How To Use The Acoustic Drum Trigger - Roland V-Drums TD-8 Owner's Manual

How to Use the Acoustic Drum Trigger

This section describes how to install a commercial drum
trigger.
1.
Attach the acoustic drum trigger to the
acoustic drum.
fig.d-01.e
Snare drum
Kick drum
Make sure that the wire does not touch
Drum Where to Install
Kick On the playing head (5 to 10 cm
from the rim)
Snare drum On the playing head (2 to 3 cm from
the rim)
Tom tom On the shell (next to a lug located
about 1 cm from the playing head rim)
Floor tom On the shell (next to a lug located
about 1 cm from the playing head rim)
Tom tom
Froor tom
If the acoustic drum trigger of a tom has a low output
level, attach it to the head.
2.
Use a monaural cable to connect the
acoustic drum trigger to the TD-8's trigger
input jack.
3.
Make trigger settings on the TD-8.
1. Press [SETUP], then [F1 (TRIG)].
[SETUP] is lit, and the "TRIG" screen appears.
2. Press CURSOR [
number.
3. Press [INC/+] or [DEC/-] or rotate the VALUE dial
to select the BANK number.
4. Press CURSOR [
type.
5. Strike a pad.
You can make the selection by pressing CURSOR [
or [ ] and [TRIG SELECT].
6. Press [INC/+] or [DEC/-] or rotate the VALUE dial
to make the setting.
Refer to the following chart, then specify the
corresponding type of pad.
Screen Chart Type Used
KIK kick drum
SNR snare drum
TOM tom-tom
FLR floor tom
4.
When the drum is struck, the TD-8 sounds.
If poor quality sound is produced, reposition the drum
trigger, and referring to "Using the TD-8 with Acoustic
Drums (Acoustic Drum Trigger)" (p. 134), make any
necessary adjustments.
• So that the acoustic drum trigger does not pick up extraneous
vibrations, do not allow it's cable to contact the rim or shell
(body).
• Be sure to mute the bass drum and snare drum. If you use a
ring mute, cut away part of the ring mute, so the acoustic
drum trigger contacts the head directly.
• For details on adjusting the correspondence between playing
velocity and the TD-8's volume, refer to p. 129.
] to move the cursor to BANK
] to move the cursor to trigger
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