accent: The Accent modifier denotes steps which will be given extra emphasis, usually by accentuating the...
  • Page 14 The modifier buttons , and ) are used to edit ([ACCENT] [FLAM] [ROLL] these properties and are programmed in much the same way as how you programmed pattern steps in Lesson 4. They can be edited using either of the techniques below while in Pattern Write mode with the sequencer running.
  • Page 15 We'll use a simple snare drum pattern to demonstrate the modifiers and the different ways you can edit them. 1. With the sequencer stopped, set the Mode switch to Pattern Write mode and choose an empty pattern slot. Make sure that the Accent and Snare Drum Level Control knobs are set to about 50%.

  • Page 16: Lesson 6 Instrument Selection

    Lesson 6 Instrument Selection The TT-606 Drum Drone and TT-78 Beat Bot offer multiple instrument options for certain drum instruments, but the two drum machines are somewhat different in this respect. TT-606 Instrument Timbre Selection The TT-606 Drum Drone lets you choose from several timbres for the Cymbal and Hi-hat instruments.
  • Page 17 In certain views on the Beat Bot, such as Pattern Write mode with the sequencer running, Instrument A steps are shown with an orange color and Instrument B steps are shown with a violet color. Refer to the table below. Track/Instrument Instrument A Instrument B...
  • Page 18 TT-78 Pattern Editing with Multiple Instruments When in Pattern Write mode with the Track/Instrument switch set to one of these dual instrument positions (see the table on the previous page for a list), pressing the button for a sequencer step will cause the step to cycle through three states: ...

  • Page 19: Lesson 7 Tone Control

    Lesson 7 Tone Control The Drum Drone's Tone knob controls some aspect of the sound of each instrument. Tone settings for the complete set of instruments can be saved and recalled as Drum Kits (see Lesson 16) To adjust the tone of an instrument, select the instrument on the Track/Instrument switch then turn the Tone knob.
  • Page 20 Beat Bot Instrument Tone Control Effect Bass Drum (BD) Tuning Snare Drum (SD) Snare snap Low Bongo (LB) / Tuning Low Conga (LC) High Bongo (HB) / Tuning High Conga (HC) Clave (CL) Tuning Cowbell (CB) Tuning Cymbal (CY) Level of Metal Beat sound when Cymbal is played Hi-hat (HH) Level of Metal Beat sound when Hi-hat is played Maracas (MA)

  • Page 21: Lesson 8 Fills

    Lesson 8 Fills Each pattern has space for a Fill variation that may be used during performances or when building tracks. Fills can add variety to your rhythm tracks. A Fill can be scheduled or played in several ways. A Fill shares the same basic properties of the pattern that contains it, such as the pattern length and time scale, but the Fill's rhythm pattern may be completely unique.
  • Page 22 Creating a Fill Based on an Exiting Pattern It is common to re-use the content of the normal pattern as a starting point when creating a Fill variation. To make this easier, a shortcut is available to copy the normal pattern into its own will Fill memory. To clone the pattern into the Fill slot, play the pattern in Pattern Write mode then press and hold for two seconds.

  • Page 23: Lesson 9 The Time Menu

    Lesson 9 Time Functions A set of Time functions controls many important properties of the Drum Drone and Beat Bot. The Time menu and other Time functions are described in this lesson. These functions are accessed using [TIME] sometimes in combination with a second button. Pattern Time Scale Each of your patterns is associated with one of four available time scales.
  • Page 24 To set the Time Scale for a pattern, the Drum Drone must be in Pattern Write or Pattern Play mode and the sequencer must be stopped.* Press and hold . The indicators of buttons reflect the time scale [TIME] options described above. The time scale assigned to the current pattern(s) is brightly lit while the other options are dimly lit.
  • Page 25 Auto-Fill Interval The Auto-Fill feature in Pattern Mode instructs the sequencer to automatically play the Fill variation of a pattern at a specified interval. The Auto-Fill function is controlled by pressing . The [TIME] [FILL] available Auto-Fill interval options are shown with dimly lit buttons, and these intervals are 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 bars.

  • Page 26: Lesson 10 Live Performance Features

    Lesson 10 Live Performance Features Once you've created some patterns or tracks, the Drum Drone and Beat Bot can be controlled in several interesting ways during a performance. You can adjust which instruments appear in the mix (similar to instrument muting), add or remove the Accent/Flam/Roll modifiers, or trigger additional instrument sounds.

  • Page 27: Lesson 11 Mix Control

    Lesson 11 Mix Control The Mix Control function determines which instruments are present in the mix. Use this function to selectively mute instruments to add variety to your performance, such as building a crescendo or adding a breakdown section. Mix Control is a global setting and also applies to all modes.

