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Single Kit
Each dkit file of 1536 bytes, holds the data for one kit. They appear
alphabetically ordered after kit program 100. They function exactly
as a kit in the kit bank except that the kit name is taken from the
file name. They can be saved to the same file (no rename) or copied
to any program in the kit bank (with rename). Currently one can not
copy kits from the kit bank to single kits because the DrumIt OS can
only read and write existing files, not create new ones.
To create new single kits, start in USB mode, copy the Empty.dkit
file, rename it to an appropriate name and restart. Then choose the
new single kit (appearing after program 100) and edit it by choosing
drum sounds and changing any other settings.
Drums and Loops
The dsnd files contain the sound data for the drums and loops. (In
this context, drum refers to any instrument like tom, cymbal,
percussion, etc.) Each drum file holds all articulations for the
complete instrument. So a tom file can hold the head and rim
sounds, and a cymbal file the cup, bow and edge sounds. Each of
these articulations can consist of many velocity layers (a typical tom
can have 80 head velocities).
Loop files contain only a single audio section which is edited so it
plays seamlessly in continuous mode. The tempo of a loop depends
on the length of the audio data, so for example a 4/4 bar loop at
120.0 BPM should have a length of exactly 2.0 seconds otherwise it
will not be played back correctly.
Operating System
The DrumIt122.bin file holds OS 1.22. When DrumIt starts, the boot
program always loads the latest version of the OS. However, by
holding down the button above OS at startup, one can choose
another OS file. Before loading the file is checked to contain a
correct and compatible OS.
