Roland TD-7 - Parameters Inla Patch

[1] Parameters in a Patch
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\-';trinu.~; st‘t'lltt§_1s that determine ltnw the sonntl should he playetl are storetl in a Patch. A Patch is in
turn st: wctl in the internal memory olthe Tl")-7. .»\ Patch il1L'ltItlt.'5. among t"_:tltertlti1tgs_ lt1.‘~itI'tii]iC‘I'il and
cllt.-ct .wttit1§_1s, The Tl‘)-7’ can store up to 52 tlillerent I-‘atcltiss. By using a l'ootst\'itclt while a Patt'h is
ht:in_t; |1lat-ml. jrntt can in:='tantanctaisly :<.elet‘t a nun" l’att‘h. The new Pzttch may have t'om|>lete'ly
t|i|‘I"'ei'ent stttttttls t;mt.l 1.-fit-t.'ts settings '1 for each pad.
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as yet: can see in t he l'igtire 1tl'K.)\‘L’. many t|il'l'et'ent parameters can he written into a Patelt. The following
e\'plains some important Patelt p:.tramet"en< oi the TD~?"'.
'l'wo tlil'l'erent' trigger signals are output tlepeiitling on l__1£'iVt' you strike the l’l')-I-’s; a signal creatctl
h_\_' hitting the head Of the pad and a Rim Shot signal. lRe1ne:nl_1et'. Rim Shot signals arecreatecl
ht" hitting the head and rim sections ol the pad at the same time.) Up to nine l’If‘J-"F5 can he connected
to the Tl‘)-'.?. so a maxizttuin ol 18 trigger signals can he output.
Head I-tit Rim Shot
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lin if P:.1t't"h. you can also set the lnstrttrnent assignment‘ that determines whitth Instrument should he
olayctl hy hitting a pad tor playing a connected keyboard). How the Instrument sounds differs in the
instrument section and {ht-.‘ Performance section. The lttsttttmentseetitm assigns an Instrument
o each i\=ote Ntittilwer and titcrelore each pad t'lteyi will sound dillerenthr. In the Performance section,
hovt-‘ct-ter. the same sound is assigned to each pad (key). In the Performance sectiion. one instrument
sound is playecl with tlilTet'enl pitcltcs.
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I 1:-:."Mem0ry“ is the place
(memory IC) where data
can be stored and
retrieved.
A Ftim Shot is a per-
formance technique in
which both the actual pad
and the rim of the pad
are struck simultane~
ously. If you only hit the
rim of the pad, the proper
effect will not be
obtained.
37 Chapter 2 Basic Operation/Inside the TD-7