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Description	The HR-30 Super Variation from Hillwood was often mistaken for a Roland TR-66 knock off when in fact it is not. One of the premier beatboxes that helped spawn Dub and Dancehall Reggae, the HR-30 features a larger yet similar set of controls and preset rhythms as it's smaller unit the HR-2 but is lacking in some of the variation features of that model. The front panel has 3 knobs for volume, balance and tempo and a variation switch for varying the rhythm from A-B-C. Keeping the switch set at A keeps the rhythms the same despite and variation in the preset rhythm where as B and C add a variation with fills. 10 radio buttons across the bottom of the front panel allow selection of various rhythm styles and 3 select buttons to the far right select which general genre the user wants to work with. The back panel features a two outputs and a foot switch input. The two outputs are for HIGH and LOW outputs for different types of mixers or amplifier setup and the foot switch allows for start and stopping of the unit.
Brand	Hillwood
Model	HR-30
Device	Drum
Type	Desktop
Engine Type	Analog
Engine	Preset
Voices (max)	6
Drums	30 Presets, 3 variations
Keys	0
Key type	N/A
Velocity	N/A
Aftertouch	N/A
Produced:	1977

Legend:		Obvious	Y: Yes, N: No, N/A: Not Applicable
VCO	Voltage Controlled Oscillator	DCO	Digital Controlled Oscillator
LFO	Low Frequency Oscillator	Sub	Sub Oscillator
VCF	Voltage Controlled Filter	VCA	Voltage Controlled Amplifier
Velocity	As with a piano, the harder you hit a key, the louder the sound, unlike most organs which always produce the same loudness no matter how hard you hit a key.	Aftertouch	Pressing a key after you activated it. Channel Aftertouch, no matter which key, it will send a Channel message. Poly Aftertouch, sends the pressure per key instead of the whole channel.
Values for OSC, LFO, Filter, Envelope are per voice unless stated otherwise.

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