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
Tempo
84
Synchronizing with an External
MIDI Device (SYNC)
This section discusses the settings that allow an external
MIDI sequencer and the TD-30’s sequencer to be
synchronized.
The device that is playing back is called the “master” and
the device that is synchronizing to the playback is called
the “slave.”
1. Press the [TEMPO] button.
The [TEMPO] button will light, and the TEMPO screen will
appear.
2. Press the [F2] (SYNC) button.
The TEMPO SYNC screen will appear.
3. Use the [–] [+] buttons or the dial to make
settings.
Parameter Value Explanation
Sync Mode
INTERNAL
The TD-30’ tempo setting
will be used for playback/
recording.
The TD-30 will be the
master. When shipped
from the factory, this
setting is selected.
EXTERNAL
The TD-30’s sequencer
will operate in accordance
with tempo data (MIDI
Clock) from the external
device.
The TD-30 will be the
slave.
AUTO
This is a convenient
setting that combines
features of both the
INTERNAL and EXTERNAL
settings.
When no synchronization
signal is being received,
the TD-30’s tempo setting
will be used for playback/
recording. When a
synchronization signal is
being received from an
external device, the TD-30
will sync to that signal.
REMOTE
The TD-30 will obey start/
pause/stop messages
from an external device,
but will playback accord-
ing to its own tempo
setting.
Parameter Value Explanation
Clock Source *
MIDI
If the Sync Mode is
“EXTERNAL” or “AUTO,” the
TD-30 will synchronize to
tempo data from the MIDI
IN connector.
USB MIDI
If the Sync Mode is
“EXTERNAL” or “AUTO,” the
TD-30 will synchronize to
tempo data from the USB
COMPUTER port.
* If the Sync Mode is “INTERNAL,” this is shown as “---”.
4. Press the [EXIT] button to return to the TEMPO
screen.
Synchronizing the TD-30 with the playback of
an external MIDI sequencer
In this case, the TD-30 will be the slave and the external
MIDI sequencer will be the master.
1. Connect the TD-30 to your external MIDI
sequencer (p. 141).
2. Set the Sync Mode to “EXTERNAL.”
3. Set the Clock Source.
If you’ve connected your external MIDI sequencer to the
MIDI connector, choose “MIDI.” If you’ve connected it to
the USB COMPUTER port, choose “USB.”
4. Play back your external sequencer.
Synchronized playback will begin.