Drumulator Owners Manual
5. To now copy segment 54 into segment 56,
press
COPY, key in
56, and press
ENTER
.
Again, a beep will confirm that the copy was
successful, and the right-hand readout will return
to the number of the segment being copied.
2J Appending a Segment
You may also copy a segment to itself. For example,
suppose you create a great segment, but realize that
you want it to last four times as long as you had
originally intended. No problem — simply
append
the
segment four times. The
append
function takes the
segment and multiplies its length by anywhere from I
to 8. Here’s how to program the append function:
1. You must be in
segment
mode and the
Drumulator must be
stopped.
2. Key in the segment you want to append.
3. Press
COPY.
The left-hand display shows
Co
and the right-hand display shows a flashing
cursor.
4. Key in the number of the segment you want to
append (in other words, the number in the right-
hand readout just before you pressed
COPY
).
The left-hand readout will instantly change to
AP
for “append”, and the right readout will show a
flashing cursor.
5. In
append
mode, the Drum Sound Select buttons
turn into Append Multiplier Select buttons.
Pressing button 1 leaves the segment as is, pressing
button 2 doubles the length of the segment by repeat-
ing the segment twice, pressing 3 triples the length,
and so
on
until pressing 8 repeats the segment S
times. The number you select will replace the
flashing cursor. When you’ve made your choice,
press
ENTER.
A beep will confirm a successful
append.
Notes:
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You cannot “un-append” a segment once
you've appended it. So, if you want to keep a
segment but also create a longer, appended
version, first copy the segment von want to
append to another segment. Next, append this
second segment. The second segment will
contain the appended version of the original
segment, yet the original segment still exists in its
unaltered form.
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You may re-append an already appended
segment. For example; if you’ve appended a
segment twice at and later decide you should
have made it
four
times as long, simply key in the
new, appended segment and append it twice.
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Large segments use up a. lot of memory - see
Section 3O. Wherever possible use the
song
modes repeat function (described in Section 3F)
to create a long repeating segment out of a short
segment.
2K Adding Swing
While in
segment
mode, you may specify that a
segment have a particular rhythmic swing to it. The
Drumulator normally provides a “swing factor” of
50%, which means that each quarter note is
weighted so that the first eighth note takes up 50%
of the quarter note, and the second eighth note
takes up the other 50%. This is the way you would
normally expect things to be.
However, you may change the swing factor to 54%,
58%, 63%, 67%, or 71%. For example, with a swing
factor of 58%, the first eighth note spreads out
slightly to take up 58% of the quarter note, while the
second eighth note shrinks slightly so that is takes
up 42% of the quarter note. This lets you program a
swinging, less metronomic feel to individual
segments. To program a segment for swing, you
must be in
segment
mode. Then, follow these
steps:
1. The Drumulator must be
stopped
(RUN/s-cop
light off). Press
SWING
(the left-hand readout
shows SG.).
2. The Drum Sound Select buttons turn into Swing
Factor Select buttons when in
swing
select
mode. The following table shows, which swing
factor corresponds to which button number:
