Table of Contents
Advertisement
Quick Links
Advertisement
Table of Contents
Related Manuals for D16 Group Drumazon
Summary of Contents for D16 Group Drumazon
- Page 1 Drum Machine User Manual...
-
Page 2: Overview
Overview • Interface Overview Interface The graphical interface of the Drumazon is divided into two main parts: Control panel • – Used for main plug-in, preset, pattern and audio output management. Control panel... - Page 3 Overview • Interface Drum machine module • – Essential part – responsible for editing sequence patterns and generating the sound. Drum module...
-
Page 4: Work Modes
– The drum patterns are entirely stored in the internal sequencer of the plug-in. with General E xternal • – Drumazon acts as a sound module playing drum sounds. Patterns are played by sending Midi notes Midi Standard. However, from host sequencer. -
Page 5: Preset Management
These stop the triggering of the instruments but allow the sounds to play until the end of the envelope. This stops a rapid cut in the sound making the transition sound more natural. Preset management All the parameter settings (level, tuning, decay etc) for a complete Drumazon drum kit are stored in a Preset. Drumazon can store a total of 128 presets. Sound parameters Preset browser tool is provided to simplify the organization and use of Presets. -
Page 6: Play Modes
Play mode settings Drumazon will now act as a sound module. MIDI Notes corresponding to the Instrument (drum sound) note numbers are sent from the host sequencer to play drum patterns. The mapping follows the General Midi standard, the same as the original 909. -
Page 7: Internal Sequencer Mode
Start, stop buttons playback can only be stopped using Drumazon can be set to synchronise perfectly to the host tempo (by setting the Int.Sync. the Stop button on Drumazon. to off) or to play to its own tempo (set by turning the Int.Sync. led on). Play mode settings... -
Page 8: Internal Pattern Storage
The patterns for the internal sequencer are stored in 8 banks with each bank holding 12 patterns. This gives a total of 96 patterns which can be stored in Drumazon’s memory at any one time. Patterns can be selected using the notes on a connected Midi keyboard (Host mode described later). Bank 1 pattern 1 starts at note C-1. The patterns are stored 1 bank per octave (that gives 12 patterns per octave and cover... -
Page 9: Native Mode
Apple CMD key instead of CTRL key). Drumazon will now cycle up through the range and repeat. A MIDI keyboard can be used to select a range to play. To do this, press the two notes on the keyboard, which cover the range, at the same time. Drumazon will now cycle through this range and continually loop. Native Step key... -
Page 10: Host Mode
Play modes • Internal Pattern Storage The currently playing pattern is shown on the Drumazon interface: Pattern display and navigation In format: [BANK NUMBER] – [PATTERN IN BANK NUMBER] Below it is displayed the pattern name (in Pattern name text box). Host mode Host mode, patterns are triggered using a MIDI keyboard. -
Page 11: Midi Output
This is a very creative mode which, by recording the notes into the host sequencer, can allow very complex percussion in Native Mode. 96 patterns structures to be created using patterns in Drumazon’s internal pattern memory. mapped to midi keyboard as... -
Page 12: Sound Editing
Sound editing Sound editing Instruments section is for sound editing in Drumazon: Sound parameters There are available parameters for 11 drum sounds like: • Bass Drum • Snare Drum • Low Tom • Middle Tom • High Tom • Rim Shot • Hand Clap • Closed Hihats • Open Hihats • Crash... - Page 13 Sound editing For each of these instruments there is one common parameter: • Level – Volume level of each instrument And specific parameters: • Bass Drum – Tune – Release time of the frequency envelope, – Attack – Amplitude value of the initial click sound, – Decay – Decay time of amplitude, – Pitch – Base frequency of the instrument, –...
- Page 14 Sound editing • Rim Shot Tune – – Base frequency of the instrument, Decay – – Decay time of amplitude. • Hand Clap Decay – – Decay time of amplitude, – Reverb – Reverb time. • Closed Hihats – Tune – Base frequency of the instrument, –...
