Jomox XBase-09 User manual

JoMoX XBase-09 Analog Drum Machine
Quick start guide
Turn unit on (back panel)!
Turn up the master Volume control (upper right of the machine).
Turn up the individual volumes (BD Level, SD Level and HH level at lower
center).
To listen to sample patterns already programmed into the XBase-09
Hit the Pattern button (labeled „Patt", on the right of the machine).
Use the Up/Down keys to scroll down to Pattern 1 (LED display will read „P01").
Hit the Start button (on the left of the machine).
Use the Tempo/Data knob (on the right of the machine) to adjust tempo to your
liking.
Using the Up/Down buttons you can change patterns while the machine is in play.
To learn more about how the Xbase is making the sounds it is, you can „solo" the
Bass, Snare or HiHat channel by turning down the individual volumes of the other
two channels.
If you hear interesting „swooshing sounds" in some of the Patterns, these sounds
are being generated by one of the two onboard LFO sections (which can run
„free", be triggered on each hit or sync'ed to Midi).
You may come across Patterns that are long enough to occupy two Pattern spaces.
To move past these Patterns once you've listende to them, hit the Stop button,
then the Patt button and you can once again use the Up/Down keys to scroll past
these special Patterns.
To play with the sounds in the XBase-09
Hit the Pattern button (labeled Patt) and use the Up/Down keys to scroll until
the display reads „P01". Now hit the Peformance button (labeled Perf). You can
hit any of the Instrument pads at the bottom of the front panel and turn the
appropriate controls above (for the Bass Drum, turn the Bass Drum controls,
etc.). Twiddle the knobs! Have fun! The controls are highly interactive, so be
prepared to hear a lot of different sounds as you turn knobs.
If you'd like to hear the Bass Drum playing without having to hit the pad,
simply hit the „Start" button (on the left of the machine). If you want, you can
„solo" the Bass Drum by turning down the Snare and HiHat volumes. If you'd like
to adjust the tempo, turn the Tempo control (on the right of the machine). You
can still play with the knobs now!
Now, turn down the Bass Drum volume and „solo" the Snare by turning up its
volume. Play with the Snare controls. Try the Hat section, as well. The Clap,
Rim, Crash, Ride and Noise Samples, and the Reverse versions of all of those are
best explored within the Pattern context described below.
While the machine is playing, you can hear different pre-programmed „drum kits"
by simply hiting the Up/Down keys. Also, while the machine is playing, sou can
change the Pattern you are listening to simply by hitting one of the buttons
labeled 1 to 16. To switch „drum kits" while hearing this new pattern, simply
hit the Up/Down keys. There are 100 kits in the machine, and you write over any
of them that you don't like.
To Programm patterns into the XBase-09 (the real fun!)
Here's where the real fund begins:

Make sure the machine is in Pattern mode (Patt light is on). Make sure the Bass
Drum, Snare Drum and Hi Hat volumes are up, and the Master Volume control is up.
Hit the „Start" button.
(If you follow the directions carefully, you should never(!) have to hit the
„Stop" button!
Using the Up/Down keys, scroll to a Pattern number where this is no data...
you'll know when you've reached an empty Pattern when you hear no sound
(brilliant!). Try above Pattern 30 to find an empty one.
Hit the Write button (Write button will light up). Notice that the Bass Drum pad
is blinking. This means you're ready to Programm the pattern of the Bass Drum.
By pushing the various 16 red „Note Buttons 1, 5, 9 and 13 will give you a Bass
Drum hit on every quarter note. For our Pattern, choose 1, 5, 8, 9, 11, 14 and
16.
Now hit the Snare Drum pad (the lights blinks next to it, telling you the
machine is ready to Programm where the snare will play). Now hit the Note
Buttons where you would like the snare to play. (Tor this pattern, push Notes 1,
3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15 and 16)
Hit the Closed Hi Hat pad (light blinks), and Choose where you want it to play
(try 7, 11, 15),
Now that the Kick, Share and Hat are playing, adjust their individual volumes to
your taste.
NOW... hit the Snare Drum pad again. Hit the Accent pad (accent button flashes
along with snare button light). Notice that all of the Note lights disappear.
This is because you have not yet chosen any snare notes to be „accented" (louder
volume). For a note to be Accented, it must already be chosen to play normally.
To remember which Snare notes you've previously chosen to play normally, simply
hit the Accent pad again (accent light goes out) and the Note buttons will light
up where you have normal snares programmed. Hit the Accent pad again (Accent
light flashing).
Choose some of the Snare notes to accent. Try 5, 8, 13, 14, 15 and 16. Adjust
the Accent level by using the Accent volume control (upper right of the
machine). Hit the Accent pad to come out of Accent mode.
You may hit either the Bass Drum pad or the Closed Hat pad, then hit the Accent
pad so that the Accent light is flashing and set either Kick notes or Closed Hat
notes to be accented also.
Now, are you ready for the next level?
Now let's edit the sounds in this pattern.
„Solo" the Bass Drum by turning down the Snare and Hat volume controls.
Push the Bass Drum pad and -while holding it down- push the „Write" button (both
Bass Drum pad and Write button are blinking). Perhaps the sound of the Bass Drum
has now changed... this is because the Bass Drum sound knobs have been
activated.
Now start turning the Bass Drum sound controls (labeled Tune, Pitch, Decay,
etc). Keep turning until you find a sound you like. That sound is now being
written into the Pattern. Hit the „Write" button once to deselect it. Hit it
once again so the Write light is on, but not blinking. We do this so that we can
now change the sound of INDIVIDUAL Bass Drum notes, as opposed to ALL of them.
Push the Bass Drum pad and -while holding it down- push the „Note #1" button
once to deselect it then once again so that it is in „record" (Note #1 light
flashing). Notice that the Kick sound on Note #1 is different. Again use the
controls to alter the sound of the Kick on Note #1. Try lenghening the decay,
for instance. Once you have found a sound you like, hit the „Note #1" button
once to deselect it from recording, then hit it again so that it is playing, but
it is not in record.
You may follow this procedure for any of the other instruments as well.
Let's get crazy!

