Chapter 6 Recording A Song; Preparations For Recording; When Recording Pad Performances; Recording Performances By External Midi Devices - Roland TD-6 Owner's Manual

Chapter 6 Recording a Song

Parameters That Can Be Set Here
fig.06-001.e
RECORDING STANDBY (Recording Settings) (p. 94)
Time Signature
Length
Tempo
Quantize
Recording Mode
Hit Pad Start
What is played on the pads or on an external MIDI keyboard
can be recorded (Realtime Recording).
The performance of the hi-hat control pedal is also recorded.
• Sequencer cannot be used in GM mode (p. 100).
• The amount that can be recorded to the TD-6 is limited.
Please keep in mind that even though there are 100 user
songs, the amount of memory available will be determined
by how much data is recorded into each song.
• Recording the hi-hat control pedal performance data
consumes a large amount of memory. Make the settings
related to recording performance data in "PdlDataThin
(Pedal Data Thin)" (SETUP/MIDI COMMON/
PdlDataThin; p. 99).
• You can check the amount of available memory in
"AvailMemory (Available Memory)" (SETUP/UTILITY/
AvailMemory; p. 79).

Preparations for Recording

Before starting to record, first make the MIDI, part, and other
such settings.

When Recording Pad Performances

Only the performance data is recorded to the drum kit part.
When the song is played back, the settings of instruments and
effects etc. of the current selected drum kit are used.
1. Select the User Song to be recorded (p. 84).
You can select a new User song by holding down [SHIFT]
and pressing [STOP
New User songs are indicated by "
If there are no new User songs available, you can delete
an unneeded song (SONG/DELETE; p. 91).
] while in the Song screen.
" in the display.
(Realtime Recording)
2. Record using the procedure described in "How
To Record (RECORDING STANDBY)" (p. 94).
Recording Performances by
External MIDI Devices
1. Match the external MIDI device's MIDI
transmission channel with the MIDI channel of
the part to be recorded.
(SETUP/MIDI PART Part CH; p. 102)
Part
Drum Kit Part
Percussion Part
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
2. Select CH10 to layer the drum kit part and
percussion part together; when recording from
an external MIDI device, then set "CH10Priority
(Channel 10 Priority)" to determine whether the
drum kit part or the percussion part is to be
recorded.
(SETUP/MIDI COMMON/CH10Priority; p. 99)
3. Select the User Song to be recorded (p. 84).
You can select a new User song by holding down [SHIFT]
and pressing [STOP
New User songs are indicated by "
If there are no new User songs available, you can delete
an unneeded song (SONG/DELETE; p. 91).
4. Select the part instrument or percussion set to
be recorded (SONG/PART/Inst; p. 89).
Program Change and Bank Select messages transmitted
from an external MIDI device are not recorded by the
sequencer. Use the TD-6 to select the part instruments.
5. Make the other settings for the part to be
recorded. (SONG/PART; p. 88)
6. Record using the procedure described in "How
To Record (RECORDING STANDBY)" (p. 94).
Factory Preset
MIDI Channel
CH10
CH10
CH1
CH2
CH3
CH4
] while in the Song screen.
" in the display.
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