Roland D Station Manual do Utilizador

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This is where you select the programs on the D Station Rack, set the MIDI transmitand receive channels, set the various utility functions and store ne

Audition / Auto Trigger - ButtonThis button is used to trigger a drum sound from the currently selected program. It providesa convenient way of monito

buttons on the data entry keypad to speed up or slow down the auto-trigger sequence. Auto-Trigger tempo is a global setting and is not saved with each

MODE 2 - MIDI Receive ChannelThis is where you set the MIDI receive channel for the D Station Rack. Use the ‘Mode’ but-ton to select the ‘MIDI RX Ch.

Ensure that your data storage device is ready to accept the data. Use the ‘Mode’ button toselect ‘SAVE’ mode - LED on, the display shows:NOTE: The pro

2 If you want to listen to a program before committing it to memory, select the ‘Program’mode ( don’t worry about which program number comes up ). Ens

If you want to start creating a drum kit of your own from scratch, use one of the ‘Blank’ kitsinitially stored in the user program locations.To store

Voice Architecture In the original TR808 and TR909 , many analogue circuits were used to produce the imita-tions of the various drum sounds. The essen

Drum SoundsThe TR808 and TR909’s range of drum sounds were not identical. For your reference, thefull set of sounds from the original units and the me

Drum Sound ControlsThe TR808 and TR909 also had differences in their sound editing controls. To give the DStation enhanced sonic capabilities, the con

Introduction Section 1Front Panel Controls 2Rear Panel Connections 3Connections & Setting up 4Applications - Basic 5Applications - Advanced 6Maste

This section controls the timbre of the Bass (or kick) drum, the lowest pitched instrument inboth the conventional or electronic drum kit. This is one

Attack - When the TR909 kit is selected this knob will affect the percussive character of theBass drum by changing the level of a shaped pulse or ‘thu

The classic Analogue snare drums have to be the TR909 and TR808 snares. They are acombination sound and comprise of two basic elements. Firstly there

level of that noise element. At ‘0’ it is completely removed. At ‘1’ the noise element is intro-duced and, as the knob is moved in a clockwise directi

Both the TR909 & TR808 feature three Analogue Tom - Toms, Low Tom, Mid Tom & HighTom. Using ASM the Drumstation recreates these sounds faithfu

always set this knob to the 12 o’clock position.Select - SwitchThis switch selects which of the three Tom Toms will be edited by the Level, Tune and

The three specific percussion sounds in this section are easily recognisable from theirnames. As the original TR808 and TR909 only had a Level contro

In the D station ASM is used to faithfully recreate the TR808’s Open and Closed High Hatsounds and Samples are used to recreate the TR909’s Open and

In the D station ASM is used to faithfully recreate the TR808’s Crash Cymbal sound and aSample is used to recreate the TR909’s Crash and Ride Cymbal

quency content of the sound. Fully clockwise, all the frequencies in the sound are present,giving you the brightest sound possible. The further anti-c

Thank you for buying the Novation D Station Rack drum synthesizer. The module you havepurchased is ideal for producing the kind of classic synthesized

The sounds in this section were only featured on the TR808. They are however the classicselection for ballads and the like. The three Congas are recre

Select - SwitchThis switch selects which of the three sounds will be edited by the Level and Tune knobs.NOTE: Each of the three sounds has it’s own in

Operational ProcedureIMPORTANT NOTE: The operating system of the ‘Data Entry’ keypad is different in thismode ( all of the functions in the Utility m

Utility ModeDrum Select31TR808 Bass Drum bd TR808 Maracas ArTR808 Snare Drum Sd TR808 Claves CLTR808 Low Tom t1TR808 Mid Tom t2 TR909 Bass Drum bdTR80

Typical Display ident. ( TR808 Snare Drum )Use the ‘+’ and ‘-’ buttons to “page” through the different drum sounds.Function 2 - Front CutThis function

Use the ‘-’ and ‘+’ buttons to change the value. Use the ‘Drum Select’ function again tochange these settings on another drum sound. This setting can

by the velocity data. To hear the effect this can have on a drum sound(s), listen to the demowhilst making reference to page 45.Control Display Ident.

