Using A Footswitch To Select Patches; Comparing Layered Sounds - Roland SPD-20 Owner's Manual

Using a Footswitch to Select Patches

By using a special cable (PCS-31; sold separately) to connect two footswitches (FS-5U; sold separately)
to the FOOT SW jack, you can select Patches by remote control. When you press Footswitch 1 you will
advance to the next Patch number, and when you press Footswitch 2 you will go back to the previous
Patch number. If you connect a DP-2, you can move up (but not down) through the Patch numbers.
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Connect the two mono cables of the PCS-31 to the two footswitches. The plug with the white line is for
Footswitch 1, and the plug with the red line is for Footswitch 2.
Connecting the model DP-2 pedal switch (sold separately) allows you to only advance the Patch numbers.
MEMO
When using the footswitch as a Hold Pedal, please refer to "Using a Footwitch as a Hold Pedal" on p. 41.

Comparing Layered Sounds

Most of the factory-preset Patches use Layer (p. 17). Select a layered Patch and listen to the sounds of
pad banks A and B. When you select a layered Patch, both PAD BANK indicators (A and B) will light.
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2
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MEMO
Each time you press [BANK A/B], PAD BANK indicators A and B will light alternately.
Stereo
(Red)
Mono
Footswitch 2
(Previous Patch)
Select a Patch.
In the Play mode, press [LAYER] to turn Layer off.
PAD BANK indicator B will go out. Now you can play the pads to hear the sound of pad
bank A.
To hear the sound of pad bank B, press [BANK A/B] so that PAD
BANK indicator B lights. Play the pads.
You can make the setting with
the FS-5U polarity switch, as
shown in the figure below.
(White)
Mono
Footswitch 1
(Next Patch)
POLALITY
15
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