Roland TD-17 - Playing with Guide Tracks and Songs

13
Practicing
WARM UPS settings
In the WARM UPS screen,
press the [F2] (MENU) button
to access the settings screen.
Parameter Value Explanation
Duration
Species the time.
5 MINS
Time required: 5 minutes
Change-Up: 2 minutes
Time Check: 3 minutes
10 MINS
Time required: 10 minutes
Change-Up: 3 minutes
Auto Up/Down: 3 minutes
Time Check: 4 minutes
15 MINS
Time required: 15 minutes
Change-Up: 5 minutes
Auto Up/Down: 5 minutes
Time Check: 5 minutes
Grade
Species the strictness of scoring.
EASY Normal
HARD
Timing will be checked more
strictly.
Max Tempo
Species the upper tempo limit during step
2: Auto Up/Down.
* You can press the [F2] (CLICK) button to make click
settings (p. 9).
Sounding a Click Along with a Song
(Guide Track)
You can sound a click along with the song (guide track).
To use a guide track, select an internal song that contains
a guide track. If you prepare a song in audio le (WAV le)
format and an audio le that contains a click, you’ll be able
to play back a guide track that matches the song.
If you use an audio le of a song instead of a guide track,
you can play back in two-track stereo.
Playing a Guide Track with an Internal
Song
1. Press the [SONG] button.
2. Use the [F1] button and the dial to select an
internal song that contains a guide track.
Metronome icon
(Shown when you select
a song that has a guide
track)
3. Press the [
s
] button.
The guide track plays together with the song playback.
As necessary, adjust the volume of the guide track (p. 8).
MEMO
5 To mute the guide track, press the [F3] button to clear
the check box.
5 For details on the internal songs, refer to “Data List”
(PDF).
Playing Your Own Guide Track with a Song
To play back the guide track of your choice, prepare a song
in WAV le format and an audio le that contains the click
sound.
* MP3 les are not supported.
Preparing an audio le for the guide
1. Prepare the audio le (WAV le) that you
want to play back as a guide track.
Use commercially available DAW software etc. to create
the audio le. Record the click sound at the tempo of the
song.
2. On your computer, edit the le name of the
le that you prepared in step 1.
Specify “song le name+_Click” as the name of the audio
le that you want to play as the guide track.
Example) If the song le is “TD-17.wav,” specify “TD-
17_Click.wav.”
3. Save the song and the click audio le in the
root (top level) of the SD card (p. 23).
In the example above, save “TD-17.wav” and “TD-17_
Click.wav” in the root level.
Playing back
1. Press the [SONG] button.
2. Use the [F1] button or the dial to select the
song from the SD card that you want to play
back together with the guide track.
For the example above, select “TD-17.wav” from the SD
card as the song.
3. Press the [
s
] button.
The guide track plays together with the song playback.
As necessary, adjust the volume of the guide track (p. 8).
MEMO
To mute the guide track, press the [F3] button to clear
the check box.