Roland V-Drums TD-8, Owner'S Manual

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Features
Function and Operations Perfect for Live Performances
Group faders (p. 21)
The front panel is equipped with group faders. You can adjust the volume level immediately, even
during a performance.
Drum-kit chain feature—Allows a desired order to be specified for the drum kits to be
used (p. 138)
Large [INC/+] and [DEC/-] buttons that can be operated even with drum sticks
Can Be Used with Conventional Pads and Other Equipment (p. 36, p. 128)
Not only PD-80 and PD-80R (pad), and KD-80 (kick trigger unit), you can use the conventional
pads (PD-5, PD-7, PD-9, PD-100, and PD-120), kick trigger units (KD-5, KD-7, and KD-120), and hi-
hat control pedal (FD-7) with the TD-8. You can use up to 12 pads at the same time.
A Sequencer That’s Easy to Operate
A rich array of preset patterns (p. 68, p. 97)
Create songs by arranging patterns (p. 124)
You can enjoy ensemble practice along with patterns and songs. You can also practice with the
drum instruments of patterns and songs muted out.
You can also create your own original backing patterns.
If you want to record brush swish/sweep sounds to MIDI, the only brush kit that can
record MIDI data is “MIDIbrsh”.
Support for General MIDI (p. 159)
The TD-8 has a GM mode that can play back GM scores.
This mode includes a function allowing you to mute the sound only of a specified part during
playback of GM scores. This is a very convenient feature for practicing and playing along.
General MIDI system
The General MIDI system is a set of recommendations which seeks to
provide a way to go beyond the limitations of proprietary designs, and
standardize the MIDI capabilities of sound generating devices. Sound
generating devices and music files that meets the General MIDI standard
bears the General MIDI logo (
). Music files bearing the General MIDI
logo can be played back using any General MIDI sound generating unit
to produce essentially the same musical performance.