Sequential DrumTraks 400 Operation Manual

OPERATION

MANUAL

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DRUMTRAKS

Model

400

OPERATION

by

Stanley

Art

Assistance:

Manual
Issued:

©1983

by

MANUAL

3ungleib

No.

CM400A

November,

SEQUENTIAL

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rights

reserved.

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1983

CIRCUITS,

INC.

PrintedinJapan.

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Jose,CA95134-2093

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TableofContents

paragraph

About

BASIC

1-1

1-2

1-3

1-*

1-5

PLAYING

2-1

2-2

2-3

2-4

2-5

2-6

2-7

SETUP

Connections

Master

Instrument

Accent

Instrument

PATTERNS

Pattern

Selecting

Cueing

Playback

Swing

RUN/STOP

NEXT/REPEAT

OVERDUBBING

the

Model

and

Volume

Volume

Tuning

Run

and

Patterns

Patterns

Tempo

Value

Footswitch

PATTERNS

400

and

tl

Power

On

Stop

Footswitch

page

1-1

1-1

1-3

1-3

1-3

2-1

2-2

2-2

2-2

2-3

2-3

2-3

3-1

RECORDING

4-1

4-2

4-3

4-4

4-5

4-6

4-7

4-8

4-9

4-10

4-11

BUILDING

5-1

5-2

PLAYING

6-1

6-2

6-3

6-4

6-5

6-6

BASIC

SONGS

PATTERNS

Erase

Basic

Time

Pattern

Recording

Signature

//ofMeasures

Instrument

Instrument

Error

Overdub

CopyingaPattern

Appending

Memory

Volume

Tuning

Correct/Erase

with

Programmed

or

Tuning

Management

SONGS

Erase

Build

Song

Song

Run/Stop

Selecting

Songs

Cue/Stop

Tempo

RUN/STOP

NEXT/REPEAT

Footswitch

Footswitch

Instrument

Volume

4-1

4-2

4-3

4-4

4-5

4-5

4-6

4-8

4-9

4-9

4-10

5-1

5-2

6-1

6-1

6-2

6-2

6-2

6-2

CM400A

11/83

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paragraph

page

7

8

ADVANCED

7-1

7-2

7-3

7-4

7-5

7-6

7-7

7-8

7-9

7-10

CASSETTE

8-1

8-2

8-3

8-4

8-5

8-6

SONG

CopyingaSong

Appending

Inserting

FUNCTIONS

Songs

Editing

Songs

Steps

Deleting

ExtendingaSong

Volume

Initial

Relative

Ending Songs

Connection

Save

Verify

Save

Load

Load

Steps

Change

Tempo

Tempo

and

Exiting

Error

Error

Change

Build

Mode

7-1

7-1

7-2

7-3

7-4

7-5

7-6

7-8

7-9

7-11

8-1

8-2

8-3

8-4

8-5

8-6

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

USING

CLOCK

10-1

10-2

10-3

10-4

USING

11-1

11-2

11-3

11-4

DISPLAY

HIDDEN

CHANNEL

IN/C

MIT

OUTPUTS

Clock

Clock

Sequencer

Tape

Sync

MIDI

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External

Using

Use

with

SUMMARY

FUNCTIONS

In

Out

Two

DETAILS

SPECIFICATIONS

Interface

Interface

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Drumtraks

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Control

9-1

10-1

10-2

10-3

10-4

11-1

11-1

11-2

11-3

16

CM400A

MIDI

11/83

IMPLEMENTATION

IV

About

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the

traditionofSCFs

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arrangements.

of

functions.Inadditiontoenabling

be

recorded,

rhythm

interesting:

tempo

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instruments

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sound

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instruments

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MIDI,

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7