Delptronics LDB-1 Little Drummer Boy, User Manual

Page 1: ...Little Drummer Boy Analog Drum Machine User Manual The most up to date version of this manual can be found at http delptronics com documents LDB1UserManual pdf Copyright 2012 Delptronics All rights re...

Page 2: ...Drum o Wood Block o Hand Clap o Closed Hi hat o Open Hi hat Eight Voice Polyphony o All drums can be played simultaneously Including the open and closed hi hats for a super punchy cymbal Play Modes o...

Page 3: ...Drums mode 5 Press the selector buttons along the bottom of the LDB 1 to play individual drum sounds Play Patterns 6 Press and hold the Mode button while pressing button 2 which is labeled 2 10 Low To...

Page 4: ...the steps horizontally The tab above is four measures of 16 beats each In drum machine terminology that is one song consisting of four patterns of 16 steps each Each pattern can be at most 16 steps ho...

Page 5: ...rum machines sometimes show the accent as a separate instrument In that case when there is an X or O in the accent row it means that all instruments on that beat should be louder The LDB 1 does not ha...

Page 6: ...ts per minute BPM The position of the Tempo knob is ignored if you are using an external clock source Run Button The Run button starts or stops the currently running pattern or song The Run LED is ill...

Page 7: ...ck reference grid shows two options separated by a line the Ctrl or Alt button toggles between two func tions That is pressing the button switches from one function to the other When the Alt button is...

Page 8: ...rs The Alt LED will be illuminated when the In Time behavior is selected As Hit means that the instrument will play when you press the Selector button To play the same in strument again you must relea...

Page 9: ...Alt LED will be illuminated when the Drums behavior is selected Chaining Patterns Chaining refers to playing a repeating sequence of patterns To chain patterns hold down a Selector button to select th...

Page 10: ...can be selected while not running and that song will play when the Run button is pressed Ctrl Select Song Bank When you press and hold the Ctrl button Selector LED 1 or LED 2 will be illumi nated ind...

Page 11: ...described in the above paragraph Run Start Stop The Run button starts or stops playing the selected pattern While running the selected pattern will repeat continuously You can edit a pattern while it...

Page 12: ...ndicating that you must select a pattern bank Press Selec tor button 1 to select bank 1 4 The Selector LEDs will now flash left to right indicating that you must select a pattern number Press Selector...

Page 13: ...various editing functions Refer to the grid below BD LT HT SD WB CP CH OH Scale 4 steps per beat Scale 8 steps per beat Scale 3 steps per beat Scale 6 steps per beat Revert Current Drum Revert Entire...

Page 14: ...familiar to users of vintage drum machines In tap Tap Write mode the pattern plays continuously If there are no instruments set on the currently playing step then a metronome tick will be heard for t...

Page 15: ...t to edit as described in the above paragraph Sel Patterns In Edit Song mode Selector buttons and LEDs represent patterns within the currently selected pattern bank When you press a Selector button to...

Page 16: ...p in the other half of the measure For example you could send a trigger signal on every step or every other step In that way the Trigger Out acts like a clock out to synchronize the LDB 1 clock with o...

Page 17: ...This option sets the length of the trigger output The step and step lengths are useful if you are using the LDB 1 trigger output as a note on off rather than a true trigger If the full step length is...

Page 18: ...nd 76 are mapped to BD SD CP CH LT OH HT and WB respectively In Notes map mode each note in every octave will trigger an instrument Notes C D E F G A and B are mapped to BD LT HT SD WB CP and OH respe...

Page 19: ...1 4 cable Analog Synthesizer Connectors The Trigger Out Clock In and Gate In jacks are mono 1 8 3 5mm jacks They are used for connecting your LDB 1 to a modular synthesizer Trigger Out The trigger ou...

Page 20: ...pond to the following MIDI system real time messag es Clock Overrides the tempo knob Stop Stops the currently playing song or pattern immediately Start Starts playing the current song or pattern at th...

Page 21: ...o BD o o o o o o o o BD o o o o 5 Mambo A 5 Rhythm 9A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 II I2 I3 I4 I5 I6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 II I2 I3 I4 I5 I6 CH x x x x x x x x OH x x WB o o o o CH x x x x x x x x x x x x x x...

Page 22: ...4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 II I2 I3 I4 I5 I6 CH x x x x x x x x HT o SD o x LT o o BD o o o SD o o o o o o o o BD o o o 5 Sample Boogie 5 Fill 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 II I2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 II I2 I3 I4 I5 I6 O...

Page 23: ...I5 I6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 II I2 I3 I4 I5 I6 OH x x x x OH x x CH x x x x CH x x x x SD o o CP o o o BD o o o o o SD o o BD o o o o o o 5 Pop 5 5 Funk 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 II I2 I3 I4 I5 I6 1 2 3 4...

Page 24: ...BD o o o o 4 Rock 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 II I2 I3 I4 I5 I6 4 Sunday 2 CH x x x x x x x x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 II I2 I3 I4 I5 I6 SD o o CH x x x x x x x x x x x x BD o o o o o SD o o o o BD o o o o 5 A...