Smaller 909 manual : Tom toms
Tom toms
The 909 has 3 tom toms: Low tom, mid tom and hi tom. Each tom has a tune knob (changes the pitch of the tom) and a decay knob (changes the length of the tom).
The tom toms where sampled with the tune knobs at semitone positions. It is possible to play tom tom melodies.
Programs
S909 Tom 1 low
S909 Tom 2 mid
S909 Tom 3 hi
S909 Tom toms
S909 Tom 1 low
S909 Tom 2 mid
S909 Tom 3 hi
Play a single tom across the entire keyboard. The octave starting at C3 and ending with B3 have the original pitches of the tom (that you can tune in on a real 909). Keyswitches change the decay. Kontakt programs have a decay knob:
Keyboard layout:
| C1 | Decay 0 | Keyswitches: Changes the decay |
| C#1 | Decay 1 | |
| D1 | Decay 2 | |
| D#1 | Decay 3 | |
| E1 | Decay 4 | |
| F1 | Play here | |
| F#1 | ||
| G1 | ||
| G#1 | ||
| A1 | ||
| A#1 | ||
| B1 | ||
| C2 | ||
| C#2 | ||
| D2 | ||
| D#2 | ||
| E2 | ||
| F2 | ||
| F#2 | ||
| G2 | ||
| G#2 | ||
| A2 | ||
| A#2 | ||
| B2 | ||
| C3 | Original pitches | |
| C#3 | ||
| D3 | ||
| D#3 | ||
| E3 | ||
| F3 | ||
| F#3 | ||
| G3 | ||
| G#3 | ||
| A3 | ||
| A#3 | ||
| B3 | ||
| C4 | ||
| ... | ||
| G8 |
S909 Tom toms
One octave of each tom.
EXS24
Keyswitches change the decay of all toms. Use the multi output EXS24 instrument to have each tom at separate outputs.
Kontakt
This is a "multi instrument" that loads one instrument for each tom. You can set the level, pan and output for each tom. The 3 tom instruments are also available separately: "S909 Tom toms low", "S909 Tom toms mid" and "S909 Tom toms hi".
Kontakt multi instruments like this load an output configuration. The output configuration might not be what you want (it's a single stereo output). There are (at least) two ways around this:
- When you load a multi instrument, Kontakt will ask if you want to "Replace Multi (pressing "No" will merge in the new instruments)?". If you press "No", your current output configuration will not be replaced. (Also any instruments you have previously loaded will be kept). The bad thing is that each instrument might be assigned to a unique MIDI channel, and you have to set all instruments to respond to the same MIDI channel manually (change the "Midi Ch", below the instrument name).
- If you have Kontakt 4.2 or later, the output section has a "Presets / Batch Configuration" menu. In the "Batch functions" submenu in this menu, the "Clear output section and create one individual channel for each loaded instrument" does what it says and can be quite useful.
Keyboard layout:
| C1 | Decay 0 | Keyswitches: Changes the decay of all 3 toms. (EXS24 only) |
| C#1 | Decay 1 | |
| D1 | Decay 2 | |
| D#1 | Decay 3 | |
| E1 | Decay 4 | |
| F1 | ||
| F#1 | ||
| G1 | ||
| G#1 | ||
| A1 | ||
| A#1 | ||
| B1 | ||
| C2 | Low tom (EXS24 main output) | Play here |
| C#2 | ||
| D2 | ||
| D#2 | ||
| E2 | ||
| F2 | ||
| F#2 | ||
| G2 | ||
| G#2 | ||
| A2 | ||
| A#2 | ||
| B2 | ||
| C3 | Mid tom (EXS24 output 3-4) | |
| C#3 | ||
| D3 | ||
| D#3 | ||
| E3 | ||
| F3 | ||
| F#3 | ||
| G3 | ||
| G#3 | ||
| A3 | ||
| A#3 | ||
| B3 | ||
| C4 | Hi tom (EXS24 output 4-5) | |
| C#4 | ||
| D4 | ||
| D#4 | ||
| E4 | ||
| F4 | ||
| F#4 | ||
| G4 | ||
| G#4 | ||
| A4 | ||
| A#4 | ||
| B4 | ||
Smaller 909 manual : Tom toms