Roland TD-11, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...ementary material for this product can be obtained from the Roland website TD 15 TD 11 Owner s Manual this document Data List This is not included with the product you may download it as necessary Visit the following URL choose Owner s Manuals and search for the model name TD 15 or TD 11 http www roland com support en ...

Page 2: ...n the AC adaptor s body Other AC adaptors may use a different polarity or be designed for a different voltage so their use could result in damage malfunction or electric shock Use only the included power cord Use only the attached power supply cord Also the included power cord must not be used with any other device WARNING Do not bend the power cord or place heavy objects on it Do not excessively ...

Page 3: ...t is designed to be used in combination with specific stands MDS series manufactured by Roland If used in combination with other stands you risk sustaining injuries as the result of this product dropping down or toppling over due to a lack of stability Evaluate safety issues before using stands Even if you observe the cautions given in the owner s manual certain types of handling may allow this pr...

Page 4: ... never pull on the cable This way you will avoid causing shorts or damage to the cable s internal elements To avoid disturbing others nearby try to keep the unit s volume at reasonable levels You may prefer to use headphones so you do not need to be concerned about those around you Since sound vibrations can be transmitted through floors and walls to a greater degree than expected take care not to...

Page 5: ...time Enjoy playing with the Internal songs Song player Internal songs p 26 Realistic and powerful backing songs and loop phrases are built into the TD These are perfect for practicing or just the pure enjoyment of playing along Song player p 27 You can play back audio files WAV MP3 directly from an inserted USB flash drive optional Also the Speed Control and A B repeat functions allow you to take ...

Page 6: ...with a Song 26 Selecting a Song 27 Playing the Song 27 Changing the Song Settings 28 Selecting a Folder 28 Repeatedly Playing a Specified Region A B Repeat 29 Viewing Song Information 29 Play Along with a Song and Record Your Performance QUICK REC 30 Practicing in Coach Mode 31 Selecting a Practice Menu 31 Settings for the Entire TD SYSTEM 34 Overall Settings for the TD Options 35 Metronome Setup ...

Page 7: ... VOLUME knob Adjusts the volume that s output from the OUTPUT jacks p 10 EXIT button Each time you press this button you ll return to the next highest level of the screen If you press it several times you will eventually return to the DRUM KIT screen METRONOME button Sounds the metronome p 13 Value dial Use this to select drum kits or to edit values Display This shows the drum kit name and other i...

Page 8: ...other audio source via a stereo mini plug you can enjoy playing the drum along with your favorite songs The volume will be determined by connected device MIDI OUT connector Use this when you want to trigger an external MIDI sound module sampler etc from the TD p 37 VOLUME knob Adjusts the volume of the headphones OUTPUT jacks L MONO R For connecting to your audio system or amp All sounds from the ...

Page 9: ...n place Bottom Panel Sound module mounting plate attachment holes Attach the included sound module mounting plate here to attach the TD to your drum stand Use the included wing bolts to attach the plate as shown in the illustration Use only the included wing bolts Using any other bolts will cause malfunctions The TD must be attached to the sound module mounting plate when in use TRIGGER INPUT conn...

Page 10: ...required before it will operate normally 4 Power on the amp or audio system that s connected to the TD 5 While striking the pads to hear the sound adjust the volume by gradually turning the VOLUME knob toward the right Also adjust the volume appropriately on the connected amp or audio system If you re using headphones you should also minimize the VOLUME knob located on the side panel Turning the p...

Page 11: ...izer settings Bow Edge Bow Edge What do Head and Rim mean On the TD settings for a pad s head and rim for a cymbal the bow and edge can be made separately Selecting a Drum Kit 1 Use the DRUM KIT buttons to select a drum kit The DRUM KIT screen will appear No matter what screen is in use by pressing the DRUM KIT button you will return to the DRUM KIT screen Selecting a drum kit from the list In the...

