Bucket Pops
Manual
Page 7
The Main Page
All controls of the original
Mini Pops-7
are placed on the
Main Page
of
Bucket Pops
;
any additional parameters are accessible via the
Settings
and the
Sequence
pages.
Selecting Rhythms
Rhythm patterns are organized in two rows: The
Top Row
(
Waltz
to
Swing
) and the
Bottom Row
(
Jazz Waltz
to
Latin Swing
). The switch located below the POWER switch
at the very right is used to flip between the two rows.
You can select a rhythm pattern by clicking one of the white push buttons. Right-
clicking on a button will allow you to select multiple patterns at once.
Note that it is not possible to combine rhythm patterns of different rows – thus,
Rumba
+
Habanera
is an impossible combination (unless you are willing to re-create
such a pattern yourself – see section
Playing Rhythms
To start or stop the machine just click the “PLAY/STOP” push button or the “PLAY”
button at the bottom screen. The difference between both button is that the
“PLAY/STOP” button will reset and start at the beginning of the pattern while the
“PLAY” button will continue playing from the last position – except if you right-click it.
The TEMPO knob sets the playback tempo. Hovering with the mouse over the knob
reveals the current tempo in BPM. If the SYNC button is lit,
Bucket Pops
will
synchronize playback tempo as well as start/stop to the host DAW. Finally, the
aforementioned POWER knob disables playback. This might be useful if you want to
start/stop the machine via parameter automation.
