Drumlab TUTORIAL

Experiment 1

A house beat in about two minutes: kick, snare, hat. Start here.

1The whole thing

2A new project

Hold HOME to open the projects.
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Turn SELECT to a NEW one.
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Tap HOME to open it.
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3The kick

Tap REC. Now the 16 keys are the 16 steps.
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Press keys 1, 5, 9 and 13. That's the kick on every beat.
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PROTIP: Press a step again to take it away. Hit PLAY first if you want to hear it as you build it.

4The snare

Turn PRESETS once to pick sound 2.
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Press keys 5 and 13.
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5The hats

Turn PRESETS once more, for sound 3. Press keys 3, 7, 11 and 15. Right between the kicks.
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6Play it

Tap REC to leave WRITE, then hit PLAY. That's a house beat. You made that!
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7Make it yours

Turn KNOB 1 up to 128.
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8Accents

Tap ENV, then keys 5 and 13. The ring means louder.
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Tap ENV again when you're done.
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9Keep it

Hit PLAY to stop, then SAVE. It would have saved itself a few seconds later, but now you know.
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Verified