Edit song mode, Ldb-1 user manual – Delptronics LDB-1 Analog Drum Machine User Manual

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Edit Song Mode

This is the mode in which you compose songs by specifying a list of patterns. There are 16 songs (two
banks of 8) with up to 24 patterns (or measures) per song.

If a song is currently playing when you select the Edit Song mode, then the LDB-1 will assume that you
want to edit the current song, and it will not ask you which song you want to edit. The song will stop
playing, and you are now editing it.

If no song is currently playing when you select the Edit Song mode, then the LDB-1 will ask you which
song you want to edit. The first two Selector LEDs will flash indicating that you should select the song
bank. When you press a Selector button to select the bank, the LDB-1 will ask you which song you want
to edit within that bank. The Selector LEDs will flash in a chaser pattern from left to right indicating that
you should select the song. When you press a Selector button to select the song, you are now editing
that song.

If you are in Edit Song mode and want to edit a different song, re-select the Edit Song mode by holding
the Mode button and pressing Selector button 6. The LDB-1 will then ask you which song you want 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 choose the pattern for the current meas-
ure, the pattern will play through once.

Run Start / Stop: The Run button plays the current pattern all the way through one time. You can

press the Run button while the pattern is playing to stop it.

Ctrl Select Pattern Bank: When you press and hold the Ctrl button, one of the eight Selector LEDs will

be illuminated, indicating the current pattern bank. To leave the pattern bank unchanged, release the
Ctrl button. To change the pattern bank, hold down the Ctrl button while pressing one of the eight
Selector buttons.

Alt Write / Navigate: Press and release the Alt button to write the currently selected pattern and

advance to the next measure. While the Alt button is held down, the Selector LEDs indicate the current
measure number. You will hear a click if you attempt to write more than the maximum of 24 measures.

Navigate: Press and hold the Alt button while pressing a Selector button to navigate through the song
and perform various editing functions. All of the navigation functions are relative to the current meas-
ure. Refer to the grid below:

① ❾

② ❿

③ ⓫

④ ⓬

⑤ ⓭

⑥ ⓮

⑦ ⓯

⑧ ⓰

First

Last

Insert

Delete

N/A

Clear

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