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Drum & Bass machine 2.0
The Drum & Bass machine is a dual synthesizer, uniting both distinct styles of drum'n'bass in one piece
of equipment to produce fast beat crashes and rumbling bass lines. With the Drum & Bass machine you
need no special skills to create authentic sounds for your drum'n'bass songs.
A tip: The typical speed for Drum'n'Bass is usually around 160-180 BPM. The Drum & Bass machine
also fits in perfectly with other music styles, e.g. bigbeat (120 BPM) or trip hop (80-90 BPM).
Setup
The top half of the synthesizer controls the rhythm section, the bottom half controls the bass section.
Between the two, on the left side you will see a symbol where both sections can be turned on and off
individually. You can turn off the bass section, for example, so that you take only the drum section break
beat into the arrangement. The Samplitude Music Studio 15 arrangement mix will then only include the
drum section in the mix file.
The volume control is on the right border, controlling the volume for both sections. The play and stop
buttons allow you to listen to your drum'n'bass creations up front in Samplitude Music Studio 15.
The "Drum'n'Bass" label covers a menu containing functions to load and save drum'n'bass patterns (Load
machine state/Save machine state), and functions to delete or generate patterns (Clear all/Random all).
The submenu "Velocity presets" contains some help functions for programming of the velocity row.
The rhythm section (top half)
You can easily create complex and authentic jungle break beat sounds. In a professional recording
studio, jungle break beats are created by dividing any given drum loop into several small "bits" and
putting them back together in a different order. This lengthy process is significantly simplified by the Drum
& Bass machine. You just have to design your own new play sequence.
You set up the new sequence in the top ("steps") row. The blue cells indicate the individual sections
("notes") for the subdivision of the loop.
A left mouse click on one of the blue cells allows you to select one of six possible symbols. Each symbol
represents a different note or other way of playing the note. Every time you click on one of the blue cells,
the next symbol is chosen.
Rely on your own intuition and creativity when programming your beats. It is not absolutely necessary to
know the exact meaning of each individual symbol in order to create cool and authentic beats.
Summary symbol description:
1:
Play drum loop from beginning
2:
Play drum loop from the second note
3:
Play drum loop from the third note
4:
Play drum loop from the fourth note
Backward symbol:
Play backwards from this point
Stop symbol:
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