Table Of Contents - Roland TD-4KP Owner's Manual

Contents
USING THE UNIT SAFELY.......................... 2
IMPORTANT NOTES .................................. 4
Panel Descriptions ................................... 6
Front Panel ...........................................................................6
Side Panel .............................................................................7
Rear Panel .............................................................................7
Bottom Panel ......................................................................7
Getting Ready to Play .............................. 8
Connecting Your Audio Equipment............................8
Turning the Power On/Off ..............................................9
Saving Your Settings ...........................................................................9
Playing..................................................... 10
Hearing What the Kits Sound Like ............................ 10
Selecting a Drum Kit ...................................................... 10
About the "DRUM KIT" screen....................................................... 10
Drum Set Elements......................................................... 11
The Basics of Playing...................................................... 12
Quickly Tuning or Muffling.......................................... 14
TUNING.................................................................................................. 14
MUFFLING ............................................................................................ 14
Playing Along with a Portable Audio Player ......... 15
Practicing ................................................ 16
Playing with the Metronome...................................... 16
Quick Recording and Playback (QUICK REC)......... 16
Recording ............................................................................................. 16
Playback................................................................................................ 17
Using Time Check to Check Your Recorded Performance . 17
Practicing in Coach Mode ............................................ 18
Selecting a Practice Menu .............................................................. 18
<1> WARM UPS.................................................................................. 19
<2> Correctly Playing in Time with the Beat
(TIME CHECK) ...................................................................................... 21
<3> Continuing to play at a steady tempo
(TEMPO CHECK).................................................................................. 22
<4> Developing Internal Timing Sense (QUIET COUNT) .... 23
<5> Gradually raising and lowering the tempo
(AUTO UP/DOWN)............................................................................. 25
Creating a Drum Kit ................................26
Selecting the Parameters ............................................. 26
Editing Instrument Parameters (INSTRUMENT) ... 27
Adjusting the volume of the pads or drum kit
(MIXER)................................................................................ 28
Using the Onboard Effects (AMBIENCE) ................. 29
Naming a Drum Kit (KIT NAME).................................. 29
Copying a Drum Kit (COPY)......................................... 30
Exchanging Drum Kits (EXCHANGE) ........................ 31
Restoring a Drum Kit (RESTORE)................................ 32
System Settings.......................................33
Specifying How the Metronome will Sound
(METRONOME) ................................................................. 33
Editing the pad settings (PAD SETTINGS) .............. 34
Specifying the Type of Pad ............................................................ 34
Setting the Pad Sensitivity ............................................................. 34
Specifying How the CR2 Trigger Cable will be Used ............ 35
Other Settings (OPTIONS) ............................................ 35
Adjusting the Display Contrast (LCD Contrast) ...................... 36
Adjusting the Brightness of the Backlight (LCD Bright) ...... 36
Adjusting the Button Operating Sound
(Keypad Sound).................................................................................. 36
Allowing the Head and Rim Settings to be Edited
Separately (Head/Rim Link) ........................................................... 36
Having the Power Turn Off Automatically (Auto Off)........... 36
Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Reset)....................... 36
Changing the Snare to a Mesh Pad........38
Other Settings .........................................39
MIDI Settings .................................................................... 39
MIDI-related Settings ....................................................................... 39
Detailed Settings for Trigger Parameters............... 40
Protecting Modified Kits and Settings
(Edit Lock) .......................................................................... 43
Troubleshooting .....................................44
Error Messages ........................................46
Drum Kit/Instrument List .......................47
MIDI Implementation Chart ...................49
Specifications ..........................................50
Index ........................................................51
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