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Fingerlab DM1 User's Operation Manual

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  • Page 2 1.BASICS As musicians ourselves, we, at Fingerlab, have developed DM1 with the intention of delivering the perfect mix between fun playability and powerful sonic capacities. 1.0 WATCH VIDEO INTRO* 1.1 MAIN NAVIGATION 1.2 SUB NAVIGATION 1.3 BPM POP UP 1.4 DRUM KIT POP UP 1.5 PATTERN POP UP...
  • Page 3 Tap to open the BPM pop-up. Swipe right to Navigate to the 5 main DM1 sections. increase or decrease the tempo. DM1 is loaded with lots of ready-made drum Tap to open the Pattern pop-up. Tap with 2 kits. Loads of them. Tap to open the Drum fingers to duplicate the current pattern to Kits popup.
  • Page 4 1.2 SUB NAVIGATION Tap to open the credits. Tap to open the RANDOMIZER pop-up. Swipe left or right to speed navigate through all the pages. Tap to switch the metronome on / off.
  • Page 5 1.3 BPM The BPM range of DM1 can be set from 30 to 240 BPM (Beat Per Minute). 120 BPM means that 120 beats are played in one minute. Tap the «TAP TEMPO» button to record your tempo manually. Tap to increment the tempo.
  • Page 6 1.4 DRUM KIT DM1 is loaded with lots of Drums Kits. Each Drum Kit have 9 different sounds. Select a category. Tap to select a Drum kit...
  • Page 7 1.5 PATTERN 1. Select the pattern you want to copy. 1. Select the pattern you want to clear. 2. Tap Copy. 3. Select the destination pattern. 2. Tap Clear. 1. When off, switching from a pattern to another one will instantly play the selected pattern.
  • Page 8 2.MAIN SECTION 2.0 HOW TO CREATE SWEET BEATS 2.1 STEP SEQUENCER 2.2 DRUM PADS 2.3 MIXER 2.3.1 MIXER AUTOMATION 2.4 EFFECTS 2.5 SONG COMPOSER...
  • Page 9 2.0. LET’S MAKE A BEAT Go the «SONG», tap the «NEW» button, and name your song. In the «STEPS» , you will find 9 tracks (Kick, Snare, Closed Hi-Hat, etc) and 16 steps for each tracks. Tap some steps to turn them on, and tap the «PLAY» button to see how it sounds.
  • Page 10 Just explore the endless possibilities of the mixer set- tings : downpitch a kick, trim the HH Open very short, set the Clap to the left, etc. Use the «SOLO» button to listen a track without the others. Double-click the Solo button will mute its track.
  • Page 11 2.1 STEP SEQUENCER Tap to select time signature, 4/4, 8/4, 3/4, 6/8, 2/4, 5/5, 6/4, 7/4. Tap to change Steps Display. Tap on a diode to change the step count. Use this feature to create unusual time signature. Tap to solo the track. Tap to add or remove step.
  • Page 12 2.2 DRUM PAD Play and record that beat that tickles your fingers. No need to be a first-class drummer, automatic quantize does the work for you. Tap Rec to simply let you play and record the beat that tickles your fingers. Rec on will also record Pitch change. long-tap will clear Pitch record for the current pattern.
  • Page 13 2.3 MIXER Tap to open the automation. Tap to select a sound from another Drum Kit. Double tap to reset the parameter to Swipe verticaly to change value. its default value. Swipe right or left to change the pan. Tap to solo or double-tap to mute track. Display the selected track on the Step line below.
  • Page 14 2.3 MIXER AUTOMATION Tap to close the automation. Select and display its automation below. Swipe to change value. Double-tap to set the step on or off.
  • Page 15 2.4 EFFECTS A creative duo of FX trackpads to distort and modulate your beats. Featuring: Overdrive, Delay, Reverb, Phaser, Formant Filter, Texturizer, Robotizer, Dalek (Ring Modu- lator), Resonant Filter & Compressor. Long tap to clear. Double tap to clear. Tap to open FX. Tap to activate the effect.
  • Page 16 2.5 SONG COMPOSER Graphically compose your song with the beat patterns you have just created. Drag and drop the patterns onto the timeline. Fast and easy. Play the song or only the current pattern. Swipe to change the beat swing. Loop song.
  • Page 17 3. ADVANCED 3.1 RANDOMIZER 3.2 WIST 3.3 EXPORT 3.4 CUSTUM KIT 3.4.1 SAMPLES EDITOR 3.5 FX AUTOMATION 3.6 FX BY TRACK 3.7 MIDI...
  • Page 18 3.1 RANDOMIZER The Randomizer - a new exciting tool to un- leash the creative potential of the Mixer step by step. Just press 'Go" and have fun! Swipe to select the strength. Tap GO! to randomize. Tap here to open or close the advanced settings.
  • Page 19 3.2 WIST With WIST (a KORG technology) you can sync your device (iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch) via Bluetooth with your friend’s device for a live performance. The first device to initiate the connection will be treated as the Master for sync-start, sync-stop and tempo.
  • Page 20 3.3 EXPORT Export just the current pattern. Export the whole song. Wav = uncompressed, excellent quality, big files size, good for production. AAC = compressed good quality, small files size, good for sharing. Import pattern, song or any other compatible apps. Long-tap to disconnect from Export via mail or ITunes sharing folder.
  • Page 21 3.4 CUSTUM KIT Creating your drum Kit with DM1 is super easy and intuitive.You cann import samples directly from your iTunes music library, drop box. Audiopaste, or even work direct with the built-in microphone. Import from your iTunes. Music with DRM will not be imported.
  • Page 22 3.4.1 SAMPLES EDITOR Swipe the waveform to find your desire sample. Move the cursor to select your desire sample 5 seconds max.
  • Page 23 3.5 FX AUTOMATION Tap on the fx automation button to start recording with the fx's, every touch is recorded in realtime, for one pattern or the whole song. Tap to active FX automation. Long tap to clear automation. Double tap to clear automation for all patterns. You can assign different FX for eatch patterns.
  • Page 24 3.6 FX BY TRACK You can assign up to two FXs per track individually. Assign the FX on selected track(s) or on all tracks. Selected track: FX is on for this track. Unselected track: FX is off for this track.
  • Page 25 Use the Camera Connection Kit to connect your controller (Keyboard / DrumPad) to your iPad. Your Midi device will control the drum pads of DM1. It currently has been tested with the Camera Connection Kit. Select midi in and out the channel.
  • Page 26 4. Video Demos DM1 version 3.0 http://youtu.be/Gm128qOA3aQ DM1 version 2.0 http://youtu.be/oH81SM3dl8k DM1 version 1.0 http://youtu.be/p-RMgvzCb_8 Follow us on twitter @fingerlab http://www.fingerlab.net...

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