12.2

REDRUM DRUM COMPUTER145
D In Gate mode (switch up), the sound will play for the set Length, and then be cut off.
Furthermore, if a sound set to Gate mode is played from the main sequencer, from a CV/Gate device or via MIDI,
the sound will be cut off when the note ends or after the set Length, depending on which comes first. Or in other
words, the sound plays for as long as you hold the note, but the Length setting serves as the maximum length for
the sound.
There are several uses for the Gate mode:
• For “gated” drum sounds, when the tail of the sound is abruptly cut off as an effect.
• For when you want to use very short sounds, and don’t want them to “lose power” by being faded out.
• For when you play the Redrum from the sequencer or via MIDI, with sounds for which the length is important
(e.g. when using the Redrum as a sound effects module).
! Audio samples sometimes contain a “loop”, which is set by editing the audio in a sample editor. This loop re-
peats a part of the sample to produce sustain as long as you hold down a note. Drum samples usually don’t
contain loops, but who is to say that Redrum should only play drum samples?
Note that if a sample contains a loop, and Length is set to maximum, the sound will have infinite sustain, in
other words it will never become silent, even if you stop playback. Decreasing the Length setting solves this
problem.
Pitch
Sets the pitch of the sound. The range is +/- 1 octave.
D When the pitch is set to any other value than 0, the LED above the knob lights up to indicate that the sample
isn’t played back at its original pitch.
Pitch Bend
By setting the Bend knob to a positive or negative value, you specify the start pitch of the sound (relative to the Pitch
setting). The pitch of the sound will then be bent to the main Pitch value. Thus, selecting a positive Bend value will
cause the pitch to start higher and bend down to the original Pitch, and vice versa.
D The Rate knob determines the bend time - the higher the value, the slower the bend.
D The Vel knob determines how the Bend amount should be affected by velocity.
With a positive Vel value, higher velocity results in wider pitch bends.
D The Bend and Vel knobs have LEDs that light up when the functions are activated (i.e. when a value other than
zero is selected).
! Pitch bend is available for drum sound channels 6 and 7 only.