Drum Machine Lite

Kick

The Kick or Bass Drum is the most visible element of the drum set: the drum placed vertically in front of the drummer. It’s the drummer who most often marks the tempo for the whole band or orchestra, by impacts, percussion blows in the low register. It is played with a bass drum pedal, which can be single or double.

Snare

The snare or snare drum is the essential element of the rhythm on the drums, it is the drum which is located between the legs of the drummer. It can be compared to the drum.

Hihat

The hi-hat or high-hat is the set of cymbals crossed by a vertical axis, most often placed on the left of the drummer, and played thanks to a pedal. The drummer uses it with the foot, but also with a stick to mark a groove, in eighth notes, sixteenth notes or syncopations.

The openhat or open-hat corresponds to the hi-hat played with the stick, the cymbals remaining open.

Tom

These are the other drums than the snare drum and the bass drum. There are 3 most common toms. In front of the drummer, hung on the bass drum: the alto tom and the medium tom. On the floor, often on the right of the drummer: the bass tom.

Crash 

The crash is a cymbal located to the left of the drummer. It is mainly used to accentuate beats, to bring a new measure.

Ride

The ride is a cymbal placed to the right of the drummer. It can mark the tempo instead of the hi-hat. It is hit either above the cymbal with the olive, or on the edge with the edge of the stick.

The Drum Machine Lite is a deliberately simplified version of the Drum Machine imusic-school. It is intended for :

• To those who have never used a drum machine and want to learn and understand the essential functions.
• Musicians and singers who want a simple tool to be accompanied by a drum set to practice. The tool can be considered as an improved metronome, more motivating and fun.
• To anyone who wants to visualize the most frequently used rhythms in drums in a simple way and without solfeggio.

For this simplified version, you just have to :

• Choose a rhythm, or pattern, predefined in the first menu: rock, funk, reggae, bossa nova…
• Slow down or speed up the speed, or tempo, according to your needs. The tempo is adjustable from 20 to 300 bpm (beats per minute)
• Click on the grey and green boxes to add, change or remove beats. For example, on the hihat, if you double-click the box, you can switch from a closed hi-hat sound to an open hi-hat sound.

Please note:

• It is possible to modify the proposed rhythms.
• But it is not possible to record personal patterns or modifications.
• The simplified tool proposes, voluntarily, only binary rhythms and does not allow linking different patterns,
• And it is not possible on this tool to change the sound of the tracks or to add your own soundtracks.

You want to work on ternary rhythms, juxtapose various patterns, record your own rhythms, add your own soundtracks ?

Simply download the imusic-school application for free, or create a free access account on the imusic-school online course space, to access the imusic-school Drum Machine.

Find them on this site or in the imusic-school course area. You can also download the application to have them all on your smartphone.