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Roland V-Drums TD-8 Owner's Manual (224 pages)
Percussion Sound Module
Brand:
Roland
| Category:
Drums
| Size: 5.35 MB
Table of Contents
Important Notes
4
Contents
5
Table of Contents
5
How to Use this Manual
11
Features
12
Panel Descriptions
14
Front Panel
14
Shift Button
15
Value Dial
15
Rear Panel
16
Power Switch
17
Button Operation and Displays
18
Saving Your Settings
18
Buttons, Sliders and Knobs
18
Cursor
18
Function Buttons ([F1], [F2], [F3])
18
Using the Pop-Up Menus
19
Using the [INC/+] and [DEC/-] Buttons and the VALUE Dial
20
Using [FADERS] and [GROUP FADERS]
21
Choosing Pads from the TD-8 Front Panel
22
About the Preset Drum Kits
22
About the Patterns (Accompaniment of Several Measures)
22
About the Display in the Upper Part of the Screen
23
Quick Start
25
Before You Begin Playing
26
Mounting the TD-8 to the Stand
26
Connecting Pads and Pedals
27
Connecting Your Audio System or Amp
29
Turning on the Power
30
Turning off the Power
31
Listening to the Demo Song
32
Specifying Pads and Performing
34
Specifying the Types of Pads to be Connected
34
Making Roland Drum System "V-Custom Kit" Settings
34
Specifying Pads Individually
36
Setting Head Tension
38
Checking the Settings
40
Playing the Pads
41
Rim Shots
41
Choking
42
Cross Stick
42
Positional Sensing
42
Hi-Hat Control Pedal
43
Playing with Brushes
43
Performing
44
Playing Sounds
44
Choosing Drum Kits
44
Adjusting the Volume
45
Adjusting the Sensitivity of a Pad
46
Listening to Metronome Clicks [CLICK]
48
Turning Effects on and off
50
Modifying a Drum Kit
52
Basics of Creating Sounds
52
Choosing an Drum Instrument
54
Editing Drum Sounds (V-EDIT)
56
Choosing the Shell Depth
56
Modifying the Head Type and Tuning
58
Adjusting the Muffling (Muting) and Strainer Tension
60
Determine the "Location" Where the Drums Are to be Played (AMBIENCE)
62
Adjusting the Volume Balance of the Instruments [MIXER]
64
Adjusting the Tone (MASTER EQUALIZER)
66
Playing Along with Accompaniment
68
Playing Back Patterns (Accompaniment of Several Measures)
68
Playing Back Songs
70
Adjusting the Volume of the Accompaniment and Click Sound
71
Muting the Drums in Patterns and Songs
72
Using the Pads to Play Patterns
74
Playing Along with General MIDI Scores
75
Advanced Use
77
Chapter 1 Making the Settings for the Drum Kit
78
Choosing a Drum Kit
78
About the "DRUM KIT" Screen
78
Naming the Drum Kit [NAME]
79
Playing with Brushes
80
Adjusting the Pedal Hi-Hat Volume (PEDAL HI-HAT VOLUME)
81
Switching Effects on and off
81
Chapter 2 Making the Settings for Drum Instruments
82
Choosing a Pad to Edit
82
Choosing a Pad by Hitting It
82
Choosing with the Trigger Select Button
82
Choosing an Instrument
83
Preventing the Settings Screen from Being Switched (EDIT LOCK)
83
Choosing from Group Names
84
Choosing with List Display
84
Adjusting Drum Sounds (V-EDIT)
85
Choosing the Shell Depth
85
Choosing the Head Typel
86
Making the Settings for Muffling (Muting)
86
Tuning the Head
86
Adjusting the Tension of the Snare Strainer
87
Making the Settings for Pitch and Decay (EDIT)
88
Chapter 3 Making the Settings for the Studio and Mixer
89
Making the Settings for the Studio (AMBIENCE)
89
Determine the "Location" Where the Drums Are to be Played (STUDIO)
89
Adjusting the Overall Ambience Level
89
Changing the Room Size
89
Changing Wall Surface Material
89
Adjusting the Ambience Level for each Individual Part Group (AMBIENCE GROUP SEND LEVEL)
90
Adjusting the Amount of Ambience for each Instrument (AMBIENCE SEND LEVEL)
90
Adjusting the Sound (MASTER EQUALIZER)
91
Adjusting the Relative Volume of Pads
92
Making the Settings for the Mixer [MIXER]
92
Adjusting the Overall Drum Kit Volume
93
Adjusting the Panning (Stereo Position)
93
Chapter 4 Playing While Listening to Metronome Clicks
94
Switching the Click On/Off and Setting the Volume
94
