Thank you for your purchase of the DrumDokta2
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1. Thank you for your purchase of the DrumDokta2 eurorack module At the core of the DrumDokta2 is the same analog sound engine from the original DrumDokta module which itself was based on a 30 year old Japanese drum machine The original had a rather grungy electro sound and the DrumDoktaz2 is no different in this regard but with some added controls and extensions over the voice parameters the sound can be taken beyond the original unit As with the originals the DrumDokta2 inherits cool things like the ability to accent notes after they have been struck We ve also added a powerful sequencer with trigger outs and vactrol distortion and limiting to make a complete drum solution in a small package You can use it standalone or as a compliment to an existing drum setup or a combination of both the choice iS yours What we have ended up with is a modern polyrhythmic drum module with vintage tone charm and character The original DrumDokta idea started since was often using more than 50 of my modular just to make drum sounds Sure there were already drum modules on the market but most took up vast amounts of modular real estate and that s not to mention the price There had to be a better way thought So here you have the second iteration of that same idea a low cost solution for drums that won t break the bank or take up too much room in your case ok we ve used a little more space this time Now before you head off and explore the poss2. t need to change the selected instrument other when when you intend to edit it Once you are finished editing press the MODE button to return to pattern mode f the SHIFT button The shift key allows you to reuse the step keys to program the bottom steps 9 16 with a single bank 25 32 with a 32 step bank and 41 48 57 64 with a 64 step bank THE VULCAN NERVE PINCH MODES There are four vulcan nerve pinches to learn To do one you first hold the labeled button then follow the arrow to the qualifier key Once you have performed the pinch you can let go of the buttons and you will be in the various modes listed below depending on which main mode you were in COPY is activated from pattern mode When activated the blinking pattern will stop blinking and stay lit to signal the mode To copy you first press the source button once and then press the destination button once Once you have completed the operation the selected pattern light will blink again If you wish to cancel the copy operation press the mode button once tip you can copy from any bank to another and you do not have to copy the currently playing bank So you can play one pattern while copying another to another slot Could be useful under a live situation CLEAR can be activated from both pattern and edit modes the differences are listed below In pattern mode activating clear will clear the currently playing pattern If you do this operation by mistake you c
3. this point enough The accent is key to getting phat drum sounds not only do accents make drum sounds louder but will enable some dynamics between accented and non accented sounds Personally like to have the accent knob dialed at maximum and accents triggered on at least the bass drum and snares Accent also affects sounds after they have been triggered try setting the cymbal to max decay and triggering accents on the tail this is a quirk of the original circuit and can lead to some interesting rhythmic sounds Finally the as with the original the accent has a tone itself albeit subtle it can be used to great effect AUTOSAVE 30 SECONDS AFTER LAST KEY PRESS wow what s with all the shouting well of course it s important to note that we use a leveling autosave routine with 60 or so years of retention This means that if you have been programming beats you should wait a little over 30 seconds before shutting off your DrumDokta2 in order for them to be saved CLOCK IN RESET SNAP CV BPF CV owce 000000 A TONE DECAY SNAPPY PITCH OH DECAY CY DECAY BALANCE ACCENT a aN a zal ooo os lt e70a _ METicire 1 _e __e __e _ eee MUTE DrumDokta a t ee Din Sync a Info the DrumDokta2 front panel The DrumDoktaz2 is laid out in a logical configuration based loosely on the classic x0x style sequencing but using a shift key to save on horizontal s
4. an undo one level by activating clear again In edit mode keeping the clear combo held will clear the selected instruments steps as the chase light passes them There is no undo for this operation STEP LAST STEP mode is activated from edit mode When you activate last step mode all step leds up to the last step will be lit If the pattern is extended then the last step may be on another page use the bank key to change For example if the last step is step 5 only the first 5 steps will be lit and if the last step is 64 then all leds in all four banks will be lit As with copy mode pressing the MODE key will cancel EXTEND arrow shortened for clarity Extend mode in conjunction with last step can unlock the full potential of the sequencer The concepts are actually quite simple and it works in both pattern mode and edit mode but with some fundamental differences Lets review them In pattern mode activating extend once will extend the current playing pattern in a cyclical manner Thats to say if a pattern is 16 steps long it will be extended to 32 steps If the pattern is already 32 steps and you extend it will be extended to 64 steps Finally if a pattern is 64 steps long it will be truncated to 16 steps with all extended pattern data deleted and so on In pattern mode you can use this to build patterns with variations on the fly In edit mode extend works in exactly the same way except that instead of setting the entire pat
