Roland TD-25 User Manual
TD-25
V-Drums Sound Module
Contents
Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Top Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Connecting Your Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Turning the Power On/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
About Performance Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Playing the Drums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Selecting a Drum Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Checking the Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Editing Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Changing the Sounds (Instrument) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Adjusting the Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Canceling the Changes (Undo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Playing with the Click . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Practicing in Coach Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Selecting a Practice Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Correctly Playing in Time with the Beat
(TIME CHECK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Developing Internal Timing Sense (QUIET COUNT) 8
WARM UPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Recording Your Per formance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Playing a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Record Your Performance with a Song . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting to Your Computer/iPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Edit Menu Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Kit Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Optimizing the Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Changing the Type of Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Adjusting the Sensitivity of the Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Calibrating the Hi-Hat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Saving a Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Loading a Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Deleting a Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Saving Just One Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Loading One Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Formatting a USB Flash Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Changing the Auto-O Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Restoring the Factory Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Main Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
USING THE UNIT SAFELY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
IMPORTANT NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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Owner’s Manual (this document)
Read this rst. It explains the basic things you need to know in order to use
the TD-25.
PDF Manual (download from the Web)
5 Parameter Guide
This explains all parameters of the TD-25.
5 Sound List
This is a list of the sounds built into the TD-25.
Copyright © 2015 ROLAND CORPORATION
Before using this unit, carefully read “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” and “IMPORTANT NOTES” (leaet “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” and Owner’s Manual (p. 18)). After reading, keep the document(s) including those sections where it will be available for immediate reference.
To obtain the PDF manual
1. Enter the following URL in your computer.
http://www.roland.com/manuals/
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2. Choose “TD-25” as the product name.
Panel Descriptions
Top Panel
Display
This shows various information.
When you turn on the power, the KIT
screen appears.
[F1] [F2] [F3] buttons
The function of these buttons will
change depending on the screen.
The names of the current functions
are shown in the bottom of the
screen. &p. 12
[TEMPO] knob
[CLICK] button
Press the [CLICK] button to turn the
click on/o.
Use [TEMPO] knob to adjust the
tempo. &p. 7
Long-press the [CLICK] button to
specify the click settings.
Audio Rec
These buttons record/play your
performance.
The sound that’s input from the
AUDIO INPUT jack is also recorded.
You’ll also use this to play back audio
les from a USB ash drive.
&p. 10
[POWER] switch
Turns the power on/o.
&p. 3
[SONG SELECT] knob
[USB SONG] button
Here you can select an audio le from a USB ash
drive.
&p. 10
Sound modify
These knobs change the instrument and adjust the tuning, muing, and level.
&p. 6
Instrument buttons
When you press one of these
buttons, the sound of each pad is
shown in the display.
The [TOMS] and [CYMBALS] buttons
alternate between pads each time
you press them. &p. 5
TONE
The eect applies to all drum kits.
[TREBLE] knob:
Adjusts high frequency range.
[BASS] knob:
Adjusts low frequency range.
VOLUME
[MASTER] knob: Adjusts the overall
volume.
[BACKING] knob: Adjusts the
volume of the song, click, and
AUDIO INPUT.
Kit selector
Turn the selector to select a kit.
Press the selector to switch variation kits.&p. 5
From any screen, pressing the selector takes you back to the KIT screen.
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Connecting Your Equipment
Rear Panel Turning the Power On/O
DC IN jack
Connect the included AC adaptor here.
* To prevent the inadvertent
disruption of power to your
unit (should the plug be
pulled out accidentally), and
to avoid applying undue stress
to the DC IN jack, anchor
the power cord using the
cord hook, as shown in the
illustration.
* Place the AC adaptor so
the side with the indicator
(see illustration) faces
upwards and the side with
textual information faces
downwards. The indicator
will light when you plug the
AC adaptor into an AC outlet.
Indicator
USB MEMORY port
You can connect your USB ash
drive (sold separately) here. You
can play back WAV/MP3 les
from it or save TD-25 settings
on it.
USB COMPUTER
port
Use a USB cable to
connect the TD-25 to your
computer. You can play/
record your performance
as audio/MIDI. &p. 11
MASTER OUTPUT
(L/MONO, R) jacks
These jacks output the
sound. Connect them to
amplied speakers etc.
