Roland V-Drums TD-8 - Choosing Pads from the TD-8 Front Panel; About the Preset Drum Kits; About the Patterns (Accompaniment of Several Measures)

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Button Operation and Displays
Choosing pads from the TD-8 front panel
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The [TRIG SELECT] button is used to select the trigger input number (pad)
to be edited with the TD-8. Even with no pad connected, you can still select
the trigger input number and edit by pressing this button. When you press
the [ ] button, the next lower-numbered trigger will be selected. When
you press the [ ] button, the next higher-numbered trigger will be
selected.
When using a PD-7, PD-9, PD-80R or PD-120, the [RIM] button lets you
specify whether you are making settings for the head or the rim. When the
[RIM] button lights, the rim is selected.
By using these buttons in conjunction with the [preview] button, you can
edit without pads connected to the TD-8.
About the Preset Drum Kits
Drum Kits 1–64 come preset with the TD-8 when shipped from the factory.
While you have complete freedom to change the various settings and then
save these changes, you can also restore the original factory settings. The
drum kits included with the TD-8 are called Preset drum kits. For more on
the actual procedures involved, refer to Kit Copy to restore single patches or
copy patches to other locations (p. 145) and Factory Reset (p. 172).
About the Patterns (Accompaniment of Several
Measures)
The TD-8 also comes with Patterns 1–700 (Preset patterns) already
prepared. However, you cannot save changes made to settings in the Preset
patterns. You can make temporary changes, but selecting another pattern
restores the pattern’s original factory settings. Furthermore, these patterns
cannot be edited or recorded.
To change settings, edit, or record a Preset pattern, first copy it to a User
pattern (p. 96). Any changes made to User pattern settings are saved
automatically.
• The rim cannot be
selected for TRIGGER
INPUT 1 (KICK1), 2
(KICK2), 11 (AUX1), and
12 (AUX2).
• TRIGGER INPUT 2
(KICK2) and 12 (AUX2)
can be used only when
two pads are connected
to TRIGGER INPUT 1/2
(KICK1/2) and 11/12
(AUX2), respectively.
For more detailed
information about the copy
procedure, refer to p. 113.