Roland TD-10 - Manual (Page 88)

Parameters
Ambience Mic Positions: Low, High
Low: Often referred to as “floor mikes,” picking up low
frequencies of the room, producing a warmer charac-
ter.
High: Often referred to as “overhead mikes” capturing the
high frequencies and accenting the brightness of the
room.
■ Adjusting the volume and output
assignments of the ambience
fig.05-05
Procedure
1. Press [STUDIO]-[F4 (AMBNCE)]-[F3 (AMBLVL)].
The “AMBIENCE” page will appear.
2. Use [CURSOR] to move the cursor to the output destina-
tion that you wish to set (“MASTER”, “DIR1”, “DIR2”,
“DIR3” ).
3. Use [INC/DEC] or the VALUE dial to make the setting.
If you want the ambience to be output ONLY from a specific
output, raise the value for that output and set a value of “0”
for the others.
Parameters
Ambience Output Level: 0–127
MASTER: Adjusts the level of ambience output from the
MASTER jacks.
DIR1: Adjusts the level of ambience output from the
DIRECT 1 jacks.
DIR2: Adjusts the level of ambience output from the
DIRECT 2 jacks.
DIR3: Adjusts the level of ambience output from the
DIRECT 3 jacks.
* Consider that Ambience is like an effect used with a mixing con-
sole and that these parameters correspond to the “Return Level”
(the amount that is sent from an effect back to the mixer).
Settings for each instrument
About the basic procedure
In each page,when you hit the pad for which you wish to
make settings, the setting page for that pad will appear. You
can also make a selection by pressing [TRIG SELECT] on the
TD-10 itself.
■ Adjusting the amount of ambience
fig.05-06
Procedure
1. Press [STUDIO]-[F4 (AMBNCE)]-[F1 (AMBSND)].
The “AMBIENCE” page will appear.
2. Strike the pad that you wish to edit.
The cursor will move to the slider of the pad that you struck.
3. Use the VALUE dial, [INC/DEC] or [CURSOR] to make
the setting.
Parameters
Ambience Send Level: 0-127
* If you consider Ambience as a type of “effect” used with a mix-
ing console, this parameter corresponds to the Send Level (the
amount that is sent from the mixer to the effect or in this
case,the room you’ve selected).
■ Selecting the type of mike and
its location
Here you can choose the type of mike used on certain instru-
ments and its relative position to that instrument.
fig.05-07
* This parameter’s not available for electronic drums, TR-808/909
kits, cymbals or percussion.
Microphone settings can be made for the following trigger
inputs.
Trigger number Mic type Mic location
1, 2 (KICK, SNARE) o o
3–6 (TOM1–4) - o
7–12 - -
o: Can be set - : Cannot be set
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