User Manual

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Eects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Turning Eects On/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Adjusting Volume Change and Tone
(PAD COMPRESSOR/PAD EQ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Adjusting the Volume Change (COMP) . . . . . . . . 68
Adjusting the Tone (EQ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Simulating the Acoustics of a Performing Location
(AMBIENCE SECTION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Editing the Ambience (EDIT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Auditioning the Ambience Eect (AMB ONLY) . 71
Applying Eects to the Sound
(MULTI EFFECTS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Editing the Multi-Eect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Auditioning the Multi-Eects (MFX ONLY) . . . . . 72
Multi-Eects Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Adjusting the Overall Sound
(MASTER COMPRESSOR/MASTER EQ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Editing the Master Comp/Master EQ Settings . 78
Copying Eect Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Specifying the Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Setting the Tempo by Hitting a Pad (TAP) . . . . . 81
Viewing the Tempo as a Blinking Button . . . . . . 82
Sounding a Click . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Making Click Settings (CLICK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Synchronizing with an External MIDI Device (SYNC) . 84
Song Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Connecting USB Flash Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Playing an Audio File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Selecting an Audio File from a List (LIST) . . . . . . 86
Playback Settings (FUNC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Changing the Playback Speed (SPEED) . . . . . . . . 87
Repeatedly Playing a Specic Region (A-B) . . . . 87
Viewing Information About the Audio File . . . . . . . . . . 88
Pattern Sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Basic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Choosing a Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Selecting a Pattern from the List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Playing Back a Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Making Settings for Each Part (PART) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Muting a Specic Part (MUTE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Specifying the Instruments for the Backing
Parts (BACKING) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Percussion Part Settings (PERC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Setting the Volume and Pan of Each Part
(MIXER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Applying Reverb/Chorus to Each Parts
(REV/CHO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Making Settings for a User Pattern (FUNC) . . . . . . . . . . 97
Specifying the Number of Measures, Time
Signature, and Tempo (SETUP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Specifying the Playback Type (TYPE) . . . . . . . . . . 98
Naming a Pattern (NAME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Recording a Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Checking the Tones and Phrases During
Recording (Rehearsal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Editing a Pattern (EDIT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Copying a Pattern (COPY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Connecting Two Patterns (APPEND) . . . . . . . . . . 103
Erasing a Pattern (ERASE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Deleting a Pattern (DELETE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Saving a Pattern (USB MEM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Saving Patterns on a USB Flash Drive (SAVE) . . 105
Loading a Pattern from a USB Flash Drive
(LOAD). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Deleting a Pattern from a USB Flash Drive
(DELETE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Settings 107
Backing Up the Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Data saved in USB ash drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Backing Up All Data to a USB Flash Drive (SAVE) . . . .109
Loading Backup Data from a USB Flash Drive
(LOAD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Importing Kit Data from TD-20/TD-20X Backup
Data (IMPORT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Deleting Backup Data from a USB Flash Drive
(DELETE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Backing Up a Drum Kit to a USB Flash Drive
(KITSAVE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Loading Kit Data from a USB Flash Drive (KITLOAD) .112
Checking the State of a USB Flash Drive (INFO) . . . . .113
Formatting a USB Flash Drive (FORMAT) . . . . . . . . . . .113
Overall Settings for the TD-30 (SETUP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Output Assignments (OUTPUT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Output Destination Setting Examples . . . . . . . . 116
Assigning a Function to a Footswitch or Pad
(CONTROL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Assigning a Function to a Footswitch
(FOOT SW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Assigning a Function to a Pad (PAD SW) . . . . . .118
Other Settings (OPTION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Specifying the Preview Velocity (PREVIEW) . . .120
Making the Master Comp/EQ Settings
Identical for All Kits (COMP/EQ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Using the MIX IN Jacks as Two Monaural
Inputs (MIX IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Adjusting the Display Contrast (LCD) . . . . . . . . .121
Restoring the Factory Settings (F RESET) . . . . . . . . . . .122
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