Roland TD-50X Prismatic V-Drums Sound Module - Manual (Page 6)

6
Getting Ready
About Performance Techniques
As with an acoustic drum kit, the TD-50X supports a variety of playing techniques.
NOTE
5 Use only wooden or plastic sticks. Using carbon or metal sticks may cause the sensors to malfunction.
5 Use nylon brushes. Using metal brushes may cause the sensors to malfunction or damage the pads.
Pads
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.
Connect a pad that supports rim shot
techniques to the TRIGGER IN (2 SNARE)
jack, or connect a digitally-connected pad
(such as the PD-140DS) that supports cross-
stick techniques and assign the pad to the
snare drum.
For pads other than the PD-140DS, strike the
rim only—do not 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).
Connect a pad with a mesh head to the
TRIGGER IN (2 SNARE) jack, or connect a
digitally-connected pad (such as the PD-
140DS) that allows brush playing technique
and assign it to the snare.
Further, assign an instrument that supports
brush techniques to the head of the snare,
and turn the Brush Switch “ON.”
For details, refer to “Playing with Brushes” (p.
37).
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.
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.
Hi-hat
Open/closed The hi-hat tone changes continuously from
open to closed in response to how far the
hi-hat stand pedal is pressed.
You can also play a foot-close sound
by pressing the pedal, or a foot-splash
sound by pressing the pedal and then
immediately opening it.
Pressure
(VH-14D, VH-13)
When you strike the hi-hat while pressing
on the pedal with the hi-hat closed,
you can then change the closed tone in
response to the pressure you place on the
pedal.
The VH-11, VH-10, FD-9 and FD-8 do not
support pressure.
Bow shot
Nuance changes
depending on the
strike location
This is the technique used when
striking the surface of the top cymbal. It
corresponds to the sound of the “head-side”
of the connected trigger input.
If you are using a digitally-connected pad
that distinguishes between where you
strike it (such as the VH-14D), the nuances
of certain hi-hat sounds change depending
on where you strike the bow.