User manual ROLAND TMC-6 MANUAL 2

[. . . ] Owner's Manual Thank you and congratulations on your choice of the Roland Trigger MIDI Converter TMC-6. Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: "USING THE UNIT SAFELY" (p. 2­3) and "IMPORTANT NOTES" (p. These sections provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit. [. . . ] Make the settings for producing sounds with the pads connected to the TMC-6. First, select the TD-10 percussion group. Select [KIT] - [F2(FUNC)] - [F1(PRCGRP)] to call up the percussion group settings screen, and with the left [CURSOR], move the cursor to the percussion group's number. Referring to "Note Number (factory settings)" in the TD-10 Owner's Manual (p. 150), select a percussion group that includes the instrument you want to play. If the instrument you want is not available, you can select the instrument you prefer in Step 10, so at this point, select a percussion group whose settings can be changed (for example, Group 2). In the TD-10's drum kit settings screen, you can only set the instruments that are to be played using the pads connected to the TD-10. Note that if you strike one of the TMC-6's pads, the display still does not change to the settings for that pad. 15 Example of Connections and Settings [TD] 8. With the right [CURSOR], move the cursor to the instrument name. Set the note number transmitted by the TMC-6 pad to the TD-10. * If you select Memory Number 2 in Step 3, it is not necessary to change the Note Number of the TMC-6. When the TMC-6 pad is struck with the TD-10's percussion group screen displayed, the cursor moves to the corresponding note number, and the selected instrument is played, and this makes it easier to set the note number. When the instrument name appears as (for example) "[H1], " it indicates that the selected instrument is played with the TD-10 pad, so select a different note number for the TMC-6. [TD] 10. In the TD-10's percussion group screen, select the TD-10 instrument. After striking a TMC-6 pad, select the TD-10 instrument. [TD] 11. Adjust the volume balance between the drum kit (the TD-10 pad) and the percussion group (the TMC-6 pad) ([CONTROL ROOM] [F1(MIXER)] - [F4(GRPVOL)]). The overall volume of the percussion group is set lowered, so this should be raised to about 100. [TD] 12. Make volume, pan, and other settings for each instrument as needed ([KIT] - [F2 (FUNC)] - [F1(PRCGRP)] - [F2(EDIT)]). For more detailed information on each parameter, refer to "Using the percussion group" in the TD-10 Owner's Manual (p. 126). You cannot move the cursor by striking pads in the TD-10's Percussion Group Instrument List screen. The TD-10's instruments can only be played using Note Numbers 22­93. If the TMC-6's pads and the TD-10's are set with the same note numbers, then drum kit instruments are played instead of percussion group instruments. Notes When Adding Pads to the TD-8/6 (1) Setting the MIDI Channel With the pad connected to the TMC-6's trigger input, it plays the percussion set instrument selected in the TD-8/6's percussion part. If the drum kit part and percussion part share the same MIDI channel, the drum kit instrument is played when you strike the TMC-6's pad, so set the percussion part to a different MIDI channel (for example, Ch 11). See "Setting the MIDI Channel for a Part" in the TD-8 Owner's Manual (p. 154), "MIDI Channel Settings for a Part" in the TD-6 Owner's Manual (p. [. . . ] Oststrasse 96, 22844 Norderstedt, GERMANY TEL: (040) 52 60090 BRAZIL Roland Brasil Ltda. Rua San Jose, 780 Sala B Parque Industrial San Jose Cotia - Sao Paulo - SP, BRAZIL TEL: (011) 4615 5666 UNITED KINGDOM Roland (U. K. ) Ltd. Atlantic Close, Swansea Enterprise Park, SWANSEA SA7 9FJ, UNITED KINGDOM TEL: (01792) 702701 PANAMA SUPRO MUNDIAL, S. A. Boulevard Andrews, Albrook, Panama City, REP. [. . . ]