About performance techniques, Snare / toms, Change the nuance of the rim shot – Roland TD-27KV2 V-Drums Electronic Drum Kit User Manual

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The TD-27 lets you use various performance techniques just as on acoustic drums.

NOTE

Use only wooden or plastic sticks. Using a carbon or metal stick may cause the sensor to malfunction.

Use nylon brushes. Using metal brushes may cause the sensor to malfunction, and may scratch the pad.

Snare / Toms

Playing method

Explanation

Head shot

Tone changes depending on

strike point

Hit only the head of the pad.
For a certain snare drum, the tone will change naturally as you move the strike location

from the center of the head toward the rim.

Rim shot

Strike the head and the rim of the pad simultaneously.
A sound (rim sound) different than the head shot will be heard.

Cross stick

Strike the rim while placing your hand on the head.
Snare sounds can produce different sounds in response to different playing techniques;

for example they can produce a rim sound when played using a rim shot, or a cross-

stick sound when played using a cross-stick technique.
Either connect a pad that supports the rim shot to “SN” of the dedicated connection

cable, or connect a pad (such as the PD-140DS) that supports digital connection and

allows cross-stick playing technique, and assign it to snare.

* On units other than the PD-140DS, strike only the rim so as not to touch the head.
* On some snare sounds, it might not be possible to play separate sounds in this way.

Playing with

brushes

You can use brushes to scrape the head (brush sweep).
Either connect a pad with a mesh head to “SN” of the dedicated connection cable, or

connect a pad (such as the PD-140DS) that supports digital connection and allows

brush playing technique, and assign it to snare.
In addition, assign an instrument that supports brush techniques to the head of the

snare, and turn the Brush Switch “ON.”

For details, refer to “Performing with Brushes (BRUSH SW)” (p. 42).

Change the nuance of the rim shot

With certain snare and tom sounds, slight changes in the way you play rim shots changes the nuance.
* You’ll need to connect a pad that support strike location detection.

Playing method

Explanation

Normal rim shot

(Open rim shot)

Strike the head and rim simultaneously.

Shallow rim shot

Simultaneously strike the head near the rim and the rim itself.

About Performance Techniques