Roland TD-6 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
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Contents
Chapter 6 Recording a Song
.............................................. (Realtime Recording)
..93
Preparations for Recording ...................................................................................................93
When Recording Pad Performances...................................................................................93
Recording Performances by External MIDI Devices........................................................93
How To Record
....................................................................................(RECORDING STANDBY)
..94
Setting the Time Signature.....................................................(Time Signature)................94
Setting the Number of Measures...........................................(Length)..............................94
Setting the Song Tempo..........................................................(Tempo)..............................94
Quantize During Recording...................................................(Quantize) ..........................95
Selecting the Recording Method
(Loop All, Loop1, Loop2, Replace)........................................(Recording Mode).............95
Start Recording with a Pad or Pedal Trigger.......................(Hit Pad Start)....................95
Chapter 7 Making the MIDI Settings ........................(SETUP/MIDI,
BULK DUMP) .....96
About MIDI ............................................................................................................................96
MIDI Connectors ...................................................................................................................96
MIDI Channels and Multi-timbral Sound Modules.........................................................96
How the Internal Sequencer Operates................................................................................97
Making the MIDI Settings .............................................................(MIDI COMMON).............97
Automatically Switching Instrument Settings Screens......(Note Chase)......................98
When Using as MIDI Controller
for External MIDI Device Only..............................................(Local Control)...................98
Synchronizing with an External MIDI Device ....................(Sync Mode).......................98
Setting Priority for Playing Drums and Percussion ...........(Channel 10 Priority) ........99
Hi-Hat Control Pedal Data Reduction..................................(Pedal Data Thin)..............99
Switch to the GM (General MIDI) Mode..............................(GM Mode) ......................100
Preventing the TD-6 from Switching
to GM (General MIDI) Mode .................................................(Rx GM ON).....................100
Mixing MIDI Signals Coming to the MIDI IN
with Real Time Performance on the Pads............................(Soft Thru)........................101
Set the Device ID......................................................................(Device ID).......................101
Setting the TD-6 So That Program Changes
Are Not Transmitted ..................................................(Tx PC Sw) .......................102
Are Not Received........................................................(Rx PC Sw) .......................102
MIDI Channel Settings for a Part..................................................(MIDI PART)..................102
MIDI Messages Stop Function for Specific Parts
in GM (General MIDI) Mode.........................................................(GM PART)....................103
Saving Data to an External MIDI Device......................................(BULK DUMP) ...............103
Returning Saved Data to the TD-6....................................................................................104
Chapter 8 Features Using MIDI and Setting Examples......................105
About Transmitting/Receiving Program Changes ...............................................................105
Triggering an External Sound Device by Playing the TD-6.................................................105
Combining with an External MIDI Sequencer......................................................................106
Importing Sequence Data from an External MIDI Device
to the TD-6’s Internal Sequencer .......................................................................................106
Recording Your Performance to an External Sequencer................................................106
Using the TD-6 As a Sound Module....................................................................................107