User manual M-AUDIO DARBUKA

[. . . ] The overwhelming success of our first virtual musician - the Virtual Guitarist ­ proved that there's a huge demand for intelligent music tools that put you in the producers' rather than the musicians' chair; tools that produce professional, authentic tracks based on real performances from skilled musicians. Why waste a lot of time trying to imitate a Darbuka player with a MIDI track and some multisamples?Why not just hire the best guys for the job?Thanks to the proprietary FlexGroove engine Wizoo's Virtual percussionists deliver nothing less than real performances recorded by real musicians, with you in full control. [. . . ] Output drop down menu. 16 3 English For the new outputs to become available you must close and restart Darbuka . Working In Surround Darbuka can be used just as easily in multi-channel surround as in the stereo world. Not only is it fast and flexible to place Tracks within a surround panorama but the Equalizer, Dynamics and Ambience features on the Play page are all real multi-channel surround effects. < Enabling Surround Mode To use four channel surround just select the Setup Page (bottom left of the instrument) and choose Surround from the Main Outputs drop down menu. < Placing Tracks In The Surround Panorama By far the easiest and most intuitive way to place Tracks in the surround mix is to use the Front/Rear option of the Stage described earlier in this manual. If you don't want to use the Stage for editing surround panorama then use the Pan control in the Track Mixer to set a Track's left/right position and the Rear control for the front/rear position. The multi-channel surround Ambience adjusts automatically to the panorama position of each Track. The Edit Page Whether you want to become the master arranger of the percussion group or simply want to alter the performances of a player for a groove or two, getting to know the Edit Page will be worth your while: this is your conductor's baton. What Is A Part? A Part is a single block or entry in the Pattern Arranger which allows you to determine which percussion groove each Track will play in a Pattern. A Part. Each Part has a drop down menu of percussion grooves or fills that can be individually edited and modified via the Part Parameters described later in this chapter. Darbuka · User Guide 4 17 English There are no individual outputs available by default. To change this, go to the Individual Outputs menu on the Setup page and make a selection from the drop down menu. What Is A Pattern? A Pattern is an arrangement of grooves, a collection of Parts, assigned to your MIDI keyboard. A Pattern. A Pattern can contain up to fourteen Tracks, each playing any groove available in it's Part menu. Arranging With Darbuka Arranging with Darbuka is fast, intuitive and easy. Probably the best way to get familiar with the Pattern Arranger is to do a fast tutorial. We'll even try a simple edit so you get an idea of what's possible along the way. First load the Style `Malfuf' by double clicking it in the Styles Selector. Click the Edit Tab to see the Edit Page (top right of Darbuka). Play C2 on your MIDI keyboard (or click the second C note on the Color Keyboard). The percussion Pattern and it's Parts will become highlighted with a white border and play. 4. Right click (Mac: [Ctrl]-Click) on the Darbuka 1 Part "Dar 01" in the second column of the highlighted row of Parts and select "Dar 03" from the drop down list. You will hear that the Darbuka rhythm is less busy now. The listing at the top of the menu shows all available performances for the Track. Right-click (Mac: [Ctrl]-Click) in the same Pattern row in the Sagat column and select "Sag 01". Now we have a Sagat playing quite busily. Click the "Sag 01" Part so that only it has the white border highlight and select Low from the Complexity menu in the Part Parameters below. Now the Sagat is playing a simpler 8th note groove. This tutorial shows just how simple it is to change, arrange or add Parts in the Pattern Arranger. 18 3 English The Pattern Selector The list you see at the left of Darbuka on the Edit Page is the Pattern Selector. The Pattern Selector displays the MIDI note used to play a Pattern (in the left column) and it's name. [. . . ] A classic Arabic rhythm used in ancient Egyptian music. It is played by large groups of Bendir players who accompany the bridal pair on their traditional parade. A rarely played ancient Arabic rhythm, one of the most difficult rhythms to play. Typical Lebanese traditional rhythm often used for weddings. [. . . ]