Setting the Tempo
94
Setting the Time Signature
94
Setting How the Sound Plays (Interval)
95
Choosing a Sound
95
Changing the Panning (Stereo Position)
95
Choosing the Output Destination
95
Chapter 5 Playing Along with Patterns
96
Choosing a Pattern
97
About the "PATTERN" Screen
98
Choosing with List Display
98
Choosing from the Category
99
Playing Back a Pattern
99
Choosing a Playback Method (LOOP, ONE SHOT, or TAP)
100
Setting the Tempo
100
Adding a Count Sound before Playback (COUNT IN)
102
Choosing a Part
102
Choosing an Instrument
102
Making the Settings for the Part
102
Transposing a Pattern (TRANSPOSE)
102
(Group Ambience Send Level)
103
Adjusting the Overall Ambience of the Backing Parts
103
Adjusting the Volume, Ambience Send Level, Pan (Placement), and Bend Range
103
Adjusting the Volume and Ambience (AMBIENCE SEND LEVEL)
104
Choosing a Percussion Set
104
Copying Percussion Sets
104
How to Use a Percussion Set
104
Making the Settings for the Percussion Set
104
Choosing a Percussion Instrument
105
Making the Settings for each Instrument
105
Muting a Specific Part (PART MUTE)
106
Muting a Percussion Part
107
Checking a Part Mute Status in the Pattern or Song Playback Screen
108
Creating a Pattern by Recording a Performance (REALTIME RECORDING)
108
How to Record
108
Checking the Tones and Phrases During Realtime Recording (REHEARSAL FUNCTION)
110
Deleting Unneeded Data During Realtime Recording (REALTIME ERASE)
110
Set the Tempo
110
Regularizing the Timing of Performance Data When Recording (QUANTIZE)
111
Adding a Count Sound before Recording or Playback (COUNT IN)
112
Importing Data from Another Sequencer
112
Starting Recording at the same Time a Pad Is Hit (HIT-PAD START)
112
Copying a Pattern [COPY]
113
Editing a Pattern
113
Copying Part of a Pattern by Measures
114
Inserting a Blank Measure [INSERT]
115
Deleting a Pattern [DELETE]
116
Deleting an Unneeded Measure
116
Erasing a Pattern [ERASE]
117
Erasing Unneeded Data to Make a Measure Blank
117
Naming a Pattern [NAME]
118
Setting Write Protection for a User Pattern (PATTERN LOCK)
119
Chapter 6 Playing Along with Songs
120
Choosing a Song
121
About the "SONG" Screen
121
Choosing with List Display
121
Playing Back a Song
122
Setting the Tempo
122
Adding a Count Sound before Playback (COUNT IN)
123
Choosing a Playback Method (LOOP, or ONE SHOT)
123
Repeated Playback of a Song (LOOP PLAYBACK)
123
Creating a Song by Arranging Patterns in the Sequence Played
124
Inserting a Pattern [INSERT]
124
Muting a Specific Part (PART MUTE)
124
Deleting an Unneeded Pattern [DELETE]
125
Transposing a Pattern [TRANSPOSE]
125
Copying a Song [COPY]
126
Editing a Song
126
Erasing All Data and Initializing a Song (SONG INITIALIZE)
126
Naming a Song [NAME]
127
Chapter 7 Making Global Settings for the TD-8
128
Specifying the Pad Type (TRIGGER TYPE)
128
Setting the Pad Sensitivity (BASIC TRIGGER PARAMETERS)
129
Fine-Tuning the Trigger Parameter Settings (ADVANCED TRIGGER PARAMETERS)
131
Using the TD-8 with Acoustic Drums (Acoustic Drum Trigger)
134
Setting the Trigger Parameters
134
Specifying a Trigger Type
134
Adjusting the Contrast of the Display
135
Tuning the TD-8 (MASTER TUNING)
135
Checking the Remaining Amount of Memory
136
Switching the Setting Display Automatically (NOTE CHASE)
136
Turning Note Chase On/Off
136
Choosing the Output Destination
137
Chapter 8 Helpful Features
138
Changing Kits in the Desired Sequence (DRUM KIT CHAIN)
138
Creating a Drum-Kit Chain
138
Playing a Pattern by Hitting a Pad (PAD PATTERN)
139
Playing with a Drum Kit Chain
139
What You Can Do Using Pads and Foot Switches
139
Changing an Instrument's Pitch with the Hi-Hat Control Pedal (PITCH CONTROL)
141
Using a Pad to Perform Button Operations (PAD SWITCH)
142
Using a Foot Switch to Perform Button Operations (FOOT SWITCH)
144
Copying a Drum Kit (DRUM KIT COPY)
145
Copying Various Settings
