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Novation Drum Station

 

 

 

novation drum station

info Country: UK
Weight: 2 Kg
Dimensions: 483 x 110 x 44mm
audio demo trend price : 200€
manual demo video comments

Novation Drum Station (1996)
Analogue Sound Modeling

 

Rackmount module digital emulation of classic Roland TR808 and TR909 drum analog machines.

The drum station technology is a smart mix of virtual modeling and sampling process.

tech
tr909 emulation

info RACKMOUNT 1 unit. Main panel features a basic segments display, 22 knobs, buttons and 7 switch tabs. Note that all knobs transmit Midi CC# and can be recorded.

Rear panel terminal connectors:
- main signal out
- 6 analog AUX outputs
- Midi interface
- Sync interface at 24PPQ
- headphones (front).

ac Power supply is a 9V external PSU DC.




edit VOICE system handles 8 channels of polyphony, relative DAC is an AD1859.
The Drumstation is a mix of 2 syntheses:
- VA Analog Sound Modeling ASM - a virtual analog technology
- PCM digital samples.

 

filter edit

asm

 

 

edit VA ASM the modeling section is based on an ADSP-2181 microprocessor which calculates 5 classic drum percussions, each with individual following tonal controls:


potKick
- level is the volume
- pitch is the tuning
- decay is the length of the bass drum
- attack: the volume of a shaped pulse at the beginning of the sound


potTom

- level
- pitch
- decay
- switch selector between 3 TOMS each mapped individually

potSnare
- level
- tuning
- snappy: the level of white noise
- tone: is the filter applied to snappy

potCymbal*
- level
- decay
- tune
*ASM cymbal applies only to tr808 emulation, 909 mode uses plain samples.

potHihat
- level
- decay
- tuning

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editPCM ROM contains 6 samples: rimshot, cowbell, cymbals (909), maracas, claves and clap- edit is far more static and limited to mix level and pitch tuning:

tone

 

 

edit FX a neat distortion/fuzzer helps for some 909 gabber hardcore kick.


fuzz

 

 

edit SYNC interface converts incoming Midi clock to Sync 24 for vintage drum machines or sequencer like Roland Mc-202 or Tb-303.




sync 24

 

 

 

effet EDITOR available resource:
- Midiquest (PC/MC / $$$)
- Novation Drum Station iPad editor (IOS, free)

drumstation editor


 

edit MEMORY:
- 25 ROM reset kits
- 15 RAM kits
Data can be Midi dump by Midi exclusives.

drumstation memory

 


 

edit RELATED FAMILY:

Drum station V2

Drum station V2 orange script + updated OS

D-Station D-Station (V3) different knobs design+ latest OS
bass station Bass Station Rack similiar hardware but dedicated to analog bass


 

effet VST PLUGIN / SAMPLED VERSION there are some free and commercial samples set:

  name price link demo
free samples Waveshaper FREE
lite sample pack
+
commercial one
effet n/a
Waveshapper Novation FREE
sound pack from famous NOVATION products
effet n/a



demo AUDIO DEMO

demo factory song 1
demo factory song 2
demo factory song 3 *
demo sequence jam p1 with Basstation
demo sequence jam p2
demo sequence jam p3
demo tr808 emulation soft
demo another tr 808 emulation
demo lame snare
demo detroit 909
demo Chigago sound
demo 909 loop
demo parameters tweak
demo parameters tweak again

* factory demo has some glitches- known also as polyphony bug


 


videoVIDEO CLIP SELECTION

Novation Drum+Bass Station (rack) Novation Drum Staition Rack is controlled with the KORG ER-1 tb303 + drumstation
with Bass Station rack with KORG ER-1 with TB-303


 

novation drum station




manual
NOVATION DRUM STATION MANUAL

 

 




manual
-SERVICE MANUAL
-EPROM DUMP BIN

 

 

logo marquee

 

 

rack attack
WALDORF RACK ATTACK IS ANOTHER VA PERCUSSION GENERATOR

 

 



rack attack
KORG ELECTRIBE ER1 PERCUSSION GENERATOR

 

 

 



roland tr8
ROLAND TR-8 , TR emulator

 

 

 


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motherboard logo eprom aux outs


manual

-cheap
-tr909/808 related
-knobs tweak
-Midi implementation


manual

- TR emulation
-display


comment

REIVEW "One of the first VA emulation attempt: a decent 808-909 emulation, anyway the drum station is a more valuable resource for new kind of electro percussive sounds"

 
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novation drum station 3 out of 5 based on 6 ratings. price €200