(sold separately). If you’re
outputting in monaural,
connect only the L/MONO
jack.
MIDI OUT
connector
Connect a sound
module or other
external MIDI device
here.
TRIGGER IN
(AUX, CRASH 2)
jacks
These allow you to
connect additional
pads (sold separately).
TRIGGER INPUT
connector
(bottom)
Connect the included
dedicated cable to
this connector, and
use it to connect the
pads and pedals (sold
separately).
(bottom)
Stereo
miniature plug
* Once everything is properly connected, be sure to follow the
procedure below to turn on their power. If you turn on equipment in
the wrong order, you risk causing malfunction or equipment failure.
Turning the power on
1. Minimize the volume of the connected amplied
speaker.
2. Turn the TD-25’s [POWER] switch ON.
The power turns on.
3. Power-on the connected amplied speaker, and
adjust the volume.
* This unit is equipped with a protection circuit. A brief interval (a few
seconds) after turning the unit on is required before it will operate
normally.
* Before turning the unit on/o, always be sure to turn the volume down.
Even with the volume turned down, you might hear some sound when
switching the unit on/o. However, this is normal and does not indicate
a malfunction.
Turning the power o
1. Turn the volume down on the any connected
equipment.
2. Power-o the connected equipment.
3. Turn the TD-25’s [POWER] switch OFF.
The screen indicates “Shutting Down” and after a time the
power turns o.
* The power won’t turn on if you turn the [POWER] switch OFF and then
immediately ON again. After turning the [POWER] switch OFF, wait
about 10 seconds before turning it ON.
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* To prevent malfunction and equipment failure, always turn down the volume, and
turn o all the units before making any connections.
* Use USB ash drive sold by Roland. We cannot guarantee operation if other
products are used.
* Never insert or remove a USB ash drive while this unit’s power is on. Doing so
may corrupt the unit’s data or the data on the USB ash drive.
PHONES jack
Connect headphones
(sold separately) here.
Even if headphones
are connected, sound
will still be output from the MASTER
OUTPUT jacks.
AUDIO INPUT jack
You can connect an audio
player and play along (or
record) with a favorite song.
The sound that’s input to
this jack will be output to the MASTER
OUTPUT jacks and the PHONES jack.
About Auto O function
The power to this unit will be turned o automatically after a
predetermined amount of time has passed since it was last used
for playing music, or its buttons or controls were operated (Auto
O function). If you do not want the power to be turned o
automatically, disengage the Auto O function (p. 16).
To turn on again, after turning the [POWER] switch OFF, wait about
10 seconds before turning it ON.
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About Performance Techniques
The TD-25 responds to a variety of performance techniques just like an acoustic drum set.
Snare/toms
Head shot
Hit only the head of the pad.
For a snare drum, the tone will change naturally as you move the strike
location from the center of the head toward the rim.
Rim shot
Strike the head and the rim of the pad simultaneously.
A sound (rim sound) dierent than the head shot will be heard.
Cross stick (snare drum only)
Only strike the rim of the pad.
Depending on the instrument assigned to the rim you can play rim shots and/or
cross stick sounds.
* This is available only for a pad that is connected to “SNR” of the dedicated
connection cable.
* To play the cross stick, be sure that you only strike the rim of the pad. Placing your hand on the head
of the pad might prevent the cross stick sound from being played properly.
Head
Rim
Rim
Rim
Cymbals
Bow shot
The most common method, playing the middle area of the cymbal.
For certain ride cymbal instruments, the tone will change naturally as you
move the strike location from the center of the bow toward the edge.
Edge shot
Use the shoulder of the stick to hit the edge of the cymbal pad.
* Hit the edge sensor as shown in the illustration.
Bell shot (ride cymbal only)
Strike the bell somewhat strongly with the shoulder of the stick.
* Use a V-cymbal pad that supports Ride 3 way trigger.
Choke play
Choking (pinching) the cymbal’s edge with the hand immediately after
hitting the cymbal will mute or choke the sound, just like with a real
cymbal.