145
Copying a Drum-Kit Instrument (INSTRUMENT COPY)
146
Copying Mixer Settings (MIXER COPY)
147
Copying Studio Settings (EFFECT COPY)
147
Making Settings for the Preview Button
148
Chapter 9 Features Using MIDI
149
Saving Data to an External MIDI Instrument (BULK DUMP)
149
Saving Data
149
Returning Saved Data to the TD-8
150
Setting the Device ID
150
Sounding an External MIDI Sound Module by Playing a Pad
151
Specifying the Note Numbers the Pads Send
151
Note Number
152
Setting the Gate Time
153
Setting the MIDI Channels
153
Using with the Roland SPD-20 (SOFT THRU)
153
Making Global MIDI Settings for the TD-8
154
Setting Priority for Playing Drums and Percussion (CHANNEL 10 PRIORITY)
154
Setting the MIDI Channel for a Part
154
Stopping Exchange of Program Change Messages
155
Switching off Local Control
155
Reducing Data Sent from the FD-7 (PEDAL DATA THIN)
156
Using the TD-8 as a Sound Module
156
Changing the Kit Numbers Called up with Program Change Messages
157
Setting up the Correspondence between Pads and Received Note Numbers
157
Changing the Percussion Set Numbers Called up with Program Change Messages
158
Changing the Settings for Parts and Percussion Sets
158
Switching to the GM Mode
159
Using the TD-8 as a General MIDI Sound Module
159
Playing Along with a GM Score
160
To Prevent Switching to GM Mode
160
Messages for Hi-Hat Control
161
MIDI Messages for Precise Expressiveness in Performances
161
Messages for Positional Sensing
162
Synchronizing with an External MIDI Instrument
162
Appendices
165
Troubleshooting
166
Problems with the Overall Sound
166
Pad and Pedal Issues
168
MIDI-Related Problems
168
Sequencer-Related Problems
169
Click Issues
170
Display-Related Problems
171
Restoring Settings to Their Default Values
172
How to Use the Acoustic Drum Trigger
173
Messages and Error Messages
174
About MIDI
176
Preset Drum Kit List
179
Drum Instrument List
180
Preset Percussion Set List
184
Drum Kit
185
Backing Instrument List
186
Preset Pattern List
188
Parameter List
192
Kit Parameters
192
Pattern Parameters
194
Pattern Recording
196
Song Parameters
197
Setup Parameters
197
Click Parameters
199
Tempo Parameters
199
GM Mode
199
MIDI Implementation
200
Program Change
201
Pitch Bend Change
201
Channel Mode Messages
201
System Exclusive Message
202
System Realtime Message
202
Timing Clock
202
Data Transmission
202
Active Sensing
202
Note off
203
Polyphonic Key Pressure
203
Control Change
203
System Exclusive Messages
205
About Tuning
212
MIDI Implementation Chart
213
Specifications
216
Block Diagram
217
Index
218
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Roland V-Drums TD-8 Service Notes (30 pages)
PERCUSSION SOUND MODULE
Brand:
Roland
| Category:
Recording Equipment
| Size: 10.76 MB
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
1
Specifications 主な仕様
1
Location of Controls パネル配置図
2
Location of Controls Parts List パネル配置図パーツリスト
2
Exploded View Partslist 分解図パーツリスト
2
Exploded View Screw Partslist 分解図ネジパーツリスト
2
Exploded View 分解図
3
Wiring Diagram ワイヤリング配置図
4
Parts List パーツリスト
5
データのセーブとロードの方法
7
Data Save and Load
7
Checking the Software Versio バージョンナンバーの確認方法
7
ファクトリーリセットの方法
8
バージョンアップの方法
8
テストモード
9
Block Diagram ブロック図
13
Circuit Board 基板図 (Main)
14
Circuit Diagram / 回路図 (Main) 1/8
16
Circuit Board 基板図 (Jack, Volume, Panel)
24
Circuit Diagram 回路図 (Jack, Volume)
26
Circuit Diagram 回路図 ( Panel)
27
Messages and Error Messages メッセージ/エラー・メッセージ一覧
28
Changes 変更案内
30
Roland V-Drums TD-8 Release Note (2 pages)
Percussion Sound Module Regarding Changes in V-Cymbals Compatibility and Specifications
Brand:
Roland
| Category:
Drums
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Roland V-Drums TD-8 Release Note (2 pages)
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Roland V-Drums TD-8 Turbostart (2 pages)
Percussion Sound Module
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