Response for tu - to - At - dE - Sn parameters:‘OF’ - will respond to MIDI Controller data‘On’ - will respond to MIDI Velocity dataResponse for VL pa

down. When set to ignored (‘IG’) the drum sound will play in full regardless of the note dura-tion.First, use the ‘Drum Select’ utility function to se

Use the ‘-’ and ‘+’ buttons to change the value. As a secondary visual indication, the rele-vant ‘Drum Kit’ LED will flash. This setting can be saved

Front PanelControls212 34567891 Master Volume SectionThis section contains the Master Volume control, Drum Kit select buttons,Headphone output socket

First, use the ‘Drum Select’ function to select the drum sound to be edited. Press the ‘OUT-PUT SET’ button once - the display alternates between:Disp

Function 7 - Assign BankThis function is used to setup the Pitch Play Assign Banks. There are four Assign banks, A,B, C, & D. Range = ‘AA’ to ‘Ad

Function 8 - DistortionThis function is used to add ‘Soft-knee’ distortion in varying amounts to a drum sound. To hear the effect this has on a drum s

To start the demo running, press the ‘DEMO’ button once - the display alternates between: Display Ident Value ( Program Number )As the demo plays, the

TR808 KitBass Drum Front cut 20Pan 21Distortion 22Tune 23Tone 24Decay 25Snare Drum Front cut 26Pan 27Distortion 28Tune 29Tone 30Snappy 31Low Tom (1) F

ControllerMap43Snare Drum Front cut 108Pan 109Distortion 110Tune 79Tone 80Snappy 81Low Tom (1) Front cut 82Pan 83Distortion 84Tune 85Decay 86Mid Tom (

NOTE : Factory programs 00 to 22 have their outputs set to the Left/Right Main Stereo Output. Programs 23 and 24 are setup to demonstrate the Individ

Part No Prog Bars Features1 01 1 to 4 Velocity Mod of TR909 Snare - Tuning and Snappy controls.Note-off recognised on TR808 Bass drum/ TR909 Crash Cym

Function Transmitted Recognised RemarksBasic Default 1 - 16 1 - 16 MemorisedChannel ChangedMode Default 4Messages x xAltered ************Note True ***

MIDI Key Number MIDI Note ( Normal ) Gn = 808 Drum Sound Gn = 909 Drum Sound24 C0 TR909 Bass Drum TR808 Bass Drum25 C#0 TR909 Rim Shot TR808 Rim Shot2

Rear PanelConnections31 DIN Sync. OutThis connector is used to control the Tempo/Start-Stop of classic analoguedrum machines or synthesisers from the

If the D Station Rack does not operate as expected, make reference to the troubleshootingguide below. Remember in most cases, problems that appear to

Assigning kits/individual drums to individual outputsPlease refer to pages 37 and 38 for information on how to do this.Simultaneous playing of both 80

SoundsFeatured Sounds : TR808, TR909Modelled : Bass, Snare, Tom Toms, Hi Hat, Cymbals (TR808), CongasSamples : Rimshot, HandClap, Cowbell, Cymbals (TR

FCC Information ( U.S.A.)1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in thi

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NovationPSU-6Power SupplyConnect the ‘Master output’ sockets of the D Station Rack to a suitable amplifier or mixing desk’s stereo inputs and set the‘

On page 4 is a diagram of the basic way to set up the DrumStation Rack. Normally thesetup should be as follows: If the Master Keyboard is a “Workstati

This is the advanced way to setup the DrumStation and utilises all of the rear panel features. This setup allows realtimerecording of knob movements o

Volume - RotaryThis knob adjusts the overall output volume of the D Station on both the Main L/R andHeadphone outputs. The volume of a drum sound can