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ELPTRONICS

LDB-1

Little Drummer Boy

Analog Drum Machine

User Manual

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Summary of Contents for LDB-1se

Page 1: ...1SE Little Drummer Boy Analog Drum Machine User Manual The most up to date version of this manual can be found at https delptronics com documents LDB1seUserManual pdf Copyright 2017 Delptronics All r...

Page 2: ...n be played simultaneously Including the open and closed hi hats o Closed hi hat gates open hi hat Play Modes o Individual instruments and rolls o Patterns including songs up to 15 Patterns o Multiple...

Page 3: ...ifier or mixer 3 Press the red button on the back to turn on the LDB 1se Play Drums 4 The machine starts up in the Pad Play mode 5 Press the buttons above the instrument names to play individual instr...

Page 4: ...ab above is four measures of 16 beats each In drum machine terminology that is one song consisting of four patterns of 16 steps each Each pattern can be at most 16 steps how ever a pattern can have fe...

Page 5: ...effectively For accented bass or snare drums you can play the low tom on the same beat to get a louder fuller sound For an accented cymbal you can play the open and closed hi hat simultaneously which...

Page 6: ...tern or song The Tempo LED is illuminated when a pattern song is playing and blinks with the tempo When a pattern song is not playing pressing the Play button will start it at the beginning When a pat...

Page 7: ...s an important concept in the operation of the LDB 1se Pressing the Row button changes the state of the two Row LEDs Only one of the Row LEDs is illuminated at a time The illuminated Row LED indicates...

Page 8: ...other then repeat Set Available Functions Solo Mute Swing Rand Bank Song Save Songs A song is a series of patterns that play in a repeating sequence To add a pattern to the song hold the Select button...

Page 9: ...For example if you have a pattern or song playing 16th notes and you play a fill that is 32nd notes the fill will play faster Overlay Play Mode An overlay is a pattern that is played on top of the cur...

Page 10: ...p Every other odd step Every other even step Every beat starting on 1st step Every beat starting on 2nd step Every beat starting on 3rd step Every beat starting on 4th step Set Available Functions Sol...

Page 11: ...ect button and press one of the eight number buttons Press the Select button at any time to re mind yourself which instrument you are editing For example if you press the Select button while you are e...

Page 12: ...e number LEDs are illuminated for the steps on which a trigger will be sent This works the same as editing an instrument in Step Edit mode Set All Set Functions are available when triggers are per pat...

Page 13: ...he desired config page After you have selected a page you can hold Select any time to see what page you are on one of the five number LEDs will be blinking Num On Off The number buttons and LEDs repre...

Page 14: ...teps If using an external clock at one tick per step the step length acts like a step Trigger Positive If this option is on then an on trigger is a positive voltage and an off trigger is zero volts v...

Page 15: ...y connect your MIDI controller to your LDB 1se and press the first pad while editing this config page The default first note number is 32 4 Both MIDI Channel Set the LED corresponding to the MIDI chan...

Page 16: ...wing Rand Time Mods Length Clear Bank Pattern Song Save Pattern Play Fill Play Overlay Play Pad Play Pad Record Step Edit Trigger Edit Config Edit Set Solo Mute Solo and mute change which instruments...

Page 17: ...3 58 3 66 7 66 7 75 0 75 0 64th Notes 50 0 50 0 50 0 50 0 66 7 66 7 66 7 66 7 8th Triplets 50 0 53 1 56 3 59 4 62 5 68 8 75 0 81 3 16th Triplets 50 0 53 1 56 3 59 4 62 5 68 8 75 0 81 3 32nd Triplets...

Page 18: ...al Modifications Modifies the pattern being edited Num Press a number button to pick the desired modification While the Set button is held down you can press more than one number button or press a num...

Page 19: ...being edited If the pattern is playing then you will hear the change immediately but the change will not be permanent until you release the Set button You can play with this behavior by shortening the...

Page 20: ...Pattern Press a number button to change the pattern being edited All 16 LEDs will be illumi nated indicating that you have 16 choices The current pattern will be blinking The selected pattern be come...

Page 21: ...ecomes the pattern you are editing You can click more than one number button to save the same pattern to more than one slot This is an especially useful feature when you want to make variations to a p...

Page 22: ...ng slightly more or less than 9 volts The LDB 1se will still work fine but the trigger output will be slightly higher or lower That should not affect most modular synthesizers Clock Input The Clock In...

Page 23: ...ich it stopped Song Position Zero Sets the song position to the beginning of the song so that a Continue message will start it playing from the beginning This message is handled because some MIDI impl...