Roland TM-6 Pro Drum Trigger Module - Manual (Page 21)

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Performing
Performing Along with a Song
You can play back an audio file (WAV/MP3) of backing tracks
etc. from an SD card.
Here’s how to perform along with a song.
1 Insert an SD card into the TM-6 PRO (p. 7).
2 Press the [SONG] button.
The SONG screen appears.
Song name
Metronome icon
(shown if a song
containing a click track
(p. 22) is selected)
Loop icon (during
loop playback & PDF)
3 Press the [F3] (FOLDER) button.
The SONG FOLDER screen appears.
4
Select an audio file, and press the [F3]
(SELECT) button or the [ENTER] button.
Button Function
[ ] [ ] buttons Moves cursor
[F1] (FOLDER UP) button/
[<] button
Exits a folder
[F2] (OPEN) button/
[>] button
Enters a folder
[F3] (SELECT) button/
[ENTER] button
Specifies a file
5 Press the [ s ] button.
The selected song plays.
Operations during playback
Controller Function
[ s ] button Play/stop the song
[ ] button Move to the beginning of the song
[ ] button Move to the end of the song
[<] button Rewind five seconds
[>] button Fast-forward five seconds
[F1] ( v ) button
Move to the previous song (long-
press the button: rewind the song)
[F2] ( w ) button
Move to the next song (long-press
the button: fast-forward the song)
[–] [+] buttons Move to the previous/next song
[SONG] knob
Adjust the volume of the song
(audio file)
[CLICK] knob (*1)
Adjust the volume of the click track
(p. 22)
[ENTER] button
Make various settings related to
song playback, such as specifying
the volume of the song or click track,
or making the song play repeatedly
(loop playback) (p. 22).
*1: By outputting an audio file from an SD card as a click
track, you can make a click sound along with a song
(p. 22).
When transferring files from your
computer to an SD card
You can also play back audio files that are saved
within a folder, not only at the root (top level) of the
SD card.
* You can put up to 200 song files in a single folder.
* Keep the length of the song to less than one hour
per file.
Reference
For details, refer to “SD card folder structure”
(p. 36).
Audio files that can be played by the
TM-6 PRO
WAV MP3
Format
(extension)
WAV (.wav) MP3 (.mp3)
Sampling
frequency
44.1 kHz 44.1 kHz
Bit rate 16, 24-bit 64 kbps–320 kbps
* File names or folder names that contain more than
15 characters are not shown correctly. Files and
folders using double-byte characters are also not
supported.