Bucket Pops
Manual
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To create a 3/4 signature rhythm pattern like
Waltz
, the
Mini Pops-7
skipped steps
5+6, 9+10, 21+22 and 25+26 during playback. This way it was possible to reuse
diode matrix patterns that were used by other rhythms, too (diodes are hardware and
hardware is expensive!).
Bucket Pops
emulates this behavior by deactivating steps. However, since the number
of steps are doubled in
Bucket Pops
, the skipped (deactivated) steps for
Waltz
are 9–
12, 17–20, 41–44, and 49–52.
Why does the
Bucket Pops
follow this (at first glance) weird schema and does not go
for a simplification? For example, to create a 3/4 signature it would be easier just to
limit the number of steps instead of skipping steps in between. The answer is that it
makes a big difference when you
combine r
hythms (i.e. select more than one rhythm)
for playback. The classic
Oxygene
patterns only emerge when the original diode
matrix behavior is emulated!
Triplets and Templates
The way the
Mini Pops-7
reproduced a triplet-based rhythm like
Slow Rock
is even
more tricky: Here every fourth step (4, 8, 12, …) was skipped while the overall tempo
was
slowed down
by the factor 3/4! In
Bucket Pops
the button “tripl.” (for “triplets”)
activates exactly this specific tempo reduction, while in the case of
Slow Rock
each
seventh and eighth step are deactivated (see image at the top of this section).
Clicking on the “STEPS” button or right-clicking the top row showing the step numbers
opens a context menu where you can select a specific template for activated steps.
Activate all steps:
activates all steps
Deactivate steps 33 to 64:
deactivates the steps 33 to 64
Template for 3/4:
deactivates the steps 13 to 16, 29 to 32, 45 to
48, and 61 to 64 (note that this is a different
pattern as used for
Waltz
and
Jazz Waltz
)
Template for 6/8:
deactivates the steps 25 to 32 and 57 to 64
Template for 7/8:
deactivates the steps 29 to 32 and 61 to 64
Template for Triplets:
deactivates every 7
th
and 8
th
step
(same pattern as used for
Slow Rock
)
Import and Export of MIDI Files
Finally each rhythm pattern can be imported from or exported to a MIDI file.
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For MIDI files based on triplets you have the option to import them as
Bucket Pops
triplet patterns (see section above).
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Rhythm patterns can be exported as MIDI file type 0 (single track) or type 1
(15 tracks – one track per instrument).
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To export the combined patter of all selected rhythms us the export
functionality in the