Page 12: ... on the head gently otherwise this may prevent the cross stick function from working properly Cymbals such as CY 13R CY 8 Bow shot The most common method playing the middle area of the cymbal Edge shot Use the shoulder of the stick to hit the edge sensor of the cymbal pad as shown in the figure Edge sensor Bell shot CY 15R CY 13R Strike the bell area Strike the bell somewhat strongly with the shou...

Page 13: ...Press the button The metronome will start playing and the button will blink in time with the tempo MEMO You can change the way in which the metronome sounds p 36 Changing the MetronomeTempo andVolume 1 In the DRUM KIT screen p 11 press the F1 TEMPO button The METRONOME screen will appear 2 Use the F1 F3 buttons to select the item that you want to edit and use the value dial to edit the setting But...

Page 14: ... recording 4 Press the button once again The recorded performance will play back You can press the F2 REPEAT button to make the performance play back repeatedly 5 Press the button to stop playback NOTE Whenever you turn on the power the TD is prepared for the playback of its demo patterns After you ve made a recording if you turn off the power the data for the recording will be erased Then the nex...

Page 15: ... 3 Strike the pad whose instrument you want to edit The screen will show the edit screen for the pad you struck 4 Use the value dial to edit the value Parameter Value Description Tuning 240 240 Negative settings will lower the pitch and positive settings will raise the pitch Muffling 0 50 Larger values will reduce the resonance and emphasize the attack Strainer 1 10 Strainer snare tension Higher v...

Page 16: ...ttings that apply to the entire TD p 34 Menu Description Page Options Settings for display contrast and power Auto Off p 35 Metronome Metronome settings p 36 Pad Control Settings for the pads connected to the TRIGGER IN AUX jacks p 36 MIDI MIDI related settings p 37 USB Memory Use a USB flash drive p 38 Wireless Refer to the separate document About the Wireless LAN Function Pad Settings Pad settin...

Page 17: ...ns to move the cursor to the desired instrument group or instrument 5 Use the value dial to change the instrument group or instrument 6 Press the EXIT button several times to return to the DRUM KIT screen Individual head and rim settings Link For some pads you can assign different instruments to the head and rim for a cymbal to the bow and the bell To enable this turn Link off 1 In the INST screen...

Page 18: ...pitch and positive values will raise the pitch Muffling 0 50 Larger values will decrease the resonance emphasizing the attack of the sound Snare Buzz 0 10 Higher values will make the snare resonance louder Strainer 1 10 Higher values make the strainer snare tension tighter Parameter Value Description Fixed HH NORMAL FIXED1 4 NORMAL The openness of the hi hat can be changed by the pedal FIXED The o...

Page 19: ... high equalizer Use it to adjust the tonal character Basic procedure 1 In the DRUM KIT screen p 11 press the MENU button The KIT MENU screen will appear 2 Press the F2 FX button The FX screen will appear 3 Press a function button to select the item that you want to edit F1 AMBIENCE Ambience F2 MULTI FX Multi effect F3 EQ Equalizer The MULTI FX function is provided only on the TD 15 The edit screen...

Page 20: ...eters download Data List PDF file from TD 15 in the Owner s Manuals list on the Roland website http www roland com support en F3 EQ High Freq 1 kHz 8 kHz Frequency of the high region High Gain 12 dB 12 dB Amount of boost cut for the high region Low Freq 20 Hz 1 kHz Frequency of the low region Low Gain 12 dB 12 dB Amount of boost cut for the low region Mid1 Freq 20 Hz 8 kHz Frequency of the mid 1 r...

Page 21: ...he screen Pad K Kick S Snare T1 T3 Tom 1 3 HH Hi hat C1 C2 Crash 1 2 RD Ride AUX Pad connected to the AUX jack MFX Ambience send amount from MFX 5 Use the value dial to specify the amount of ambience send level Value 0 100 6 Press the EXIT button several times to return to the DRUM KIT screen Turning the Multi Effect On Off for Each Pad SWITCH You can specify whether the multi effect will be appli...

