Muting A Percussion Part - Roland V-Drums TD-8 Owner's Manual

Muting a Percussion Part

There are two types of percussion instruments, drum
instruments and percussion instruments. When muting the
percussion part, you can choose whether to mute only the
drum sounds (with the percussion instrument continuing to
sound), or to mute all instruments in the percussion part.
Preset pattern (except for Preset Pattern 1) drum sounds
are recorded to the percussion parts.
Muting Percussion Part Drum Sounds
(Drum Instruments) Only
You can mute the drum instruments only, while keeping the
percussion instrument sounds, allowing you to practice
performing the drums yourself.
Note numbers for muted drum sounds are predetermined and
cannot be changed.
Refer to the p. 185 for a list of mute note numbers.
1. Press [PATTERN], then [F2 (
[PATTERN] lights, and a pop-up menu appears.
2. Press [DEC/-], rotate the VALUE dial, or press CURSOR
[ ] to move the cursor to "MUTE."
3. Press [F2] to confirm your choice.
The "PART MUTE" screen appears.
You can also set this by pressing [SHIFT] + [MIXER].
4. Press [F2 (DRM/PC)].
The percussion part is indicated as shown below.
fig.06-024
5. Press [PATTERN].
The "PATTERN" screen appears.
PART)].
Chapter 5 Playing Along with Patterns
Muting All Percussion Parts
1. Press [PATTERN], then [F2 (
[PATTERN] lights, and a pop-up menu appears.
2. Press [DEC/-], rotate the VALUE dial, or press CURSOR
[ ] to move the cursor to "MUTE."
3. Press [F2] to confirm your choice.
The "PART MUTE" screen appears.
You can also set this by pressing [SHIFT] + [MIXER].
4. Press [F2 (DRM/PC)].
The percussion part is indicated as shown below.
fig.06-025
5. Again, press [F2 (DRM/PC)].
The percussion part icon is cleared as shown below, and
all percussion part sounds are muted.
fig.06-026
6. Press [PATTERN].
The "PATTERN" screen appears.
PART)].
107