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Thank you for buying the Novation D Station Rack drum synthesizer. The module you have
purchased is ideal for producing the kind of classic synthesized drum sounds which have
returned to popularity in recent years in various styles of dance music.
The two most popular drum machines which originally produced these sounds - Roland’s TR808 & TR909* - are no longer
manufactured and as a result, second-hand units are now changing hands for far more than their original selling prices (and
indeed the selling price of the D Station). The D Station will allow you to produce these sounds with stunning realism and
‘tweak’ their parameters using the original analogue synthesis techniques, unlike sampling or PCM playback which ‘freezes’
the sound and makes it extremely difficult to edit. Additionally the D Station is programmable so once you have adjusted
the sounds to your taste you can store them in complete ‘kits’. You have the recall of digital memories but with the life and
warmth that only original analogue sounds have. To get you started 25 Factory kits have been provided and there are 15
User Programs which you can use to store your own kits, once you become familiar with the editing parameters. The D
Station features stereo left/right and 6 individual assignable audio outputs so you can process your drum sounds individual-
ly through your mixer EQ and external effects.
The D Station is triggered via MIDI, allowing you to program your drums on your favourite MIDI sequencer (hardware or
software). The TR808 and TR909 kits can be accessed simultaneously allowing any combination of drum sounds to be
played as a ‘Kit’. MIDI Controllers are transmitted when any drumsound editing knob is adjusted in real-time and these too
can be recorded on a MIDI sequencer and reproduced from sequencer playback. For those who have vintage equipment
supporting Roland DIN Sync the D Station uses the incoming MIDI Clock to generate the original Roland DIN Sync 5v out-
put trigger for external devices. Welcome to a percussive “Analogue for the 90s”.
* TR808 & TR909 are trademarks of Roland Corporation, Japan
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