If you can write it down, you can play it later.
As drummers, we often forget how to play those cool licks that we just thought of. Having the ability to read will also allow you to write ideas down clearly and concisely. Most are not, so reading is usually a better option. Some drummers are gifted with natural listening abilities. It’s much easier to read a concept and repeat it over and over than it is to attempt to hear it and copy it. The ability to read drum notation will help you learn things much quicker. I used to be the same, but I quickly realized how many opportunities opened up once I could read a few notes. Many drummers wonder why they even need to learn how to read. Why Reading Notation is Important for Drummers You just need to know about subdivisions and drum note placements, which is what I’m going to explain as you read on. If you don’t know what those are, don’t worry about it. In a music sheet for drums, you don’t need to worry about key signatures or accidentals. The good thing is that drum notation is arguably easier to read than melodic notation.
While all melodic instruments have notes, scales, sharps, and flats, drum music sheets are completely different.
Of course you can also look at the cheap/free options like ExpressScribe from NCH as long as you don’t mind no support and attempts to install lots of freeware.Drum Notation is Different from Other Sheet Musicīefore getting to the basics, it’s important for you to understand that drumming has its own set of notes. If you can’t find it you can always buy a licence, the Olympus RS-28 and RS-31 pedals work with both Olympus ODMS R7 Transcription Module software or Philips SpeechExec Pro v11 Transcribe software. All features that the generic audio players don’t have.Īs you have an Olympus pedal it is highly likely that you have an Olympus Transcription Module licence to go with it, the pedals are generally sold in kits. 5 second to 3 seconds back), speed adjustment so that you can speed up or slow down the audio. The pedal is merely replacing the function keys on a keyboard, I have heard that two screens can help but ultimately if you are transcribing then you are best to use transcription software, specifically designed to help you playback audio, in the background, with other features like programmable audio reverse (ie. Yes it is an issue when using these generic audio playback tools and trying to force them into being transcription software.
We have used and tested the tool on Windows 10 and OSX 10.12 without any issue.
Note: On the Olympus web site for the Configuration Tool ( click here) it states that compatibility upto Windows 8 and Mac OSX 10.8.
Download links below:ĭownload the Olympus Foot Switch Configuration Tool for Windowsĭownload the Olympus Foot Switch Configuration Tool for Mac The Olympus Foot Switch Configuration Tool is available as a free download for both Windows and Mac from the Olympus Australia website. Here is an example, Windows Media Player, the hot key or keyboard short cut to play at normal speed is Ctrl + Shift N : the keyboard shortcut can be applied to any pedal on the RS-28H or RS-31H, letting you now use a footpedal for playback. How? The tool allows you to map hotkeys used by the software to a foot pedal on the RS-28H or RS-31H. Now using the free Olympus Foot Switch Configuration Tool from Olympus these two pedals can be set to either work with your Olympus software OR work with any other audio or video playback software. Marry the software with the Olympus RS-28H (three pedal) and Olympus RS-31H (four pedal) USB transcription foot controls, both built like a tank, to take a pounding from constant foot stomping you can see why their pedals are often craved but most typists. Olympus are well known for their innovation and equipment in the digital voice recording, dictation and transcription world and when it comes to transcription their ODMS ( Olympus Dictation Management System) transcription module software for Windows and DSS Player Plus for Mac is the goto for many legal, medical and outsourced transcription providers. Want to use an Olympus USB transcription foot pedal with Express Scribe, Windows Media Player or any other audio or video playback software? Now you can with the free Olympus Foot Switch Configuration Tool for both Windows and Mac.