The overwhelming success of our first virtual musician - the Virtual Guitarist – proved that there’s a huge demand for intelligent music tools that put you in the producers’ rather than the musicians’ chair; tools that produce professional, authentic tracks based on real performances from skilled musicians.
To install Darbuka on a PC: 1. Power up your computer and launch Windows XP. 2. Insert the Darbuka DVD into the computer’s DVD drive. 3. The installer should start automatically, simply follow the instructions on the screen. If the installer does not start automatically, open the Explorer or the Desktop window and double-click the Darbuka DVD icon. To uninstall Darbuka on a PC: 1. 2. 3. 4. Open the Control Panel of your windows system. Double Click ‘Add or Remove Programs’. Select ‘Darbuka’ from the list.
1. 2. 3. 4. Make sure you have established an internet connection. Click the button “Certify Online” The plug-in retrieves the Wizoo Certification form from the server and opens it in your web browser. Enter the required information into all fields if possible, at least fill out the ones marked with an asterisk (*). The #“Product Certificate”# field will automatically get filled out by the certification server. 5. Click the #“Submit”# button to send your certification request.
< Previewing Styles Before loading a Style you might like to hear what it sounds like. A short example of every Style (played at it’s original tempo) can be heard by simply choosing one in the Styles Selector and clicking Listen. If you would like to hear a preview every time you click a Style in the Styles Selector then click Auto. Listen is disabled when Darbuka is playing.
Now that you’ve loaded a Style, just play a note on your MIDI keyboard (try C2) and Darbuka will start to play at the tempo of your host application, even if it is currently stopped. Try playing another note (C#2 for example), Darbuka will change to another variation of the rhythm. If you want Darbuka to stop, play C6 on your MIDI keyboard.
Latch The small blue square to the left of the Color Keyboard is the Latch Mode Selector. When Latch mode is active Darbuka plays continuously from the moment you play the first key until it receives a Stop or End. When Latch mode is off Darbuka will only play while you are holding a key down. What Is A Track A Track is the performance of a single percussionist, complete with all of the variations, fills and solos he has played for a Style.
Below the Track Tabs is a dark rectangular area containing a colored symbol for the percussion instrument played by a Track. This area also contains a few functions that are worth mentioning. The Instrument Symbols area. • Track Volumes: Although most of your mixing will happen on Darbuka’s Mix Page we’ve hidden a handy little feature that no-one except you guys who read manuals will know about. Using your mouse wheel in the instrument symbol area allows you to control Track volumes on the Play Page.
< Moving Tracks To move a Track to a different Tab position hold [Shift] and drag and drop the Tab. < Deleting Tracks To delete or remove an already loaded Track click it’s Track Tab, drag it above or below the Tabs strip and release your mouse button. Sorting Styles In The Styles Selector To help you find the Style you need quickly and easily Darbuka has three sorting modes. • Name: With this option selected Styles are displayed in alphabetical order.
The first page you’ll see when you start Darbuka is the Play Page. On this page you will find most of the general controls for the whole percussion instrument, the types of controls that affect all or most Tracks being played in a Style. Let’s take a deeper look at what’s possible and what might be useful when making music with Darbuka . Speed The Speed control allows you to run Darbuka at normal, half or double your song tempo.
Muting Track Types The Tracks activation section is a handy time saving feature and useful in many situations. All Tracks have been grouped together by type, the Bass, Mid and High buttons allow you to quickly activate or deactivate families of Tracks. This can be useful when previewing Styles or Patterns, when mixing, or maybe you only want to use particular percussion instruments in your composition. Using the Tracks activation section will definitely save you time.
< Ambience Controls Ambience has three simple and effective parameters. • Choose the Ambience character from the drop down menu at the bottom of the Ambience feature. • Set a balance between Ambience and direct signal with the Mix knob. • Set an Ambience length with the Time parameter. Master Equalizer The Master Equalizer is a two band EQ, useful for sweetening your overall mix. As with the Master Dynamics and Ambience, the Master Equalizer is a four channel surround compatible effect.
The Mix Page Mixing Tracks The Mix Page offers all you need to balance, pan, equalize and add effects to any of the Tracks in your percussion groove, as well as a few other handy features. The Mix Page parameters affect a Track for all Patterns used in the Style. If you want to tweak a Track just for particular Patterns check out the Part Parameters section of this manual).
• Level slightly decreases. • Ambience increases in level (less direct signal, more reflections from the walls) and changes in character to match the surround position as well as the exact distances between listener, instrument and walls. • Pan moves all the way to the right. • Front/Rear moves all the way to the front. You can regard the listener – which in fact is the audio output – as being a surround microphone setup at the listener position.
< Punch Punch is a very powerful and creative control, allowing you to change the shape of an instrument’s attack and body. Darbuka This could be used for example to subtly emphasize the attack of a Douhola, to make the dynamic range of a Sagat less extreme or to make a Bendir sound more processed and electronic. Punch has four modes, each with a distinctive character and sound shaping quality.
For the new outputs to become available you must close and restart Darbuka . Working In Surround Darbuka can be used just as easily in multi-channel surround as in the stereo world. Not only is it fast and flexible to place Tracks within a surround panorama but the Equalizer, Dynamics and Ambience features on the Play page are all real multi-channel surround effects.