Page 22: ...equent characters will move one place to the right 5 Press the EXIT button several times to return to the DRUM KIT screen Changing the MIDI Note Number of Each Pad Here s how to change the MIDI note number that is transmitted and received by each pad MEMO The settings in this screen will be ignored if the SYSTEM menu setting Std MIDI Setup Lock is ON p 37 1 In the DRUM KIT screen p 11 press the ME...

Page 23: ...the DRUM KIT screen p 11 press the MENU button The KIT MENU screen will appear 2 Press the cursor buttons or the MENU button to scroll the screen and press the F2 COPY PASTE button The COPY PASTE screen will appear 3 Press the F1 SEL button to specify whether you want to copy a drum kit or a pad When copying a drum kit Drum kit name When copying a pad Pad name 4 Use the value dial to select the dr...

Page 24: ...it you want to save is selected 3 In the DRUM KIT screen p 11 press the MENU button The KIT MENU screen will appear 4 Press the cursor buttons or the MENU button to scroll the screen and press the F3 SAVE LOAD button The 1 KIT SAVE LOAD screen will appear 5 Press the F1 SAVE button The 1 KIT SAVE screen will appear 6 Use the cursor buttons or the value dial to specify the save destination 7 Press ...

Page 25: ...e screen will indicate Completed and return to the DRUM KIT screen RestoringaDrumKittothe FactorySettings Here s how the currently selected drum kit can be restored to its factory set state An accidentally overwritten drum kit can also be restored by this operation NOTE The currently selected drum kit will be overwritten 1 Make sure that you ve selected the drum kit that you want to restore to its...

Page 26: ...Audio track Drum track This button is shown if the song contains drum data The song s performance data is not transmitted from the MIDI OUT connector Audio files that can be played by theTD You can play back audio files of the following formats from a USB flash drive MP3 Sampling rate 44 1 kHz Bit rates 64 kbps 320 kbps WAV Sampling rate 44 1 kHz Bit depth 8 16 24 bit When transferring files from ...

Page 27: ...of the currently selected song Song name This is the name of the currently selected song Playing the Song 1 Use the following buttons to play back the song Button Function Play stop song F1 Selects the previous song Hold down to rewind the song F2 Selects the next song Hold down to fast forward the song F3 DRUM Drum track on off If the song contains a drum track playback cannot be started from a p...

Page 28: ...d back to the end playback will return to the beginning of the song and continue OFF Playback will stop when the song has played back to the end F2 FOLDER Selects a folder within the USB flash drive p 28 F3 INFO Displays information about the song p 29 This function is not available for songs that contain a drum track 4 Press the EXIT button several times to return to the SONG screen Selecting a F...

Page 29: ...art repeating press the F3 SET A button The A character will light and the B character will blink 4 At the location where you want to stop repeating press the F3 SET B button The B character will light and the song will continue repeating between A and B If you want to respecify the region press the F3 RESET button If you press the F1 CANCEL button conventional playback will resume and the A B REP...

Page 30: ...ous recording will be completely erased When you switch songs the previous recording will be completely erased You can t change the speed of a recorded song 4 Play the drums along with the song 5 Press the button to stop recording 6 Once again press the button The recorded performance will play back 7 Press the button to stop playback Wheretherecordeddataisexported When a USB flash drive is connec...

Page 31: ...F2 SETUP Exit Coach mode COACH When using Warm Ups you can pause by pressing the F3 PAUSE button Correctly Playing inTime with the Beat TIME CHECK This mode lets you practice playing accurately along with the metronome Start practicing In the COACH MENU screen press the F1 TIME CHECK button practice will start immediately 1 Strike the pad in time with the metronome The percentage of your strikes t...

