Drumulator Owners Manual
Press the desired swing factor (the right-hand
readout confirms your choice), then press
ENTER
.
Notes:
•
Swing can help add a more human “feel”
to a series of repeating segments. For example, if
you repeat the same segment four times, try
setting a swing factor of 54% for, say, the third
segment. This results in a series of segments
which are more psycho-acoustically interesting
than merely repeating the same pattern over and
over.
• 67% is considered the ‘classic” jazz swing
factor, where the first eighth note is 2/3 of a
quarter note, and the second eighth note is 1/3 of a
quarter note (i.e. the second eighth note behaves
more like an eighth note triplet). If this sounds too
“perfect”, try a swing factor of 64% instead. The
results will be similar, but the “feel” will be slightly
different.
If you’re trying to record or erase in a segment,
which has a swing factor other than 50%, there are
two cautions. To erase a specific note, you have to
erase where the note would
normally
occur if the
segment had a 50% swing factor. If you record while
a segment is in
swing
mode, the beats may or may
not fall where you want them to fall. Therefore, it’s
best to go out of
swing
mode when recording or
erasing, then re-enter
swing
mode after you’ve
finished your alterations.
Checking Memory Space 2L
Whenever the Drumulator is stopped, you may
check the amount of remaining memory by
pressing
MEM.
The left-hand
display shows
MM;
the right-hand display shows the remaining
amount of memory, expressed as a percentage.
See Section 30 for information on efficient use of
memory.
If you’re recording segments and the display shows
FULL,
you’ve used up all the available memory space.
The Drumulator will stop, and whatever you tried to
record on the last cycle of the segment will not be put into
memory. At this point, you have two alternatives: either
erase segments which you don’t need in order to create
more space, or save the existing information on cassette
(see Section 4), clear the memory (Section 2M), and start
programming new segments.
Clearing All Data 2M
If you reach a memory full condition (Section 2L), save
what you have on cassette (see Section 4B). After doing
this, you may want to clear all data in the Drumulator to
create more space. Another occasion where you might
want to clear all data is if you’ve finished working on a
song/segment or group of songs/segments, saved the
data, and want to start over from scratch. Here’s how to
clear all data:
1. Make sure you are in
segment
mode
(
SEGMENT
light is lit).
2. Hold
ERASE
and tap
CASSETTE
. The
display will flash
PooF
, which means you’re
just about ready to blow away all the song and
segment data in memory.
3. If you indeed want to clear out all the song and
segment data, while continuing to hold
ERASE
,
press
ENTER.
The display will continue to flash
PooF
until you release
ERASE
and
ENTER
.
4. You may change your mind about erasing the
data any time before you hit
ENTER
by simply
releasing any buttons you may be pressing
down.