-
Page 15: Trigger Out
Sound editing • Trigger out • Master volume Trigger out There’s possible to make audible a trigger sound, which occurs in analogue machines. By default this signal is off. To turn it on you need to decide which track (instrument) will be triggering this sound. Check out further chapters for the details. Master volume To change the Drumazon’s output volume just tweak the Volume knob: Volume knob... -
Page 16: Drumline Editing
Drumline editing • Pattern editing Drumline editing Pattern editing To edit the currently selected pattern, press the Patt write button (it’s not necessary in Host Mode, since Pattern write is the only possible mode there). Pattern write button Prev To edit another pattern other than the current one playing, use the Next buttons. - Page 17 Drumline editing • Pattern editing These keys work in toggle mode and for most instruments have 3 states: • Accented – LED on the key lights with a bright red color • On – LED on the key lights with darker red color • Off – LED on the key is off The main difference between a non accented and accented sound is the volume but, it also causes subtle changes to the sound character in other ways.
-
Page 18: Flam Mode
Drumline editing • Pattern editing Flam mode In addition to the 3 states mentioned above, every step can also have another state is a Flam. A Flam is a double triggering of a sound with a short delay between each trigger. The delay value can be set using the Flam knob. - Page 19 Drumline editing • Pattern editing Step buttons corresponds to particular instrument from a Instr.Sel. The bar below Step buttons: Each of Instrument LED selector E.g. Steps 1 and 2 correspond to Bass drum track. First five instruments are represented by two buttons each (paired), if you press the left one of pair, the tapped instrument is entered as non-accented, if you tap using the right button of the pair, the sound will be entered as accented.
-
Page 20: Editing Functions
Drumline editing • Pattern editing Editing functions Standard editing functions (buttons in Pattern Edit section) Pattern editing functions • S hift left right – Shifts steps on the selected track left or right. The shifting is cycled. This means if the last step on the right side (during the shifting right) it will appear on the first step on the left side. Similarly it happens while shifting left. -
Page 21: Length Of The Pattern
Drumline editing • Pattern editing Length of the pattern The default length of the pattern is 16 steps. But, it can be changed using Length function. Whilst in Patt.Write mode, Length press the button, which will light up. Pattern editing functions LED’s above Step buttons indicate the number of steps in the pattern: LEDs indicating pattern length... -
Page 22: Total Accent
Drumline editing • Pattern editing Total accent Total accent track is used to accent parts on a given step. The steps to accent are selected the same as any other track using the Step buttons. or Off. If an Instrument Total accent The value is either has an accent on a step and... -
Page 23: Shuffle
Drumline editing • Pattern editing • Pattern follow Shuffle Shuffle is also called Syncopation or Swing, It is added by turning the Shuffle knob when in Pattern write mode. Shuffle value is stored per pattern independently. Pattern follow Shuffle parameter Auto follow button works only when the Pattern write mode is active. Pattern follow With Auto follow button turned off, to choose a pattern to edit we need to navigate through all the available patterns Prev Next... -
Page 24: Loading And Saving Patterns
Just click on it and enter the name for the newly created pattern. Pressing enter ends the editing process. 2. To save pattern just click Next button with CTRL key pressed on keyboard. The menu should appear. Note: On MacOS use Apple CMD key instead of CTRL key. Saving pattern C hoose the Save pattern option to show file save dialog. To save all patterns currently stored in Drumazon, Save pattern bank choose option. -
Page 25: Loading Patterns
Load pattern bank option. Following file types are saved and loaded by Drumazon: Note: Files saved • .drptrb – Bank consisting all 96 patterns. by Drumazon are • .drptr – Single pattern. in standard XML format and can be easily edited within any text editor. -
Page 26: Randomizing Drum Lines
Randomizing drum lines • Randomize Randomizing drum lines Randomize To randomize a pattern, we need to select Rand.Mode while in Patt.Write mode. In Rand.Mode, the GUI functionality changes slightly: Rand mode button Track selector LEDs select which instrument will be included in the randomization. Clicking will turn them on or off. The same principles apply as during instrument selection (using CTRL key on keyboard). Instrument LED selector... - Page 27 Randomizing drum lines • Randomize Next Prev To randomize the pattern, press the button. will function when we have randomized a few patterns and wish to go back to a previous randomization. Pattern display and navigation The LEDs near by the Level knob for each selected instrument will flash. This indicates that they are now assigned to Rand.Mode. They are used to determine the intensity of the randomization for that instrument. That is, how much randomization will occur across the selected steps.
- Page 28 Randomizing drum lines • Randomize To accept the current randomized pattern, just press Accept button: Pattern editing functions If you wish to leave unchanged drum line after randomization, because you don’t like the result, just press Undo. To leave Random mode press Rand.Mode button once again. Rand mode button...
-
Page 29: Preset Management
Preset Management • Browsing presets Preset Management Browsing presets Presets in the plug-in are hierarchically organized in groups and, contrary to the linear structure, this setting is not compatible with the native methods used within the host application. The user can see the presets assigned Preset Browser. Groups can be also defined by the user. -
Page 30: Preset Browser
Preset Management • Browsing presets • Preset Browser Changes in the preset bank are not permanent. After removing and reloading the plug-in, the default preset bank will be loaded. However, saving the project within the host application will also save the status of the plug-in including changes in the preset bank. After reloading the project, all changes in the current parameter settings and in the preset bank will be restored. Preset Browser As it was mentioned, the preset bank in the plug-in has a hierarchical structure i.e. presets are organized in groups. Presets can be selected by Next/Prev buttons, which navigate through the structure in a linear way or by using Preset Browser. - Page 31 Preset Management • Preset Browser Preset Browser will be displayed on the GUI: Preset browser...
- Page 32 Preset Management • Preset Browser The left side shows the list of groups in the preset bank: The right side shows the list of presets in the selected group: List of presets in the selected group List of groups in the preset bank...
- Page 33 Preset Management • Preset Browser Preset Browser: Actions available in the • C licking on a slot in the preset list loads the selected preset. • C licking on a slot in the group list selects a group of presets. • B oth presets and groups can be renamed. Double clicking on a slot toggles edit mode. After entering the new name, press enter to finish. • T he bank of presets has exactly 128 items. The number of presets cannot be changed. This means that there is no possibility of adding or removing presets. Only relocating them between groups or changing their order is possible. By dragging the preset you may: – C hange its position in the group by dropping it in a different slot in the list of presets in a selected group. ...
- Page 34 Preset Management • Preset Browser On the left side of the Preset Browser there are function buttons located: – Adds a new empty group to the preset bank. – Removes a group from the preset bank, but only if the selected group is empty. Before removing a group, remaining presets should be relocated to different groups.
-
Page 35: Loading And Saving Presets
Loading and Saving presets from the hard drive functions Four buttons are available: • P reset Load – loads a single preset from a file (file .drprs – Drumazon preset). • P reset Save – saves the current preset to a file. Note: Before saving the preset • B ank Load – loads the entire bank of presets from a file (file .drprb – Drumazon bank). -
Page 36: Configuration
Configuration Configuration Options button After clicking on Options in the upper-left corner of GUI, a configuration panel unfolds. The panel has several tabs: Configuration panel tabs • Outputs – configures audio outputs. equencer – configures sequencer’s work mode. • P resets • – indicates personal resources loaded instead of default presets. • P atterns – indicates personal pattern banks loaded with every new instance of the plug-in in the host application. •... -
Page 37: Outputs Tab
Configuration • Outputs tab Outputs tab Configures audio outputs from the plug-in. Default output assigns Setting the default internal audio outputs mapping. Default output assigns If you have your favorite audio output configuration: Audio outputs configuration You may set it to be the default one, recalled after each time when you load the plug-in into host application. -
Page 38: Default Outputs Type
Default output assigns – selecting outputs Or map the output using the GUI accordingly to your preferences and then use Set from current assignations option. Then your map becomes the default one. The content of the Default outputs assigns group is saved in the Drumazon configuration file and applies to all new instances of the plug-in. When removing any instance of the plug-in from the host application the configuration file is saved. Default outputs type This is responsible for choosing the type of outputs. Default outputs type Stereo or Mono. -
Page 39: Trigger Output
Configuration • Outputs tab Trigger output There’s possible to make audible a trigger sound, which occurs in analogue machines. By default this signal is off - None -). To turn it on you need to decide which track (instrument) will be triggering this (Source combo box set to sound, by selecting it from Source combo box: Trigger output Chosen track (instrument) apart from regular role will also be responsible for controlling trigger out sound. -
Page 40: Sequencer Tab
Configuration • Sequencer tab Sequencer tab Current Settings Current Settings checkboxes: Current settings reflect the state of controls from the Seq.Settings section on GUI. Play mode settings Note Off Mode state checkbox is an exception and it is not available on GUI. It is only available in this tab (Host mode – description available in earlier chapters). -
Page 41: Default Settings
