Roland D Station user manual Congas/Maracas Claves Section, Conga Select Switch

Congas/Maracas/

Claves Section

The sounds in this section were only featured on the TR808. They are however the classic selection for ballads and the like. The three Congas are recreated using ASM Technology 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. As the D Station uses samples for these sounds a Tune control has been added to give the sounds greater dynamic scope.

Level - Rotary

This knob controls the volume of each sound on both the stereo and individual outputs. When assigned to the stereo outputs this knob allows you to set the relative level of the Congas, Maracas and Claves in the “mix”.

Tune - Rotary

This knob allows you to change the pitch of each of the sounds in this section. Turn anti-clockwise and the pitch will be low- ered, clockwise and the pitch is raised.

NOTE: This Tune control was not featured in the TR808’s Maracas and Claves sections. To re-produce the original pitch setting of these sounds, always set this knob to the 12 o’clock position.

Conga Select - Switch

This switch selects which of the three Congas will be edited by the Level and Tune knobs when the ‘Select’ switch is set to ‘Congas’.

NOTE: Each Conga sound has it’s own individual MIDI Controller information so when recording via MIDI always check that this switch is pointing to the Conga you want to change. When playing back via MIDI, the position of this switch is irrele- vant. i.e. all controls for the 3 Congas can be manipulated simultaneously via MIDI - see the ‘Controller Map’ section on page 42.

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