Fingerlab DM1 Mounting instructions

1.0 WATCH VIDEO INTRO*
1.1 MAIN NAVIGATION
1.2 SUB NAVIGATION
1.3 BPM POP UP
1.4 DRUM KIT POP UP
1.5 PATTERN POP UP
As musicians ourselves, we, at Fingerlab, have
developed DM1 with the intention of delivering
the perfect mix between fun playability and
powerful sonic capacities.
* http://youtu.be/dB8VFT2-Y9A
1.BASICS
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1.1 MAIN NAVIGATION
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Tap to open the BPM pop-up. Swipe right to
increase or decrease the tempo.
Tap to open the Pattern pop-up. Tap with 2
fingers to duplicate the current pattern to
the next one. Swipe left or right to select
the next or previous pattern.
DM1 is loaded with lots of ready-made drum
kits. Loads of them. Tap to open the Drum
Kits popup. Swipe left or right to select the
next of the preview kit.
Navigate to the 5 main DM1 sections.

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1.2 SUB NAVIGATION
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Tap to open the credits.
Swipe left or right to speed
navigate through all the pages.
Tap to open the RANDOMIZER pop-up.
Tap to switch the metronome on / off.

The BPM range of DM1 can be set from 30 to 240 BPM
(Beat Per Minute). 120 BPM means that 120 beats are
played in one minute.
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1.3 BPM
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Tap the «TAP TEMPO» button to
record your tempo manually.
Tap to increment the tempo.
Adjust the cursor to set the
tempo. Double-tap to reset
the tempo to 120 BPM.
Tap to decrement the tempo.
Tap to increment the tempo.

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1.4 DRUM KIT
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DM1 is loaded with lots of Drums Kits.
Each Drum Kit have 9 different sounds.
Select a category.
Tap to select a Drum kit

1.5 PATTERN
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A pattern is a set of steps, from 1 to 32 steps.
You can creat up to 25 different pattern, then
you can put them into a time line to create.
1. Select the pattern you want to copy.
2. Tap Copy.
3. Select the destination pattern.
Dark gray color mean this pattern is empty. Yellow color means that is select.
1. When off, switching from a pattern
to another one will instantly play the
selected pattern.
2. When on, switching will wait for
the end of the previous pattern be-
fore playing the next pattern.
1. Select the pattern you want to clear.
2. Tap Clear.

2.0 HOW TO CREATE SWEET BEATS
2.1 STEP SEQUENCER
2.2 DRUM PADS
2.3 MIXER
2.3.1 MIXER AUTOMATION
2.4 EFFECTS
2.5 SONG COMPOSER
2.MAIN SECTION
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A. Go the «SONG», tap the «NEW» button, and name
your song.
B. In the «STEPS» , you will find 9 tracks (Kick, Snare,
Closed Hi-Hat, etc) and 16 steps for each tracks. Tap
some steps to turn them on, and tap the «PLAY» button
to see how it sounds.
To make a classic beat, you should add some steps to
the Kick, Snare and HH Closed tracks. You can also play
and record a pattern by using the drums pads.
C. Go to the «PADS», and tap the «REC» button. Now
record your beat by playing it on the drum pads. A me-
tronome will help you to keep the rythm.
D. Your beat is saved in a pattern. Open the «PATTERN»
popup to compose a new pattern or to duplicate the
current pattern.
E. Once you beat is ready, it’s now time to do the mix.
Go to the «MIXER» , you will find again the same 9
tracks, with knobs parameters for each one.For each
track you can set the level, the pitch or the length of the
sound as well as the pan.
2.0. LET’S MAKE A BEAT
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Just explore the endless possibilities of the mixer set-
tings : downpitch a kick, trim the HH Open very short,
set the Clap to the left, etc. Use the «SOLO» button to
listen a track without the others. Double-click the Solo
button will mute its track.
F. When the mix is ok, go to the «FX». In this page, you
can add 2 effects to your beat in a serialised manner :
MIXER > EFFECT1 > EFFECT2 > OUTPUT
First, tap the «ON» button to turn on an effect, then
select the FX you want to use. You can use Overdrive
a fatter beat, Delay / Reverb to add space, Texturizer /
Robotizer / Dalek to make weird unexpected sound, and
Compressor to make the beat punchier.
Once you have selected an effect, you have to adjust the
parameters in the trackpad, and to adjust the Dry/Wet
(Dry means no effect, Wet means only the effect).
G. Finally, go to the «Song» to finalize your composition
(for this part, you should have created at least 2 pat-
terns).
You will find the Song Timeline, with by default one
element in it. You’ll find below the Pattern list.
To compose your song, first select a pattern in the pat-
tern list (hold down your finger on it) and drag and drop
it to the Timeline.
To delete a pattern from the Song, drag and drop it out-
side the timeline. To play the song, you will need to tap
the «SONG» button.You are now ready to compose !
Enjoy!
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