Roland D Station Utility Mode Distortion / Demo, Function 8 Distortion, Function 9 Demo

Utility Mode

Distortion / Demo

Function 8 - Distortion

This function is used to add ‘Soft-knee’ distortion in varying amounts to a drum sound.

To hear the effect this has on a drum sound listen to the demo whilst making reference to Page 45. Range = 0F ( Off ) to 15 ( Maximum ). First, use the ‘Drum Select’ utility to select the drum sound. Press the ‘DISTORTION’ button once and the dis- play will alternate between:

PROGRAM

MIDI RX CH

MIDI TX CH

UTILITY

EDIT WRITE SAVE

Display Ident

PROGRAM

MIDI RX CH

MIDI TX CH

UTILITY

EDIT WRITE SAVE

Value ( level 3 )

Use the ‘-’ and ‘+’ buttons to change the value. This setting can be saved with a program. See ‘Writing a program into memory’ on page 13.

NOTE: The Distortion setting can also be accessed via MIDI. This feature allows real-time, dynamic changes to be made during a performance. See the ‘Controller Map’ section on page 42.

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.

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