Roland TD-50 Reference Manual

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Contents
Getting Ready 4
Overview of the TD-50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Drum Kits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
About Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
About Performance Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Turning the Power On/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Making the Power Automatically Turn o After a Time
(AUTO OFF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Making Hi-hat Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Basic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Performing 13
Selecting a Drum Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Selecting a Drum Kit from the List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cross-Stick Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Stopping All Currently Played Sounds (ALL SOUND OFF) . . . . . 13
Playing with the Click . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Performing Along with a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Performing Along with an Audio Player Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Performing Along with a TD-50 Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Repeatedly Playing a Specied Region (A-B Repeat) . . . . . . . . . 14
Changing the Settings of Each Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Playing an Audio File as a Click (Click Track) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Rhythm Training (QUIET COUNT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Registering/Recalling Favorite Drum Kits (FAVORITE) . . . . . 16
Recording 17
Recording a Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Recording Your Drum Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Recording Your Performance Along with a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Deleting Recorded Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Renaming Recorded Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Exporting Recorded Data to an SD Card (SONG EXPORT) . . . . . 18
Customizing a Kit 19
Editing an Instrument (INSTRUMENT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Selecting an Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Choosing a Pad to Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Auditioning the Sound of a Pad ([PREVIEW] button) . . . . . . . . . 20
Adjusting the Mic Settings (MIC POSITION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Adjusting the Attack and Release (TRANSIENT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Layering Instruments (SUB INSTRUMENT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Simulating the Ambience of a Performance Space
(AMBIENCE)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Editing the Mixer (MIXER). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Specifying the Volume and Pan of Each Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Applying Eects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Adjusting the Overall Sound
(MASTER COMPRESSOR/MASTER EQ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Comparing with or Reverting to the Unedited Drum Kit
(SNAPSHOT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Editing a Drum Kit (MENU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Setting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Specifying the Illumination Color of the [KIT] Button and
Knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Renaming the Drum Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Performing with Brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Specifying the Tempo for Each Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Controlling Tonal Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Making MIDI Transmit/Receive Settings for Each Pad . . . . . . . . . 27
Importing and Playing Audio Files (USER SAMPLE) . . . . . . . 27
Importing an Audio File (IMPORT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Assigning a User Sample to an Instrument and Playing It . . . . . 28
Listing the User Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Specifying How the User Sample Is Sounded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Specifying the Sounded Region of a User Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Deleting a User Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Renaming a User Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Organizing User Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Utility Functions 30
Using the TD-50 with a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
USB Driver Installation and Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Specifying the Output for USB Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Specifying the Input for USB Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Copying Settings (COPY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Recalling Drum Kits Successively (SET LIST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Creating a Set List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using Set Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Roland TD-50 Specifications

General

Sample rate	44.1 kHz
Drum sound types	Ambience, Crash, Hi-hat, Kick, Ride, Snare drum, Tom
Number of samples	500
Drum kits quantity	100
Sample audio formats	WAV
Reverberation effects quantity	5
Display type	LCD
Built-in display	Yes
Power source type	AC
USB connector type	USB Type-B
Headphone connectivity	6.3 mm
Compatible memory cards	SD
6.35 mm (1⁄4-inch) output	12

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	255 mm
Width	330 mm
Height	118 mm
Weight	3300 g