Geek99 Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 hi, I'm struggling a little with the drum machine. This is partly because I dont play in a band, and also because the manual isnt that great on this topic (Its quite good on the others). I know you can set the speed using the tap button/light, but when its just playing a pattern say "Rock" at 100bpm, am I right in thinking that the tap light shows each beat? Or is it each beat one? I've been trying to place the drum sounds against the beat/this light and failing - it doesnt seem to mark out beat one in any obvious way. Any ideas what I'm missing? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Cooke Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 set it to Metro_4 (pattern 38) which is a 4:4 pattern... that'll tell you what it's doing. Otherwise, off the top of my head, I can't quite remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Cooke Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 OK, I've just checked using the metro 4 pattern. It is every beat. Metro 4 has four beats to the bar and beat one is emphasized and the light flashes for each beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted August 14, 2008 Author Share Posted August 14, 2008 thanks, I tried the metronome too (cant post here until lunchtime) and it does seem to be so. I tend to have the Zoom on reasonably quiet, maybe thats why I'm not hearing the (lower) drum sounds very well - I can hear the hi hat easily. I was looking out for drum sounds (like bass drum on beat s 1 & 3 and snare on 2 & 4) as described in Bass for Dummies and failing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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