Collection Notes - Roland TD-27 Manual

These kits contain user samples on the SNARE head and rim and AUX1 or AUX3 head and rim zones, depending
on the files installed. User samples can make an instrument a little more prone to the "machine gun" effect
that electronic drums can be known for, however if you try turning off the user samples, you will notice how
much extra life they bring to the kits. A lot of care and attention has been put into how the samples are
utilised with the fade curves and different layered sounds to create the most natural playing experience
possible.
The user samples are named with this convention –
eDW_FFBrA_SnH
eDW_ -
to identify that this is a sample from The eDrum Workshop
KitName -
to easily identify which kit each sample belongs to
_[Inst]H or _[Inst]R -
to distinguish the instrument type and "head" or "rim" zone samples. These will be Sn for snare
or Sx for "snare strainer off" snare
Note: If you load a kit multiple times from your SD card, it may import the samples again each time. To avoid this
taking up additional space on your module, you can delete the duplicate samples and re-assign the first copy of
them onto the newly loaded kits.*
These kits have been primarily designed to sound best through headphones and have ambience levels to
match the reference songs/records. If you are going to be using these kits in a live gig setting using the
MASTER L&R outputs, it is recommended to turn off the ambience to send a "dry" signal to the PA. Artificial
room or reverb settings will create a muddier sound when amplified in a large room. To turn off the ambience,
press KIT EDIT, highlight the ROOM tab and use the [F1] function button on the left to turn ROOM OFF. This
setting is saved per kit, so you may need to do this with each kit being used. If you know you will use these kits
in a live setting often, I would recommend using the KIT COPY function to duplicate your favoured kits and
turn the ROOM setting off on each of these copies to avoid menu-diving at an inopportune moment!
The volume of these kits may be louder than that of the stock kits. If you want to volume match these kits to
the ones already in your module, you can press [F5] to enter the KIT VOL setting from the DRUM KIT screen.
Use the rotary dial to adjust the "Kit Volume" up or down on either these kits or the other kits you use on your
module.
The "XStick Volume" (cross-stick) and "Pedal HH Volume" (hi-hat foot pedal) may have also been changed to
match the style of the kits. If these are not to your liking, you can adjust them on the KIT VOL setting page by
pressing [F5] on the DRUM KIT screen.
You can create "snare strainer off" style kits by using the Pad Exchange to swap around the SNARE and AUX1
(4 Toms files) or AUX3 (3 Toms files) pad instruments. See page 5 for instructions. It is recommended to create
a copy of a kit before making changes.
*
Please see page 36 of the TD-27 Reference Manual for instructions on how to assign user samples.
Note: Make sure to disable the H&R (head and rim) button when reassigning samples so that you can set the head and rim
samples independently of each other - denoted by "H" and "R" in the filenames.
Collection notes from Luke
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