Now let's edit the snare sound, changing it over the course of the whole bar.
„Solo" the sanre Drum by turning down the Bass and Hat volume controls.
Push the Snare Drum pad and -while holding it down- push the „Write" button
(both Snare Drum pad and Write button flash).
Now start turning the snare Drum sound controls. Keep turning until you find a
sound you like. That sound is now being written into the Pattern.
Now for some real fun:
While you are still in this mode (Snare pad and Write lights blinking), turn the
Snare tune knob all the way counter-clockwise (Snare is at lowest possible
pitch). You may choose to slow the tempo down to make this next move. Here we
go... keep your hand on the Snare Tune knob, and when the bar begins, move the
knob clockwise (turning up the pitch of the snare) so that at the end of the
bar, the snare is near ist highest pitch. You can practice this until you get a
good „preformance". Once you have a good performance of tuning up the pitch, hit
the „Write" button at the end of the bar, before the bar starts over so that you
come out of the „record" mode! Your „performance" will now be stored with the
Pattern! (If you don't like your performance, hit the Write button, then push
the Snare Drum pad again and -while hoding it down- push the Write button again
and try again).
You will notice when you hit the Write button at the end of that last move, its
light went out. Hit the Write button to activate the write mode again. Hit the
Snare Drum pad so that ist light blinks. Now, while holding down the Snare pad,
hit Note button 9 twice and then Note button 11 twice. These two Note buttons
should be blinking. Turn the Snare Tune knob all the way up, turn XSnapp, Dacay,
Noise Tune and Detune knobs all the way down. Now the snare sounds like a
cowbell! Hit Note button 11 twice to take it „out of record", turn the Snare
Tune knob down so that Note 9 will have a different pitch than note 11. Now hit
Note button 9 twice to take it out of record. If you want, hit the Accent pad
and select Notes 9 and 11 to increase the volume of those cowbell hits.
Let's get crazier !
Now let's look into the HiHat section:
„solo" the Hi Hat by turning down the Bass and Snare volume controls.
Hit the Closed Hi Hat pad. At this point, Notes 7, 11, 15 are lit. Make sure the
Write light is lit, but not blinking.
Now select Notes 9 and 10 by hitting those Note buttons.
Hit the shift button (lower right) and the Note button 13 (notice that below
this Note button it says „HH sample select"). Using the Up/Down buttons, scroll
to where the display says „CLP". now select Note buttons 9 and 10 and hit the
„Enter" button. Those notes change to a 909 Rim sound.
Now hold down the Closed Hi Hat pad and -while holding it down- hit Note buttons
9 and 10 twice... both Note Buttons 9 and 10 should be blinking. Now turn the Hi
Hat Tune knob and select a pitch for the Rim. Once you've got a good pitch, hit
buttons 9 and 10 twice each again to take them out of record. If you'd like
either of those, hit louder, hit the Accent pad and select 9 and/or 19. Hit the
Accent button again to come out of Accent mode.
Now, push the Open Hi Hat pad. Select Note buttons 1 and 13. Press Shift, and
while holding it down, hit Button 13 again. Use Up/Down to scroll to „CLP". Hit
Button 13 to light it, then hit the Enter Button. Note 13 becomes a Clap. By
hitting the Accent mode, you can choose Button 13 to make the claps louder.
(Remember to hit the Accent pad again to come out of Accent). Now hold down the
Open Hi Hat pad and hit button 13 twice. Use the Hi Hat Tune knob and the OH
Decay knob to find a clap sound you like. Once you've found it, hit button 13
twice to deselect it from recording.
Now push the Shift button, hold it down and hit Note button 13 again. Use the
Up/Down keys to scroll until the display reads „CrH", then hit Note button 1 and
„Enter". There is now a crash cymbal on Note 1.

Turn up the Bass and Snare Drum volumes, sit back and listen to what you've
created so far!
On to new frontiers!
Hit the „Shift" button, hold it down and hit Note button #6 (Shuffle). Use the
Down button to make the display read „2", which will swing the notes we choose
to be a little late to the beat. Hit the Note buttons 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14,
16. Hit the „Enter" button. Notice that the „feel" of the track has changed. If
you like that sound, move to the next paragraph, or to change it back to
„straight time", hit the „Shift" button, hold it down and hit Note button 6
(shuffle). Use the Up/Down buttons to make the display read „0", then light all
of the unlit note buttons and hit „Enter".
Hit the „Write" button twice so that it is lit.
Solo the HiHat by turning down the Bass Drum and Snare drum volumes.
Hit the Shift button, hold it down and select Note button 15 (LFO Page).
Turn the Bass Drum Decay (LFO Intensity) control so the display reads „000 or
001".
Turn the Bass Drum Tune (LFO Waveform) control so the display reads „tri".
Turn the Bass Drum Pitch (LFO Destination) control so the display reads „Htu".
Turn the Bass Drum Harmonics (LFO Speed) control so the display reads „004".
Turn the Bass Drum Pulse (LFO Sync) control so the display reads „SYn".
Now, turn the Bass Drum Decay (LFO Intensity) control so the display reads
„010".
Hit the „Enter" button.
Hit the „Stop" button and then hit the „Write" button so that ist light goes
out.
Turn up the Bass Drum and Snare Drum levels.
Now, kick back, hit „START" and listen to your creation !
For further Questions have a look in the Manual you will find with your machine.