Page 32: ...inue striking the pads during this time After the Quiet region the proportion of your strikes that were played at an accurate tempo are shown as a value Settings In the QUIET COUNT screen press the F2 SETUP button to access the settings screen Parameter Value Description Measures 2 4 8 16 Measures Specify the length measures of the interval for which the metronome will alternate between Sounding a...

Page 33: ...t this step the accuracy of your playing will be checked against the metronome You can see in the screen if you are ahead behind or on the beat Overall evaluation This grades your performance at each step and displays the overall evaluation Evaluation display EXCELLENT VERY GOOD GOOD AVERAGE START OVER Settings In the WARM UPS screen press the F2 SETUP button to access the settings screen Param et...

Page 34: ... menus are available Menu Description Page Options Settings for display contrast and power Auto Off p 35 Metronome Metronome settings p 36 Pad Control Allows you to set the function of the pad connected to the TRIGGER IN AUX jack p 36 MIDI MIDI related settings p 37 USB Memory Using a USB flash drive p 38 Wireless Refer to the separate document About the Wireless LAN Function Pad Settings Pad sett...

Page 35: ... with the tempo setting Illumination Kit Buttons You can make the DRUM KIT buttons light up OFF The DRUM KIT buttons will not light ON The DRUM KIT buttons will light Auto Off When shipped from the factory the TD is set to automatically power off when 30 minutes have elapsed since it was last played or operated Approximately five minutes before the power turns off a message will appear in the disp...

Page 36: ...estination MIDI MIDI Channel OFF 1 16 MIDI channel that will sound the metronome Note Accent 0 C 1 127 G9 Note number for the first beat Note Normal 0 C 1 127 G9 Note number for subsequent beats Using a Pad as a Switch Pad Control A pad connected to the TRIGGER IN AUX jack can function as a switch to change drum kits or to start stop a song This setting is valid only in the DRUM KIT screen and the...

Page 37: ...tes you play by striking the pads might be sounded in duplicate together with the notes that are echoed back by your DAW software If this occurs set Local Control to the OFF setting so that the TD s pads will be disconnected from the internal sound generator allowing you to use the TD in conjunction with the DAW software on your computer as shown in the illustration Note Chase OFF ON If this funct...

Page 38: ... If you don t need to assign a name proceed to step 7 3 Press the F2 NAME button The SAVE screen will appear You can assign a name of up to eight characters 4 Press the F1 or F2 button to move the cursor to the character that you want to change 5 Use the value dial to change the character Here you can hold down the F3 DEL INS button and use the F1 F2 buttons to delete or insert a character Button ...

Page 39: ... loaded the screen will indicate Completed Deleting Data from a USB Flash Drive Delete Data Here s how to delete data that s been saved on a USB flash drive 1 Choose Delete Data and press the F3 ENTER button p 38 2 Use the cursor buttons to choose Data Type and then use the value dial to choose the type of data that you want to delete Data type Description 1 KIT A drum kit saved by 1 KIT SAVE p 24...

Page 40: ... Formatting a USB Flash Drive Format NOTE When you execute the Format operation all data on the USB flash drive will be erased 1 Choose Format and press the F3 ENTER button p 38 2 Press the F3 FORMAT button A confirmation message will appear If you decide to cancel press the F1 CANCEL button 3 If you re sure that you want to format the USB flash drive press the F3 OK button Once again a confirmati...

Page 41: ...ately receive the signal from the pad Parameter Value Description Pad Type KD 7 KD 8 KD 9 KD 120 KD 140 PD 8 PD 85 PD 105 PD 108 PD 125 PD 128 PDX 6 PDX 8 PDX100 CY 5 CY 8 CY 12C CY 13R CY 14C CY 15R VH 11 RT 10K RT 10S RT 10T The pad type is a collection of parameters optimized for specific models of pad If you select the appropriate trigger type for each pad you ve connected all parameters excep...

