Erica Synths Hexdrums tutorial - Part 1: Essentials

video upload by Richard DeHove

"Erica Synths Hexdrums drum machine is easy to use. That's the usual wisdom, and it's true. If you already know the basics of drum machines then you can get started in seconds. Yet there are still around 20 performance functions to master and some crucial configuration options. The way accents work, for example, is not as obvious as it seems, just check 17:39

So this is a video manual to all the essential sequencer operations. It contains absolutely nothing about programming sounds. Part 2 will cover all the remaining function such as live performance options, samples and song mode.

Apologies in advance for the somewhat fuzzy appearance of the display characters - in reality of course they are crisp :/ At least the front panel text is sharp.

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0:00 Intro
0:40 Specs
1:00 Make sounds
2:00 Accents
3:20 Patterns & banks
4:00 Make a pattern
5:00 Quick save
5:45 Button layout
6:30 Real-time record
9:16 Clear steps
10:37 Clear track
12:40 Config - Version
13:50 Config - Reset
14:25 Config - Firmware update
15:00 Config - Backup
15:12 Config - USB data
15:30 Config - Bank load
15:42 Config - Bar follow
16:31 Config - Inverted odds
16:58 Config - Activate samples
17:21 Config - Pattern load
17:39 Important! - Accent control
23:09 Config - Analog clock
23:40 Config - Clock out
24:06 Config - MIDI in and out
24:28 Config - MIDI port
24:39 Config - MIDI clock
25:15 Ratchets
26:22 Scale
27:24 Shuffle
28:35 Direction
29:40 Odds
32:04 Reload
32:26 Micro-timing
33:26 Recap
34:02 Clear pattern
34:12 Last step