| Title: | * * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * * |
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| Created: | Thu Feb 20 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Aug 29 1994 |
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Latin percussion/drum machine freaks, your day has come. Roland has just
started shipping the TR-727, which is exactly like a TR-707 except it's
got sampled latin percussion instruments instead of a classic drum kit.
Sounds include (*'d sounds are "flammable")
* hi and low bongo
* mute and open hi conga, lo conga
* hi and lo timbale
hi and lo agogo (cowbell-like)
maracas
scraper (i foget the latin name)
short and long whistle
quijada ("vibra-slap")
star chime ("bell tree")
Sorry - the bongs are NOT flammable (typo) (They occupy the bass drum 1 and 2
positions of the 707 - the 727 is literally a 707 with different voice chips)
The sounds are GREAT.
len.
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| 148.1 | KATADN::BOTTOM | Tue Sep 17 1985 07:05 | 9 | ||
Can the sync output be used to sync the TR-727 to a 707? I'm thinking of expanding my drum set :-) I never did understand the use of the sync output anyway. It looks just like the MIDI ouputs but is used to sync other devices. My other devices (JX3-P) don't have this input in a din type connector. So how is this supposed to work? dave | |||||
| 148.2 | SIVA::FEHSKENS | Tue Sep 17 1985 10:04 | 21 | ||
The Sync connector is for a Roland standard that predates MIDI. It is a 24 pulse per beat signal, with another line specifying run/stop. And yes, you can sync a 727 to 707 (or to a 909, or an MSQ-100 or MSQ-700) using the sync input/output. This has the (admittedly minor) virtue of not using up a MIDI port. It is both fortunate (only one kind of cable needed) and unfortunate (if you connect MIDI to sync is don't work) that the connectors for both interfaces are 5 pin DIN. If you sync one unit to another, you will have to tell the slave to listen to the sync input/output for its clock. See your user's manual. The master can use its internal clock, or you can sync it to some MIDI clock, and it will output a DIN sync that tracks its MIDI input. OH yes, you can also sync a TR-606 or the bass synthesizer (I forget the model number) using the DIN sync. I do this with my band so I get a click track from the MSQ-100/700 running the synths, so I can continue playing in time when the synths drop out. The sync out of the MSQ drives the TR-606, which just cycles continuously on a pattern chosen with an appropriate ride beat (straight eighths, shuffle (triplet) eighths, 12/8 feel triplets). len. | |||||