Roland TD-30 Owner`s manual
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1. Volume controls O Oa E a eae eee CRASH Volume of all crash cymbals eeeeeeeoeeoeaeoaeaeaeaeaeeaeaeaeaeaeaeeaeaeaeaeeeaeeeaeeeeeeeeeee button the function of the RIDE Ride cymbal volume Here s how to adjust the overall volume of the entire TD 30 oa serum areas faders changes as shown in AUX Volume of all pads connected to the AUX 1 4 jacks ane F AMBIENCE Amount of ambience Headphone volume The MIX IN knob adjusts the volume of An LED will light up at the the device that s connected to the rear upper and lower left of the panel MIX IN jack SS O S c E faders indicating which set of sounds is active Lower indicator Volume of individual pads connected to the AUX 1 4 jacks Volume of the click sound Output volume AUX 1 4 LIITIN IIIT MII IIIT MIT LIII MIN LLLE FAAA If you connect your portable A audio player tothe MIXIN E PET REER RIDE AUX AMBIENCE VOLVE CONTROL CLICK pa jack you can enjoy practicing ESESESESES kai mm Or AUX2 AUX3 AUX4 CLICK PATTERN USB PATTERN Pattern playback volume A arenes k S E the drums while listening to wel 255s E USB SONG USB song volume your favorite music AMBIENCE PHONES MASTER Amount of ambience See the Owner s Manual Using The Group Faders p 28 TD 30 produces the full dynamic range of the sounds being played from the most gent2. l Copyright 2012 ROLAND CORPORATION Before using this unit carefully read the sections entitled USING THE UNIT SAFELY and All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced in o l D IMPORTANT NOTES Owner s Manual These sections provide important information concerning any form without the written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION S a the proper operation of the unit Additionally in order to feel assured that you have gained a good grasp of every feature provided by your new unit Owner s Manual should be read in its entirety The manual should be saved and kept on hand as a convenient reference E O ti Guid Start by Setting Up This Easy Operation Guide explains basic use of the TD 30 Before you proceed read Setup p 35 44 in the TD 30 Owner s Manual and set up connect and adjust the TD 30 as directed See the Owner s Manual Setup p 35 44 Choose a Drum Kit The TD 30 contains 100 different drum kits and you can switch between them simply by pressing a button What are drum kits and instruments sci Drum Ki On the TD 30 a drum kit is a set of jatii Instrument sounds instruments assigned to the various pads The sound you hear when you strike a pad is called an instrument Drum kit screen The drum kit screen will appear when you press the KIT button This screen shows the drum kit name and other information Dru
3. on the TD 30 Select a song You can use a foot switch separately sold or pad to select a song from the USB flash drive and start or stop playback This is ideal for live performance The TD 30 contains phrases called patterns which you can easily play back By letting a preview pattern play while you switch kits you can audition the sounds without having to Oo L i ste n to t h G Patte rn S strike the drums yourself It s also convenient to leave a pattern playing while editing a kit s sounds or effects USB PTN Press E 4 Select mene Playback to select a pattern PTN song How do I change the tempo How do I sound a click 1 ieee Press 2 4 Adjust 1 Uilt Turn the the tempo Pim click sound ON OFF
4. ASTER MEX Level ea Hi Gih S3 Multi effect MULTI EFFECTS AMBIENCE EFFECTS COMP Poa MEX EEs Eu SEVERE HFX ONLY This is a powerful multi effect unit that you can use to modify your sound for example by distorting it or by Compressor co ie pa INST COMP EQ MIXER Master compressor adding depth and spaciousness EQ equalizer z ER ae gaia daps oE ae o o a Master compressor MASTER COMP e AMEIEHCE SECTION Ambience i An GaintgE kims eshold dB gt SiHoldem i0 i R i Relessecms gt 65 am gatio ge JE oh imi Tei This effect is used for mastering It smooths out the h SUWE f EG ES OM PF He FE i COMP Y Wee peaks when recording making the overall tonal character more consistent THE COMF Rat See the Owner s Manual Effects p 67 Adjusting the Volume and Pan of the Pads Mixer You can adjust the volume and pan of each pad individually for every kit While the Group faders explained on the other side of this guide are used to make temporary adjustments to the TD 30 s overall balance the mixer allows you to save settings for each individual kit USS Press Select a pad Adjust the volume Refer to Select a pad in this guide o The TD 30 can play back WAV or MP3 files from your USB flash drive You Play Back WAV or M P3 Files from a USB Flash Drive can use this to practice the drums while listening to your favorite music Before you continue use your c
