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Operation
The TR-707
has the following 5
modes.
Pattern Playing
Mode
Step Writing
Mode
\
Tap
Writing
Mode
/
Track
Playing
Mode
Track
Writing
Mode
- Pattern Writing
Modes
1.
GETTING TO
KNOW YOUR
COMPOSER
12.
CLOSED
-HI-HAT
13.
CLOSED-
HI-HAT
14.
OPEN
HI-HAT
15.
CRASH -CYMBAL
16.
RIDE-
CYMBAL
The
numbers
1
to
16
represent the
Main Keys
to be
used
for selecting
corresponding
drum
voices.
The
Closed
Hi-hat
12 and 13
are exactly
the
same
sounds.
a.
Manual
Play
With
the
composer
connected
to
the
power
source,
and
to
your
amplifier or mixer,
you
are
ready
to try
out
a variety of
sounds by
playing
it
manually.
Switch
it
on.
A
variety of
lights will
come
on,
but
we'll learn
about
them
later.
Locate the
Main
Keys
numbered
1
to
16 which have
the
drum
voices
marked
underneath.
Simply
tap
each
key:
All voices
have
different
drum
sounds. Also,
if
you
tap
the key
with the
Accent
and/or Shuffle/Flam
Keys
down,
the created
sound
will
take
on
accent and/or Flam.
Summary
of controls
Level
Knob
©
This
is
to control the
volume
of
each
drum
voice.
Accent
Level
Knob
©
This
knob
controls the
intensity of
the accent.
Volume Knob
©
This
is
to control
overall
volume
of the
rhythm
data.
©
Rotating
this
knob
quickens the
tempo
of
the
rhythm
data.
It
is
not
possible
to
output
the following
pairs
of
voices
at
the
same
time.
1
and 2
(Bass
Drums
1
and
2)
{Snare
Drums
1
and
2)
9 {Rim
Shot and
Cow
Bell)
10
and
1
1
{Hand
Clap
and Tambourine)
12(13)
and 14
(Closed Hi-hat
and
Open
Hi-hat)
For
instance,
if
you
have entered the
Cow
Bel!
in
the
step
where
the
Rim
Shot
has
been
already
writ-
ten,
the
Rim
Shot
will
be automatically replaced
Cow
Bell.
b.
Demonstration Program
A
sample program
is
stored
in
your
Composer on
Tracks
I,
II
and
III.
can hear
this
simply
by
®.
At
the
end
of the
Track, the
Composer
will
stop,
and
start
again
from
the
beginning
if
you
again
push the
START
Key.
You
can
vary the
by
turning the
Tempo
knob
@
Restoring the
demo
program
If
you
have
erased the
demo
program
but
want
to
restore
it,
take the following
operation.
Press
Mode
Switch
®
and Track
Number
Button
I,
and
while
still
holding
them down,
switch
the
composer
on.
Summary
of
voices
1.
DRUM(1)
2.
BASS
DRUM
12)
3.
DRUM
(1)
4.
SNARE
-DRUM
(2)
5.
TOM
6.
7.
HI
TOM
8.
9.
COW
BELL
10.
CLAP
11.

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