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- Page 1 D - S T A T I O N d-station drum synthesizer User Manual in music, anything is possible.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Note Off Recognition General MIDI Setup Output Set Assign Bank Distortion Factory Demo Din Sync Output Controller Map Factory Program List Factory Demo Guide MIDI Implementation MIDI Precussion Map Troubleshooting Guide Specification * TR808 & TR909 are trademarks of Roland Corporation, Japan... -
Page 3: Introduction Section
(and indeed the selling price of the D Station). The D Station will allow you to produce these sounds with stunning realism and ‘tweak’... -
Page 4: Front Panel Controls
Front Panel Controls 1 Master Volume Section This section contains the Master Volume control, Drum Kit select buttons, Headphone output socket and the Program write switch. 2 Data Entry/Program Section This section contains the 12 Data Entry buttons, Display and Menu LED’s, Audition/AutoTrigger and Mode select buttons. -
Page 5: Rear Panel Connections
1 DIN Sync. Out This connector is used to control the Tempo/Start-Stop of classic analogue drum machines or synthesisers from the MIDI Clock. 2 Individual Outputs The six connectors in this section are used to separate a drum sound(s) from the main stereo left/Right outputs. -
Page 6: Connections & Setting Up
Make sure that the input volume setting on your amplifier or mixer is initially set to zero. Connect the MIDI Out from your master keyboard or sequencer to the MIDI In on the D Station Rack and check that the ‘Write’ switch is in the ‘Protect’ posi- tion. -
Page 7: Applications Basic
On page 4 is a diagram of the basic way to set up the DrumStation Rack. Normally the Applications setup should be as follows: If the Master Keyboard is a “Workstation” i.e. it has a Basic Synthesiser built in, turn “Local Off” or the equivalent in its MIDI setup. ( Refer to the manu- facturers Owners Manual for details on how to do this. -
Page 8: Applications Advanced
Applications Advanced Novation ADVANCED SETUP PSU-6 Power Supply MERGE Vintage Equipment DIN Sync Input Mixer/Amplifier Audio Inputs MIDI OUT MIDI IN MIDI OUT MIDI IN Mixer/Amplifier Computer/Sequencer Master Keyboard/Module This is the advanced way to setup the DrumStation and utilises all of the rear panel features. This setup allows realtime recording of knob movements onto the Computer Software/Sequencer as both the MIDI output of the keyboard and the MIDI output of the DrumStation are merged with an external (not supplied) MIDI Merge box. -
Page 9: Master Volume Section
“write” over an existing program - see “Writing a Program Into Memory” on page 13. Headphone - Socket Use this 1/4 jack socket to monitor the output of your D Station Rack via headphones. This output will drive any type of headphones. -
Page 10: Data Entry / Program Section
This is where you select the programs on the D Station Rack, set the MIDI transmit Data Entry/Program and receive channels, set the various utility functions and store newly edited pro- Keypad grams. 1. DIGIT INPUT - using the buttons 0 to 9. -
Page 11: Audition - Auto Trigger Button
Audition / Auto Trigger - Button Data Entry/Program This button is used to trigger a drum sound from the currently selected program. It provides Audition/AutoTrig a convenient way of monitoring a sound whilst working at the control panel. The Auto- Trigger function will play the currently edited sound automatically at a pre-determined tempo. -
Page 12: Mode Button - Program Change
MODE 1 - Program Change. This is where you select one of the D Station’s 40 programs. The program number displayed will be the one selected prior to power being turned off. To select a different program, first check that the ‘Program’ LED is on. Using the ‘Data Entry’ key- pad as described above, you can quickly call up any of the D Station’s 40 programs. -
Page 13: Midi Tx & Rx Channels
MODE 3 - MIDI Transmit Channel This is where you set the MIDI transmit channel for the D Station Rack. Use the ‘Mode’ button to select the ‘MIDI TX Ch.’ mode - LED on, and then the ‘Data Entry’ keypad to enter your selection. The recognised numbers in this mode are from ‘01’... -
Page 14: Loading System Exclusive Data Dumps
Press the ‘SAVE’ ( ‘+’ ) button to transmit the single program. To save all the programs in the D Station Rack press the ‘SAVE TYPE’ (‘-’) button once, the display changes to: Ensure that your computer or data storage device is ready to accept the sysex bulk dump. Press the ‘SAVE’ ( ‘+’ ) button to transmit the ‘All programs’... -
Page 15: Editing & Writing Programs
Writing a Program into memory The program memory on the D Station Rack is divided up as below. If you edit a factory program, you can only save it in one of the 15 user program locations - just think of the 25 factory programs as a ‘Reference Library’ to take drum kits from. -
