Elektron Machinedrum - Manual (Page 112)

A-16 Appendix A: MACHINE REFERENCE
MBAL – The recording is made monophonic and this
parameter decides how the recording from the Main outs
should be balanced.
ILEV – Sets the level of input from the external inputs.
When set to 0 the signal will be recorded “as is”. If set to a
positive value the recorded signal will increase in volume
compared to the original signal. If set to a negative value
the recorded signal will decrease in volume.
IBAL – The recording is made monophonic. This parame-
ter decides how the recording from the external inputs
should be balanced.
CUE1 – Sets the level of pre-listening for the sound com-
ing from either the Main outputs or the external inputs. Be
careful with this parameter as it can generate feedback if
set too high.
CUE2 – Sets the pre-listening level of what is going to be
recorded if the RAM RECORD machine is triggered.
LEN – Defines how long the recording will be. A value of
127 will record for 2 bars. Each parameter value is ¼ of
step. If running low on DSP memory, turn this value down.
RATE – Turning this down will lower the quality of the
recording.
RAM PLAY “RAM-P1 - RAM-P4”
This machine is used for playing back the sound that
the corresponding RAM RECORD machine has cap-
tured. It functions exactly the same way as the ROM
machines 25-48.
RAM MACHINES TUTORIAL
The concept of how the RAM machines function can
be a bit hard to grasp since they work so differently
from the rest of the machines in the Machinedrum.
Here follows a short tutorial of how to set them up for
recording and playing back the sound from the main
outs. This tutorial assumes you are familiar with the
basic operation of the Machinedrum UserWave.
1. Make sure that the main out of Machinedrum UW is con-
nected to your mixer or sound card. You can also plug a
pair of headphones into the phones output. Compose a 1-
bar pattern consisting of a bass drum, a snare drum and
some hi hats. The pattern should not contain any other
machines.
2. Assign the first RAM RECORD machine (RAM-R1) to
track M1. This machine will be used to capture the beat.
3. Assign the first RAM PLAY machine (RAM-P1) to track
M2. This machine will play back the captured sample of
the RAM RECORD machine.
4. Scroll the SOUND SELECTION wheel until track M1,
the track with the RAM RECORD machine, becomes
active.
5. Enter the SYNTHESIS page of the RAM RECORD
machine and make sure that MLEV is set to zero. Turn
down ILEV to -64. Doing this you will record sound from
the main outs and nothing from the external inputs. LEN
should be set to 64 and RATE to 127. This will capture one
bar with maximum recording quality.
6. Press the [REC] button and place a trig on the first step
of the pattern, then press [PLAY]. When the <TRIG> leds
of the pattern sequencer moves over the RAM RECORD
trig, the machine will start to record sound. Remove the trig
right after it has been trigged. This is because we don’t
want the machine to record a new take. The loop is now
stored in the RAM RECORD machine. It is time to play it
back.
7. Scroll the SOUND SELECTION wheel until track M2,
the track with the RAM PLAY machine, becomes active.
8. Make sure that the <RECORD> led is still lit and the
place a trig on step 5 of the pattern sequencer. You should
now hear the captured loop start playing over the already
programmed beat, changing the rhythm considerably.
9.Try experimenting with the loop. Place a trig on step 9 of
the pattern sequencer and parameter lock the STRT
parameter to a value of 16. The recorded loop will now
begin from a different start point further changing the style
of the beat.