User Manual
Table Of Contents
- USING THE UNIT SAFELY
- IMPORTANT NOTES
- Contents
- Overview
- Setup
- Performance
- Drum Kit
- Instrument
- Mixer
- Effects
- Tempo
- Song Player
- Pattern Sequencer
- Settings
- Backing Up the Settings
- Data saved in USB flash drive
- Backing Up All Data to a USB Flash Drive (SAVE)
- Loading Backup Data from a USB Flash Drive (LOAD)
- Importing Kit Data from TD-20/TD-20X Backup Data (IMPORT)
- Deleting Backup Data from a USB Flash Drive (DELETE)
- Backing Up a Drum Kit to a USB Flash Drive (KITSAVE)
- Loading Kit Data from a USB Flash Drive (KITLOAD)
- Checking the State of a USB Flash Drive (INFO)
- Formatting a USB Flash Drive (FORMAT)
- Overall Settings for the TD-30 (SETUP)
- Output Assignments (OUTPUT)
- Assigning a Function to a Footswitch or Pad (CONTROL)
- Other Settings (OPTION)
- Restoring the Factory Settings (F RESET)
- Playing a Kit from the USB Flash Drive Without Loading It (Kit Selection) (KIT SEL)
- Digital Audio Level (GAIN)
- Auto Off Function (AUTOOFF)
- Viewing the Remaining Memory and the Program Version (INFO)
- Trigger Settings
- Backing Up the Settings
- Expansion
- Appendices
AppendicesExpansionSettingsPerformanceSetupOverview
Overview of the TD-30
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Various Performance Techniques
Here we explain the techniques that you can use to play the pads, cymbals, and hi-hat that are connected to the TD-30.
MEMO
• Some pads do not support the performance techniques described below (such as detecting the strike location). For details
on the techniques supported by each pad, refer to “Selecting the Pad Type (BANK)” (p. 126).
• The available performance techniques will depend on the trigger input. Positional sensing will also depend on the trigger
input.
For details on the performance techniques and striking points supported by each trigger input, refer to “Trigger Inputs and
Playing Methods Corresponding Chart” (p. 127).
Pad
Playing method Explanation
Head shot
Tone changes depending
on strike point
Hit only the head of the pad.
For a 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) dierent than the head shot will be heard.
Cross stick
Do not place your hand on
the head
Only strike the rim of the pad.
Depending on the instrument assigned to the rim you can play rim shots
and/or cross stick sounds.
* For some snare sounds, the sounds cannot be dierentiated in this way.
* To play the cross stick, be sure that you only strike the rim of the pad.
Placing your hand on the head of the pad might prevent the cross stick
sound from being played properly.
Playing with brushes
With the TD-30, you can “swish” or “sweep” using brushes with the mesh
head pad connected to TRIGGER INPUT 2 (SNARE).
When playing with brushes, choose the “SNARE BRUSH” instrument group
(p. 54), and turn the Brush Switch “ON” (p. 48).
* Use nylon brushes. The tips of metal brushes will catch in the mesh,
damaging the pad.
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.
Playing method Explanation
Normal rim shot
(Open rim shot)
Strike the head and rim simultaneously.