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Performing Along with a Song
Performing Along with a Song
All types of music that can be played back by the TD-27,
including its built-in songs, audio les saved on an SD
card, and performance data recorded to an SD card are
collectively called “songs.”
Types of song Explanation
Built-in songs
(INTERNAL)
Demo performances built-into the
TD-27 (MIDI data) and songs for
backing (audio data)
Songs saved on an SD card
(SD CARD)
Audio les (WAV/MP3) saved to an
SD card for backing
Songs recorded on an SD
card
(REC DATA)
A TD-27 performance saved
(exported) as audio data to an SD
card
1. Press the [SONG] button.
The SONG screen appears.
2. Turn the dial to select a song.
Each time you press the [F1] button, you cycle between
built-in songs (INTERNAL), audio les on the SD card
(SD CARD), and songs recorded (exported) to the SD card
(REC DATA).
3. Press the [
s
] button.
The selected song plays.
Operations during playback
[
s
] button
Play/stop the song
[ ][ ] buttons
Fast-forward [ ] / Rewind [ ] the song
[ ] button
Move to the beginning of the song
Use the [ ] button to
move the cursor to
“SPEED”
&
dial
Make the song’s playback speed faster
(rotate right) or slower (rotate left)
[F4](A-B) button
Successively switch between loop
playback, normal playback, and A-B
repeat (*1).
*1: Specify the interval between A and B, and play back repeatedly.
Setting A-B repeat
1. Press the [F4] (A-B) button for normal playback, and play back
the song.
2. At the point where you want repetition to start, press the [F4]
(A-B) button (specify A).
3. At the point where you want repetition to end, press the [F4]
(A-B) button (specify B).
Reference
For the list of built-in songs, refer to “Data List” (PDF).
SD card folder structure
REC folder
Recorded data that was exported is
saved here.
IMPORT folder
If there are audio les that you want to
import as User Samples, save them in
this folder.
TD-27 folder
Roland folder
TD-27’s backup data is saved here.
Backup folder
Backup data is saved
here.
Kit folder
Drum Kit backup data is
saved here.
When transferring les from your
computer to an SD card
Audio les can be played back from the top level of
the SD card.
* You can put up to 200 song les in a single folder.
* Keep the song length within one hour per le.
Reference
For details, refer to the “Reference Manual” (PDF).
Audio les that can be played by the TD-27
WAV MP3
Format
(extension)
WAV (.wav) MP3 (.mp3)
Sampling
frequency
44.1 kHz 44.1 kHz
Bit rate 16, 24-bit 64 kbps–320 kbps
* File names or folder names that contain more than
16 characters are not shown correctly. Files and
folders using double-byte characters are also not
supported.