Playing The Pads; Head Shots And Rim Shots; Cross Stick On The Snare Pad - Roland V-Drums TD-3 Owner's Manual

About the Pads

Playing the Pads

Head Shots and Rim Shots

To play a head shot, hit only the head.
To play a rim shot, hit both the head and the rim of the pad simultaneously.
With the following pads head and rim shots are available.
PD-7, PD-8, PD-9, PD-80R, PD-85, PD-105, PD-120, PD-125:
With the following pads only head shots are available.
PD-6, PD-80, PD-100:
fig.P-014.e
Head Shot
Head

Cross Stick on the Snare Pad

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Head
When using rim shots on the PD-80R, PD-85, PD-105, PD-120, or PD-125, connect the pad to
the SNARE trigger input jack with a STEREO cable.
Certain instrument names, for example: "S1" as the snare head instrument and "S1r" as the
rim instrument are actually "matched" as it is the head and rim from the same drum.
(→ Selecting Sounds [INST] (p. 24))
fig.P-015.e
The cross stick sound is sometimes referred to as a "closed rim shot."
When you perform a cross stick, the rim instrument is played.
Rim
When using the PD-80R, PD-85, PD-105, PD-120, or PD-125 to play the
cross stick, be sure that you only strike the rim (outer edge) of the pad.
Rim
Placing your hand on the head (center area) of the pad might prevent the
cross stick sound from being played properly.
To play cross stick on the PD-80R, PD-85, PD-105, PD-120, or PD-125, connect the pad with a
Stereo cable to the SNARE trigger input jack.
To play a cross stick sound, assign "S1r," "S2r," "S3r," "S4r," "S10," or "S11" to the rim.
By selecting either "S1r," "S2r," "S3r," or "S4r" as the SNARE rim instrument, you can have
either rim shot or cross stick sounds sound depending on your playing dynamics.
(→ Selecting Sounds [INST] (p. 24))
Rim Shot
Head
Rim
Head
Rim