Saving Data To An External Midi Device (Bulk Dump) [F5 (Bulk)] - Roland TD-12 Owner's Manual

Saving Data to an external MIDI
Device (Bulk Dump) [F5 (BULK)]
Saving Data
To save data, use the external sequencer as you would when
recording musical data, and perform the following steps on
the TD-12 as shown in the following diagram.
1. Connect the TD-12's MIDI OUT connector with a
MIDI cable to the MIDI IN connector of the
external sequencer.
fig.BulkDump.e
MIDI IN
Sequencer
2. Press [SETUP].
[SETUP] lights, and the "SETUP" screen appears.
3. Press [F1 (MIDI)] - [F5 (BULK)].
The "MIDI BULK DUMP" screen appears.
fig.09-MidiBulk1_70
4. Press [+/-], [VALUE], and [CURSOR (up/down)]
to select the content to be sent.
Transmit Data Description
ALL All data, including setup, drum kits,
user percussion sets, user patterns
SETUP Trigger, pad, and other kinds of set-
tings
ALL DRUM KITS All data for drum kits 1–50
1 DRUM KIT Only the data for the selected drum
kit
ALL TRIG BANKS All settings for trigger banks 1–4
1 TRIG BANK Only the settings for the selected
trigger bank
ALL PERC All data for the user percussion sets
GROUPS 1–8
1 PERC GROUP Only the data for the selected percus-
sion set
ALL PATTERNS All data for the user patterns 151–250
MIDI OUT
TD-12
Chapter 9. Settings for the Entire TD-12 [SETUP]
5. Start the recording process of the external
sequencer.
6. Press [F5 (EXECUTE)] to begin sending the
data.
fig.09-MidiBulk2_70
* If you want to stop sending, press [F5 (STOP)].
7. When finished, the following screen appears.
fig.09-MidiBulk3_70
Bulk Dump is one kind of System Exclusive message. Be
sure to use an external MIDI sequencer that is capable of
recording System Exclusive messages. In addition,
confirm that the sequencer is not set to "Do not receive
System Exclusive messages."
Loading Data to the TD-12
At this time, all the TD-12's current data is overwritten.
Make sure you have made the needed backup.
1. Connect the TD-12's MIDI IN connector with a
MIDI cable to the MIDI OUT connector of the
external sequencer.
fig.BulkLoad.e
MIDI OUT
Sequencer
2. Press "PLAY" on the external sequencer to
transmit the data to the TD-12.
Received data is written into the TD-12.
MIDI IN
TD-12
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