Editing Sounds And Other Settings For Kits; (Kit Edit); Setting An Instrument (Instrument) - Roland TAIKO-1 Reference Manual

Editing Sounds and Other Settings for Kits

Kits and instruments
On the TAIKO-1, the sounds that play when you strike the pads
are called "instruments" (INST). The set of instruments allocated
to each pad is called a "kit. "
Surface/head
Pad
Edge/rim
Selecting a pad to configure
To edit the settings for a pad, strike that pad to select it. To select the
rim of a pad, strike the rim.
Preventing the currently edited pad from changing
(Trigger Lock)
If you want to audition your performance sounds while you edit
the instruments, you can specify that the currently edited pad
does not change even if you strike another pad.
& "Preventing the Currently Edited Pad from Changing (Trigger
Lock)" (p. 30)
* The pad remains locked even if you use MIDI messages to switch
pads.
MEMO
By assigning "Trig Lock"
you can use buttons such as
off.
This shows how to edit the sounds of a kit.
1 .
Press "MENU"
(F2 button)
2 .
Use the [H] [I] buttons to select
press "SELECT"
(F2 button)
The KIT EDIT screen appears.
3 .
Use the [H] [I] buttons to select the item, and then
press "SELECT"
(F2 button)

Setting an Instrument (Instrument)

Configuring the Effects (Effects)
Setting the Kit Level (Kit Level)
Mute Group (Mute Group)
Setting How the Nuance Changes According to Where You Strike the Pad (Kit Pad Control) page 20
Controlling the Sounds Using a Connected Pedal (Pedal Control)
Controlling from an External MIDI Device (Kit MIDI)
Naming a Kit (Kit Name)
Giving a Kit a Kanji Name (Kit Kanji Name)
16
Layer A Layer A
Layer B Layer B
Layer A Layer A
Layer B Layer B
to the assignable buttons (p. 30),
[ ] (TOMOE) to switch this on/
.
"Kit Edit," and then
.
.
Saving your settings
Since the TAIKO-1 automatically saves the values that you
change, there's no need to perform a specific operation to save
your settings.
Settings are also saved when you turn off the power.
Setting an Instrument
This shows how to assign different sounds to the head or rim.
You can assign two sounds to an
played as a layer (layers A/B).
1 .
On the KIT EDIT screen, select
"SELECT"
(F2 button)
The INSTRUMENT screen appears.
Layer A
Category
Layer B
Set the "SW" (switch) to
2 .
Strike to select the pad that you want to set .
3 .
Press "EDIT"
The INST EDIT (LAYER A) screen appears.
Here we make the settings for layer A.
4 .
Use the [H] [I]
use the [+] [-]
Parameter
[ H ] [ I ] buttons
Pad
Level
"Parameters
Specific to Each
Instrument"
Pitch
page 16
page 18 Decay
page 20
Dynamic Enhnc
Sw
page 20
page 21
Transient Sw
page 21
page 22
Transient Time
page 22
Transient Attack

(Kit Edit)

(Instrument)
"instrument, " which can also be
"Instrument"
.
Pad name
Sound Name
Layer B ON/OFF
"ON" to display the category and name, and to select the sound.
for more detailed settings .
(F2 button)
buttons to select the item, and then
buttons to change the setting .
Value
Explanation
[+] [-] buttons
PAD1H–PAD2R Selects the pad to set.
-INF, -60.0–+6.0
Sets the volume of the instrument.
[dB]
(in units of 0.5)
&
"Parameters Specific to Each Instrument"
Sets the pitch of the instrument (in units of
one cent).
-2400–2400
* Semitone = 100 cents
1–100 Sets the length of the sound's decay.
Sets whether to use emphasize when you
play the instrument strongly (ON) or not
OFF, ON
(OFF).
* This cannot be specified for user samples.
Turn this on to boost or suppress the attack
or release portions of the instrument (the
OFF, ON
transients).
* This cannot be specified for user samples.
Adjusts the time over which the attack
1–10
changes.
Adjusts the attack.
-100–+100
Use this to emphasize or de-emphasize the
attack portion of the sound.
and press
(p. 17)