Performing With External Pads And Footswitches - Roland SPD-SX Owner's Manual

Performing with External Pads and Footswitches

You can assign waves to external pads (PD series; sold separately), acoustic drum triggers (RT series; sold separately), and
footswitches (FS-5U, FS-6; sold separately), and perform using them.
Some typical example connections are shown in the illustrations below.
Connecting external pads or acoustic drum
triggers
Cable included
with each product
TRIG IN 3
TRIG IN 4
You could connect a cymbal pad (CY series; sold separately) or a kick trigger pad (KD series; sold separately) to a TRIG IN jack.
Connecting an FS-5U
Stereo 1/4" phone type
1/4" phone type x 2
Red
FOOT SW 2 FOOT SW 1
* The FS-5L cannot be used.
* If you use a mono cable to connect a single FS-5U, it will operate as FOOT SW 1.
1.
Connect your external pads to the TRIG IN jacks.
Connect your footswitch to the FOOT SW jack.
2.
Choose MENU SETUP
Footswitches connected to the FOOT SW jack do not
require EXT PAD settings. Proceed to step 4.
3.
Set the parameters as appropriate for the type of
external pad you've connected (p. 62).
4.
Select the kit that you want to play (p. 21).
5.
Choose MENU KIT PAD.
TRIG IN 1
TRIG IN 2
White
POLARITY switch
TRIG IN.
Connecting two external pads to one TRIG IN jack
Stereo 1/4" phone type
1/4" plug x 2
Red White
TRIG IN 4 TRIG IN 3
Connecting an FS-6
Stereo 1/4" phone type
Stereo 1/4" phone type
FOOT SW 2
FOOT SW 1
6.
Play an external pad to access the KIT PAD screen
for the external pad.
To make settings for a footswitch, press the footswitch.
7.
Specify the wave and volume (p. 44).
MEMO
Instead of using an external pad or footswitch to play
sounds, you can also use it to change kits or turn a kit
effect on/off (p. 57).
Performing
* If you connect two
external pads to one
TRIG IN jack, only head
shots will be available.
Red White
TRIG IN 2 TRIG IN 1
MODE/POLARITY switch
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