User manual M-AUDIO IDRUM QUICK STARTED

[. . . ] This Getting Started Guide will help you get started quickly and easily. We strongly encourage you to read the "Installation" section and the appropriate "Using iDrum" section for your host application (GarageBand, Logic, Digital Performer, or Pro Tools) before you use the program for the first time. Enjoy!The iDrum Team Installation Place the iDrum CD-ROM in your Mac's CD Drive and double-click on the iDrum installer icon found on the iDrum CD-ROM. Quick Start Guide » 3 English Welcome Authorization iDrum must be authorized after installing. While there is a 10 day period in which iDrum will run without restriction before requiring authorization, we encourage you to authorize it as soon as possible. [. . . ] Logic automatically opens iDrum's musician interface, and you're ready to make some beats. Quick Start Guide » 7 English 5. Push GarageBand's "Play" button and iDrum will start syncing to your song, playing its default pattern. Start experimenting by pushing buttons, or check out "Loading iDrum Files" or "Trying Different Sounds" in this guide for more on what you can do with iDrum. Using iDrum in Digital Performer 1. From Digital Performer's "Project" menu, choose "Add Track, " "Instrument Track" and then "iZotope: iDrum (stereo). " 2. Digital Performer will create a new Instrument Track with iDrum inserted in the first slot and open iDrum's musician interface. 8 » Quick Start Guide 1. In Pro Tools, add an instrument track. 2. In the "inserts" section, select iDrum from the instruments menu. Slave To Host Whenever you are running iDrum in a host application like GarageBand, Logic or Digital Performer, you'll probably want to have "Slave To Host" engaged. Slave To Host makes iDrum sync to the host's tempo and transport, and keeps iDrum's song mode position in sync with the host's song position. The iDrum Menu Since plug-ins do not have the ability to show menus in the Mac OS Menu Bar, most of iDrum's functionality is accessed via a contextual menu. This is the primary means of accessing iDrum's extensive online help. To access the menu, hold down the "Control" key and click anywhere in iDrum's window. Alternatively, you can click on the menu button in the upper-left hand corner of iDrum's window to display the menu. NOTE: In Digital Performer 4. 1. 2, you must use the menu button, as contextual menu clicks (control-click or right-click) do not work. Some of the Menu items may be disabled depending on whether a channel is selected or if there is iDrum data in the Mac OS clipboard. Quick Start Guide » 9 English Using iDrum in Pro Tools Loading iDrum Files Unlike manufacturers of hardware drum machines, we had no constraints on the number of samples and patterns we could include with iDrum. There are approximately 200 iDrum files installed by default--each with several patterns--and over 500 drum samples!Remember that unlike standard audio loops iDrum files are completely flexible--you can change sounds, parts, tempo, effects, anything!Start experimenting with some of the included patterns and you'll be creating your own beats in no time. To load an iDrum file: 1. Bring up the iDrum menu by control-clicking (or right-clicking) anywhere in iDrum's window, or by clicking on the menu button in the upper left-hand corner of iDrum's window. NOTE: The factory iDrum files are located in /Library/Application Support/iDrum/Kits. Find the iDrum file you want to load and press the "Open" button. Please be aware that this will erase any currently loaded pattern and song data, so be sure to save your work before loading a new file. Exploring the Step Programmer If you're new to step-oriented drum machines, you might be wondering what the row of sixteen buttons to the right of each channel is. By default, each of these buttons represents a 16th note in a single bar of 4/4 time. So a `four-on-the-floor' kick pattern would look like this: In iDrum jargon, this is called a "Part. " You edit a part by clicking on a step to toggle it on or off. When a step is inactive, that step will not sound regardless of any other settings for the part. [. . . ] These extensive resources will often provide the solution to your problem. We also recommend that you visit the iDrum FAQ on iZotope's web site: http://www. izotope. com. Finally, if you are still having difficulty, please contact M-Audio's technical support department using the following contact information: Phone: Fax: Online: Mail: 626-633-9055 626-633-9060 http://www. m-audio. com/tech M-Audio Technical Support, 5795 Martin Rd. , Irwindale, CA 91706-6211, USA 12 » Quick Start Guide < Additional Sound Design: Adrian Clarida, Ned Bouhalassa www. nedfx. com < Additional Skins: Adam Fothergill at Strange Flavour www. strangeflavour. com, Cris `atariboy' Pearson www. atariboy. com © 2006, iZotope, Inc. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. [. . . ]