What Is A Pattern? A Pattern is an arrangement of grooves, a collection of Parts, assigned to your MIDI keyboard. A Pattern. A Pattern can contain up to fourteen Tracks, each playing any groove available in it’s Part menu. Arranging With Darbuka Arranging with Darbuka is fast, intuitive and easy. Probably the best way to get familiar with the Pattern Arranger is to do a fast tutorial. We’ll even try a simple edit so you get an idea of what’s possible along the way. 1.
The list you see at the left of Darbuka on the Edit Page is the Pattern Selector. The Pattern Selector displays the MIDI note used to play a Pattern (in the left column) and it’s name. When clicked, a Pattern and all of it’s Parts become highlighted for editing. < Naming A Pattern To name or rename a Pattern simply double click the name, type in the new name and hit [Enter] or [Return] on your computer keyboard.
< Using The Mouse Wheel Using a Mouse wheel will allow you to scroll or navigate quickly through the Patterns and Parts. • The Mouse Wheel scrolls the Pattern Selector and Pattern Arranger vertically. • When used above the Track Tabs the Mouse Wheel scrolls the Tabs left and right. < Using Key Commands • [Arrow Left] and [Arrow Right]: Select the previous or next Track. • [Arrow Up] and [Arrow Down]: Select the previous or next Pattern.
A similar drop down menu to the one in the Pattern Arranger is used to select Parts within a Track. Right click (Mac: [Ctrl]-Click) a Part to open the menu and choose from the list. < Special Options In The Part Menu Included in the Part Menu are some special options. • None: Choosing None in the Part menu means that nothing will be played in the Track for that Pattern. • Default: Restores the part that was selected when you entered the Edit Page.
• Complexity:This parameters thins out the Part removing the less important percussion hits. An algorithm automatically evaluates the most important percussion hits based on volume and bar position. Coupled with Quantize, the Complexity feature allows a lot of flexibility for making variations of grooves while arranging. Complexity has a default setting of Master, meaning that the Track is governed by the master Complexity setting on the Play Page.
Default MIDI Controller Settings The following table describes the default MIDI Controller assignments. These can be changed at any time and saved/loaded or reset via the Default MIDI CC Assignments feature on the Setup Page (For more information see the Setup Page section of this manual).
starting with Track one on MIDI note C4, Track two on MIDI note C#4 and so on. As well as the default settings every Pattern (MIDI Key) can be set by you to mute or unmute any Track (s) just check out the Part Menu Options section of this manual. Color Coding To help you visually locate the Patterns you want in a performance situation, all Color Keys can be highlighted or not. Simply right-click the Pattern in the Pattern Selector and select or deselect Highlight.
The Mute Keys (the yellow keys on the Color Keyboard) are very valuable performance and mixing tools and can behave in various ways. • Toggle: In Toggle mode Tracks are alternately muted and unmuted each time a Mute Key is played. • Held: In Held mode Tracks are only muted for the length of time that a Mute Key is depressed and held. • Released: All Tracks are muted by default and only play when a Mute Key is depressed and held.
Mix Page Vertical Axis This option determines which parameter you change by moving an instrument symbol vertically in the Mix Page. You find the same parameter in the Mix page too, but the setting here gets saved as a default setting when you click “Save as defaults”.. • Off: When Off is chosen, vertical movement of a Symbol in the Stage has no effect on the Track. • Level: When Level is selected, vertical movement in the Stage controls individual Track volumes.
When you have chosen the Setup Page settings that best suit the way you like to work, just click this button and these settings will be used in all future songs and when you load factory Styles. • XXL and Auto Listen settings are also included when using Save As Defaults. • The default settings are not applied to previously saved projects or user saved Styles. Default MIDI CC Assignments Using MIDI Controllers (CC’s) will give you a lot of performance possibilities.
Mohammed Zaki (Bendir, Riqq, Sagat, Tura, Bongos) Originating from Alexandria (Egypt), Mohamed Zaki began drumming at the age of six and was already working with dancers by the age of ten.
English Douhola Also known as Bass Darbuka or Dallukah, the Douhola is a slightly larger and deeper version of the Darbuka. Although looking quite similar to the Darbuka, the Douhola is tuned lower and it’s function in the group is to act as the bass drum pulse. Bendir The Bendir, known in Turkey as the Târ, is a narrow bodied circular drum with a diameter of between 10 and 24 inches and has a string snare running across the head under the frame.
Shaker Shakers come in many shapes and forms and can be constructed from plastic, metal tubing, hard wood and even bone. The filling is also varied; anything from seeds, steel shot, beans or pebbles can be used. Reversed The Reversed instrument is a backwards Douhola or Darbuka which you may find useful in your tracks. The reversed instrument plays at different bar positions depending on which part you select in the Scene Editor.
Region Original Tempo Additional Info Morocco 095 The most typical Moroccan traditional rhythm. Jirk Nubia 125 Traditional Nubian rhythm from West Asswan. Nubian Reggae Nubia 078 Nubian Reggae. Nubian Samba Nubia 115 Nubian Samba. Dishka Sudan 075 Nubian-Sudanese rhythm from northern Sudan. Mambo Sudani Sudan 120 A Sudanese interpretation of the Latin Mambo rhythm. Tom Tom Sudan 080 A west Sudanese rhythm from Kordofan.
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