Adjusting the Song Volume, Muting a Selected Part

				Chapter 5 Editing Songs (SONG Edit)

		3.	Press [ ].
			The screen for setting the volume of the percussion part
Even when “9 Perc Only” or “10 Special” is selected for the			The screen for setting the volume of the percussion part
Even when “9 Perc Only” or “10 Special” is selected for the			appears.
percussion set, the buttons still light up according to the note			appears.
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		fig.05-007_50
numbers.		4.
numbers.

•	The correspondence between the lighted buttons and		Press [INC/+] or [DEC/-] to make the setting.
	note numbers is predetermined and cannot be changed.	5.	When you finish making settings, press [SONG]
•	This function cannot be used with songs in which drum		to end the procedure.
	performances are recorded to the drum kit part.		to end the procedure.
	performances are recorded to the drum kit part.
1.	Select the song to be played back (p. 84).
2.		fig.05-008_50
	Hold down [SHIFT] and press [PLAY ].
	Hold down [SHIFT] and press [PLAY ].
	Playback of the song begins, and the buttons
	corresponding to the performance of the percussion part
	corresponding to the performance of the percussion part
	drums light up.	BackingLevel (Backing Level): 0–127
		BackingLevel (Backing Level): 0–127

3.To stop the playback, press [STOP ].

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Adjusting the Song Volume

You can adjust the volume of the song in the backing parts

(Parts 1–4) and the percussion part.	PercPrtLevel (Percussion Part Level): 0–127
Raising the value will increase the volume. With a setting of
“0,” no sound is produced.	Muting a Selected Part
	Muting a Selected Part
	(Part Mute)

This volume setting is applied to all songs.

	Each time [PART MUTE] is pressed the mute is alternately
	turned on or off. [PART MUTE] lights when the mute is on.
	At the factory settings, only percussion part drum tones are
• Although drum performances in the Preset songs are
• Although drum performances in the Preset songs are	muted.
recorded to the “percussion part,” when you create your	muted.
recorded to the “percussion part,” when you create your	fig.05-010.e
own songs, what you play on the pads is recorded to the	fig.05-010.e

	Muted	Not muted
“drum kit part.” The volume level of the drum kit part is	Muted	Not muted
“drum kit part.” The volume level of the drum kit part is
adjusted in the “MasterVolume” (Master Volume) (KIT/
COMMON/MasterVolume; p. 68).
• Adjust the volume level of each part to correct the
volume balance among the parts (SONG/PART/Level; p.	Lit	Unlit
89).

1. While holding down [SHIFT], press [SONG].

The screen for setting the volume of the backing parts

The part to be muted here is selected in “Mute” (SETUP/

appears.

UTILITY/Mute; p. 78). Hold down [SHIFT] and press [PART

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MUTE] to jump to the settings screen.

Settings for muted parts are applied to all songs.

2.Press [INC/+] or [DEC/-] to make the setting.

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Roland TD-6 owner manual Adjusting the Song Volume, Muting a Selected Part, Part Mute

Models: TD-6

Press [ ].

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Press [INC/+] or [DEC/-] to make the setting.

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Hold down [SHIFT] and press [PLAY ].

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Adjusting the Song Volume

PercPrtLevel (Percussion Part Level): 0–127

Muting a Selected Part

(Part Mute)

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2.Press [INC/+] or [DEC/-] to make the setting.

TD-6 specifications