How to Use
A particular drum sound can be associated with each of the four touch pads. Pressing the associated
pushbutton (S1 to S4) selects a touch pad (LDR1 to LDR4) to change. Then pressing the
+
or
–
pushbuttons
selects a particular drum, stepping forwards or backwards through the 40 available drum sounds. Finally
pressing the same pushbutton again fixes the association.
Pressing
CONTROL
+
VOLUME
increases the volume,
SHIFT
+
VOLUME
decreases the volume.
Pressing
CONTROL
+
SHIFT
+
VOLUME
toggles gain x 2 (double output voltage).
Settings are saved to non-volatile memory.
CONTROL
+
SHIFT
+
RESET
restores all settings to the factory
defaults. Note that user rhythms are not restored though.
Funky Drummer
can output an audio signal on its jack socket which has a maximum peak-to-peak of about 2
volts. This is more than capable of producing a loud sound in a pair of 32-ohm impedance headphones.
The sensitivity of the touch pads can be adjusted by pressing and holding down one of the pushbuttons
during power up (until the self-test has completed). Six settings are available and are suitable for different
ambient light levels.
Rhythm Mode
Pressing
CONTROL
+
RHYTHM
plays the current rhythm or selects the next rhythm if a rhythm is already
playing. Pressing
SHIFT
+
RHYTHM
plays the current rhythm or selects the previous rhythm if a rhythm is
already playing. 12 preset rhythms and 4 user rhythms are available.
The LED flashes at the start of the rhythm loop. Pressing any pad pushbutton (S1 to S4) stops the rhythm
playing.
CONTROL
+
TEMPO
increases the rhythm tempo (with auto repeat),
SHIFT
+
TEMPO
decreases the tempo
(with auto repeat).
CONTROL
+
SHIFT
+
DEMO
plays all the preset rhythms in turn. Any pad pushbutton (S1 to S4) exits demo
mode.
Record Mode
CONTROL
or
SHIFT
+
RECORD
selects record mode and allows the user rhythms to be edited.
The LED flashes at the start of the rhythm loop and a metronome click sounds on each beat of 4 beats.
The touch pads record drum sounds at the current point in the rhythm loop.
Recording is at one quarter speed, and a maximum of 64 drums events per beat can be recorded.
Pressing one of the pad pushbuttons (S1 to S4) exits record mode and stores the rhythm as one of the 4 user
rhythms.
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