Roland TD-50 - Assigning a User Sample to an Instrument and Playing It; Listing the User Samples; Specifying How the User Sample Is Sounded

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Customizing a Kit
6. Use the cursor buttons to select the import-destination
number, and press the [F5] (IMPORT) button.
* If you select a number in which data already exists, the message
“User Sample Exists!” appears. Select a number that contains no
data.
MEMO
By pressing the [F3] (DELETE) button you can delete a
previously-exported user sample.
7. Press the [F5] (IMPORT) button.
A conrmation message appears.
If you decide to cancel, select “CANCEL” and press the [ENTER]
button.
8. Select “OK” and press the [ENTER] button.
The audio le is imported.
Assigning a User Sample to an Instrument and
Playing It
1. Press the [INSTRUMENT] button.
2. Press the PAGE [UP] button to access page 1
(INSTRUMENT).
3. Press the [F1] (INST) button.
4. Select the pad that you want to edit (p. 20).
5. Move the cursor to the instrument group, and use the [–]
[+] buttons or the dial to select “USER SAMPLE.”
6. Turn the [R1] knob to select a user sample.
* Only the parameters of the INSTRUMENT screen
(ADVANCED tab) can be edited for an instrument to which a user
sample is assigned.
7. Press the [KIT] button to return to the DRUM KIT screen.
When you strike a pad to which the user sample is assigned, you
hear that user sample.
MEMO
5 You can assign a user sample to the instrument of each pad,
and make mute group settings (p. 26) so that you can switch
between user samples by striking the pads.
5 You can also assign a user sample to a sub-instrument.
Listing the User Samples
Here’s how to view a list of all user samples that have been
imported.
You can audition the sound, specify looping, and edit the name.
1. Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the [SETUP]
button.
2. Press the PAGE [UP] button to access page 1
(USER SAMPLE).
3. Press the [F2] (SAMPLE LIST) button.
The USER SAMPLE screen appears.
Remaining amount of user sample area
User sample number and name
How user
samples are
sounded
User sample information
4. Turn the [R1] knob to select a user sample.
MEMO
You can press the [F4] (PREVIEW) button to play back the
selected user sample. If you press the [F4] (PREVIEW) button
once again during playback, the playback stops.
Specifying How the User Sample Is Sounded
You can specify how the user sample is sounded when you strike a
pad, for example whether it sounds only once or repeatedly.
1. From the user sample list, select the user sample for which
you want to make the setting.
2. Use the cursor [
J
] button to move the cursor to Play Type,
and use the [–] [+] buttons or the dial to change the value.
Parameter Value Explanation
Play Type
ONE SHOT
MONO
When you strike the pad, the currently-
heard sound is silenced before the new
sound is heard. Notes do not overlap.
ONE SHOT POLY
When you strike the pad repeatedly,
the sounds of the notes are heard
overlapping.
LOOP ALT
The user sample plays repeatedly
(loop).
Each time you strike the pad, the sound
alternately plays or stops.
MEMO
To stop a user sample that continues playing, you can use ALL
SOUND OFF (p. 13) to stop the sound.