Page 42: ...of vibrations from other pads In the example at the right B will sound but A and C will not sound When set to a higher value no sound is produced when the pad is struck lightly Gradually raise the Threshold value while striking the pad Check this and adjust accordingly Repeat this process until you get the perfect setting for your playing style Curve This setting allows you to control the relation...

Page 43: ...m 0 until the resulting volume stabilizes at the loudest level At this setting try both soft and loud hits and make sure that the volume changes appropriately As the value is set higher the time it takes for the sound to be played increases Set this to the lowest value possible Retrig Cancel 1 16 This setting prevents spurious re triggering Important if you are using acoustic drum triggers Such tr...

Page 44: ...r sounds when you hit the Snare pad If you raise the Xtalk Cancel higher the tom 1 pad will be less prone to receive crosstalk from other pads If the value is set too high and two pads are played simultaneously the one that is struck less forcefully may not sound Be careful and set this parameter to the minimum value required to prevent crosstalk F2 RIM Parameter Value Description Trig Type Refer ...

Page 45: ...en 5 Press the F1 TYPE button 6 Use the cursor buttons to select HH 7 Use the value dial to select VH 11 8 Press the F3 ADVNCD button and then press the F3 HIHAT button The following screen will appear 9 While you watch the meter that s displayed in the left side of the screen turn the VH 11 s VH offset adjustment screw to adjust it Adjust the screw so that the appears in the meter VH Offset Adjus...

Page 46: ...on cannot be executed if Write Protect p 35 is ON 1 In step 4 of the basic procedure p 34 choose Factory Reset and then press the F3 ENTER button to access the FACTORY RESET screen 2 Use the value dial to select the type of data that you want to reset Parameter Value Description Target ALL KITS All kits SYSTEM System settings ALL All data 3 Press the F3 RESET button A confirmation message will app...

Page 47: ...www roland com For the operating requirements refer to the Roland website The driver program and installation procedure will differ depending on your system Please carefully read the Readme htm included with the files you downloaded Connecting theTD to the Computer 1 Use a commercially available USB cable to connect the COMPUTER port located on the TD s top panel with your computer s USB port USB ...

Page 48: ...ay back MP3 WAV files Check the type of USB flash drive Use a USB flash drive sold by Roland We cannot guarantee correct operation if any other product is used Check the format of the USB flash drive The TD can use USB flash drives that are formatted in FAT format Reformat the USB flash drive using the TD p 40 Does the TD support the sampling frequency and bit rate of the MP3 file or the sampling ...

Page 49: ...MP3 data or when you ve raised the playback speed of MP3 data you may be able to solve the problem by lowering the bit rate or setting the speed to normal Use a USB flash drive sold by Roland Error messages related to the TD s internal memory Internal memory full The QUICK REC storage capacity is full and recording has stopped Error messages related to the system Device error There is a problem wi...

Page 50: ... OUT connector USB COMPUTER port USB MEMORY port Interface Hi Speed USB USB MIDI USB AUDIO USB Flash Drive Output Impedance 1 0 k ohms Power Supply AC adaptor DC 9 V Current Draw TD 15 450 mA TD 11 350 mA Dimensions 154 W x 89 D x 225 H mm 6 1 16 W x 3 9 16 D x 8 7 8 H inches Weight TD 15 685 g 1 lb 9 oz excluding AC Adaptor TD 11 665 g 1 lb 8 oz excluding AC Adaptor Accessories Owner s Manual AC ...

Page 51: ...d Backup 39 M MENU screens 16 metronome 13 36 MIDI 37 MIDI note number 22 MIDI Visual Control 47 muffling 15 multi effects 19 N naming drum kit 22 O Options 35 P pad copying 23 Pad Control 36 pad sensitivity 42 Pad Settings 41 playing song 27 power on off 10 previewing instrument 17 Q QUICK EDIT function 15 QUICK REC 14 30 R recording 14 restoring drum kit 25 factory settings 46 rim 11 link 17 S s...

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