Oberheim DX, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...T A tf J t C f JVIA U A L St 1 J P D R U M M A CHINE OBERHEIM ELECTRONICS INC Second Edition...

Page 2: ...rsuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules which are designed 10 proVJe reasonable proteclion against such interference when operated in a commercial environment Operation of Ihis equipment in a resi...

Page 3: ...ength THE VOICES SOUNDS Tuning Changing Sounds SOUND LIBRARY SOPHISTICATION QUANTIZE SWING METRONOME SIGNATURE STEP RECORDING GOODIES 17 RECORDING Countdown Punch Out Punch Flams ERASING Erasing Indiv...

Page 4: ...Save It Check To Be Sure Load In One At A Time Compatibility Errors Hints MIDI DATA TRANSFER Connection Access Sending All Sequences Sending One Sequence Or Song BATTERY BACKUP INTERFACE TALK TO THE...

Page 5: ...Sync The OX Hints TRIGGERED NOTES Programming The Trigger Input MIDI NOTES Setting Notes To Drums REALTIME MIDI RECORD FOOTSWITCHES Start Footswitch Next Footswitch MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MIDI Messag...

Page 6: ...ith other equipment such as sequencers keyboards drum pads and other drum machines The DX operates like a tape recorder press RECORD PLAY to Record your rhythms then press PLAY to hear It back But the...

Page 7: ...of ti mi ng Can be set to 24 48 or 96 Pulses per Quarter Note 1 1 Direct Out uts One for each voice Click Out Programmable Metronome Output Mixed Out uts Stereo and Mono To From Ta e For Data Storage...

Page 8: ...t Rl2 SHR WN t l 11 RAV S LC L OP LO CRASH ClAP RE ER COP _l Obri CASE SAVE 0t l AU CN DRUM BUTTONS Play the drums with these buttons Big enough for two finger operation OPERATION BUTTONS These button...

Page 9: ...j Audio Outputs Power _ 8I t T T T I f T ii Q 8 8 8 8 8 8 h f m M_ The lIolume of each sound is controlled by the front panel sliders for the MIH OUTPUTS Each lIoice has its own OIAECT OUTPUT as well...

Page 10: ...e arrow buttons which allows you to record your drum beat slowly The REAL TIME mode of recording is expiained here The SINGLE STEP mode of recording is explained in the section entitled STEP Recording...

Page 11: ...beep when the erasure actually takes place The volume of the beep is controlled by the metronome volume control Erasing a Sequen And while ng _ _ Press RECORD iQ ERASE RECORD Erasing Notes Within Sequ...

Page 12: ...er Minute can be played Near the high end of this range the tempo steps are larger than one Beat per Minute If you enter a tempo which cannot be played the DX will play the nearest valid tempo to the...

Page 13: ...s SONG again Playing A Song Once the desired song has been selected press PLAY and the selected song wil play from beginning to end and then stop As the song plays through the different sequences in i...

Page 14: ...have just created press PLAY NOTE A song can have up to 255 parts in it However only the lowest two digits are shown in the display REMEMBER The DX will not EDIT a SONG if the MEMORY PROTECT switch o...

Page 15: ...each of the voices can be tuned up or down half an octave by adjusting the pitch controls located on the rear panel of the DX Changing Sounds The OX drum sounds are contained on computer memory chips...

Page 16: ...be remoued Using a small screwdriuer or Chip EHtractor CAAEFULL Y lift the chip out of its socket from both sides Line up the new chip making sure that the notch on the chip faces the same way as the...

Page 17: ...same sequence in different quantize modes Quantizing is also independent of the metronome It is possible to quantize to the nearest quarter note even though the metronome is clicking in sixteenth note...

Page 18: ...18 Eighth Note f Eighth Note Triplet SiHteenth Nole SiHteenlh Nole 88 J Triplet Thirty Second Note Triplel Thirty erond JT Note Tnplet II SiHly Fourth Note Dr SiHIY F urth Note Tnplet The Metronome ca...

Page 19: ...s STEP once again If you press STEP while in PLAY or RECORD the sequence will step from its present location and go back to play or record when STEP is pressed again Recording in STEP Mode M and PLay...

Page 20: ...otes on the fly While in RECORD holding ERASE and any drum button will remove all notes pro grammed with that button that occur while they are held down Notes wil continue to be erased until the butto...

Page 21: ...asic phrase element By making a sequence of 3 bars of 4 4 another of 1 bar of 7 8 and then appending the 7 8 onto the end of the 4 4 you have quickly created your basic phase element which can then be...

