Roland TD-20 owner manual Tempo Adjustment, Setting the Tempo by Hitting a Pad Tap Tempo

Chapter 6. Sequencer (Playback)

Tempo Adjustment

1.Press [TEMPO].

2.[TEMPO] lights, and the “TEMPO” screen appears.

3.Use [+/-] or [VALUE] to select the tempo.

4.Press [EXIT] to return to the “DRUM KIT” screen.

Setting the Tempo by Hitting a Pad (Tap Tempo)

You can set the tempo by hitting a pad or [PREVIEW] two or more times at quarter-note intervals of the desired tempo.

1.Press [TEMPO].

[TEMPO] lights, and the “TEMPO” screen appears.

2.Press [F3 (TAP)].

The “TAP TEMPO” screen appears.

3.Press [CURSOR (up)] to move the cursor to “Tap Switch.”

4.Use [+/-] or [VALUE] to set to “ON.”

5.Press [CURSOR (down)] to move the cursor to “Tap Pad.”

6.Use [+/-] or [VALUE] to select the pad (or [PREVIEW]) to use for Tap Tempo function.

7.Press [KIT] to return to the “DRUM KIT” screen.

When you hit the pad (or [PREVIEW] selected in the step 5,

the tempo is displayed at the upper right of the display.

Synchronizing with an External MIDI Device

This section discusses the settings that allow an external MIDI sequencer and the TD-20’s sequencer to be synchronized. The device that is playing back is called the “master” and the device that is synchronizing to the playback is called the “slave.”

1.Press [TEMPO].

[TEMPO] lights, and the “TEMPO” screen appears.

2.Press [F2 (SYNC)].

The “TEMPO SYNC” screen appears.

3.Use [+/-] or [VALUE] to make settings.

4.Press [KIT] to return to the “DRUM KIT” screen.

Parameter	Value	Description
Sync Mode	INTERNAL, EXTERNAL,	See below.
	AUTO, REMOTE		6
			Chapter [PLAY]
The TD-20’s tempo setting will be used for playback/
INTERNAL:

recording. When shipped from the factory, this setting is selected.

EXTERNAL:

The TD-20’s sequencer will operate in accordance with tempo data (MIDI Clock) from the external device.

AUTO:

This is a convenient setting that combines features of both the INTERNAL and EXTERNAL settings. When no synchronization signal is being received, the TD-20’s tempo setting will be used for playback/recording. When a synchronization signal is being received from an external device, the TD-20 will sync to that signal.

REMOTE:

The TD-20 will obey start/pause/stop messages from an external device, but will playback according to its own tempo setting.

Synchronizing to the playback of an external sequencer

In this case, the TD-20 will be the slave and an external sequencer will be master.

1.Connect the TD-20’s MIDI IN connector with a MIDI cable to the MIDI OUT connector of the external sequencer.

2.Set Sync Mode to “EXTERNAL.”

3.Begin playback on the external sequencer.

Synchronized playback will begin.

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