Roland TD-6 Adjusting the Part Volume Level, Set Percussion Set, Backing Inst, Variation Tone

Chapter 5 Editing Songs (SONG Edit)

Choosing Percussion Set and Instruments (Percussion Set, Inst)

Select a percussion set for the percussion part and instruments for Parts 1–4.

Percussion Part

The TD-6 features ten Preset percussion sets that are ready to use.

You cannot change the content of the Preset percussion sets.

To see which percussion sets can be selected here, refer to the “Preset Percussion Set List” (p. 124).

Percussion Set:

A collection of a number of percussion instruments. A different percussion instrument is assigned to each note number, so multiple instruments can be used at one time.

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Percussion Set Number

Percussion Set Name

Set (Percussion Set): 1–10

Parts 1–4

You can select all internal tones in sequence, including variation tones.

You can switch instrument groups for the backing instruments by holding down [SHIFT] and pressing [INC/+] or [DEC/-].

To see which backing instruments and instrument groups can be selected here, refer to the “Backing Instrument List” (p. 126).

Instrument numbers correspond to the program numbers (1– 128).

Variation Tone:

This is a type of tone that varies slightly from that of the instrument number. The number of variation tones varies with the instrument number.

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Capital sounds

Instrument Number

Instrument Name

Variation sounds	Display When a Variation
	Tone is Used

Backing Inst: 1–128

Adjusting the Part Volume (Level)

Specifies the volume at each point. Raising the value will increase the volume. With a setting of “0,” no sound is produced.

Adjust here to balance the volume levels of the different parts.

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LEVEL: 0–127

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