Page 16: Compare Function
If you want to start creating a drum kit of your own from scratch, use one of the ‘Blank’ kits Data Entry/Program initially stored in the user program locations. Compare To store a new or edited program, move the ‘Write’ switch to the ‘Enable’ position - LED flashes. -
Page 17: Voice Architecture / Asm
Tune the pitch of the sound and Level the maximum volume it is played in the respective mix. Analogue Sound Modelling The D Station faithfully re-creates the original analogue sounds of the TR808 & TR909 using a new digital system specially developed by Novation - Analogue Sound Modelling (ASM). -
Page 18: Tr808 & Tr909 Notes
Drum Sounds TR808 / TR909 The TR808 and TR909’s range of drum sounds were not identical. For your reference, the Notes full set of sounds from the original units and the method used to re-create them in the D Station are listed below. Drum Sound Bass Drum Snare Drum... - Page 19 The TR808 and TR909 also had differences in their sound editing controls. To give the D Station enhanced sonic capabilities, the controls in each section will affect both drum kits. For your reference, the controls of the original units and the D Station’s are as follows: 808 KIT...
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Page 20: Bass Drum Section
Bass Drum This section controls the timbre of the Bass (or kick) drum, the lowest pitched instrument in Section both the conventional or electronic drum kit. This is one of the most crucial sounds for dance and many other styles of music. The classic analogue Bass drum’s are the TR909 and TR808 Bass drums. - Page 21 Attack - When the TR909 kit is selected this knob will affect the percussive character of the Bass drum by changing the level of a shaped pulse or ‘thump’ at the beginning of the sound. At ‘0’ it is completely removed. As the knob is moved in a clockwise direction the ‘thump’ element will become increasingly louder.
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Page 22: Snare Drum Section
Snare Drum The classic Analogue snare drums have to be the TR909 and TR808 snares. They are a Section combination sound and comprise of two basic elements. Firstly there is the pitched element which simulates the vibration of skins on a snare shell and a noise element simulates the ‘snare’... - Page 23 level of that noise element. At ‘0’ it is completely removed. At ‘1’ the noise element is intro- Snare Drum duced and, as the knob is moved in a clockwise direction it will become increasingly louder Section relative to the pitched element. Tone - Rotary This knob alters the ‘character’...
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Page 24: Tom Toms Section
Tom Toms Section Both the TR909 & TR808 feature three Analogue Tom - Toms, Low Tom, Mid Tom & High Tom. Using ASM the Drumstation recreates these sounds faithfully and adds more control. A ‘Decay’ parameter not originally found on the TR808 is added giving you even more flexi- bility. - Page 25 always set this knob to the 12 o’clock position. Tom Toms Section Select - Switch This switch selects which of the three Tom Toms will be edited by the Level, Tune and Decay knobs. NOTE: Each Tom Tom sound has it’s own individual MIDI Controller information so when recording via MIDI always check that this switch is pointing to the tom you want to change.
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Page 26: Rimshot/Handclap Cowbell Section
Rimshot/Handclap Cowbell Section The three specific percussion sounds in this section are easily recognisable from their names. As the original TR808 and TR909 only had a Level control for these sounds no dynamic sound changes could be made. As the DrumStation uses samples for these sounds a Tune control has been added into this section to give the sounds greater dynamic scope. -
Page 27: Hi Hat Section
In the D station ASM is used to faithfully recreate the TR808’s Open and Closed High Hat Hi Hat sounds and Samples are used to recreate the TR909’s Open and Closed High Hat sounds. Section Level - Rotary This knob controls the volume of the Hi-Hat on both the stereo and individual outputs. -
Page 28: Cymbals Section
In the D station ASM is used to faithfully recreate the TR808’s Crash Cymbal sound and a Cymbals Sample is used to recreate the TR909’s Crash and Ride Cymbal sounds. The TR909 has Section Level and Tune parameters only. With the D station a ‘Decay’ parameter has been added to the Crash and Ride Cymbals for even greater control. - Page 29 quency content of the sound. Fully clockwise, all the frequencies in the sound are present, Cymbals giving you the brightest sound possible. The further anti-clockwise you move the knob, the Section more high frequencies are removed, making the sound less harsh and intrusive. Decay - Rotary This knob controls the time it takes for the cymbal to die away.
