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- ** 909909909 909909909 909909909 **
- ** Roland 909 909 909 909 909 909 **
- ** 909 909 909 909 909 909 Copyright **
- ** TR- 909909909 909 909 909909909 1995 **
- ** 909 909 909 909 **
- ** 909 909 909 909 Rob Roy **
- ** 909 909 909 909 Recordings **
- ** 909 909909909 909 **
- ** Minneapolis, USA **
- ** Rhythm Composer Samples **
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- Introduction
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- Since it's admittance into the world of music, the Roland TR-909 has been
- one of the most sought after drum machines in existence. Every dance,
- techno, and hip-hop artist desperately searches for the "magic box", only
- to find the 909. Yet, this box is highly coveted by those who worship its
- demonic powers. Many have tried to obtain this box through large sums of
- money, deceit, and ultimately theft.
-
- In order to curve the population's insatiable thirst for the 909, I have
- created a 'complete' 909 sample set. I'll be surprised if you can tell the
- difference.
-
- For purists, this sample set will not totally replace a real 909. The 909
- sequencer is really natural for many dance and hip-hop artists. But
- in terms of sound quality, this set accurately reproduces the various
- instrument settings on the 909. In other words, it is the next best
- thing to a real 909. How many drum machines in the store have a five meg
- 909 sample set?
-
- I hope you find this set useful. Please feel free to copy or distribute
- the set in any way. Please DO NOT change samples, add samples,
- delete samples, or modify this text file in any way. Respect the work.
- This sample set is FREE. You may not distribute these samples for
- profit!! If you have any comments please feel free to email me.
- Or, if you create a cool tune using the samples feel free to send me a
- tape or dat. Have fun!
-
- -Rob Roy/ April 20 '95
-
- Jason Baker
- Rob Roy Recordings
- 818 SE 8th Street #103
- Minneapolis, MN 55414 USA
- email: bake0028@gold.tc.umn.edu
- web: T.B.A. soon!
-
- ** Special thanks and greets to fEEd at MANNA STUDIOS, Minneapolis, for
- providing the TR-909. Check out Manna Studios at the following web
- site: http://www.ivi.com/~robw
-
- __________________________________________________________________________
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- Sample set specifications:
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- 160 Samples covering the full 909 kit
- -24 bass drum
- -52 snare drum
- -16 low tom drum
- -16 mid tom drum
- -16 high tom drum
- -2 rim shot
- -2 hand clap
- -6 high hat close
- -6 high hat open
- -6 crash cymbal
- -6 rim cymbal
- -4 open->close high hat combinations
- -4 close->open high hat combinations
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- Disk space requirement: approx. 4.8 megs unzipped
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- Recording process:
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- All samples were recorded in mono at 44.1k using the following process:
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- 909 -------> EMU ESI-32 :::::::::::::> 486PC running Sound Forge 3.0
- mono sample dump
-
- The process maintained the greatest s/n ration by recording all
- instruments at maximum level (except where noted). All levels on the
- 909 were kept at their highest setting. The samples were normalized in
- Sound Forge 3.0. The sounds were recorded completely dry.
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- Sample Listing Notation
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- The 909 affords nearly an infinite number of instrument settings. In
- order to make the "infinite" possible, I used a standard system for
- recording each instrument's possible settings. Each instrument setting
- knob on the 909 has 10 decants. I chose to use the 0, 3, 7 and 10
- settings on each knob to create most instrument variations. The sample
- listings use the letter "a" to represent 10 (think of 'a' as meaning
- 'a'll the way). The high hat and cymbal samples use settings of 0, 2, 4,
- 6, 8, and 10 for the variations.
-
- So, for example, when I recorded the bass drum I used the four chosen
- decants on three knob settings to create 24 bass drum variations.
-
- For the bass drum and snare drum I eliminated a few settings to reduce
- "sonic redundancy". In the case of the bass drum I only used the
- 0 and 10 ('a') settings on the attack. For the snare drum I did not
- vary the tone control while the 'snappy' setting was at 0.
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- After recording and normalizing each sample, I saved the samples in their
- respective instrument directories. Each sample name is composed of an
- instrument letter, and knob settings specifications.
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- Sample Identification
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- Instrument (first letter) Settings (in order) Directory
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- b bass drum t=tune, a=attack, d=decay \bassdm
- s snare drum t=tune, t=tone, s=snappy \snaredm
- l low tom t=tune, d=decay \lowtomdm
- m mid tom t=tune, d=decay \midtomdm
- h high tom t=tune, d=decay \hitomdm
- rim rimshot #=velocity level \rimshot
- hand handclap #=velocity level \handclap
- hhc closed high hat d=decay \closedhh
- hho open high hat d=decay \openhh
- csh crash cymbal t=tune \crshcym
- ride ride cymbal t=tune \ridecym
- clop closed->open hh #=combination number \misc
- opcl open->closed hh #=combination number \misc
-
- The best way to figure out what sounds you need is to listen to a variety
- of samples. Better yet, try to create your own personalized set of 909
- samples.
-
- Email me at: bake0028@gold.tc.umn.edu if you have any questions!
-
- ** 909KIT UPDATE 5/12/95
-
- I cleaned a bunch of sound file headers. Apparently some .wav file have not
- been loading properly on systems. The new headers contain the proper sound
- data information.
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