Both the TR909 & TR808 feature three Analogue Tom - Toms, Low Tom, Mid Tom & High
Tom. Using ASM the Drumstation recreates these sounds faithfully and adds more control.
A ‘Decay’ parameter not originally found on the TR808 is added giving you even more flexi-
bility. Each of the Toms has three parameters to adjust its timbre.
Level - Rotary
This knob controls the volume of the Tom Toms on both the stereo and individual outputs.
When assigned to the stereo outputs this knob allows you to set the relative level of the Tom
Toms in the “mix”.
Tune - Rotary
This knob allows you to change the pitch of the Tom Toms. The pitching of toms is particularly important as they are often
use to create rising or falling patterns. Having selected the Tom-Tom whose pitch you wish to alter with the select switch,
turn anti-clockwise and the pitch will be lowered resulting in a ‘looser’ sound, clockwise and the pitch is raised, as if the skin
on a real drum had been tightened.
Decay - Rotary
This knob controls the time it takes for a tom sound to die away once it has reached full volume. At ‘0’, the sound falls off
immediately producing a very ‘tight’ sound. As the knob is moved in a clockwise direction the longer it takes for the level to
drop to zero. A long ring is often used for fills, whereas if a tom is used repeatedly in a pattern you may want to reduce its
decay time.
NOTE: This control was not featured on the TR808. To re-produce the original decay setting of the TR808 Tom Toms,
Tom Toms
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TOM TOMS
DECAY
SELECT
LEVEL
TUNE
MID HIGH
LOW
1
2
3
5
0
10
0
10
5
