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Sequential Circuits | DrumTraks

Description

The DrumTraks is a very programmable classic drum machine from the eighties. While its electronic drum kit sounds may not be as popular today as the TR-909 or TR-808, the DrumTraks exceeds them with superior editing capabilities. Thirteen drum sounds all with programmable tuning and level control. Extensive editing with copy and paste ability. There's even a mixer section for individual sounds, six individual outputs, one mono mix output, and cassette in/out for offline memory storage.

Pretty basic and easy programming, record a couple patterns and link them into a song. The DrumTraks can output a 24PPQN clock signal and is also fully MIDI capable. This makes it very easy to use with old analogs and new MIDI synths and sequencers. If your looking for classic eighties electro beats and the vintage instrument that generates them then look no further than the DrumTraks.

It featured 12-bit samples, 12 voices, 13 individual drum sounds, 100 patterns, and 100 songs. Each of its 13 different drum sounds had its own programmable tuning and volume controls.

BrandSequential Circuits
ModelDrumTraks
DeviceDrum
TypeDesktop
Engine TypeDigital
EngineSample
Voices (max)12
Drums13 tones: kick, snare, toms, hi-hats and cymbals.
Sequencer100 Patterns.
Recording100 songs (3300 note capacity)
ControllersRun/Stop and Next/Repeat Foot switches, Click IN/OUT
Keys13
Key typepads
VelocityN
AftertouchN
MidiI-O
Produced:1984 - 1984
Legend: Obvious Y: Yes, N: No, N/A: Not Applicable
VCO Voltage Controlled Oscillator DCO Digital Controlled Oscillator
LFO Low Frequency Oscillator Sub Sub Oscillator
VCF Voltage Controlled Filter VCA Voltage Controlled Amplifier
Velocity As with a piano, the harder you hit a key, the louder the sound, unlike most organs which always produce the same loudness no matter how hard you hit a key. Aftertouch Pressing a key after you activated it. Channel Aftertouch, no matter which key, it will send a Channel message. Poly Aftertouch, sends the pressure per key instead of the whole channel.
Values for OSC, LFO, Filter, Envelope are per voice unless stated otherwise.

Manuals, patches etc.

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