5. h knob a whooshing sound can be heard this is normal an adopted behaviour from the original DrumDokta BPF The Hi Hats and Cymbal are created using a noise generator and several oscillators which are mixed and band pass filtered There are two band pass filters the first one affects both hi hats and cymbals whereas the second one only affects the cymbal As is the norm with drum machines playing a closed hi hat will mute any playing open hi hat The BPF control sets the base frequency of the band pass filter Both the hi hats and Cymbal pass through this filter and so the setting of this control will affect them all OH DECAY The OH Decay does what it says on the tin it sets the decay time of the Open Hi Hat At the minimum setting the Open Hi Hat will be almost be completely closed and may not sound at all At maximum settings the Open Hi Hat will ring between 1 and 2 seconds or until a Closed Hi Hat is triggered CY DECAY The CY Decay also does what it says on the tin it sets the decay time of the Cymbal At the minimum setting the Cymbal will be essentially completely closed and may not sound at all At maximum settings the Cymbal will ring between 1 and 2 seconds BD SD OH CH CY BALANCE The balance control sets the output mix between the Bass Drum Snare Drum and the Hi Hats Cymbals Hand Clap and works as a filter between them As on the original japanese machine a decent balance between both is oddl
6. herited from the original japanese machine Q can t hear a particular drum A Check that you don t have the sound muted via mute mode or filtered via the balance control Q was playing polyrhythms and they got out of sync A This is a common theme by nature you can reset using the reset jack or automatically by changing the pattern to another then back again Acknowledgements many thanks go out to Julian Schmitt from hitp www sonic potions com for the on board sequencer Andreas and Benjamin from hitp Ijunggrenaudio com for the Optodist JR Stephen Kwartler from http Awww pro modular com for the panel design Chris Infradead Lehfeldt for having long hair against all odds Specifications 16 pattern memories x 8 tracks x 64 steps with data retention with 1000 auto saves a day the eeprom should last about 65 years Width 36 HP Depth 20 mm measured from the rear of the faceplate 30 mm measured from the rear of the faceplate to the edge of the supplied and connected power cable Power consumption max 50 ma 12 10 ma 12 http www dinsync info info dinsync info
7. ibilities please take a moment to read the installation and quick start notes it won t take a moment and will make all the difference If you are still stuck then be sure to check the troubleshooting guide towards the end of the manual hope you will be satisfied with your new module Paul Who reads manuals anyway know right but please at least read the installation and quick start Installation The DrumDokta2 has reverse power protection so plugging the power cable in backwards should result in no damage to the module itself However plugging things in backwards is never a good idea and could potentially damage other parts of your system The protection is there in case of plugging the power cable in backwards by accident please still take care to check the orientation of the cable when connecting it for the first time l p M OO 00O 0 0 0 one CORRECT e gt lt WRONG figure 1 the correct and wrong way to connect power Before installing please power off your modular case Connect one end of the cable to the module as shown in figure 1 Connect the other end of the cable to your modular case bus board please check your case s manual for the correct orientation The stripe on the cable should be connected to 12 After you have connected the power you can mount the module using the included screws the DrumDokta2 requires 36HP of cabinet space A Accents bring the boom Can t stress
8. ock is running you should see an indicator blinking on above or below one of the step keys Holding the bank key activates mute mode If you are in edit mode and the clock is running you should see a x0x style chase light if you have an extended bank it may take a moment to appear Pressing the bank key changes which bank is displayed Lets explain the modes Pattern Mode This mode could be considered the performance mode here you use the step keys with or without the shift key to choose between 16 pattern banks A pattern bank has the default length of 16 steps but can be extended up to 64 steps entirely or track based poly rhythms You can chain patterns by holding step keys together up to all 16 patterns via shift with the exception of pattern 1 9 due to it being the same button Edit Mode Edit mode allows you to edit the currently selected sound when you press a step it will toggle its state from off on When the chase light passes the sound will play on the lit steps If the pattern has been extended then the bank key will allow you to change pages up to 64 steps when fully extended note extending patterns has two modes which will depend on which current mode you are in see extend mode the INST button To change which instrument to edit press and hold the INST key then press the corresponding instrument When you release the INST key you will jump direct to edit mode This is a workflow improvement since you don