  • Page 28: Lesson 12 Nuance Auto-Variation

    Lesson 12 Nuance Auto-Variation With the unique Nuance feature, the Drum Drone and Beat Bot can automatically make subtle (or not-so-subtle) adjustments to the Tone settings of each instrument while patterns play. Nuance can be used to give a more human touch, add a subtle groove, or even add wild effects to your patterns.
  • Page 29 While in the Nuance menu, you will see buttons [1] through [16] illuminate to show the available Nuance shape settings. Button Color Shape Cycle Length Cyan Sawtooth Two whole notes Cyan Sawtooth One whole note Cyan Sawtooth One half note Cyan Sawtooth One quarter note...
  • Page 30 This is illustrated below using the sawtooth shape as an example: Nuance Example As an example, follow these steps to add Nuance to an instrument: 1. Switch to Pattern Play mode. Select a pattern that has an active rhythm programmed for the Low Tom (Drum Drone) or Low Conga / Low Bongo (Beat Bot).

  • Page 31: Lesson 13 Pattern Management

    Lesson 13 Pattern Management Patterns are managed and organized while in Pattern Play mode or in Pattern Write mode when the sequencer is stopped. Here you can assign colors to patterns, copy and paste patterns, or clear patterns. Assign a Color to a Pattern Assigning different colors to your patterns can help you keep them organized or highlight your favorites.
  • Page 32 Clear One or More Patterns Clearing a pattern will reset it to a silent 16-step pattern. Clear a single pattern by pressing , where "#" is the pattern [CLEAR] number you want to clear. Clear a range of patterns by pressing , where [CLEAR] [low #]...

  • Page 33: Lesson 14 Advanced Pattern Editing

    Lesson 14 Advanced Pattern Editing Lesson 4 showed you how to program basic patterns. This lesson introduces a number of other techniques for building and editing patterns. The techniques in this lesson can be performed when in Pattern Write mode. Instrument Copy/Paste You can copy an instrument's rhythm within a pattern and paste it to a different instrument, to an instrument in another pattern, or to another...
  • Page 34 Set a Pattern's Length Patterns can have any length from 1 to 64 steps (or 1 to 48 steps for triplet time scales). To set a pattern's length, press [FUNC] [LENGTH] Buttons corresponding to all the existing steps in the pattern will be lit. Select the desired page using if necessary, then press the [PAGE]...

  • Page 35: Lesson 15 Working With Clips

    Lesson 15 Working with Clips A Clip is a stored rhythmic phrase for a single instrument that can be used to build patterns quickly. Clips are especially useful for adding commonly used building blocks into your patterns. Your drum machine can store up to 16 Clips for each instrument and includes some sample clips.
  • Page 36 Saving a New Clip If one of your patterns has an instrument rhythm that you want to save as a new Clip so you can use it later, follow these steps: 1. Switch to Pattern Write mode. Stop the sequencer then select a the pattern to use as the source of a Clip.

  • Page 37: Lesson 16 Kits

    Lesson 16 Kits A Kit is a stored snapshot of all instrument parameters that can be saved and recalled later. Use Kits to store and load particular tunings or instrument types that you like. Up to 16 Kits can be stored. Kits are applied globally and are not associated with specific patterns.

  • Page 38: Lesson 17 Overview Of Track Modes

    Lesson 17 Overview of Track Modes A track is a structured sequence of patterns. It can be a short sequence for making loops or the drum track for a complete song. There are two track modes available on the Mode switch. Track Write mode is where you compose and program tracks.

  • Page 39: Lesson 18 Writing A Track

    Lesson 18 Writing a Track Writing a track involves programming a pattern to play for each bar of your track. In this lesson, you will compose a short track that will demonstrate the techniques of Track Write mode. Each bar of the song can be programmed with the following information: ...
  • Page 40 3. Assign the track's first four bars to play pattern #1 from your red page of patterns. To do this, first select the first four bars of the track by pressing 4. Press to enter Pattern Selection view. Here you can [TAP] choose a pattern to assign to the four bars that you selected in the previous step.

  • Page 41: Lesson 19 Playing And Performing Tracks

    Clear a Track To clear a track while in Track Write mode, first select the track to be cleared using the Track/Instrument switch. Set its length to one bar using the following steps: 1. Press to enter the track length setting menu. [FUNC] [LENGTH] 2.

  • Page 42: Lesson 20 Midi Functions

    Lesson 20 MIDI Functions The Drum Drone and Beat Bot can send and receive many types of MIDI data. Their full MIDI Implementation Charts are included later in this manual. This lesson describes the MIDI capabilities of these drum machines. Configuring the MIDI Out Port Your drum machine's MIDI Out port may be configured as a MIDI Thru port.
  • Page 43 External MIDI Control Your drum machine can be controlled by an external MIDI controller or sequencer by connecting the MIDI OUT from another device to the MIDI IN jack on the back of the drum machine.  Your drum machine responds to Note On messages for each of its drum instruments.
  • Page 44 Setting the MIDI Channels If your drum machine is not responding to external MIDI messages as expected, you may need to adjust its MIDI channel settings. MIDI channels 1-16 are supported. To set the MIDI IN channel, press . MIDI channels are [FUNC] [MIDI IN] represented by buttons...
  • Page 45 Pattern Cloning Between Two Drum Drones You can copy patterns from one drum machine to another. You can do so by first connecting standard MIDI cables between the two units as shown in the image below. Connect the MIDI In jack from the first machine to the MIDI Out jack of the second, and the MIDI Out jack from the first machine to the MIDI In jack of the second.

