Selecting The Pad To Set; Previewing The Pad Sounds ([Preview] Button); Listening Only To The Currently-Selected; Instrument (Layer Preview) - Roland V-Drums TD-50X Reference Manual

Selecting the Pad to Set

Selecting by striking the pad
To edit the settings for a pad, strike that pad to select it.
To select the rim of a pad, strike the rim.
Selecting a pad with the SELECT [ K ] [ J ] buttons
You can also use the SELECT [ K ] [ J ] buttons to select
the pad (trigger input number) you want to set.
When using a pad that supports rim playing, use the
[RIM] button to select whether to set the head or the
rim. For pads that support three-way triggering, this
switches between the head, rim and bell.
The [RIM] button lights when the rim or bell is
selected.
Preventing the currently edited pad from changing
(Trigger Lock)
If you want to audition your performance sounds while you set the
instruments, you can specify that the currently edited pad does not
change even if you strike another pad.
1 . Press the [LOCK] button to make it light.
This locks the pad you set.
* The pad remains locked even if you use MIDI messages to switch
pads.
2 . To unlock, press the [LOCK] button, which makes the
button go dark.
MEMO
Even when the [LOCK] button is lit, you can press the SELECT [ K ] [ J ]
buttons to switch the pad to set.
Previewing the Pad Sounds
Press the [PREVIEW] button to hear the sound of the currently-selected
pad.
Pressing the button harder makes the volume louder. You can also
specify a fixed volume. For details, refer to "Data List" (PDF).
MEMO
5 Press the [PREVIEW] button while holding down the [SHIFT] button
to hear different kinds of sounds (such as the sound of playing a
snare drum closer to the rim, shallow rim shots, closed hi-hats and
so on), depending on the currently-selected pad and instrument
combination.
5 If you use the SELECT [ K ] [ J ] buttons to select a trigger input
number, you can still hear sound even when the TD-50X is not
connected to a pad.
([PREVIEW] Button)

Listening Only to the Currently-Selected

Instrument
(LAYER PREVIEW)
With the TD-50X, you can create layered sounds by stacking an
instrument (main instrument) with a sub-instrument. The currently-
selected layer can be previewed temporarily.
1 . On the INSTRUMENT screen, hold down the [SHIFT]
button while pressing [F5] (LAYER PREVIEW).
[F5] (LAYER PREVIEW) blinks, and only the main instrument shown
in the INSTRUMENT screen sounds (the sub-instrument does not
sound).
MEMO
5 The [F5] button controls the LAYER PREVIEW function while the
[SHIFT] button is held down.
5 All pads play the main instrument (no sub-instruments produce
sound) while "LAYER PREVIEW" is blinking.
2 .
To end LAYER PREVIEW, press the [EXIT] button or the
[F5] button.
LAYER PREVIEW also ends when you switch to a different screen.
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