5. antage of enhanced DSP power a new ambience section has been created each hit And press closed rolls sound even smoother with the On the front panel of the TD 30 there is a dedicated fader for the overall ambience balance Pla in feel and sou nd snare buzz resonance reacting in a natural way FHAYING feer ANG SOUNG dd cc cccccccccccccccccccceccece Overhead mic The TD 30 features vastly improved trigger response dynamics and positional sensing The result is an Hi H t t For recording drums in the studio placement of the overhead mics is a I nat contro must to guarantee a natural presence and brightness in the sound even more obvious and natural reaction between the player and the sound eeeeegegeee2e2e20e202020020000000000000000800000000008000800800808080800880880888 88 8 Room ambience You can adjust the room size and the room mic position within a choice of room types that include a concert hall studio club arena etc Snare drum When playing the hi hat from a fully open position and slowly closing it a perfectly smooth transition in sound is achieved Playing in the half open position or even in a slightly open position the sound remains constant And the foot closed sounds and foot splashes are easier to control A smoother transition in sound reaction between head shots and rim shots The snare drum perfectly responds to exactly how and where the drummer plays The dynamics positional sensing and even the transition between f
6. ick to J Ss SSS hi hat strike the edge of the cymbal Rim shot IW Change the nuance of the rim shot Pressure M E I With certain snare and tom sounds slight changes VH 13 VH 12 Fa a JENA ae a ore gt in the way you play rim shots changes the nuance BESOIN to how strongly youadvangethepedal of the sound Edge shot The rim sound will be produced when you strike the area where the edge sensor is TTL EO ooo located the area marked with a dashed line in the illustration Hit the striking surface of the top hi hat Only strike the rim of the pad With snare sounds you can produce separate sounds with the rim shot and cross stick techniques Strike the bell area Cross stick The head sound will play To play the cross stick be sure that you only strike Bow shot the rim of the pad The Ai Ei be ara pa you strike the bell area as shown in the Bell shot illustration Hint CY 15R CY 13R If you want to use the cross stick technique press the F5 Strike the bell hat st Rwithrth a rike the bell somewhat strongly wi e H puton while the drum kit screen is displayed to Use the shoulder of the stick to strike hoalderof ithe stick y ghlight the XSTICK as shown in the illustration 5 the edge of the top hi hat Some snare sounds do not support cross stick Choking the cym bal s edge with Edge shot The rim sound will be produced when you strike the hand immediately after Scrape
7. le ghost F Gomepadsdonoteuppercallerihetadiniquestisted below tuch as stike Va rl O uU S Pe rfo rm a n Ce Tec h Nn IQ uU es notes to powerful rim shots Positional sensing cymbal chokes cross sticking on the snare and position detection For details on the techniques supported by each pad refer to delicate buzz rolls are all possible the table in Selecting the Pad Type BANK p 126 of the Owner s Manual Pad Hi Hat Cymbal Hit only the head of the pad Hit the striking surface of the Move the hi hat pedal up and down and strike the hi hat cymbal O Id d The sound will change smoothly between open and ji The head sound will play en ciose closed p Bow shot Change the nuance by the You can also play the foot closed sound playing the a hi hat with the pedal completely pressed down and gt strike position foot splash sound playing the hi hat with the pedal j 7 With certain ride sounds the nuance of the Change the nuance by the strike position For a snare drum the tone will change naturally as Head shot you move the strike location from the center of the head toward the rim fully pressed and then instantly opening it sound will change depending on where nr er you strike the bow section Strike the head and the rim of the pad From the closed position advance 1 simultaneously the pedal even farther and strike the Use the shoulder of the st