9. ol knob will have no effect The BPF CV works best with LFO ENV outputs or voltage offsets auxiliary trigger outputs Six auxiliary outputs allow you to connect to other drum modules trigger envelopes or ping filters in your system The output carries the voice signal 10v p p in clean mode with accents We recommend use of an output attenuators or mixers in order to balance the various output modes with the other modules in your system The output of the DrumDokta2 while considerably louder and less noisy than the original DrumDokta is pretty much at its limits in relation to background noise VOICING CONTROLS TONE DECA The DrumDokta2 Bass Drum has been extended from the original japanese Bass Drum The tone control affects the initial transient click and the decay controls the length of the sound like on the vintage machines Naming it tone is perhaps a little misleading but it seemed to be a good idea to stick with the odd naming convention SNAPPY PITCH The Snare Drum is made from two elements a noise generator and an oscillator the controls allow you to manipulate these elements independently The Snappy control lets you set the amount of the noise portion of the snare sound After around 30 or so additional added noise is subtle The control also doubles as an offset for the Snap CV input jack The Pitch control lets you adjust the tuning of the snare drum oscillator portion When adjusting the pitc
10. pace The panel has input and output jacks on the top row voicing controls in the middle and finally at the bottom the sequencer controls the step entry keys 1 8 unshifted 9 16 shifted and the bank key Lets look at the panel in detail and explain what everything does CONNECTIONS CLOCK IN RESET Clock in and reset inputs Clock in accepts a standard square wave 50 duty or LFO clock up to 12v timing with other waveforms will most likely be erratic The reset jack will reset the sequencer when a voltage is applied Most midi to clock cv devices will have a reset to keep things in sync connect this here Snap and BPF CV inputs The Snap CV jack is used to control the Snappy amount via control voltage The more voltage applied the less noise is heard in the voice In fact its possible to mute the snare portion dependant on the position of the Snappy knob When voltage is applied the range of the Snappy control knob is less subtle than without CV control If a jack is plugged in without a voltage applied the Snappy control knob will have no effect The SNAP CV works best with LFO ENV outputs or voltage offsets The BPF jack is used to control the BPF control amount via voltage The BPF control knob will then work as an offset Setting the BPF control towards maximum and using control voltages over 6v will create some unusual high pitched sounding timbres If a jack is plugged in without a voltage applied the BPF contr
11. tern and instruments it will only extend the current selected instrument and not all Thats to say you can extend single instrument tracks and set their last step to anything from 1 to 64 steps regardless of the lengths of the other tracks This enables the possibility of complex polyrhythms MUTES Mutes are tons of fun to activate them you must be in pattern mode Simply hold the mute key and press the corresponding button to mute or unmute a track Oh look is that an extra track an easter egg perhaps infradead mode yes it is a bonus for reading the manual this far The hidden mode is on that last track and when you program steps on there it makes all steps for that step gates Its a bit wacky but then so is Infradead so i better get going before he shows up The BANK button If you are in edit mode and the pattern is extended then the bank button will select which bank to edit Trouble Shooting Q can t get the booming sounds as in the online videos you made A Don t forget to trigger the accents please read the Accents bring the boom section Q With the balance at 50 the hats and cymbals are too loud A This is the same on the original unit personally prefer to have the balance around the 10 o clock mark which is a nice mix between the sounds Q hear a whooshing sound when turning the Snare Drum pitch knob A This is normal behaviour Q hear a little pffing sound on the accents A This is in
12. y around the 9 10 o clock position ymmv cy ACCENT The Accent knob controls the amount of the accent signal see Accents Bring the Boom earlier in this manual OPTODIST The RYO optodist JR The RYO optodist JR vactrol distorton limiter is a condensed version of the RYO Optodist from Ljunggren Audio The output is sweepable from as clean as possible 10v p p with the most dynamics to the six o clock position slight compression limiting with less dynamics through to the 12 o clock position full distortion limiting Past 12 o clock black area noise and loudness is exponentially increased and while at maximum the signal is still only 10v p p it will have a much more perceived loudness due to compression and limited dynamics SEQUENCER CONTROLS Before we look at the controls it would probably be worthwhile to explain the workflow aspects of the DrumDokta2 You can use the unit as a basic x0x style sequencer a complex polyrhythmic device or a combination of both All the controls are listed on the front panel this was made in such a way to limit manual diving Once you learn the workflow you should be able to compose your beats without ever looking at the manual again See the workflow diagram at the end of the manual the MODE button The MODE button toggles between the two fundamental use modes those being pattern mode and edit mode It also acts as a cancel button If you are in pattern mode and the cl
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