Drumulator Owners Manual
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You may set levels while the Drumulator is
running (although not while it is in
record
mode).
This is useful when you have completed a song or
segment and want to set the final mix while listening
to all of the parts.
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There’s a shortcut if you want to alter the levels
of several drums. First, you don’t have to assign a
drum/percussion sound to a Drum Play button in
order to change the level (we just did that so you
could hear the level changes as you moved the
slider). As you become familiar with the Drumulator,
you will often be able to set levels ‘by the numbers”
since you will know what level to expect for various
settings. Second, you don’t have to press
ENTER
after setting each drum level; you can move right
along to the next drum, pressing ENTER only when
you’ve finished all your level setting. For example,
to set multiple drum/percussion levels:
1. Press
LEVEL.
2. Press the appropriate Drum/Percussion Sound
Select button (remember to set the
PERC
/DRUMS
for the desired row of drum or
percussion sounds).
3. Move the slider. When you reach the desired
value, press the Drum/Percussion Sound Select
button corresponding to the
next
sound you
want to adjust. This enters the volume level for
the drum sound you selected initially, and
simultaneously prepares you to enter the next
drum sound level. (You may use the
PERC./DRUMS switch at any point to change
from upper row percussion sounds to lower row
drum sounds.)
4. After setting the level of the last Drum/Per-
cussion Sound Select button you want to
adjust, press
ENTER.
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You may set all levels to 0 (all drums muted) by
pressing
LEVEL
to enter
level
mode, and then
pressing and holding
LEVEL
while pressing
ENTER. A beep confirms that all drum levels are
now at 0. This feature is useful if you’re not pleased
with a mix and want to start over from scratch.
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Be careful when you set all levels to 0. Suppose
you are working on a song (as described in Section
3), and start a song mix from scratch by initially
setting all levels to 0. If you set your song mix and
then change over to
segment
mode, any instrument
which you didn’t bring up from the initial 0 level
(say, because you didn’t use that particular sound
in a song) will remain at 0. Thus, if you try to use
that sound in the segment, it will appear that the
sound isn’t working. You don’t have to be too
concerned about this right now, but if at some point
it seems that the Drumulator is broken and not
producing certain drum sounds, check the drum
levels to make sure you didn’t inadvertently set
them to 0.
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After you’ve finished setting a level or levels,
always remember to press ENTER.
LE
should only
appear in the left hand display when you are
actually setting levels.
1E Setting Drum/Percussion Accents
Accenting lets you add dynamics to a drum part,
thereby allowing for greater expressiveness. You
may assign a single drum or percussion sound to
two
Drum Play buttons, with one Play button set for
one level, and the other set for an accented
(louder) level.
Like volume levels, accents go from
0
(no accent)
to
15
(maximum accent). This represents a level
change, which adds to the existing volume level.
The existing volume level and accent cannot total
more than 15; for example, a snare sound with a
level of 10 can have an accent of 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5,
but any greater accent would exceed 15, which is
the maximum allowable volume. Selecting an
accent of, say, 15 in this instance won’t hurt
anything, but the accent will be no louder than if
you had chosen an accent of 5.
Here’s how to set an accent; if necessary, push the
SONG/SEGMENT
button to make sure that the
SEGMENT light glows. (Note: the accompanying
drawing shows how to set the accent for the snare
drum).
1.
Assign the non-accented drum/percussion
sound to Drum Play button A by holding down
Drum Play button A and tapping the desired
Drum Sound button.
2. Assign the accented drum/percussion sound to
Drum Play button B by holding down Drum Play
button B and tapping ACCENT. While
continuing to hold down the Drum Play button,
tap the Drum Sound button corresponding to
the sound you want accented.
