Roland TD-20 owner manual Midi Settings and Operations F1 Midi, Soft Thru

Chapter 10. Settings for the Entire TD-20 [SETUP]

MIDI Settings and Operations [F1 (MIDI)]

Setting the MIDI Channels for Each Part [F1 (MIDI CH)]

For each part, you can specify the channel on which the TD-20 will receive and transmit MIDI messages.

1.Press [SETUP].

[SETUP] lights.

2.Press [F1 (MIDI)] - [F1 (MIDI CH)].

The “MIDI CHANNEL” screen appears.

3.Press [CURSOR (up/down)] to select the part you wish to set.

4.Press [CURSOR (left/right)] to select the parameter.

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

3.Press [CURSOR (up/down)] to select the parameter.

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

Parameter	Value
Soft Thru	OFF, ON
Local Control	OFF, ON (DRUM), ON (PERC)
Device ID	1–32
V-LINK MIDI Ch	CH1–CH16
V-LINK Device ID	1–32, 128

Soft Thru

This section explains how you can use the Roland SPD-20 (a MIDI controller) together with the TD-20’s pads to play internal sounds and an external sound module.

When Soft Thru is set to “ON,” the messages received at MIDI IN will also be transmitted from the MIDI OUT/THRU connector.

Pad or pedal SPD-20

Parameter	Value	Description
Tx/Rx	OFF, ON	Turns the transmitting and
		receiving MIDI messages
		ON or OFF.
Channel	CH1–CH16	transmit and receive channel

*Drum kit part and percussion part can be overlaid and set to “CH10.” When a duplicate note number is received, the instrument assigned to the drum kit part (the pad instrument) sounds. Other note number is received, the percussion part instrument is played.

*Other parts and MIDI channels cannot be overlaid.

TRIGGER

INPUT MIDI IN

MIDI OUT

To the MIDI IN of another sound module or sampler

MIDI

OUT/THRU

MIDI Settings for the Entire TD-20 [F2 (GLOBAL)]

1.Press [SETUP].

[SETUP] lights.

2.Press [F1 (MIDI)] - [F2 (GLOBAL)].

The “MIDI GLOBAL” screen appears.

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