8. m kit number VOLUME CONTROL SONG PLAYER TRIGGER SE PTN STOP o DRUM SOUND MODULE TD 30 Sue VaruraL i Ix w PHONES DRU H Kit Chain great for live performances Kit Chain is a function that recalls drum kits in the order you specify This is very useful when you are performing live For details refer to Specifying the Order in Which Drum Kits will be Recalled CHAIN p 51 in the Owner s Manual CHAIN TRIGGER SETUP USB MEM CHPE EG LANE a ERE a mm a Bt mt Fai LIST Z FIH NAME L STICK_I RY fp KIT KICK SNARE TOMS CRASH RIDE AUX AMBENCE ing sf MASTER 1s lll E Es INST co Q MIXER 7 ERECT E RT Function buttons F1 F5 4 F 18 AUXI AUX2 AUX3 AUX4 CLICK PATTERN USB Press to selecta drum kit See the Owner s Manual Selecting a Drum Kit p 46 Adjusting the volume of each pad Adjust the Volume On the TD 30 not only the overall volume but also the individual volume of each pad can be easily adjusted from the front panel Upper indicator KICK SNARE TOMS HI HAT Use the group faders to adjust the volume of each pad Kick volume It s a good idea to start by setting the faders to the 0 position before you start Snare volume adjusting the volume Volume of all toms Hi hat volume
9. m kits to their factory settings See the Owner s Manual Restoring the Factory Settings F RESET p 122 The TD 30 provides five types of effects as described in What each effect does at the right You can use a group fader to adjust the amount of Turning each effect on off ambience Compressor COMP The compressor can be applied to each pad individually B a a nn Pi It can be used to obtain a more powerful sounding tone COMP GROUP FADERS MASTER 1 SHIFT COMP Press 2 Press F1 F5 E a ee EQ equalizer a l l ees e This is a three band high mid low equalizer that can to turn ON OFF St a a ht ta E be applied to each pad It s used to adjust the tonal S22 2 03 character Editing each effect SGT aS Th aN ot Ambience section AMBIENCE CHOOHSHHSHHSHHSHHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHHSHHSHHSHHSHSHHSHHSHHSHHSHHSHHSHSHSHSHHSHSHSHHSHHSHHSHSHSHSHHSHHSHHSHHSHHSHHSHSHSHSHSHSHHSHHSHHSHHSHHSHHHSHEHSHHSHHSHHSHHHHHEHHEHHEHSEHHEHEHEEEEE E This produces an ambience room reverberation that s Press the button shown in the illustration to access the corresponding effect screen For details about editing procedure refer to Effects p 67 in the Owner s Manual ideal for drum sounds You can adjust the overhead mics mic position the room ambience type and size of MULTI EFFECTS Sane ureters Multi effect ae room and the reverberation Sc 100 100 DRUM KIT Pa Il Se Heele a e 4 S MULTI M
10. ments etc the Oo Create a D ru m Kit TD 30 offers a sound creation potential for all aspects of drumming performance be it in the studio or on stage Basic procedure Select a pad The edit screens for each pad for example the screen that appears when you press the INST button show the number and name of the trigger IIET GE CKICK 1 jack to which the selected pad is connected Here s how to select the pad that you want to edit THERE E This is the number and name of the trigger jack The initial character H or R To make settings for a pad you can The rim is selected if the RIM a z 4 Tr indicates whether the settings are for the head or the rim of the pad select that pad by striking it button is lit and the head is The LOCK button locks the pad selected if the button is unlit INST ICK i selection for editing so that it won t LOCK RIM E RIM i a change if you accidentally touch a What are the head and rim airar different pad GroOur KICK A SHIFT Inet HEAD 1 22 HalICut F daN Move the cursor in the Change the value at RIM 2 FE Stdbirchk display the cursor You can also use these buttons to LIST EDIT oP COoMTROL i OI l POLI mi EOL ADEE select a trigger number The number will increment or decrement each Return to the upper level screen Execute the function shown in the bottom of the display You can press the H amp R F5 button to edit both the head and rim values simultaneously
11. omputer to copy the audio files WAV or MP3 to the root directory of your USB flash drive For details on the formats that can be played refer to Song Player p 85 in the Owner s Manual USB PTN 2 Press E 4 to select USB A How do I change the speed You can view a list of songs eccococococooodcooocoocoocoocoocooooooooooooooooooooo0o0000000o eocoocoocoocoocooocooooo doo Use V Drums Friend Jam Press 4 Adjust SHIFT ee02e e0e2e020202008000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000080080808880888 8 i thespeed V Drums Friend Jam is a drummer s Using your USB flash drive SPEED social networking tool that lets you In the V Drums Friend Jam use the V Drums and your computer z screen where you select a to enjoy practicing competing song click the Save the ith friend d the world A You can even use a foot switch or pad to play stop the song S Grenier eee Ont 0 data of this box to save the eeeoeeeeaeoeneoeaeoenaeoaeoenaeoeeaoeaeaoeoeeoeneoeeoeoeaeoeoeeoeeeoeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ee eae eee ee ee E Practice songs can be automatically i he e MP3 files Copy them in the downloaded from the internet and Z root directory of your USB you can upload your score to Twitter seeee flash drive and then you can Access http vdru ms fj and play them back as practice See the Owner s Manual Assigning a Function to a Footswitch or Pad CONTROL p 117 Q download it songs