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Page 30: Congas/Maracas/Claves Section
The sounds in this section were only featured on the TR808. They are however the classic Congas/Maracas/ selection for ballads and the like. The three Congas are recreated using ASM Technology Claves Section and the Maracas and Claves are samples. As the original TR808 only had a Level control for the Maracas and Clave sounds no dynamic sound changes could be made. - Page 31 Select - Switch Congas/Maracas/ This switch selects which of the three sounds will be edited by the Level and Tune knobs. Claves Section NOTE: Each of the three sounds has it’s own individual MIDI Controller information so when recording via MIDI always check that this switch is pointing to the sound you want to change.
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Page 32: Utility Mode
Operational Procedure Utility Mode Operation IMPORTANT NOTE: The operating system of the ‘Data Entry’ keypad is different in this mode ( all of the functions in the Utility mode are visually indicated in small text under the data entry buttons- see panel diagram on page 8 ). The ‘0’ to ‘9’ buttons are now used to call up ‘sub-directories’ of the Utility mode and the ‘-’... -
Page 33: Drum Select
TR808 Bass Drum TR808 Snare Drum TR808 Low Tom TR808 Mid Tom TR808 High Tom TR808 Rim Shot TR808 Hand Clap TR808 Cowbell TR808 Closed HiHat TR808 Open HiHat TR808 Crash Cymbal TR808 Low Conga TR808 Mid Conga TR808 High Conga Use the ‘Mode’... -
Page 34: Front Cut
Utility Mode Front Cut Use the ‘+’ and ‘-’ buttons to “page” through the different drum sounds. Function 2 - Front Cut This function allows you to remove up to 99 milleseconds of the start or ‘front end’ of a drum sound to create a similar effect to sample editing. -
Page 35: Controller / Velocity
Function 3 - Controller / Velocity NOTE: All of the sound editing front panel rotary controls on the D Station can be set to transmit and receive MIDI data allowing record and playback of any ‘live’ changes made during a performance. For more information see the ‘Controller Map’... - Page 36 by the velocity data. To hear the effect this can have on a drum sound(s), listen to the demo Utility Mode whilst making reference to page 45. Controller / Velo Only the controls relevant to a particular drum sound are available for selection with the exception of Velocity ‘VL’, which can be applied to every drum.
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Page 37: Note Off Recognition
Response for tu - to - At - dE - Sn parameters: ‘OF’ - will respond to MIDI Controller data ‘On’ - will respond to MIDI Velocity data Response for VL parameter: ‘OF’ - has a fixed MIDI Velocity level ( 100 ) ‘On’... -
Page 38: General Midi Setup
down. When set to ignored (‘IG’) the drum sound will play in full regardless of the note dura- Utility Mode tion. GM MIDI Setup First, use the ‘Drum Select’ utility function to select the drum sound to be edited. Range = ‘rE’ ( recognised ) & ‘IG’ ( ignored ).Press the ‘NOTE-OFF REC.’ button once - the display alternates between: Use the ‘-’... -
Page 39: Output Set
- see the ‘MIDI Percussion Maps’ on page 47. Function 6 - Output Set The D Station’s output section consists of a Stereo left/right pair and six Individual outputs which enable a drum sound(s) to be processed separately. - Page 40 First, use the ‘Drum Select’ function to select the drum sound to be edited. Press the ‘OUT- Utility Mode PUT SET’ button once - the display alternates between: Output Set Use the ‘-’ and ‘+’ buttons to change the value. Use the ‘Drum Select’ function again to change settings on another drum sound.
