Getting Ready; An Overview Of The Td-50X; Drum Kits - Roland V-Drums TD-50X Reference Manual

Getting Ready

An Overview of the TD-50X

Drum Kits

On the TD-50X, the sounds that play when you strike each pad are called "instruments. " A set of instruments allocated to the respective pads is
called a "drum kit. "
Drum kit 100
Drum kit 1
Pads
Bass drum
(KICK)
HEAD
Floor tom
(TOM 4)
HEAD
RIM
Expansion 1
(AUX 1)
HEAD
RIM
Ambience settings
Overhead mics for the drum kit overall,
performance location, etc.
MEMO
5 When you change a drum kit setting, the changed setting is saved automatically.
5 For details on the parameter configuration of the drum kits, please refer to the "Data List" (PDF).
Instruments
(p. 28)
The snare drum, kick drum and other instrument sounds are referred
to as "instruments. "
You can allocate different instruments to the head, rim and other parts
of each pad.
Create the sound you like by modifying the settings of each
instrument. With the instruments, you can recreate the changes in
sound from different depths of drum shells, add transient effects and
change the sound in other ways.
Also, audio files that you created on your computer can be imported
from an SD card into the TD-50X, and played as instruments (with the
User Sample function).
Ambience
(p. 32)
"Ambience" is an effect that recreates the reverberations of a
performance space.
You can adjust the overhead mic sound (which picks up the overall
sound of the drum kit), the room ambience and the reverb (room type
and size, reverberation sound, etc.).
Ambience can be applied individually for each drum kit. You can also
set how much effect is applied for each pad.
4
Snare drum High tom
(SNARE) (TOM 1)
HEAD HEAD
RIM RIM
Hi-hat cymbal Crash cymbal 1
(HI-HAT) (CRASH 1)
HEAD (bow) HEAD (bow)
RIM (edge) RIM (edge)
Expansion 2 Expansion 3
(AUX 2) (AUX 3)
HEAD HEAD
RIM RIM
Mixer settings
Multi-effect, master compressor, master
equalizer, etc.
Middle tom Low tom
(TOM 2) (TOM 3)
HEAD HEAD
RIM RIM
Crash cymbal 2 Ride cymbal
(CRASH 2) (RIDE)
HEAD (bow) HEAD (bow)
RIM (edge) RIM (edge)
BELL
Expansion 4
(AUX 4)
HEAD
RIM
Overall settings for the
entire drum kit
Overall drum kit volume, drum kit name,
MIDI settings, etc.
Mixer
(p. 32)
This sets the volume balance, pan, effects and so on for each pad.
The TD-50X features the following effect types. Some of these can be
applied per pad, and some are applied to the entire drum kit.
Effects
Pad equalizer/
Pad compressor
(PAD EQ/PAD COMP)
Multi-effect
(MFX)
Master compressor/
Master EQ
(MASTER COMP/MASTER EQ)
Pad settings
Pad compressor, etc.
Overall instrument settings (head)
Volume, pan, pad equalizer, how the sub-instrument is played, etc.
Instruments
Instrument sounds, transients, etc.
Sub-instruments
Instrument sounds, transients, etc.
Overall instrument settings (rim)
Explanation
Use the equalizer to adjust the sound balance for
each frequency range, divided into high, middle,
low range and so on.
Use the compressor to suppress peaks in volume
by adjusting the attack and sound pressure.
With the pad equalizer, you can apply the effect
differently per pad zone; and with the pad
compressor, you can apply the effect for each
individual pad.
With the multi-effect, you can select and apply
three effects from a total of 38 effect types.
The multi-effect can be applied individually for
each drum kit. You can also set how much effect is
applied for each pad.
This lets you apply compressor and equalizer
effects to the entire drum kit.