In the Drumstation ASM is used to faithfully recreate the TR808’s Open and Closed High Hat
sounds and Samples are used to recreate the TR909’s Open and Closed High Hat sounds.
Level - Rotary
This knob controls the volume of the Hi-Hat on both the stereo and individual outputs. When
assigned to the stereo outputs this knob allows you to set the relative level of the Hi-Hat in
the “mix”.
Tune - Rotary
This knob controls the pitch of the Hi-Hat. Turn anti-clockwise and the pitch will be lowered
resulting in a ‘looser’ sound, clockwise and the pitch is raised, resulting in a ‘tighter’ sound.
NOTE: This control was not featured on the TR808/909. To re-produce the original pitch set-
ting of the TR808/909 sounds, always set this knob to the 12 o’clock position.
Decay - Rotary
This knob controls the time it takes for the Hi-Hat sound to die away. 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, producing a
longer ‘tail-off’ to the sound.
Select - Switch
This switch selects whether the Open or Closed Hi-Hat sound will be edited by the Level, Tune and Decay knobs.
NOTE: The Open and Closed Hi-Hats have their own individual MIDI Controller information so when recording via MIDI
always check that this switch is pointing to the sound you want to change. When playing back via MIDI the position of this
switch is irrelevant .i.e all the controls for these sounds can be manipulated simultaneously via MIDI - see the ‘Controller
Map’ section on page 42.
Hi Hat
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CLOSED OPEN
HI HAT
DECAY
SELECT
LEVEL
TUNE
5
5
0
10
0
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