12. the head with a brush hitting the cymbal makes the the area where the edge sensor is located the Playing with g Wien per orale wih brishesselecithe area marked with a dashed line in the illustration sound stop 19 Brushes drum kit SS Choke play brushes Choke the location of the edge sensor coaits shown in the figure If you choke an area Striking directly on the edge i e exactly from the side will not produce the correct where there is no sensor the sound does sound not stop Use nylon brushes Do not strike the bottom of the top hi hat and do not strike the bottom hi hat e e e Newly Developed V Drums SuperNATURAL Sound Engine Drum sound reaction Ambience section Roland takes digital drums to a new height with the implementation of its exclusive SuperNATURAL eee2eeeeegeeeedeeeeeeee eee eeeeeeeeleleclecleclceclCceclCercCeeoeeelelecleleelceclCcelCceclUCcelCceclUCcelcUCcelclUcCOCmUCcRlUlU le eeoeoeeeegeeeeeeeeee20e020e020200202020202000000000000000000000008080888 88088 concept The best electronic drums in the world just got better Improved dynamics and sensitivity make When playing fast open rolls flams or ghost style single How the drummer hears himself and how the drum sounds are heard within the music have been given every nuance of playing drums feel even more natural no matter what your musical style might be handed buzz rolls the sound remains continuous in between priority and by taking adv
13. time you press a button Select an Instrument How do I return a drum kit to its factory settings You can change the sound instrument such as snare or kick played by each pad You can restore it to its factory settings as follows ONIES Press Select a pad Refer to Select a pad in this guide P TE Press the buttons in the following order E Select an Instrument CED am x pales SHIFT USB MEN COPY F1 KIT gt F2 PRESET The instrument group is shown above and the instrument is shown below Use the cursor buttons and the dial to make changes In the screen that appears specify the Preset that you want to restore and the number of the writing WL COPY DRUM E destination User kit nodule MEE Preset TI z i Press the buttons in the T Tele See the Owner s Manual Selecting an Instrument p 54 following order Mgr user i TD z0 F5 COPY gt F5 EXECUTE Edit an Acoustic Drum Sound V EDIT E You can edit the sound intuitively just as you would for an acoustic drum for example you can select your favorite head tune it and attach muffling mute Select a pad SHIFT Iki Press f Refer to Select a pad in this guide See the Owner s Manual Editing an Instrument s Settings EDIT p 56 Edit the Effects What each effect does LIST EDIT CONTROL TODEFAULT H amp F amp How do I return all dru
14. ull and shallow rim shots has become smoother Smooth response for cymbal edge rolls Reverb A customized reverb has been specially created for the snare kick and toms helping them to musically blend together inside the music in an even more natural way The new V Hi Hat VH 13 features an improved motion sensor Combined with advances in trigger technology the VH 13 Crash cymbals provides an even more natural response Be it delicate playing swell rolls or powerful crash shots the contrasts in dynamic sound reactions are more discernable than ever Rid What are SuperNATURAL Tones Behavior Modeling Technology ide cymba 7 l Taking advantage of Behavior Modeling Technology SuperNATURAL is Not only physical modeling of the instruments Roland takes it a step further by modeling the Enhanced dynamics and positional sensing make for a Roland s exclusive sound set that achieves a new level of realism and instrument s distinctive behavior that responds to how the performer plays resulting in true to life wonderfully natural feel and sound variations be it up expression that were difficult to realize with previous sound generators expressive sounds in realtime tempo jazz playing or straight on rock Snare roll playing position TD 30 Easy Operation Guide With 1 100 sounds on board a huge choice of ways to modify them by using individual eq compressors kit ambience multi effects mic position adjust
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