Muffling Settings (Muting); Adjusting The Snare Strainer Tension - Roland V-DRUMS TD-10 Owner's Manual

Muffling settings (muting)

You can literally apply tape or "rings" to dampen the over-
tones.
fig.04-08
Instruments that can be edited
Snare, Kick, Tom
Procedure
1. Press [INST]-[F2 (EDIT)]-[F3 (MUFFLE)].
The "INST EDIT" page will appear.
2. Strike the pad that you wish to edit.
The setting page for the pad you struck will appear.
3. Use [CURSOR] to move the cursor to "Muffling."
4. Use [INC/DEC] or the VALUE dial to make the setting.
Parameters
Muffling: OFF, Tape 1, Tape 2, Blanket, Weight (Kick)
OFF, Tape 1, Tape 2, Doughnuts 1, Doughnuts 2
(Snare)
OFF, Tape 1, Tape 2, Felt 1, Felt 2 (Tom)
OFF: No muffling.
Tape 1: one piece of tape.
Tape 2: two pieces of tape.
Blanket: Muffled by placing a blanket inside the kick
drum.
Weight: Blanket with a weight on top.
Doughnuts 1: common "ring" type mute.
Doughnuts 2: common "ring" type mute with stronger muf-
fling of overtones.
Felt 1: Conventional felt type mute.
Felt 2: Conventional felt type mute with more pres-
sure on the head.
Chapter 3. Instrument settings
Adjusting the Snare strainer
tension
The amount of contact between the bottom head and the
snares themselves can be adjusted to change the tone just
like with a real acoustic drum. You have a choice between
one of three tensions: Loose, Medium or Tight or you can
turn the snares OFF.
fig.04-09
Instruments that can be edited
Snare only
Procedure
1. Press [INST]-[F2 (EDIT)]-[F3 (MUFFLE)].
The "INST EDIT" page will appear.
2. Strike the snare pad.
The snare setting page will appear.
3. Use [CURSOR] to move the cursor to "Strainer Adj."
4. Use [INC/DEC] or the VALUE dial to make the setting.
Parameters
Strainer Adj.: OFF, Loose, Medium, Tight
OFF: The sound with no snares.
Loose, Medium, Tight:
The strainer tension becomes progressively stronger.
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