Roland TD-6 - Manual (Page 10)

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Contents
Chapter 6 Recording a Song .............................................. (Realtime Recording) ..93
Preparations for Recording ................................................................................................... 93
When Recording Pad Performances ................................................................................... 93
Recording Performances by External MIDI Devices ........................................................ 93
How To Record ....................................................................................(RECORDING STANDBY) .. 94
Setting the Time Signature .....................................................(Time Signature)................ 94
Setting the Number of Measures...........................................(Length) .............................. 94
Setting the Song Tempo ..........................................................(Tempo) .............................. 94
Quantize During Recording...................................................(Quantize) .......................... 95
Selecting the Recording Method
(Loop All, Loop1, Loop2, Replace)........................................(Recording Mode) ............. 95
Start Recording with a Pad or Pedal Trigger.......................(Hit Pad Start).................... 95
Chapter 7 Making the MIDI Settings ........................(SETUP/MIDI,
BULK DUMP) .....96
About MIDI ............................................................................................................................ 96
MIDI Connectors ................................................................................................................... 96
MIDI Channels and Multi-timbral Sound Modules ......................................................... 96
How the Internal Sequencer Operates................................................................................ 97
Making the MIDI Settings .............................................................(MIDI COMMON)............. 97
Automatically Switching Instrument Settings Screens ......(Note Chase) ...................... 98
When Using as MIDI Controller
for External MIDI Device Only..............................................(Local Control)................... 98
Synchronizing with an External MIDI Device ....................(Sync Mode) ....................... 98
Setting Priority for Playing Drums and Percussion ...........(Channel 10 Priority) ........ 99
Hi-Hat Control Pedal Data Reduction..................................(Pedal Data Thin) .............. 99
Switch to the GM (General MIDI) Mode..............................(GM Mode) ...................... 100
Preventing the TD-6 from Switching
to GM (General MIDI) Mode .................................................(Rx GM ON)..................... 100
Mixing MIDI Signals Coming to the MIDI IN
with Real Time Performance on the Pads ............................(Soft Thru) ........................ 101
Set the Device ID......................................................................(Device ID) ....................... 101
Setting the TD-6 So That Program Changes
Are Not Transmitted ..................................................(Tx PC Sw) ....................... 102
Are Not Received ........................................................(Rx PC Sw) ....................... 102
MIDI Channel Settings for a Part..................................................(MIDI PART) .................. 102
MIDI Messages Stop Function for Specific Parts
in GM (General MIDI) Mode .........................................................(GM PART).................... 103
Saving Data to an External MIDI Device ......................................(BULK DUMP) ............... 103
Returning Saved Data to the TD-6 .................................................................................... 104
Chapter 8 Features Using MIDI and Setting Examples ......................105
About Transmitting/Receiving Program Changes ............................................................... 105
Triggering an External Sound Device by Playing the TD-6 ................................................. 105
Combining with an External MIDI Sequencer...................................................................... 106
Importing Sequence Data from an External MIDI Device
to the TD-6’s Internal Sequencer ....................................................................................... 106
Recording Your Performance to an External Sequencer................................................ 106
Using the TD-6 As a Sound Module .................................................................................... 107