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Getting ready – Roland TD-50X Prismatic V-Drums Sound Module User Manual

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Getting Ready

[

s

] button

Plays/stops the song or recorded data.

[

t

] button

Press this to record your playing.

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Faders

Use these to adjust the volume of the kick, snare, hi-hat and other

percussion, the ambience and so on.

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[KIT] button

The DRUM KIT screen appears.

[-] [+] buttons

Use these buttons to switch between drum kits and change values.

[EXIT] button

Press this once to return to the next-higher level screen. When

you press this several times in a row, the display eventually returns

to the DRUM KIT screen. Also, when you press the [EXIT] button

while holding down the [SHIFT] button, this stops (mutes) all of the

sounds that are playing (ALL SOUND OFF). This is useful when you

want to stop several loop phrases all at once.

[ENTER] button

Press this button to confirm a value or operation.

[SHIFT] button

This is used in conjunction with other buttons. The function of

other buttons changes while you are holding down this button.

[PREVIEW] button

This button is for previewing instruments. Pressing the button

harder makes the volume louder.
If you use the SELECT [

K

] [

J

] buttons to select a trigger input

number, you can still hear sound even when the TD-50X is not

connected to a pad.

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[

H

] [

I

] [

K

] [

J

] buttons (Cursor buttons)

Move the cursor.

Dial

This functions in the same way as the [-] [+] buttons. Use this dial

when you want to make broad changes to the drum kit or settings.

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KIT CUSTOMIZE

[INSTRUMENT] button

Sets the instrument (sound). By pressing the [INSTRUMENT] button

while holding down the [SHIFT] button, you can go directly to the

instrument’s edit (V-EDIT) page.

[AMBIENCE] button

Sets the sound of the overhead mic that captures sound from the

entire kit, as well as the reverberation and sound of the place where

the drums are played.

[MIXER] button

Sets the volume, pan, multi-effects, equalizer, compressor and

other settings for each pad.

[SNAPSHOT] button

You can temporarily save the currently-edited drum kit, and

compare it with the current settings or revert back to it (Snapshot

function).

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[SD CARD] button

Use this for operations related to the SD card, such as saving or

loading data. Also, you can copy settings such as drum kit and

instruments by pressing the [SD CARD] button while holding down

the [SHIFT] button.

[SETUP] button

This button is used for settings related to the TD-50X overall, such

as output destination (output assign), MIDI and so on. Press the

[SETUP] button while holding down the [SHIFT] button to use the

User Sample functions (p. 39) such as loading user samples and

so on.

[TRIGGER] button

Sets the trigger parameters.

[SET LIST] button

Use this button to create set lists, and to switch between drum kits

in the order specified in the set list. The [SET LIST] button lights

when the Set List function is on.