It should start to play automatically. In some cases it doesn’t work. If this happens, choose the By The lowest C Note option. Then, add a Midi track with output set to Drumazon and place the Midi note (lowest C note) in the Midi clip. As soon as the Midi Note On is sent to the plug-in, Drumazon will start playing. -
Page 42: Presets Tab
O n Demand Store • – If any parameter is changed, the change is not saved in the current preset until the option is used (CTRL + Browse). Selecting a different preset from the bank causes irreversible loss to changes applied to the parameters, unless the Store option is used. Preset Storing flag is saved in the Drumazon configuration file and applies to all new instances of the plug-in. When removing any instance of the plug-in from the host application the configuration file is saved. -
Page 43: Default Presets
Default Presets D16 provides a set of default presets with Drumazon. They are applied to every new instance of the plug-in. If a bank of presets is created which should be applied every time instead of factory presets, it is possible to select such... -
Page 44: Patterns Tab
Patterns tab Patterns tab There’re included some default patterns and drum kits with Drumazon. These are loaded every time it is started. This can be changed to point to user default patterns and kits. If a bank of patterns is created which should be applied every time instead of factory pattern bank, it is possible... -
Page 45: Drum Map Tab
• Drum map tab Drum map tab External mode, Drumazon by default works with General Midi drum mapping, but it’s possible to load your own drum map using an options in this tab. Current Drum map In order to load or save the current drum map, use the Load/Save buttons from this group: Current drum map •... -
Page 46: Default Drum Map
F actory map (General midi compatible) is applied to the External • – It means the default factory mapping mode available after loading Drumazon into the host application. • U ser defined – This option is used to set the new default Drum Map, which will be loaded every time we load Drumazon in the host application. When choosing User Defined option, the Browse... -
Page 47: Midi Control Tab
Configuration • Midi control tab Midi control tab Drumazon can assign its controls (on GUI) to any MIDI CC (Midi Control Change), allowing the control of the plug-in using external hardware or software. Midi control tab... -
Page 48: Midi Learn
• A list of active MIDI CC links containing pairs comprising of a CC code and the name of the plug-in parameter. • D efault Map – Checkbox which activates a default MIDI CC map. When the map is activated it will be loaded with creating a new instance of the plug-in. Midi learn Assigning a Drumazon control to the MIDI controller requires: Checking Midi Learn Mode Midi Control 1. checkbox in the tab: Midi Learn Mode selection checkbox... - Page 49 Status bar I n this mode the plug-in waits for any change in the parameter value (movement of any control on GUI) and for the movement of any MIDI CC control from the external MIDI controller, which operates on an active MIDI input channel directed to Drumazon. The order of these actions is irrelevant. During the above-mentioned actions, the status bar informs about the currently changing values of controls and provides their names. When a MIDI control <–> GUI control link is established, a line is added to the MIDI CC link list: MIDI CC link list and function buttons W hen a link is established for a controller, it is possible to repeat the operation for the next MIDI CC and parameter pairs.
-
Page 50: Unlinking And Midi Link Management
– Removes a selected link; choosing any link from the list and clicking on it highlights the selected link. Using this button removes the selected link. – Removes all MIDI CC links. Note: MIDI map – Loads link lists/MIDI maps from file (.drccmap – Drumazon MIDI CC Map). files are saved in XML format, – Saves link lists/MIDI maps to file. which enables their edition in any text editor. -
Page 51: Default Midi Map
Configuration • Midi control tab Default MIDI Map Selecting a default MIDI Map: Default MIDI Map selection Check the Default Map Browse 1. checkbox, which activates the button on the right. 2. Click Browse and select a file with a saved MIDI Map. After selecting the MIDI map the text box on the left from the Browse button shows the path to the active map file. A default MIDI map is loaded each time when the plug-in is loaded. -
Page 52: Table Of Contents
Contents Contents Overview ................Drumline editing ............... 15 Interface ................Pattern editing ............... 15 Work modes ..............Flam mode ..............17 Audio outs ................ Tap mode ..............17 Preset management ............. 4 Editing functions ............19 Play modes ................Length of the pattern ..........20 External sequencer mode .......... - Page 53 Contents Preset Management ............28 Drum map tab .............. 44 Browsing presets ............28 Current Drum map ........... 44 Preset Browser .............. 29 Default Drum map ............ 45 Loading and Saving presets ........ 34 Midi control tab ............. 46 Midi learn .............. 47 Configuration ..............35 Unlinking and midi link management .... 49 Outputs tab ..............
Need help?
Do you have a question about the Drumazon and is the answer not in the manual?
Questions and answers