Performing Along With A Song; Performing Along With An Audio Player Song; Performing Along With A Td-50 Song; Repeatedly Playing A Specified Region (A-B Repeat) - Roland TD-50 Reference Manual

Performing

Performing Along with a Song

Performing Along with an Audio Player Song

Here's how to connect an audio player (smartphone) to the MIX IN
jack, and perform along with a song.
1
Connect an audio player to the MIX IN jack (p. 8, p. 9).
2
Play back the audio player.
3
Turn the [MIX IN] knob to adjust the volume of the song.

Performing Along with a TD-50 Song

The TD-50 contains songs of a wide range of genres.
Some internal songs consist only of audio data, and others record a
drum performance (MIDI data).
An audio file (WAV or MP3) on an SD card can also be played back
as a song.
Here's how to perform along with a song.
1
Press the [SONG] button.
The SONG screen appears.
MEMO
When you select an audio song, the screen shows the SPEED
parameter (p. 15).
2
Use the [F1]–[F3] buttons, [–] [+] buttons, or dial to select
a song.
Button
[F1] (INTERNAL) button
[F2] (SD CARD) button
[F3] (REC DATA) button
MEMO
5 For details on the internal songs, refer to "Data List" (PDF).
5 To select a song from within a folder on the SD card, turn the
[R2] knob to select the folder.
Controller
[R2] knob
[ K ] button
[ J ] button
[F5] (SELECT) button
3 Press the [ s ] button.
The selected song plays.
Controller
[ s ] button
[ H ] ( u ) button
[ I ] ( u) button
[ K ] ( x ) button
[ J ] ( y ) button
[SONG] knob
[CLICK] knob
* This might be unavailable depending on the type of song.
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Explanation
Internal songs
SD card songs
Songs recorded on the TD-50 or on an SD
card
Function
Moves cursor
Exits a folder
Enters a folder
Confirms the selected folder
Function
Play/stop the song
Move to the beginning of the song
Move to the end of the song *
Rewind the song *
Fast-forward the song *
audio file
Adjust the volume of the song (
Adjust the volume of the click track (p. 15)
Reference
5 By outputting an audio file from the SD card as a click track,
you can play a click along with the song (p. 15).
5 You can connect the TD-50 to your computer and play back
sound from your computer. For details, refer to "Specifying
the Input for USB Audio" (p. 31).
When transferring files from your computer to
an SD card
Audio files can be played back not only from the top level of
the SD card drive, but also from within a folder.
* You can put up to 200 song files in a single folder.
* Make sure that no single file is larger than 2 GB.
Reference
For details, refer to "SD card folder structure" (p. 40).
Audio files that can be played by the TD-50
Format (extension)
Sampling frequency
Bit rate
* File names or folder names that contain more than 16
characters are not shown correctly. Files and folders using
double-byte characters are also not supported.
Repeatedly Playing a Specified Region
(A-B Repeat)
You can repeat a portion of the song.
* You can't specify A-B repeat for an internal drum performance
song or for a recorded song (REC DATA).
A
1
Select and play a song.
2
In the SONG screen, press the [F4] (A-B) button at the
location where you want to start repeating.
The character "A" appears.
MEMO
You can use the [ K ] ( x )/[ J ] ( y ) buttons to move backward or
forward in five-second steps. Hold down a button to rewind or
fast-forward.
3
At the location where you want to stop repeating, press
the [F4] (A-B) button.
The character "B" appears, and the region of the song between "A"
and "B" plays repeatedly.
)
Press the [F4] (A-B RPT) button to return to normal playback.
WAV MP3
WAV (.wav) MP3 (.mp3)
44.1 kHz 44.1 kHz
16, 24-bit 64 kbps–320 kbps
B