Choke the location of the edge sensor shown in the gure.
* If you choke an area where there is no sensor, the sound does not stop.
Edge sensor
Roland logo
Edge sensor
Playing with brushes (snare drum only)
With the TD-25, you can “swish” or “sweep” using brushes with the mesh head pad connected to TRIGGER
INPUT “SNR.” If you’re using brushes, select an instrument that supports brushes.
* Use nylon brushes. The tips of metal brushes will catch in the mesh, damaging the pad.
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Hi-hat
Open/close
The hi-hat sound will change smoothly between open and closed depending
on pressure applied to the hi-hat control pedal or a hi-hat stand. Foot closed
and foot splash sounds are possible.
Bow shot
Edge shot
Edge
Bow
Playing the Drums
KIT Screen
When you turn on the power, the KIT screen appears in the display.
Strength of the
pad strike
Current kit name
Selecting a Drum Kit
Selecting a music style
You can choose a kit from six styles.
1. Turn the kit selector.
The indicator of the selected style is lit.
The display shows the kit name.
The pad aected by the
sound modify section
Checking the Sounds
1. In the KIT screen, press the [KICK] (ENTER),
[SNARE], [TOMS], or [CYMBALS] buttons.
The display shows the instrument name.
* Each time you press the [TOMS] button, you switch between TOM
1–TOM 3.
* Each time you press the [CYMBALS] button, you switch between
HI-HAT, CRASH 1, CRASH 2, RIDE, and AUX.
2. Press the [F1] (EXIT) button to return to the KIT screen.
After a few seconds, the KIT screen reappears even if you don’t press the [F1] (EXIT) button.
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Selecting a kit variation
Each style contains six dierent variation kits.
1. Press the kit selector.
Each time you press the selector, the variation is switched
and the indicator changes color.
The display shows the kit name.
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Editing Sounds
Changing the Sounds (Instrument)
The sound that you hear when you strike a pad is called an instrument.
You can change each pad’s instrument.
1. In the KIT screen, strike the pad whose instrument you want to change. Or press the one
of Instrument buttons.
2. Use the [INSTRUMENT] knob to change the instrument.
The display shows the instrument name.
* Press the [F3] (PREVIEW) button to audition the sound.
* The instruments from which you can choose are dierent for each pad. For example, you can’t select a
kick instrument for the snare pad. You can select any instrument for a pad that’s connected to AUX.
* Your changes will be saved automatically.
3. Press the kit selector to return to the KIT screen.
After a few seconds, the KIT screen reappears even if you don’t press the kit
selector.
Changing all of the toms together
Adjusting the Instrument
Here’s how to adjust the tuning, muing, and level of an instrument.
1. In the KIT screen, strike the pad whose instrument you want to adjust. Or press the one of
Instrument buttons.
2. Use [TUNING], [MUFFLING], or [LEVEL] knob to adjust
the value.
The value of each setting is shown in the display.
You can adjust this individually for each pad.
* Press the [F3] (PREVIEW) button to audition the sound.
* You can’t adjust the muing (sustain) of the hi-hat.
* Your changes will be saved automatically.
3. Press the kit selector to return to the KIT screen.
After a few seconds, the KIT screen reappears even if you don’t press the kit selector.
Canceling the Changes (Undo)
You can undo changes you’ve made to a kit.
1. In the KIT screen, press the [F2] (UNDO) button.
The UNDO SELECT screen appears.
2. Press the [F2] (UNDO) button.
The conrmation screen appears.
3. Press the [F3] (OK) button.
The changes will be undone.
If you decide to cancel, press the [F1] (CANCEL) button.
By turning the [F2] (GROUP) button on, you can change settings
such as the instrument and tuning for toms 1–3 together.
* If press [F1] (EXIT) to exit, the GROUP will be OFF.
* For some combinations of tom instruments, you might not be
able to make changes together.
* The current kit will return to the state in which it was when you
selected it. If you switch kits, the preceding changes cannot be
undone.
* If you press the [F3] (RESTORE) button in the UNDO SELECT screen, the currently selected kit can be
restored to its factory-set state. For details, refer to “Parameter Guide” (PDF).
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