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Page 41: Assign Bank
Function 7 - Assign Bank This function is used to setup the Pitch Play Assign Banks. There are four Assign banks, A, B, C, & D. Range = ‘AA’ to ‘Ad’. This feature places a drum sound in the centre of a one octave range of undefined MIDI note numbers allowing the drums pitch to follow a musical scale. -
Page 42: Distortion
Function 9 - Demo This function demonstrates the full potential of the D Station Rack. If a Novation BassStation is connected to the MIDI Out socket and set to receive on MIDI channel 1 an accompaniment to the rhythm track can be heard. -
Page 43: Din Sync Output
DIN Sync. was a standard developed by Roland for synchronising drum machines and basslines before the advent of MIDI. This feature on the D Station converts the incoming MIDI clock from your sequencer or sync box into the DIN Sync. -
Page 44: Controller Map
Controller TR808 Kit Bass Drum Front cut Distortion Tune Tone Decay Snare Drum Front cut Distortion Tune Tone Snappy Low Tom (1) Front cut Distortion Tune Decay Mid Tom (2) Front cut Distortion Tune Decay High Tom (3) Front cut Distortion Tune Decay... - Page 45 Snare Drum Front cut Distortion Tune Tone Snappy Low Tom (1) Front cut Distortion Tune Decay Mid Tom (2) Front cut Distortion Tune Decay High Tom (3) Front cut Distortion Tune Decay Rim Shot Tune Hand Clap Tune Closed HiHat Distortion Tune Decay...
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Page 46: Factory Program List
NOTE : Factory programs 00 to 22 have their outputs set to the Left/Right Main Stereo Output. Factory Program Programs 23 and 24 are setup to demonstrate the Individual Outputs. List Prog No Kit Name Classic TR909 V1 ‘FX’ TR909/TR808 ‘Garage’... -
Page 47: Factory Demo Guide
Part No Prog Bars Features 1 to 4 Velocity Mod of TR909 Snare - Tuning and Snappy controls. Note-off recognised on TR808 Bass drum/ TR909 Crash Cymbal. 4 to 12 ‘Garage’ style demo of the classic TR808 & TR909 sounds. 12 to 18 Classic TR909 kit demo with dynamic tuning of Ride Cymbal and dynamic mod on Bass drum Front Cut/Tuning. -
Page 48: Midi Implementation
Function Transmitted Basic Default 1 - 16 Channel Changed Mode Default Messages Altered ************ Note True ************ Number Voice ************ Velocity Note ON Note OFF After Keys Touch Ch’s Pitch Bender Control Change 20 to 119 inclusive Program change o 0 - 39 True * *********** System exclusive... -
Page 49: Midi Precussion Map
MIDI Key Number MIDI Note ( Normal ) Gn = 808 Drum Sound Gn = 909 Drum Sound TR909 Bass Drum TR808 Bass Drum TR909 Rim Shot TR808 Rim Shot TR909 Snare Drum TR808 Snare Drum TR909 Hand Clap TR808 Hand Clap TR909 Low Tom TR808 Low Tom TR909 Mid Tom... -
Page 50: Troubleshooting Guide
Changes to the Level knobs are not recorded on my sequencer This is because no controller is generated by the D Station’s individual Level knob’s for this purpose. The D Station will respond to Controller 7 (Volume) but this will alter the total level of all drumsounds simultaneously. The way to do it is to adjust the velocities of the individual notes themselves in your sequencer. -
Page 51: Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Guide Assigning kits/individual drums to individual outputs Please refer to pages 37 and 38 for information on how to do this. Simultaneous playing of both 808 and 909 Drum kits When triggered from MIDI both 808 and 909 sounds may be played simultaneously. The front panel buttons only select which type of sounds - 808 or 909 are live for front panel editing. -
Page 52: Specification
Specifications Sounds Featured Sounds : Modelled : Samples : Polyphony : MIDI Programs : Controllers : Note-Off Recognition : General MIDI : Connections MIDI : Outputs : DIN Sync : Power : Dimensions / Weight Case Style : Width : Depth : Height : Weight :... - Page 53 FCC Information ( U.S.A.) 1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this Manual, meets FCC requirements. Modifications not expressly approved by Novation may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use the product. 2.
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