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DCM8 DIGITAL CHIPTUNE DRUM MACHINE

USER GUIDE

VERSION 1.0

20111122

Summary of Contents for DCM8

Page 1: ...DCM8 DIGITAL CHIPTUNE DRUM MACHINE USER GUIDE VERSION 1 0 20111122...

Page 2: ...ft cloth possibly moistened only with water for removing fingerprints and dust The case is not dust proof or water resistant please do not leave the unit in a dusty or smoke filled area or in rain Har...

Page 3: ...he STEP buttons 1 to 8 while holding SHIFT will access a function or editable parameter When within a function the SHIFT button can be released and the function will be held but pressing the SHIFT but...

Page 4: ...sorted functions such as MIDI preset adjustment etc LIVE EFFECT BUTTONS 1 ALTERNATE BPM toggles a different BPM playback speed encoder changes alternate BPM 2 ALTERNATE DAC toggles a different DAC mas...

Page 5: ...he current instrument into the selected step if it is empty or it will overwrite the last instrument type on that step Pressing the STEP button again will disable that trigger and leave the step empty...

Page 6: ...s hit or playback can be made to stop with an END marker Initial BPM and DAC mask settings for each song can be adjusted via the OPTION function and cycling the button to the required parameter Extra...

Page 7: ...rum machine will be displayed as NXT xxx the current being CUR xxx pressing the encoder button will set the instrument to respond to the incoming NOTE ON trigger Press SHIFT button to save and exit MI...

Page 8: ...igger the sound for previewing Press SHIFT to save the presets and exit Save patterns saves pattern data only Save song saves song data only Save user instruments saves user instrument settings only S...

Page 9: ...SET SYSTEM Complete system reset wipes all data and returns unit to factory settings DATA LOAD Awaits incoming SYSEX of either pattern song user instrument or entire backup data Upon selecting a RESET...

Page 10: ...h the BANK STEP buttons and eight parameters per bank accessible via the STEP buttons 1 to 8 During editing of parameters the sound can be previewed by pressing the encoder down or pressing the start...

Page 11: ...onance 0 to 255 5 RESO SWEEP resonance sweep 127 to 127 6 unused 7 unused 8 unused Bank 3 1 NOISE TYPE select from different noise types OFF STATIC METALLIC PITCHED SQUARE TRIANGLE SAWTOOTH PULSE 2 NO...

Page 12: ...DAC resolution FM sine wave frequency modulated via a sine wave adjusted by SUB PITCH SUB LEVEL settings SINE QUAD 4x frequency of standard sine wave WAVE sample wave playback use WAVE INDEX to change...

Page 13: ...sound frequencies around the cutoff frequency HIGHPASS Allows sound frequencies above the cutoff frequency FILTER TYPES In this mode the oscillator produces a sine wave which is frequency modulated b...

Page 14: ...re Hit 3 Square Hit 4 Square Hit 5 Square Hit 6 Flat Eric 1 Flat Eric 2 FM Twang 1 FM Twang 2 FM Pang FM Pow 1 FM Pow 2 FM Whaap FM Oww Noise Clap 1 Noise Clap 2 Noise Clap 3 Noise Clap 4 Noise Clap 5...

Page 15: ...en patterns HARDWARE 32bit ARM7 CPU 60Mhz with 10bit DAC 2x16 blue black negative LCD with white LED backlight 24 Step illuminated rotary push button encoder Black White buttons with tact switches and...

Page 16: ...POLY MODE OFF 7F POLY MODE ON CONTROL CHANGE RECEIVED ONLY 50 SET BPM SET BPM 32 to 256 51 SET DAC SET DAC MASK 0 to 15 78 ALL SOUND OFF SILENCE ANY PLAYING SOUNDS 7B ALL NOTES OFF SILENCE ANY PLAYING...

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