FXpansion DR-008 - Manual (Page 28)

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4.4.3 DD Alternator
DD Alternator causes hits to be re-routed to one of
up to four different pads. The first hit is routed to the
first pad, the next to the second, and so on. Any empty entries in the DD
Alternator’s selection boxes are skipped, so if only entries I and II are used,
it will give a simple two-way alternation effect. DD Alternator is useful for
creating ‘left-stick, right-stick’, effects, as well as breathing life in to
otherwise ‘static-sounding’ patterns by providing variation in the hits.
4.4.4 DD Autoroll
DD AutoRoll provides a way of creating automatic
‘Drum Roll’ effects. The length of each stage of
the roll – ‘ramp up’, ‘hold’ and ‘ramp down’ can
be set (in terms of the number of hits), and the
roll rate can be set in milliseconds. DD AutoRoll allows you to alternate
between two different pads on alternate ‘hits’ of the roll – select these
with the ‘Pad A’ and ‘Pad B’ controls.
4.4.5 DD Sequencer
DD Sequencer is the most powerful Drum Deploy
module included in the current DR-008, and gives
some idea of where DrumDeploy technology is
going in the future. DD Sequencer is a 16-step
pattern sequencer, with eight assignable channels.
It automatically syncs to the tempo of your host
application’s song. Click in a grid square to toggle a note in that square;
drag up/down on a grid square to increase/decrease the velocity of that
square (it will get darker or lighter to indicate the current velocity). Click
the ‘destination’ area to the left of the grid to assign each sequencer track
to a pad; DD Sequencer also allows you to enable/disabled looped playback,
and to adjust the ‘Swing’ aka Shuffle of the track. Because DD Sequencers
are triggered by MIDI notes from your host
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