Setting The Tempo By Hitting A Pad (Tap Tempo) [F3 (Tap)]; Synchronizing With An External Midi Device [F2 (Sync)] - Roland V-Drums TD-20X Owner's Manual

Chapter 5. Playing Patterns—Sequencer
Setting the Tempo by Hitting a Pad
(Tap Tempo) [F3 (TAP)]
You can set the tempo by hitting a pad or the [PREVIEW]
button two or more times at quarter-note intervals of the
desired tempo.
1.
Press the [TEMPO] button.
The [TEMPO] button lights, and the "TEMPO" screen appears.
2.
Press the [F3 (TAP)] button.
The "TAP TEMPO" screen appears.
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3.
Press the [CURSOR (up)] button to move the cursor
to "Tap Switch."
4.
Use the [-] [+] buttons or the [VALUE] dial to set to
"ON."
5.
Press the [CURSOR (down)] button to move the
cursor to "Tap Pad."
6.
Use the [-] [+] buttons or the [VALUE] dial to select
the pad (or the [PREVIEW] button) to use for Tap
Tempo function.
7.
Press the [EXIT] button to return to the "TEMPO"
screen.
When you strike the pad selected in step 6 (or the [PREVIEW]
button) two or more times, the tempo will change to the
corresponding interval.
Synchronizing with an External MIDI
Device [F2 (SYNC)]
This section discusses the settings that allow an external MIDI
sequencer and the TD-20X's sequencer to be synchronized.
The device that is playing back is called the "master" and the
device that is synchronizing to the playback is called the
"slave."
1.
Press the [TEMPO] button.
The [TEMPO] button lights, and the "TEMPO" screen appears.
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2.
Press the [F2 (SYNC)] button.
The "TEMPO SYNC" screen appears.
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3.
Use the [-] [+] buttons or the [VALUE] dial to make
settings.
Parameter Value
INTERNAL
EXTERNAL
Sync Mode
AUTO
REMOTE
4.
Press the [EXIT] button to return to the "TEMPO"
screen.
Synchronizing to the playback of an external
sequencer
In this case, the TD-20X will be the slave and an external
sequencer will be master.
1.
Connect the TD-20X's MIDI IN connector with a
MIDI cable to the MIDI OUT connector of the
external sequencer.
2.
Set "Sync Mode" to "EXTERNAL."
3.
Begin playback on the external sequencer.
Synchronized playback will begin.
Description
The TD-20X's tempo setting will
be used for playback/recording.
The TD-20X will be the master.
When shipped from the factory,
this setting is selected.
The TD-20X's sequencer will
operate in accordance with
tempo data (MIDI Clock) from the
external device.
The TD-20X will be the slave.
This is a convenient setting that
combines features of both the
"INTERNAL" and "EXTERNAL"
settings.
When no synchronization signal is
being received, the TD-20X's
tempo setting will be used for
playback/recording. When a
synchronization signal is being
received from an external device,
the TD-20X will sync to that signal.
The TD-20X will obey start/pause/
stop messages from an external
device, but will playback
according to its own tempo
setting.