Roland TD-10 - Manual (Page 142)

This section explains how to attach an acoustic drum trigger.
Procedure
1. Attach the drum trigger to the acoustic drum.
fig.12-05a
fig.12-05be
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Drum Where to Install
Kick On the playing head (5 to 10 cm from the rim)
Snare drum On the playing head (2 to 3 cm from the rim)
Tom tom On the shell (next to a lug located about 1 cm
from the playing head rim)
Floor tom On the shell (next to a lug located about 1 cm
from the playing head rim)
* If the drum trigger of a tom has a low output level, attach it to
the head.
2. Use a monaural cable to connect the drum trigger to the
TD-10’s TRIGGER INPUT jack.
Drum TRIGGER INPUT jack
Kick 1
Snare drum 2
Tom tom 3–6
3. Make trigger settings on the TD-10.
Press [SETUP]-[F1 (TRIG)]-[F1 (BANK)] to access the setting
page. Next, use [CURSOR] to move the cursor to the trigger
number that you wish to set, and use [INC/DEC] or the
VALUE dial to set the trigger parameters as shown in the
following display.
fig.12-07
4. When you hit the drum, the TD-10 will will be
triggered.inverted? If it does not sound correctly, try
changing the position of the drum trigger, or refer to “The
order in which trigger parameters should be set when
using drum triggers” (p. 112) and make adjustments.
* So that the drum trigger does not pick up extraneous vibrations,
do not allow it’s cable to contact the rim or shell (body).
* Be sure to mute the bass drum and snare drum. If you use a ring
mute, cut away part of the ring mute, so the drum trigger con-
tacts the head directly.
* For details on adjusting the correspondence between playing
velocity and the TD-10’s volume, refer to p. 37 of the “Quick
Start,” and “Basic settings for the trigger parameters” (p. 109).
Tom tom Snare drum
Kick Floor tom
Make sure that the wire does not touch
Using drum triggers
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