6
Contents
USING THE UNIT SAFELY ...............................2
IMPORTANT NOTES ...................................4
Main Features ........................................5
Panel Descriptions ....................................7
Front Panel ..........................................7
Side Panel (Connecting Your Equipment) .. . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Top Panel (Connecting Your Equipment) ... . . . . . . . . . . 9
Bottom Panel .......................................9
Getting Ready to Play ................................10
Turning the Power On/O .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Playing the Drums ...................................11
Drum Kits and Instruments .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Selecting a Drum Kit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Cross-Stick Function ..........................11
Performance Techniques ...........................12
Using the Metronome ..............................13
Starting the Metronome .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Changing the Metronome Tempo and Volume .13
Recording Your Performance (QUICK REC) ... . . . . . . . . 14
Quickly Editing an Instrument (QUICK EDIT)
(TD-15 ONLY) ........................................15
About the MENU Screens .............................16
Creating a Drum Kit ..................................17
Changing the Instrument ...........................17
Instrument Edit ..............................18
Drum Kit Volume ............................18
Using the Eects (FX) ...............................19
Adjusting the Amount of Ambience for Each
Pad (SEND) ...................................21
Turning the Multi-Eect On/O for Each Pad
(SWITCH) (TD-15 ONLY) ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Naming a Drum Kit .................................22
Changing the MIDI Note Number of Each Pad .. . . . . . 22
Copying and Pasting a Drum Kit or Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Saving a Drum Kit to a USB Flash Drive .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Saving a Drum Kit ............................24
Loading a Drum Kit from a USB Flash Drive
into the TD ...................................25
Restoring a Drum Kit to the Factory Settings . . . . . . . . 25
Performing Along with a Song ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Selecting a Song ...................................27
Playing the Song ...................................27
Changing the Song Settings .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Selecting a Folder ............................28
Repeatedly Playing a Specied 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 (Metronome) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using a Pad as a Switch (Pad Control) (TD-15 ONLY) .36
MIDI-Related Settings (MIDI) ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using USB Flash Drive (USB Memory) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Saving Data to a USB Flash Drive (Save Backup) .38
Loading Data from a USB Flash Drive Back
into the TD (Load Backup) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Deleting Data from a USB Flash Drive
(Delete Data) .................................39
Viewing Information About the USB Flash
Drive (Information) ...........................40
Formatting a USB Flash Drive (Format) .. . . . . . . 40
Optimizing the Pad Settings (Pad Settings) ... . . . . . . . 41
Specifying the Type of Pad [F1] (TYPE) ... . . . . . . 41
Setting the Pad Sensitivity [F2] (BASIC) .. . . . . . . 42
Advanced Settings for the Trigger Parameters
[F3] (ADVNCD) ...............................43
Viewing Information About the TD (Information) ... . .. 46
Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Reset) ... . . . . 46
Connecting to a Computer or Video Device ... . . . . . . . . . 47
Connecting to Your Computer via USB .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Installing the USB Driver .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Connecting the TD to the Computer .. . . . . . . . . 47
Controlling Images .................................47
Troubleshooting .....................................48
Error Messages ......................................49
Main Specications ..................................50
Index ................................................51