Sounding A Click; Performing Or Recording Along With A Song; Customizing The Kit; Practicing In Coach Mode - Roland TD-17 Owner's Manual

Sounding a Click

1.
Press the [CLICK] button.
Turn the click on/off Press the [F3] button.
Turn the dial.
Change the tempo
Press the [SLOW] [FAST]
buttons.
Press the [F1] (MENU) button.
Change the time
0 Use the [ ] [ ] buttons to
signature
select "Beat, " and turn the dial.
MEMO
5 You can also turn click on/off by holding down the
[ENTER] button and pressing the [CLICK] button.
5 For details on other settings, refer to "Data List" (PDF).

Performing or Recording Along with a Song

Performing Along with a Song from an Audio Player
or Mobile Device
1.
Play back the audio player that's connected to the MIX
IN jack or via Bluetooth.
2.
Press the [F2] (MIX VOL) button to adjust the volume of
the song (p. 8).
Performing along with a song
1.
Press the [SONG] button.
2.
Turn the dial to select a song.
5 Each time you press the [F1] button, you switch between
internal songs, audio files on the SD card (p. 23), and songs
recorded on the SD card (recorded data that you exported)
(p. 10).
5 By pressing the [F3] button to add a check mark to "GUIDE, "
you can sound the guide track (click tone) (p. 13).
Press the [ s ] button to play back.
3.
Reference
For details on the internal songs, refer to "Data List" (PDF).

Adjusting the Overall Tonal Character

Adjust the reverberation Turn the [AMBIENCE] knob.
Adjust the low-
frequency range
Adjust the high-
frequency range
MEMO
5 AMBIENCE can be adjusted in detail in the OTHER menu
(p. 17).
5 In the SETUP menu (p. 20) you can adjust the way in
which BASS and TREBLE are applied.

Adjusting the Overall Volume

Adjust the overall
volume

Customizing the Kit

You can customize the kit to your own preferences.
1.
Press one of the instrument edit buttons (such as the [ASSIGN] or
[LEVEL] button).
2.
Press the [PAD SELECT] button or strike a pad to select the pad
that you want to edit.
3.
Use the function buttons, [ ] [ ] buttons, or dial to
edit the value.

Practicing in Coach Mode

By practicing in Coach Mode, you can improve your speed control
ability, accuracy, and endurance.
1.
Press the [COACH] button.
2.
Press a function button to select a practice menu.
Recording (p. 10)
In the KIT screen, press the [ t ] button.
1.
Press the [ s ] button to start recording.
2.
Press the [ s ] button to stop.
3.
4.
Press the [F3] (EXPORT) button to save the song.
Operations during playback
[ s ] button
[ ] [ ] buttons
[SLOW] [FAST] buttons
[ENTER] button
*1: Specify the interval between A and B, and play back repeatedly.
1. Press the [ENTER] button for normal playback, and play back the
song.
2. At the point where you want repetition to start, press the [ENTER]
button (specify A).
3. At the point where you want repetition to end, press the [ENTER]
button (specify B).
Operating Guide (Panel Descriptions)
Turn the [BASS] knob.
Turn the [TREBLE] knob.
Turn the [VOLUME]
knob.
Play/stop the song
Rewind [ ]/ fast-forward [ ] the song
Song playback speed
Successively switch between loop playback,
normal playback, and A-B repeat (*1).
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