  • Page 46: Lesson 21 Firmware Updates And Pattern Backup & Restore

    Backup files contain Patterns, Tracks, Clips, Kits, and user system preferences (system color setting, MIDI in/out channel selections, etc.). Download the Cyclone Studio utility from the Cyclone Analogic website. It takes just seconds to backup work that may have taken hours to...
  • Page 47 1. Check whether or not your drum machine requires a firmware according to the above revision history and information available on Cyclone Analogic’s web site. 2. Use standard MIDI cables to connect your computer’s MIDI interface to your drum machine. Connect the cables as shown below.
  • Page 48 Your serial number will be required for support by your distributor or Cyclone Analogic online. Cleaning Use a soft slightly water-dampened cloth with no chemicals such as window cleaner, alcohol or paint thinners.
  • Page 49 Troubleshooting Power: No Power when switched on. Confirm the supplied power adapter is being used. The power adapter supplied  is specifically made for your drum machine. You may require a different type of adapter ‘head’ for your local area. Confirm that the Power Switch is on the ON position.

  • Page 50: Command Shortcuts Summary

    Command Shortcuts Summary GLOBAL COMMANDS (For All Modes) Edit the Drum Mix [FUNC] [MIX] Save or Load Drum Kits [FUNC] [KITS] Adjust "Nuance" Setting [FUNC] [NUANCE] Select Instrument / Timbre [FUNC] [INST] Set MIDI Input Channel [FUNC] [MIDI IN] Set MIDI Output Channel [FUNC] [MIDI OUT] Set Auto-Fill Interval...
  • Page 51 PATTERN WRITE MODE (Sequencer Stopped) or PATTERN PLAY MODE Mutate Pattern [FUNC]+[MUTATE] Copy Pattern(s) [FUNC] [COPY] Paste Pattern(s) [FUNC] [PASTE] Clear Pattern [CLEAR] Schedule Fill for Next Bar [FILL] Play Instrument (adjust rate using Tone knob) [TAP] Mute Instrument Steps [CLEAR] Perform Accent / Flam / Roll [ACCENT]...

  • Page 52: Rezosdrum V1.0 Midi Implementation Charts

    RezOSDrum v1.0 MIDI Implementation Charts Drum Drone TT-606 Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Channel 1-16 1-16 Mode Omni Off, Mono Note Bass Drum (BD) Number Snare Drum (SD) Low Tom (LT) High Tom (HT) Cymbal (CY) Open Hi-hat (OH) Closed Hi-hat (CH)
  • Page 53 Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks BD Nuance Amount BD Gate/Mute SD Tone O (0 - 31) SD Nuance Shape SD Nuance Amount SD Gate/Mute LT Tone O (0 - 31) LT Nuance Shape LT Nuance Amount LT Gate/Mute LT Tone O (0 - 31) HT Nuance Shape HT Nuance Amount HT Gate/Mute...
  • Page 54 Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks O (0 - 31) RS Nuance Shape RS Nuance Amount RS Gate/Mute CP Tone O (0 - 31) CP Nuance Shape CP Nuance Amount CP Gate/Mute Program Change System Exclusive Pattern backup, Firmware updates System Song Pos Common Song Sel Tune Req...
  • Page 55 Beat Bot TT-78 Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Channel 1-16 1-16 Mode Omni Off, Mono Note Bass Drum (BD) Number Snare Drum (SD) Low Conga (LC) High Conga (HC) Low Bongo (LB) High Bongo (HB) Hi-hat (HH) Cymbal (CY) Tambourine (TB) Cowbell (CB) Clave (CL) Maracas (MA)
  • Page 56 Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks O (0 - 31) BD Nuance Shape BD Nuance Amount BD Gate/Mute SD Tone O (0 - 31) SD Nuance Shape SD Nuance Amount SD Gate/Mute LC Tone LB Tone O (0 - 31) LC/LB Nuance Shape LC/LB Nuance Amount LC/LB Gate/Mute HC Tone...
  • Page 57 Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks MA Nuance Amount MA Gate/Mute TB Tone GU Tone O (0 - 31) TB/GU Nuance Shape TB/GU Nuance Amount TB/GU Gate/Mute Program Change System Exclusive Pattern backup, Firmware updates System Song Pos Common Song Sel Tune Req System Clock Real-Time...
  • Page 58 Protect your investment! Please take a quick moment to locate your serial number located on the rear panel of your drum machine near the Phones jack. Cycle Analogic Drum Drone or Beat Bot ™ ™ ® Serial Number: ___________________...

  • Page 59: Warranty And Maintenance

    Your Drum Drone or Beat Bot comes with a one (1) year warranty free from manufacturer defects. The warranty does not cover accidental damages. RezOSDrum , Beat Bot , Drum Drone are registered trademarks of Cyclone Analogic Ltd., Hong ™ ™ ™ Kong S.A.R. ®...

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