Connecting External Expansion Pads Or Pedals; Using An External Expansion Pad (Trig In) - Roland HandSonic HPD-20 Owner's Manual

Connecting External Expansion Pads or Pedals

You can connect an external expansion pad, footswitch, or hi-hat control pedal.
This will broaden your performance possibilities, for example by letting you use your feet to play sounds.

Using an External Expansion Pad (TRIG IN)

To the HandSonic's pads and D-BEAM, you can add a kick pad that you play with your foot, or a mesh
pad, cymbal pad, or bar trigger pad that you can play with sticks.
By using not just your hands but also sticks or your feet to play sounds, you can obtain an even wider
range of performance possibilities.
You can connect one Roland-made pad.
For details on pads that are suitable for expanding the HandSonic, refer to p. 41.
* V-Hi-Hat pads (VH-13, VH-12, VH-11) are not supported.
For the latest information about pads, refer to the Roland website.
http://www.roland.com/
Connecting a pad
Please also read the owner's manual of the expansion pad you're using.
1.
Connect the pad to the HandSonic's TRIG IN jack.
Use the cable that was included with your expansion pad.
2.
Choose MENU g SYS g ExtTrig Settings g TYPE.
The EXT-TRIGGER SETTINGS screen will appear.
3.
Use the value knob to set the "Type" parameter to the model of pad you're
connecting.
You must set the "Type" parameter correctly.
If you want to make detailed adjustments to the sensitivity, refer to p. 63.
4.
Press the [KIT] button to return to the kit screen, and assign an instrument to the pad that you connected.
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"Rear Panel (Connections)" (p. 8)
EXT-TRIGGER SETTINGS screen
"Assigning Sounds to Pads (Inst)" (p. 23)