Roland TD-7 - Inside the TD-7

2. Inside the TD-7
The TD»? is di\'itic*t| into .~setttions as §‘ii‘it}\\-‘I1 l)*:'it>\t‘:
PEDAL K N01-E MAP BLQCK \ SEQUENCER
‘;§"i14;%i” BLOCK it BLOCK
CONTHYLPEDAL f '"|Nsi|=tL1ivtE|§iT"]
\_co.._§FC_T'.9N--_ --_J INSTRUMENT
,...,_ W W W M W M " W W ___ _ BLOCK
TRIGGER t I PERFORMANCE I
BLOCK t t_ se;IIO~_ 1 1
,1;;;;‘;;§;I;;”;f ; EFFECT I
I PERFORMANCE it BLOCK
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EFFECT1 ;
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j ’---- w i i w i i Q 1 i -_» —
Moot MIDI I PERFORMANCE I 3 .-H -_- - s -A. I
BLOCK k _ _. ...§..E§BQ.N... 53. ___ nu» _...» IEFFEQT git
Miitii IN L j _ H ‘ti K -- -- -- -- --* 1
Tht-: Trigger BIOCK corwerts the t:'igger :si_en:zl:§ ttwutetl by hitting the patls) into z\’l[l_)i signziis.
'1 ‘he Instrument BIOCR (itf[t?l‘111iI1t.'-S the sound of an iIISiI‘tll1iL’l1l. The '|"I.)-"F t'ontain:~i 31.3 Instrument
sounds ‘I-\’|‘IiCii are mutle from the ;Z_"5t'} wait-'t.-l'oi':1is.
The N018 Map BIOCR assigns L-lH.iiiSfftIiI1ti't"1l to each MIDI Note Number. That is, {rota can
determine the instrument to he |.1l:t_w:'t.l in-* hitting 1-1 pad or |"ihn.-'ing it t'{iIiI'it?L.‘it.‘t| ktft-=l1t>;m.i. The
Instrument section can provicle one Note Map and the three Performance sections can providt-:
one Note Map each. This Ci'L"2iitfS 11 total of Your Note ivlups.
The Pedal BIOCK detennines how to control the sound module with the i~Ii-l1;tt(Iontrol Pedal t Fli-
Ti. '
The Effect B|OCi< prtxcesses the sountl with the on-l.Jo;irtlel‘l‘ects(such ;i:.~i t'e\-'e1‘h'.tz1d i;lto1't1s). The
Effect section contziins two independent eI'l'ects ]7l't'.)L'tf.‘iStif$.
'|"he Sequencer Block records clzitzi oI'tl1c* I’lirase Scqttencirr and pliiys it lmclt. MIDI sigiiais sent
from :1 n extemal det-‘ice can lac l”L"L‘Of'(iL‘t'.i via-1 the Note M11 p Block. Tvm el'|'ect.~'. um he tiseti simuit-.1neouslt-Y.
The MIDI Input / Output Block sets the p:.ir:1mi':tcrs related tol1';tnsmitting;mi;| rt;'t‘ei\'ing_ MIDI
niessaiges.
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A "Note Number” is the
numberassigned to each
key of a keyboard.
A “Sequencer” is a
device that records and
plays back performance
data.
"MIDI" stands for Musical
Instrument Digitat Inter—
face, an international
standard for communi-
cating performance infor-
mation or sound se|ec~
tion messages, etc.
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