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.