LDB-1 User Manual
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Edit Triggers Mode
The LDB-1 can send trigger signals to a modular synthesizer connected to the Trigger Out jack. Triggers
can be sent on any steps and/or instruments that you specify.
See the Connectivity section of this manual for the electrical characteristics of the Trigger Out jack.
Run Start / Stop:
The Run button starts or stops playing the current pattern or song (depending what
was playing when you entered the Edit Triggers Mode). Changes to the Step or Drum triggers take
effect immediately. Therefore, the Edit Triggers mode can be a powerful performance mode as well.
Ctrl Steps / Drums:
Pressing the Ctrl button toggles between editing Drum (instrument) Triggers and
editing Step Triggers. The Alt LED will blink when editing Drum Triggers.
Step Triggers
Sel Steps:
When editing Step Triggers, the Selector buttons and LEDs represent the steps. Pressing a
Selector button toggles the trigger on or off for that step. The Selector LED will be illuminated to indi-
cate that the trigger is on for that step. The LED will blink briefly to indicate that the trigger is on for
that step in the other half of the measure.
For example, you could send a trigger signal on every step or every other step. In that way, the Trigger
Out acts like a clock out to synchronize the LDB-1 clock with other drum machines or sequencers. Alter-
nately, you could trigger a synthesizer voice only on certain steps; such as 1, 3 and 9, or 5 and 13, or any
combination.
Alt 1-8 / 9-16:
Pressing the Alt button toggles between editing triggers for the first and second half of
the measure (steps 1-8 versus steps 9-16).
The Alt LED will be illuminated when you are editing triggers for the second half of the measure. The
Measure Indicator LED always shows which half of the measure is
playing
, not which half is being
edited
.
Drum Triggers
Sel Steps:
When editing Drum Triggers, the Selector buttons and LEDs represent the instruments.
Pressing a Selector button repeatedly toggles the Selector LED for each instrument between these three
states: Off, on, or on/mute (LED blinking).
For example, if you turn on the trigger for wood block, then every time a pattern specifies the wood
block, a trigger signal will be sent. If the trigger is on/mute, then every time a pattern specifies the
wood block, a trigger signal will be sent, but the woodblock itself will not be played.
The
Alt
button has no effect while editing Drum Triggers.
