Roland TD-25 User Manual

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TD-25

V-Drums Sound Module

Owner’s Manual (this document)

Read this first. It explains the basic things you need to know in order to use the TD-25.

PDF Manual (download from the Web)

55 Parameter Guide

This explains all parameters of the TD-25.

55 Sound List

This is a list of the sounds built into the TD-25.

Contents

Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Top Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Connecting Your Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Turning the Power On/Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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

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.

Recording Your Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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-Off Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Restoring the Factory Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Main Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 USING THE UNIT SAFELY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 IMPORTANT NOTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Copyright © 2015 ROLAND CORPORATION

Before using this unit, carefully read “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” and “IMPORTANT NOTES” (leaflet “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.

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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/off.

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 files from a USB flash drive.

&p. 10

[POWER] switch

 

Sound modify

Turns the power on/off.

 

These knobs change the instrument and adjust the tuning, muffling, and level.

&p. 3

 

&p. 6

 

 

 

 

[SONG SELECT] knob [USB SONG] button

Here you can select an audio file from a USB flash drive.

&p. 10

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 effect 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

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

Indicator

 

 

 

 

textual information faces

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

downwards. The indicator

 

 

 

 

 

 

will light when you plug the

 

 

 

AC adaptor into an AC outlet.

 

 

 

USB MEMORY port

You can connect your USB flash drive (sold separately) here. You can play back WAV/MP3 files 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

MIDI OUT

 

 

 

(L/MONO, R) jacks

connector

 

 

 

These jacks output the

Connect a sound

 

 

 

sound. Connect them to

module or other

 

 

 

amplified speakers etc.

external MIDI device

 

 

 

(sold separately). If you’re

here.

 

 

 

outputting in monaural,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

connect only the L/MONO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

jack.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

*To prevent malfunction and equipment failure, always turn down the volume, and turn off all the units before making any connections.

*Use USB flash drive sold by Roland. We cannot guarantee operation if other products are used.

*Never insert or remove a USB flash drive while this unit’s power is on. Doing so may corrupt the unit’s data or the data on the USB flash 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.

Turning the Power On/Off

*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 amplified speaker.

2.Turn the TD-25’s [POWER] switch ON.

The power turns on.

3.Power-on the connected amplified 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/off, always be sure to turn the volume down. Even with the volume turned down, you might hear some sound when switching the unit on/off. However, this is normal and does not indicate a malfunction.

Turning the power off

1.Turn the volume down on the any connected equipment.

2.Power-off the connected equipment.

3.Turn the TD-25’s [POWER] switch OFF.

The screen indicates “Shutting Down” and after a time the power turns off.

*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.

About Auto Off function

The power to this unit will be turned off 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 Off function). If you do not want the power to be turned off automatically, disengage the Auto Off 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.

Head

Rim shot

Strike the head and the rim of the pad simultaneously.

A sound (rim sound) different than the head shot will be heard.

Rim

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

Rim

cross stick sounds.

 

Rim

* 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.

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.

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.

Edge sensor

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

Roland logo

 

Choking (pinching) the cymbal’s edge with the hand immediately after

Edge sensor

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 figure.

 

* If you choke an area where there is no sensor, the sound does not stop.

 

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

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Playing the Drums

KIT Screen

When you turn on the power, the KIT screen appears in the display.

Strength of the

The pad affected by the

pad strike

 

sound modify

 

section

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

Selecting a kit variation

Each style contains six different 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.

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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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 different 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

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.

Adjusting the Instrument

Here’s how to adjust the tuning, muffling, 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 muffling (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 confirmation screen appears.

3.Press the [F3] (OK) button.

The changes will be undone.

If you decide to cancel, press the [F1] (CANCEL) button.

*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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