Digitech SDRUM Strummable Drums
Drum computer in stompbox formaat
- Creëert drum ritmes op basis van scathes en strums over de gedempte snaren
- 5 drumkit sounds in studiokwaliteit
- 12 verschillende hats / rides styles
- Slaat maximaal 36 verschillende nummers op
- Elke 3 song onderdelen programmeerbaar
- Pads voor het inspelen van kick- en snare drums
- Controls voor level en tempo
- Groove / kit draaischakelaar voor het selecteren van maatsoort, feel, kit en embellishments
- Hats / rides draaischakelaar voor het selecteren van de hats / rides styles
- Guitar audition / calibrate control knop
- Tempo control knop
- Part control knoppen (verse, chorus, bridge) om het song-gedeelte te selecteren
- Song control knop voor toegang tot opgeslagen song patterns
- Alt control knoppen om alternatieve kit sounds te selecteren
- Metalen behuizing
- Status LED's
- Bypass footswitch
- 6,3 mm in- / uitgang
- 2 x 6,3 mm mixer uitgangen (L / R)
- Mini USB-poort voor firmware updates
- 3,5 mm JamSync-ingang voor synchronisatie met andere JamSync-compatibele apparaten
- 6.3 mm TRS ingang voor DigiTech FS3X footswitch
- Stroomvoorziening via meegeleverde 9V voeding (5,5 x 2,1 mm holle plug en polariteit (-) aan de binnenkant), batterijvoeding wordt niet ondersteund
- Afmetingen (L x B x H): 140 x 85 x 65 mm
- Gewicht: 500 g
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Leverbaar sinds September 2017
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artikelnummer 418648
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verkoopseenheid 1 stuk
Strum the drum
This is a whole new approach to programming drums. Simply strum a rhythm on any electric guitar or bass: Low, muted strings suggest the kick, while higher, sharper hits stand in for the snare. The DigiTech SDRUM listens to that input and builds the rest of the pattern around it. From there, players can further fine-tune the feel – adjusting intensity, choosing a hi-hat figure, refining the dynamics and other parameters – until they've shaped the beat just the way they want it. In practice, verse, chorus, and bridge are programmed as a single set, which players can switch between intuitively on the stompbox itself, with an automatic fill handling the transitions. These saved sets can then be used to sketch songs, for practice, for small live gigs, or just to make guitar lessons feel fresher and more engaging. With its high-quality sounds and professional connectivity, SDRUM slots neatly into a wide range of musical contexts.
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Complex and creative beats
Fundamentally, DigiTech SDRUM distinguishes between low and high notes, allowing a drumtrack's kick and snare to be played directly from a guitar. Alternatively, a pattern can simply be tapped in using the pedal's two pads. From there, there's a wide choice of hi-hat, ride, or tom patterns at varying levels of intensity. The resulting rhythm can be set to 3/4 or 4/4, played straight or with swing, and varied from simple through to complex; the verse, chorus, and bridge sections can be triggered at three different dynamic levels. The SDRUM offers a number of different drumkit sounds, all based on samples with multiple velocity layers, so the rhythm section always feels natural and realistic. A guitar or bass can be connected directly to the pedal and routed either together with the beat via the stereo output or separately through a direct output, ready to feed into an amp or effects board.
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The guitarist's drum machine
For guitarists and bassists who never quite warmed to a traditional drum machine, the DigiTech SDRUM offers not just a familiar pedal format, but a completely different way of thinking that naturally suits string players. It's not only the way the beats are programmed that's different – the structure of verse, chorus, and bridge, and the ability to switch between them on the fly, also feels far more intuitive than when using an ordinary drum machine. The realistic palette of sounds are designed with everyday musical use in mind, and players coming from styles like Rock, Blues, R&B, or Country will very quickly feel at home. For solo singer-songwriters, the ability to adapt and edit rhythms quickly saves both time and effort, leaving more space to focus on the song itself.
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About DigiTech
The US manufacturer from Sandy, in the state of Utah, has been developing effects devices since 1984 and made an international name for itself in 1989 with the presentation of the Whammy pedal. In addition to this pedal, which is still available, there is now a complete range of single and multi-effects, mainly for electric guitar but also for bass, keyboard and microphone. The American outfit has made a speciality of weird and wonderful effects. Guitarists and bassists like Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, David Gilmour or TM Stevens use DigiTech products for their trademark sound.
No Drummer Required
There are plenty of situations where a full acoustic drum kit simply isn't practical: practising at home; when the drummer can't make it to rehearsals; or just at all kinds of small gigs in pubs and clubs, at street festivals, or for intimate private functions. For moments such as these, the DigiTech SDRUM is a convincing and practical alternative. And not just for simple patterns, but for improvised song structures, too – a sensitive musician can easily adjust the rhythm to match the mood or the moment. Guitar teachers, similarly, can use the SDRUM to make their lessons more engaging – for instance, by repeating transitions between verse and chorus until they really settle, without breaking the flow or having to operate a fiddly rhythm unit or a much more two-dimensional metronome.
