Audition / Auto Trigger - Button

This button is used to trigger a drum sound from the currently selected program. It provides 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.

Data Entry/Program Audition/AutoTrig

Audition

Press the Audition button to trigger the currently edited drum sound. When a control or switch in another section is moved, the Audition button will automatically change over to trigger that sound.

Example: Move any control in the ‘Hi-Hat’ section - Audition button triggers the Hi-Hat, then move any control in the ‘Snare Drum’ section - Audition button triggers the Snare Drum etc.

NOTE: In the ‘Tom Toms’, ‘Rimshot/Handclap/Cowbell’, ‘Hi Hat’, ‘Cymbals’ and 'Conga/Maracas/Claves’ sections the physi- cal position of the ‘Select’ switch always determines which drum sound is triggered.

Auto Trigger

The Auto-Trigger plays a basic 4 beats / bar sequence, accenting beat one.

To start the ‘Auto-Trigger’ running, press and hold the ‘Audition’ button and press the - ‘Trigger Start/Stop’ (‘0’) button on the data entry keypad. The currently edited sound will auto-trigger at the set tempo. When the control of a different drum sound is moved, the auto-trigger will ‘jump’ over to playing that sound.

Example: If the last control moved was in the Snare Drum section, the auto-trigger will play the Snare Drum sound. Move any control in the Hi-Hat section - auto-trigger plays the Hi-Hat sound. Move any control in the Bass Drum section - auto-trigger plays the Bass Drum etc.

To stop the Auto-Trigger , press and hold the ‘Audition’ button and press the ‘0’ - ‘Trigger Start/Stop’ button.

To adjust the tempo, start the autotrigger playing as above, press and hold the ‘Audition’ button and use the ‘+’ or ‘- ‘

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Roland D Station user manual Audition / Auto Trigger Button
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