The drum machine is a very handy musical instrument. It can be programmed, after which it will automatically play the set rhythm on the virtual drums. But what if there is no drum machine?
Instructions
Step 1
Install Flash Player on your computer, preferably the latest version.
Step 2
Search for flash drum machine, swf drum machine or online drum machine.
Step 3
Try running virtual drum machines one at a time. Choose among them the one that suits your taste the most in terms of design, sound quality, and ease of operation. Do not run several of these applets at once in different tabs, otherwise the computer may slow down.
Step 4
Learn to program a virtual drum machine. In fact, its control panel is a two-dimensional matrix. Instrument numbers are located along its vertical coordinate from top to bottom, and time intervals are laid along the horizontal coordinate from left to right. The amount of both depends on the program you choose. At their intersection there are virtual latching buttons, each of which can be in the released or pressed position. The marker cyclically scrolls through time intervals from left to right, and whenever its horizontal coordinate coincides with the horizontal coordinate of the pressed button, the instrument sounds, the number of which corresponds to the vertical coordinate of this button.
Step 5
Some drum machines allow you to set the volume of the instrument sound. To do this, with one click on the virtual button, select half the volume, the second - full, and the third - turn it off again. Buttons whose positions correspond to half or full volume usually differ from each other in color.
Step 6
Learn to use the drum machine's controls: the tempo control, the start and stop keys.
Step 7
Online drum machines usually do not allow storing ready-made rhythms. Take a screenshot of the page, and when in the future you need to play the same rhythm, enter it again - it will not take long.