Page 22: ...all drums Cue Tempo Mode In Stop pressing TEMPO while holding RECORD enters Cue Tempo mode Tempo may be set by pressing the STEP button or playing the external trigger in quarter notes at the desired...

Page 23: ...above mentioned Data Check routine a Ram Check routine is run when the OX is turned on This routine checks for random data in the memory Random data of this type can result from a loss of power to th...

Page 24: ...The internal clock is used when the OX is used by itself or as the master clock source 48 96 External Clock Set the timing source to external clock when slaving the OX 10 another clocking source such...

Page 25: ...ce is set to MIDI which uses a clock rate of 24 pulses per quarter note the Clock Out Rate cannot be faster than 24 04 SET PROGRAMMABLE CLICK The Metronome Click can be set to click when one or severa...

Page 26: ...yed by slaved machines Song Select does not transmit or receive Sequence numbers and wil only select Songs when in Stop 13 SET DRUMS TO MIDI NOTES On MIDI drum machines the drum buttons are transmitte...

Page 27: ...tored externally on an audio cas sette The tape recorder should have a Line or Aux Input if possible either Line Level or Speaker Level Earphone outputs Connection Connect the Speaker or line Output o...

Page 28: ...sette interface must complete its cycle The only way to stop it is to turn the OX off and then on again Load In Press the PLAY switch on the tape recorder You wil now be able to monitor the tape throu...

Page 29: ...owing might be responsibJe Tape playback volume Gelling the OX to read the data properly and reliably generally is a function of the proper playback level The bet level should be as loud as possible w...

Page 30: ...transfer its memory via MIDI This is especially useful for sending data from one OX to another or to a MIDI storage device Connection The only connection required is a MIDI cable from the MIDI OUT at...

Page 31: ...orded on the OX Using The DX With Oberheim Sequencers and Drum Machines The OX DSX Polyphonic Sequencer and DMX Orum Machine have been designed to operate in sync with each other When the OX runs in t...

Page 32: ...r quarer note or the appropriate setting for equipment that nees a different clock rate For AUTO START operation set EDIT PARAMETER 02 to On Opetlon Each unn wil operate the same as before wnh the fol...

Page 33: ...rding Recording as Slave Follow this procedure Turn AUTO START OFF Edit Parameter 02 Place the DX into Record by pressing RECORD and PLAY Then start the master clock source METRONOME AS CLOCK SOURCE T...

Page 34: ...s is to first program a drum beat with the basic feel of the piece Record this beat and the sync tone first Then after the other parts have been recorded while playing along to the basic beat the drum...

Page 35: ...ncer such as the Oberheim OSX The External Trigger Input acts essentially the same as pressing one of the drum but tons on the front panel When in record triggering any of the voices externally wil ca...

Page 36: ...EDIT PARAMETERS 13 14 Connect the MIDI OUT from a controller such as a keyboard or another DX to the MIDI IN of the DX All notes must be withi a two and one half octave range starting at the transposi...

Page 37: ...nformation refer to the INTERFACE GUIDE as well as the owner manuals of the other drum machines FOOTSWITCHES On the rear panel are two jacks for footswitches These inputs are designed to be used with...

Page 38: ...at what tempo to play EXCLUSIVE Exclusive messages are used for data storage and anything else spe cific to a particular machine Each manufacturer has its own System Exclusive 10 Channels MIDI transm...

Page 39: ...ny analog audio system does is provide a pattern of regular movement oscilation for the speaker to move in so that you feel the air moving in this same pat tern so that your brain can translate all th...

Page 40: ...heim YES YES YES YES OMX OSX via OB B Transmits EMu Emulatoril YES Orumulator YES YES YES Fairlight CMI W General Interface Card YES Kurzweil 250 YES Linn linnOrum New Version 9000 YES YES PPG Wave 2...

Page 41: ...between 1 and 6 notes Gate An electrical signal which can be used to trigger Envelope Generators and other time dependent devices Master The unit that provides timing notes or other data to control s...

Page 42: ...that can only be read by the MICROPROCESSOR and can not be written into iike the Random Access Memories RAM Sequence A succession of events stored in the DX as numbers The DX wil remember the events a...

Page 43: ...TIME Records rhythm as buttons are pressed Selectable Quantize Mode rounds off rhythms from 1 192 notes to 1 2 notes STEP Notes and rests are programmed separately one beat at a time between 1 2 note...