Flam
Every drum in Taiko Drums can sound in two ways: a simple hit or a flam. One button switches all the drums at once.
What a flam is
A flam is a hit played with two sticks, one landing just after the other. It sounds fuller and longer than a hit with a single stick.
In Taiko Drums you don't need to hit twice: in flam mode, each tap plays a recording of the drum struck with two sticks.
| Mode | What each tap plays |
|---|---|
| Simple | The drum struck with one stick |
| Flam | The drum struck with two sticks (flam) |
Each drum has its own flam sound, in all three layouts.
Switching modes
- Tap the flam button, the drumsticks at the top right of the screen.
- All the drums change mode at once.
You can tell which mode you're in by looking at the screen:
| Mode | Drums | Flam button |
|---|---|---|
| Simple | Red body | Two crossed sticks |
| Flam | Golden body | A single stick |
The button shows the mode you switch to when you tap it.
The app always opens in simple mode.
Flam and MIDI
The mode only changes the sound inside the app. If you send MIDI, each drum sends the same note in simple and in flam mode. See MIDI output.
Flam in your recordings
You can switch modes in the middle of a recording, as many times as you want:
- While you record, each mode change is saved in the take, at the moment you made it.
- When you play the take back, the app switches modes at the same moments, and the drums change color as they did when you recorded.
- If you jump to another point of the song, the app sets the mode that was active at that point of the take.
Mode changes you make when you're not recording aren't saved anywhere.
Unlike the layout, the flam button keeps working while you record. See Record and Takes and versions.