The instrument
Like the earlier Böhmat, the Digital Drums is an electronic drum kit and an accessory for the Böhm organs. It has 180 preset rhythms, which are called up via 18 rhythm buttons and a group of variation buttons. The controls provide access to parameters for programming your own rhythms as well as selecting automatic fills, drum breaks and solos that change according to the selected preset rhythm. The Digital Drums also has 24 rhythm instruments programmed and stored digitally in two chips with a total memory capacity of 256 K, including bass drum, snare, rimshot, snare roll, tom, hi-hat, ride cymbal, crash cymbal, tambourine, maracas, high bongo, low bongo, claves, wood block, cowbell, conga, handclap.
Details
The 180 preset rhythms have a fill-in and a drum break, which can also be programmed as a rhythm introduction or end. Variations can be realized with the two ‘solo’ buttons, which select short drum patterns of two or four bars. There are 36 solos available. The tempo of the preset rhythms can deviate from the normal setting by +/- 30 beats per minute. A sequence of up to 500 bars can be programmed with the presets. Digital Drums offers 36 programmable rhythms with fill-in, drum break and 2- or 4-bar solos for up to 32 bars with a maximum of 64 beats per bar. A metronome can be activated as an aid. The desired time signature of a rhythm is selected from the available list using the “Time” button: 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 12/8, 5/4 and 7/4. A maximum of 36 sequences are possible. (Source: muzines)